hello, i'm celia hatton. residents across gaza are bracing themselves after the israeli army warned of more air strikes to destroy hamas targets, in retaliation for saturday's major attack by the militant organisation. sirens have again sounded in parts of southern israel, as more rockets were fired from gaza overnight. the israeli army says fighting is still ongoing in several places inside israeli territory. here are the latest developments. israel will cut off the supply of electricity, fuel and goods to gaza. it had already been thrown into darkness on saturday as israeli authorities cut power to its territories. the israeli army has told residents in seven different areas across the gaza strip to take refuge in shelters as it prepares to launch new attacks on hamas targets. meanwhile, some israeli hostages who were held in a southern town have reportedly been rescued.

that's according to israel's public broadcaster. and on the diplomatic front, us secretary of state, antony blinken, has called for "calm and stability" in the west bank, during a call with palestinian president mahmoud abbas. and, israel's allies have shown their support through displays like this. here's berlin's brandenburg gate lit up in white and blue to show support for israel. let's show you live pictures from gaza now. morning is breaking there. and we've seen renewed israeli's air strikes overnight. it has responded to hamas�* attack with devastating air strikes — including some in the last few hours. the united states is working with other governments to calm the situation and make sure the violence does not spread. several middle eastern countries, including egypt, saudi—arabia and jordan, have been in contact to coordinate efforts

to contain the violence. the un security council will discuss the crisis at an emergency meeting on sunday. simonjones has the latest. what israel is describing as its mighty vengeance on the palestinian militant group hamas. overnight gaza has been rocked by explosions. earlier warplanes at several buildings in the centre of the city. the israeli defence force has released these pet tours which they say are hamas cells been targeted. the israeli military trying to show they are on the front foot after being taken by surprise by the hamas attacks. the israeli prime minister

issued this morning in a televised address. mil issued this morning in a televised address. all of the - laces televised address. all of the places hamas _ televised address. all of the places hamas is _ televised address. all of the places hamas is active - televised address. all of the places hamas is active and l televised address. all of the | places hamas is active and is the city of evil, all the places hamas is hiding in, rating, we will turn them into ruins, i'm telling the people of gaza, get out of there now because we are about to take action everywhere with all our force. , , ., ., force. this is how the attack by hamas — force. this is how the attack by hamas began _ force. this is how the attack by hamas began yesterday i by hamas began yesterday morning, armed men cutting through israel's perimeter fence accompanied by a wave of rocket attacks, hamas releasing this footage showing an israeli tank being targeted. it was a highly planned operation catching israel offguard. israelis who had been at a rave in the fields near gaza were forced to flee for their lives. they were going three x three and shooting power power, everywhere from two sides, and so many people were dying, like all around.

so many people were dying, like all around-— all around. israelis were seen been taken — all around. israelis were seen been taken into _ all around. israelis were seen been taken into gaza - all around. israelis were seen been taken into gaza as - been taken into gaza as hostages, more than 50 soldiers and civilians are believe to have been taken captive, although some have been rescued or released overnight. the leader of hamas which governs gaza has promised the two end israel's occupational palestinians land. ~ ., ., palestinians land. we are on the verge — palestinians land. we are on the verge of _ palestinians land. we are on the verge of a _ palestinians land. we are on the verge of a great - palestinians land. we are on the verge of a great victory i the verge of a great victory and a clear conquest on the gaza front. in and a clear conquest on the gaza front.— and a clear conquest on the gaza front. in the israeli city of centre-right _ gaza front. in the israeli city of centre-right which - gaza front. in the israeli city of centre-right which came l of centre—right which came under attack a bulldozer is used to break into a police station where hamas were thought to be hold up. the british prime list has described the actions of hamas is cowardly and depraved, a view shared by the us president.— view shared by the us resident. , ., , president. innocent people murdered. _ president. innocent people murdered, wounded, - president. innocent people | murdered, wounded, entire families taken hostage by hamas, days after israel marked holiest of days in thejewish

calendar. it's unconscionable. when i spoke to prime minister netanyahu this morning i told him the united states stands with the people of israel in the face of these terrorist assaults. the face of these terrorist assaulte— assaults. israel says it is cuttinu assaults. israel says it is cutting off— assaults. israel says it is cutting off the _ assaults. israel says it is cutting off the supply . cutting off the supply electricity fuel and goods to gaza but last night tel aviv came under rocket attack. the escalating violence will be discussed today at an emergency meeting of the un security council. hamas shows no sign of pulling back, the israeli prime minister �*s warning of a long and difficult wall. submission eight —— diplomatic efforts to stabilise the largest escalation in this conflict for decades, won't be easy. simon jones, bbc news. live now to our north america correspondent barbara plett usher who's in washington. what do you think are the priorities of the biden administration 24—hour is on from the initial attack? the

-riori from the initial attack? the priority is — from the initial attack? tue: priority is expressed from the initial attack? tta: priority is expressed by president biden is to stand strong with israel, given its support at every level and he has directed his various agencies to do so from the secretary level on down to co—ordinate intelligence, military assistance and diplomatic efforts and this was a very strong message he put out in a public statement. another of their big concerns is that they do not want the conflict to spread beyond gaza and there has been a lot of calls have been made to countries in the region at the foreign minister level but also at the level of senior officials and on down trying to convince or to get people, any country, in government with any influence to ensure or to work at the conflict not spreading,

especially to lebanon on where hezbollah is situated because there is a fear there might be an attack from the israeli northern border, so they are working very hard to try to prevent a regional con —— conflagration off the back of this conflict with hamas in gaza. ., ., ~' this conflict with hamas in gaza. . . this conflict with hamas in gaza. ., ., ., gaza. looking ahead to the un security council's _ gaza. looking ahead to the un security council's emergency l security council's emergency meeting, can we expect anything significant to come out of that meeting, surely this will bring in thoughts from beijing and moscow, but can we expect any consequences? taste moscow, but can we expect any consequences?— consequences? we can expect language. — consequences? we can expect language. i— consequences? we can expect language, i think, _ consequences? we can expect language, ithink, calling - consequences? we can expect language, i think, calling for. language, i think, calling for the violence to end, and for civilians to be protected and for efforts to find some sort of solution and move towards peace talks, i think all of those things members of the security council can agree on, i do not think we can expect to

find it would be unlikely to find it would be unlikely to find any explicit condemnation of hamas, and almost certainly not in condemnation of israeli strike on gaza because of the different interests around the security council. in terms of whether that is going to lead to anything on the ground, i think, no, if you look at history it has not, it has really been the americans in the end who have used their influence and their leverage to bring these conflicts to an end and usually that involves telling the israelis after a few days, weeks or whatever and previous gaza wars they should start observing a ceasefire and putting pressure on them to end their bomb attack �*s. but the administration i think signal pretty strongly that it was going to give israel quite a wide window to do what it felt it needed to do, given the audacious attack by hamas. and

there is also the possibility out there there might even be a ground invasion. t out there there might even be a ground invasion.— ground invasion. i wonder if ou ground invasion. i wonder if you could — ground invasion. i wonder if you could reflect _ ground invasion. i wonder if you could reflect for- ground invasion. i wonder if you could reflect for us - ground invasion. i wonder if you could reflect for us for. ground invasion. i wonder if| you could reflect for us for a minute, you come with a huge amount of experience in both washington and the middle east. the term unprecedented has been used a lot in the past 24—hour is. is this truly unprecedented or are there are times when you look back in history that come to mind for you when reflecting on what has taken place, in the past day? it on what has taken place, in the ast da ? , on what has taken place, in the past day?— past day? it is unprecedented in terms of — past day? it is unprecedented in terms of hamas _ past day? it is unprecedented in terms of hamas and - past day? it is unprecedented in terms of hamas and israel, have been four gaza wars fought in the past decade or more than a decade and that has involved hamas rocket attacks, firing from gaza, with increasing sophistication but they have never before carried out a ground attack, left the gaza strip and fought with the israelis and israeli towns,

killed israeli civilians in israeli towns, on the ground, captured israelis and taken them hostage in that way, in that number to the gaza strip, something like around 50 of them hostages including civilians, including women and children, the israelis say. that is all quite new. in history, there is a precedent for an unexpected attack on israel that was almost exactly 50 years ago in 1973, during the october war in syria and egypt moved on israel, trying to win back the territories that it occupied in 1967. and many observers believe there was at least some thought about that by hamas to launch it on that by hamas to launch it on that anniversary, because they are seeing themselves as arab

nationalists confronting the approaching israel especially at a time when a number of arab countries have normalised relations with israel even though the occupation, still occupying palestinian land. barbara, thank you, thank you for staying up to speak with us. our north american correspondence speaking to us from washington. live now to seattle where we joined by steven simon, who served as middle east adviser in the obama administration and is a professor at the jackson school of international studies. thank you forjoining us. a lot has been made of the apparent intelligence failure by the israelis. what about the united states, was this an intelligence failure as well by the united states?— the united states? well, for intelligence _ the united states? well, for intelligence united - the united states? well, for intelligence united states i intelligence united states frequently relies on information provided by the

intelligence services of the countries in which the united states is interested, so from a us perspective, if they were not hearing anything from the israelis, there must not be anything going on. that is precedented, that is not unprecedented at all. in a way i'm not surprised that we did not know, although the united states has such robust surveillance and communications interest technologies, that it is still a bit hard to see how the united states picked up nothing. the israelis, like any country, have a limit, ready to the kinds of intelligence resources they could allocate to any given target. in the context in which they have been operating as one where tensions have been especially high on the west bank, owing largely to

policies undertaken by the ultra right government, coalition ruling israel now. so a disproportionate amount of intelligence resources were allocated to ongoing events on the west bank, and just as importantly, personnel resources that is soldiers who were serving in the south were diverted to the middle of the country, to help control very volatile situation in the west bank. so in a sense the israelis and united states were blind to what was going on in the israelis did not have enough people there, to stand —— staunch hamas invasion. it was also after the yom per holiday 70 soldiers had not returned to duty yet. steve and i wonder returned to duty yet. steve and i wonder if— returned to duty yet. steve and i wonder if you _ returned to duty yet. steve and i wonder if you could _

returned to duty yet. steve and i wonder if you could take - returned to duty yet. steve and i wonder if you could take us i i wonder if you could take us through from the us perspective the biden administration had been spending a lot of time trying to broker ties between saudi arabia and israel. is that a lost cause now? well i think it might _ that a lost cause now? well i think it might be, _ that a lost cause now? well i think it might be, but - that a lost cause now? well i think it might be, but i - that a lost cause now? well i think it might be, but i think| think it might be, but i think the administration will operate on the assumption that it is still salvageable, provided that the conflict between israel and palestinians in gaza can be brought to a halt sooner rather than later. and that's a very difficult sweet spot to identify for the united states because on the one hand, the israelis will be pushing united states for political cover, to get as much time as israel can possibly get to do what it thinks it needs to do in gaza, at the same time, from a us perspective the longer it goes on, the more difficult it is

going to be to resuscitate the administration and its hallmark initiative for the middle east which is israeli and saudi normalisation.— which is israeli and saudi normalisation. ., ., normalisation. what works when it comes to _ normalisation. what works when it comes to the _ normalisation. what works when it comes to the peace _ normalisation. what works when it comes to the peace process, l it comes to the peace process, looking back at your time under the obama administration, looking at what the biden administration has done, how do you think the biden administration should move forward now, should they change their priorities, do you think? i think changing priorities in the absence of changed israeli government would be, not the best use of the president's time and energy and political capital. i expect he would avoid that. one of the things the administration is hoping for is that the national unity government will form in the coming days and weeks in israel

for the purpose of battling hamas in gaza and navigating the diplomatic for lack — ash fallout which in turn will enable the current prime minister benjamin netanyahu to jettison his ultra— right coalition partners. that situation is one of the united states believes it could pursue some action on behalf of the palestinians, and they have talked about this in explicit terms, within the framework of israeli, saudi normalisation. thank you, and our guest has served in many studies and research centres. so what more do we know about the co—ordinated attack by hamas? here's our security correspondent, frank gardner.

so, this map here gives you some idea of the extent of hamas's infiltration across the border from gaza into southern israel. these are 17 locations where we have verified the presence of palestinian militants in this attack. from up in space, this is what that area of southern israel looked like today. just look at all that smoke coming from burning buildings. if we zoom in you can see the heat spots that we've enhanced so you can see them. now, all these cross—border infiltrations by palestinian militants taken together with the thousands of rockets fired at israel represent a massive intelligence failure from israel. it should have seen this coming because they had regular military patrols going along that border. this is footage taken some years earlier. but they had cameras, sensors, informants inside the militant groups. and yet hamas was able to charge through that border, crossing it with things like this bulldozer, paragliders, by land,

sea and air, and all the while, hamas has been sending more missiles into places like this, tel aviv, this office and residential block here, hitting buildings while the israeli air force hits gaza. however this ends, it will go down as one of the worst failures of israeli intelligence in 50 years. and we've been hearing from our chief international correspondent, lyse doucet, who says this is different to other conflicts between israel and the palestinians. this is really an unprecedented moment in an area where there has been decades of tension, of attacks, of all—out war, this is a very, very different kind of warfor all of the is a very, very different kind of war for all of the reasons that we have just been hearing. the staggering number of israeli hostages, both military officers, soldiers, as well as civilians, the high israeli death toll, a far right israeli government, there will

certainly be pressure on benjamin netanyahu to do what he and other israeli leaders have avoided for decades and thatis have avoided for decades and that is a major ground offensive into gaza, if not, i reoccupation of this strip that israel pulled its troops out of into thousand and five. there are no good options for benjamin netanyahu but each one of them is fraught with risk and hamas is in no mood as well, it seems, to hold its fire. with me is mohamed taha, from bbc arabic. i think we should focus attention for a moment on what is going on in gaza, we have seen a continuation of raids and attacks, what is the latest you have been hearing? exactly, the small cabinet _ you have been hearing? exactly, the small cabinet of— you have been hearing? exactly, the small cabinet of benjamin i the small cabinet of benjamin netanyahu just finished their neta nyahu just finished their meeting netanyahu just finished their meeting and took the decision of destroying the military

power of hamas which is why we are seeing overnight the continuous attacks on gaza and i expect that we will continue to see these attacks on gaza. there was an attack on an area where 12 people died, some buildings were destroyed and the situation as you said also in your introduction, the electricity was cut and the siege on gaza became stronger. the government of benjamin netanyahu is really determined to go further in this war. indeed. he has advised people in some parts of gaza to leave their homes but what options do they have? where can they go? it is such a densely populated area? w , , it is such a densely populated area? .. , , ., it is such a densely populated area? , , ., ., area? exactly, they go to the schools affiliated _ area? exactly, they go to the schools affiliated in - area? exactly, they go to the schools affiliated in the - area? exactly, they go to the schools affiliated in the hope | schools affiliated in the hope that israel will not target

these schools but previously israel targeted these schools saying that hamas fighters are hiding in there. so they are trying to go to homes, hospitals — ash trying to go out of their homes to hospitals and schools, just because the situation on the gaza strip is so tense. i looking south to egypt, what role have they been playing, leading up to the beginning of the attack yesterday and moving forward? egypt�*s, yesterday and moving forward? egypt's, historically, they have had conversations with hamas and trying to understand why they are doing what they are doing and what are their demands. they are trying to make this violence, the unprecedented violence, not get escalated more. indeed, us

wants to freeze some of its prisoners — ash hamas wants to free some of its prisoners which is why they took hostages to the gaza strip and you said earlier that the israeli forces managed to free some hostages, from an area inside israel, meaning there are operations that are ongoing in that israeli territory at the moment. what about the hostages taken already to the gaza strip? this may be one demand, the other demands may be that they want to change the arrangements of the prayers in the area, and within the area of the arc some mosque and they want to ease the siege around the gaza strip. so they want to understand the demands are

negotiated and they want to see the prospects of hamas launching missiles towards israel, just a few minutes ago, they targeted a school on —— at school on —— an area where there is a school, and these efforts by egypt, jordan and saudi arabia would be fruitful. can you take us through what hamas is facing at this time? why did they choose this moment to launch the attack? apparently this attack has been prepared for a really long time. they rehearsed it. they knew exactly what are their targets and they attacked it. they have 300 dead announced by the israelis at the moment,

which is really unprecedented. 1600 injured, and the operation is going on for more than 2a hours. so they chose this moment because of the attacks on the gaza strip recently and the situation there.— on the gaza strip recently and the situation there. thank you very much- — the israeli army has warned people in gaza that hamas targets will be destroyed in retaliation for its attack. electricity, water and good supplies to gaza are being cut off. the israeli army says fighting is still ongoing in several places inside israeli territory. hamas says it has fired a hundred rockets at the city of ashkelon. more than 500 people have been killed since hostilities started on saturday.

this is a live shot, of gaza city. stay with us here on bbc news. hello. rarely do we see a day of weather contrasts quite as stark as those we experienced during saturday. across many parts of scotland we had huge amounts of rain, flooding and disruption. we had this met office amber warning in force. this expiring through the first part of sunday morning but this new warning stretching from aberdeenshire up towards inverness, this warning is in force until 2pm on sunday with further flooding and disruption likely. this is the rain we had on saturday. it was relentless. well over 100 millimetres of rain

in places and some spots in the north of scotland only got to 7—8 degrees. compare that with 25 in southeast england, those huge contrasts. that was the warmest october day we've seen in five years. into sunday, this frontal system still plaguing parts of scotland with some outbreaks of rain. the focus for the heaviest rain does shift a little further northwards and eastwards. still though some rain through the central belt, could cause further problems, southern scotland looking drier with a little bit of sunshine. patchy cloud and sunny spells for northern ireland. quite murky for some western coasts of england and wales and a bit more cloud for eastern coasts too, but we should, broadly speaking, see some spells of sunshine on what will be another very warm day for the time of year — 25, 26 degrees, not as cold across the north of scotland. heading through sunday night, we will still see some bits and pieces of rain across scotland, maybe fringing into northern ireland, but generally it will turn a bit drier, quite windy in the far north, very mild as we start monday morning with some areas of low cloud, mist and fog, particularly

for western coasts and some of that could linger as we go through the day. scotland certainly drier than it has been, although this little line of rain could just plague the southwest of scotland from time to time. temperatures north to south — 13 in stornoway, still 2a in london. moving deeper into the week, we will see something of a change, that warmth is set to be swept away. a frontal system pushing its way south and east through the middle of the week, heavy rain with that, and behind it something cooler, something a bit more like we would expect at this time of year. so a mainly dry, warm start to the week but things will change from midweek onwards.

this is bbc news. the headlines: residents across gaza are bracing themselves after the israeli army warned of more air strikes to destroy hamas targets in retaliation for saturday's major attack by the militant organisation. sirens have again sounded in parts of southern israel as more rockets were fired from gaza overnight. an unknown number of israeli soldiers and civilians have been taken to gaza as hostages, although there are reports some have been released. israel says more than 300 people have been killed in attacks by hamas. the number of dead in gaza stands at more than 230.

president biden has offered israel all appropriate means of support following saturday's deadly attack by hamas militants. he said he will personally stay in close contact with the israeli prime minister, benjamin netanyahu. the united states says it's also working with other governments to calm the situation. now on bbc news, click. this week, we are looking at the drive for electric cars. laura visits the bentley factory to find out how they are making the shift to electric.

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