Hamas denies it was there. Tte mac the Hamas Civil defence. We have at least 13 confirmed dead that have arrived at the hospital in and that will arise. The israeli defense forces say they were defending their targeting significant hamas terrorists and they have released the names of three people who describe as commanders or senior commanders of hamas who are intimately involved in the october seven assault on israel. For the civilians living here is a different story. They tell a story of huge explosions coming after midnight and ripping through this city. , tent city. Thousands of families are sheltering here, living under Canvas And None of that would have provided any shelter at all from heavy munitions coming from the sky. Lets turn to the us because Kamala Harris and Donald Trump are preparing to go head to head in their first president ial debate later tonight. With the latest polls showing the race as still too close to call the primetime Television Event is being seen as cruc
Of the build up to tonights crucial president ial debate in philadelphia, but were going top start this hour with the first real test of authority for the new uk government. This is the scene in the House Of Commons where mps are about to Vote are voting on the plan to scrap Winter Fuel payments for millions of Pensioners. Its been hugely controversial. It means that more than Nine Million Pensioners will no longer be eligible for up to 300 pounds this winter. Lets go stright to westminster and our deputy political editor, Vicky Young. Westminster and our deputy good westminster and our deputy afternoon. Just set Th Scene good afternoon. Just set the scene for hours. Mps have started that Vote and there is No Doubt it is going to be an awkward afternoon for the government but it is worth emphasising that this new Labour Government has a huge majority so there is no chance of them losing their state which means that this change will go ahead but, as you say, it has proved pretty controv
Essentially the Conservative Party want to conserve the system and they are saying that the system is good, it works and lets stick with it. And millions of americans do not buy into any and millions of americans do not buy into any of and millions of americans do not buy into any of these Conspiracy Theories into any of these Conspiracy Theories and they are very happy to vote for theories and they are very happy to vote for Donald Trump. Because they Ust Vote for Donald Trump. Because they just believe vote for Donald Trump. Because they just believe that he is in the lead and more just believe that he is in the lead and more credible on the economy. And the and more credible on the economy. And the frustration of stephanie was interesting reflecting the frustration in the Republican Party to focus frustration in the Republican Party to focus on the issues are not on the heritage of Kamala Harris because the heritage of Kamala Harris because the top issues are immigration in the Econ
Several metres deep. In the north of the territory, the un says a convoy of its staff carrying out polio vaccinations was held at gunpoint for eight hours by the israeli army on monday. The staff have now been released, but the un says it s not sure whether it can continue the vaccination campaign as planned. Meanwhile, syria says at least 18 people have been killed and dozens injured in a series of israeli air strikes. Syrian state media says multiple sites were targeted including scientific research centres. Monitoring organisations say that one of the sites, in the city of masyaf, was housing pro iranian weapons experts. Iran rejected reports that iranian sites were hit. Israel says it will not comment on reports of the strikes. Israel has previously acknowledged carrying out hundreds of strikes in recent years on targets in syria that it says are linked to iran. Joining me is frank lowenstein, who served as united states special envoy for middle east peace under president barack ob