launched at israel from who fees in yemen, from syria also and from iraq, so this has already been actually dangerous a few months, there was so much effort to try to keep things have a calibrated reaction after israel insisted that for the purposes of its own deterrence in the region, it had to respond that very dramatic and unprecedented attack by iran last weekend. . ., unprecedented attack by iran last weekend. ., ,, , ., ., unprecedented attack by iran last weekend. . ~ , ., ., , weekend. thank you, that is the bbc s yolande weekend. thank you, that is the bbc s yolande knell weekend. thank you, that is the bbc s yolande knell in - weekend. thank you, that is the i bbc s yolande knell in jerusalem. we bbc s yolande knell injerusalem. we will have more reports and analysis from our correspondent in the region. let s get some analysis now from meehran kamrava, professor of government at georgetown university in qatar. he s also head of the iranian studies unit at the arab cente
been trying to contain regional spill overfor been trying to contain regional spill over for the been trying to contain regional spill overfor the been trying to contain regional spill over for the from the war. he said it could easily metastasise, this conflict in gaza. he also wants to see a lowering of the intensity of the fighting in gaza. but with so may people having been killed even in just the past couple of days, dozens killed in the south of the gaza strip and we are hearing from the israeli military that it hit 30 targets in the south in khan younis overnight. that spells out some of his challenges as he heads this way. yolande knell injerusalem, thank you. today is the last full day of the six day strike byjunior doctors in england the longest period of industrial action by nhs workers in its history. the current strike will officially end at 7:00 tomorrow morning. junior doctors are currently in a long running dispute with the government over pay. ministers say the
there hasn t been any kind of clear threat of direct action against israel in response to this attack. hugo, thank you. i ll correspond in hugo, thank you. i ll correspond in hugo bachega in beirut. let s cross live to jerusalem hugo bachega in beirut. let s cross live tojerusalem to my colleague yolande knell injerusalem. israel has so far not confirmed or denied involvement in it. what more have they said? they have stuck very much of that position but when it comes to the israeli military we know it has increased its air defences in the north of the country. we had the military say yesterday that it was now at the peak of readiness for any potential retaliatory attacks. but otherwise, really trying to shift attention away from lebanon. we have had them saying that their focus remains on hamas, dismantling hamas. 0f saying that their focus remains on hamas, dismantling hamas. of course gazais hamas, dismantling hamas. of course gaza is its stronghold. and hamas, dismantling hamas. of
think it has been building now for weeks because we have had this repeatedly from the us, israel s closest ally, from other international players. they are worried about the regional spill over of the war. hezbollah has been an ongoing concern but they have also been talking a lot about the houthis, another iran backed group based in yemen and we also understand in recent weeks it has carried out some 20 attacks using missiles and drones on ships passing through the gulf of aden and the red sea. last night there were discussions about this at the un security council. there have been warnings put out that these attacks must stop, that they are illegal, that they threaten regional security and the freedom of international navigation, as well as potentially global food supplies. navigation, as well as potentially global food supplies. yolande knell, our correspondent global food supplies. yolande knell, our correspondent there global food supplies. yolande knell, our correspondent th
lebanon s government has accused israel of trying to ignite conflict across the middle east after a senior hamas leader was killed by a drone strike in southern beirut. saleh al arouri and at least five others died in the blast on tuesday. he was considered one of the founders of hamas military wing, the al qassam brigades. israel has been blamed for the attack but has not claimed responsibility. meanwhile hamas have condemned the strike calling it an act of terrorism and the armed group hezbollah said it was an assault on lebanese sovereignty. the strike marks the first targeted killing of a hamas official outside the palestinian territories. at least 20,000 palestinians in gaza have been reported killed since israel began bombing the territory in the wake of hamas s 7th october attacks. i spoke to our middle east correspondent yolande knell injerusalem for more on the latest. well, this is really reigniting the fears of a wider escalation in israel s war with hamas.