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the hamas fighters broke through the border fence from gaza at these points marked in green, and then reached these areas in red. israel says 700 of its citizens have been killed, with many others taken hostage. israel has compared it to the 9/11 attacks and in retaliation, it s launched a wave of air strikes on gaza, where nearly 500 palestinians have died. live now to my colleague anna foster, who s in ashkelon, close to the gaza border. we are only a few kilometres from the border and i can hear an israeli plane overhead and the regular sound of explosions, which have continued notjust of explosions, which have continued not just through the of explosions, which have continued notjust through the night but through the morning. we were in ashkelon this morning as people they are dived for cover, the commander a barrage of missiles that had been fired in from gaza. it is something the people here are used to, but sites like this feel very different. you can see israeli ....
the head of the territory s largest hospital says that at least 20 people died there, including several sheltering in a courtyard. the world health organization says 20 hospitals in gaza are now entirely out of action, as israeli tanks are spotted outside one children s facility. health officials now say more than 11,000 people have been killed in gaza since israel launched its offensive against hamas in response to the group s deadly assault last month. the uk s prime minister has backed the home secretary suella braverman, in the face of calls to sack her. downing street said rishi sunak still had full confidence in her. she s come into criticism after writing an article accusing the police of bias. welcome to bbc news. let s spend the next half hour answering some of your questions as we approach five weeks of the war in the middle east. where are we with israel s military campaign, the humanitarian situation, hostages, the tactics being used, the death toll, the d ....
some making the journey in carts pulled by donkeys. the israeli army spokesman said an estimated 50,000 gazans fled south on wednesday. heavy, close quarters fighting is continuing between israeli forces and hamas militants in the ruins of gaza city, with battles said to be nearing the al quds hospital. gunshots meanwhile in the west bank, the palestinian authority says ten palestinians have been killed and at least 20 wounded during an israeli army raid onjenin refugee camp. israel s military said it was conducting counter terrorism raids injenin, but gave no further details. more than 170 palestinians are reported to have been killed by israeli forces in the occupied west bank, since the attack by hamas on israel on october the seventh. diplomatically, delegates at an international conference in paris hosted by emmanuel macron have made repeated calls for an immediate ceasefire in gaza. the norwegian refugee council described the israeli siege of gaza as collective ....
after diving through the gap between the planet and its rings. good afternoon and welcome to bbc news. the foreign secretary has suggested britain could take military action in syria without a vote in the house of commons. borisjohnson said it would be ‘very difficult to say no if president trump asked for british help in punishing the syrian regime for another chemical weapons attack. meanwhile mrjohnson has also waded into the election campaign for the first time, with a highly personal attack on the labour leaderjeremy corbyn. he has called him a mutton headed old mugwump. here s our political correspondent, alex forsyth. us misile strikes on a syrian airfield earlier this month, the first direct us action against syrian government forces, a response to a chemical attack which killed civilians. today the foreign secretary suggested if asked the uk would support such strikes in the future, possibly without the approval of parliament. if they come to us and ask for ....
hours adrift in the irish sea. matthew bryce has been speaking exclusively to the bbc about his ordeal, saying that he had prepared himself for death. and coming up at 8:45, david baldacci will be talking about his latest book the fix on meet the author. good evening and welcome to bbc news. in the past hour, the us house of representatives has passed a healthcare bill, bringing president trump s pledge to repeal and replace obamacare a step closer. the american health care act was passed narrowly after weeks of arm twisting within the republican party to muster sufficient support. it has been opposed by democrats and several groups representing patients, doctors and hospitals. ed haislmaier is a senior research fellow in health policy studies at the conservative think tank the heritage foundation. he s been campaigning for the repeal of obamacare and gave me his reaction to tonight s developments. what people have missed in this debate is there has been a lot of focu ....