Begun bombarding gaza, cutting off electricity and water, and building up troops along the border. More than 500 palestinians have been killed in almost two and a half thousand strikes. Our International Editor jeremy bowen, has been following the days of intense violence. Inside gaza it looks every bit as if palestinians are feeling the full force of Israeli Military power. Israel says hamas is responsible for the suffering of gazas civilians. And its retaliation for the hamas attack is only just begun. Hamas has threatened to start killing its israeli hostages. The air strikes rolled on, hour after hour. Palestinian armed groups undeterred, kept up their own barrage of israel. Our bbc team was in ashkelon in southern israel not far from the gaza border when a salvo came in. Ashkelon is so close to guard so that there is no more than a ten second warning. Israel is moving in more fire power. The next stage of the offensive against hamas looks certain to be a Ground Offensive, much big
the march is happening on the same day as armistice commemorations. police say the two minutes silence, which look place at ”am local time, was marked respectfully and without incident. but, as you can see from these pictures, officers have faced aggression from counter protestors who are in the area in numbers. scuffles broke out as police attempted to stop them from reaching an area. the group pushed through as officers hit out with batons. london s police say objects were also thrown at officers. the latest we re hearing is that police have begun making arrests at a counter demontration that is under way. we re told more than 82 people have been arrested in the city s centre. these pictures are of more counter protestors are being held inside a pub by police, as the main protests goes past. we understand that some are being held inside the pub by police. the latest we have had, just in the past few minutes or so from the met police, i am just monitoring what they are te
the latest we re hearing is that police have begun making arrests. we re told that more than 80 arrests have been made for breach of the peace while a further ten people have been arrested for possessing offensive weapons and drugs. these pictures are of more counter protestors are being held inside a pub by police, as the main protests goes past. here s an update from the metropolitan police. from about 9am this morning we have seen several hundred counter protesters that came towards whitehall and, from what we can see, they came intent on confrontation, intent on violence and intent causing trouble. we have made a number of arrests, including, within the counterprotest, including for possession of a knife, possession of a button, possession of class a drugs and assault on emergency workers. , ., ., ,, workers. let s go live to the us embassy- let s go live to the us embassy. our news correspondent frances read is at the israeli embassy, where the protest is finishing.
though, officers have faced aggression from counter protesters who include some far right groups. scuffles broke out as police attempted to stop them reaching an area and the group pushed through as officers hit out with batons. police say objects were thrown at officers and the very latest figure we have from the met police, they are making a rest at the moment. more than 90 people have been arrested for breach of the piece while ten more people have been arrested for possessing offensive weapons and drugs. these pictures, you can see here, of counter protesters. they are being held inside a pub in pimlico by police as the main protests go past. that is the scene across central london at the moment and we ll bring you more of these events a little later. these rallies come, of course, as the health ministry in gaza s largest medical facility so that they have been forced to suspend operations because they run out of fuel. there are reports of intensified fighting close to a
was marked respectfully and without incident on whitehall. we are creeping across that much and will keep you updated on any developments. we are keeping a cross that march. the prosests in london come as the director of the al shifa hospital in gaza city says patients, especially those in intensive care, have started to die. the hospital was forced to suspend operations because it s run out of fuel. doctors say one baby has died at the hospital and more than 30 more are at risk as electricity has been cut amid a major israeli offensive. there have been reports of intensified fighting close to a number of hospitals in the territory overnight. the bbc has heard from a doctor at al shifa, who says its intensive care unit had been hit. according to the world health organization, there are currently 130 babies on incubators in gaza. 45 of them are believed to be at the al shifa hospital. the gaza health ministry say 39 of them are now at serious risk of death, given the la