Fear, and suicide. When we spoke to victims here, the first thing that they said that the mental torture that they went through was beyond anything. They said the money actually became secondary for them. Shouting. Nobody saw this coming. Only a fortnight ago, the Us National Security adviser said the middle east was quieter than it had been for years. Israelis were celebrating a religious holiday. Soldiers were on leave. Politicians were taking time off at home. It was uncannily similar to what happened 50 years ago in 1973, when egypt and syria launched their totally unexpected attack on israel in the yom kippur war. Israel survived, but no one s ever forgotten the moment of utter israeli vulnerability, nor the successes of the arab armies, just as no one will forget israels total intelligence blank this time. Israel says hamas deliberately targeted israeli civilians. An american official called it the worst attack on jews since the holocaust. Weve seen clear visual evidence of appal
Wales lose to argentina. And its the end for jonny sexton and ireland, too, as theyre narrowly beaten by new zealand in paris. A rather chilly start to the day. Touchy frost this morning as well. For many of us it will be dry. Some sunshine as well. I will have the details shortly. Its sunday, the 15th of october. Our main story the Israeli Military says its planning an attack on gaza by air, sea and land, as the countrys Prime Minister warns The Next Stage of the war with hamas is coming. More thani million palestinians living in north gaza have been told by israel to evacuate south ahead of the expected Ground Offensive. The World Health Organization has condemned the Evacuation Order, and warned forcing Hospital Patients to relocate would be tantamout to a Death Sentence. Just over a week ago hamas, designated as a Terrorist Organisation by many western governments including the uk, killed 1,300 people in israel and took more than 120 hostage. The Palestinian Health authority says m
Now on bbc news, john simpson presents his program unspun world. Hello, and welcome to unspun world. Im john simpson. Not much doubt about our main story this week, naturally, and in a moment, ill be analysing the latest situation in israel and gaza. But also on this programme, immigration, probably the dominant topic in europe at present. Is there any foolproof way of stopping the Illegal Movement of people . Shouldnt we start thinking further upstream . Are we dealing with Development Issues so that people are less desirous of leaving their home countries in the first place . The Us Government has serious political problems in paying its way, but do ordinary Americans Care if their politicians jam up the works deliberately . A lot of republican voters, a lot of republican Rank And File members, think the country is heading in a terribly wrong direction. A government has gotten too big that if something isnt done very, very soon, that itll be too late to save the country. And in india
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lying on the hood of a vehicle as it drives past two ambulances. we ve decided to blur the image. his family said he was injured during the raid by israeli soldiers. the idf confirmed the incident, saying it violated orders , adding that it would be investigated and dealt with accordingly. it comes as anti government protesters clashed with israeli police in tel aviv. tens of thousands of people demonstrated near the headquarters of prime minister s benjamin netanyahu s likud party on saturday, demanding new elections, as well as the return of the 116 remaining hostages who were taken by hamas militants on october 7. at least 38 people were killed in israeli attacks in several neighbourhoods of gaza city on saturday. israel says its fighter jets struck hamas infrastructure. hamas says the attacks targeted civilians. separately, the international committee of the red cross says its field hospital is treating badly wounded people, including children, after explosions in a tent