At the Cricket World Cup in india. Good evening from jerusalem, on a night where the israeli goverment has ordered a complete seige of the gaza strip and started to amass tanks on its border. It follows the attack by hamas militants, which has so far claimed more than 800 israeli lives many of them, ordinary citizens. Israel has cut electricity, food, fuel and Water Supplies to gaza, it says it has hit 2,400 hamas targets. The Palestinian Health authority says so far, 560 people have been killed and nearly 3,000 wounded. Thousands of palestinians are now fleeing for their lives, but safety is hard to find. And hamas continues to fire rockets into israel. In tonights programme, we will be reporting from jerusalem, 0n the latest military responses. We will also be in re im, the city close to the gaza border where artillery and vehicles have started to amass ahead of a potential ground operation. We will also be in ashkelon. And well look at the situation for the more than 100 israelis k
For new homes in pockets that are underdeveloped in towns and cities and the prospect of some new towns as well. Keir starmer s speech is just after lunchtime tomorrow. Time for a look at the weather. Translation i assure you, dear citizens, at the end of the campaign, all our enemies will know that it was a terrible mistake to attack israel. Explosion what is done to our enemies in the coming days will resonate with them for generations. As israel pounds targets in gaza, hamas threatens to kill israeli it says it will murder its is really hot hostages if more bombs drop without warning. Well be asking our israeli guests whether theres any alternative to the new siege of gaza announced today. And from here in liverpool, where we are covering the Labour Party Conference, well be discussing how the attack on israel impacts both israel and gaza, and if it is likely to lead to a wider conflict in the middle east. Well be joined by the palestinian representive to the uk, who learned this af