Looking forward to talking to julie and brian shortly but the latest Bbc News first. Israels prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has confirmed that his military has eliminated the expected successor of the hezbollah leader, hassan nasrallah, and the next in line after him. In a Video Address posted on social media, made in english, he didnt refer to anyone by name but he did call on the people of lebanon to reject hezbollah, and their iranian backers. Meanwhile, the Israeli Military says its expanding its Ground Offensive into south western lebanon. Until now its focused on the south eastern side. Hezbollah has fired more than 100 rockets at northern israeli cities. President biden says Hurricane Milton could be the worst storm to hit florida in a century. The category four storm will make landfall in this next 48 hours. 51 florida counties are under a state of emergency, more than 200 State Health Care facilities have been evacuated. There are just three mps left in the race to be the n
Men who tried to escape. Killed in an airstrike men who tried to escape. Killed in an air strike as they ran. Israel says all were involved in shooting and bombing attacks. The eastern areas of janine and its refugee camp have both been sealed off for the past three days and there are fresh reports of casualties including an 82 year old man who paramedics said was shot nine times. This morning the army pulled out of the camp. The destruction of their comment enough to remind residents of the war. This warren says the army lead wires from her home to blow up two of the houses opposite. Families she has known for decades. Translation: i she has known for decades. Translation: translation: i have a 10yearold translation: i have a 10yearold triplets translation: l have a | 10yearold triplets and translation: l have a 10yearold triplets and they 10 year old triplets and they trapped us in the room. Then they started the explosions. Five explosions. Imagine the walls shaking and your chil
Israeli vehicles moving into the city, with helicopters circling overhead. Israel has said it is targeting what it calls terrorists, and says it killed a hamas commander injenin. The un has called for israel to avoid spreading conflict in the middle east, and the uk s foreign office has said it is deeply concerned about israel s methods and reports of civilian casualties and the destruction of civilian infrastructure. Lucy williamson, reports from inside the west bank, and a warning that her report contains distressing images from the start. On a road outsidejenin this morning, israeli forces came face to face with the man they believe led hamas here. Inside the white car, wissam khazem, shot dead by the army. And with him two other men, who tried to escape, killed in an air strike as they run. Israel says all were involved in shooting and bombing attacks. The eastern areas ofjenin and its refugee camp have both been sealed off for the past three days, and that are fresh reports of cas
the palestinian ambassador to the u n, called it a step in the right direction but reiterated calls for an immediate ceasefire saying that 2 point 3 million palestinians have been fighting for their lives and facing death. meanwhile: israel s ambassador to the un criticised the resolution and said that the un should have focused on the humanitarian crisis of the hostages. gilad erdan also thanked the us for its support of israel. for more on the day s events, our correspondent there, john sudworth sent this update from washington. the united states explained that while they re happy that this was stepping up humanitarian aid, they were happy that the council did not include the condemnation of a mosque towards the october seven attacks and said that is what led them to eventually abstain and it is worth noting that the draught was humanitarian in nature and those in the council discussed must be a kind of all parties if one is named and ultimately, the united states, he di
that the united states won t veto. our correspondent, shaimaa khalil, has the latest. still very much under. in the works. it s come down from cessation to suspension to now creating the conditions. i don t think there s any shortage of diplomacy. what we re in shortage of really is the agreement on a humanitarian truce, pause, ceasefire that will allow aid to come in in a sustained, consistent way. and not only that, but distribution has also been a key hindrance here. this. the relentless bombardment, the continued fighting has. has meant that even the little aid that comes in and we ve understood from the united nations, for example, that the aid that comes in is about 10% of the general need of the population in gaza, that hasn t been distributed and hasn t gone to the people who need it the most. we ve heard warnings from the world food program, for example, that gaza is now, you know, on the fringe of a real threat of famine. a who team has gone to the north of gaza to