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minister says hamas leaders fled the hospital before the israeli troops arrived. speaking to the us network cbs benjamin netanyahu says that there was no firefight inside the al shifa hospital because the hamas fighters had already fled. israel says there is a hamas command centre at the site but hasn t provided conclusive evidence. mr netanyahu said hostages could have been moved from the hospital. the israeli army says its troops killed five gunmen during a raid in the west bank city ofjenin. newsagency video shows people running as stun grenades and shots ring out. several palestinian news sources said israeli forces entered the city s ibn sina hospital. the israeli army says it has recovered the body of a female idf soldier noa marciano whose death was announced last week. the idf says her body was recovered from a structure adjacent to al shifa hospital. let s pick up on what is happening on the ground. with me is former british israeli soldier alex moeller. he has ....
hello. welcome to bbc news now 3 hours of fast moving news, interviews and reaction. israel s prime minister, benjamin netanyahu, says there were strong indications that hamas were holding hostages at the largest hospital in gaza, but they had been removed when his troops raide al shifa this week. speaking to cbs news, mr netanyahu said there was no gunfight at al shifa because hamas had already fled. israel insists there was a hamas command centre at the site, but hasn t yet provided conclusive evidence. the israeli army says it s found the body of a second woman who was held hostage by hamas, as troops continue to search in and around gaza s biggest hospital. so let s get the very latest from my colleague mark lowen, who is in southern israel. hello, thanks very much indeed. we are a couple of kilometres away from gaza, where israeli troops are continuing their operation inside al shifa hospital, gaza s largest. they are going building to building, combing the sit ....
always positive sign somehow but yes, decided last week because it s not the case of the moment and he is here and is training and on the matches in a safe place of the team and everything is ok and he wants to be a us and he travels here. be with us and he travels here. the arsenal women s manager, jonas eidevall, has responded to claims he bullied the fourth official during their win over manchester city on sunday in the wsl. eidevall was adamant he did nothing he would be ashamed of after city boss gareth taylor s allegation. this is what he had to say. i got really disappointed with the comments because i think there s no personal truth in them. the wording that gareth used by third birds is borderline slander and either he is not very good with the truth or good with the language, but either way i don t think is acceptable. ben stokes delivered for england on wednesday, ensuring their disappointing cricket world cup didn t continue to go from bad to worse. looking ....
this is bbc news. the headlines: in his first major speech of the uk election campaign, the labour leader, sir keir starmer, says his party will deliver security and stability. we will also provide the certainty that working people, businesses and communities need. a clear direction, not the endless spinning around that successive tory governments have subjected us all to. french president emmanuel macron is in germany as the first official state visit to the country in 2a years. he is expected to deliver a major speech on the continent s future. rescue crews in texas say they ve witnessed an unprecedented rate of drownings as more people are trying to make a deadly river crossing over the borderfrom mexico. south africa has seen much less electricity blackouts in the last few months, but some people say it could be an attempt to buy more votes for the upcoming general election. let s get more on the uk election campaign, now in its first full week. in his first major s ....
i more now on the uk general election, and the conservative s plans to introduce a form of mandatory national service. under the plans, 18 year olds would be given the choice of either joining the military for a year, or taking part in community service. earlier on radio four they spoke to anne marie trevelyan, a minister of state of the foreign office and a former armed forces minister. the? former armed forces minister. they asked how the former armed forces minister. they asked how the conservatives helped to house 30,000 new recruit went according to experts from the kerslake commission existing troops are experiencing damp, mouldy homes, riddled with pests and plagued by shoddy gas and electrical fittings in service accommodation. it is shoddy gas and electrical fittings in service accommodation. it is not a matter of in service accommodation. it is not a matter of prioritising in service accommodation. it is not a matter of prioritising one - in service accom ....