put at 100 by the israeli embassy to the us, though some have been freed. in northern israel, hezbollah rockets targeted three military positions, with israel responding with barrages of artillery into southern lebanon. the un security council will meet later on sunday — president biden has vowed rock solid support for israel and warned against other countries taking advantage of the situation. let's show you the scene live in gaza now. israeli airstrikes are ongoing in response to hamas�*s attack — including some in the last few hours. palestinian health officials say 20 children are among the more than 300 killed there. they say nearly 1,800 people have been wounded. let's get the latest from simonjones. israel is stepping up its retaliation. this is what it describes as its "mighty vengeance" on the palestinian militant group hamas. 0vernight, gaza has been rocked by explosions. earlier, warplanes hit several buildings in the centre of the city. the israeli defence forces released these pictures, which they say are hamas cells being targeted. the israeli military trying to show they are on the front foot after being taken by surprise by hamas�*s attacks. the israeli prime minister issued this warning in a televised address. translation: all of the places hamas is active in in this city of evil, _ all the places hamas is hiding in and operating from, we will turn them into ruins. i'm telling the people of gaza, get out of there now, because we are about to take action everywhere with all our force. this is how the attack by hamas began yesterday morning. armed men cutting through israel's perimeter fence accompanied by a wave of rocket attacks. hamas released this footage showing an israeli tank being targeted. it was a highly planned operation, catching israel off guard. israelis who had been at a rave in the fields near gaza were forced to flee for their lives. they were going three by three and shooting — pa—pow, pa—pow, pa—pow — everywhere from two sides and so many people were dying, like, allaround. shouting israelis were seen being taken into gaza as hostages. more than 100 soldiers and civilians were taken captive, according to the israeli embassy to the us, though some have now been rescued or released. the leader of hamas, which governs gaza, has promised to end israel's occupation of palestinian lands. translation: we are on the verge of a great victory and a clear- conquest on the gaza front. in the israeli city of sderot, which came under attack, a bulldozer is used to break into a police station where hamas gunmen were thought to be holed up. the british prime minister has described hamas's actions as cowardly and depraved. a view shared by the us president. innocent people murdered, wounded. entire families taken hostage by hamas. just days after israel marked the holiest of days of the jewish calendar. it's unconscionable. you know, when i spoke with prime minister netanyahu this morning, i told him the united states stands with the people of israel in the face of these terrorist assaults. this morning, gaza is shrouded in smoke. israel says it's cutting off the supply of electricity, fuel and goods to the city. the israeli military says it has also carried out strikes into lebanon after shots were fired from the north. and the hamas attacks have continued. this was tel aviv last night. the escalating violence will be discussed today at an emergency meeting of the un security council. hamas shows no sign of pulling back. the israeli prime minister is warning of a long and difficult war. diplomatic efforts to stabilise what is the largest escalation in this conflict for decades won't be easy. simon jones, bbc news. we can bring you up—to—date on the death tolls. the palestinian health authority says in total, 313 palestinians have been killed, nearly 2000 injured in gaza. meanwhile, we've been hearing that at least 300 israelis have been killed and dozens kidnapped. that comes from israel's embassy in turkey, quoting the israeli ministry of health. and close to 2000 people are being treated in hospitals, 19 of them in a critical condition, just to say that figure has not yet been directly confirmed by israel. another development that has just come in, where hearing that the palestinian authority has called for an emergency arab league meeting and we will bring you more than all those developments as we get them. 0ur reporter rushdi abualouf is in gaza. the latest after ten hours, the palestinian militants have been firing rockets, they should statement saying they fired 100 rockets towards sderot, this came as retaliation for the israeli air strikes throughout the night and this morning, targeting many houses, according to hamas, throughout the night, this morning, the sounds of explosions, the sons of israeli air raids were clearly heard in gaza, as palestinian security sources says, over 150 targets have been hit by israelis. israel have been targeted —— targeting mainly hamas installations but also the houses of hamas leaders. most of the houses including that of the permanent hamas leader in southern gaza, his house was destroyed. in the north and everywhere israel is hitting hamas hard after what hamas have done yesterday by firing thousands of rockets and also crossing the border and fighting israelis and capturing some of the israelis. also, the armed wing of hamas has issued a statement saying within an hour they will announce the number of israeli citizens, they said soldiers and civilians, they captured yesterday. this is within an hour, they will publish the official figure about the number of people held captive by hamas. let's talk about about the humanitarian situation in gaza. i'vejust talk about about the humanitarian situation in gaza. i've just been driving through the gaza downtown, which is completely blocked by a building that was brought down this morning in the main straight, which is blocked by rubble. the people in gaza who mostly stay indoors since yesterday will be shocked when they see the scale of destruction in the streets of gaza following the israeli air strike. of course, a different area. also, one of these buildings is a significant hub for the internet providers in gaza, so most of the internet in several parts of the gaza strip, people don't have electricity or internet since last night. we don't have electricity or internet since last night.— don't have electricity or internet since last night. we have also heard about the death _ since last night. we have also heard about the death toll— since last night. we have also heard about the death toll from _ since last night. we have also heard about the death toll from officials i about the death toll from officials where you are?— where you are? yes, palestinian health ministry _ where you are? yes, palestinian health ministry just _ where you are? yes, palestinian health ministryjust issued - where you are? yes, palestinian health ministryjust issued a - health ministryjust issued a statement saying 313 people were killed. 0ne health official told me this morning more than half of them are civilians but now the figure they are talking about, 20 children among them, six women, one of them pregnant, they said because israel have had several houses without warning. israel said the houses belonged to hamas commanders but also civilians are always caught in this crossfire, and we have seen this crossfire, and we have seen this in the past where civilian casualties always are caught in this. the palestinian health ministry keep appealing to people who can't reach any hospital to go and donate blood, they said they are struggling to cope with the situation in a place that has been suffering for a very long time from the lack of a health care system, lack of equipment, and they said this recent escalation is adding even more complication to the already suffering system. have we heard anything _ already suffering system. have we heard anything more _ already suffering system. have we heard anything more from - already suffering system. have we heard anything more from the - already suffering system. have we i heard anything more from the hamas leadership in light of this morning? hamas have been issuing a statement by statement since yesterday. the latest one was talking about the number of israeli captives, they said they will publish the figure, they said this was lodged because of israeli aggression against our people. this morning a senior hamas commander said that we will continue until the end, we will not stop, israel has to stop its aggression first. hamas keep issuing statements saying that they will continue what they say is revenge for the israeli aggression. d0 they say is revenge for the israeli aggression-— they say is revenge for the israeli anression. ~' ., ., , ., aggression. do we know anything more about some of — aggression. do we know anything more about some of the _ aggression. do we know anything more about some of the places _ aggression. do we know anything more about some of the places that - aggression. do we know anything more about some of the places that have - about some of the places that have been targeted by the israeli air force? we've heard that includes two banks belonging to hamas and an aerial weapons production site belonging to the islamichhad terrorist organisation. what more do we know about some of those targets? yes, as we know, hamas is not only a military side, they are running this place for the last 17 years, so they are the government, they have the offices, they have government offices, they have government offices, they have police stations, security compounds and also they have banks. when it is at war with israel, everything is a target. israel, everything is a target. israel are targeting hamas, whether it is military compound, the bank, a house, israel has been targeting all the hamas installations including banks and including what hamas said is a charity organisation in central gaza. so for israel, they can keep hitting targets of hamas for quite a long time because they have in every corner, like on every street they have either a bank or an institution or a police station or a security compound, so this is what israel have been targeting since yesterday, when they started this retaliation attack after following the hamas attacks on israel yesterday. i’m attack after following the hamas attacks on israel yesterday. attacks on israelyesterday. i'm not sure how much _ attacks on israelyesterday. i'm not sure how much you _ attacks on israelyesterday. i'm not sure how much you have _ attacks on israelyesterday. i'm not sure how much you have been - attacks on israelyesterday. i'm not sure how much you have been able | attacks on israel yesterday. i'm not i sure how much you have been able to get out and about and speak to people, but if you have had any conversations, what are people been saying to you about the last 2a hours or so? saying to you about the last 24 hours or so?— saying to you about the last 24 hours or so? ~ ., saying to you about the last 24 hours or so? ~ _, .., ., , hours or so? while, communication is hard and the — hours or so? while, communication is hard and the security _ hours or so? while, communication is hard and the security situation - hours or so? while, communication is hard and the security situation is - hard and the security situation is really risky but i had a chance to drive around the city this morning. i was talking to people yesterday as well, people were fleeing their houses, people have mixed feelings, most of the men, most of the people i met have mixed feelings about this. yesterday it was like a moment of celebration for some of the palestinians, they said, because hamas was taking revenge on israel, thatis hamas was taking revenge on israel, that is attacked the palestinians but on the other hand people worried that this war might last for a very long time and since israel decided to cut electricity supplies, food and water supplies into gaza, people are really worried about this humanitarian situation. most of gaza, people in gaza are staying indoors. behind me is the main street, all the shops are closed except a few bakeries. there were people queueing at bakeries to get as much because they believe this war will last for a long time. more and develop meant we measured a few months ago, the palestinian authority has submitted a memorandum on sunday, from an emergency meeting of the arab league. they want that to be at the foreign ministerial level, according to the palestinian news agency. more information of that, the request for the meeting comes in light of what they, and i quote, says the brutal and ongoing israeli aggression against the palestinian people including the escalation of the storming of the al—aqsa mosque by thousands of settlers, that quote comes from the arab league ambassador. so the latest is that the palestinian authority is calling for an emergency meeting of the arab league. we will have more on that when we get it. next i want to show you a map of where israel says militants inside its territory. there are eight locations — you can see those by the red points on the map. the israel defence forces say operations are taking place there including sufa, zikim and sderot. hamas meanwhile says that fierce fighting is continuing. earlier, ourjerusalem bureau chief jo floto gave us the latest. it was still, we are still getting hundreds of rockets that have been fired overnight from israel. they sustained —— but they sustain irritably israeli military. the death toll on both sides is rising. approaching 300, we think. 0n death toll on both sides is rising. approaching 300, we think. on both sides. hamas have told us they will release the number of hostages they claim to have taken to the gaza strip and the next hour or so. we are also told by the israeli military that they will let us know how many of their soldiers have been killed, there will give us the number yet but they say it is a substantial number. it is still very much an ongoing situation. the israeli military also say they are sweeping through about eight remaining towns and villages on the gaza border to make sure there are no militants are still hiding out in those locations and they are proceeding with a major evacuation of israeli civilians from the south. so thousands of people who were remaining in that area will be bussed out and that will give us an indication of the kind of military operation that they anticipate unfolding in the next few days. just lookin: at unfolding in the next few days. just looking at the bbc website, the live page says the israeli ambassador to the uk since the country is now on, quote, a necessity war with hamas to protect our people, goes on to say, we need to make sure all the infrastructure of terrorism will be 100% destroyed. we've been hearing a little bit more about some of these strikes that have happened. tell us more about some of those targets. the israeli military say they have it in the last 24 hours more than 400 targets, they have obviously got a list of places that they identified as hamas military targets but also our colleague in gaza at the moment and says they are also hitting buildings that are associated with hamas and their other role as the government of the gaza strip. and israel has cut off electricity supplies, it supplies some of the electricity in the gaza strip. a bit more is supplied through a generator inside gaza itself. so they are hopefully from their point of view tightening the noose on hamas, but it's going to be a difficult operation. what complicates things more than anything at the moment is the knowledge that there are dozens of hostages, both dead and alive, inside strip, and that is the major obsession of most israelis this morning, have been watching social media posts of civilians, women and children, old people being dragged across the border from their homes in those communities near the gaza strip and paraded for the cameras, sometimes humiliated for the cameras, these are people that hamas say will be used as bargaining chips to release their own prisoners from israeli jails. 50 to release their own prisoners from israeli jails-— to release their own prisoners from israeli jails-— israeli “ails. so difficult to make an israeli jails. so difficult to make any predictions _ israeli jails. so difficult to make any predictions when _ israeli jails. so difficult to make any predictions when we're - israeli jails. so difficult to make. any predictions when we're about something like this, but what to expect we might hear in the next few hours from the israeli government? we have statements overnight. the one thin we have statements overnight. tue: one thing we we have statements overnight. tte: one thing we can we have statements overnight. "tt2 one thing we can protect we have statements overnight. tt2 one thing we can protect is that the violence will get worse before it gets better. —— but we can predict. this is a divided country politically, we have had nine months of rolling protests, hundreds of thousands of people hitting the streets in opposition to the current prime minister and his plans to change the oversight of government by the courts, back early today we are seeing probably the formation of are seeing probably the formation of a national unity government, which gives you a sense of the national crisis this country feels it is in. political differences are being set aside by archrival, people have no love lost between them, in order to be seen to have a united front against hamas. this is an attack that you have to go back probably to the yom kippur war war 50 years ago this year to see anything like this and probably even further, to the 1948 hrs after the founding of israel, were civilian populations are confronted with this level of attack by militants. it is that shock, determination and revulsion, the savagery of this attack, the indiscriminate nature of them, that is unifying israel currently. in the meantime they are telling civilian populations inside gaza to move. it's a very crowded area, there are not very many places to move to, but they are saying they will identify areas of operations and ask people to leave. there is nowhere to go. the borders are closed. the one body with each it is tightly restricted. currently we are seeing families in gaza either stay put or move to the united nations run in schools, the un runs a huge humanitarian and education service in gaza for hundreds of thousands of people and it is those locations which are clearly marked up you are going. but it is a totally packed a strip and inevitably there are going to be more casualties are a thing inevitably on the israeli side the death toll is going to go up because a number of people are severely wounded in hospitals at the moment. one of the most terrifying aspects of this conflict is the fighting in israeli villages that were overrun by hamas militants breaking out from gaza. here's the story of one woman who was at a festival when it all happened. who was at a festival when it there who was at a festival when it were just next to us, we re there were just next to us, they were all over the place with these automatic weapons, so i was running out, i saw two policemen, they were at the festival. they were standing next to the cars. i realised it is very easy to get killed by these policemen, because everyone was going everywhere. four orfive different places, not one direction, so we didn't know where to go. so then i started, got into my car again, i drove a little bit more, i got some people that were shooting on me, left the car and started to run. i saw a place with many pomelo trees, like 200 trees, so i was going in the middle, just in the middle, and i was lying down. they werejust all around me middle, and i was lying down. they were just all around me and they were just all around me and they were going through— and shooting, pa—pow, pa—pow, everywhere, from two sides. in summary people were dying all around. sides. in summary people were dying allaround. —— so sides. in summary people were dying all around. —— so many people. i was very quiet, i was like, i didn't cry, i didn't do anything, but on the one hand i was breathing and i said, it's ok, i'm going to die, just breeze, close your eyes, because it was shooting everywhere very close to me. also, then i heard the terrorists, they opened a big van, they were all where i was hiding, they opened a big fan and all the time they got more weapons from this car. they were in the area for three hours, nobody was there, no—one. the policeman from the party, yes, i saw but they were on one side. 0ther party, yes, i saw but they were on one side. other side, party, yes, i saw but they were on one side. 0therside, i party, yes, i saw but they were on one side. other side, i was sure the army will come, i heard some helicopter, i was sure soldiers were going to come down and go into this field and save us. but no—one was there. just all these terrorists. they were very close to me, so my leg was starting to... i couldn't control myself, it was like this. i tried to move a little bit. then i heard them talking about, winner on this site i moved to the other side. i started to try to be under the trees, so maybe when the shooting will come there will not touch my face. and i was lying there for like three hours. did face. and i was lying there for like three hours— three hours. did you know what ha--ened three hours. did you know what happened to — three hours. did you know what happened to your— three hours. did you know what happened to your friend? - three hours. did you know what happened to your friend? i - three hours. did you know what happened to your friend? i was | three hours. did you know what - happened to your friend? i was sure she was dead- _ happened to your friend? i was sure she was dead. i _ happened to your friend? i was sure she was dead. i was _ happened to your friend? i was sure she was dead. i wasjust _ happened to your friend? i was sure she was dead. i wasjust thinking i she was dead. i was just thinking about my kids, my friend, everything. i said, about my kids, my friend, everything. isaid, is not about my kids, my friend, everything. i said, is not the time to die for me, not yet. then started to die for me, not yet. then started to hear some hebrew on one side and some arabic and the other sites i realised we had some sort of, there were like five or six soldiers, then i started to go to these soldiers. meanwhile there are still terrorists around but i was going with my hands up around but i was going with my hands up so i will —— they will know it is me and not some terrorist. in summary put me in a quantum i could go away. they took me and another someone that was coming and i was worried about my friend, than i was coming to the second point, someone told me they showed a photo, they said, we took her to hospital, she's 0k. until now i had not been sure she was alive. the last time i saw her there was shooting at her stomach. so i'm waiting, maybe she is in some surgery room or something. my boyfriend just came and picked me up at some point. i was the first one to go out, still within two or three hours, and all the way, people were dying, all the way along road, young people, it is a festival for young people, way along road, young people, it is a festivalfor young people, many people were dying on the road. whoever tried to run away, they were shooting from both sides. people were desperate to hide. star; shooting from both sides. people were desperate to hide. stay with us on bbc news- _ hello. impacts from this weekend's rainfall in scotland will be felt all the way to the start of the coming week. but out there today, the met office, amber warning is in force around the grampians towards the moray coast. it's here where they expect the greatest risk of further flooding and disruption, but there will be further impacts elsewhere. river levels continuing to rise and respond to the rain we've already seen today. some of the heaviest has been this morning. through the afternoon, the rain will turn a little bit patchier. there'll still be some heavier bursts mixed in, but not quite as extensive the widespread heavy rain. to the north of shetland stays dry and bright but brighter to southern scotland, northern ireland this afternoon and northern england, although still some areas of cloud around sunniest of all central southern england and wales, away from some western coast. and it's here another warm day expected, temperatures into the mid 20s for some, not as chilly across parts of scotland as we saw through yesterday. into this evening and overnight, far north of scotland continue to see some rain to begin with and then we could see some heavier bursts return through central scotland, but not to the level or extent have you seen through recent days. some of that also affecting northern england, maybe the far north of northern ireland, but away from that, most will have a dry night. some areas of mist and low cloud, more especially towards the irish sea and a very mild night, temperatures 16 to 17 degrees to start tomorrow morning for some in northern england. a lot of low cloud here, though, and northern ireland, southern scotland, some bursts of rain. the odd heavier one, to the north of it, isolated showers, some sunny spells. better day than we've seen through this weekend. to the south of that weather front, more dry and sunny weather, although it could remain quite misty and foggy around some western coasts, another warm one across central southern areas. temperatures in the mid teens further north. now, as we go into tuesday, the windier spell for much of the northern half of the uk. outbreaks of rain return across scotland, some of which should be heavy and thundery. but rainfall amounts will vary widely. some heavy showers into northern england, north wales and northern ireland too during the day. for the south and east we stick dry, sunny and unseasonably warm. but that's the last of the very warm days. through into midweek. low pressure which will bring the windy weather across. scotland will work its way eastwards, throwing a weather front southwards which will wriggle around southern counties as we go for the end of the week. so after starting the week with that north—south split still in place, you'll notice by the time we get to wednesday, even things out a little bit, outbreaks of rainjust about anywhere and it will feel cooler across the south. take care. this is bbc news, the headlines as israel strikes back against hamas — its military says residents near gaza will be evacuated within the next 24 hours. this is the scene in gaza city right now — where people have been told to seek safety. translation: all the places hamas hide, we will- turn them into ruins. i am telling the residents of gaza, leave now because we will act with all our power. the israeli army says more than 300 palestinian gunmen have been killed — and many more have been arrested. president biden offers �*rock—solid' support for israel — the un security council will discuss the crisis at an emergency meeting. we can bring you an update that has just come into the newsroom, reports from security sources say to you tourists and one egyptian have been shotin tourists and one egyptian have been shot in alexandria in egypt. and a policeman is alleged to have carried out the shooting in a district of the egyptian city of alexandria. it says according to sources that that policeman is now in custody. a developing story which we are getting some information on, to israeli tourists and one egyptian have been shot dead on sunday in alexandria in egypt, 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