good afternoon. militants in the gaza strip have fired rockets atjerusalem as intense fighting continues with israel. more than 30 palestinians have been killed, according to local health officials, since israel began its military operation yesterday. israel says it acted to counter what it called a direct threat from the islamichhad group. another senior islamichhad commander was killed overnight. from jerusalem, our middle east correspondent yolande knell reports. a huge crater in southern gaza that marks a serious blow by israel to islamichhad. its most important commanders the palestinian territory was killed here in a stroke with several others. translation: it was horri inc. several others. translation: it was horrifying- they several others. translation: it was horrifying. they targeted several others. translation: it was horrifying. they targeted the - several others. translation: it 1-033 horrifying. they targeted the house with rockets. there were bodies on t
Walters is saying that israel has agreed to the proposed truce. here in the uk, allies of the conservative leadership contender, liz truss, have insisted she isn t ruling out future direct help for people struggling to pay energy bills. yesterday, the foreign secretary said she would focus on tax cuts if she becomes prime minister, rather than what she called handouts . the trade minister, penny mordaunt, said ms truss was considering other measures beyond tax cuts. there will be different things required for different people. there s the package of support that s already been put in place. liz is looking at other measures. i spoke to the chancellor yesterday, actually, about this and a raft of other things. he has commissioned some additional work. what we do need to do, though, is provide reassurance to people early. and i think the right time to do that is when we have a new prime minister in,
Russia as it continues to fight for its very survival. its very survival. thanks, james. james waterhouse its very survival. thanks, james. james waterhouse there. - a key supporter of liz truss has insisted the conservative leadership contender hasn t ruled out direct help for people struggling to pay energy bills. yesterday, the foreign secretary drew criticism from her rival, rishi sunak, when she said she would focus on tax cuts rather than what she called hand outs. but the trade minister, penny mordaunt, who is backing ms truss, said she was focused on delivering support. research by bbc news has found that holiday food vouchers for children on free school meals have been cut in value or stopped by 43 councils across england this summer. the children s society is warning that there is a postcode lottery of support, and millions of children in england could go hungry this summer. the bbc s education correspondent elaine dunkley reports. z watches every penny. today, she