The idf says almost all of them were shot down and has described the attack as being foiled. The attack marks the first time iran had ever launched a direct Military Assault on israel. We will be live injerusalem shortly. But first, lets bring you up to date with the latest. Take a look at this video. Air raid sirens wail what you can hear is the Air Raid Sirens Injerusalem. What you can see is israels air defence system, the iron dome, in Operation Flashes in thejerusalem sky as drones and missiles are shot down. A coalition of israels allies, including the us and uk, has helped shoot down some iranian drones and missiles before they reached israeli territory. This is footage of that happening overjordan. Similarly, this video is from the Skies Over Damascus in syria. You can see objects being hit in the sky. And, again, in the skies over iraq. More drones and missiles being intercepted as they travelled towards israel. Also with the help of some of those Golf Neighbours of israel. Gu
of the top leaders of the group earlier this week and received days of threats. now, hamas says armed groups are united in battle. azadeh moshiri, bbc news. let s talk now to hen mazzig, he is an israeli writer and senior fellow at the tel aviv institute, which aims to combat hate and violence againstjews and other communities. thank you very much for coming on the programme. thank you very much for coming on the programme- thank you very much for coming on the programme. thanks for having me. do ou the programme. thanks for having me. do you think the programme. thanks for having me. do you think the the programme. thanks for having me. do you think the air the programme. thanks for having me. do you think the air strikes the programme. thanks for having me. do you think the air strikes by - do you think the air strikes by israel was justified? do you think the air strikes by israel wasjustified? i do you think the air strikes by israel was justified? do you think the air str
of israel and kill innocent israelis. in response, the militant group fired back more than 100 rockets towards israel, most of them hitting its iron dome missile shield. sirens sounded out across the streets, with israelis seeking shelter. hamas, which governs the palestinian territory, condemned the strikes on gaza. israel s air strikes reportedly killed civilians as well, with gaza s local health officials saying a young girl was the among dead. translation: how is it this child s fault? - she was dreaming of going to kindergarten and asked her father for a school bag and clothes. what has she done wrong? this innocent child. thousands of palestinians carried the body of the dead commander after one of the most serious outbreaks of violence in gaza in over a year. israel says theirs was a pre emptive move after they arrested one
take any pleasure in any innocent life that is lost. for me personally, my heart goes out to the palestinian families and i know many israelis feel the same. we do not need more violence, we need to stop the circle of violence. but with this disproportionate response of 200 rockets launched on israeli families that islamichhad is not planning on stopping attacks. hoar planning on stopping attacks. how does the situation de escalate? planning on stopping attacks. how. does the situation de-escalate? the ball is in the does the situation de escalate? tia: ball is in the palestinian islamic jihad court. they will make the decision. they continue to launch rockets on israel and i don t think they want to stop. israel is targeting specific militant operations, operative targets and trying to avoid civilian casualties. i heard on aljazeera that they targeted empty warehouse is because they tried their best to avoid