shot in gaza city, where just hours ago. the israeli military has carried out air raids in the gaza strip, striking targets belonging to the islamichhad militant group. palestinian officials said three commanders of the group were among at least nine people killed. several others have been wounded. civilians are reportedly among the dead. airstrikes are going on in different areas, also across the gaza strip. it started at two o clock in the morning with the airstrikes targeting three locations, two in gaza city, the main city, and one in the south, rafa, quickly the news was spread around with bombs, everyone was awake and the ministry said that nine people were killed and several others were killed and several others were injured. ms nymagee had issued a statement saying that three of the top leaders top military commanders were killed alongside their wives and some of their children also killed me attack. if nymagee had said we would revenge. islamic jihad has said th
Usual, if you are watching, if you have questions, if you want to pick up have questions, if you want to pick up on have questions, if you want to pick upona have questions, if you want to pick up on a particular piece of news, then the hashtag is os. Yesterday on outside source we talked about the political crisis in lebanon, and the situation has escalated since then, we want to show you this story written by the saudi press agency, a source within the Saudi Ministry of Foreign Affairs has said, due to the situations in lebanon, saudi nationals visiting or residing are asked to leave the country as soon residing are asked to leave the country as soon as residing are asked to leave the country as soon as possible. Exactly what situations it is referring to is not clear, but the political context is clear. At the weekend, lebanons Prime Minister resigned, very few people saw that coming. On saturday, he had flown from lebanon to saudi arabia, summoned by the king, now, saudi arabia den
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Teenagers in scotland are the first in the uk to get their results after key School Qualifications exams were cancelled pass rates rise but thousands of results are downgraded. Doctors in england, Northern Ireland and wales are told not to prescrible common painkillers to patients with chronic pain. Spains former king, juan carlos, abandons his country weeks after being linked to a corruption investigation. Hello and welcome. A huge explosion has rocked the capital of lebanon, beirut. Government officials there say at least ten people have been killed and large numbers more have been injured in the blast, which happened a few hours ago in the port area of the city. Hospitals are said to be overwhelmed with casualties, firefighters are tackling numerous blazes. Eyewitnesses say balconies collapsed and people were left trapped under rubble. The explosion was felt across large parts of the city, with reports of damage from as far as six miles away. Surrounding buildings were devastated. I
Area that it was housing in an area that it was housing highly Explosive Materials. There was another report from the interior minister in lebanon who was saying the initial information indicated that a highly Explosive Material that a highly Explosive Material that was seized years ago in lebanon had blown up. That was according to lebanons interior minister. So we will bring you more on those various reports and what may have been responsible for the blast. But earlierJames Reynolds also spoke to the journalist Lizzie Porter, earlierJames Reynolds also spoke to thejournalist Lizzie Porter, who witnessed that explosion in beirut. It was around 6 10 p m. , early evening here in beirut, it was like a roll of thunder and it shook my apartment building. It was like an earthquake going through the building. I walked towards the door because. But this was a different
noise. And then this roll of thunder like noise, then an enormous bang. I was blown back from the door, which is now broken a