From jenin, lucy williamson sent this report. It was a message of force, delivered quietly at first. Israeli soldiers seeking their targets, street by palestinian street. By morning, hundreds of troops backed by armoured bulldozers had arrived in the refugee camps of tulkarem, nablus, tubas, jenin. Home to armed palestinian groups and unarmed civilians. At least ten palestinians have been killed. Hamas says six of them were its fighters. Masoud najjar said he was injured when he opened the door of his house to young men asking for water. Translation: we felt like something came down on us from the sky and there was an explosion. I was unaware of what was going on. When i put my hand on my chest, it was all shrapnel and blood. Injenin, army vehicles surrounded the city s two main hospitals. Ambulances stopped and checked by militaryjeeps. Israel s foreign minister has urged his government to use gaza as a model for dealing with armed groups, here saying that iran was backing them and th
From jenin, lucy williamson sent this report. It was a message of force, delivered quietly at first. Israeli soldiers seeking their targets, street by palestinian street. By morning, hundreds of troops backed by armoured bulldozers had arrived in the refugee camps of tulkarem, nablus, tubas, jenin. Home to armed palestinian groups and unarmed civilians. At least ten palestinians have been killed. Hamas says six of them were its fighters. Masoud najjar said he was injured when he opened the door of his house to young men asking for water. Translation: we felt like something came down on us from the sky and there was an explosion. I was unaware of what was going on. When i put my hand on my chest, it was all shrapnel and blood. Injenin, army vehicles surrounded the city s two main hospitals. Ambulances stopped and checked by militaryjeeps. Israel s foreign minister has urged his government to use gaza as a model for dealing with armed groups, here saying that iran was backing them and th
to help free up officers to deal with crime. good evening from jerusalem. for the first time since the war between israel and hamas began, dozens of injured palestinians and more hundreds of foreign nationals have been allowed to leave gaza. they ve entered egypt by the rafah crossing on the border, with the injured being treated at field hospitals there. the foreign office says that british nationals will start to be taken out in stages over the coming days. people who ve been trapped in gaza for weeks began crossing the borderfrom late morning, after the territory was besieged by israel, after hamas attacked it over three weeks ago. hamas is classed as a terrorist organisation by the uk government. and in northern gaza, there s been another air strike on the jabalia refugee camp, a day after an israeli attack caused heavy casualties at the refugee camp there. our international editor jeremy bowen has our first report which contains material that you may find upsetting. at l
Nearly a quarter of 5 7 year olds in the uk now have access to a smartphone. a study from the communications regulator, ofcom, also found that many of that age group are on the messaging service whatsapp even though the minimum age for using it is supposed to be 13.0ur technology editor zoe kleinman reports. i ve got ten messages. after a busy day at school in glasgow, 11 year old heather is on her smartphone. she uses social media apps monitored by her parents. heather, how long have you had a smartphone? probably since i ve been eight, so that would be three years. and what do you do on it? i text my friends, phone them, watch videos, like.flick through stuff. quite a lot of things, but too much to count. i ve heard stories of people sharing pictures and bullying and all sorts of manner of stuff, and the internet is so open to finding whatever you want on it. so being able to monitor exactly what she is doing is paramount. the online regulator, ofcom s latest report reflects a worl
The pound has jumped after US inflation fell more sharply than expected last month raising hopes that interest rates in America will begin to fall early next year.