Thank you for being here. We are following all of the breaking news out of israel. Earlier this morning, citizens of luck to a barrage of rocket fire from the gaza strip. The palestinian militant group, hamas, launched a Surprise Attack Firing Thousands of rockets, firing on all cylinders, land, sea, in air. Reportedly the group infiltrated several Border Villages in the south and are taking hostages, including Israeli Soldiers and citizens. This deadly attack comes on the Jewish Holiday Of She Mini what the root. The 50th Anniversary of the Yom Kippur War. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu released a video is short while ago promising retribution. It, quote, take a mighty vengeance for this black day. On what he has called a state of war. The Israeli Military says they responded with airstrikes on hamas targets in gaza. These really Defense Force has called it, Operation Iron swords. This attack comes amid escalating tensions between israel and palestine. Months of deadly conf
On israels border with gaza, feels like a time capsule stuck in the horrors of october 7. Hamas broke in at dawn. They killed and took Hostage A Quarter of the 400 or so israelis who lived here. Sayed was laying there dead, nearthere. You could see that he was trying to hold the door closed, and actually, the door was locked. The army opened the door later. Ron behat and his family survived in their safe room. Then he recovered dead friends and neighbours, some in pieces. In this house, you know, that was the first time that we realised that we are not looking for only bodies, because the beginning, you know, we took a lot of bodies. The interrupted, terminated lives laundry neatly folded the night before the attack give israelis a sense of moral clarity. Going around this place, you can understand why israelis believe very strongly that theyre fighting a just war in gaza. Of course, their allies feel the same. Their quarrel is with the methods that israel has been using, that have cos
more than 200 hostages. jeremy bowen has been embedded with the israel defense forces, inside the territory. while the bbc retained editorial control of the report, the sections featuring the israeli military have been cleared by the idf. like young soldiers in many wars, israeli troops looked excited, not apprehensive, as they made their final preparations tojoin israel s invasion of the gaza strip. they re moving in as the war approaches a critical point. their colleagues already inside the strip have surrounded gaza city. these men might be part of the next stage, locating hamas tunnels and fighting street by street. israel s prime minister promised his country a mighty vengeance against hamas. but with so much firepower, one question is israel following joe biden s advice not to be blinded by rage, to defend itself, but also protect the lives of palestinian civilians? we went into gaza with the israeli army on condition we didn t reveal their positions. video shot after
tonight the united nations hears a claim that 3,200 children have been killed in gaza injust three weeks, more than the number of children killed annually across the world s conflict zones since 2019. as israel s ground operation continues, what next for this escalting conflict? tonight talking us through israel s strategy for its ground operation inside gaza, mark will be with us. we ll be hearing from the director of a palestinian medical aid charity who refuses to leave northern gaza. everywhere you go right now there is a complete disaster happening right now and gaza strip. people are saying that gazza is the new aleppo, so i am still standing in the north of gaza and i believe i still have my dignity with me, staying in my home, scrapping for whatever food and water. and as the united nations security council holds another emergency meeting tonight, we ll bejoined live by an israeli cabinet minister and the un special rapporteur for the palestinian territories. is the u
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