You can see a building that has been completely destroyed on the right hand side of the shot. 0vernight, if youre watching the live scene, you would have seen flashes of light as israeli air missiles pounded gaza city throughout the hours of darkness. Militants from the Palestinian Group hamas remain inside israel fighting is ongoing at at least seven locations there two days after the first mass assault on saturday. As many as 100 israeli hostages have been taken into gaza by the militants. 0ur middle east correspondnet Yolande Knell reports. Explosions lighting up the night sky as israeli Missile Defence shot down incoming palestinian rockets. But not all. Homes in southern israel were hit. And in gaza, israel has been striking back. The israeli Prime Minister threatening mighty vengeance. Shouting. The scale and complexity of saturdays Surprise Attack is still becoming clear. Hamas released this footage of its armed men storming the main crossing for people from gaza entering israel. Israeli rescuers have been collecting hundreds of bodies. It is by far the worst day in israeli history. Never before have so many israelis been killed by one single thing let alone Enemy Activity on one day. If you are americans and want to compare this to something in american history, then this could be a 9 11 and a pearl harbor wrapped into one. Hamas now says its holding 100 israeli hostages like this 85 year old grandmother, yaffa adar, whisked away by militants in a golf cart. Yoni asher is begging for the safe return of his wife and two small children after they were kidnapped by gunmen while visiting in laws. I want to ask of hamas. Don� t hurt them. Dont hurt little children. Dont hurt women. If you want me instead, im willing to come. Now in gaza most areas are without power after israel stopped supplying electricity. There are shortages of food and water. Tens of thousands of palestinians have fled their homes many Seeking Shelter in un schools. As israel hits back, the International Community has rushed to support its right to defend itself, but there have been warnings, too, about a growing humanitarian crisis. Israel keeps saying the blockade and repeated assaults on gaza are to destroy hamas Military Capabilities and ensure security. Clearly and expectedly, its blockade and assaults accomplished neither. And with palestinians killed in clashes with Israeli Soldiers in the occupied west bank, there are new signs of the violence spreading. Yolande knell, bbc news, jerusalem. Lets get more from our correspondent anna foster who is in ashkelon. Weve heard another barrage, the sounds of Explosions In The Sky here over ashkelon in southern israel. This is something that has been happening all through yesterday, through the night as well. These missiles that are being fired in large numbers from gaza, mainly being intercepted by israels iron dome system, which catches them in the sky and actually explodes those missiles before it hits the ground. It has a success rate of more than 90 , but it doesnt catch every missile. And this Apartment Block in ashkelon, as you can see, was hit in the early hours of this morning, a direct hit right into the ground floor of the Apartment Block. You can see peoples belongings, the childrens toys, furniture, everything just scattered here as people were trying to escape. This morning, ivejust been talking to a woman who lives right above there in the next floor, and she was describing how actually when this happened, she and her husband were trying to get out, but the front door was stuck and she was trying to pull it. She said she eventually had to be rescued by firefighters who came and dealt with this here. But it is something that people in this area have been seeing. You know, theres been a couple of strikes. Theres a shop right across here that was hit. Theres an Apartment Building just up there, which was also just punched through with a missile. You can see right up on the top floors there, theres a big hole where a missile met its target. Now, this is something that people here have been dealing with for quite some time now, but really not on the size and the scale that weve seen in the last 48 hours. And as well as seeing and hearing those missiles coming from gaza, of course, as you said, we are very close to gaza here and we can hear what is happening there. We can hear Israeli Defense forces striking targets in gaza. They say that this morning and overnight that they managed to strike seven hamas command posts, one command post belonging to palestinian islamichhad. And crucially, they do say that there are communities here in southern israel where there is still fighting going on, areas that theyre still trying to clear, perhaps seven or eight of them. Theyre looking to see whether there are tunnels underneath that are still enabling hamas militants to come in. And it really shows you that the size of this situation that still even now, more than 48 hours after it began, israel still is saying it doesnt quite have full control of these southern israeli communities bordering gaza. A lot of people have maybe friends or relatives in different parts of the country that theyre able to go and stay with. Some people are in hotels because they feel that the area that they live in is just not safe at the moment. Some people are having to stick it out, especially in this area of ashkelon. Its one of the poorer areas and it is one of the places where, as we were saying, there arent necessarily shelters, but people dont always have a lot of choice about where to go in a situation like this. We know that the government is planning some evacuations, they are trying to take people out of these areas who maybe want to go after what theyve seen over the last couple of days. But, you know, youre talking about big cities here around gaza. Youre talking about large communities. Youre talking about lots of people. A lot of this area has been sealed off by the military as well. Now, theres a lot of talk about whether or not israel will now go ahead and launch a ground operation into gaza. Its impossible to predict, although israel have said and the israeli Prime MinisterBenjamin Netanyahu has said that israels response will be significant. Weve seen Military Hardware coming into this area. We know that large parts of it have been sealed off by the military. So there is still the potential that Something Like that might happen in the next few hours, in the next few days. But right now, israel is still really considering its response, trying to secure these areas, also trying to secure the release of those hostages, as many as 130, perhaps 130, 150 hostages. We dont know exact numbers, but the fact that people are still being held inside gaza, again, is another concern for the israeli government. Live now to westminster and the uks chief rabbi sir ephraim mirvis. Chief rabbi, thank you forjoining us. This must be an extremely difficult time for you. Difficult time for you. Good morning difficult time for you. Good morning. This difficult time for you. Good morning. This is difficult time for you. Good morning. This is a difficult time for you. Good j morning. This is a dramatic difficult time for you. Good morning. This is a dramatic and horrific time. 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Let me ask you one more question about what is going on with this really is Around The World. We heard two had been shot in alexandria in egypt. We are not 100 sure behind the motivation for that attack but how worried are you about the safety of the Jewish Community in london the safety of theJewish Community in london and in the uk . Anti semitism is a feature of life right around the globe. We have just witnessed one of the most awful terrorist outrages in living memory. Ever since the conclusion of the second world war. We are of course worried. All steps need to be taken in order to guarantee safety. Qm. In order to guarantee safety. 0k, chief rabbi in order to guarantee safety. 0k, chief rabbi sir in order to guarantee safety. 0k, chief rabbi sir afremova this, good to talk to you, they appreciate you taking the time to speak to us on bbc news. Thank you. Taking the time to speak to us on bbc news. Thank you. As bbc news. Thank you. Thank you. As alwa s, bbc news. Thank you. Thank you. As always. More bbc news. Thank you. Thank you. As always. More on bbc news. Thank you. Thank you. As always, more on this bbc news. Thank you. Thank you. As always, more on this story bbc news. Thank you. Thank you. As always, more on this story on bbc news. Thank you. Thank you. As always, more on this story on the always, more on this story on the bbc� s website. But for now, Around The World and across the uk, this is bbc news. Time to look at some other stories making headlines. Thousands of villagers in Western Afghanistan have spent a second night in the open after a strong earthquake destroyed their homes. The un says more than 1,000 people were killed in herat province. The president of ecuador has extended the State Of Emergency in the country by 30 days. Its been in place since the assassination of the Anti Corruption president ial candidate, fernando villavicencio. The extension comes after seven colombians, arrested over the killing, were found dead in prison. Hong kong temporarily suspended trading at its stock exchange, and closed schools and daycare centres, after Typhoon Koinu brought heavy rains overnight. Some parts of the territory saw more than 300 millimetres of rainfall since midnight on monday. The Uks Supreme Court will begin hearing the governments challenge to a ruling which said the policy of sending some Asylum Seekers to rwanda is unlawful. Under the plan, blocked by the court of appeal, Asylum Seekers would be sent to the african country, where their cases would be determined. Youre live with bbc news. You are alive with me Maryam Moshiri watching bbc news. Let us bring you more now on what is happening in terms of the conflict between israel and the palestinians. Live now to new york and cbs news correspondent naomi ruchim. Let me ask you this, what has been the us reaction over these events . Good morning. Across the country americans are reacting to the war in israel and gaza. Manyjoint israel and gaza. Many joint competing israel and gaza. Manyjoint competing demonstrations over the weekend. Here is a closer look now at the response. As War Rages In The Middle East americans with and without ties to the region are now gathering to voice their views. In los angeles and San Francisco over night, city halls lit up blue and white in support of israel. It comes after a day of passionate protests in the bay area. Duelling dem