The operation involved israeli forces raiding the cities ofjenin, tulkarm, nablus and tubas, on a scale that hasn t happened for decades. Lucy williamson sent this report. It was a message of force, delivered quietly at first. Israeli soldiers seeking their targets, street by palestinian street. By morning, hundreds of troops backed by armoured bulldozers had arrived in the refugee camps of tulkarem, nablus, tubas, jenin. Home to armed palestinian groups and unarmed civilians. At least ten palestinians have been killed. Hamas says six of them were its fighters. Masoud najjar said he was injured when he opened the door of his house to young men asking for water. Translation: we felt like something came down on us from the sky and there was an explosion. I was unaware of what was going on. When i put my hand on my chest, it was all shrapnel and blood. Injenin, army vehicles surrounded the city s two main hospitals. Ambulances stopped and checked by militaryjeeps. Israel s foreign ministe
I think both sides have ruled out that this is talking about the uk rejoining the eu in any way, shape orform, or even the customs union, for that matter. But what this is about is some quite concrete bilateral talks. This is the fifth meeting, but this is the first official visit of the prime minister to berlin. And it s just two months after he was elected as prime minister. Now, for his predecessor, rishi sunak, it took 18 months. And i thinkjust that alone is a signal of what london wants to achieve. It s, on the one hand, it s a strong signal that the uk is now open for business with germany and, you know, is very serious about pushing forward some quite concrete bilateral agreements, particularly on defence, because i think that s something that the two countries are keen on working together on. What they can t really do much is when it comes to trade, because that s within the. . . That s within the responsibilities of the eu. But what. . . I think when it comes to closer cooper
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Our middle east correspondent, lucy williamson, has just sent this update from jenin. There are israeli jeeps, israeli armoured vehicles moving around the entrance tojenin s government hospital behind me. You can see an ambulance coming through now as well. The hospital entrance isjust behind this army vehicle here. Staff inside the hospital say that since last night, the army has surrounded the building. . . And is searching anyone who wants to leave. This street, deserted now, one of the main roads through the town, has seen this kind of activity so many times since the hamas attacks last october. But this operation, looks a bit different, it is a part of a wider, coordinated operation across the northern west bank. These kinds of operations going on in several cities. What is not entirely clear at the moment is why this operation is taking place now. The kind of extensive operation that people here haven t seen in decades. Israel s foreign minister says it is a counterterrorism oper
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 hasn t happened for decades. Israel says it s 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. O