the palestinian health ministry says 2a people, including six children, are now known to have died in israeli air strikes on the gaza strip. israel is targeting the palestinian militant group, islamichhad, and says it expects the offensive to last a week. the british foreign secretary, liz truss, said britain stood by israel s right to defend itself, but has called for a swift end to the violence, which has broken more than a year of relative calm. from jerusalem, here s our middle east correspondent, yolande knell. explosion. the full force of israel s new military operation in gaza. this building hitjust minutes after a warning strike. palestinians racing away. a year of relative calm now shattered. this is where one of the first israeli air strikes killed an islamichhad commander, leaving his neighbour in shock. we were safe in our home. we were thrown out of it by the bomb , says maryam. why didn t they warn us? tonight islamichhad fired heavy barrages of rockets in re
explosion. the full force of israel s new military operation in gaza. this building hitjust minutes after a warning strike. palestinians racing away. a year of relative calm now shattered. this is where one of the first israeli air strikes killed an islamichhad commander, leaving his neighbour in shock. we were safe in our home. we were thrown out of it by the bomb , says maryam. why didn t they warn us? tonight islamichhad fired heavy barrages of rockets in revenge, it said, for its leader s death. most were intercepted by israeli air defences. but earlier a missile hit this israeli home. the family went to their shelter when the air raid sirens went off, local official yaron sasson said. this is probably what saved them. no one was hurt. israeli forces are targeting what they say are militant bases in gaza. they maintain they re reacting to a direct threat from iran backed islamichhad. with further deaths in gaza, much now depends on the decisions of the powerful mil
the palestinian health ministry says 2a people including six children are now known to have died in israeli air strikes on the gaza strip. israel is targeting the palestinian militant group, islamichhad, and says it expects the offensive to last a week. the british foreign secretary, liz truss, said britain stood by israel s right to defend itself, but has called for a swift end to the violence, which has broken more than a year of relative calm. from jerusalem, here s our middle east correspondent, yolande knell. explosion. the full force of israel s new military operation in gaza. this building hitjust minutes after a warning strike. palestinians racing away. a year of relative calm now shattered. this is where one of the first israeli air strikes killed an islamichhad commander, leaving his neighbour in shock. we were safe in our home. we were thrown out of it by the bomb, says maryam. why didn t they warn us? tonight islamichhad fired heavy barrages of rockets in
hello and welcome to the programme. a very good to have your company. the palestinian health ministry says 2a people, including six children, are now known to have died in israeli air strikes on the gaza strip. israel is targeting the palestinian militant group, islamichhad, and says it expects the offensive to last a week. the british foreign secretary, liz truss, said britain stood by israel s right to defend itself, but has called for a swift end to the violence, which has broken more than a year of relative calm. from jerusalem, here s our middle east correspondent, yolande knell. explosion the full force of israel s new military operation in gaza. this building hitjust minutes after a warning strike. palestinians racing away. a year of relative calm now shattered. this is where one of the first israeli air strikes killed an islamichhad commander, leaving his neighbour in shock. we were safe in our home. we were thrown out of it by the bomb , says maryam. why didn t th