israel explains how three hostages were accidentally killed in gaza. ukraine surveys the damage left behind after a barrage of russian attack drones as it calls for more western support. luton�*s premier league football match at bournemouth ends after their captain collapses on the pitch from a cardiac arrest. hello, i'm helena humphrey. it is good to have you with us. we're learning more details about the three hostages an israeli soldier opened fire on killing them in a building near gaza city. the three men were mistakenly killed holding a white cloth on a stick, indicating surrender. an israeli defense forces official says a soldier felt threatened and opened fire after misidentifying them as terrorists.

an official investigation said the shots were fired in breach of the army's rules of engagement. prime minister benjamin netanyahu said the hostage deaths "broke his heart" but that military pressure is still necessary. mr netanyahu has said his country is in a war for its existence which it would continue, despite what he called the "heavy price" paid by israel. our correspondent hugo bachega reports on the fallout in israel to the hostage deaths and growing pressure to rescue the others still held in gaza. for the families of the hostages who remain in gaza, it's an agonising wait made worse by a tragic mistake. the israeli military has given new details of how three israeli captives were shot dead by its own soldiers. yotam haim, alon shamriz and samer talalka emerged shirtless from a building, carrying a makeshift white flag.

one of the soldiers misidentified them as a threat and opened fire. two were killed instantly. a third, injured, returned to the building and was later killed. translation: we will draw the lessons, implement - the lessons and remain relentless in our military and diplomatic efforts to bring back all the hostages home safely. with all the terrible sadness, let me clarify — the military pressure is necessary both for bringing back the hostages and to achieve victory. the instruction i'm giving the negotiating team is predicated on pressure. without this pressure, we have nothing. here in tel aviv, thousands have gathered in what is known as hostage square. their message — bring the captives home, now. there's shock and anger across the country after the killing of the hostages and fear that,

without a deal, many other hostages may not return alive. the families say time is running out. everyone that was taken out of gaza was a body. and we don't want them as bodies. and what is your message for the government? make a ceasefire until all the hostages are back, alive cos every day that passes by, we are just discovering more and more names of hostages that were taken alive and now they are coming back dead. gaza, too, is mourning its dead. this was the funeral for samer abudaqa — a well—known palestinian cameraman who worked for the aljazeera network and was killed in an israeli drone strike. israel says military force will help bring back the hostages, but many here disagree. hugo bachega, bbc news, tel aviv. the world health organization says it's delivered health supplies to the al—shifa

hospital as part of a joint un mission. it says they delivered medicine and surgical supplies. a who staff member gave this assessment. it's completely overwhelmed with patients. very few staff remaining. as we've been here for the last 30 minutes, there's been a non—stop stream of injured people coming in on trolleys, on donkey carts, on stretchers being pushed down the road. there are almost no medical staff here. this national — this largest referral hospital here in gaza has become a trauma stabilisation point. they can only provide the most basic care for people with very serious injuries and very serious... meanwhile, us national security advisorjake sullivan has been in the middle east this week and met with israeli prime minister netanyahu. mr sullivan said that he had conveyed the position of the biden administration that israel must revert to more precise tactics in its war against hamas. this fight against hamas, a deeply intent — entrenched terrorist group in gaza,

is going to take time and it's going to happen in phases and we've said that from the beginning and so, there's no contradiction between saying the fight is gonna take months and also saying that different phases will take place at different times over those months, including the transition from the high—intensity operations to more targeted operations. responding to recent reports that much of israel's bombing of gaza has been "indiscriminate," an idf spokesperson said: gaza's health ministry, which is run by hamas, says more than 18,000 palestinians have been killed in the war since october 7. joining me live is elise labott, she is a journalist covering global affairs, and host of cosmopolitics on substack. elise, always great to see you.

israeli military now saying that the hostages mistakenly killed were holding a makeshift white flag when they appeared to emerge. what more do we know about the circumstances here? the chief of the military, of the idf, even said this was against military procedure. they were shirtless, they were wearing a white flag and according to the rules of war when someone is surrendering, they shouldn't be shot. two of them apparently — one of the soldiers recognised them. not been particularly, the hostages, but recognised that they could be hostages. the other one got a little nervous, thought that they seemed threatened and opened fire. two of them died instantly. one of them apparently running to a building and was screaming in hebrew help me, help me! while the other one went into the building and apparently open

fire again and killed the third one, even though the commander had said to stop shooting. so, it's obviously a horrible mistake, a horrible tragedy but the military is saying this was against the rules of engagement and, as we know now, there is and, as we know now, there is an investigation under way but it's certainly not a lot of comfort for the families. israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu has called it heartbreaking. ijust netanyahu has called it heartbreaking. i just wonder netanyahu has called it heartbreaking. ijust wonder do heartbreaking. i just wonder do you heartbreaking. ijust wonder do you think this will put more pressure on mr netanyahu to try to reach a deal with hamas for the release of the rest of the hostages? i the release of the rest of the hostages?— the release of the rest of the hostaues? ~ �* , ., ., hostages? i think it's going to ut a lot hostages? i think it's going to put a lot more _ hostages? i think it's going to put a lot more pressure - hostages? i think it's going to put a lot more pressure on . hostages? i think it's going to l put a lot more pressure on him. i think that there's already been a lot of pressure with the family saying listen, we want ourfamily members home. the israeli military was negligent in defending us and now, we want them home and now that three of these hostages were killed in the line of fire, and

you see the protests on the street, there will be even more pressure for the prime minister and the government to get them home and you even see some of the comments coming out of israel, saying we feel as if the government has already given up on the hostages. now, of course, the government is not saying that. they say it is the pressure that will get these hostages home. what is going to get them out is negotiations and apparently, the chief of the mirsad, the intelligence agency, is going back to qatar to reopen negotiations which was scheduled before these hostages were killed —— mossad. but i think the question is will israel be able to deliver on its twin goals, which are kind of antithetical, in a way. one of antithetical, in a way. one of them is destroying hamas and the other is getting the hostages out. if they get the hostages out. if they get the hostages out, hamas doesn't really have any more beverage, so this is the leverage that hamas has. i must also wants their hostages out so i don't

if it's going to be the pressure that will get them out —— hamas also wants. but it will probably be on the negotiating table. in regards to what we _ negotiating table. in regards to what we could _ negotiating table. in regards to what we could see - negotiating table. in regards to what we could see at - negotiating table. in regards to what we could see at the l to what we could see at the negotiating table if it does happen from hamas's side, likely call for as you say the release of many more palestinian prisoners, or aid and likely a secession of fighting as well. do you see israel ever agreeing to that? i do see more aid coming in, and you've already seen — but i mean, as a kind of formula between the us, is well kind of figures out that before the war, i think there were about 500 aid trucks a day that went in. 200 of those were of a humanitarian nature as opposed to a commercial nature. so if you're getting 200 trucks in new sort of thinking this situation it is a good day so that's been going on right now but it's certainly not enough compared to the need but i think that's going to be a steady flow of aid. i think you will see more fuel get in, more

aid get in. i don't know that you'll necessarily get a pause in fighting. when you see the hostage negotiation, it's usually israeli hostages are much more valuable to israel than the palestinians consider, so you've kind of seen this 3—1 and a lot of those hostages are real high—value targets so it's a real hard choice for israel to let go. a lot of them, though, were in what we called ministrant of detention where they were not really charged, they were not really charged, they were not really charged, they were held without charge to you could see thousands potentially palestinians let go. i don't know if you're going to really get hamas, you know, leaders out. but in terms of the cessation of fire, the prime minister is saying israel is going to go ahead and he does not adhere to this pressure that's being felt by the international community, particularly by the united states. i think that may be a little bit of kind of for

public consumption. there does seem to be an agreement between the us and israel, as jake sullivan said, this new phase seems like it be a lot less bombardment, a lot more surgical. bombardment, a lot more surgical-— bombardment, a lot more suraical. ., , ., bombardment, a lot more suraical. ., , . :: surgical. we only have about 40 seconds left. _ surgical. we only have about 40 seconds left. i— surgical. we only have about 40 seconds left. ijust _ surgical. we only have about 40 seconds left. i just wanted - surgical. we only have about 40 seconds left. i just wanted to i seconds left. ijust wanted to ask what do you think, looking into the crystal ball, all of this means for the political future of prime minister benjamin netanyahu in the long run? i benjamin netanyahu in the long run? ~ �* , benjamin netanyahu in the long run? ~' �* , ., ~' run? i think he's out. i think the day. _ run? i think he's out. i think the day, october _ run? i think he's out. i think the day, october seven, - run? i think he's out. i think. the day, october seven, there was already so much discontentment with him over the whole thing with the supreme court. it was already kind of hanging on by a thread. i think there's pretty much consensus in israel that once the war is over, there will be a new election and netanyahu will be out. elise labott is a journalist covering global affairs, and host of cosmopolitics on substack. elise, great to talk to you as ever. . ., ., to ukraine now, where russian drones have struck a hospital in the city of kherson,

damaging one of the units and injuring a doctor — that's according to ukrainian officials. they said ukraine's air defences shot down 30 out of 31 russian drones over 11 regions across the country early on saturday. moscow has denied targeting ukraine's civilian infrastructure. ukraine is critically dependent on eu and us funding as it continues to fight occupying russian forces. mr zelensky visited washington at the start of the week to call for more money from congress, without success. members of the house of representatives have already left washington for the holidays but senators will be back next week to try to hammer out an agreement that includes ukraine aid and immigration reform. our news partner cbs reports senate negotiators hope to have the framework of a deal ready as early as sunday. meanwhile, support from the eu hit a stumbling block, too, when hungarian prime minister viktor orban blocked 50 billion euros in eu aid for ukrainejust hours after an agreement was reached on starting membership talks.

i spoke earlier with sergey radchenko, a professor at thejohns hopkins school of advanced international studies, on ukraine's challenges as russia's vladimir putin pledges to dig in. thank you for being with us. i'd like to begin by touching on president putin's press conference earlier this week. he appeared confident when it came to speaking about the war in ukraine. he said there would be no peace until russia's goals are met. what do you make of what he had to say? i goals are met. what do you make of what he had to say?— of what he had to say? i think exactly that's _ of what he had to say? i think exactly that's what _ of what he had to say? i think exactly that's what he - of what he had to say? i think exactly that's what he said. i of what he had to say? i think| exactly that's what he said. he said that russian aims have not changed. he did not really elaborate although he did talk about so—called denazification and demilitarisation. those are things that he has talked about repeatedly throughout this conflict. he claimed great successes by the russian military. now, of course, this press conference of his comes in the wake of, i would say,

failure of the ukrainian counteroffensive and a sense that there is kind of a fatigue, growing fatigue in the west and i think almost trying to build on that, to predict confidence and project his certainty in this war on his terms, that's how he tried to come across. d0 terms, that's how he tried to come across.— terms, that's how he tried to come across. do you think there is any sense _ come across. do you think there is any sense of— come across. do you think there is any sense of growing - come across. do you think there is any sense of growing fatigue l is any sense of growing fatigue with the war or special operation, as it is known in russia, though? he did say in the press conference that there will be no further mobilisation. do you think he will stick to that? he mobilisation. do you think he will stick to that?— mobilisation. do you think he will stick to that? he did, you have to remember _ will stick to that? he did, you have to remember that - will stick to that? he did, you have to remember that he - will stick to that? he did, you have to remember that he is| have to remember that he is looking at an election a few months from now and you can almost sense of some of the questions that are being posed to him that there is grave concern among the people, both about the war itself, but also about the war itself, but also about the war itself, but also about the economic situation in the country. inflation was brought up, for example. putin

is access to project a confidence and calm down the people before the election, suggesting that he is on the right track in the country is on the right track. [30 right track in the country is on the right track.- on the right track. do you think they _ on the right track. do you think they can _ on the right track. do you think they can trust - on the right track. do you think they can trust his i on the right track. do you i think they can trust his word when it comes to mobilisation? i don't think those words can be trusted. putin said there would be no mobilisation but he said these things before and reneged on his promises. he added, when he talked about their not being mobilisation, except for now, there was no need for it for now, but, of course, these for now can change at any moment. if russia contemplates serious literary operations in ukraine in the spring, it seems clear that they will require more people for that. they will require more people forthat. it they will require more people for that. it is likely to continue and they will have to draw on more immobiliser servicemen. i draw on more immobiliser servicemen-— draw on more immobiliser servicemen. ., ., ., servicemen. i want to touch on the domestic _ servicemen. i want to touch on the domestic economic - servicemen. i want to touch on | the domestic economic situation in russia as well. you mentioned the high inflation, we also know that there are

workforce shortages due to the ongoing war right now. i wonder whether you think they could pose any potential problems for president putin as he seeks to take his fifth term in power? i think he will try to maintain public discussion within certain bounds. the purpose of the press conference suggested a great pluralism almost, that it is coming down to the people, and even facing criticism. the reality in russia is that the propaganda machine is still very much in control and putin is unlikely to face any real opposition. he will not face any opposition, let's be straight. it will be a fee collection. he is somewhat worry, i am sure, fee collection. he is somewhat worry, iam sure, because fee collection. he is somewhat worry, i am sure, because he is approaching an election and thatis approaching an election and that is why he is putting on the show but he can be

reasonably confident, i think, in winning since he will not face any opposition. talking about the — face any opposition. talking about the opposition, - face any opposition. talking about the opposition, we i face any opposition. talking i about the opposition, we know that at least three figures are behind bars right now, including a russian dissident and the us state department says they are very concerned they have not heard any news about him for at least a week with regards to his whereabouts. what do you think could be happening there? it is, of course, very worrying. his lawyers have not been able to get in touch with him. there is some indication that he may be in the process of being moved somewhere else. it is a possibility. we can also be concerned about his health because we know that he was put into strict isolation for prolonged periods of time, conditions in russian prisons are horrible and more horrible for political activists and opposition leaders. putin seems

to derive almost sadistic pleasure from this situation, so putin is in kamona crowdy with the rest of the world, disappearing him, and that is not seeing anything about him in the press conference. very much on a style for putin. we did hear him _ much on a style for putin. we did hear him talk about press conferences about evan goes gibberish for the first time, the imprisoned wall street journal correspondence, saying he will be open to a deal that is mutually acceptable to the united states. what do you think he means by that? is he serious about that?— think he means by that? is he serious about that? what could ou look serious about that? what could you look like? _ serious about that? what could you look like? i— serious about that? what could you look like? i thought - serious about that? what could you look like? i thought this i you look like? i thought this was an interesting moments of the press conference. a reporter from the new york times raised a question about evan. he has been held in russia on completely ridiculous charges and there has been some

discussion of his possible exchange for maybe a russian spy exchange for maybe a russian spy or somebody like that in the west. we know that negotiations have been taking place behind the scenes but obviously they are still behind bars in russia, so an agreement has not been reached. putin publicly spoke about it and that suggests that negotiations continue but he is obviously angling for some major concession, some part of western countries due get evan back. this is hostagetaking, thatis back. this is hostagetaking, that is what it is. he has taken a hostage and demanding, he is blackmailing the west to pay him to get him back. thank ou for pay him to get him back. thank you for being — pay him to get him back. thank you for being with _ pay him to get him back. thank you for being with us _ pay him to get him back. thank you for being with us here - pay him to get him back. thank you for being with us here in i you for being with us here in bbc news. more major shipping companies are suspending operations in the red sea. it follows drone attacks on ships there, believed to have been launched by iranian—backed houthi rebels targeting vessels travelling to and from israel.

the us said it destroyed i4 attack drones on saturday and a uk navy warship downed another one. the red sea is one of the world's most important routes for oil and fuel shipments. four of the five biggest commercial shipping companies say they will no longer allow their vessels to use the bab al—mandab strait. about 17,000 ships and 10% of global trade pass through it every year. but the houthis have been stepping up their attacks, as part of their operations aimed at supporting palestinians in response to the war in gaza. the bbc spoke to rear admiral dr chris parry, a former royal navy warfare officer about maritime security on the red sea. if we want to protect the international rules—based system, then we have to enforce the law at sea. and if i can take the analogy further — people like the houthis, the somali pirates, even some of the great powers like russia and china trying to interfere with the freedom of the seas are a bit like malware in your computer system. they'll completely sort

of interfere with what you're trying to do. so, what we have to do in these situations is say, "look, if we believe in the freedom of the seas, "we have to protect its use for those that wish to go "about, as we used to say, their lawful occasions". us defense secretary lloyd austin will travel to the middle east next week in response to the houthi attacks on american forces in the region and to contain the growing insecurity fuelled by the israel—hamas conflict. the international organization for migration isays 61 migrants, including women and children, have drowned in a shipwreck off the coast of libya. the organisation quoted survivors saying the boat, carrying around 86 people, departed the libyan city of zwara. it said the victims were from nigeria, gambia, and other african countries. survivors were taken to a detention centre in libya and are receiving medical support. the incident comes as italian premier giorgia meloni and her british counterpart

rishi sunak held talks in rome, to discuss illegal immigration to europe, along with the albanian premier edi rama. the leaders pledged to intensify cooperation to stop migrants from north africa reaching european shores. tense moments in the midst of a premier league game between bournemouth and luton as playing was abandoned, after luton's captain tom lockyer collapsed on the pitch at the vitality stadium. joe lynskey reports. luton town's manager was visibly moved. his team and bournemouth came back out when their match had been abandoned, brought to an end as players from both teams saw luton's captain fall to the ground. tom lockyer had suffered a cardiac arrest. he was treated on the pitch and was responsive when he went off on a stretcher. he was transferred to hospital where his club said...

this is not the first time this has happened to this player. back in may, lockyer collapsed in the championship play off final. as luton won promotion, his teammates held aloft his shirt. lockyer was diagnosed with an atrial fibrillation, but, aftersurgery, injune he was cleared to play again. it's an abnormal rhythm that occurs in the upper chambers of the heart. although we are able to fully screen individuals, we don't always identify every condition that may be underlying, and there may be also an evolution of that which may have changed. lockyer had resumed his career in the same way as christian eriksen. he's now at manchester united, two years on from a cardiac arrest while playing for denmark at the euros. tom lockyer is 29 and a wales international. he'd worked his way up to his first year in the top flight. a whole sport is now behind him on a day when match results became irrelevant. joe lynskey, bbc news.

let's turn to some important news around the world. 17 million people across florida are under threat of severe weather. forecasters says the storm system will produce tropical storm—like conditions. residents are also being about tornadoes. ——being warned. it's already whipped up waves, shook palm trees, and flooded parking lots in hollywood, florida, saturday. florida governor ron desantis activiated the state's national guard to respond to the low—pressure system which is expected to exit the area by sunday aftenroon. a vatican court has sentened an italian cardinal to 5.5 years in jail for embezzlement. 75—year—old angelo becciu, a former adviser to pope francis, is the most senior vatican official charged with financial crimes. he was even once considered as a papal contender. the 2.5—year trial centered on a london property deal that led to huge losses for the church. becciu's lawyer says his client

is innocent, and will appeal. in paris, france's historic notre—dame saw a milestone in its reconstruction since a devastating fire in april 2019. a crane hoisted a new gold copper rooster back to the top of the cathedral�*s spire. a previous rooster was damaged after crashing through the church's roof during the blaze. the dented rooster will be displayed in a new notre dame museum. the new flame—shaped bird, which is also a weather vane, was blessed by the paris archbishop saturday morning. it also contains religous relics. workers are racing to finish rebuilding the cathedral in the next 12 months. a sparse christmas tree, bought more than 100 years ago forjust sixpence, has been sold for £2,600 — that's around $3300 usd — at auction. 84—year—old shirley hall inherited the tree from her mother, who was gifted it in 1920.

i will have more news for you at the top of the hour. join me then. bye for now. hello there. part two of the weekend looks pretty similar to saturdays with a lot of cloud around for many, glimmers of brightness here, and there and it remaining pretty mild for mid—december. there will be some very wet weather, though, continuing across the north and west of scotland, thanks to almost stationary weather front here. but you can see on the air mass charts, the mild air moving up on a brisk south—westerly wind. however, this weather front will continue to bring some problems across northwest scotland, some heavy rainfall. it does start to weaken a little bit as it sinks southwards into more central parts of the country for sunday evening. but we're concerned about the northwest highlands. by the end of sunday, we could be looking at up to 200 millimetres of rain falling in places. that's likely to lead some localised flooding and even some landslips in some sensitive areas. so the amber warning the met office have enforced throughout sunday continues for the north and west highlands. the rain beginning to edge a bit

further southwards into argyll, towards the end of the day pushes into dumfries and galloway, northern ireland, into the evening, probably across cumbria and northwest wales. elsewhere it's rather cloudy, glimmers of brightness, southeast england, east of the pennines, east wales, and that'lljust make it feel even more mild, with temperatures at the low to mid—teens for many. that weather front begins to weaken as it moves southwards during sunday night. but it starts to reinvigorate across wales, south west england by the end of the night, and it turns a bit colder for the very far north of scotland. otherwise, it's a largely mild night to come for most 8—11 degrees. for monday, we have a couple of weather fronts across the country. these will reinvigorate as they move their way eastward. so it starts off again, rather cloudy for many, limited brightness. the rain peps up across northern ireland, central southern scotland, northern england, the midlands, wales for a time and then pushes out into the north sea, leaves the legacy of cloud, further spots of rain and drizzle. and once again, for the time of year it'll be fairly mild, temperatures low to mid—teens. as we move out to monday to tuesday, this more active weather front will bring some wet weather

for england and wales throughout the day on tuesday. turns briefly colder across the far north of the country, you can see there. but generally we're in the influence of low pressure. so next week will remain fairly unsettled. rain at times, generally mild for most of us, but it will start to see a little bit colder, particularly towards the end of the week across northern areas. and you can see that evidence here for the end of the week. but generally speaking, generally mild for mid to late december with outbreaks of rain, a little bit of brightness here and there.

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