the death toll is rising the israeli military says they have now recovered at least 1,200 people killed in israel this past weekend. and in the five day bombardment of gaza, already more than 1,000 palestinians have died. today the un called on all sides to respect civilians, and requested that a humanitarian corridor be set up in gaza to get food in and to evacuate the most seriously injured. we ll hear from our correspondents across the region. from lucy williamson who has been to the town of 0fakim, where they have been burying their dead. from gaza, our correspondent rushdi abu alouf. and anna foster is on israel s northern border with lebanon, where israel has been exchanging fire today with hezbollah militants. good evening. there are 300,000 israeli troops now massed on israel s southern border. there s a new unity government in tel aviv and a war cabinet to direct israel s response. explosions. for the fifth day running, and from the direction of sderot, in the sout
in a statement tonight, ron said that this will be the only response to israel s strike on iran s consulate in damascus at the beginning of the month. that, of course, killed several iranian generals, including two top commanders. iranian officials had vowed revenge for those attacks, and in their statement, they also warned that the united states must stay away from any direct military involvement. meanwhile, officials telling nbc news that the u.s. and israel have been closely coordinating how to defend against this imminent attack. for fears of growing regional war have been escalating for months ever since hamas is october 7th attack on israel, and the subsequent israeli war on gaza. joining me now, richard engel, nbc news chief foreign correspondent. he is in jerusalem for us in the early hours of the morning there we are in that window, richard, of anticipating some of those drones making their way into israel, as well as potentially those missiles. what can you tell us
ongoing coverage of the israel gaza war. waves of intensity extracts over gaza, much heavier than in previous notes. the army says it is increasing the number of abstracts in the territory and expanding its ground force operations. in gaza, sirens are warning of malt rocket fire to come and communications, including phone and internet have been cut off, making it nearly impossible for residents to reach anyone. amid the darkness, explosions are intensifying. gaza city residents have been want to move south for their safety. hamas says it is clashing with israeli forces in northern gaza and take it into israeli cities with intense missile pariahs. an overwhelming majority of the un general assembly voted in favour of any media trees in gaza, adopting a resolution that condemns all acts of violence against palestinian and israeli civilians. it calls for unhindered eight and the protection of civilians and we will bring a model later in the programme. it is happening at the huma
tim willcox is in london. not farfrom where i am a car has ploughed into a group of pedestrians in times square. one person is known to have died and 23 are injured. police are saying it isn t terror related but the location draws tourists from around the world and it comes at a time when people on both sides of the atlantic are on edge about cars being used in attacks. the mayor of new york has been speaking, this is what he had to say. so far what we know, 23 individuals were injured in this incident. that includes tragically one young woman who has passed away. the perpetrator is in custody, a united states citizen and a former memberof the united states citizen and a former member of the armed forces. inaudible the bbc‘s nada tawfik is on the scene for us and has an update. what more do we know about the driver? what the nypd has said is that this was a 26 year old man from the bronx, here in new york, new york native, former member of the navy, they say that he does ha
six people are now being held in connection with the investigation into monday s bomb attack in manchester. a woman detained on wednesday evening has been released without charge. during one raid, a controlled explosion was used to gain entry to a house in the city. the names of two more of the 22 victims were released overnight and a minute s silence will be held across the uk at 11 o clock this morning to remember those who died. our correspondent, gavin hewitt reports. late morning, central manchester, and a raid on a block of flats, part of a huge operation to discover the network of the manchester bomber. police believe he stayed there as recently as 7pm on monday evening of the night of the attack. today s operation involved armed units, some wearing military clothing. got to the front door and was greeted by an armed police officer with a helmet, face mask machine gun. i asked him what was happening. hejust said operations, out! to gain access to the apartments, they