Of artillery into southern lebanon. The Un Security Council will meet later on sunday President Biden has vowed Rock Solid Support for israel and warned against other countries taking advantage of the situation. One british citizen, jake marlowe, is missing he was working as security at an Outdoor Party near the gaza border when the attack happened. And in egypt, two israeli tourists and their egyptian tour guide were shot dead in alexandria, apparently by a policeman. We are getting more lines coming into this from iran the president says he has spoken to hamas and islamichhad leaders, the latest coming into a spin on the iranian president and we will get more on that for you. Now on bbc news, were going to answer some of the questions you might have about the fighting in israel. We have had many people asking us to go Back To Basics and explain the history behind what is happening today and why it is happening. It, of course, marks the biggest escalation in the long Running Conflict
Several israelis injured, at least one critically. The wounded evacuated to hospital. The Israeli Military showed this drone footage. Ten projectiles fired before the Israeli Air Force destroyed the launcher. America and britain had been urging israel to open this crossing to aid. For now, its shut again. Today, israels embattled Prime Minister reacted to hamas s demands for a permanent cease fire and an israeli withdrawal from gaza. The state of israel is not willing to accept this, he said. Capitulating to hamas s demands would be a terrible defeat for israel. This afternoon, Israeli Police raided the offices of the tv channel aljazeera within hours of a unanimous cabinet decision to shut down its operations in israel. If youre watching this prerecorded report, then aljazeera has been banned in the territory of israel. The government accused it of being a mouthpiece for hamas. Its Regional Bureau chief called this a dangerous decision. Israel cant claim all the time that is a democra
The release of scores of hostages still held in gaza. People are hostages to the right wing government, and the people of gaza are hostages to hamas, and basically there has to be a way to overcome that. They are protesting because the last five months of Military Assaults on gaza have failed to release those israeli hostages. Not everybody in israel wants this ceasefire deal. There are some, especially hardliners in the coalition government, who want to see instead an immediate Military Operation against hamas in rafah. Meanwhile, the Israeli Government has voted unanimously to close the operations in israel of the qatar based tv channel aljazeera. A tweet from the Israeli Prime Ministers Office called it the incitement channel. In cairo, Ceasefire Talks are still in play. Hamas has sent a delegation, but they have been locked in talks with mediators. The Sticking Point appears to be they want a permanent end to the fighting, notjust a pause, and israel isnt ready to give that commitm
Close your eyes. The kids are crying and screaming. There is no electricity. There is no internet. And so, you feel you could be next. This bomb could be on top of your home, on top of your apartment. And thatis home, on top of your apartment. And that is the latest we are getting from someone who is in gaza city. A doctor who spoke to the bbc earlier. The Palestinian Health authority has said so far, it believes up to 370 palestinians have been killed in the air strikes by the Israeli Defence forces since yesterday. A further 1800 to 2,000 people known to have been injured according to the Palestinian Health authority and are being treated in various areas for the injuries. Retaliatory israeli air strikes are set to continue. The Israeli Government has said that it will be coming down on the hamas militants in gaza city with its full force. We will bring you more on that as and when we get it. But lets talk more about what happened on the other side. Dozens of israelis have been taken