very latest. don sturgess was poisoned by a nerve agent in the english cathedral city six years ago. today the public inquiry into a death begins. we have a special report from the front line on the injured ukrainians trying to stop russia's swift advances. it is russia's swift advances. it is only now _ russia's swift advances. it is only now about _ russia's swift advances. it is only now about two - russia's swift advances. it 3 only now about two hours after dusk that it has become safe enough to evacuate them to this point and that is because of the constant threat of being attacked. �* ., ., , ., attacked. and three armed robot has made its _ attacked. and three armed robot has made its debut _ attacked. and three armed robot has made its debut as _ attacked. and three armed robot has made its debut as an - has made its debut as an orchestral conductor in germany. we begin this hour with the latest on the war in the middle east. israel says it is

investigating how a drone launched by his brother —— hezbollah. israel says a hezbollah drone attack on a military base in the north of the country has killed four soldiers and severely wounded another seven military personnel. the iranian—backed group said it launched "a swarm of attack drones" at an israeli military training camp in binyamina, just south of haifa. the israeli ambulance service said that overall, israeli forces have continued to hit targets in both lebanon and gaza. the us has caused them are called on israel to do more to protect united nations peacekeepers and civilians in lebanon and address the humanitarian situation in gaza. at the same time president biden confirmed america is sending troops and an advanced anti—missile system to help defend israel. in a moment we will be live with our correspondent in beirut and jerusalem for the very latest but first, this report from a correspondent. the aftermath of what hezbollah described as a swarm of attack drones on an israeli army training camp in binyamina, just south of haifa.

many of those injured were in a communal canteen when it was struck. pictures on social media show a huge hole was torn in the roof. the israeli defence forces say several soldiers were killed and more than 60 were taken to eight regional hospitals in ambulances and helicopters. some were critically injured. translation: | arrived| at the scene when there was already rescue forces giving treatment. i entered inside. the scene was very, very tough. dozens of victims with various degrees of injuries. hezbollah said the attack was in response to israeli strikes inside lebanon on thursday. it is unclear how the group, deemed a terrorist organisation by the uk, managed to evade israel's and sophisticated missile defence system which

normally counters hundreds of missiles and drones fired by hezbollah every day. missiles and drones fired by hezbollah every day. the weekend has seen tensions between not only israel and lebanon continue to rise, but also with the united nations. fierce fighting continued in south lebanon on sunday, with the lebanese health ministry reporting 51 people were killed and nearly 200 injured in israeli air strikes. the un also accused israel of forcibly entering one of its bases in southern lebanon, breaking down the main gate. israel says it was trying to rescue wounded soldiers. the un peacekeeping mission is insisting that its flags will continue to fly, despite israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu warning to get its troops out of the area while israeli forces fight hezbollah. some 10,000 un peacekeepers from 50 countries are stationed in lebanon. since 1978 they have patrolled the area between

the late tanny river and the un recognised boundary known as the blue line. in recent days a number of these peacekeeping troops have been injured in military action. israel has admitted responsible tea for firing towards un post in some cases. firing towards un post in some cases. meanwhile, in gaza, at least 22 palestinians were killed and 80 were wounded on sunday night in an israeli attack on a school which was sheltering displaced families. five young boys have reportedly been killed in an israeli air strike while playing on a street corner in northern gaza. and all the while, the world awaits israel's response to iran's bombardment two weeks ago. it's unclear how, when and where they'll strike back, but only that despite fears it could lead to an all—out middle east war, they will do so soon. vincent mcaviney, bbc news.

let's go to our correspondent in beirut. we can see the damage behind you. describe where you are. it damage behind you. describe where you are.— where you are. it is in central beirut, where you are. it is in central beirut. one — where you are. it is in central beirut, one of— where you are. it is in central beirut, one of two _ beirut, one of two neighbourhood struck by an israeli bomb, air strike on thursday night. if you look behind me you can get a sense of how powerful these bonds are, how much damage they do. these buildings have been absolutely wrecked by the blast. that is four days ago, people are still going through the rubble trying to work out how they can recover. what happens to the people who live here? 22 people were killed in those two air strikes in this area. if i take you across here, there is a lot of traffic, but if you take a look at this row of cars here and just look down here, all these cars have been completely mangled by the enormous power

of this explosion in this neighbourhood. israel always talks about the strikes as precise and surgical. we don't know what their target was when they struck this neighbourhood but there is enormous damage to the people who live here. it is an incredibly tightly packed residential neighbourhood. people here say there was no big hezbollah presence here, a largely shi'ite neighbourhood but fairly mixed as well. they don't know why they were targeted. in the last two shear neighbourhood. the us has put pressure on israel to stop that because of the enormous impact on the city, accommodating huge numbers of displaced people. looking at this, this is one air strike looking at this, this is one airstrike and we looking at this, this is one air strike and we have had hundreds of these just in the past week, they are going on

all the time, in the south of lebanon where israel is fighting this battle, there are air strikes constantly in the valley as well. everyone of them in areas where there are likely to be civilians, residential neighbourhoods doing this kind of damage. this is an enormously destructive war and what you see here is just one very small piece of it. ., , ., , , just one very small piece of it. there were obviously people livin: in it. there were obviously people living in that — it. there were obviously people living in that area. _ it. there were obviously people living in that area. where - it. there were obviously people living in that area. where have | living in that area. where have they gone and what is the humanitarian situation across the country at the moment? when thins like the country at the moment? when things like this _ the country at the moment? when things like this happen, _ the country at the moment? �*w'iezn things like this happen, people have to leave. some people who are in buildings who are not damage have left. this is a profound shock, no one expected they would be targeted. if they have families they will go and do with them for a while. many don't have families. there are a lot of shelters set up, sometimes funded by international aid, sometimes funded by internationalaid, but sometimes funded by international aid, but those shelters are full. across beirut you can find people camping out in squares, down by the sea front we have seen the

police moved them on, but they have to go somewhere. i don't think the authorities here can really keep tabs on the numbers of displaced but there are hundreds of thousands of people who have lost their homes from these air strikes in the past three weeks. many are now crossing the border into syria, many of them were syrian refugees who fled the civil war there. there is a constant movement of people and always massive humanitarian need. jonathan head, live in beirut. thank you. let's go to jerusalem. can we focus first on this drone attack by hezbollah in israel last night? it does seem that there israeli air defence system was invaded for some reason. —— evaded for some reason. for some reason. -- evaded for some reason-— for some reason. -- evaded for some reason. yes, it has been a trend over _ some reason. yes, it has been a trend over the _ some reason. yes, it has been a trend over the past _ some reason. yes, it has been a trend over the past year. - some reason. yes, it has been a trend over the past year. the . trend over the past year. the israeli military says these drones launched by hezbollah have been more of an issue for

its air defences than the missiles that have been fired this way because of their unpredictable flight courses. and this really does seem to have caught israeli air defences off guard because we know that warnings sirens did not go off in this army training base alerting the soldiers to the fact that a drone was about to hit. an initial investigation found there was two drones launched from lebanon and one of these was intercepted and the other one was assumed that perhaps it had crash landed but actually it went on to hit this training base, with deadly results. one of the most deadly strikes by hezbollah against israel in the past year of fighting. just seeinu past year of fighting. just seeing some _ past year of fighting. just seeing some quotes - past year of fighting. just seeing some quotes from the idf chief of staff saying, we are at war and an attack on a training base is difficult and the results are painful. what has been the public reaction that it what happened last

night? {iii that it what happened last niuht? .., , that it what happened last ni. ht? . ., , , , night? of course this is something _ night? of course this is something which - night? of course this is something which has i night? of course this is i something which has been followed extensively in the israeli media. we had a lot of footage being shown live of a helicopter going in to help the wounded, ambulances rushing to the scene. this is a country where there is military conscription, so many people are worried about their loved ones who may be on a tour of duty at the moment, and that just raises the overall level of concern. at the same time, i should say fighting has been raging on in the gaza strip as well. we have been hearing in the past few hours about israel because my continuing aerial bombardment there and reports from palestinians on the ground about how the numbers of people killed in that attack which took place yesterday on a school town shelter in the centre of gaza has now risen to at least 22. there was a strike in the matters hospital in

central gaza in the early hours of this morning, killing four people. israel think it was targeting hamas there and using their tent city as a command and control centre but we know from the pictures came from the scene that there was a big fire that raged there and a number of people, displaced families have been among the wounded there, certainly as well. and there, certainly as well. and the campaign in the north of the campaign in the north of the gaza strip goes on with israeli ground forces very much involved. that is where the un has been warning that since the start of this month really there has been no food aid getting in. this is creating dire humanitarian circumstances. ., ., ., circumstances. you mentioned do ou end circumstances. you mentioned do you end there _ circumstances. you mentioned do you end there and _ circumstances. you mentioned do you end there and of— circumstances. you mentioned do you end there and of course - you end there and of course there is a war of words going on between israel and the united nations over the peacekeeping forces that are in lebanon. just seeing one minister saying that they are useless. . , , minister saying that they are useless. ., , , , useless. that is right. this is something — useless. that is right. this is something that _ useless. that is right. this is something that has - useless. that is right. this is something that has really . useless. that is right. this is i something that has really come to a head over the past couple

of days with these multiple cases now where israeli forces have fired on peacekeeping positions in the south of lebanon. yuna feel if they're under a un mandate really to implement security council resolution goes back to the end of the 2006 war between israel and hezbollah. underthe of the 2006 war between israel and hezbollah. under the terms of that resolution hezbollah is not supposed to be in the very south of lebanon, it is supposed to have been pulling back north of the river