live from london. this is bbc news. israel's military says three hostages who were mistakenly killed by its soldiers in gaza were holding a white flag. families of the hostages hold a rally in tel aviv to urge the israeli government to resume negotiations with hamas. the funeral is held for an aljazeera camera operator who has been killed in gaza by an israeli air strike. the missing british boy who was found in france six years after he went missing is expected to travel back to the uk shortly. luton�*s premier league football match at bournemouth is abandoned after their captain tom lockyer collapses on the pitch. he is in a stable condition. hello, i'm tanya beckett. benjamin netanyahu

has said his country is in a war for its existence, which it would continue, despite what he called the "heavy price" paid by israel. he was speaking after the israeli army shot dead three hostages in gaza by mistake. an israeli soldier opened fire on the men as they emerged from a building in the suburbs of gaza city, holding a white flag. an official investigation said the shots were fired in breach of the army's rules of engagement. alon shamriz, yotam haim and samer el—talalka were killed in the north of the territory. mr netanyahu called the incident a disaster which broke his heart. he said the troops in gaza were risking their own lives as they tried to rescue hostages and warned the military operation was necessary to force hamas to free them. translation: in this war, we must i continue until we reach victory. i despite the international pressure and despite the intolerable, heavy price that this war exacts from us, as our sons and daughters are killed in action,

the state of israel grieves over the tragic death of the three of our hostages along chimneys summer, when i was informed about this terrible tragedy, it struck me alone. they had survived this hell for 17 days, and they were so close to being saved and rescued. and it was exactly then that the disaster had happened. it broke my heart. it broke the heart of the entire nation. our hearts go out to the families as they face this terrible sorrow at this difficult hour where it is important for me to strengthen our troops as well. they are risking their lives in order to bring back the hostages. we are doing everything. we're going to continue to do everything in order to safeguard

the lives of our troops. each and every one of them is precious, and we will take every possible means to make sure that they will not be harmed. since the tragedy occurred yesterday, i am haunted by one thought what would have happened? if only something would have been different? i'm certain that this is this kind of thinking is something that you all share with me. we were so close to embracing them now, but unfortunately, we cannot turn back the clock. anybody who's ever been involved in combat knows that the distance between victory and disaster is ever so slim. we will draw the lessons, we will implement the lessons, and we will remain relentless in our military and diplomatic efforts to bring back all of the hostages home safely. with all the terrible sadness, let me clarify that the military pressure is necessary both for bringing back the hostages and to achieve victory.

without the military operation, we would not have been able to bring an outline that brought to the release of over 100 hostages and continued military pressure will bring to the release of all the hostages. the assumption of entering negotiations is based on this pressure. without this pressure, we have nothing. with more on the reaction to the hostages�* deaths, here's our correspondent hugo bachega. for the families of the hostages who remain in gaza, it's an agonising wait made worse by a tragic mistake. the israeli military has given new details about how three israeli captives were shot dead by its own soldiers. yotam haim, alon shamriz and samer el—talalqa emerged shirtless from a building carrying a makeshift white flag. one of the soldiers misidentified

them as a threat and opened fired. two were killed instantly. a third, injured, returned to the building and was later killed. it's clear that we don't want to kill our hostages if we find them. it's clear that this was a tragic, tragic error by our forces and we have to do our own checking to make sure, do the maximum that it will not re—occur. that it won't re—occur. for weeks, relatives and friends of the hostages have been gathering here in tel aviv in what is now known as hostage square. this place has become a symbol of the agonising wait of the families. many are angry with the government. freeing the hostages should be the main priority, they say. but their protests haven't been able to stop the israeli military offensive in gaza. the families say time is running out. translation: we must reach a deal for the release of all hostages now. i

we're in a kind of russian roulette. every day, we don't know which of the families of the hostages will get a knock on the door with horrible news. gaza, too, is mourning its dead. this was the funeral for samer abudaqa, a well—known palestinian cameraman who worked for the aljazeera network and was killed in an israeli drone strike. he's a compassionate soul. he is very dedicated to bringing the coverage to the world. - | he had the opportunity, by the way, | to emigrate to belgium, to brussels, where his family is now residing. but he refused. he said, "gaza's story is my story." in tel aviv tonight, the vigil continues. prime minister benjamin netanyahu is under pressure. israel says it needs more time to eliminate hamas and that only military force will bring back the hostages.

but many here disagree. hugo bachega, bbc news, tel aviv. our security correspondent frank gardner has more on the idf response to the killing of those three israeli hostages. they were unreservedly apologetic for it. they expressed their deep remorse, they began an remorse, they began an investigation away and they were very quick to announce their findings, which are deeply embarrassing. the rules of engagement, they said, had been broken. the rules of engagement are the kind of guidelines, which dictate when soldiers can or cannot open fire on what believe is an enemy. and in this case, they've said they were broken. they won't reveal what the idf — that's the israel defence force's — rules of engagement are, but it's pretty clear that firing

on somebody waving a white flag is against pretty much everybody's rules of engagement. and it is quite tragic for the hostage families, the families of these three because they had survived 70 days in hamas captivity. these are young men in their 20s. it's not clear yet what they were doing unaccompanied by hamas captors, so there is speculation they might have escaped all they'd been abandoned by their captors. but either way they emerged from the building only to be shot. two of them were killed on the spot, another one was wounded and retreated back into the building, called out in hebrew asking for help. he emerged again and one of the soldiers shot him. and they were stripped to the waist to show they were not carrying any to show they weren't carrying any suicide vests or explosives and yet, still they shot them. so, of course, this is tragic for the families, but you've got to see this in the wider context of this war, which has killed 19,000 nearly palestinians, of whom are around 7,000 maximum are hamas fighters. the majority of those killed

are women and children. frank, does it also raise a question here as to whether this duel goal of eradicating the threat from hamas and also retrieving hostages are in fact incompatible? it certainly raises that question and the hostage families are very clear on this, that you can't have both. had this very emotional so of vigil today in tel aviv outside the museum of arts, what's known as hostage square. one of them held up an egg timer with the sand running out, saying, "time is running out to save our loved ones." that is still nearly 130 hostages held there. some of them are going to be very difficult to negotiate their release, some of them are senior officers in the israeli defence force for which hamas will demand a very high price. but nevertheless the fact is,

what these relatives are angry about is they feel the government is going about this the wrong way. the israeli government's view is only forceful get hamas to release or force them to give up these hostages. but the family say, hang on, actually it was careful negotiation that got the other ones out early. if you remember during the seven—day brief respite in the fighting, around just over 100 hostages were released and that is after careful, painstaking diplomatic negotiation by qatar and egypt, backed by the united states, involving the intelligence agencies of egypt, usa, qatar, israel. the heads got together, they forged a deal, the hostages came out. yes, israel had to give up hundreds of palestinian prisoners from its prisoners under had to open the builders, let aid in and pulls the fighting, but in the end it was a success. and pause the fighting, but in the end it was a success. that is not what is happening right now.

i've watched is going wrong in afghanistan. it really works out. there's — afghanistan. it really works out. there's nearly always fatalities in the families are seriously worried that what— the families are seriously worried that what the of it. when i as we've been hearing, the funeral has been held for one of aljazeera's camera operators who has been killed in the south in the south of gaza. aljazeera says it will refer the case to the international criminal court. the committee to protectjournalists says at least 64 journalists buy and media workers have now been killed since october when israel began its war on hamas. but some estimates put the number higher. joining me now is carlos martinez de la serna. he is the programme director for the committee to protectjournalists. how deadly is this conflict in comparison for

how deadly is this conflict in comparison— how deadly is this conflict in comparison for example syria ukraine? have _ comparison for example syria ukraine? have this _ comparison for example syria ukraine? have this has - comparison for example syria ukraine? have this has been | comparison for example syria i ukraine? have this has been the comparison for example syria - ukraine? have this has been the most dancerous ukraine? have this has been the most dangerous conflict _ ukraine? have this has been the most dangerous conflict for _ ukraine? have this has been the most dangerous conflict forjournalists. - dangerous conflict for journalists. they dangerous conflict forjournalists. they have been keeping records systematically since 1992. we have documented so far more than 60 journalists killed in the conflict, looks for reports ofjournalists killed. journalists on the ground, being victims of violence, of arrest, of not being able to communicate. many other issues. why are these problems are particularly acute in this conflict? the conflict i guess is one of the reasons why. .. the conflict i guess is one of the reasons why... i think we need to

change the kind of framing, regardless of the circumstances. journalists as civilians need to be protected. this is not happening in any sense in this conflict. what we are seeing is one of the most dangerous conflicts for journalists we've ever documented, with journalists bearing the brunt, most of them palestinians, who are the only source we have. the only witness we have on the ground to bear witness to what's happening. it's an exceptional situation that is put on palestinianjournalists it's an exceptional situation that is put on palestinian journalists we have ever documented. what is put on palestinian journalists we have ever documented.— have ever documented. what can you tell us about — have ever documented. what can you tell us about the _ have ever documented. what can you tell us about the circumstances - tell us about the circumstances surrounding the death of the al jazeera camera operator? unfortunately, the circumstances

exemplified the challenges. the cameramen back to went yesterday —— samer abudaqa went yesterday to document the aftermath of the strike in southern gaza, if i'm correct. during that, there was a strike from a drone, according to aljazeera. it was an israeli drone that resulted in the killing of samer. let's take a pause. samer has his family in brussels, as you reported. those are the people who are bearing witness to what's happening on the ground. they were doing theirjobs and they were killed. the they were doing their “obs and they were killed. . , they were doing their “obs and they were killed. ., , , ., �* were killed. the dangers you've already highlighted _ were killed. the dangers you've already highlighted is _ were killed. the dangers you've already highlighted is that - were killed. the dangers you've already highlighted is that the l already highlighted is that the conflict does not get the coverage

it needs. i conflict does not get the coverage it needs. ., �* ~' conflict does not get the coverage it needs. ., �* ~ ,., .., it needs. i don't think so called western nations _ it needs. i don't think so called western nations our _ it needs. i don't think so called - western nations our understanding the impact this is having for journalists not only in palestine, but outside or in the region. the grief they feel, how they feel abandoned and how this has huge implications for today and for the future. we are working relentless to raise this point to us, to other countries, to anywhere who can have some influence of helping protect journalists on the ground. but honestly, i don't think it's understood that all the implications on how untenable this is for journalists on the ground and how this cannot keep happening. thank ou for this cannot keep happening. thank you forjoining _ this cannot keep happening. thank you forjoining us. _ the us navy says it's shot down 11;

attack drones over the red sea, believed to have been launched by yemen's iran—backed houthi rebels. the defence secretary, grant shapps, said the royal navy's hms diamond destroyer also shot down a drone in the red sea, which was targetting merchant ships. for some more analysis on this, i spoke with rear admiral dr chris parry. he's a former royal navy warfare officer, strategic forecaster and a writer. well, the who these are trying to intervene in the crisis in israel and gaza —— the houthis. they're being backed by iran, so for their own reasons, in the local area and also in support of what's going on in gaza, they're trying to do their bit. unfortunately, it's leading to indiscriminate attacks on quite innocent shipping, and what's

happened is the navy has intervened to say don't do that at sea. in the us has significant _ to say don't do that at sea. in the us has significant assets - to say don't do that at sea. in the us has significant assets in - to say don't do that at sea. in the us has significant assets in the i us has significant assets in the region. us has significant assets in the re . ion. , us has significant assets in the reuion. , ,, ., , ., , region. yes, the united states navy has a carrier — region. yes, the united states navy has a carrier battle _ region. yes, the united states navy has a carrier battle group _ region. yes, the united states navy has a carrier battle group in - region. yes, the united states navy has a carrier battle group in the - has a carrier battle group in the goals. one of its destroyers has come around and is operating in the red sea. the french shot down two or three days ago one of them. jot down a drone. now hms diamond has done the same. we have to bear in mind piece doesn't help itself at sea unless you're making sure the bad guys aren't interviewing all the time, they will do it. it is important _ time, they will do it. it is important for _ time, they will do it. it is important for the - time, they will do it. it is important for the role . time, they will do it. it is important for the role of| time, they will do it. it is i important for the role of the houthis because of its position to the red sea. we'rejust going to show a map and make that point that

this is a very important trade artery. this is a very important trade arte . ., �*, ., , this is a very important trade arte. ., �*, ., ., artery. yeah, it's what is known as artery. yeah, it's what is known as a choke point- _ artery. yeah, it's what is known as a choke point. one _ artery. yeah, it's what is known as a choke point. one of— artery. yeah, it's what is known as a choke point. one of the - artery. yeah, it's what is known as a choke point. one of the things i a choke point. one of the things i've been saying for some time now is the sea as the physical equipment of the world wide web. every now and then, if you get people interfering, it will have the same effect as a cyber attack on the internet. that brings that up closer together is most of the cables go under the sea, so if we want to be involved in globalisation, then we have to enforce the law at sea. if i could take the analogy further, people like the houthis, somali pirates, even some of the great powers like russia and china trying to interfere are a bit like malware in your computer system. so, what we have to do in these situations is a if we

believe in the freedom of the sea and we want to protect those... now it's time for a look at today's sport with jane dougal. hello there. we start at bournmouth, where luton town captain tom lockyer collapsed midway through the second half of their premier league game after suffering a cardiac arrest. both sets of players were taken off the pitch whilst lockyer received medical treatment, the game later abandoned with the score 1—1. lockyear is now in a stable condition in hospital. all of our thoughts are with tom lockyer and his family and friends, this game was abandoned just and his family and friends. this game was abandoned just after the second half, when tom lockyer collapsed onto his knees and then onto his front and appeared unresponsive, the bournemouth midfielder came over to check he was ok. the medical team sprinted onto the pitch including his manager rob edwards,

who looked really worried. he was treated for about 15 minutes and then got onto his back and onto a stretcher and then down the tunnel and off to the hospital. we understand he is receiving treatment right now in hospital, the game was abandoned for obvious reasons with the score at 1—1. the players came out and did a lap on the pitch, supporters were stunned into silence for about 15 minutes but then applauded warmly as the players and then the bournemouth players did a lap around the ground. rob edwards was in floods of tears as he walked around. it's been a horrible afternoon and now all we can do is sit and wait and hope and pray that tom lockyer is ok. luton town have released a statement saying:

elsewhere in the english premier league on saturday, manchester city were held to a 2—2 draw by crystal palace, thanks to michael olise's 95th—minute penalty. lewis miley became newcastle's youngest premier league goal—scorer as the magpies bounced back with a win over io—man fulham, while chelsea beat sheffield united 2—0 at stamford bridge. cole palmer and nicolas jackson with the goals. everton beat burnley 2—0. sean dyche getting a win at his old club. elsewhere in la liga, celta vigo have beaten granada i—o. jorgen strand—larsen with the goal. athletic bilbao beat atletico madrid it's 2—0. atletico madrid 2—0. it finished 3—0 to getafe at sevilla. barcelona have kicked off

at valencia where it's o—o. england captainjos buttler won the toss and put west indies in to bat in the third twenty20 international of the two teams' five—match series in grenada. west indies can wrap up the series with another victory at the national stadium. a short time ago england were 125 for 2. joss buttler out for 51 and willjacks forjust one. to cricket, and india have beaten england in a women's test match at home for the first time after crushing the tourists in mumbai. they were set an improbable a78 to win — the highest—ever chase in women's test cricket. england were dismissed forjust 131 with only two batters reaching 20 runs. the conditions very much favouring the bowlers, with india winning this one—off test by 3117 runs. australia's men are in a commanding position in their first test against pakistan in perth.

nathan lyon took three for 66 — he's now on 499 test wickets — with pakistan bowled out for 271 on day three. the aussies will resume on sunday on 811—2. that's a lead of 300 runs. more details on the bbc sport website. but that's it for now. a british teenager who was missing for six years is on his way home. alex batty, who is now 17, disappeared on a family holiday to spain with his mother and grandfather in 2017. he was found on wednesday morning by a motorist who saw him walking through the rain near toulouse. a local resident said the teenager had been living in la bastide on and off over the past two years. french authorities said he ran away from his mother because she wanted to take him to finland. his grandmother, susan curuana, who is his legal guardian, says she can't wait to see him. lorna gordon reports.

this is the secluded guest house where alex batty is thought to have lived with his grandfather for the last two years, off the beaten track, high in the foothills of the french pyrenees. it is the home and community that he left for good last week. now 17, alex disappeared while on a family holiday to spain with his mother and grandfather in 2017. neither adult have parental guardianship of the teenager. he told the authorities he'd spent the last few years on the move from country to country. alex had left his home in the north of england to go to marbella on holiday with his mother and grandfather. it was in malaga a week later that he was last seen on the day they were due home. alex's grandmother, his legal guardian, said she'd believed he'd been taken to morocco to live with a spiritual community. the french police said he could have been there for around two years before moving to spain. then finally coming to france

and living with a travelling community in the mountains. the teenager reappeared after he was picked up by a motorist in the early hours of wednesday morning. the driver took him to the police for safety. alex told them his mum had wanted to move to finland and he had had enough of his nomadic lifestyle. he also told them that his grandfather had died around six months ago. but speaking to locals today, the bbc was told today, the bbc was told by three people that, in fact, his grandfather had been seen alive at the guest house here where they had been staying as recently as last week. tonight, alex batty is on his way back to england, where he will be reunited with his grandmother — the authorities left trying to piece together who he's been with, why he has left and how he managed to evade the search for him for so long.

lorna gordon, bbc news, in the french pyrenees. thanks forjoining us. this is bbc news. hello there, good evening. it's been cloudy, breezy and mild across the uk today. a lot of dry weather, but some heavy rain piling into western areas of scotland. further south, across northern england and the midlands, there has been some sunshine, a very pretty end of the day here with red skies, with sunset. the mild air coming in on the south—westerly winds, and it's really quite brisk. it's blustery towards the north western facing coast, and that wind is driving in further rain overnight tonight across western scotland. the rainfall totals will really start to stack up. in fact, some spots, particularly for western slopes of the highlands, by the time we get to the end of the day on sunday, could see as much as 200 millimetres of rainfall. there's a met office amber weather warning in force across western scotland for heavy rain from argyll and bute stretching as far north as sutherland. there could possibly be some landslips, most likely across

the south highlands and argyll. and the rain just continues overnight tonight, it sinks a little further southwards. it's still dry for eastern scotland. a few breaks in the cloud, too, for south east england. for south—east england. a few breaks in the cloud, too, for south—east england, and here, temperatures could dip back to 8 celsius. but these are the sorts of values that we'll be seeing by day at this time of year, so another very mild start to sunday morning. and the rain isjust going to be relentless as we head through sunday across western scotland. again, just being driven in on this brisk south—westerly wind, it pushes further southwards into northern ireland and perhaps north—west england as we go through to the end of the day. england as we go through some breaks in the cloud to the lea of high ground east of the pennines and across north east wales, possibly to some breaks across southeast england. it's very mild still for the time of year, temperatures well above the seasonal average, but turning colder as that rain clears scotland through the day on monday. some more rain edging into western scotland, this weather front just moving further eastwards and it's likely to reinvigorate. so a lot of that rain pepping up a very wet day across england

so a lot of that rain pepping up — a very wet day across england and wales through tuesday. and there could be some wintry showers further north across scotland, much of northern england staying largely dry. so, here's the outlook as we head through the week — things are still likely to change. it will turn milder again through the middle part of the week and then colder again from the north as we head towards the end of the week. a lot of uncertainty as to how far south that colder air is likely to get, so do keep an eye on the forecast. bye— bye.

this is bbc news, the headlines: israel says the three hostages , who were mistakenly killed by israeli troops in gaza were holding a white flag when they were shot. families of the hostages hold a rally in tel aviv to urge the israeli government to resume negotiations with hamas. a spokesman for the israeli prime minister told the bbc military action against hamas was the best way to free them. if there is an opportunity to free hostages, we will take that opportunity. but we think the application of military force on the hamas military machine, on its leadership is the way to expedite the release of people. aljazeera — the tv news network — says one of its camera operators was killed by an israeli air strike in southern gaza.