recently its warplanes have hit several multi storey buildings in the centre of gaza city. the barrage of rocket fire from gaza into israeli territory began just after dawn, with explosions heard on the streets of ashkelon. sderot is one of the towns thought to have been infiltrated by militants. with the latest on this fast escalating conflict, here s our middle east correspondent yolande knell, and a warning that you may find some of her report upsetting. israeli partygoers from an overnight rave running for their lives. israel s nightmare scenario armed palestinian militants at large in southern israel. it is thought that dozens entered, some cutting through the perimeter fence from the gaza strip. in the town of sderot, residents hid as fighters drove in. there was shooting and the israeli casualties began to mount. in a dramatic turn, videos were also shared of israelis being taken into gaza as hostages. the day had begun with intense barrages of palestinian rockets, s
nearly 1600 were wounded after the retaliatory action into the gaza strip. dozens of israeli soldiers and civilians are being held hostage, as part of an unprecedented attack by palestinian militants on israeli territory. israel s prime minister benjamin netanyahu says his country is at war . his government says the palestinian militant group hamas launched more than 2,000 rockets into the country, killing at least 100 people, (ani and wounding nearly a thousand. officials in the gaza strip say at least 198 people have been killed there, in retaliatory israeli strikes. (an12 in retaliatory israeli strikes. the barrage of rocket fire from gaza into israeli territory began just after dawn, with explosions heard on the streets of ashkelon. sderot is one of the towns thought to have been infiltrated by militants. with the latest on this fast escalating conflict, here s our middle east correspondent yolande knell and a warning that you may find some of her report upsetting. isr
israeli army has asked residents of seven different areas across the gaza strip to leave their homes and move to the city centres or take refuge in shelters in preparation for launching attacks against hamas targets. witnesses told the bbc dozens of families have started leaving their homes and they were sheltering in unschools. un were sheltering in unschools. un schools. this all comes as israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu declared on saturday that israel is, quote, at war, and is promising revenge. this comes after a surprise and unprecedented attack by palestinian militants on israeli territory early saturday morning. israel s government says hamas launched more than 2,000 rockets into the country, killing more than 250 people and wounding over 1,100 others. officials in the gaza strip say over 230 people have been killed and over 1,700 were injured in retaliatory strikes. the un security council plans to meet about the violence in the region tomorrow. the ear
at least 232 people have been killed and almost 2,000 wounded there in retaliatory israeli strikes recently its warplanes have hit several multi storey buildings in the centre of gaza city. the barrage of rocket fire from gaza into israeli territory began just after dawn, with explosions heard on the streets of ashkelon. sderot is one of the towns thought to have been infiltrated by militants. with the latest on this fast escalating conflict, here s our middle east correspondent yolande knell, and a warning that you may find some of her report upsetting. israeli partygoers from an overnight rave running for their lives. israel s nightmare scenario armed palestinian militants at large in southern israel. it is thought that dozens entered, some cutting through the perimeter fence from the gaza strip. in the town of sderot, residents hid as fighters drove in. there was shooting and the israeli casualties began to mount. in a dramatic turn, videos were also shared of israelis
is what that area of southern israel looked like today. just look at all that smoke coming from burning buildings. if we zoom in you can see the heat spots that we ve enhanced so you can see them. now, all these cross border infiltrations by palestinian militants taken together with the thousands of rockets fired at israel represent a massive intelligence failure from israel. it should have seen this coming because they had regular military patrols going along that border. this is footage taken some years earlier. but they had cameras, sensors, informants inside the militant groups. and yet hamas was able to charge through that border, crossing it with things like this bulldozer, paragliders, by land, sea and air, and all the while, hamas has been sending more missiles into places like this, tel aviv, this office and residential block here, hitting buildings while the israeli airforce hits gaza. however this ends, it will go down as one of the worst failures of israeli intell