This was rafah today, after 15 children from one family were killed in an airstrike. Translation show me one man among them. L theyre all children and women. You can see my identity is completely erased with the deaths of my wife and children. A pregnant woman was among the dead. Her Baby Daughter was saved in an emergency operation. A child born to a mother she will never know. There is the story of everyday death, and the story of what follows for the families caught in the shadows of death. Nawaras husband, abdulrahman, was one of more than 70 civilians killed in an israeli raid to rescue hostages in february. These were the couples children in the aftermath of their fathers death. We went back to see nawara, now eight months pregnant with her dead husbands child, and in grief, awaiting the arrival of a new life. Nawaras words the elegy of a wife and mother for all thats been lost. In central gaza, Israeli Forces hunt hamas. Theyre still launching attacks from tunnels and buildings.
Israel launched strikes on iran according to us officials, following unprecedented attacks on israel a week ago during which it wants more than 300 drones and missiles. So why did iran attack israel . I was in retaliation for israels targeting of the consulate in syria on the first of april in which iran says seven of its military officers were killed. As a long running shadow war between these bitter rivals which is out in the open. We analyse footage from the letters attack sent to our colleagues which shows the succession of flashes in the sky said to be above isfahan. We think it is to be consider flashes match up perfectly. Indicating they show the same event. Isfahan, the location of the attack is significant because several of the Nuclear Facilities are based there. Iran said nothing to see here, the official state news shows this footage in an attempt to confirm the scene after the explosions. He describes everything is safe and sound. International atomic agencies as there is
Very few images have come out so far showing any damage. Our middle east correspondent Lucy Williamson has more. A message not of war but of warning. Explosion. That israel could also strike its enemy at home if it wanted. After threatening a harsh and massive response to the smallest incursion, iran has downplayed this mornings strike. Its president didnt mention it once in his speech today. And this is the situation in isfahan, as shown on iranian tv. The message nothing to see here. Other than that, nothing has happened, everything is back to normal. Israel was divided over how to respond to irans barrage last weekend. Thejudgement of one far right Cabinet Minister this morning lame. And injerusalems main market today, many others were disappointed. When a bully comes to you, were going to respond to the bully with restraint, so the bully s just going to come back harder and harder and harder. But if you want to take down a bully, youve got to take down with force. I expected more,
that this is a deliberate strategy to be boring by the us, and others, away i ve barely acknowledging what has happened, not giving any detail, avoiding rhetoric, provoking any response. as part of an effort to call the situation down. the word we kept hearing here from various ministers again and again and again in terms of the middle east, was deescalation. us media are reporting that more than 1,000 american troops will withdraw from niger in the coming months. it comes after hundreds took to the streets of niger s capital niamey last saturday to demand the departure of the us military. niger had been a key security partner to us counter terrorism operations in the sahel region, until its government was ousted in a military coup lastjuly. since then, those ties have been strained, with the newjunta looking to foster closer relations with russia. last month, niger sjunta ended a military accord with the us and welcomed russian military instructors and equipment.