As a storm introduces heavy rain and severe gales in some parts of the country. Details later. President biden will visit israel tomorrow, in a show of support after more than moo people were killed by gunmen from hamas, a group designated as a Terror Organisation by many western governments, including the uk. The trip was announced by the us secretary of state, Anthony Blinken, who also revealed that israel and the us had agreed to develop a plan to get aid to civilians in gaza. Un agencies have warned of a deepening humanitarian crisis in the territory, where more than 2,700 people have been killed by israeli air strikes. Our middle east correspondent Yolande Knell has the latest. Israel says it is hitting hamas targets as barrages of rockets are still fired from gaza. But a world leader is heading this way. I wednesday, President Biden will visit israel. He is coming here at a critical moment for israel. For the region and for the world. Itruiith critical moment for israel. For the
Of a deepening humanitarian crisis. More than 2,800 people have been killed in israeli air strikes. President biden is expected in israel on wednesday. Mr biden will be briefed on israels aims and strategies in response to the attacks that killed moo people. And he could meet regional leaders as well. In its strongest warning yet, iran, which backs hamas, has said it could take pre emptive action in the next few hours. Faith leaders are among those calling for peace. In london, the archbishop of canterbury joined jewish and muslim clerics in making an appeal. This is the scene across gaza right now. Through the morning there have been a number of missile strikes. The smoke since then has cleared, as you can see in the background, with damaged buildings overlooking the harbour in gaza. We know that the siege of gaza is continuing and our bbc report on the ground has told us that gaza and the area around it is on the edge of catastrophe. Lets go straight to southern israel and our chief
Killed two, enjoyed a third in a rifle attack. That was during a euro 2024 qualifying matches taking place which is important because it means a lot of swedish people were brussels for the match was the police say the gunmen is believed to be of tunisian origin but was in belgium illegally after having his Asylum Application rejected. A few lines we are having sent to us. This is from the swedish Prime Minister, some pretty strong statements from him saying sweden has never been under as big a threat as now. He says sweden and the eu need better border control. He says this is a time for more security, we must not be naive. And as said, the suspected gunman was in brussels illegally but we also know he had been to sweden but was not known to police. The swedish Prime Minister of course recognising the concern many around the world have right now saying i understand many swedes are afraid and angry, particularly at the suspect not being known by Swedish Police and he says, and this coul
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Militants. The announcement about his visit was made by the us Secretary Of State Antony Blinken after late night talks in tel aviv. Antony blinken also said the us and israel had agreed on a plan to allow humanitarian aid into gaza. In gaza itself un agencies have warned of a deepening humanitarian crisis. More than 2800 people have been killed by israeli air strikes. Hamas, which is designated as a Terrorist Organisation by governments including in the uk and us, said it fired a barrage of rockets at jerusalem and tel aviv overnight with sirens sending lawmakers into bomb shelters. A Draft Resolution at the United Nations on israel and gaza failed to pass the security council. Western nations voted against it because it failed to condemn hamas. We can show you the scene in gaza, it is just after 11 oclock there. All eyes on the next stages of what happens next. We can talk now about that with our correspondent anna foster in northern israel. Bring us up to date with the night of deve