Welcome to bbc news. Israel is warning that it will retaliate after iran fired a huge barrage of drones and missiles at israel. The israelis say that 99 of the projectiles were shot down, with Military Support from the united states, the uk and other countries. Its believed nobody was killed, but a seven Year Old Girl is said to have been critically wounded in one attack. In total, more than 300 missiles and drones were launched. Its the first time that iran has directly targeted israel from its own soil. Iran says its actions were in response to a Missile Strike earlier this month in syria that killed several of its military commanders. Irans Foreign Minister has said it has no intention of prolonging what it described as defensive operations, but that it wouldnt hesitate to safeguard its own interests. It has warned against an israeli retaliation. But benny gantz, a member of the israeli war cabinet, promised to build a Regional Coalition, and exact a price from iran at a time right
indicated it is willing to discuss a new plan to end the war in gaza unveiled by us presidentjoe biden. the israeli prime minister, benjamin netanyahu, has again insisted that the war will end only once hamas is destroyed. the opposition leader, yair lapid, has urged the prime minister to accept the proposal. speaking earlier, mr lapid suggested that if right wing members of benjamin netanyahu s coalition resigned in protest, his party would continue to support the government in its efforts to secure a hostage deal. it comes as mr netanyahu repeated that israel will continue to focus on the destruction of hamas and the freeing of all hostages. he was responding to a three phase proposal presented by us president, joe biden, who says hamas is no longer capable of launching another october 7 style attack on israel. meanwhile, egyptian state linked tv is reporting a meeting between egyptian, us and israeli officials will take place sunday to discuss the reopening of the rafah cr
in population centres, such as rafah, those are now on pause, several of them. although america remains israel s greatest ally, the largest supplier of weapons, that has been increasing frustration with the way the israelis have been conducting this war. and that was will vernon from washington. more now on south africa. officials from the african national congress say senior leaders have been meeting to discuss potential plans for a coalition, after the party lost its outright majority for the first time. results from wednesday s election give the anc around a0%. 0ur correspondent, catherine byaru hanga, has more from johannesburg. we are already hearing from the opposition parties that could form alliances with the anc. the eff, julius malema s eff, say they are willing to enter negotiations with the anc
of prisoners from israeli jails, in terms of a stop in the fighting, in terms of the potential for that stop to be a permanent stop without a return to fighting, and of course for there to be the chance of discussions and moves on strengthening the palestinian authority, the parameters of a palestinian state and the other things i ve said, so all they have to do is to accept this deal, and that process can begin. lord cameron they re speaking to my colleague anna foster earlier. 0ur correspondent will vernon has been monitoring us reaction to the new plan. tricky situation here for president biden. we heard yesterday in a pretty optimistic white house address, using quite grand language, saying it is time for this war to end and for the day after to begin, setting out that the stage peace proposal.