thank you, jon donnison. on social media, _ of israel. thank you, jon donnison.u, jon donnison. on social media, an update - of israel. thank you, jon donnison. on social media, an update from i on social media, an update from hostages of missing families. this is what they posted, the forum, on social media. the hostages of missing families for an ounce that hostage qaid farhan alkadi, 52, freed himself from hamas captivity, escaped to relate forces, a father of 11, worked technic abducted from his workplace 326 days ago and is now back in israel, the wonderful news of his return is a sign of light amongst the darkness for the families of the hostages and people are visual. we wish to thank the wonderful forces of our idf who helped him return home safety. there are 108 hostages still held. asjon donnison was referring to there, a deal is the only way to secure the return of the remaining 108 hostages in the eyes of the forum. we have that post saying that qaid farhan alkadi was able to free himself from hamas captivity and escaped to israeli forces, a father of

——jon donnison jerusalem. a lot of points to pick up on there. —— jon donnison with that report.ddle east correspondentjim muir. the critical question there, neither israel nor hezbollah want war but they are ready for it, where are we? we are certainly on the brink but the question is whether we go over it and i think they have kind of pulled back. we will be hearing very shortly from the hezbollah leader who will be given one of his televised address is in the next few hours, so we will hear what he has to say. i'm sure he will claim today's action as a great victory. hezbollah is saying israel's narrative that it carried out pre—emptive attacks, they say that is illusionary and is not true, they say all the missiles hezbollah wanted to fire went off on time and it is hinting it hit an important target such as the mossad headquarters in central israel. so they will be showing this as a kind of success, but also the first phase of success, but also the first phase of their response to the killing of their senior military commander, fuad shukr, back at the end ofjuly. so there ma

what in jerusalem, jon donnison. details what injerusalem, jon donnison. details of the idf givei theils of the idf given about the retrieval of these hostages? quite a short statement this morning from israeli military. they said six bodies were recovered in khan younis in southern gaza and said six bodies were those of... one was a british israeli citizen. all apart from one were already presumed to have been dead and this comes at a time when we have discontinued diplomatic push led by americans to try to get a ceasefire hostage release deal. we had a statement from the israeli prime minister this morning regarding the bodies recovered and of course mr netanyahu has faced considerable criticism from some hostage families saying he hasn't done enough to free those being held. in a statement he said our hearts grieve over the terrible loss.— said our hearts grieve over the terrible loss. and in gaza itself, what details _ terrible loss. and in gaza itself, what details do _ terrible loss. and in gaza itself, what details do we _ terrible loss. and in gaza itself, what details do we h

jon donnison reports. dawn in the hills around athens. in on the greek capital. from the city's famous monuments you get a sense of how close the danger is. hundreds of fire fighters are struggling to contain the fires. and around athens, police have ordered thousands of people to flee their homes. translation: it hurts. we have grown up in the forest. we feel great sadness and anger. but some are reluctant to go. "my family have all left," iannis says, "but i am staying nearby so that i can keep an eye on my house." just to the north of athens, a children's hospital had to be evacuated overnight. and the elderly are particularly vulnerable. with some having to be rescued from their homes. the army has been brought in to help with the evacuation. translation: the| situation is chaotic. our military unit has been here from the beginning and we are trying to help the fire unit and volunteer teams. we are surrounded by fire here. the fires are being fuelled by strong winds and temperatures close to a0 celsius. after the hottestjune and july

jon donnison, bbc news.ear—old woman have been stabbed in leicester square in london. the girl's injuries are thought to be non—life threatening — the condition of the woman isn't known. one man's been arrested and taken into custody. police do not believe anyone else was involved. with the latest, here's our correspondent, chi chi izundu. we know that around 11:36 this morning the london ambulance service attended the scene in leicester square where an 11—year—old girl and a 34—year—old woman had been stabbed. the london ambulance service but a statement earlier saying that they sent considerable resources to the scene, an ambulance crew, and advanced paramedic and an incident officer as well as a tactical response unit. they tried to help the 11—year—old and the 34—year—old before they were taken to a major trauma unit. police say a man has been arrested and is in police custody. however, they are not giving more information on him and do not believe that there is any other suspect involved. in case people

jon donnison, bbc news. someone living in athens in the next half an hour. around the world and across the uk. this is bbc news. an 11—year—old girl is in hospital with non life—threatening injuries after being stabbed in central london this morning. this is that the scene in leicester square. they cordon there in the foreground of the picture and the police in attendance. police say a 34—year—old woman was also stabbed in leicester square, her condition is unknown. a man has been arrested. police are keeping a watch there at the location of this incident and in one of the busiest parts of london. with more on this is our correspondent, chi chi izundu has the latest. we know that around 1136 this morning the london ambulance service attended the scene leicester square where an 11—year—old girl and a 34—year—old woman had been stabbed. the london ambulance service but a statement earlier saying that they send considerable resources to the scene, an ambulance crew, and advanced paramedic and an incident office

jon donnison has the latest from jerusalem. 4:30 in the morning, and israel's biggest attack on hezbollahram founder pavel durov is expected in a french court today after being arrested on saturday when his private jet landed in paris. hello, i'm nicky schiller. we start with a major development in the middle east. there's been an intense exchange of fire between israel and hezbollah militants. israel launched a wave of air strikes against hezbollah positions in lebanon, saying it was pre—empting plans for a large—scale attack. israel's prime minister has promised to do everything to protect the country. these are the latest pictures coming from northern israel. hezbollah said it fired hundreds of rockets towards israel in its first response to israel's assassination of a senior commander in beirut last month. it denied israel's assertion that it had thwarted the attack. the israeli military said it struck and destroyed thousands of hezbollah rocket launchers in southern lebanon aimed at northern israel. the israel defence forces released these pictures which it says are those strikes on

thank you, jon donnison reporting there.republic of congo have told the bbc more than 70% of people being treated for mpox at their clinics are children under the age of 10. the bbc has been given exclusive access to two treatment centres in the eastern part of the country — the epicentre of the latest mpox outbreak. our africa correspondent simijolaoso has this report, filmed inside the drc for the bbc by a local camera operator. a warning, viewers may find some images distressing from the start. toddler cries weary and in pain. two—year—old encima caught mpox from one of her five siblings, who have all had the disease. translation: this is - the first time i've seen it. when my child got sick, other parents told me it might be measles, but we started treating measles and failed. this hospital in kavumu is in south kivu, the epicentre of this new mpox crisis. it has had 800 patients sincejune. more than 70% have been children. eight have died — all under the age of five. about 100 miles away, the spring in amani's step slow

let's speak to our correspondent jon donnison injerusalem.how this release was actually secured? apologies with a power line to jerusalem freezing. hopefully we will manage to get that line back up and working. we will return to those developments on the story in the next little while. let's turn to ukraine. ukraine has said its forces are advancing in russia's kursk region, taking more settlements and russian soliders prisoner. the incursion into the kursk region began three weeks ago. but its force commander warned the situation on the eastern front in ukraine was difficult with russian troops now controlling another village near pokrovsk. meanwhile, russia has launched a wave of missile attacks, across ukraine, for a second day. at least four people were killed, with many others injured, in strikes that hit apartment blocks and a hotel. over the last 48 hours — more than half of the country has been targeted by over a hundred missiles and a hundred drones. energy infrastructure has again been the main focus. president zelensky said, his fo

our middle east correspondent jon donnison is injenin and sent this update.. it's been quite a lot quieter here today injenin, but since yesterday, eight palestinians have been killed, including one this morning. and just in the last few hours, we heard a couple of loud explosions as well as some fairly prolonged bursts of gunfire. now, israel says that it is carrying out counterterrorism operations against palestinian militants. it says those groups are funded by iran. palestinians see this as an aggression and an escalation. and certainly getting intojenin this morning was pretty difficult. all the major roads had been blocked off by the israeli army, bar one, and we spoke to local palestinian taxi drivers who said that israeli soldiers had been firing at palestinian cars. and then when you get here, i mean, this is normally a vibrant, bustling city, and today the streets are absolutely deserted, all the businesses are shuttered up. so it is having a big impact on the lives of ordinary palestinians. the new zealand's maori king has died after heart surgery.

donnison has this update from jerusalem. primary supplier and distributor of much needed humanitarian aid in gaza. tonight, it had said it had had to suspend its operations because of safety concerns after an evacuation order in deir al balah, in the centre of the gaza strip from the israeli military. and that is where the un has its main command centre. it said its staff had had to evacuate quickly and that they'd left their equipment behind. now, the un official stressed that un agencies would not be leaving gaza, but they were now looking for somewhere safe to operate and said those safe areas were constantly being squeezed. now israel, for its part, says it issues these evacuation orders to try to protect civilian lives in gaza. separately this evening, a hamas official has poured scorn on suggestions from the white house that progress is being made in ceasefire talks that are ongoing in cairo. he said, hamas was still refusing to take part, saying that israel had changed the terms of something that hamas agreed to back

jon donnison has the latest on the fallout, from jerusalem.atic escalation on sunday, things seem to have quietened down a bit. israel's military says it has carried out some strikes on hezbollah targets in southern lebanon in the past 2a hours, but certainly the level of cross—border we saw in the early hours of sunday morning seems to have quietened down. what are the two main parties saying? hezbollah for its part says the first phase of its operation to retaliate for the killing of that senior commander fuad shukr, it says the first phase has now ended. for israel's part — benjamin netanyahu, the prime minister says that this was just the beginning and he wanted to change the game in the north. change the game in terms of the situation in the north of israel and of course you have tens of thousands of people on both sides of the border, living close to the border area who have been displaced now for many, many months. there will be increased diplomacy i imagine this week to try and ensure this does not flare up into something much more dan

for more details on the hostage i've been speaking to our middle east correspondent jon donnison fromear—old father of ii, a bedouin arab citizen of israel, one of 251 hostages who were taken in the cross—border raid by hamas on october seven last year. you mention the joy for his family, you could see it there, i saw his brother saying this was like a new birth in the family and they thanked god, saying they were overwhelmed. some relief for benjamin netanyahu, under relentless pressure from the hostage families, who had the leak only a few days ago, very difficult for the prime minister. yes, as we were coming into work today i was reading on the wires that there have been protests today, hostage families blocking major highways in israel because they believe benjamin netanyahu has not done enough to obtain a hostage release and ceasefire deal with hamas. this will be something that the israeli government can get hold of. i saw the defence minister gallant praising the forces that were involved in this operation. there are still between 60 and 70 hostages held in gaza thought to be

our middle east correspondent jon donnison has more on the impact of the israeli military operation injenineem to be ongoing. it's been quite a lot quieter here today injenin, but since yesterday, eight palestinians have been killed, including one this morning. and just in the last few hours, we heard a couple of loud explosions as well as some fairly prolonged bursts of gunfire. now, israel says that it is carrying out counterterrorism operations against palestinian militants. it says those groups are funded by iran. palestinians see this as an aggression and an escalation. and certainly getting intojenin this morning was pretty difficult. all the major roads had been blocked off by the israeli army, bar one, and we spoke to local palestinian taxi drivers who said that israeli soldiers had been firing at palestinian cars. and then when you get here, i mean, this is normally a vibrant, bustling city, and today the streets are absolutely deserted all the businesses are shuttered up. so it is having a big impact on the lives of ordinary palestinians. ukraine's armed forces say one of the f—16

with more from jerusalem — here's our correspondent, jon donnison.accinate and the polio vaccination comes in two rounds, so more than a million vaccinations are already in gaza. the first round of vaccinations will start, as you say, tomorrow. in three weeks those children will have to have another vaccination, so a lot of the logistics around this have actually been about keeping the vaccinations cool because obviously it is very hot in gaza at the moment and they have got to be refrigerated, and for the most part it is local doctors who will be administering it, but with so many children to be vaccinated, it is going to be challenging. let's talk about the occupation in the west bank and specifically the city ofjenin. what is the latest on the city ofjenin? well, this intensified israeli military operation has now been going on for several days, and it has continued to date specifically injenin. my colleagues there say there have been loud explosions coming from the urban refugee camp in the centre ofjenin, as well as bursts of gunfire. israeli he

our correspondent jon donnison is in jerusalem for us. about the attack on the aid convoy. this happened on thursday and it was a convoy from this american aid organisation that was travelling towards the hospital in rafa which is right in the south of gaza and what they say happened was that the lead vehicle in that convoy carrying medical supplies was hit by an israeli air strike. the group is saying that the four people travelling with that convoy who were killed were not their employees but had been brought in from the local community to protect against looters as they headed down to rafa. israel, though, is saying they were palestinian militants who were exporting the fact that this convoy was heading south. we the fact that this convoy was heading south.— heading south. we will be speaking _ heading south. we will be speaking to _ heading south. we will be speaking to an _ heading south. we will be speaking to an aid - heading south. we will be speaking to an aid worker| heading south. we will be l speaking to an aid worker in gaza

jon donnison has the latest from jerusalem. 4:30 in the morning, and israel�*s biggest attack on hezbollahe exchange of fire between israel and hezbollah militants. israel launched a wave of air strikes against hezbollah positions in lebanon, saying it was pre—empting plans for a large—scale attack. israel�*s prime minister has promised to do everything to protect the country. these are the latest pictures coming from northern israel.

our correspondent jon donnison is in jerusalem for us. he told us more about the attack.ppened on thursday and it was a convoy from this american aid organisation that was travelling towards the hospital in rafa which is right in the south of gaza and what they say happened was that the lead vehicle in that convoy carrying medical supplies was hit by an israeli air strike. the group is saying that the four people travelling with that convoy who were killed were not their employees but had been brought in from the local community to protect against looters as they headed down to rafa. israel, though, is saying they were palestinian militants who were exporting the fact that this convoy was heading south. we will be speaking to an aid worker in gaza shortly but we want to find out what the situation is there in terms of the humanitarian side of things. well, it is absolutely grim on the humanitarian front and the un and aid agencies have been saying this for the best part of a year. it is desperate in terms of first of all the heat that people are living in an gaza, many of

jon donnison has the latest on the fallout, from jerusalem.amatic escalation on sunday, things seem to have quite and down a bit. is rao military says it has carried out some strikes on hezbollah targets in southern lebanon in the past 2a hours but certainly the past 2a hours but certainly the level of cross—border we saw in the early hours of sunday morning seems to have quite and down. what are the main body saying? hezbollah for its part says the first phase of its operation to retaliate for the killing of that senior commander fuad shukr says the first phase has now ended. for israel's part benjamin netanyahu, the prime minister says that this was just the beginning and he wanted to change the game in the north. change the game in terms of the situation in the north of israel and of course you have tens of thousands of people on both sides of the border, living in close to the border area who have been displaced now for many, many months. there will be increased diplomacy i imagine this week to try and ensure this does not flare up into so

jon donnison has the latest on the fallout, from jerusalem.ion on sunday, things seem to have quietened down a bit. israel's military says it has carried out some strikes on hezbollah targets in southern lebanon in the past 24 hours, but certainly the level of cross—border we saw in the early hours of sunday morning seems to have quietened down. what are the two main parties saying? hezbollah for its part says the first phase of its operation to retaliate for the killing of that senior commander fuad shukr, it says the first phase has now ended. for israel's part — benjamin netanyahu, the prime minister says that this was just the beginning and he wanted to change the game in the north. change the game in terms of the situation in the north of israel and of course you have tens of thousands of people on both sides of the border, living close to the border area who have been displaced now for many, many months. there will be increased diplomacy i imagine this week to try and ensure this does not flare up into something much more dangerous and a

let's speak to our correspondent in ramallah jon donnison in terms of the operation, is it still ongoingvery much in evidence by those armoured bulldozers making their way through the narrow streets. we heard from david mansour, the israeli government spokesman justified the operation. but given everything that is happening in gaza with the threat of a wider war in the region, it is yet more instability, isn't it? it is. you will _ instability, isn't it? it is. you will remember - instability, isn't it? it is. you will remember we l instability, isn't it? it is. | you will remember we had instability, isn't it? it is. - you will remember we had antony blinken, the us secretary of state in israel last week and one of the things he said as he called for all parties in the region to refrain from provocative actions, and america's concern is what is happening in gaza could spread into a wider regional conflict, and we had that big escalation in violence between israel and his brother wide in lebanon over the weekend. many palestinians will see this as a provocative action. israel says it is

let's speak to our correspondent in ramallah jon donnison.have seen of the last few hours. is this operation still ongoing as we speak? this operation still ongoing as we speak?— this operation still ongoing as we speak? yes, it is ongoing. just in we speak? yes, it is ongoing. just in the _ we speak? yes, it is ongoing. just in the last _ we speak? yes, it is ongoing. just in the last hour _ we speak? yes, it is ongoing. just in the last hour i - we speak? yes, it is ongoing. just in the last hour i was - just in the last hour i was watching video from jenin which showed fierce gun battles between palestinian militants and israeli forces for the night is falling here now in the west bank. i think there will be fair amongst the palestinian population in the north of the west bank that it could be another difficult night. israel says this was a counterterrorism operation. it says it has taken out aeds, missile, web and supplies being held by militants in the west bank. —— ied. israel's foreign minister has called it a war that donald trump has

jon donnison has this update from jerusalem.ry supplier and distributor of much needed humanitarian aid in gaza. tonight, it had said it had had to suspend its operations because of safety concerns after an evacuation order in deir al balah, in the centre of the gaza strip from the israeli military. and that is where the un has its main command centre. it said its staff had had to evacuate quickly and that they'd left their equipment behind. now, the un official stressed that un agencies would not be leaving gaza, but they were now looking for somewhere safe to operate and said those safe areas were constantly being squeezed. now israel, for its part, says it issues these evacuation orders to try to protect civilian lives in gaza. separately this evening, a hamas official has poured scorn on suggestions from the white house that progress is being made in ceasefire talks that are ongoing in cairo. he said, hamas was still refusing to take part, saying that israel had changed the terms of something that hamas agreed to back injuly

with more from jerusalem — here's our correspondent, jon donnison. official polio vaccination campaign doesn't start until sunday morning. it is being coordinated by the united nations but we do understand that the first babies have been vaccinated today in khan younis in the south of gaza. what it's going to involve and get under way as a series of three—day, area specific pauses in fighting that both israel and hamas have agreed to. the key words there are "area specific", so we not talking about the formal ceasefire that diplomats have been pushing for for weeks and months, we are talking about pauses in fighting in specific areas. so we understand that the first area that they are going to proceed in is deir al balah, in the centre of the gaza strip. presumably, after three days, they will move on to other areas. but we are talking about a lot of children and babies. 640,000, the united nations is saying, so that is going to be quite a big operation and i think particularly in the north of gaza, it could be challenging. in the north, israel has i

our correspondent jon donnison is in jerusalem for us. he told us more about the attack. and it was a convoy from this american aid organisation that was travelling towards the hospital in rafa which is right in the south of gaza and what they say happened was that the lead vehicle in that convoy carrying medical supplies was hit by an israeli air strike. the group is saying that the four people travelling with that convoy who were killed were not their employees but had been brought in from the local community to protect against looters as they headed down to rafa. israel, though, is saying they were palestinian militants who were exporting the fact that this convoy was heading south. we will be speaking to an aid worker in gaza shortly but we want to find out what the situation is there in terms of the humanitarian side of things. well, it is absolutely grim on the humanitarian front and the un and aid agencies have been saying this for the best part of a year. it is desperate in terms of first of all the heat that people are living in an gaza, many of them are intense

with more from jerusalem — here's our correspondent, jon donnison.inated by the united nations but we do understand that the first babies have been vaccinated today in khan younis in the south of gaza. what it's going to involve and get under way as a series of three—day, area specific pauses in fighting that both israel and hamas have agreed to. the key words there are "area specific", so we not talking about the formal ceasefire that diplomats have been pushing for for weeks and months, we are talking about pauses in fighting in specific areas. so we understand that the first area that they are going to proceed in is in the centre of the gaza strip. presumably, after three days, they will move on to other areas. but we are talking about a lot of children and babies. 640,000, the united nations is saying, so that is going to be quite a big operation and i think particularly in the north of gaza, it could be challenging. in the north, israel has in effect cut the gaza strip in two and it controls this corridor which cuts across the gaza strip and tha

with more from jerusalem, here's our correspondent, jon donnison.ion campaign doesn't start until sunday morning. it is being coordinated by the united nations but we do understand that the first babies have been vaccinated today in khan younis in the south of gaza. what it's going to involve and get under way as a series of three—day, area specific pauses in fighting that both israel and hamas have agreed to. the key words there are "area specific", so we not talking about the formal ceasefire that diplomats have been pushing for weeks and months, we are talking about pauses in fighting in specific areas. so we understand that the first area that they are going to proceed in is deir al balah, in the centre of the gaza strip. presumably, after three days, they will move on to other areas. but we are talking about a lot of children and babies. 6a0,000, the united nations is saying, so that is going to be quite a big operation and i think particularly in the north of gaza, it could be challenging. in the north, israel has in effect cut the gaza strip

let's cross live to our correspondent injerusalem, jon donnison. bring us up—to—date.g news from the israeli army, what do we know? yes, in a short statement from the israeli military and also israel's intelligence agency, they said that the six bodies were recovered in khan younis in the south of the gaza strip. they have named the six people. one was a british/israeli citizen. all from a 79—year—old were already presumed to be dead. it is thought there are up to 70 hostages who are still alive being held in gaza and in the last few moments, we have had a statement from israel's prime minister, binyamin netanyahu, of course he has faced considerable criticism from some hostage families for not doing enough to free those who are being held. he said our hearts grieve over this terrible loss. , , . ., , hearts grieve over this terrible loss. , , , loss. this grim news comes as there was ho -e loss. this grim news comes as there was hone that _ loss. this grim news comes as there was hope that some _ loss. this grim news comes as there was hope that some kind _ loss. this

jon donnison from jerusalem, we are watching the live pictures, family in his arms, what details areitself? the details are you hearing about the rescue itself?— rescue itself? the israeli military has civen rescue itself? the israeli military has given a _ rescue itself? the israeli military has given a briefing _ rescue itself? the israeli military has given a briefing from - rescue itself? the israeli military has given a briefing from their. has given a briefing from their spokesperson daniel hagari. they don't give too many details but said qaid farhan alkadi was rescued in a complex operation in the southern gaza strip, not giving an exact location but they said he was rescued from a tunnel. qaid farhan alkadi is a 52—year—old father of 11, a bedouin arab citizen of israel, one of 251 hostages who were taken in the cross—border raid by hamas on october seven last year. you mention the joy for his family, you could see there, i saw his brother saying this was like a new birth in the family and i thanked god, saying they were overwhelmed. some relief for benjamin netanyahu, under

donnison is following developments from jerusalem — he gave us this analysis.ic escalation on sunday, things do seem to have quietened down a bit. the israeli military says it has carried out some strikes on hezbollah targets in southern lebanon in the last 2a hours, but certainly the level of cross—border that we saw in the early hours of sunday morning, that seems to have quietened down. now, what are the two main parties saying? well, hezbollah, for its part, says that the first phase of its operation to retaliate for the killing of that senior hezbollah commander, fuad shukri, at the end ofjuly. well, it says that that first phase has now ended. and for israel's part, well, benjamin netanyahu, the israeli prime minister, said last night that this was just the beginning and that he wanted to change the game in the north — change the game in terms of the situation in the north of israel. and of course, you have tens of thousands of people on both sides of the border living close to the border area who've been displaced now for many, many months. now, there wi

let's speak to our correspondent jon donnison injerusalem. were you hearing about the actual details of this release. the? were you hearing about the actual details of this release.— details of this release. they are bein: details of this release. they are being quite _ details of this release. they are being quite tight-lipped, - details of this release. they are being quite tight-lipped, the i being quite tight—lipped, the hostage himself is a 52—year—old father of ii. he is a bedouin arab who is is an israeli citizen and he was one of 251 people captured on october seven last year in that 0ctober seven last year in that cross—border raid by hamas. in terms of the operation to get them out, the israeli military have said it was a joint operation between special forces from the army and also members of israel's intelligence service. they said they were acting on intelligence and he was found in a tunnel. he is now backin was found in a tunnel. he is now back in israel, he is in hospital and surrounded by his family and said to be in good hea

jon donnison, bbc news.have become the youngest people to be charged over the riots that broke out in the wake of the killing of three young girls in southport. the youths, who cannot be named because of their age, have been charged with violent disorder. our home affairs correspondent daniel sandford joins us now. daniel. what do we know? there are so many charges now it is getting difficult to keep up. the latest figures were 466 people charged out of 927 arrested but that is likely to have gone up since we were given those figures. the most striking ones from the names are published overnight by the names are published overnight by the cps by those who could not be named because of their young age. one 12—year—old charged in relation to the original riot in southport, charged with violent disorder with a maximum sentence of five years. another 12—year—old in manchester city court, charged with violent disorder, a 13—year—old appeared also at the same magistrates court this morning. 215—year—olds, one who

let�*s get more on this with our correspondent in jerusalem jon donnison.

donnison.d that the first babies have been vaccinated today. in high newness in the south of gaza. what it's going to involve and get under way as a series of three—day, area specific pauses in fighting at both israel and hamas have agreed to. the key word there are area specific so we not talking about the formal ceasefire that diplomats have been pushing for four weeks and months, we are talking about pauses in fighting in specific areas so we understand that the first area that they are going to proceed in is in the centre of the gaza strip. presumably, after three days, they will move on to other areas. but we are talking about a lot of children and babies. 6a0,000, the united nations is saying, so that is going to be quite a big operation and i think particularly in the north of gaza, it could be challenging. in the north, israel has in effect cut the gaza strip in two and it controls this corridor which cuts across the gaza strip and that could make access to the north a bit more challeng

jon donnison has the latest from jerusalem. 4:30 in the morning, and israel's biggest attack on hezbollahce the full—scale war back in 2006. its military says around 100 fighter jets hit hezbollah targets across southern lebanon, in what israel says were pre—emptive strikes. and the barrage went on and on. a short while ago, the idf identified hezbollah terrorist organisation preparing to fire missiles, rockets towards israeli territory. in a self—defence act to remove these threats, the idf is striking terror targets in lebanon, from which hezbollah was planning to launch their attacks on israeli civilians. for its part, hezbollah says it fired more than 300 rockets and missiles across the border. many were shot down by israel's missile defence system. but some got through. this house was hit in the northern coastal town of acre. translation: we didn't even get| the chance to close the closet door. there was a huge boom inside the house. the whole house was shaking. i remember, like, flashbacks of fire, smoke, that sort of thing. siren wails the iranian—backed lebanese militia group said

let's get more on this with our correspondent in jerusalem jon donnison.ell us about the logistics of this vaccination programme. they have got a lot of young children to vaccinate. 6a0,000. and with the polio vaccination it comes in two rounds, so more thani million it comes in two rounds, so more than 1 million vaccinations are already in gaza, the first round of vaccinations will start tomorrow as part of this campaign, and then in three weeks those children will have to have another vaccination. so, a lot of the logistics around this have actually been about keeping the vaccination is cool because obviously it is very hot in gaza at the moment and they have got to be refrigerated, and for the most part it is local doctors who would be administering it, but with so many people to be vaccinated it is obviously going to be challenging. let's turn our attention to israel �*s military operation in the west bank, what is the latest on that? well, this intensified israeli military operation has now been going on for several days, and it has continued today, a

earlier our correspondent jon donnison injerusalem told us more about qaid farhan al—kadi's rescue operationt lipped about the operation itself. they say they can't give too many details because of the potential risk to other hostages in gaza. they said that it was a complex operation. it was a joint operation carried out by elite special forces from the army and then also israel's intelligence agency, the shin bet. they said they were acting on intelligence and that mr farhan al—kadi had been held in a tunnel. it was interesting to hear from that hostages form. you read their statement from earlier farhan al—kadi had managed to free himself from the tunnel and then made his way towards israeli forces. that is not what the israeli military has said. they have merely said he was being held in a tunnel. the uk prime minister sir keir starmer has delivered a major speech in downing street — vowing to reverse what he's called a "decade of decline" under the previous conservative government. the pm has warned the budget in october will be "painful" and asked the country to "accept short—term pain

.�* our middle east correspondent jon donnison sent this report from jenin.a month before the gaza war began, abdul rahman has played a role in pausing it — something world leaders have struggled to do. earlier this month, abdul rahman was diagnosed with polio — the first case in gaza for 25 years. the family, nine children in all, live in a camp in central gaza, displaced multiple times from their home in the north. the constant moving disrupted his vaccinations. his mother says others in the camp are afraid and stop their children playing with them. translation: the virus stopped his progress. i he stopped sitting, stopped walking, stopped crawling and stopped moving. i want him to be treated. he wants to live and walk like other children. abdul rahman�*s diagnosis has raised fresh alarm over conditions in gaza's camps. the phased pause in fighting will allow medics to vaccinate more than half a million children in stages across the territory. but the conditions that caused this crisis are worsening, say aid organisations, and their solutions are not straig

donnison is injenin.ook, it's ongoing. eight people have been killed injenin since yesterday by israeli forces, including one person today. and just before we came on air, in the last five or ten minutes, we heard quite prolonged bursts of gunfire. about half an hour ago, we heard a loud explosion and saw smoke rising up, just coming from the area on the entrance to the very densely populated urban refugee camp. so it looks like this operation is ongoing. we've seen israeli military bulldozers actually looking like they were moving away from the camp about an hour ago. but as people settle down forthe night here injenin and in other cities across the west bank, i think it will be another difficult and nervous night. and this looks like it could be an operation that carries on for some time, then. yeah, we just don't know at the moment. as you say, israel says this is a counterterrorism operation and it is determined to do whatever it can to protect its citizens from what it says are terrorist attacks. now

with more from jerusalem — here's our correspondent, jon donnison. official polio vaccination campaign doesn't start until sunday morning. it is being coordinated by the united nations but we do understand that the first babies have been vaccinated today in khan younis in the south of gaza. what it's going to involve and get under way as a series of three—day, area specific pauses in fighting that both israel and hamas have agreed to. the key words there are "area specific", so we not talking about the formal ceasefire that diplomats have been pushing for for weeks and months, we are talking about pauses in fighting in specific areas. so we understand that the first area that they are going to proceed in is in the centre of the gaza strip. presumably, after three days, they will move on to other areas. but we are talking about a lot of children and babies. 6a0,000, the united nations is saying, so that is going to be quite a big operation and i think particularly in the north of gaza, it could be challenging. because in the north, israel has in effec

with more from jerusalem — here's our middle east correspondent, jon donnison.ildren to vaccinate. 640,000. and with the polio vaccination it comes in two rounds, so more thani million vaccinations are already in gaza, the first round of vaccinations will start tomorrow as part of this campaign, and then in three weeks those children will have to have another vaccination. so, a lot of the logistics around this have actually been about keeping the vaccination is cool because obviously it is very hot in gaza at the moment and they have got to be refrigerated, and for the most part it is local doctors who would be administering it, but with so many people to be vaccinated it is obviously going to be challenging. let's turn our attention to israel �*s military operation in the west bank, what is the latest on that? well, this intensified israeli military operation has now been going on for several days, and it has continued today, as you say specifically injenin. my colleagues there say they have been loud explosions coming from the urban refugee camp in the centre

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our middle east correspondent jon donnison explains more about the latest escalation. 4:30 in the morning, and israel's biggest attack on hezbollah since the full—scale war back in 2006. its military says around 100 fighterjets hit hezbollah targets across southern lebanon, in what israel says were pre—emptive strikes. and the barrage went on and on. a short while ago, the idf identified hezbollah terrorist organisation preparing to fire missiles, rockets towards israeli territory. in a self—defence act to remove these threats, the idf is striking terror targets in lebanon, from which hezbollah was planning to launch their attacks on israeli civilians. for its part, hezbollah says it fired more than 300 rockets and missiles across the border. many were shot down by israel's missile defence system. but some got through. this house was hit in the northern coastal town of acre. translation: we didn't even get| the chance to close the closet door. there was a huge boom inside the house. the whole house was shaking. i remember, like, flashbacks of fire, smoke, that sort of thing. siren wails t

let's get more on this with our correspondent injerusalem, jon donnison.convoy that was attacked in gaza?3. this happened on thursday and it was a convoy from this american aid organisation that was travelling towards the hospital in rafa which is right in the south of gaza. what they say happened was that the lead vehicle in that convoy carrying medical supplies was hit by an israeli air strike. the group is saying that the four people travelling with that convoy who were killed were not there employees but had been brought in from the local community to protect against looters as they headed down to rafa. israel, though, is saying that they were palestinian militants who were palestinian militants who were exploiting the fact that this convoy was heading south. we will be speaking to an aid worker in gaza shortly but we want to find out what the situation is there in terms of the humanitarian side of things? it the humanitarian side of thins? , , things? it is absolutely grim on the human _ things? it is absolutely grim on the human terry - things? it is

jon donnison| deal is imminent. jon, thank you i very much indeed.the travel. people travelled a long way to go and see those concerts. £1 billion into the economy because of taylor swift. she has been on our sofa in the past, many a year ago. when she was a fledgling singer. she is welcome any time! i tell you who is really welcome this morning, carol, because she is promising some better weather on the way? it looks like it will turn warmer from the middle of next week, so southern areas could get up to the high 20s, and it will get cooler as we head further north. that is what it is looking like at the moment, so fingers crossed. todayis today is a different story, a fresher start than yesterday, especially across southern areas. if we look at norwich, 12 degrees now, this time yesterday it was 19. what we have today is wet and windy weather. many of us starting on a dry note, even with some sunshine, but the rain coming in across northern ireland, also across scotland, getting into north—west england and also some dribs and drabs of that getting

jon, what's the latest?orces since yesterday including one today. when we drove intojenin this morning all the roads by one were blocked by israeli soldiers and local taxi drivers warned us that palestinian cars had been shot at. you mentioned those comments from the un secretary—general. we've also had the eu's foreign policy chief suggesting the possibility of sanctions against far right israeli government ministers, one of whom is in effect in control of the west bank, and we've had the eu's commissionerfor bank, and we've had the eu's commissioner for humanitarian affairs saying that israel's operation, which has been going on since yesterday, is potentially a violation of international law. israel, for its part, says it's targeting terrorists and terrorist infrastructure and says it's trying to protect citizens. jan infrastructure and says it's trying to protect citizens. jun. infrastructure and says it's trying to protect citizens.— infrastructure and says it's trying to protect citizens. three people