live from washington, this is bbc news. huge explosions over gaza as israel intensifies its aerial bombardment and expands its ground operations. translation: overthe its ground operations. translation: over the last few hours we have intensified our bombing over gaza. the ground forces are also extending their operations this evening. the un calls for an _ operations this evening. the un calls for an immediate - calls for an immediate humanitarian truce as 120 countries voted in favour of a resolution, meanwhile the man in grows worse, the hamas run health ministry says 7000 people have been killed since

israel's bombing began. some other news as well, us media is reporting that the gunmen in the lewiston shootings has been found dead after a three day manhunt. we will be standing by for an update this hour, we will bring it out alive, when it starts. hello, we start with the breaking news, out of the state of maine, the subject of wednesday's mass shooting has been found dead. the suspect is thought to have died from a self—inflicted gunshot wound the former us army reserve is allegedly open fire at a bar and a bowling alley in the city of lewiston killing 18 people aged between 1a and 76. the killing triggered a huge manhunt over the past 48 hours,

orders for people to shelter in their homes, and a possible suicide note has been left behind. the state police intend to hold a news conference very shortly, this all comes hours after police lifted a shelter in place order for the after police lifted a shelter in place orderfor the normally very quiet community there. our other top story now as we await the press conference, we do believe that will start momentarily, there have been waves of intense israeli airstrikes over gaza, much heavier than in previous nights. the israeli army says it's increasing the number of airstrikes on the territory and expanding its ground force operations. in gaza, cyrene is a warning of more rocket fired to come, and communications have been cut off making it nearly impossible for residents to reach anybody. amid the

darkness explosions have been intensifying. the israeli defence forces warning gaza city residents to move south for their own safety, and the military wing of hamas says it is clashing with israeli forces and targeting israeli cities with intense missile barrages. the overwhelming majority of the united nations assembly voting in favour of immediate truce in gaza and adopting a resolution that condemns all acts of violence against palestinian and israeli civilians. and calls for unhindered aid and protection of civilians and we will bring you more on what took place in the united nations later, coming up in the programme. it's happening is the humanitarian situation in gaza is growing increasingly dire. the palestinian red crescent societies as they were run out of fuel in the coming hours and will be able to —— unable to provide emergency medical services in gaza without fuel

for ambulances. services in gaza without fuel forambulances. here services in gaza without fuel for ambulances. here now is a international editor, who has the latest for us from jerusalem. not long after dark the bombardment of gaza intensified, is about calling it expanding ground operations. hamas said it was fighting and israeli incursion into the northern gaza strip, and fired salvos of rockets back into israel. the un secretary general�*s lees for a humanitarian ceasefire were drowned out. this is a moment of truth, he said, history would judge us all. the day that led up to this had moments of quiet, but not of hope. in southern gaza, they stopped for a noon prayer, after another deadly night. then, israel released a video of its naval commanders raiding targets on the coast. somewhere, hidden inside gaza are more than 200 hostages taken by hamas. talks

to free some of them were said to free some of them were said to be going well in the hours before israel's new onslaught. many palestinians believe israel wants to force them out of gaza for good. this lawyer was writing my heart, my heartbeat on the shroud of his baby, stillborn after his pregnant wife was killed. like many other civilians, they stayed in northern gaza after israel ordered them to leave. later, israel released video of what it says was an attack on the hamas tunnel network. wasn't a clue of what was coming? israeli military commanders said again that hamas uses palestinian civilians as human shields and they said hamas has bunkers under gaza city's main hospital. under gaza city's main hosnital-_ hospital. this is an illustration - hospital. this is an illustration of - hospital. this is an illustration of the i hospital. this is an - illustration of the hospital,

the main hospital, and the underground facilities. i want to repeat, this is only an illustration. we will not share here the true material. terrorists move freely through the hospital and other hospitals in gaza. we have concrete evidence that hundreds of terrorists flooded into the hospital to hide their after the massacre of october seven. about ten kilometres from gaza, volunteers were signing up for duty. they were issued with brand—new american assault rifles by israel's national security minister. he has a conviction for inciting racism and many israelis think he is a dangerous extremist. he believes that israel can eliminate hamas and destroy palestinian hopes for independence. but he was popular here at the police station, the volunteer is believing that his plan to arm

civilians is the best way to protect their families. than i humans. _ protect their families. than i humans, are _ protect their families. than i humans, are monsters, - protect their families. than i humans, are monsters, we | protect their families. than i - humans, are monsters, we need to take gaza, gaza belongs to us, we need to take gaza and then we can transfer it to the palestinian authorities, but first we need to take gaza. it was beach whether, and it feels fragile here, as in the years after the holocaust according to the former speaker of parliament.— to the former speaker of arliament. ., , ., , parliament. people are being sentimental _ parliament. people are being sentimental and _ parliament. people are being sentimental and emotional, l parliament. people are being i sentimental and emotional, like back to 19118. we are no state economically and socially, and we have no answer on what to do with our next—door neighbour, so of course there is a need for a new paradigms. it's a very, very difficult trauma, but a very promising renasant

is, but a very promising renasant �*s, and every birth comes to the world with a lot of pain and blood.— the world with a lot of pain and blood. �* ., . ., . ., and blood. before the chance of and blood. before the chance of a briuhter and blood. before the chance of a brighter future _ and blood. before the chance of a brighter future comes - and blood. before the chance of a brighter future comes a - a brighter future comes a present that is grim and getting grimmer. a hamas rocket beat ashkelon�*s defences in the hours before the israeli france, and this evening, israel is sending in wave after wave of strikes by heavy artillery and aircraft. jeremy bowen, bbc news, jerusalem. our other big story, that breaking news that coming out of the state of maine, the suspect in that shooting has been found dead, we will go live now to our north america correspondent standing by in main. as we are awaiting a press conference there from local authorities, bring us up—to—date, what is the latest where you are?

bring us up-to-date, what is the latest where you are? yes, we are at _ the latest where you are? yes, we are at the — the latest where you are? yes, we are at the city _ the latest where you are? yes, we are at the city hall- the latest where you are? yes, we are at the city hall in - we are at the city hall in downtown lewiston, waiting for that press conference about the county sarah's office, confirming that robert carr has been found dead. we have not heard any more information but sources of our partner station are confirming that he would have been found dead in lisbon, the city adjoining the town of lewiston. it has been a frantic 48 hours for law enforcement, the city has been in lockdown, but that was lifted a few hours ago. we also understand that the air, the search was by air, land, divers were in the water searching for this man, but you

might be able to hear around me that there are vehicle starting to move as the city comes back to move as the city comes back to life. i was at a bar a few hours ago that had decided to open, but i think a lot of people are saying that things will never be the same again after this. fix, will never be the same again after thie— after this. a small state there, only _ after this. a small state there, only 1.3 - after this. a small state there, only 1.3 million l after this. a small state - there, only 1.3 million people, one of the nation's lowest homicide rates. what have people been telling you along those lines about how this mass shooting, which was one of the biggest if not the biggest this yearin biggest if not the biggest this year in the country, has affected the community? it has affected the community? it has affected the — affected the community? it has affected the community - affected the community? it has| affected the community because there is a sense of trauma and shock and we have been hearing it over and over again, this was supposed to be one of the safest states, a very low level of homicide, in terms of gun violence, and people really did not expect this to happen. i

think there is this dichotomy whereas on the one hand there is a high level of gun ownership, i understand about 50% of the adults in the state owned guns, but they never thought it would come to this, so there are a lot of conversations about what should happen next. we understand this was a high—capacity rifle, but i think a lot of people right now ijust happy that i think a lot of people right now i just happy that this shelter in place has been lifted, and they can start mourning the dead, meeting is a community, it's a very small state, this town of lewiston is a very small city and the people are very close—knit and they have essentially been held hostage since wednesday when the shooting took place and they were ordered to shelter in place. if they were ordered to shelter in lace. , ., . they were ordered to shelter in lace, , ., ., , they were ordered to shelter in lace. ., , ., place. if you are 'ust “oining us, the breakingh place. if you are just joining us, the breaking news - place. if you are just joining us, the breaking news that l place. if you are just joining i us, the breaking news that the suspect of wednesday's mass shooting in lewiston maine has been found dead, and as you can see on the right, we are

waiting for a press conference from local authorities that will give us more details about what exactly has taken place and as we continue to wait there, what more do we know about the alleged gunmen in this case and what events may have led up to what took place on wednesday?— have led up to what took place on wednesday? there has been a lot of speculation _ on wednesday? there has been a lot of speculation about _ on wednesday? there has been a lot of speculation about the - lot of speculation about the events that led up to this shooting on wednesday. authorities have said that his name, they have identified him as robert carr, they said he is 40 as robert carr, they said he is a0 years old, and he was an army reserve us, he had been an army reserve is for about 20 years but had never been formally deployed. the army issued a statement where they said that they had raised the alarm in the summer in relation to his mental health and he had been admitted for about two

weeks into a mental health facility and then had been discharged. reports say that his family had also expressed concern about the state of his mental health, but authorities have really been loath to go into more details about the person, and i expect we will be hearing more about that in the coming days now that it is confirmed he is deceased. figs coming days now that it is confirmed he is deceased. as we can see on _ confirmed he is deceased. as we can see on the — confirmed he is deceased. as we can see on the right, _ confirmed he is deceased. as we can see on the right, waiting - can see on the right, waiting for that press conference to begin, the suspect in that mass shooting that left 18 people dead has been found dead himself, we believe from a self—inflicted gunshot wound but again we will be waiting on the confirmation from local officials. our north american correspondent touched on earlier and you have been reporting there from the general area where this took place, walk us through the last

a8 hours because this has been one of the probably the biggest manhunt is the area has ever seen. walk us through all the resources that went into trying to locate the suspect after the shooting. to locate the suspect after the shootinu. ,., . , shooting. the resources have been huge. _ shooting. the resources have been huge, and _ shooting. the resources have been huge, and you - shooting. the resources have been huge, and you are - shooting. the resources have| been huge, and you are right, this has been a massive manhunt, really, the deaths took this community by surprise, 18 people confirmed dead, 13 injured, the largest mass shooting, notjust in this area but in the united states in 2023, and maine is a relatively small state, law enforcement were brought in from new york from very many states around this particular states around this particular state and we also understand

that because it borders canada, border patrols were put in place because there was a suspicion that he could have moved through to canada. is a very interesting time. the terrain has woodland, there is a river, and so the hunt for him has really been across many spaces. there were helicopters in the air, divers that were in the river, looking for him and also by land. we understand hundreds of police officers have been on the ground combing the area, square—foot by square—foot, looking for this suspect across various agencies, the fbi, the state authorities, local authorities, and as the city essentially was held hostage, they have been in lockdown, most people choosing to stay behind closed doors, businesses were closed, schools were closed, municipal buildings and officers had also

shuttered as they waited for the police and for law enforcement to find this man and put him behind bars, so i suspect that after a8 hours of excruciating waiting, a lot of the residents are breathing a sigh of relief. absolutely. a long time there, a couple of days when the suspect was reportedly, we believe, on and it does look like this press conference is about to start so let's go ahead and listen in as local officials there in one will be addressing the media regarding the suspect in that shooting. thank you very much for coming here on short notice. i stand here on short notice. i stand here tonight to simply report that the maine state police

have located the body of robert card in lisbon. he is dead. i have called the president biden to inform him about this news. they have informed senator collins, representative pingree and representative gordon, commissioner saw shotwell describe the circumstances of that discovery in some detail in a few moments. this discovery is entirely thanks to the hundreds of local county, state and federal law and placement members from all over and people from other states as well. —— law enforcement members. people who searched tirelessly to arrive at this moment, and about half of all maine people, i want to express my profound gratitude for their unwavering bravery and determination and fortitude, and for the leadership of the

lewiston police chief. right there, that guy. police chief saint pierre. like many people, i am breathing a sigh of relief tonight, knowing that robert card is no longer a threat to anyone. i know there are some people, many people, who share that sentiment, but i also know that sentiment, but i also know that his death may not bring solace to many. but now is a time to heal. and with this search concluded, i know that law enforcement continues to fully investigate all the facts, so we can bring what closure we can to the victims and their families, closure we can to the victims and theirfamilies, and i ask that all maine people continue to keep those families, and all of the people impacted by this tragedy in their thoughts and prayers. lewiston is a special

place. this isn't us. lewiston is a great place. it's a close—knit community, of fine people, people with a long history, a history of hard work, of persistence, of faith, of opening its big heart to people everywhere. and tonight the city of lewiston and the state of maine begin to move forward on what will be a long and difficult road to healing. but we will hear altogether. thank you, and again, my deepest gratitude, gratitude of all the people in the state of maine, to these wonderful members of law enforcement, who came from all over to help us solve this crime and put

closure on this investigation. robert card is dead. and now i am going to turn it over to the commissioner.— am going to turn it over to the commissioner. thank you. thank ou ve commissioner. thank you. thank you very much. _ commissioner. thank you. thank you very much, governor. - commissioner. thank you. thank you very much, governor. we - you very much, governor. we truly— you very much, governor. we truly do — you very much, governor. we truly do appreciate all of your surlport _ truly do appreciate all of your surlport i_ truly do appreciate all of your support. i think it is incredibly important that the next — incredibly important that the next person that speaks this evening _ next person that speaks this evening is lewiston's chief law enforcement champion, and that is dave _ enforcement champion, and that is dave saint pierre.— is dave saint pierre. thank ou, is dave saint pierre. thank you. mike. _ is dave saint pierre. thank you, mike, thank - is dave saint pierre. thank you, mike, thank you - is dave saint pierre. thank - you, mike, thank you governor for allowing _ you, mike, thank you governor for allowing me _ you, mike, thank you governor for allowing me this _ for allowing me this opportunity. - for allowing me this opportunity. bear. for allowing me this . opportunity. bearwith for allowing me this - opportunity. bear with me, please _ opportunity. bear with me, please i_ opportunity. bear with me, please. i certainly- opportunity. bear with me, please. i certainly did - opportunity. bear with me, please. i certainly did not i please. i certainly did not have _ please. i certainly did not have much— please. i certainly did not have much time - please. i certainly did not have much time to - please. i certainly did not. have much time to prepare a speech— have much time to prepare a speech here _ have much time to prepare a speech here i— have much time to prepare a speech here. iwant- have much time to prepare a speech here. i want to - have much time to prepare a speech here. i want to say. have much time to prepare a j speech here. i want to say to everybody _ speech here. i want to say to everybody thank— speech here. i want to say to everybody thank you - speech here. i want to say to everybody thank you so - speech here. i want to say to. everybody thank you so much. our community— everybody thank you so much. our community can _ everybody thank you so much. our community can now- everybody thank you so much. i our community can now breathe everybody thank you so much. - our community can now breathe a sili'i 0ur community can now breathe a sigh of— our community can now breathe a sigh of relief — our community can now breathe a sigh of relief as _ our community can now breathe a sigh of relief as the _ 0ur community can now breathe a sigh of relief as the governor- sigh of relief as the governor stated. — sigh of relief as the governor stated. and _ sigh of relief as the governor stated. and i— sigh of relief as the governor stated, and i can't— sigh of relief as the governor stated, and i can't echo - sigh of relief as the governor stated, and i can't echo thatl stated, and i can't echo that enough _ stated, and i can't echo that enough 0ur— stated, and i can't echo that enough. 0urwork_ stated, and i can't echo that enough. our work again - stated, and i can't echo that enough. our work again is l stated, and i can't echo that. enough. our work again is not done — enough. our work again is not done here _ enough. 0ur work again is not done here i— enough. our work again is not done here. i was _ enough. 0ur work again is not done here. i was very- enough. our work again is not done here. i was very elated i done here. i was very elated tonight— done here. i was very elated tonight when _ done here. i was very elated tonight when i— done here. i was very elated tonight when i got _ done here. i was very elated tonight when i got the - done here. i was very elated tonight when i got the call. tonight when i got the call from — tonight when i got the call from the _

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search has been extensive, it has been thorough, it has been nonstop since the minute we started speaking with you and long before that. so all of these options were on the table as we knew. we continue to search locations, in some cases multiple times, and we will have more information about how exactly this went down. who have another briefing tomorrow morning at ten o'clock, and i would please encourage you to think about next steps from your end, information that you would find important. and i will say that this is not going to be a long queue and a this evening. we wanted to make sure that we got this information out as fast as possible, and as responsible as possible, and what i mean by that is that the time between the notification of the press release and now, there wasn't a lot of details there, there wasn't a lot of details there because we wanted to talk to the victims's families, we wanted to say this is coming. it is important that they had that information as

close to first as anybody else, and you know who else recalled was the family of the suspect. and they lost a loved one in this scenario, and there were many of that family that were very cooperative with us throughout, so they deserve that phone call. so we have those conversations tonight before joining you those conversations tonight beforejoining you here. we also got a chance to spend some time with the brothers and sisters of law enforcement and our public safety partners that have been so incredibly helpful over the last few days, to say the least. over the last few days, to say the least-— the least. where exactly did ou find the least. where exactly did you find him _ the least. where exactly did you find him and _ the least. where exactly did you find him and when i the least. where exactly did l you find him and when exactly do you find him? 50 you find him and when exactly do you find him?— you find him and when exactly do you find him? so at 7:45pm this evening — do you find him? so at 7:45pm this evening was _ do you find him? so at 7:45pm this evening was where - do you find him? so at 7:45pm this evening was where mr- do you find him? so at 7:45pm| this evening was where mr card was located. i won't give you the exact address. it was near the exact address. it was near the river in lisbon falls was the river in lisbon falls was the location. did you have a question?— the location. did you have a ruestion? ~ , ., question? when did you state he died? that _ question? when did you state he died? that remains _ question? when did you state he died? that remains to _ question? when did you state he died? that remains to be - question? when did you state he died? that remains to be seen, l died? that remains to be seen,

we found the — died? that remains to be seen, we found the body _ died? that remains to be seen, we found the body at _ died? that remains to be seen, we found the body at 7:45pm i died? that remains to be seen, i we found the body at 7:45pm and we found the body at 7:a5pm and it is 1020 5p now, so there continues to be a lot of work that needs to be done here at the scene with the medical examiners office, there is a lot more follow—up to happen. any indication that he had an accomplice, and how was he found? i accomplice, and how was he found? ., �* , ., , ., found? i won't be able to answer — found? i won't be able to answer either _ found? i won't be able to answer either one - found? i won't be able to answer either one of i found? i won't be able to l answer either one of those questions at these points, accomplices and of that nature, we have had no indication of that since the very beginning, but as we have talked about before, these next steps, it gives us an opportunity to do things as fast as we can come in the sense that we want to provide closure and information but also slow things down a little bit, because we need to look at video evidence, we need to look at the various pieces of technology that are in play here in hopes that that gives some additional information around some of the things you will be concerned about. we understand _ will be concerned about. we understand he was found... inaudible have you search previously and not found anything, and

anything _ not found anything, and anything that _ not found anything, and anything that could i not found anything, aic anything that could possibly... inaudible i'm happy to take a look at that information in hopes i can get that back due tomorrow morning at ten o'clock. that remains to be seen. again we have attorney generals will need to work with and other individuals that are in player here. i will take a couple of questions, again with the mindset it is ten o'clock tonight and we do want to come back tomorrow morning to have this conversation.— this conversation. shall take - lace this conversation. shall take place this — this conversation. shall take place this afternoon, - this conversation. shall take place this afternoon, so i this conversation. shall take place this afternoon, so by l place this afternoon, so by this afternoon where you just looking for remains, or how did you make that decision to lift the shelter in place? that was an ongoing — the shelter in place? that was an ongoing conversation i the shelter in place? that was an ongoing conversation from | an ongoing conversation from the minute we actually put that in place. we knew that was an important decision, certainly from our perspective it made complete sense to put that order in place immediately, based on the violent nature and the traumatic nature of these crimes. and as things

progressed over the next few days, since wednesday to now, we have had a lot of conversations with various town and city leadership, with the governor's office, with chief saint pierre, with business owners, residents, we have to have that balancing act of the pluses and minuses and we have that initial search with those communities and those communities and those communities made perfect sense for an order and as things tended to slow down we did not have any immediate threats, we made the decision to back off on that. a fellow commissioner had asked me to do that and i could walk out of here forgetting, but commissioner caruso said that actually that hunting restriction has been lifted as well, so the resident hunting opportunity for tomorrow is open across the state of maine, to include those four communities, and a lot of community she would receive around —— frank gore she would receive around that.

—— a lot of phone call she would receive around that. yes, i can confirm it was a suspected self—inflicted gunshot wound. suspected self-inflicted gunshot wound. inaudible i didn't state _ gunshot wound. inaudible i didn't state we _ gunshot wound. inaudible i didn't state we had - gunshot wound. inaudible l i didn't state we had searched that area before. shire i didn't state we had searched that area before. are reporting that area before. are reporting that sa s that area before. are reporting that says you _ that area before. are reporting that says you have _ that area before. are reporting that says you have searched i that says you have searched that says you have searched that area before.— that area before. 0k. as we have stated _ that area before. 0k. as we have stated in _ that area before. 0k. as we have stated in the _ that area before. 0k. as we have stated in the past, i that area before. 0k. as we have stated in the past, we | that area before. 0k. as we i have stated in the past, we try to use information that we can confirm one way or the other, so your reporting and say something one way or the other, and that's fine, we can talk about that tomorrow morning but i think we are done taking questions this evening, thank you very much for your patience and we will see you soon. studio: they go. that press conference just wrapping studio: they go. that press conferencejust wrapping up, conference just wrapping up, starting conferencejust wrapping up, starting with the governor of maine, and then proceeding with various police authorities there, confirmation that the

suspects on wednesday because of mass shootings robert card has been found dead, the body located in nearby lisbon falls around 7a0 pm on friday, about three hours ago. police authorities confirming that it was from an apparent self—inflicted gunshot wound, and as you heard, the governor herself and those sentiments echoed by later speakers saying everyone in the community breathing a sigh of relief, and that of course everyone they are still grieving for the families who did lose a loved ones in that mass shooting, again, 18 people in cold, 13 more injured, and the breaking news, the suspect shooting has been found dead of an apparent self—inflicted gunshot wound. as we've been hearing, that news could be some small comfort to the families of those who did lose the lives of loved ones in that tragedy. earlier on friday, officials releasing the names and identities of all 18 victims,

the youngest was just 1a years old, the oldest was 76. four members of maine's deaf community were among those killed on wednesday and that mass shooting. turning the night sky above the territory coming after the israeli army said it was expanding its ground operations, and we have our panel of guests here to discuss that, first is elise, the founder of zippy media and we also have our contributing editor... sorry, just elise joining us and we appreciate you being here all night with us continue our analysis of what is going on, and first of all, we were discussing this

earlier, it's interesting, the timing, it's been about three