armed palestinian gunmen launched a brutal attack, killing around 1,200 men, women and children. over 250 more were taken hostage. singing. benjamin netanyahu: israel is at war. we didn't want this war. it was forced upon us in the most brutal and savage way. we will exact a price that will be remembered by them and israel's other enemies for decades to come. the attack was carried out by hamas, a designated terrorist group. in response, the israeli military invaded gaza, the small strip of palestinian land that's controlled by hamas. but the international court ofjustice has ordered israel to take all measures

within its power to prevent its forces from committing acts that violate the un convention on genocide. more than 3a,000 palestinians have been killed so far, and a famine is said to be imminent. israel's commitment to international law is unwavering. the charge of genocide levelled against israel is not only false, it's outrageous. while the world has been focused on the actions of the israeli military in gaza, there's another section of palestinian territory that's had far less scrutiny — the west bank. it's partially run by the palestinian authority, but the israeli military has been here for decades, known as the occupation. since october 7th, that military has drastically increased its operations here. israel says it has the most moral army in the world... ..but now record numbers of

children have been killed here. gunfire. violence is surging. so how is that army conducting itself in the west bank? this is our first chance to get inside tulkarm camp to see the aftermath of the operation. there was a soldier. he had a knife, and he was threatening us and telling us to look in the other direction. this guy witnessed the killing of one of the fighters down here. up here. oh, that's a lot of blood. the man who was killed here is being talked about throughout the camp. some claim he was being abused by the soldiers. they peed on it?

gunfire. yelling.

move, move, move, move. speaking arabic. shouting: bbc, english! bbc, english. sit down, 0k? shouting. put away your camera. put away your... child cries.

the violence in the west bank is having a huge impact on the population here. as many as 57% of residents have reported symptoms consistent with post—traumatic stress disorder. but there are physical injuries, too, and those are particularly apparent when it comes to young people. he's through here? yes. they speak arabic. how are you doing? this is where the bullet went in and this is where it came out? since october 7th, how many cases like aboud have you been seeing, where they've been shot or they've been harmed in some way by the israeli military? seven to ten cases a day? yes.

wow. how did this happen? how did you get hit in your shoulder? your friend was killed on the spot? yes. were you posing any threat to them? were you holding anything? nothing? it's difficult to know the exact circumstances on the day aboud was shot, but 2023 was the deadliest year on record for children in the west bank. we've been investigating shootings by

the israeli military. there are some where young people are shot in the back while running away, and there are others where they appear to be holding weapons and therefore the israeli military would argue lethal force was critical to their own protection. but there is evidence to suggest that the shooting of young palestinians is becoming a systemic problem. gunfire. screaming. woman screams. we've also obtained new data that's allowed us to understand the scale of the problem and to see where children are most commonly killed in the west bank. there's one place more than any other that is the deadliest to be a child.

so, it was on this streetjust a few weeks ago that two boys, 15—year—old basil and eight—year—old adam, were killed by israeli forces. we'rejust heading in now to meet adam's family, who are having to try and come to terms with what's happened. she speaks arabic. can we come in? 0k. great. thank you. is this all adam's stuff here? yeah. all this stuff? his shoes?

are these his crisps? so what was the age difference between you two? oh, it's quite a big age difference. yeah. so you were his big brother. you looked after him? he looks more cheeky than you, though. yeah. was he? yeah. you must miss him. yeah. are you comfortable taking me back to what happened that day? do you have the video

of that day? yeah. can you show me? this is you? yeah. we want to understand how and why basil and adam were killed. we've been meticulously piecing together what happened on this street. we've obtained copies of cctv and mobile phone footage from multiple angles. it's allowed us to create a timeline of the shootings. in the early afternoon of the 29th of november, a convoy of at least six armoured israeli military vehicles are returning

from a nearby raid. they're travelling towards basil and adam. at the same time, the boys and around seven friends are on the street. basil is holding something in his hands. it's unclear what this is. across the street, one of the friends is filming on his phone as an israeli military vehicle drives by. when the footage is slowed down and enhanced, it shows the driver's door opening. the driver has a direct view of the boys, being around 2a metres away from basil and 36 from adam. we can see from other camera angles that just a few seconds after adam's friend captured the door opening, at least 11 shots are fired from the direction of the armoured vehicle. four bullets strike a nearby pole. two, the shutter

of a hardware store. one, into a car. another into a handrail. we've obtained copies of basil and adam's medical reports. they show that two bullets struck basil in the chest. and another hit adam in the back of the head as he was running away. we've shown the footage of the shooting to former soldiers of different ranks, both on and off camera. obviously at face value, and i'm going to stress, at face value, it doesn't look good. i would like to believe that there was some kind of triggerfor that. it was also november, when things were obviously even more raw than they are now. it's not clear if the 15—year—old kid, basil,

is holding something. i mean, does that not present a clear threat? there is a possibility of unlawful, you know, activity conducted by israeli soldiers. it happens. but you see a certain portion of reality and not the overall picture. former soldiers have told us the use of force is meant to escalate in stages. unlike gaza, the west bank is not classed as a war zone, so soldiers�* use of force is meant to be more restrained. beginning with a verbal warning in arabic and hebrew,

escalating to the use of nonlethal weapons like flashbangs and tear gas. then shooting in the leg. all before shooting to kill. the exact rules around when soldiers can and can't use lethal force in the west bank are secret, but some of the rules that apply elsewhere are public. they state the use of lethal force must be a last resort in order to address a real and imminent danger to human life, and must be proportionate to the danger faced. suggesting basil and adam would have needed to pose a serious threat to soldiers. in my opinion, he doesn't seem like an immediate and real threat. it would take israeli soldier

murdering a palestinian from zero range for it to be deemed as murder in israel. how often did cases like this get fairly, properly, impartially investigated by the israeli military? basically 0% chance of criminal proceedings against such a soldier. the legal means to cover them up are well established, basically. the israeli army says every case of a child's death due to their activity in the west bank is examined. but data suggests that less than 1% of all complaints against israeli soldiers result in prosecutions. the killing of basil and adam took place at a time when the shooting of children by israeli forces is hitting record levels. for the first time, we've been given the medical reports of 112 different minors and children who were

fatally shot by israeli forces in the west bank, from the beginning of 2023 to the end of january 202a. they're between 17 and two years old. we don't know how many of these people might have posed a legitimate threat to soldiers, but our analysis shows that 98% of them had injuries in the upper body, where you're more likely to be killed if shot. meaning that soldiers could be shooting to kill more often than wound in these cases. raising questions about the culture around how israeli soldiers use lethal force. after basil and adam were killed, a soldier can be seen photographing basil. the israeli army has shared

a picture with us taken at the scene, which they say shows an explosive device. we've cropped the image because of its graphic content. they also say suspects had been attempting to hurl explosives towards their forces, putting them in immediate danger. they responded with fire and hits were identified. the circumstances of the event are under review, but according to all the video evidence we've examined, eight—year—old adam was not armed when he was shot in the back of his head. we've asked several independent experts to review all our findings, including human rights lawyers, a war crimes investigator, a counter—terrorism expert, as well as members of the un and other neutral bodies. some gave their analysis anonymously. all agreed that this incident should be investigated. some went further. while there may be questions about if the use of lethal force could be applied

in basil's case, for adam, this appears to be a violation of international humanitarian law, a war crime, and a violation of the human right to life. another expert said... we've also observed other behaviour like the possible mutilation of a body. we were told that... others said that palestinians being threatened with knives and guns, and subjected to acts of vandalism could be breaches of international law and should

also be investigated. what we've documented raises serious questions about the legality of israeli military conduct in the west bank. we'rejust on our way to meet with some members of the palestinian armed resistance. we don't know exactly where it's going to be. obviously, these guys are being hunted by the israelis right now. they're very much wanted people. they've asked us to leave our phones, leave our tracking devices, leave everything, and to meet them here. here they are. they're here.

they look like the right people. how has the situation changed since october 7th? you know, the israelis would call you guys terrorists. they say that, you know, you are using violent tactics against israeli people, and that that poses a risk to them and that they need to protect themselves, and that has only got even more important since october 7th.

you know, on october 7th, a lot of reports emerged of israeli people, civilians being killed, brutally abused, kidnapped. i'm just asking from a human perspective, you might be able to empathise with what they've also been through. you know, we've been seeing pretty consistent large scale operations carried out by the israeli defence forces on you and on other camps. how has the resistance been impacted?

it's a very tough situation. we see an ongoing deterioration in the situation in the west bank. in part to the policy of our current government, which, unfortunately, supports annexation of the west bank. it has, unfortunately, very severe consequences.

talking about occupation or not is a political question. the idf's goal is whatever the government tells it to do. the government tells it tomorrow to evacuate the whole of the west bank ofjews, it will do it because that's what it was told to do. we palestinians live in the west bank. . it's so obvious that there's so much violence in their lives. i there is a cultural problem in the idea of, i feel like, i most soldiers operate - as if they had like a specific ideology of wanting to hurt - palestinians, or wanting to get back at them, to assume that people can interact. with the army the way i palestinians do on a daily basis, and still go about their lives as if nothing happened. | to feel that people living this reality will not take _ up arms is, at best, - naive, and dehumanising. things are getting worse.

the next generation, like abboud, have already known too much conflict and death in their lives. they're coming of age with very little hope and a burning desire for change. what did you wish for when you blew out those candles? israel does face threats in the west bank, but the actions of its own military that we've seen may well be in breach of international law.

across the territory, violence is surging, land is being seized and children are dying. the situation is approaching a tipping point.

hello. in weather and climate terms, the beginning ofjune marks the start of summer, and the weather is going to feel fairly summer—like this weekend. it will be dry for most of us, warm in the sunshine, but the nights will still be quite chilly. and saturday getting off to a rather chilly start. these are the temperatures in the towns and cities. out in the countryside, some spots a little bit colder than that.

but after that chilly start, most places will see some spells of sunshine. any early mist will clear. this area of cloud, across east anglia and the south—east, that should tend to break up to give some spells of sunshine. but then we've got this zone of cloud pushing out of southern scotland, into northern england, affecting parts of northern ireland, north wales, the north midlands. maybe producing the odd shower. temperatures for some northern and eastern coasts, around 1a, 15, 16 degrees. in shelter, southern and western parts, highs of 20 or 21 degrees. now, through saturday night into sunday, a few mist patches, but largely clear skies overhead. that will allow temperatures to drop down into single digits for many. high pressure in charge of the weather this weekend, centred to the west of us. but as we get into sunday, the orientation of that high will allow this clump of clouds to roll its way into the northern half of the uk. so, clouding over, i think, across parts of northern ireland, certainly northern and western parts of scotland. a little bit of patchy rain, perhaps some more persistent rain, into the north—west later.

eastern scotland should see some brightness, and for england and wales, we'll hold on to some spells of sunshine and it is going to feel warm out there — highs of 22 or maybe 23 degrees. always a bit cooler towards the north and the west of the uk, where this frontal system will be bringing some outbreaks of mostly light and patchy rain. that front sinking a little bit further southwards into monday. not much rain left on it by this stage, but certainly a band of cloud pushing southwards. that cloud likely to affect parts of wales, southern england by monday afternoon, with the odd shower. further north, some spells of sunshine, temperatures down a little bit but still getting to 20 or 21 degrees. but those temperatures do have further to fall. the summer—like warmth not lasting all that long for some of us, with this cooler air sinking its way southwards. so temperatures will be dropping, actually, towards the middle and the end of the week, and particularly in the northern half of the uk, we will see some showers.

this is bbc news live from washington. us president biden calls for an end to the war in gaza as he lays out an israeli ceasefire proposal.

donald trump said he will appeal his historic conviction which has rocked the us presidential race. top nato diplomats meet to bolster support for ukraine. washington gives kyiv permission to strike inside russia using its own weapons. we start with new signs of hope for a ceasefire in gaza. israel and hamas have responded positively to a new israeli peace proposal unveiled on friday by us presidentjoe biden. in a speech, he urged leaders on both sides to accept the deal, saying, it's time for this war to end. the proposal has three parts, beginning with a six part ceasefire, eventually leading to a permanent truce, the withdrawal of israeli troops from gaza, the return of hostages held by hamas, and the rebuilding of

gaza. the us has