Its seven in the morning in singapore, and 2am in israel where we start the programme as the full horror and ferocity of last saturdays attack by hamas gunmen, in Southern Israel, is becoming clearer. Israeli Officials Say more than 1,000 people have been killed. Throughout the day, the Israeli Military has been recovering the bodies of entire families including several children, just a mile from the border with gaza. Israeli soldiers on the scene, describe it, as a massacre. Thousands of troops remain massed on the border with gaza, ready for what could be, a full scale Ground Invasion. Our international editor, jeremy bowen, has been to the village of kfar aza, where the bodies have been recovered on tuesday. A warning you may find this report distressing. The first few days of war at this small Israeli Community called kfar aza are a microcosm of israels trauma and a glimpse of what might come next. Israeli troops only seized back full control of the kibbutz this morning. Its one of
This area was targeted heavily last night, hundreds of airstrikes destroyed many buildings in this area. Tonight, we hearfrom one mother whose children were kidnapped by hamas gunmen. Those barbarians took kids out of their houses and out of their beds and just kidnapped them. Also on the programme. Interrupted by a protestor but the labour leader, sir keir starmer, stays on course at his partys conference and promises a decade of National Renewal if labour win the next election. And, after 14 years at the helm, Holly Willoughby announces she is quitting itv s this morning. On newsnight at 10 30pm, live from jerusalem and london, well be speaking to israeli politicians, to a man who fears his family has been taken by hamas to gaza and a senior representative of the palestinian authority. Theyre still, four days on, collecting the bodies of the dead. Good evening. Were live injerusalem, where the full horror and ferocity of last saturdays attack by hamas gunmen in Southern Israel is bec