incredible is happening. rocket fires. alarms sound. at that time, what it was was hundreds and hundreds of rockets being fired into israel. but it subsequently transpired that that was. and very quickly, it became clear that hamas had crossed the border, was in israel. gunshots. and videos started emerging of dead soldiers, dead civilians. so, very quickly, we decided and i spoke to the people here in london that we needed to change plans. we immediately started packing, making plans, we managed to get going by about midday. before i left kyiv, i did some lives from the roof of the hyatt regency hotel, in the pouring rain, talking about what was going on. they wanted me to talk about it and it was already clear that what we were seeing was an absolutely enormous story. let s talk to our international editor, jeremy bowen, whojoins us this morning live from kyiv. and, jeremy, you know this region well, what s your assessment of what s going on right now? what s going on
i mjeremy bowen. i m the international editor of bbc news. ijoined the bbc on september 24th, 1984. jeremy bowen explains. airships blimps, as they re known, seem to be coming back into fashion. and 2005, i got thejob of middle east editor and in a way i m still middle east editor, but i m also international editor. where were you on october 7th? well, i woke up that morning in kyiv, in ukraine. i woke up and, you know, i reached for my phone to see what had been going on in the world, and the first thing i saw on whatsapp was a message to thejerusalem whatsapp group chat, saying, something incredible is happening. rocket fires alarms sound at that time, what it was was hundreds and hundreds of rockets being fired into israel. but it subsequently transpired that that was. and very quickly, it became clear that hamas had crossed the border, was in israel. gunshots and videos started emerging of dead soldiers, dead civilians. so, very quickly, we decided and i spoke to the
hold. on rafah crossing, trucks carrying humanitarian aid, food, fuel, heading into gaza for the second day. the palestinian red crescent saying it received almost 200 vehicles packed supplies on friday, that is the biggest number since the conflict began. they are in desperate need of aid in and that is coming in, a drop in the ocean, but nevertheless, it is making its way in. desperately needed aid. now on bbc news, behind the stories: on the front line: jeremy bowen. gunfire, yelling. jeremy! 0k? i don t get scared. i ve covered many wars over many years. what we were seeing was an absolutely enormous story. i think someone who spends many years going to tough stories around the world, if they say they haven t been affected by it, they re not telling the truth. i mjeremy bowen. i m the international editor of bbc news. ijoined the bbc on september the 24th, 1984. jeremy bowen explains. airships blimps, as they re known, seem to be coming back into fashion. and 2005, i got
going to balance of nature .com and don t forget to use discount code, cnn. hello everyone. i m fredricka whitfield in new york. welcome to the cnn newsroom and we begin in the middle east, where tensions are boiling over into bloodshed on what s considered some of the most sacred holy days of the year for the world s three major religions, recognizing easter, passover and ramadan. israeli defense forces launching major retaliatory strikes in both southern lebanon and gaza this morning targeting sites belonging to the palestinian military group hamas, and just moments ago, an official told cnn that the operations in the two areas are now over as long as there are no new rocket fires. and these attacks happened just hours after dozens
bbc s lucy williamson sends this update from jerusalem. as we saw the signs and the events with the rocket fires and strikes from gaza and the conflict spreading into southern lebanon as well. i think people are concerned about whether this is going to grow into something wider. i think also signs that many people are trying to steer it away from that. certainly, speaking to the israeli military spokesman today. he was saying that they are very concerned for this not to escalate. certainly, israel is facing pressure on a number of friends at the moment but the causes of these growing conflict of the past few days hasn t changed and we are heading into a weekend where muslims are celebrating ramadan and