units, fighterjet pilots, and drone operators amid heightened tensions in the region. in the latest escalation of tensions between israel and the palestinians, two israeli women have been killed in an attack in the occupied west bank. the authorities say a third person was also seriously wounded in the incident, which happened near the settlement of hamra. the israeli military says troops are searching for suspects who opened fire at a car, causing it to crash. this latest development comes after the israeli military hit targets belonging to the palestinian militant group hamas. the air strikes hit areas of the gaza strip and lebanon. israel says they re in retaliation for a major rocket attack on israel launched from southern lebanon, which the israelis blamed on hamas. these images from gaza show the aftermath. they re the heaviest air strikes that israel has carried out on gaza since last august. our correspondent yolande knell has the lastest from jerusalem. there are som
hello, welcome to bbc news. we start in the middle east, where israel has ordered the mobilisation of reservists in air defence units, fighterjet pilots and drone operators, as tensions rise in the region. in the latest escalation between israel and palestinians, two israeli women were killed in an attack in the occupied west bank. the authorities say a third person was also seriously wounded in the incident near the settlement of hamra. the israeli military says troops are searching for suspects who opened fire at a car, causing it to crash. the latest development comes after the israeli military hit targets belonging to the palestinian militant group hamas. the airstrikes targetted areas of the gaza strip and lebanon israel says they re in retaliation for a major rocket attack on israel, launched from southern lebanon, which the israelis blamed on hamas. these images from gaza show the aftermath. they re the heaviest airstrikes that israel has carried out on gaza since la
sport, and for a full round up from the bbc sport centre, here s ollie foster. hello from the bbc sport centre. the second round is well under way at the first golf major of the year, the american brooks koepka has moved three shots clear at the top of the masters leaderbaord. he was one of the early starters at augusta and birdied the par five second move to eight under. he had beenjoint leader withjon rahm and victor hovland who don t start their second round for another few hours. koepka then eagled the eighth to move to ten under. he is one of 17 rebel liv series golfers who are taking part at augusta. jason day has made a strong start, but has just slipped back to six under, fourth on the leaderboard. scotland s women failed to qualify for this year s world cup, but they have claimed a morale boosting victory over the co hosts australia. they won 1 0, nicola docherty with a long range effort straight after the break that went in off the post. the match was being played a
we start in the middle east where israel has ordered the mobilisation of reservists in air defence units, fighterjet pilots and drone operators as tensions rise in the region. in the latest escalation between israel and palestinians two israeli women were killed in an attack in the occupied west bank. the authorities say, a third person was also seriously wounded in the incident, near the settlement of hamra. the israeli military says troops are searching for suspects, who opened fire at a car, causing it to crash. the latest development comes after the israeli military hit targets belonging to the palestinian militant group hamas. the airstrikes targetted areas of the gaza strip and lebanon israel says they re in retaliation for a major rocket attack on israel launched from southern lebanon, which the israelis blamed on hamas. these images from gaza show the aftermath. they re the heaviest airstrikes that israel has carried out on gaza since last august. our middle e
S sanchez live in washington, d. C. Youre watching cnn news central. Bone chilling. Thats how a u. N. Humanitarian envoy described the scale and speed of the violence in israel and gaza. U. S. And israeli officials are characterizing the terror attacks carried out by hamas as isis levels of evil. One of those massacres was at a rural xhurncommunity, or kibbut southern israel. Israeli Defense Forces say they discovered women, children and elderly people who were, quote, butchered by hamas fighters. Elsewhere, hour after hour were seeing israeli airstrikes Pounding Gaza and hamas Rockets Streaking across the sky toward israel. This is the backdrop as we await remarks from President Biden at the white house at any moment, remarks that the entire world no doubt will be watching. Lets get started with cnns ben wedeman, whos live for us in jerusalem. Ben, what is the scene where you are . Reporter jerusalem is relatively quiet, but certainly the area around gaza and the israeli cities just t