On seven october, with the un saying more than 650 palestinians have been killed by israeli soldiers or settlers there. Israeli officials say that during the same period, at least 19 israelis have been killed in palestinian since 1993, control of the West Bank has been divided across three zones where there is either full control by the palestinian authority, partial control shared with israel or where israel is in full control. Unlike gaza, hamas has no control there. Overnight, israeli forces simultaneously went into the cities ofjenin, tulkarm, nablus and tubas, on a scale that hasnt happened for decades. Israel says its been conducting a Counter Terrorism Operation with Foreign Minister, israel katz, describing the situation as a war that must be won. A senior palestinian official has accused israel of trying to escalate the war in gaza, warning of Dire And Dangerous results the Palestinian President , Mahmoud Abbas has cut short a visit to Saudi Arabia because of the attacks. Our
since israel s retaliation for the october 7th attacks, us military bases in syria and iraq have been attacked more than 170 times. the group behind the deaths at the tower 22 base called islamic resistance in iraq are part of an iranian sponsored network across the middle east. known as the axis of resistance , there s a number of pro iranian militias based in iraq, syria, lebanon, the palestinian territories and as far south as yemen. all are opposed to israel and the united states. from washington our north america editor sarah smith has the latest. in the situation room, president biden with his defence secretary is considering his military reaction. we are told he is weighing his options. he needs to retaliate, but without causing more conflict. we do not seek another war. we do not seek to escalate. but we will absolutely do what is required to protect ourselves, to continue that mission and to respond appropriately to these attacks. shortly after he learned of t
reports said at least four people are dead after a series of powerful earthquakes rocked japan. the country secretary one buildings were demolished and the disaster. emergency crews are still working to rescue those trapped under the rubble and president biden is pledging to provide whatever help is needed. good afternoon, in new york, happy new year, and he did. happy new year to you, rich, i am in los angeles and we began the special edition of fox news live with matt finn and japan quade spirit of matt, what more can you tell us? right now most of the western coast of the country of japan is under a tsunami advisory right now. that is what they are warning. there could be a number of after shakes or quakes in the coming hours or days. so people have been urged to seek higher ground and be of high alert. we ve had some horrifying video come in the past couple of hours in the first video appears to show the inside of a home. there is a tv on the wall and a baby
the palestinian ambassador to the u n, called it a step in the right direction but reiterated calls for an immediate ceasefire saying that 2 point 3 million palestinians have been fighting for their lives and facing death. meanwhile: israel s ambassador to the un criticised the resolution and said that the un should have focused on the humanitarian crisis of the hostages. gilad erdan also thanked the us for its support of israel. for more on the day s events, our correspondent there, john sudworth sent this update from washington. the united states explained that while they re happy that this was stepping up humanitarian aid, they were happy that the council did not include the condemnation of a mosque towards the october seven attacks and said that is what led them to eventually abstain and it is worth noting that the draught was humanitarian in nature and those in the council discussed must be a kind of all parties if one is named and ultimately, the united states, he di
on university campus in prague. the shooter, a student at the same university, killed his father before carrying out the attack. we will have the latest. and could a european super league be back on the cards? a top eu court has ruled uefa s ban on a breakaway competition is unlawful. good evening. all week, we have been waiting for this vote in the un security council. they are still going back and forth over the language behind closed doors, hopeful still that a vote could come today. the negotiators don t seem to be able to agree on the exact wording of the resolution. it comes down to aid and the monitoring mechanism that is in the draught resolution. on a very practical level, the arab states are calling for the un to exclusively oversee the aid going into gaza and then its distribution. right now, the aid is largely controlled by israel, and israel can slow that aid down or speed it up however it so chooses. it holds the promise for applause, although negotiations in