Reaction. We will always be there by your side, the words of Antony Blinken as he reaffirms americas support to israel but one precautions need to be taken to avoid harming civilians of every nationality. He said he will send defence support after meeting israels Prime Minister during a visit to tel aviv. Media has said the number of those killed since the attacks by the Palestinian Militant Group hamas has risen to 1300. Western governments have designated hamas as a terrorist organisation. 25 americans are known to have died. It comes as air strikes in gaza have continued with the Health Ministry there saying more than 1300 people have been killed. Israel says the siege on gaza would not end until hostages are released. The International Committee of the red cross has warned Hospital Generators could run out of fuel after the only Power Station in gaza run out of fuel. Antony blinken is due to meet palestinian leaders on friday where he will push diplomatic efforts to end the fightin
Its a relief for Prime Minister rishi sunak who hopes that, barring any last minute legal objections, flights to rwanda could begin within ten to 12 weeks. Official figures show the backlog of people waiting to be removed from the uk rose from nearly 1800 in july last year. To more than 50,000 a week ago. Well be live in downing street, calais and at the uk Port Of Dover in the next few minutes but first, lets speak to our africa correspondent Barbara Plett usher, whos in the rwandan capital kigali. Barbara . We have actuallyjust barbara . We have actually ust received a fi barbara . We have actually ust received a statement barbara . We have actually ust received a statement from h barbara . We have actuallyjust received a statement from the | received a statement from the government here in response to the uk finally passing the bill. The government spokesman said we are pleased the bill has been passed by parliament, however it does not alter what we have known to be true, that we
Hello, im Lewis Vaughanjones. A crucial couple of hours coming up as International Diplomacy as the world looks to israel to ask what happens next . What response, if any, there will be from israel. We will keep you across the diplomacy. Lets take a quick look at exactly what happened overnight. The explosions overjerusalem, overthe happened overnight. The explosions overjerusalem, over the skies as israel. Some 300 drones and missiles launched towards israel. Israel say 99 of them were intercepted and destroyed. Notjust over the skies of israel. This isjordan, the allies helped us, uk, france, also involved in shooting down objects from the sky that as well. These are the skies over syria, damascus. Israel says, as to the damage, a Military Base was hit, there was damage there, no deaths or casualties. 0ne Young Girl in hospital, though. This picture shows the iron dome, one of the ways in which israel was defending itself. These pictures are from iran and tehran, some supporters that
because of that pressure. so it s incredibly dangerous. it s not something that investigators will be downplaying. and it s a testament to the crew, of course, and the flight crew that they were able to return safely. and, of course, they were quite lucky that nobody was sat in that initial window seat right next to the panel, where it had become separated from the aircraft. and i would just add that typically in air travel, that seat is quite sought after, because it has extra legroom because typically it would house an emergency exit. so it s pretty unprecedented stuff. alex macheras there. breaking news lines from the middle east from the reuters news agency. the report that an israeli military spokesperson has said the forces there have complete dismantling hamas s military framework in northern gaza. they are also reporting, the military saying they have killed 8000 militants in