The strikes killed at least 230 people in gaza while hamas militants have killed at least 300 israelis and taken dozens of hostages, both military and civilian. Overnight, Israeli Security forces rescued some hostages who had not been taken back to gaza and re took a captured Police Station. In the last few hours, they have shelled Enemy Positions in lebanon after reports of incoming artillery in northern israel. Our reporter simon jones has the latest. What israel is describing as its Mighty Vengeance on the Palestinian Militant Group hamas. Overnight, gaza has been rocked by explosions. Earlier, warplanes at several buildings in the centre of the city. Earlier, warplanes hit several buildings in the centre of the city. The Israeli Defense forces has released these pictures, which they say are hamas cells being targeted. The Israeli Military trying to show they are on the front foot after being taken by surprise by the hamas attacks. The israeli Prime Minister issued this morning in a
Is what that area of southern israel looked like today. Just look at all that smoke coming from burning buildings. If we zoom in you can see the heat spots that weve enhanced so you can see them. Now, all these cross border infiltrations by Palestinian Militants taken together with the thousands of rockets fired at israel represent a massive Intelligence Failure from israel. It should have seen this coming because they had regular military patrols going along that border. This is footage taken some years earlier. But they had cameras, sensors, informants inside the militant groups. And yet hamas was able to charge through that border, crossing it with things like this bulldozer, paragliders, by land, sea and air, and all the while, hamas has been sending more missiles into places like this, tel aviv, this office and residential block here, hitting buildings while the israeli airforce hits gaza. However this ends, it will go down as one of the worst failures of Israeli Intelligence in 5
With explosions heard on the streets of ashkelon. Sderot, which is near gaza, is thought to have been infiltrated by militants. Fear and confusion continues to grip the region. 0ur middle east correspondent Yolande Knell filed this report, and a warning that you may find some of it upsetting. Rockets at dawn. The opening salvo in a Surprise Attack on israel by the Palestinian Militant Group hamas. Meanwhile, armed men cut through gazas perimeter fence. This was israels nightmare scenario. Hundreds of militants at large in the south of the country. And hamas released footage after it targeted this israeli tank. Militants also ran through israels heavily fortified erez crossing. Proof that this was a highly planned operation. At this overnight rave in the fields near gaza, Israeli Party goers ran for their lives. Gilly s boyfriend went to find her after she had from hamas to find her after she hid from hamas gunmen in an orchard. They were going three by three and shooting. Everywhere. F
The report ignores the severity of the problem, and offers cosmetic solutions that do not deal with the enormous scope of hamas S Infiltration of unrwa. Meanwhile, israels allegations against unrwa staff have so far led to the suspension of 450 million to the agency. Criitics of that decision say it has further complicated the humanitarian crisis in gaza. The bbc spoke earlier with carl skau, executive we are predicting famine to be around the corner unless things change substantially in the next couple of weeks. We have over the past three weeks been able to get more into the north. We are using a route along the fence, where we have been able to get approximately ten tracks may be every other, every third day come into the north and distribute in a quite orderly and controlled way. We have also been able to open up four bakeries in the north, bringing in some fuel and gas to have the bran and the weight they need to bake but we need to get completely different volumes. We need at lea
Mr marmonstein went to call on donors not to give money to unrwa, but to fund other humanitarian organisations in gaza. The war has prompted protests on University Campuses in the United States. In the last few hours there have been arrests at New York University after warnings from police. That follows protests at yale where dozens of students were also apprehended and also arrests that Colombia University in new york which cancelled in person classes on monday to ease tensions after a senior rabbi told jewish students it was not safe for them to be there. The white house issued a statement in light of the protests saying that while every american has the right to peaceful protest calls for violence and physical intimidation targeting jewish students and thejewish students and the Jewish Community students and theJewish Community are blatantly anti semitic, unconscionable and dangerous. They have no place on a College Campus or anywhere in the United States of america. Students on bot