hello there, welcome to bbc news. the un security council will convene for a closed door emergency meeting, after an israeli airstike killed dozens of people in rafah. video shows the aftermath of the strikes, as a massive fire ripped through tents near the southern gazan city. at least 45 people were killed including women and children at a camp for displaced people. that s according to the hamas run health ministry. the israel defense forces say the airstrike killed two senior members of hamas. appearing before the knesset on monday, israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu called it a tragic mishap . 0ur middle east correspondent lucy williamson has more. morning didn t end the nightmare, but it brought the children, picking through the debris of the dead. the burned remains of shelters mark the place where israel says a top hamas commander was hiding among thousands of displaced families fleeing the fighting in rafah to the south. translation: we were - preparing ou
This document is part of a collection of confidential Pentagon assessments of reports of civilian casualties resulting from U.S.-led airstrikes in Iraq and Syria. It contains a civilian casualty assessment for a 2017 airstrike in Iraq.
is first informed of casualty estimate that s clos that close strike. no, the whole thing here is strange. look the first thing that the military will tell the president is probably a range of options on targets. there is always a battle damage estimate means what we think the casualty toll will be in a strike package. that would have been initially briefed. i can t say when the president was briefed or anything like that. what we know from his own account i think we have to take it at face value, we were ten minutes away, from his tweets, he said, from a series of american air strikes on iranian soil that would have killed 150 iranians, and they would have probably responded in some way and then what would our response have been? so in making these serious war
trump s own doubts about the efficacy of military action in a circumstance like this. when they came up with that casualty estimate, it was sort of the thing that pushed him over the top in deciding to hold off. yeah. f francesca, i know you ve been reporting on the president and all his advisers on this. what did you make of the room when the president made his decision and announced it? i think it s pretty notable that a senior official told me after the fact that the president s senior advisers and his military generals all agreed on one course, and the president, quote, made the final decision. it s very telling that a senior official was willing to come out and even say that to me. but beyond that, what i think really stands out today, the shift in tone from the president. he was saying just the other day that he thinks this may have been an accident. he suggested it was a rogue general or somebody who was loose and stupid that made a mistake. today we heard him saying it was
here is what we know happened last night between seven and 8:00 p.m. eastern. the b-52s have not taken out. navy warships were in possession and ready to strike with tomahawk missiles awaiting the go order. president trump explained his change of heart and a tweet. we were cocked and loaded to retaliate last night on three different sites when i asked, how many will die? 150 people, sir, was the answer from a general. 10 minutes before the strike, i stopped it, not proportionate to shooting down an unmanned drone. i m in no hurry. there remains serious questions about what president s mind, and any military strike plan would have been a cop accompanied by a casualty estimate. those first briefings by the military occurred at 11:00 a.m. at the white house, and again at 3:00 p.m., not 10 minutes before the launch. iran used it as a propaganda victory. state tv release this video showing what it claims is the records of the large u.s. navy drone. it s the second time in a week iranian f