an independent investigation into israeli shelling that damaged the gaza office of the international committee of the red cross on friday. jordan condemned what it called israel s systematic targeting of civilians and aid agencies. in tel aviv, tens of thousands of people attended what organisers said was the biggest anti government protest since the war began. prime minister benjamin netanyahu is under continued public pressure as the families of 116 hostages held by hamas in gaza plead for a ceasefire. our middle east correspondent, yolande knell, has more on saturday s strikes. there have been more deadly israeli strikes on different neighbourhoods of gaza city. in beach camp, or shati camp, large strikes there. you can see these dark plumes of smoke in social media videos, several homes flattened, shocked people rushing to help the casualties who are at the scene. and there has been speculation in isreali media that a senior hamas commander was being targeted, but the o
israel s military said its fighter jets struck two hamas military infrastructure sites in the area. meanwhile, the european union s foreign affairs chief, josep borrell, called for an independent investigation into israeli shelling that damaged the gaza office of the international committee of the red cross on friday. jordan condemned what it called israel s systematic targeting of civilians and aid agencies. meanwhile, in tel aviv, tens of thousands of people attended what organisers said was the biggest anti government protest since the war began. prime minister benjamin netanyahu is under continued public pressure as the families of 116 hostages held by hamas in gaza plead for a ceasefire. our middle east correspondent yolande knell this has more on saturday s strikes. there have been more deadly strikes on different neighbourhoods of gaza city. in al sharti camp, large strikes there. you can see these dark plumes of smoke in social media videos, several homes flatte
the raid comes as a simmering conflict between israel and the lebanese armed group hezbollah risks turning into a wider regional war. the two sides have exchanged fire across the lebanon israel border in recent weeks. hezbollah says it is fighting israel to support hamas in gaza. un secretary general antonio guterres said there is real risk that the crisis on the israel lebanon border could escalate. one rash move, one miscalculation could trigger a catastrophe that goes far beyond the borders and, frankly, beyond imagination. let s be clear the people of the region and the people of the world cannot afford lebanon to become another gaza. on x, the head of the world health organization said more than 10,000 palestinians are in gaza need urgent medical attention. he added that since the closure of the rafah crossing on may 7, no patients have been evacuated from the gaza strip. the us military said on thursday that a temporary pier off the coast of gaza has been re anchored,
and that comes with further scrutiny about his ideas and his political record. it s more like a police interview! laughter. he was asked about views he d expressed in the past about vladimir putin. he d previously said he disliked the russian president but admired him as a political operator, and that the invasion of ukraine was a consequence of western expansion. the reform uk leader said he had predicted the war ten years ago. i stood up in the european parliament in 2014 and i said, and i quote, there will be a war in ukraine. why did i say that? it was obvious to me that the ever eastward expansion of nato and the european union was giving this man a reason, to his russian people, to say they re coming for us again, and to go to war. home secretary james cleverly accused him of echoing putin s vile justification for the invasion, and there was criticism too from labour. the only aggressor in ukraine is vladimir putin, and it is shocking that nigel farage chooses to al
into a wider regional war. the two sides have exchanged fire across the lebanon israel border in recent weeks. hezbollah says it is fighting israel to support hamas in gaza. israel s military said that operational plans for an offensive in lebanon had been approved and validated . the un secretary general antonio guterres has warned there is a real risk that the crisis on the israel lebanon border could escalate. one rash move, one miscalculation could trigger a catastrophe that goes far beyond the borders and, frankly, beyond imagination. let s be clear the people of the region and the people of the world cannot afford lebanon to become another gaza. with me now said shehata from bbc arabic a from bbc arabic strike near the icrc compound, a strike near the icrc compound, what more can you tell us about it. tell us about it. the international - tell us about it. the - international committee of tell us about it. tue: international committee of the red cross on the x platf