my hope is this is the end. israeli forces withdraw from a hospital in northern gaza, a day after storming it. the world health organization warns of a "catastrophic" situation at gaza's medical facilities. ten days to go until the election, michelle obama campaigns with kamala harris in michigan as donald trump hits the other battleground state of pennsylvania. hello, i'm azadeh moshiri. we begin with reaction to israel's airstrikes on iran. it's an attack world leaders have been bracing themselves for. while iran is downpaying the scale of the strikes — saying they caused limited damage — its army said the raids killed four of its soldiers.

israel on the other hand says three waves of fighterjets targeted 20 military sites, with some reports saying that up to 100 aircraft were involved. israel says the attacks were in response to missiles that were fired by iran earlier this month. according to iranian officials, military sites in the capital tehran were hit, as well as bases in the provinces of ilam and khuzestan. iraq, qatar, and saudi arabia are among countries in the region that have condemend the israeli raids, while hezbollah, which is backed by iran and designated a terrorist organisation by the us — has called this a dangerous escalation. but there's been a different message from here in the us. speaking in the last few hours as he boarded a plane, us presidentjoe biden said he hoped this signalled an end to the direct attacks between the two countries. i was on with the intelligence community for the last half—hour. it looks like they didn't hit anything other than military targets. my hope is this is the end. did you get a heads up from israel on the iran strike?

did you get any heads up? yes. the office of israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu said israel chose its targets "in accordance with its national interests, and not according to american dictates". our north america correspondent rowan bridge has more on what us officials are saying on the strikes in iran. i think there will be a sense of relief within the white house as to the nature of the attacks that israel carried out. they were described by a senior official as precise and proportionate. i think there have been concerns, america had been putting pressure on the israelis publicly and privately not to go after and oil facilities or nuclear facilities to go after and oil facilities or nuclearfacilities for to go after and oil facilities or nuclear facilities for concerns that that could escalate the situation. they are clearly from the language they are using, hoping to draw a line under this at this at this stage. they've also warned that a

senior american official has said there will be consequences for iran if they do indeed decide to strike back. echoing president biden, the uk, france and germany have called on all sides to show restraint. russia says it is concerned about the escalation in hostilities. israeli pilots set out for the long flight to strike iran. israel and the whole middle east has been waiting for this since iran attacked with around 180 ballistic missiles on the 1st of october. this was tehran in the early hours of the morning. israel said it hit military targets in the capital and the provinces. iran's leaders now face a hard choice. do nothing and risk looking weak, hit back and risk a bigger israeli attack. if the regime in iran were to make the mistake of beginning a new round of escalation, we will be obligated to respond.

0ur message is clear. all those who threaten the state of israel and seek to drag the region into wider escalation will pay a heavy price. the israeli military released silent, blurred video from the war room. they agreed to president biden�*s request not to hit iran's nuclear, oil and gas facilities. if iran retaliates, they are likely to be the next targets. tel aviv this morning. most israelis believe war in gaza and lebanon as well as iran isjustified and unavoidable. so i think it was a good action. but we need to keep it calm. we don't need to get an escalation going. the message is through and i hope things will become right now. we need to respond very hard, very quick and that they will understand that we are into it. iran has played down the damage done by the raids, releasing very little video.

for the citizens of tehran it is still the first direct attack on their capital since war with iraq in the 1980s. he says, "we heard cannon fire and an explosion, the sound "echoed across the sky, it was terrible and horrifying." "we are worried the war in the middle east is "going to affect us too. "why should we live without peace? "why can't we just be happy? "it's really worrying me." "war," she says, "is frightening." "everyone is worried about what a war might do to us. "but i don't believe a terrible war will happen in iran." israel has released video of another huge strike on hezbollah positions in lebanon. the israelis have set the pace of escalation since early summer. it's hard to stop tit—for—tat strikes when both sides fear looking weak and deterred if they don't respond, and that is how wars spin out of control.

jeremy bowen, bbc news, jerusalem. joining me live now is bbc persian�*s parham ghobadi. thanks for your time. now, thanks foryourtime. now, i know ourteams thanks foryourtime. now, i know our teams have been trying to �*s piece together what has happened based on the information we can glean, but what's the latest from your understanding of the damage on the ground? fine your understanding of the damage on the round? ., ,., ., the ground? one of the important thins is the ground? one of the important things is that _ the ground? one of the important things is that uranian _ the ground? one of the important things is that uranian armed - the ground? one of the important i things is that uranian armed forces released a statement if few hours ago, and they said that israeli fighterjets ago, and they said that israeli fighter jets actually used ago, and they said that israeli fighterjets actually used iraqi's airspace to launch attacks against iran and they used airborne missiles to attack iran and the distance was about 100 km from the uranian border and that is why they managed to target the area in the western

uranian province and the southwestern province, they managed to attack tehran as well. the other thing they mention there is that part of iraq they used was controlled by the american forces so they also laid the blame on americans to assist israelis in this strike and just a few hours ago uranian foreign minister again reiterated that iran has the right to defend itself and to respond to this. it's too early i think to speculate whether iran is going to take any actions to further escalate this conflict or not.— this conflict or not. right, but the us has said _ this conflict or not. right, but the us has said very _ this conflict or not. right, but the us has said very clearly _ this conflict or not. right, but the us has said very clearly that they| us has said very clearly that they were not involved in the attack, they were given a warning that it was happening. what have you heard in terms of how iranians are reacting to what is happened? last niuht reacting to what is happened? last ni . ht when reacting to what is happened? last night when the _ reacting to what is happened? test night when the sounds of explosions were heard in tehran, i posted on my social media and people started

messaging many people, it was after midnight, after all, almost 2am, messaging many people, it was after midnight, afterall, almost 2am, or after 2am local time and many people were awake, many of the message to me and they said they woke up to the sounds explosions. at first, well later on they realised it was the first wave of the attack. it was mostly western and southwestern tehran, but later on when the second and the third wave of attacks were carried out, then images and videos surfaced on social media, and even uranian media publish some of them and realise that the eastern part of tehran is being part targeted and videos were quite surreal, showing the skies of iran, tehran and the air missile systems in tehran were activated, it was continuous shots being fired and projectiles were being fired and projectiles were being seen in tehran, and it's been

over 35, 36 years that seems like that have not taken place in tehran. after the iran iraq war in the 80s. state media and iran has been downplaying the attack, when we wait state media and iran has been downplaying the attack, when we wait to see whether iran retaliates, what to see whether iran retaliates, what signs to be gleaned so far?- signs to be gleaned so far?- signs to be gleaned so far? they've been downplaying _ signs to be gleaned so far? they've been downplaying _ signs to be gleaned so far? they've been downplaying the _ signs to be gleaned so far? they've been downplaying the attack, - signs to be gleaned so far? they've been downplaying the _ signs to be gleaned so far? they've been downplaying the attack, - signs to be gleaned so far? they've i been downplaying the attack, they've already claimed victory, saying they signs to be gleaned so far? they've i been downplaying the attack, they've already claimed victory, saying they are proud of their air defence are proud of their air defence system, that they managed to thwart system, that they managed to thwart the attack. now, this can be the attack. now, this can be interpreted and has been interpreted interpreted and has been interpreted by many analysts that iran is doing, by many analysts that iran is doing, has adopted such a policy to avoid has adopted such a policy to avoid attacking and sending another attacking and sending another barrage of missiles towards israel barrage of missiles towards israel to finish it right here right now. to finish it right here right now. however at the same time, we are however at the same time, we are saying for example, just know i was saying for example, just know i was saying for example, just know i was saying that in tehran they put up saying for example, just know i was saying that in tehran they put up some billboards saying that the some billboards saying that the third troop operation is taking third troop operation is taking

place, and that is been place, and that is the name that they gave to their operation against israel. neither of these is, you know, concrete fact that iran is going or not going to attack israel. i think there will be a stage where they are still calculating what kind of response they need to give israel and it's too

of response they need to give israel and it's 1 its of response they need to give israel and it's1 its proxies, hezbollah and and also its proxies, hezbollah and hamas, hamas has almost, it has been diminished in gaza and hezbollah has received severe blows in the past few weeks. but iran has lost one of its deterrent capabilities and heavily relies on its missile and drone capability and it has proved that its ballistic missiles can reach israel within a few minutes and some of them in the second attack is the video has shown, they can land. but how much damage they incurred, we still don't know. thank ou for incurred, we still don't know. thank you for that — incurred, we still don't know. thank you for that assessment _ incurred, we still don't know. thank you for that assessment and - incurred, we still don't know. thank you for that assessment and a - you for that assessment and a reminder, you can get much more analysis online. including this article on why has israel attacked iran today and why the two nations are enemies. you can find that on the bbc news website or app. well, meanwhile in gaza,

the united nations says it's had reports that nearly all of the male staff at a hospital have been detained by israeli forces. israeli troops have now left the kamal adwan hospital injabalia after a raid yesterday. hundreds of patients and displaced people were sheltering there at the time. the bbc and otherforeign media organisations are prevented by israel from entering gaza to report independently, but our special correspondent fergal keane sent this report from jerusalem. you may find some scenes in it distressing. this is the story of a doctor... allahu akbar. ..who became a grieving father. hossam abu saifa worked to save the lives of others. allahu akbar. but today, mourned his son. ibraham was killed in the hospital grounds, shot by the israeli army, his father says.

since the renewed offensive onjabalia, the doctor has made repeated appeals for help. translation: we are talking about collective punishment i for the health system in the gaza strip. consequently, we urge the world to intervene and impose their humanity over the israeli army. the army raided yesterday. dr abu safiyyah, with his staff, waiting. then the people forced out. fear holds them. they are made to line up. men separated from the women. translation: we moved patients to the reception area. _

then they said to dr hussam, the director of the hospital, to evacuate patients who could walk. among those with catheters and those with central lines, some could not walk long distances because of internal injuries. however, they insisted on them exiting on foot. the damaged hospital compound this afternoon. the israelis say they were seeking terrorists and their infrastructure. wrecked ambulances. three soldiers were killed in jabalia yesterday. hamas published these images of a stricken israeli tank. dr abu safiyyah mourned his son. he was comforted by the small group of men still left around the hospital.

well, here in the us, it's only ten days to go until the presidential election — and the campaigns are rolling on full force as millions of americans have already cast their ballots in the early voting process. donald trump is on stage now in pennsylvania, after campaigning in michigan earlier on saturday. let's take a listen. you know they are taking outcome they lost 38% of their automobile business. since they became, since they took over, 38% of the automobile business is gone, this is after decades ofjust losing, losing losing to other countries, so i did you all a favour. i said, that big beautiful plant that they're going to make billions of dollars, it's going to make them thousands and thousands of cars, virtually, a day. it's the biggest, would be bigger,

almost bigger than all of michigan automobile manufacturing injust a couple of plants. i said i'm going to put a tariff on every single car that's made in mexico, owned by china, and it's going to be so high that it won't work and i don't give a... it's not going to work, it's not going to work and i'll make it 100% and if it doesn't work out a result of the 200%. they won't make one car going into our country, and i saw that one man two weeks in the economic... i saw that one man two weeks in the economic - -— i saw that one man two weeks in the economic... . ., , ., , economic... that was donald trump in pennsylvania. — economic... that was donald trump in pennsylvania, appealing _ economic... that was donald trump in pennsylvania, appealing to _ economic... that was donald trump in pennsylvania, appealing to voters, - pennsylvania, appealing to voters, talking about manufacturing jobs there, a key issue. at that earlier rally near detroit, muslim community leaders joined trump on stage to endorse him, saying they believe he can bring peace to the middle east. the former president criticised kamala harris�* foreign policy and leadership abilities — saying she's �*too weak�*. on the world stage. meanwhile, kamala harris hasjust

finished a rally in kalamazoo, michigan. former first lady michelle obama introduced the vice president to the crowd, in her first campaign appearance since the democratic national convention in august. in a fiery speech, the former first lady criticised donald trump repeatedly, and said the race is "too close' for her liking. right now as you know, this race is close. it's too close for my liking. i came out here to michigan because i am someone who takes her own advice to heart. i know that if we want to help this country finally turned the page on the politics of hatred and division, we can'tjust sit around and complain. no, we've got to do something! if we want to usher in the next generation of american leadership, we have got to do something!

joining me live is our digital reporter bernd debusmannjunior who's at harris�* rally in kalamazoo michigan. now, what do you think michelle obama was banking on there in some of those key messages? 0verall obama was banking on there in some of those key messages? overall it sounded positive. i of those key messages? overall it sounded positive.— sounded positive. i think overall her key message _ sounded positive. i think overall her key message to _ sounded positive. i think overall her key message to voters - sounded positive. i think overall her key message to voters here| sounded positive. i think overall. her key message to voters here at the rally was that they need to get out and vote. both her and kamala harris have been very explicit in saying they see the key to victory is mobilising voters who may be have not registered to vote or are undecided. her main message was about undecided. her ma