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
Inquisition, the other of the 1900s, germany in the 30s, russia in the last decade. Vienna in the 1900s. This countries in which thejewish Community Feels most safe at any time other countries where freedom and progress are most secure at any time. The netherlands of the 17th century, britain and the first decades of the last century, america in the second half of that century. When jewish people in the second half of that century. Whenjewish people are under threat, all of our Freedoms Whenjewish people are under threat, all of ourfreedoms are whenjewish people are under threat, all of our freedoms are threatened, the safety of the Jewish Community is the canary in the mine. Growing Anti Semitism is a fever which weakens the whole body politic, a mark of a Society Turning to darkness and in on itself. I see that directly in my work tackling extremism in promoting community cohesion. There is one thing which increasingly unites the organisations and individuals which give cause for ext
He left military detention in israel permanently disabled. A taxi driver from khan younis, released without charge after weeks of interrogation. His return soured by sadness. Translation my leg got infected and turned blue l and soft as a sponge. After seven days they took me to the military hospital. They operated twice to clean the wound but it didnt work. Afterwards they took me to a Public Hospital where the doctor gave me two options my leg or my life. Neither israels army nor Health Ministry has responded to these allegations. There is growing concern over the medical care of gazan detainees in israel. Classed as unlawful combatants even before interrogation, doctors say they are kept shackled and blindfolded, including during hospital treatment. Allegations have centred on a new Field Hospital at the state imam military base. One senior medic there says patients are kept blindfolded and in nappies, with all four limbs handcuffed to the bed. The army, not me, they create the pati
the holiday of passover overlapping with the holiday of ramadan, and really so many people, muslims and jews in particular, wanting to go to the old city to the site which muslims know as aksa mosque, whichjews know as the temple mount. it is the third holiest site in islam, it has a millenniums old mosque on that site. jews look to it as the site of two biblical temples, it is the holiest site injudaism, and this is a time when people are on holidays that they come to jerusalem to try to mark those. now, in the coming days, i think what officials are really worried about is that these holidays continue to coincide. in fact, we are heading into next week, the final ten days of ramadan. those are days where it is encouraged for muslim