about half an hour after, i found that video that was seen here before of her on a motorcycle taken away from her boyfriend. hello. i'm lewis vaughan jones. welcome to our continuous coverage. the number of israelis and palestinians killed has continued to climb, a day after hamas militants stormed into israeli territory from gaza. the israeli military says the country is "still at war in its efforts to take full control of israeli territory and communities from hamas". here are the key developments this hour: the number of israelis killed is reported to have risen beyond 700. meanwhile, the gaza ministry of health says 413 palestinians have

been killed by israeli airstrikes in gaza, including 78 children. the israeli army also says more than 400 palestinian militants have been killed after infiltrating southern israel, with dozens more captured. israel says it is still trying to regain full control of eight areas where hamas militants infiltrated following saturday's attack. the number of israeli civilians and soldiers taken hostage has been put at 100 by the israeli embassy to the us, though some have been freed. in northern israel, hezbollah rockets targeted three military positions, with israel responding with barrages of artillery into southern lebanon. the un security council is meeting in new york to discuss the situation. president biden has vowed rock—solid support for israel. and israel's prime minister, benjamin netanyahu, said he's spoken again

to president biden, who emphasised the us's full support. the un security council is meeting in new york now. it is behind closed doors. but we are hoping to hear some statements later and will be bringing them to you. but first, our middle east correspondent yolande knell has the latest on the conflict. and i should warn you, her report has some distressing images. a devastating bombardment. israel promised overnight that hamas would pay the price for its unprecedented surprise attack. and in gaza, this was the result. translation: what happened to us is complete destruction. and there are 150 people at this building. we can't live there now. but today in israel, more gunfights, as israeli security forces pursued some of the armed palestinians who infiltrated a day ago here.

here, they chased militants in a stolen car and killed them. and here, the shocking result of the earlier mass assault. the bodies of an israeli family shot dead, waiting to be taken for identification and burial. over here, you've got another one of the body bags that, disturbingly enough, you can find along the roadsides of southern israel right now. here, we're not very far from an israeli military base that was overrun by hamas militants and has since been recaptured. it's now known that among the dead, there was a 20—year—old british man, nathanel young. he'd signed up to serve as a soldier in israel. nathanel always had strong jewish pride, his brother said in a statement. from a young age, he'd always wanted to play an important role in defending his country. it's something he'd talked about a lot. but for many, the fate of their loved ones is still unknown.

outside the main hospital in ashkelon, rachel ezra berated a visiting mp. "i want you to help me find my boy. "oz and his girlfriend naomi, aged 2a and 23," she tells him, distraught. this hospital has been overwhelmed, treating some 400 people, soldiers and civilians. some shot, some injured with the continuing rocket fire. it was very difficult for us. a lot of casualties have been brought. 0ne after one. very quickly. there was a reminder today of the potential for this conflict to widen. the israeli military carried out artillery strikes in southern lebanon after mortars were fired towards israeli positions. but gaza is still the main focus. it's believed dozens of israeli hostages, including women and children, are now being held there. we will not forget. hamas terrorists target israeli civilians.

israel will target hamas and islamichhad terrorists wherever they will be in gaza. and for israelis and palestinians, there are worrying signs of a long war ahead. yolande knell, bbc news, ashkelon. let's ta ke let's take you live to these live pictures from the gaza strip. live camera positions, you can see darkness has fallen. this is gaza city and the lights are on, but they are a bit sporadic. we're told electricity supplies are limited, as well as access to the internet and other humanitarian supplies which will be of growing concern to humanitarian organisations working in gaza. we have seen relative calm from this particular camera angle over the last couple of hours, but

that was far from the case earlier, we are keeping across those pictures for you. 0ur correspondent anna foster has the latest developments from ashkelon, in southern israel. behind me, these flashing lights are where the road was closed off. this has been almost a staging post in the last few hours. we watched ambulances coming in and helicopters landing on the road. it looks like they were evacuating casualties out of these areas. it is dark now. it looks like the skies have been regularly lighting up in the last few hours, there has been a regular barrage of missiles being fired out from gaza and when they come, you see these points of light shooting into the sky. you see the missiles intercepted by israel's iron dome system, which really catches most of the missiles coming. but the sound when that happens,

it's a really sort of loud boom that you feel shaking all the way through your body and sometimes, people around here jump where that is. even though people around here are used to it now. also worth mentioning is the amount of israeli military and equipment and hardware moving into the area at the moment. lots of tanks coming into southern israel. we know that one of the priorities for the idf was securing these sudden israeli communities after they were infiltrated by hamas militants who broke through the fence yesterday morning. the question is what they feel they will do after they secure the area. you can see all the time what is going on. you can see probably flashes in the background. i can hear a plane going overhead. sometimes, you get the sound of a drone as well, they are distinctively different. you can hear the plane shooting over, the drone is a sort of consistent whining sound, and you can hear the booms that are going on, it's been

constant actually, lewis, for the last few hours. and it shows you that this conflict, as it is, but certainly the escalation that we have seen in the last 48 hours or so it is really an early indication, i would say, of what is likely to happen in the next few days and potentially the next few weeks. and, anna, just talk us through, roughly, if you can, just give us a sense of the geography of how far you are from gaza and other key points around you. gaza is less than ten kilometres over here. sometimes, when you're seeing those flashes that you will occasionally get on the horizon there, gaza is really close and that is something that the southern israeli communities have been dealing with, living with for quite a long time. these missile attacks, which we'are seeing an awful lot of yesterday and today, are a regular feature of life here. certainly, when you go down

the coast, we are in ashkelon, but if you go further to sderot and you look out on the gaza strip. these two areas really do rub shoulder to shoulder, and perhaps this is one of the reasons why hamas were able to carry out what was a surprise attack yesterday morning. the increasing tension is no surprise. but the way they were able to break through the fence, infiltrate using paragliders and by sea, with very little warning from the israeli security services that this was likely to happen. and from the us as well, of course, which is one of israel's big allies, nobody seemed to know that this large—scale attack was about to happen and this, along with the shock that is happening here at the moment, a stunned community. there are questions being asked

about why intelligence did not pick up such a large imminent attack. looking ahead, are you getting any sense of what might happen through the night? it's difficult to know, we have been talking about this potential israeli ground incursion into gaza because that is something that is crucial, really. when we saw the israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu talking in the hours after the attacks yesterday, he promised a substantial response from israel and that would certainly take the form of a ground operation. of course, you have a lot of civilians, palestinian civilians in gaza, as well as hamas militants. that of course is a place, it's very tightly packed. it's not a place that people can go out and escape. if you're palestinian, you live in gaza, israel controls the edge of the strip. it's difficult for people to move away from an operation that might be launched. don't forget the hostages, the videos we saw on social media yesterday of hostages of israeli hostages taken by hamas militants and taken

potentially back into gaza. that will be something that is at play when the israeli defence forces are trying to decide how to respond to this next. if there are israeli civilians being held hostage in gaza and the belief is that is the case, perhaps as many as a hundred of them, but it's enormously difficult to tell at this stage. all these things will have to be considered carefully as israel plans its next move. thanks to anna for that. i want to take you to the united states now. the un security council is under way now. the meeting is closed, but we are keeping across that. we have had an update from the un rwa, sheltering 73,000 internally displaced people in 64 of its schools in all areas of the gaza strip. of those, 45 are

designated emergency shelters, i9 designated emergency shelters, 19 are not. the un rwa school sheltering displaced families in the gaza strip was directly hit, so one school sheltering displaced families was directly hit. the school sheltering more than 225 people at the time. the school severely damaged, but no casualties were recorded among the displaced. so just to repeat that school, the un rwa school was sheltering displaced families in the gaza strip, it was directly hit. 225 people there. the schools damage, but no casualties were reported. that update. let's go back to the us now. and as i mentioned, we are waiting on these live pictures for the un security council meeting going ahead right

now. ahead of it, the permanent representative of israel to the united nations, gilad erdan, spoke to the media. let's hear what he had to say. the past days have been devastating for each and every israeli. israel's suffered an unprecedented attack and the number of casualties is catastrophic. truly unfathomable. over the past two days, following hamas�*s surprise attack on israel, my country has suffered hundreds of fatalities. yesterday, in the early morning of the jewish sabbath — and on a jewish holiday — savage hamas terrorists fired thousands of rockets into israel. but this was only the beginning. as rockets rained down indiscriminately upon israeli towns and cities, hundreds of hamas terrorists infiltrated israel and began a barbaric pogrom.

a barbaric pogrom of unparalleled magnitude. ruthless terrorists gunned down innocent israeli civilians in the streets, murdering anything that moved. as the security council prepares to meet today, israel has one sole demand — hamas�*s war crimes must be unequivocally condemned. this unimaginable atrocity must be condemned. israel must be given steadfast support to defend ourselves, to defend the free world. israel will not accept any false, false, immoral comparisons between a savage terror group that targets innocents and the democratic state of israel, this is not the comparison that the un or the security council can do.

there is no reconciling with genocidal terrorists. israel will exact a heavy price on hamas, so that what we witnessed will never repeat itself. a short while ago, the palestinian ambassador to the un also gave his statement. we know only too well that the messages about israel's right to defend itself will be interpreted by israel as licence to kill. to pursue on the very path that led us here. 370, and the number is rising by the moment, of palestinians that have been killed already in one day, including children, some barely a few months old. entire families were killed in their sleep. will this bring security?

will this advance peace? where is the international protection the palestinian people is entitled to when the occupying power violates international law and harms those it is obliged to protect? aren't palestinians�* lives worth saving? the palestinian civilians killed, the palestinian children killed in occupied palestine could have been spared. isn't that a moral and legal obligation and a contribution to peace? why nothing is done when those killed are palestinians? we need to think hard of what logic we want to see prevail.

if this is about vengeance, then many palestinians will feel they have much to avenge. if this is about peace, then the way to it is not through further entrenching oppression and occupation, but by ending it. you cannot say nothing justifies killing israelis and then provide justification for killing palestinians. we are not sub—humans. that was the palestinian ambassador to the un giving a statement before that un security council meeting got under way. that un security council meeting got underway. it that un security council meeting got under way. it is a closed meeting, but when it does wrap up, we will be straight back to new york. and we are keeping across these live pictures from gaza city. this is the

black skyline. the less sunlight, there is some electricity, but we have been told power supplies are limited, access to the internet limited, too. there have been some explosions in the last few minutes. that looks like another one, you can see the occasional flash of orange in the night sky. we will be keeping across those pictures. it's becoming increasingly likely that a significant number of those killed and captured by hamas were young people attending a music festival in the southern israeli desert. social media pictures showed hundreds fleeing the nova festival, which was held near the small settlement of re�*im — a kibbutz near the border with gaza, as caroline hawley reports. moments before, at a festival that brought together young people from across israel, a carefree crowd. they have no idea of the horror about to erupt. images posted on social media show

people running for their lives. witnesses say that after rockets were fired, palestinian gunmen began attacking from several directions. "don't kill me," she pleads. as noa agami and her boyfriend, avi natan are both taken captive. both are still missing, thought to have been taken into gaza. today, noa's father spoke through his anguish to israeli media. translation: i asked to see the video and then i saw - that it was definitely her. she was so scared, so frightened. i always protected her. and at this very moment, i couldn't. noa is 25, with

a passion for travel. she'd been messaging a friend just before she was kidnapped, and then the live location ended. it'sjust us waiting and hoping, really hoping and praying that everything is good. that she will come back home safely, her and her boyfriend and everyone that is in captivity now. also taken from the festival is a tattoo artist from germany. pictured here on holiday in mexico. herfamily recognised her in a celebration video. it is too upsetting to show. we were sent a video in which i could clearly see our daughter unconscious with the palestinians and them driving around the gaza strip. i ask you to send us any help or news. jake marlowe's family and friends are also desperate for news. he's a 26—year—old british man who was working at the festival. he's reported to have told his mother he loved her and promised to keep her updated before his phone began ringing out.

0n the road next to where the festival was taking place, the aftermath. we don't yet know what's happened to all those who came in these cars to party, to celebrate. shellshocked reunions with those who survived. but the brutality of the attack, the terror of it, will now be seared into the psyche of a nation. caroline hawley, bbc news. ijust want i just want to show you these pictures from downing street in london. home of the prime minister. that is not new york, i should say, thatis that is not new york, i should say, that is central london, that is downing street. this evening. live now to liverpool, to the labour party conference, where i am joined by emily thornberry, who is a shadow attorney general and former shadow foreign secretary. thank you very much for coming on the programme. it is a pleasure. i want to ask you first your reaction

to the pictures we have been seeing over the last 48 hours. the? to the pictures we have been seeing over the last 48 hours.— over the last 48 hours. they are truly shocking. _ over the last 48 hours. they are truly shocking, absolutely - truly shocking, absolutely appalling. these are acts of terrorism. they are unjustified. and it is right for the whole world to condemn it. where is the humanity of these people? it is appalling. it is like our 77. this is terrorism. find like our 77. this is terrorism. and there have _ like our 77. this is terrorism. and there have been _ like our 77. this is terrorism. and there have been criticism of the labour party in the past with its handling of various issues around anti—semitism and how it deals with it. will this provide another test? we are quite clear about what view we take on this. it is absolutely, there is no argument, this is terrorism. this is attacks on innocent people and it is unjustified in any terms. would you be echoing. — unjustified in any terms. would you be echoing. if _ unjustified in any terms. would you be echoing, if the _ unjustified in any terms. would you be echoing, if the labour _ unjustified in any terms. would you be echoing, if the labour party - unjustified in any terms. would you | be echoing, if the labour party were in power, echoing the comments of

the prime minister? i’m in power, echoing the comments of the prime minister?— the prime minister? i'm afraid i haven't had _ the prime minister? i'm afraid i haven't had a _ the prime minister? i'm afraid i haven't had a chance _ the prime minister? i'm afraid i haven't had a chance to - the prime minister? i'm afraid i haven't had a chance to hear. the prime minister? i'm afraid i i haven't had a chance to hear what the prime minister said, but i assume he has taken the same line as the rest of the world, which is there is no justification the rest of the world, which is there is nojustification for the rest of the world, which is there is no justification for these attacks on innocent people and it is terrorism and it must be condemned. in the longer term, what is the answer here? i in the longer term, what is the answer here?— answer here? i think that is for another day- — answer here? i think that is for another day. i— answer here? i think that is for another day. i don't _ answer here? i think that is for another day. i don't think - answer here? i think that is for another day. i don't think that l answer here? i think that is forl another day. i don't think that it is for today. today is for us to condemn these acts of terrorism and death violence. that is what we should be talking about today. there will be other times to talk about what a solution might be and what it might look like, but not today, today we need to be clear that we stand with israel and it is appalling what they have been subjected to. find appalling what they have been subjected te— appalling what they have been sub'ected to. �* , ., . , subjected to. and in terms of any measures you — subjected to. and in terms of any measures you would _ subjected to. and in terms of any measures you would like - subjected to. and in terms of any measures you would like to - subjected to. and in terms of any measures you would like to see, | subjected to. and in terms of any i measures you would like to see, we have the un security council meeting now, we have heard various statements from people going in. what we have heard, committed extra military support from the us already

committed. extra military supplies including munitions. what would you like the uk to do? i including munitions. what would you like the uk to do?— like the uk to do? i think we 'ust need to be — like the uk to do? i think we 'ust need to be clear. i like the uk to do? i think we 'ust need to be clear. that �* like the uk to do? i think we 'ust need to be clear. that israel h like the uk to do? i think we just need to be clear. that israel has| like the uk to do? i think we just i need to be clear. that israel has an absolute right to defend itself and that it should be facilitated in being able to do that. it must be able to defend itself against terrorism and that is that. it is clearly labour _ terrorism and that is that. it is clearly labour conference and this was not a topic you are planning on talking about, what has been the mood in the sense here, when people have followed the headlines and watching and seeing what is happening?— watching and seeing what is hauenina? ., ., , ., happening? whoever i have spoken to about it, happening? whoever i have spoken to about it. we — happening? whoever i have spoken to about it, we are _ happening? whoever i have spoken to about it, we are all— happening? whoever i have spoken to about it, we are all appalled _ happening? whoever i have spoken to about it, we are all appalled at - about it, we are all appalled at what has happened. as i say, we see it too often. we saw terrorism with the manchester bombing is in my constituency, we lost 13 people as a result of my country, we have to utterly condemn terrorism and that is what this is. find utterly condemn terrorism and that is what this is.— is what this is. and moving on to the da s is what this is. and moving on to the days ahead _ is what this is. and moving on to the days ahead at _ is what this is. and moving on to the days ahead at conference, i is what this is. and moving on to i the days ahead at conference, onto domestic affairs —— as a result of 7/7. what will be top of the agenda?

we have been talking today about the importance of rewiring britain because we have a national grid which simply isn't up to it. it was fine during the days when we relied on oilfrom fine during the days when we relied on oil from the fine during the days when we relied on oilfrom the north fine during the days when we relied on oil from the north sea and from gas we were importing from around the world, but we need to move on and we need to move on to green electricity and green power and our national grid is not up to it. there are days when we lose £63 million because the national grid simply can't step up and take the energy thatis can't step up and take the energy that is being produced. we are holding back, according to the bbc, £200 billion worth of potential investment either by people who want to supply to the grid or people who want to use the grid. and people wanting to use the grid are having to put in bids to use more power and they are being told they won't be able to get a connection to the grid oran able to get a connection to the grid or an upgrade able to get a connection to the grid oran upgrade to able to get a connection to the grid or an upgrade to the grid until the late 2030s. this simply isn't good enough, there is no long—term thinking on this and what we are saying is that we will invest in the

national grid and we will make sure that it national grid and we will make sure thatitis national grid and we will make sure that it is fit for purpose, and this is a very important part of our long—term planning and gb energy which we will be creating will be having this is one of its tasks, to make sure that we have an upgraded grid so that we are able to grow our economy. it is a vital part of growth. and a vital part of britain has much future.— growth. and a vital part of britain has much future. emily thornberry, thank ou has much future. emily thornberry, thank you for— has much future. emily thornberry, thank you for coming _ has much future. emily thornberry, thank you for coming on _ has much future. emily thornberry, thank you for coming on the - thank you for coming on the programme. so we were talking about the us support for israel. they have announced that in the last couple of hours. the us secretary of state, antony blinken, has been talking to the american sunday morning shows. here's what he said to nbc�*s meet the press. this is the worst attack on israel since the yom kippur war in 1973, almost exactly 50 years ago, but there's also a big difference. that was a state—on—state conflict, army against army, with clear front lines. this is a massive terrorist attack

targeting israeli civilians. gunning people down in the streets of their towns. gunning them down in their homes. dragging israelis, men, women and children, across the border with gaza. a holocaust survivor in a wheelchair, women and children, all being taken hostage. so you can imagine the impact this is having in israel, and it should be revolting to people around the world. but, mr secretary, do you acknowledge that both israeli intelligence officials and us intelligence officials were caught off—guard here? this is an attack that i don't think anyone saw coming in the immediate. so was it an intelligence failure, mr secretary? do you acknowledge it was an intelligence failure? we will have plenty of time... the israelis will have plenty of time to look into that. all of us will have time to look into that. the focus now has to be on making sure israel has what it needs to deal with this attack and, at the same time, israel has come to us and asked for some specific additional assistance, i'm sure you'll

hear more about that probably later today, and we're responding to that, and we have the ability to do that. iran and hamas have a long relationship. hamas wouldn't be hamas without the support it's had for many years from iran. in this moment, we don't have anything that shows us that iran was directly involved in this attack, in planning and carrying it out, but that's something we are looking at very carefully and we've got to see where the facts lead, but we do know that iran has had a long relationship with hamas. long support. it's one of the reasons that we have been aggressively working to counter iran, including sanctioning more than 400 iranians, more than 400 companies, precisely for things like the support it's provided to hamas. it's no surprise that those who are opposed to the talks, opposed to israel normalising its relations with its neighbours and with countries beyond the region, are hamas, hezbollah and iran. so it's entirely possible that one

of the motivations for this attack was to try to derail these efforts to advance normalisation. something that is very hard, there are a lot of really challenging issues to work through, we're in the process of trying to do that, but the result would be, if we were able to get there, a much different path for the region and for the future. a path of greater stability, of greater integration, of people working together to better their lives. live now to shingai nyoka in washington. just talk us through what support the us has been committing to israel. ., , , the us has been committing to israel. . , , , .., israel. there has been significant movement _ israel. there has been significant movement as _ israel. there has been significant movement as you _ israel. there has been significant movement as you reported - israel. there has been significant movement as you reported there | israel. there has been significant l movement as you reported there in the last couple of hours in terms of the last couple of hours in terms of the details of the exact nature of the details of the exact nature of the support that the us is giving to israel. the pentagon has outlined what it has called its initial emergency military support. it sending aircraft carriers as well as guided missile carriers and guided missile destroyers headed from the

western mediterranean towards the eastern mediterranean, a journey of about 1000 miles. the us is also increasing its airpower, air force fighter aircraft will be going into basesin fighter aircraft will be going into bases in the middle east and this specifically is encase there is any kind of from iran. the defence secretary lloyd austin said these forces are maintained globally and are ready to reinforce what he calls are ready to reinforce what he calls a deterrence posture. the us said it is rapidly providing israeli defence forces with additional equipment and resources, including remission and that will be airlifted to israel. this support, some of it arriving today but much of it arriving over the next couple of days.- today but much of it arriving over the next couple of days. thank you very much — the next couple of days. thank you very much for— the next couple of days. thank you very much for that. _ the next couple of days. thank you very much for that. we _ the next couple of days. thank you very much for that. we will- the next couple of days. thank you very much for that. we will cross l very much for that. we will cross back to washington as we get more details of that support. i want to

talk you through some of the video clips that our team at bbc verify have been authenticating. social media feeds are full of lots of different videos. we will take you through once we have authenticated. a warning, some contain distressing scenes. this incident we believe to have taken place earlier on sunday. it shows a gunfight involving israeli forces on the route 4 highway between ashdod and the gaza border. sirens wail. and this was the aftermath of that same gunfight. again, we must warn you of the distressing nature of these images.

we have blurred these images are believed to be bodies of an israeli family waiting to be taken to be identified and laid to rest. we have also received footage of people in gaza scrambling for cover during an israeli missile strike. the images you're seeing took place in a residential neighbourhood in north—west gaza. bbc verify have matched the building's position, with satellite images, and confirm the location is on the northern side of sheikh zayed square mosque area. here's another israeli strike — this time the target was gaza's national bank.

the bank exploding after being struck down by an israeli missile. then this moment was filmed right next to the bbc broadcast position in gaza. that was saturday. right next to the bbc broadcast position. also a video has been released by hamas storming the errors military site north of the errors military site north of the gaza strip. this is the military

wing of hamas. this is crossing between israel and gaza. again this was saturday morning. and as we have been reporting, many people at an outdoor music festival in the desert not far from the gaza border when militants opened fire. here is the aftermath of that festival. long road there, parked cars abandoned or destroyed. eyewitnesses said people try to escape in their cars but were unable to due to the gunfire. earlier my colleague spoke to the spokesman from the israeli embassy in london. she asked her why israel thinks the

continuous bombing might stop hamas and change things this time. the israelis left the gaza strip but they are not in control of their air borders, sea borders, they are not in control of what goes in and out of the city. the israelis are in control of that. people cannot leave. amnesty international has called it the biggest open—air prison in the world. this isn't about israel taking a step back from gaza. people feel they are suffocating and have done for many years. we suffocating and have done for many ears. ~ ., suffocating and have done for many ears. . ., ., ., ., years. we want nothing more than livin: in years. we want nothing more than living in peace _ years. we want nothing more than living in peace with _ years. we want nothing more than living in peace with our— years. we want nothing more than | living in peace with our neighbours. we have _ living in peace with our neighbours. we have been able to achieve peace with a _ we have been able to achieve peace with a few _ we have been able to achieve peace with a few of our neighbours. 0ur hand _ with a few of our neighbours. 0ur hand is— with a few of our neighbours. 0ur hand is always extended for peace. why have _ hand is always extended for peace. why have peace negotiations frozen? where is peace going to come from? we will not make peace with people whose _ we will not make peace with people whose only goal is to kill our

civilians _ whose only goal is to kill our civilians. when this will change, when _ civilians. when this will change, when they— civilians. when this will change, when they will be ready that we also want to _ when they will be ready that we also want to live there, then we will have _ want to live there, then we will have real — want to live there, then we will have real peace talks that will last. — have real peace talks that will last. like _ have real peace talks that will last, like we have with other countries _ last, like we have with other countries-— countries. what about the palestinian _ countries. what about the palestinian authorities - countries. what about the palestinian authorities in. countries. what about the i palestinian authorities in the countries. what about the - palestinian authorities in the west bank? ., ., ., ., bank? you have to ask the palestinians. _ bank? you have to ask the palestinians. it's _ bank? you have to ask the palestinians. it's not - bank? you have to ask the palestinians. it's not a - bank? you have to ask the - palestinians. it's not a question for me — palestinians. it's not a question for me. ~ ., palestinians. it's not a question forme.~ . , palestinians. it's not a question for me.~ . . ,, , ., palestinians. it's not a question forme.~ . ., ,, , ., , palestinians. it's not a question forme.~ . ,., ,,. for me. what happens now? this is a very difficult — for me. what happens now? this is a very difficult time _ for me. what happens now? this is a very difficult time for— for me. what happens now? this is a very difficult time for you, _ for me. what happens now? this is a very difficult time for you, i - very difficult time for you, i appreciate that, but also we are seeing an escalation of everything. whoever this fault it is, however it started, we are seeing terrorism or violence. we are seeing war, are those really the answer? brute violence. we are seeing war, are those really the answer? we don't want that to _ those really the answer? we don't want that to happen, _ those really the answer? we don't want that to happen, we _ those really the answer? we don't want that to happen, we didn't - those really the answer? we don't i want that to happen, we didn't want that to _ want that to happen, we didn't want that to escalate. we were trying to bring _ that to escalate. we were trying to bring reat— that to escalate. we were trying to bring real long—term projects to alleviate — bring real long—term projects to alleviate the life of the palestinians because we are not against — palestinians because we are not against the palestinian people. the opposite. _ against the palestinian people. the opposite, we believe palestinians are the _

opposite, we believe palestinians are the ones who are suffering a lot from _ are the ones who are suffering a lot from hamas. we were trying to de—escalate the situation but as of now, _ de—escalate the situation but as of now. it _ de—escalate the situation but as of now. it will— de—escalate the situation but as of now, it will only be, it will be very— now, it will only be, it will be very painful and it will be difficult days that we will have to live, but — difficult days that we will have to live, but we have to make sure that our citizens. — live, but we have to make sure that our citizens, our children, our mothers — our citizens, our children, our mothers will feel safe in his role. is mothers will feel safe in his role. is that _ mothers will feel safe in his role. is that then attacking and killing citizens, children and mothers in gaza city? is that the right response? i gaza city? is that the right response?— response? i am not sure i understand. _ response? i am not sure i understand, are - response? i am not sure i understand, are you - response? i am not sure i - understand, are you comparing the wavm _ understand, are you comparing the wa �* understand, are you comparing the wa ...�* . .,, understand, are you comparing the wa... . , way... i'm saying civilians dying is not the answer _ way... i'm saying civilians dying is not the answer on _ way... i'm saying civilians dying is not the answer on either - way... i'm saying civilians dying is not the answer on either side, - not the answer on either side, surely. not the answer on either side, surel . ~ . , ., ., surely. we are trying to do everything _ surely. we are trying to do everything we _ surely. we are trying to do everything we can - surely. we are trying to do everything we can knock. surely. we are trying to do| everything we can knock to surely. we are trying to do - everything we can knock to kill innocent — everything we can knock to kill innocent civilians and children and mothers. — innocent civilians and children and mothers, unlike what hamas are doing _ mothers, unlike what hamas are doing. hamas have been taking children— doing. hamas have been taking children into the cities, the city of gaza — children into the cities, the city of gaza. we don't know what is

happening with those children, how they have _ happening with those children, how they have been treated, we don't know— they have been treated, we don't know if_ they have been treated, we don't know if they are still alive. we have _ know if they are still alive. we have pictures of people that have been _ have pictures of people that have been burnt. we have pictures, video of this— been burnt. we have pictures, video of this young girl, probably 20 years— of this young girl, probably 20 years old. _ of this young girl, probably 20 years old, she is being taken by those _ years old, she is being taken by those inhuman people. it isjust inhuman — those inhuman people. it isjust inhuman. we have never done that, we will never— inhuman. we have never done that, we will never do _ inhuman. we have never done that, we will never do that. i don't think the comparison is fair there. what do ou the comparison is fair there. what do you see — the comparison is fair there. what do you see happening _ the comparison is fair there. iii“isgt do you see happening over the the comparison is fair there. “iii“isgt do you see happening over the next few days and weeks? i see that within israel there is a lot of political unity now because of these attacks. do you have a hope now moving forward that this political unity will bring about some sort of resolution? has unity will bring about some sort of resolution?— unity will bring about some sort of resolution? ~ , ., ., ~ resolution? as of now, like said, we are really trying _ resolution? as of now, like said, we are really trying to _ resolution? as of now, like said, we are really trying to understand - resolution? as of now, like said, we are really trying to understand the l are really trying to understand the situation. — are really trying to understand the situation, to bring back some sort of stability — situation, to bring back some sort of stability to understand how many people _ of stability to understand how many people have been murdered, how many

have been— people have been murdered, how many have been kidnapped. it is still the beginning. — have been kidnapped. it is still the beginning, it's very, very difficult times— beginning, it's very, very difficult times for— beginning, it's very, very difficult times for everyone, we all have family— times for everyone, we all have family or— times for everyone, we all have family or friends touched by that. it's family or friends touched by that. it's really— family or friends touched by that. it's really a — family or friends touched by that. it's really a dark moment in our history — it's really a dark moment in our histo . , ., ,, , it's really a dark moment in our histo . , .«i , ., history. some breaking news from afghanistan- _ history. some breaking news from afghanistan. emergency _ history. some breaking news from afghanistan. emergency teams . history. some breaking news from i afghanistan. emergency teams there are racing to try and rescue people still buried in the rubble from that powerful earthquake that hit the west of the country. 6.3 magnitude earthquake has hit villages on saturday and unfortunately we have an update on some of the numbers of those people impacted by this. 1023 people killed so far. 1663 people injured, 500 people missing. in terms of number of people impacted,

overall we are up to 11,500. these numbers unfortunately set to rise as well as more information comes through. but this is the latest numbers we are getting from the united nations after that 6.3 magnitude earthquake in afghanistan on saturday, yesterday. the latest numbers, over1000 on saturday, yesterday. the latest numbers, over 1000 killed, on saturday, yesterday. the latest numbers, over1000 killed, over1000 injured, 500 still missing and they are expecting, unfortunately, those numbers to continue to rise. i want to return to the situation in israel. specifically now we will head to gaza. a couple of hours ago, our reporter was speaking live to my colleague from the bbc“s broadcast

position in gaza when there was a loud explosion as he was talking. we did take him off air at that moment for safety reasons. he has since confirmed that he is safe but this gives you some idea of the situation in gaza city. let's take a look. because when i drove this morning... explosion that sounds like it was quite close to you, rushdi. rushdi, can you hear me? are you 0k? that sounds quite close, yeah. that sounded very close. are you 0k? do you need to go or are you 0k to stay? that was very close, yeah. rushdi, can you hear me? yes, ican. ican. are you 0k to stay where you are? or would you like to move? i don't know what is... no, i think we should move.

he did move after that and as i said, confirmed that he is safe but we can show you live pictures of gaza city now. there are live camera positions there as the light clearly has faded a good couple of hours ago. there is electricity, as you can see, and that seemed right now is calm. in the last couple of hours there has been the occasional flash of orange but right now things are calm. a short while ago i spoke to jason lee who is country director at save the children palestine. he told me about the humanitarian aid mission that they are delivering to people affected in the area.

these people need food, water, medicines to ensure they can continue to survive in the next couple of days.— couple of days. you talk about --eole couple of days. you talk about people leaving _ couple of days. you talk about people leaving their _ couple of days. you talk about people leaving their homes. i couple of days. you talk about i people leaving their homes. just talk us through that process because when there are strikes, israel does give warning but where exactly do people go? give warning but where exactly do --eole no? . . give warning but where exactly do n-eoleo? . , people go? civilians within garson are fleein: people go? civilians within garson are fleeing to _ people go? civilians within garson are fleeing to the _ people go? civilians within garson are fleeing to the schools. - people go? civilians within garson are fleeing to the schools. it - people go? civilians within garson are fleeing to the schools. it is - people go? civilians within garson are fleeing to the schools. it is a l are fleeing to the schools. it is a perilous journey because as you can imagine, when there are air strikes falling, families are moving whenever they can, taking the risk, put in for their loved ones, belongings, whatever they can carry and moving to these shelters. there have not been any cessations in the fighting, so the route for transportation of these families is gravely dangerous and we see this in the numbers of people being injured and the numbers are being killed in gaza so far. 0ver

and the numbers are being killed in gaza so far. over 400 have been killed so far by the air strikes. what exactly is the priority when it comes to age? what are the kinds of things that people need most urgently? it things that people need most uraentl ? . things that people need most uraentl ? , ., , ., urgently? it is really about provision _ urgently? it is really about provision of _ urgently? it is really about provision of life-saving - urgently? it is really about - provision of life-saving assistance. provision of life—saving assistance. critical things that everyone needs, bedding, food, water, having someone to stake, medicines. there are protection risks for children as well. you can imagine over 74,000 people cramming into schools. the risk of children, being separated from parents, being subject to possible sexual and gender—based violence. these are critical humanitarian needs that must be met. you mention some of the risks but just the impact more widely of conflict like this on children. the lone conflict like this on children. the long lasting _ conflict like this on children. tie: long lasting mental health conflict like this on children. t“i2 long lasting mental health in

children, especially children that have gone from multiple escalations and crises cannot be underscored. all of our research has shown increasing numbers of children exhibit high levels of anxiety, depression, orfeeling separated, being isolated and losing all hope in the future. there can be no future for any society where the children themselves do not see a future for themselves. this is quite critical that we address the long—term mental health and psychosocial impact of children that have gone through countless cycles of escalations of violence. we have gone through countless cycles of escalations of violence.— of escalations of violence. we are not talking _ of escalations of violence. we are not talking about _ of escalations of violence. we are not talking about the _ of escalations of violence. we are not talking about the politics, - of escalations of violence. we are not talking about the politics, we| not talking about the politics, we are talking about the humanitarian need here but what is your message to governments and authorities in the area? . to governments and authorities in the area? , , , ., the area? there must be restraint shown by all— the area? there must be restraint shown by all sides _ the area? there must be restraint shown by all sides to _ the area? there must be restraint shown by all sides to ensure - the area? there must be restraint shown by all sides to ensure they| shown by all sides to ensure they have the protection of civilians. children cannot pay the highest price for the ongoing escalations. it's price for the ongoing escalations. it“s critical that funding continues to enable us to deliver life—saving

assistance but also to ensure our humanitarian corridors. there are pauses in the fighting that will enable civilians, families to get food, water, medicines and medical care they need but also to enable humanitarians like us to deliver assistance and to ensure the safety of civilians. g ., ,., assistance and to ensure the safety of civilians-— of civilians. jason lee speaking to me earlier- _ of civilians. jason lee speaking to me earlier- i— of civilians. jason lee speaking to me earlier. i will— of civilians. jason lee speaking to me earlier. i will take _ of civilians. jason lee speaking to me earlier. i will take you - of civilians. jason lee speaking to me earlier. i will take you away i me earlier. i will take you away from gaza for the moment because israeli tanks have moved along the border with lebanon as tension mounts between israel and his brother. israel have fired artillery into lebanon on where crossfire was lodged. quentin sommerville is on the border there and has this update. has which is a militant group but a very powerful military group has a huge arsenal at its disposal, long—range weapons that can strike

much further, deep inside israel. there is a warning that came with the attack today that this was an act of solidarity with the palestinian people and the palestinian people and the palestinian resistance and later we heard from a senior hezbolla official who said the group would not remain neutral in this conflict and he gave a warning to the united states and to israel to stop. he said if they continue to escalate this conflict, it could end up involving the entire region. of course that is a very real concern. but it doesn't seem we saw an attempt of that here today. it's worth remembering while hezbolla is a powerful militant group here in lebanon, it is not lebanon, it does not represent all of lebanon and this is a country which is still in chaos, still suffering from an economic crisis, whether its huge unemployment, there isn't a

president, this is a country that has suffered a series of pisces and cannot face another. it has been a fast moving situation over the past 48 hours or so so i thought we would pause for a moment to remind you of the events since saturday. here at bbc verify we have been looking at what happened and when it happened. at around 6:30am local time on saturday, there were the first reports of rocket fire from multiple locations in gaza. there are explosions in cities and israel such as tel aviv and ashkelon and sderot. at 8am we heard from hamas the palestinian armed militant group who claimed responsibility and they say they launched 5000 rockets. this might appear to show some of the attack and we have managed to verify

these through many videos which have come in throughout the last couple of days. let's take a look at some of days. let's take a look at some of them. this is one of the missiles launched from gaza. if we take a look that this next video, we can see militants taking over a tank in israel. this video is perhaps one of the more distressing ones. here we see a female hostage with signs of severe beating, dragged from the boot of a vehicle and forced into the rear seat. at around 8:30am we hear from the israeli the rear seat. at around 8:30am we hearfrom the israeli defence force and they said hamas will bear the consequences of the attack. they then begin to carry out retaliatory air strikes in gaza. at around 11:30 a:m., israel's prime minister declares, we are at war. in a video posted. declares, we are at war. in a video osted. , , declares, we are at war. in a video osted. , _ ., declares, we are at war. in a video osted. , ., ., , posted. the enemy will pay a heavy rice on a posted. the enemy will pay a heavy price on a scale _ posted. the enemy will pay a heavy price on a scale that _ posted. the enemy will pay a heavy price on a scale that has _ posted. the enemy will pay a heavy price on a scale that has never - price on a scale that has never known. i: all citizens of israel to

listen to the home front, and instructions. we listen to the home front, and instructions.— listen to the home front, and instructions. ~ . . ., ., instructions. we are at war and we will win. shortly _ instructions. we are at war and we will win. shortly afterwards - instructions. we are at war and we will win. shortly afterwards at - will win. shortly afterwards at about 12:30pm we hear the palestinian president mahmoud abbas. he says his people have the right to defend themselves against what he calls settlers and occupation troops. as a death toll rises, there is lots of international reaction, including from western leaders such as prime minister rishi sunak. he says, i'm shocked by this morning's attacks by hamas terrorists against israeli citizens. he says israel has an absolute right to defend itself. we also hear from an absolute right to defend itself. we also hearfrom emmanuel macron. he strongly condemns what he calls are the current terrorist attacks against israel and expresses his full solidarity with the victims and their loved ones. we hearfrom presidentjoe biden who says israel has a right to defend itself and its

people. more and more videos are emerging throughout the day. we see there are more casualties and the hospitals are getting overwhelmed in israel. hamas also claims it has captured israeli soldiers, including the city of qubits. at around 11:30pm on saturday in the televised speech, benjamin netanyahu says the attacks have never been seen before in his country and he warns he would take mighty vengeance for what he described as a black day. in the early hours of sunday morning, the israeli army tells residents in the gaza strip to shelter and this is because of strikes which happened overnight. we can see here some of the dramatic footage. the next morning we see what the damage has been. we see amos cass completely collapsed in gaza. we also see

several buildings have been destroyed. at around 7:30am on sunday, lebanon becomes involved. this footage here is some of the strikes launched by hezbolla which fired missiles into three israeli military positions. the israeli military positions. the israeli military then launched strikes back to lebanon. and on sunday we saw air strikes continuing in gaza as israel desperately tries to regain control. thanks to megan for that. one bit of developing news from uefa. they have postponed the israel switzerland euro 2024 qualifier, that has come in. uefa postponing the israel switzerland euro 2024 qualifier. i want to spend a moment or two on this festival that has been gathering quite a bit of attention

on saturday morning. these are the festivalgoers in southern israel running as the attackers, the gunmen start opening fire. this is several of them there as you can see trying to escape, trying to get away. it's understood people were killed and hostages were taken here. these are pictures we understand of a woman being taken hostage there by militants and it's understood that that man there with the blood out face potentially the partner, boyfriend, also being taken away and being taken hostage by the gunmen. this is the road leading away from where that music festival was. you can see the carnage afterwards. eyewitnesses claim people were trying to escape in their cars but

the gunfire meant they couldn't. you can see some cars smashed, some cars burnt out. one of the roads leading out from that festival. again we are trying to establish the details of what did happen at that festival. these are live pictures of the guard said that we have been monitoring for the last couple of hours. you can see clearly it is late into the evening now. daylight has long gone. electricity we are told is in relatively short supply in places, access to the internet, two. humanitarian organisations won enough supplies being short as well because people are being advised that times to leave their homes, to head to shelters, to evacuation shelters and of course when they leave their homes they need those

basic supplies, bedding, medical supplies, food and water. we are keeping cross all the developments now. this is bbc news. it has been a weekend of contrasts across the uk with heavy rain for scotland, some sites have seen close to a month's rainfall since friday, especially across argyll and bute, perth and kinross. this is led to some flooding. the rain is continuing to clear it is down to this evening, there are still a number of flood warnings in place. do keep an eye on those on the bbc weather website. across england and wales and northern ireland, lots of blue sky and sunshine and it is felt warm for this time of year. the unseasonable warmth is set to last until at least the start of next week, then we will see some cooler air and rain will return for most of us. 0vernight tonight, it is largely dry.

it is dried out across scotland, we could just see a few showers edging west, pushing down towards north—east england. misty and murky conditions developing towards irish sea coasts. it is a very mild start to the day tomorrow, temperatures remaining in double figures throughout the night. and as we head through monday, again it is quite a great start towards western coasts, but the cloud will start to lift. a lot drier of course on monday for scotland, maybe clouding over with some outbreaks of light patchy drizzle across parts of argyll and bute. temperatures starting to come up in scotland. still warm for northern ireland, for wales temperatures in the low 20s. highest temperatures for london and east anglia, where we may well get 24—25 c again. another met office weather warning for heavy rain across western scotland for tuesday, mostly because the ground will be saturated. further south, we hang onto that warm air, there will be a lot of sunshine.

hazy at times with some high cloud again. quite murky at worst there“s western coasts. temperatures well about the seasonable average. a few wednesday, this cold front will be sinking southwards. windy conditions across the north of scotland, a few showers. and on this we can encode front as it pushes southwards and just sweeps away all of that very warm feeling error. as we head through wednesday, temperatures gradually starting to drop. it will feel cooler across the board on thursday with again some outbreaks of rain pushing northwards on friday. goodbye.

live from london, this is bbc news. the number of palestinians and israelis killed during two days of intense fighting continues to climb, with an israeli strike on gaza witnessed by our reporter. damaging an entire street, like, an entire neighbourhood. because when i drove this morning... explosion that sounds like it was quite close to you, rushdi. we have paid a heavy price, but we will restore security to the people of israel. let me repeat, we will restore security to the people of israel.

car wrecks lining a road — some overturned and others completely burned out — near the israeli festival stormed by palestinian militants. we also hear from a friend of an israeli woman who believes she was kidnapped by hamas fighters at this festival near gaza. about half an hour after, i found that video that was seen here before of her on a motorcycle taken away from her boyfriend. hello. i“m lewis vaughan jones. the number of israelis and palestinians killed has continued to climb, a day after hamas militants stormed into israeli territory from gaza. israeli media say an estimated 700