to stay inside. hamas military commander mohammad deif announced the start of the operation in a broadcast on hamas media, calling on palestinians everywhere to fight. israel's prime minister benjamin netanyahu is holding an emergency meeting — and the military says it is striking targets in gaza in response. there are palestinian reports of israeli soldiers being captured. in a statement in the past hour, israel's defence minister yoav gallant has said... also in the past few minutes, an israeli military spokesman has said thousands of army reservists are to be called up. our reporter rushdi abu—alouf gave me the latest from gaza. this is extremely significant. in all of the years that hamas has been in control of gaza, they have never launched a surprise attack on different locations, israeli security officials saying an hour or so ago there were 21 separate incidents going on. there's a lot of video circulating, not yet verified, by the bbc showing bodies of israeli soldiers, some of whom were clearly surprised, in their bunks, even, by the attackers. no one was expecting hamas to do anything like this. tension has been rising very strongly between palestinians and israelis, there's been a lot of violence in the west bank which is the territory that goes from jerusalem towards thejordan river. which has been occupied by israel since 1967. that has been the focus now for months and months and there's been a lot of killing and violence there. but nothing in comparison out of gaza so i think now the israelis are using very strong language, they say they are in a state of war, they have been attacked, they have called up the service and are having an emergency meeting of the security cabinet and i think it is highly likely that once the israelis make their plans, that they will probably mount an incursion into gaza, this thing is likely to escalate. the incursion into gaza, this thing is likely to escalate.— incursion into gaza, this thing is likely to escalate. the big question for the us likely to escalate. the big question for the us will— likely to escalate. the big question for the us will be _ likely to escalate. the big question for the us will be a _ likely to escalate. the big question for the us will be a fight _ likely to escalate. the big question for the us will be a fight now? - for the us will be a fight now? because this seems to be a coordinated attack that would have taken a lead of planning. why do you think hamas is doing this today? they have called it something like operationjerusalem flood, there's been tension injerusalem during the recentjewish holiday, nothing on the scale that we have seen before where they were palestinians being pushed out by force out of the mosque there, the al aqsa mosque, the third holiest site in the world for muslims and it is also forjews, the site of the ancientjewish temple and therefore venerated by them. it is the single most contested piece of ground in the entire middle east and there have been some incidents there, jews have been some incidents there, jews have been praying on the temple mount which is something which, doesn't sound much, considered to be highly inflammatory and i think it comes as a culmination of the scoring months of tension between palestinians and israelis injerusalem, in the west bank, and now hamas have decided to move. there's also a symbolic anniversary and in the middle east, anniversaries are quite a big deal. if the 50th anniversary at the moment of a surprise attack in 1973 syria and he chipped which resulted in a middle east war lasting almost a month for well, it was a close run thing, it is really so i have spoken to today or calling this prime minister benjamin netanyahu �*s yom kippur surprise, when israel was taken by surprise 50 years ago and could well be that the hamas planners thought let's try and do something like that again. that was our international— something like that again. that was our international editor _ something like that again. that was our international editorjeremy - our international editorjeremy bowen. let me bring you these pictures from gaza showing hamas militants celebrating and posing for pictures on what is said to be an israeli army tank. palestinian media are reporting that a number of israelis have been taken captive by fighters. the footage also shows what appears to be an israeli military vehicle captured by the militants. our reporter rushdi abu—alouf gave me the latest from gaza. we are getting reports of israeli strikes in response to the thousands of rockets fired by the hamas militants since six 30 am in the morning. a surprise for israel but all the people of gaza. they have lived through this kind of situation before but it's the first time, i was talking to people in the street, just down here at near the office, they will have mixed feelings and some of them said they were happy hamas revenged what is this really aggression against the palestinian people injerusalem and everywhere but some people are not hiding their worry that israel will respond and we have seen in this situation times before, worse and battles between what is a very difficult situation. now we are talking about a hamas attack, hamas radio saying more than 6000 rockets were fired, we are also seeing and getting reports about hamas fighters infiltrating into israel from the border and hamas haveissued israel from the border and hamas have issued a statement on some pictures of them in control of one of the israeli outposts and they have said they have captured it, captured soldiers inside it and they are now in control and this is a very significant escalation. the escalation is mounting. and now we hear the israeli fighters are flying overhead in gaza and hitting some reports of casualties in hospital. the point you mentioned are palestinian fighters saying they have captured some israelis. i know there's very little information coming through at the moment but what do you know about possible casualties or people who have taken hostage? we casualties or people who have taken hosta . e? ~ . casualties or people who have taken hostaue? ~ . , ., ., ., hostage? we have seen a lot of unverified _ hostage? we have seen a lot of unverified footage _ hostage? we have seen a lot of unverified footage by _ hostage? we have seen a lot of unverified footage by people i hostage? we have seen a lot of| unverified footage by people but there are images circulating on social media, people posting on facebook, pictures of dead soldiers, dragged from the border into gaza and we have seen footage of israeli military vehicles, militants from hamas, driving in the middle of the city and in gaza so people were celebrating this kind of action but also at the same time, we are seeing queues at the bakeries and the supermarkets. people are trying to stop and buy as much as they could because they believe israel will respond and very soon for this and people have taken down buildings and more like this before so people are worried about the israeli response but at the same time some of them are celebrating for it hamas has done so far. are celebrating for it hamas has done so far-— done so far. already the israeli government — done so far. already the israeli government is _ done so far. already the israeli government is saying - done so far. already the israeli government is saying hamas . done so far. already the israeli i government is saying hamas has done so far. already the israeli - government is saying hamas has made a great mistake. the expectation is that there will be a strong response from the israeli government to these attacks but why do you think hamas has decided to carry out what looks like an audacious attack? weill. like an audacious attack? well, behind the _ like an audacious attack? well, behind the closed _ like an audacious attack? well, behind the closed role, - like an audacious attack? well, behind the closed role, i - like an audacious attack? well, behind the closed role, i thinkl behind the closed role, i think hamas was talking many times to some of the people in gaza and they were meeting and they were preparing for what they used to coat the big battle but by far, it is really a surprise, for me, covering the conflict for the past 25 years, i believe this is a surprise but it is well organised by hamas, they have been preparing for a for a very long time, they started by firing thousands of rockets and ground troops were cut through the fence, they went in and that couldn't be just a reaction to the recent israeli attack. that must have been well prepared for a very long time. that was our bbc correspondent with the latest. and we've just had this statement from the british foreign secretary james cleverly. both france and germany say they condemn terrorist attacks against israel. i'm joined now by dr dahlia scheindlin, political analyst and expert on israel—palestine. talk to you, just to start by giving immediate reaction to this unprecedented attack on israel by hamas. mi; unprecedented attack on israel by hamas. g ., ~ ., ., hamas. my reaction like that of eve one hamas. my reaction like that of everyone else _ hamas. my reaction like that of everyone else is _ hamas. my reaction like that of everyone else is it _ hamas. my reaction like that of everyone else is it is _ hamas. my reaction like that of everyone else is it is a - hamas. my reaction like that of| everyone else is it is a complete surprise but not a complete surprise. what is not at all a surprise. what is not at all a surprise is that there was an escalation, i would say over the last number of months, all of us have been expecting some sort of an escalation with gaza and hamas because we know from the past there have been five or six operations depending on if you count the smaller or bigger ones and nothing in the political conditions that would have prevented them have changed so we are in an ongoing active military conflict and occupation. gaza has been under siege for 16 years, there is no political process, the palestinian leadership has been very undermined and there is a deterioration of the legitimacy of the palestinian leadership leaving hamas to conclude that the only way forward is through militancy. there is no surprise on that level but it is a complete surprise as your reporter said, that the scale of operation which is very elaborate and notjust the time it will take to plan less, which i can only imagine what had been at least six months if not more in the planning, but that it would happen under the noses of israeli intelligence, this was not as far as we know and we are still waiting for information, everybody seems to have been taken by surprise by the very elaborate multifaceted multipronged planning that they were able to do. yet mention historic frustrations about the political situation between israel and palestine. but the cost of this is going to be serious for people in gaza because we are already seeing air strikes from the israeli government in previous times, we have seen ground incursions by israeli forces into gaza. how did hamas make this calculation because it is an audacious attack but the people in gaza will pay the price? i audacious attack but the people in gaza will pay the price?— gaza will pay the price? i cannot ut gaza will pay the price? i cannot put myself _ gaza will pay the price? i cannot put myself in — gaza will pay the price? i cannot put myself in the _ gaza will pay the price? i cannot put myself in the months - gaza will pay the price? i cannot put myself in the months of - gaza will pay the price? i cannot put myself in the months of the | put myself in the months of the leaders of hamas, i can say you're absolutely right, there will be a devastating and vast scale of response from israel, anything from massive air strikes targeted assassinations, to a ground operation may be things that we cannot even predict at this point but i will also say there was an enormous price to be paid and that is being paid by the civilian population. everybody in every town in israel and city is in shelters, and experiencing rocket fire, rocket fire directly on tel aviv and the question of which side has more casualties, the body count that we will all inevitably be doing is part of it but the fact is the entire civilian population in israel right now is under attack which is unacceptable under any circumstances and yes, the reverberations will be simply gives israel the excuse for a punishing attack and of course the civilians of gaza were paid the price for this. for this. civilians of gaza were paid the price forthis. forthis. foryears to come. what we see after every war in gaza is that israel undertakes usually other campaigns that flattened neighbourhoods, damage infrastructure and destroy all the reconstruction from the previous operation. it is a demonic balance leading to more violence on civilians in gaza habit was to go but i have no doubt this will reverberate in the west bank. keep in mind we do not know if this will spread to otherfriends, in mind we do not know if this will spread to other friends, whether to the north, we have lots of anticipation of military escalation on the northern border but there could be reverberations in the west bank and the israeli reaction will certainly be very punishing i would say for gaza and probably for palestinians everywhere. as at the same time israelis are now under very devastating attack and it bodes very devastating attack and it bodes very badly. yet very devastating attack and it bodes ve badl . ., very devastating attack and it bodes ve badl. ., very badly. yet mention possible escalations _ very badly. yet mention possible escalations in _ very badly. yet mention possible escalations in this _ very badly. yet mention possible escalations in this conflict, - very badly. yet mention possible escalations in this conflict, we i escalations in this conflict, we have heard from islamichhad, another important militant group in gaza saying it willjoin this attack. his brother has said it has close contact with the leaders of what a course the palestinian resistance but how concerning these comments from islamichhad and his brother, can we see further escalation on the ground? it is extremely _ escalation on the ground? it 3 extremely concerning the israeli security establishment has been running all year of escalations on the response and so i think the moment this began early this morning, the first question was whether other factions during this fight? it would be very easy to rally individual palestinians and we have seen a series of attacks on civilians over the last year but the question of whether these militant factions willjoin and if they do, that would be a very serious escalation, turning this into a multi—front war. i guess we have to see if you use the word war at this point, the israeli prime minister announcing a disable, not an operation, but an actual war on hamas and has made that clear so if this turns into a multi—front war, of course it is very deeply concerning. it should be very deeply concerning. it should be very deeply concerning for the other parties because there civilians will suffer from israeli actions. talk because there civilians will suffer from israeli actions.— because there civilians will suffer from israeli actions. talk to, thank ou so from israeli actions. talk to, thank you so much _ from israeli actions. talk to, thank you so much for— from israeli actions. talk to, thank you so much forjoining _ from israeli actions. talk to, thank you so much forjoining us - from israeli actions. talk to, thank you so much forjoining us this - you so much forjoining us this morning. —— doctor. the united nations says it's sending investigators to the small village in ukraine's kharkiv region that suffered the deadliest attack in the country in over a year. a missile strike in the ukrainian village of hroza killed 52 people. every family in the village was affected. un human rights officials say there appeared to be n0 military targets. the local prosecutor says the attack was deliberate. the kremlin insists that russia does not target civilians. ukraine says a separate russian missile attack targeted residential buildings in kharkiv city centre. the interior ministry said a ten—year—old boy was killed. 0ur ukraine correspondent james waterhouse has more on thursday's attack from the village. a symbol of innocence. against a backdrop of desperation. this playground is now the site of a deadly puzzle. it's the retrieval phase, listing, identifying who or what is left. ukraine is certain this wasn'tjust an act of war, but a war crime. translation: after investigation, we can say it was a deliberate - attack on civilians. i can't tell how they chose the targets because i don't understand their logic. the kremlin says it always targets military sites. we saw no evidence suggesting that this was one. here's what's left of the cafe. it's a deep wound. it's a picture of finality. you see the shop next door has been blown through as well. for a moment... "holozar", meaning thunderstorm, lives up to its name. some reminders of what happened might be washed away but this small community has already been damaged. in the evening, lubov tells us she was here at home when she heard the explosion. translation: i ran out of the yard and saw a plume of smoke. - my husband rushed there. he came back and said, "our children are gone". 0ur son—in—law was found dead, but our daughter was still alive when emergency workers arrived. she told one of them, herfriend, "take me out. take me out. " that's it. those were her last words. who would return my children to me? who? lyubov and her community's pain is palpable. dogs bark. her village is a darker place. james waterhouse, bbc news, kharkiv region. let's get some of the day's other news now. the authorities in ecuador say six inmates killed in a jail on friday had all been accused of involvement in the assassination of the presidential candidate, fernando villavicencio in august. officials said the men, killed in a jail in guayaquil, were all colombian nationals. a bus carrying migrants has crashed in the southern mexican state of wahaca killing at least 18 people — including three children. the authorities say the 55 passengers were venezuelan and haitian nationals travelling towards the mexican border with the united states. officials in the indian state of west bengal say that at least 42 people are known to have died in flash flooding with 150 more missing. a glacial lake in the indian himalayas burst its banks after record breaking rainfall. foreign travel by the chinese has surged during the traditional eight day golden—week holiday. new figures show the number of trips is now 85% of pre—pandemic levels, with cheaper asian destinations such as thailand proving popular. after a summer of extreme heat across europe, east asia and north america, the number of days where temperatures peaked above the 1.5 degree global limit have increased and broken annual records. so far in 2023, around one in three days have had global temperatures above a key marker — measuring 1.5 degree higher than pre—industrial levels. although this isn't classfied as a breach of the goal set in the paris climate treaty, officials say it is a worrying sign of things to come. our environment correspondent, matt mcgrath reports. rising temperatures are having a profound effect on our planet this year. shrinking sea ice in antarctica is posing problems for penguins. and as fires took hold once again in tenerife following record spanish heat in september, scientists said they were gobsmacked by the scale of the jump in global temperatures last month. now the bbc data team has found that the number of days that have breached the 1.5 sea temperature threshold is also a record breaker. in paris in 2015, political leaders agreed a plan to permanently tackle climate change. a key element is keeping the rise in global temperatures under 1.5 celsius this century. but a bbc analysis shows that in the year to date, nearly one in three days were above the limit. while permanently breaching the threshold will take decades, climate scientists say that all these days over the level are a clear sign of things to come. this is a really, like, pre—warning for people to understand if we're having extreme events based on just exceeding 1.5 for a few days here and there, what would it be like on the long term? and it is a scarier story, but it's better to be more prepared. we need to be more resilient, adapt quicker and obviously deal with the root cause of what's causing the warming that we can do something about. while the root cause of the warming seen this year is the ongoing human emissions of warming gases, another element driving up temperatures is el nino. this natural event sees heat surge from the pacific ocean to the atmosphere, and scientists say its impact is now growing stronger. they believe that this combination will likely see 2023 gain the unwelcome title of warmest year on record. matt mcgrath, bbc news. canadian rapper, drake, has announced that he will take a breakfrom creating music, just hours after releasing his latest album, for all the dogs. the artist — who has won several grammy awards — said that he had suffered problems with his stomach for years, and that it was now time for him to focus on his health. hejoins other musicians like madonna and bruce springsteen who've cancelled tours due to health issues. the american simone biles has become the most decorated gymnast in the history of the sport. she won her sixth all—around gold medal at the world championships in belgium. her total of 3a world and olympic medals is more than any other gymnast, male or female. the latest victories come two years after she took a break for mental health reasons following the tokyo 0lympics. i wonder over top story. the unprecedented attack by hamas militants on israel. we have a live page on the bbc website with all the latest updates. and the latest lines from that, the group appears to have infiltrated southern israel, hundreds of people are being treated in israeli hospitals and the israeli government is carrying out air strikes on gaza in response. stay with us here on bbc news. we all have continued updates on that breaking news. the weekend has started with massive weather contrasts, whether what your shots from earlier summing up the contrast, across the south dorset blue skies overhead, but one day for october, in north this was the view in glasgow. the rain has been relentless since yesterday evening. this is the club producing the rain, fed by moist air coming from iberia, also clashing with colder air from the north and that has given the weather fronts in power and the met office hadley and bert without 0ffice hadley and bert without warning in place for areas across scotland. lots of travel disruption and flooding, potential disruption and flooding, potential disruption and landslips. commerce focusing on the area with the heaviest rain, extensive rain across the rest of scotland, the far north in 0rkney and shetland should stay dry and turning drier in the far south later. northern ireland, england and wales, compared to 9—13 we have spells of hazy sunshine, limited by low cloud in the costs in the vast, we could see temperatures above normal 2425 degrees in the south. this evening and overnight the areas under the weather warning will see further rain but easing northwards, the rest of the conditions as we head towards tomorrow. most other areas are drawing with light winds in the south—west, missed and for patches, temperatures for most of us around 14 degrees. the weather chart for sunday, the weather front still there, drawing in warm airfrom the south on the western edge of the high pressure but the rain relentless across the north of scotland through tomorrow. it means central and southern scotland dry and bright but some shower surround, maybe the odd one for northern ireland and england, england and well staying dry, especially in the east but with the sunshine strongest across the south, temperatures in the mid 20s. not as called scotland. into next week, high pressure in the south keeps things dry and warm body passing area of low pressure will throw rain south and east, it's been quite windy across the north through the first—half of next week, chile in the breeze but further south, the want continues for some days, clearing away from wednesday onwards. take care. this is bbc news. the headlines... security forces in southern israel have moved to a war footing to combat a surprise attack launched by the palestinian militant group — hamas. a barrage of rocket fire from gaza into israeli territory began just after dawn, with explosions on the streets of askhelon and tel aviv. united nations investigators are on their way to the ukrainian village where a missile strike killed more than 50 people — in one of the deadliest single attacks on civilians since russia's invasion began. the investigators will gather evidence which could be used in any future war crimes trial. schools in england may have to redraw budgets for the next academic year after the department for education admitted it miscalculated its funding plans. let's return now to our top story and the middle east where security forces in southern israel have moved to a war footing to combat a surprise attack by the palestinian militant group, hamas — the biggest in years. thousands of rockets have been launched into israel from gaza. and dozens of militants appear to have entered southern israel. here's what we know so far: the rocket attacks have struck tel aviv and areas that surround gaza.