good evening. a suspected israeli strike has destroyed an iranian consulate building in the syrian capital, damascus, killing at least seven people, including the top two commanders, in the powerful iranian revolutionary guards. the attack happened at around 5pm local time in the upmarket mezzeh district of damascas, with the multistorey building flattened, right next to the iranian embassy. iran s foreign minister says tehran s response will be decisive, while israel says it doesn t comment on foreign media reports. there have been hundreds of attacks on iranian linked targets in syria by israel, in the past few years. jeremy bowen, has the very latest from northern israel. a few minutes after the attack, the building in iran s diplomatic compound in a one off central area of damascus seems to be on fire. the israeli strike destroyed the ukrainian consulate. it was a precision attack against a senior commander who will have worked hard to keep his movement secret. despite th
to a withdrawal of israeli forces and an end to the war in gaza. that is the framework of talks ongoing. but right now it bears no reality to the situation on the ground. palestinians in gaza have been sheltering from intense bombing and shooting today in the city of khan younis. 190 people have been killed in the last 2a hours. that s according to the hamas run health ministry. in the last hour, we have been hearing from one of the families of those still held hostage in gaza, who are urging prime minister neta nyahu to negotiate. i asked for his reaction to this report of a proposed two month pause in the fighting. hopefully. it s news to me although i ve heard of the few offers or deals today, but i ve heard at the last few weeks also. so all this ongoing, all the feet dragging, it s horrible for us. it s just every single day is another day that my father and his friend are nearing their end, and we feel like we don t have this time to check exactly what the negotiation w
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