The Early Morning assault began with a barrage of rocket fire from gaza just after dawn with explosions heard on the streets of ashkelon. Sderot, which is near gaza, is thought to have been infiltrated by militants. Heres the latest on what we know at this hour. Israels public broadcaster is reporting that after 18 hours, hostages being held in a dining room in kibbutz be eri have been released. Israel has also confirmed that the commander of the nahal brigade, coloneljonathan steinberg, was killed in fighting on saturday. Meanwhile, Major Airlines have cancelled dozens of flights to tel aviv. They include american airlines, air france, lufthansa, emirates, and ryanair, among others. Lets show you live pictures from gaza now. Were hearing that the israeli army has asked residents of seven different areas across the gaza strip which you can see there on your screens to leave their homes and move to the city centres or take refuge in shelters in preparation for Launching Attacks against
Lets bring you up to date on the very latest developments. The israeli army has told residents of seven different areas across the gaza strip to take refuge in shelters as it prepares to launch new attacks on hamas targets. Meanwhile, israeli hostages who were held in a southern town have reportedly been rescued thats according to israels public broadcaster. Three Israeli Soldiers were moderately and lightly wounded. And on the diplomatic front, us Secretary Of State Antony Blinken has called for calm and stability in the west bank during a call with palestinian president mahmoud abbas. And israels allies have shown their support through displays like this. Heres berlins Brandenburg Gate lit up in white and blue to show support for israel. The conflict is also impacting air travel. The federal Aviation Administration is urging us airlines and pilots to use caution when flying in israeli airspace. The us air regulators warning follows an earlier alert issued by the Israeli Government an
Lets show you live pictures from gaza now. The israeli army has asked residents of several different areas across the gaza strip to leave their homes. Move to the city centres or take refuge in shelters in preparation for Launching Attacks against hamas targets. Witnesses told the bbc that dozens of families had started leaving their homes and were sheltering in un schools. This comes as israeli troops are still going house to house to clear communities after the saturday assault. We are hearing there is still fighting ongoing in Southern Israel at this hour. Lets get some reaction now from washington. Us Secretary Of State Antony Blinken spoke with several of his european counterparts. State Department Spokesperson Matthew Miller says they discussed and condemned the hamas attacks and underlined the us support for israels right to defend itself. Live now to elliot abrams, who served in the George W Bush and trump administrations. Welcome to you. Thank you for joining us. The Biden Adm
And, israels allies have shown their support through displays like this. Heres berlins Brandenburg Gate lit up in white and blue to show support for israel. The conflict is also impacting air travel. The federal Aviation Administration is urging us airlines and pilots to use caution when flying in israeli airspace. The us air regulators warning follows an earlier alert issued by the Israeli Government and applies to planes flying at any altitude or flight path through israel. Lets show you live pictures from gaza now. This comes as israeli troops are still, quote, Going House To house to clear communities after the saturday assault. Thats according to an Israel Defense forces spokesman. Israel forces have struck several targets in gaza in retaliation for the attacks by hamas. We want to show you the moment, Caught On Camera by our bbc team, when a nearby building was hit by air strikes, take a look. Explosions. 0ur Bbc Arabic Team Capturing that footage of several air strikes on a buil
has been a tumultuous five days to say the least. where things stand as of now, old man, the interim ceo and at least one board member, what we understand to be adam d angelo are in heated discussions, intense discussions as the company put it in an internal memo early on monday that are still ongoing. the plan from what we understand is that they want things to be wrapped up, so people can go back to the thanksgiving holiday weekend with some assurance of where the company stands. now, some of the main points out of this negotiations, we know that altman would return as ceo if things go as planned, and that in at least one scenario, altman would be director of what they would call a transitional board of sorts. now, as we know, the board was the one that ousted altman in the one that ousted altman in the first place. it is unclear if board members are set to resign as part of any of these negotiations, which remain extremely tenuous, and the company made that clear to empl