only forty one kilometers long and twelve kilometers wide ok natasha going to live for us now in ashkelon in israel bring us up to date first of all international with the efforts to mediate some sort of ceasefire. well first an update on the ground it's been quiet for about the last forty five minutes or so but earlier we could see the rocket fire had resumed from gaza and we could hear israeli fighter jets and the booms of airstrikes being launched by the israelis into gaza the israeli army confirms tell jazeera just now that the air strikes are continuing inside gaza now as you mentioned there are efforts underway by qatar and egypt to mediate a seize fire between hamas and israel we're told that a deal is close there is consensus among both sides on all but one point the palestinians initially rejected the first agreement one of the sticking points may be this hamas is looking for israel to implement measures that help alleviate the suffering on the gaza strip this is the first day of ramadan bear in mind is the islamic holy month where muslims will fast from sunrise to sunset late su

now on the outbreak of hostilities between israel and gaza an attack you're going to name is in ashkelon near israel's border with gaza and of course you've been hearing about these efforts to mediate a cease fire those efforts are ongoing what have you been seeing and hearing in terms of rocket fire and explosions. well a short time ago there was somewhat intense rocket fire we actually dismantled and went for cover you could hear israeli fighter jets and presumably the booms of israel launching airstrikes into gaza as you mentioned however there are furious efforts underway by qatar and egypt to mediate an agreement between hamas and israel sources tell us that they are fairly close to a deal there is an agreement on all but one point and it appears that that sticking point may be this hamas is looking to israel to implement measures that can help alleviate the suffering on the gaza strip after years of a blockade without a free flow of food and medicine with fisherman having the zone in which they can earn their livelihood made smaller and smaller so it appears this may be the stickin

also killed a senior hamas official it's going to name has more from the israeli border town of ashkelon now a short time ago hamas leader ismail haniyeh said that a return to call him which is how it's usually categorized during these skirmishes and a ceasefire is dependent on israel stopping the airstrikes and earlier today israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu says that it holds hamas fully responsible for all the rocket fire and that it is paying a heavy price earlier this evening the israeli security cabinet concluded a five hour meeting in that meeting the cabinet instructed the israeli army to continue the airstrikes and to prepare for escalation saying that the top priority is the state of israel and the security of its residents at least thirteen people including two children have died in russia after a plane made an emergency landing in flames the air a flight jet had just taken off from sheremetyevo airport north of moscow and was bound for more months when a fire broke out on board the pilot had to turn around and make an emergency landing after the plane was in the gulf

you very much for that well that's a good name come join us now says she's in the israeli city of ashkelon the tunnel so we're seeing a very dangerous escalation in the attacks on both sides just bring us up to die quickly with what's happening on the ground the taj. well if you're wondering where we went a little bit ago we had to take cover it looks like it's shaping up to be another one of those kinds of nights here of rocket fire of sirens of one loudspeakers residents being warned to take cover we've watched a steady stream of rockets coming up from gaza and then being intercepted into israel in the last hour or so as far as we know one building in ashdod has been hit one man critically injured as the guest has mentioned previously this is a tense time yes we've been here before the last between hamas and israel was in april prior to the elections however this time is different and that is because of the sheer number of casualties right now it's nineteen on both sides that's the largest number of people killed since the gaza war in two thousand and fourteen and. a five hour long secur

well let's go live now to natasha going name in ashkelon near israel's border with gaza what's it been like there over the past few hours. well there was a law when the rocket fire but it has resumed though it's still intermittent and this evening it appears that rocket fire from gaza did hit a building in the town of ashdod killing one man the death toll miriam keeps rising it appears the death toll is now twenty six people since the skirmish between hamas and israel began early saturday morning as harry mentioned the dead include two factory workers the toddler and their senior hamas official now a short time ago hamas leader ismail haniyeh said that a return to calm which is how it's usually categorized during these skirmishes and a ceasefire is dependent on israel stopping the airstrikes and earlier today israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu says that it holds hamas fully responsible for all the rocket fire and that it is paying a heavy price earlier this evening the israeli security cabinet concluded a five hour meeting in that meeting the cabinet instructed the israeli army

overnight a factory was struck in ashkelon during the course of the day two people were killed in the course of that attack and also a vehicle was struck and a woman who was inside that vehicle killed some brigades the fighting faction for the the military wing of hamas says that it fired an anti-tank missile at a vehicle during today's military x. changes as well and so this is. of all of the escalation that we've seen in recent months and which have been deescalated after a certain period the stakes on both sides do seem to be bigger and that may means that both sides have reasons to spur them on towards further attacks as well as reasons to step back. now we see any sort of restraint change in strategy here hereon these attacks. well certainly in recent months israel has been relatively careful not to go directly after. fighters in large numbers inside gaza at least a lot of the attacks have been targeted on bases in training camps and storage sites which they could have expected to have been evacuated and which indeed in most cases were of course there have been many photos of sev

the israeli city of ashkelon. it's early monday morning and we're into a third day of renewed violence between hamas and israel egypt and qatar are mediating a cease fire agreement between the two sides sources tell us there is consensus on all but one point one of the sticking points maybe this hamas is looking for israel to implement any measures that help alleviate the suffering on the gaza strip late sunday evening the hamas leader says that hamas is a response will be dictated by quote the level of aggression by israel and its commitment to the ceasefire also late sunday evening the israeli cabinet had a five hour security meeting at the conclusion of that meeting the cabinet instructed the army to continue its airstrikes and to prepare for an escalation there have been four israelis who have been killed since saturday this is the highest number since the gaza war in two thousand and fourteen there are almost thirty people on both sides who have been killed prime minister benjamin netanyahu has said that he h

and another man in ashkelon injured moderately by a rocket strike that still called into the gaza health ministry one fatality so far today from israeli strikes that being a fighter if the hamas has some military wing all of this following what took place on friday the border protests during which two israeli put the two palestinian protesters were killed by israeli sniper fire and then there was a shooting of two israeli soldiers who were lightly injured once or one lightly one moderately and then an israeli strike against a hamas outpost which killed two members of hamas as brigade the funerals for those two men took place earlier on saturday so what we have is another pretty serious military escalation the kind of which we've seen several times over recent months the kind of which we've seen egypt and the united nations try to broker a deescalation and again we understand that's what's taking place right now a senior very senior hamas figure. is in cairo had left the car before this escalation began for talks with egyptian intelligence and also a report in the israeli media that the t

hundred rockets were fired from gaza into southern israel including the border towns of sadr out ashkelon and ashdod the israeli warplanes struck some three hundred twenty targets in gaza which is one of the most densely populated areas in the world shoot million people. squeezed into an area that's only forty one kilometers long and twelve as wide. as there is harry force it has our policy. on the second day of fighting in and around gaza brought more killings and a growing sense of certainty that this latest outbreak could be the most dangerous in recent months. israel's military said it was directly targeting fighters and announced the killing of a senior hamas commander in a strike on a car in gaza city how much qatari the israelis say was responsible for transferring iranian money to fighting factions in gaza. israel says hamas and islamic jihad fired hundreds of rockets from gaza. some were intercepted by the iron dome anti-missile system others though got through israel says one person was killed in a direct hit on this factory in the israeli city of ashkelon another man died when

and on the other side of the conflict in the israeli city of ashkelon a similar scene.0s died here when a rocket from gaza slammed down on his home. israel's leaders are watching and making their plans. there is no talk of stepping back. translation: this morning i instructed the israeli defence forces to continue with massive strikes against terrorists in the gaza strip. and i also instructed that forces around the gaza strip be stepped up with tanks, artillery and infantry forces. hamas bears responsibility not only for its own attacks and actions, but also for those of the islamic jihad for which it pays a very high price. a funeral in gaza, it's very likely there will be more of these. behind the scenes egyptian and united nations diplomats will be trying to mediate. they may well seek a deal that eases israel's very tight economic blockade on gaza in return for calm from the militants. but for now at least there is no sign of any imminent truce. alanjohnston, alan johnston, bbc news. in a few minutes we will be talking to an expert on the region about what might be

the israelis say three people have been killed in the town of ashkelon. thing to talk about is the report we have heard through the course of the afternoon, suggesting that a senior hamas commander has been killed. that is right, we often see the israelis strike and hamas targets in gaza, and the strike rate it has massively increased in the last 48 hours of violence. very often, what the israelis hit is a training ground for some sort of barix type setup, a rocket launch site, something like that. they don't tend to go for senior figures, thatis don't tend to go for senior figures, that is regarded, on both sides, as a sign of an escalation, and that is what the israelis have done in the current circumstance. they killed a man in his car, who hamas said it was one of their commanders, who the israelis say was channelling iranian money into gaza for the use of militants there. so, as i say, the targeting of a senior hamas man, the first, we reckon, for some years, is a sign of the escalating situation as we speak. the unknown fact is, does that accelerate

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overnight there's been a strike on a factory in ashkelon as well during the course of today in which two people were killed and another strike on a car in which a woman was killed the hamas fighting brigade the alka some brigades says that it fired an anti-tank missile at a car during the course of today's escalation as well and so this does represent a pretty serious situation for both sides and as far as the nature of these attacks terry are we seeing any change in strategy. certainly in previous military strikes by israel on gaza that we've seen in the last few months a lot of those strikes have been targeting training camps military bases storage death pose and the like rocket factories according to the israeli mirrored military which they could have expected to have been evacuated ahead of time and almost always were of course there were fatalities as well during many of these artillery rocket strikes but this time they are explicitly saying that they are targeting fighters and indeed there was this one incident inside gaza city earlier where a car was struck from the air inside

transferring iranian funds to the corp is going to name has more from the israeli border town of ashkelon. now a short time ago hamas leader ismail haniyeh said that a return to call him which is how it's usually categorized during these skirmishes and a ceasefire is dependent on israel stopping the airstrikes and earlier today israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu says that it holds hamas fully responsible for all the rocket fire and that it is paying a heavy price earlier this evening the israeli security cabinet concluded a five hour meeting in that meeting the cabinet instructed the israeli army to continue the airstrikes and to prepare for escalation saying that the top priority is the state of israel and the security of its residents. now in our other headlines at least thirteen people including two children have died in russia after an airplane made an emergency landing in flames the air a float plane had just taken off from sheremetyevo airport north of moscow was bound for more months when a fire broke out the pilots had to turn around and make an emergency landing after the

israel during the violence over the past few days the tension when amy is in the israeli city of ashkelon. the renewed violence between hamas and israel came near the start of the a samik holy month of ramadan it also was near the time when this week israelis were slated to celebrate their independence day following week tell of was hosting the euro vision music competition and expecting tourists from around the world as has been the case previously both sides seem to signal that they were not interested in seeing a further escalation yet this time things had progressed farther than they had since the gaza war in two thousand and fourteen in terms of the death toll hamas is said to be frustrated that israel had not allegedly honored its previous agreements to help ease the suffering of gazans. gindi is with the center for middle east policy at brookings institution he says the root cause of these tensions must be addressed. we've seen that happen over and over and over again and what that typically signifies is that we're not dealing with the problem. in terms of the causes of the problem

and overnight there has been confirmation of the first israeli death a fifty eight year old man in ashkelon who was injured and indeed later died of his wounds from a rocket strike in that city on israeli media it's being reported that he left a bomb shelter temporarily for a cigarette break according to a relative and that's when he was struck and later died as far as the casualties inside gaza the current toll stands at six since the beginning of this escalation including. a young pregnant mother and her toddler child there are denials coming from the israeli military that it was an israeli airstrike that killed them they say that there are indications that it could have been a rocket that went wrong being fired out of gaza itself kyung yang has released pictures of kim jong un overseeing rocket launches from the country's east coast the north korean leader. told his troops to be on alert south korea's president says he's concerned by the launches but u.s. president donald trump tweeted kim jong un doesn't want to break the promises made concerning denuclearization syrian and russian gove

reason to end a strike slip start with this from natasha going to him she is in the israeli city of ashkelon the renewed violence between hamas and israel came near the start of the a samik holy month of ramadan it also was near the time when this week israelis were slated to celebrate their independence day the following week tell of eve was hosting the euro vision music competition and expecting tourists from around the world as has been the case previously both sides seem to signal that they were not interested in seeing a further as collation yet this time things had progressed farther than they had since the gaza war in two thousand and fourteen in terms of the death toll hamas is said to be frustrated that israel had not allegedly honored its previous agreements to help ease the suffering of gazans. we had come in from the u.s. president donald trump about an hour ago on twitter he's backing israel of course this is what he said once again israel faces the barash of deadly rocket attacks by terrorist groups hamas and islamic jihad we support israel one hundred percent in its defense of

and in the last hour two more israelis were killed after a factory in the southern israeli city of ashkelon took a direct hit now this brings to three the number of israelis who have so far been killed these are the first casualties on the israeli side since the two thousand and fourteen war that was the last war between israel and gaza and there's a fourth israeli that is in a critical condition on the palestinian side nine palestinians have been confirmed dead and then just in the last few minutes as i was waiting to come to you we heard that a tenth palestinian was killed off to a car that he was traveling in took a direct hit there's a thirty seven year old pregnant palestinian woman who was killed with her child the israeli army with the allegations that they were killed by. israeli missile instead saying that they were killed by a rocket launcher on the palestinian side now the israeli army has issued a statement in which it says it is preparing for several days like this and as it braces for the risky nation it is tank reinforcements to the border we've heard words of defiance from t

in the midst of a rocket strike on a factory in ashkelon a city north of the gaza strip two others injured less seriously a woman critically injured with a rocket striking her car in this part of israel very close to the gaza border and one further critical injury as well and the more of these sorts of fatalities and injuries that take place then of course that gives both sides a motivation if not a necessity to strike back and that makes the entire situation a good deal more difficult it is clear that israel is targeting fighters in a way that it bats didn't in previous escalations it's also clear the sheer volume of rockets coming out of gaza does risk causing much greater casualties and fatalities on the israeli side and i think we can hear just now in fact more intimate in fact i can see the more i mean deceptions that if you can settle the camera there are past the past the telegraph was there and you can see the rocket trails and the plumes of smoke where there have been more interceptions of rocket fire coming out of gaza just as we were talking that. perry as you were mentioning ea

attachable name is in the israeli city of ashkelon. the renewed violence between hamas and israel came near the start of the islamic holy month of ramadan it also was near the time when this week israelis were slated to celebrate their independence day following week tell of was hosting the euro vision music competition and expecting tourists from around the world as has been the case previously both sides seem to signal that they were not interested in seeing a further as collation yet this time things had progressed farther than they had since the gaza war in two thousand and fourteen in terms of the death toll hamas is said to be frustrated that israel had not allegedly honored its previous agreements to help ease the suffering of gazans the u.s. is sending an aircraft carrier group to the middle east to send what it calls a clear message to iran the u.s.s. abraham lincoln and support chips have been dispatched u.s. national security advisor john bolton says it is in response to troubling developments in the region it's the latest e

we're standing in ashkelon in near a house an israeli house that was struck by a rocket fired from gaza against israel over the last twenty four hours for the stinney interest from gaza have fired more than four hundred fifty rockets at israeli civilians with the intention of killing israeli civilians so far the hour and system has intercepted more than one hundred fifty but unfortunately the tragic result of one of the rockets is an israeli casualty the first israeli civilian casualties since july two thousand and fourteen the idea first retaliated and has struck more than two hundred twenty military targets inside the gaza strip focusing on hamas and palestinian islamic jihad infrastructure weapons storage facilities as well as an underground tunnel and two large buildings that support terrorist activity and from within hamas in the period we're conducting their activities girls and officials claim that israeli air strikes have killed at least six people since saturday including a pregnant woman israel denies being to blame for her death. because health ministry also states that about

stable condition another man a civilian hit or rather injured by a rocket strike on the city of ashkelon north of gaza and how the israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu was meeting his security advisers in tel aviv kemet specked anything from that meeting. certainly no announcements so far the sabbath is now over and so it's possible that we might get some more official kind of statement from the israeli government so far the statements have been coming from the israeli military benjamin netanyahu is due to host or of the to lead a security cabinet meeting in israel on sunday a full security cabinet meeting but i think we do get the feeling the the message from the size of the israeli air strikes that this is a big response to this rocket fire the rocket fire of course itself coming in response to what had taken place earlier on friday in terms of the protests that took place on the border two palestinian protesters killed by israeli sniper fire two israeli soldiers hit and injured by palestinian sniper fire and then an airstrike that killed two members of hamas military wing the arc

in southern israel during the violence of the past few days tesla name is in the israeli city of ashkelon. the renewed violence between hamas and israel came near the start of the a samik holy month of ramadan it also was near the time when this week israelis were slated to celebrate their independence day the following week tell of was hosting the euro vision music competition and expecting tourists from around the world as has been the case previously both sides seem to signal that they were not interested in seeing a further escalation yet this time things had progressed farther than they had since the gaza war in two thousand and fourteen in terms of the death toll hamas is said to be frustrated that israel had not allegedly honored its previous agreements to help ease the suffering of gazans the u.s. president donald trump is backing israel in a tweet he said once again israel faces a barrier of deadly rocket attacks by terrorist groups house and islamic jihad we support israel one hundred percent in its defense of its citizens to the gazan people these terrorist acts against israel

course already seeing fatalities we've seen an israeli civilian killed a fifty eight year old man in ashkelon we've seen these six people killed inside gaza including a pregnant woman and her toddler mother her toddler daughter israel is denying responsibility for that saying it was a mistaken rocket launch from inside gaza whereas the gaza health ministry is saying that it was a drone attract attack so all these kind of events can lead things to get out of control but there is a sign i think that as with previous escalations there is a demand at least on both sides to try to see that this one doesn't go too much further thanks gary. kyung has released pictures of kim jong un overseeing rocket launches from north east north korea's east coast the country's leaders said he was satisfied with the tests on saturday and called on troops to stay on high alert south korea's president says he's concerned by the launches meanwhile u.s. president donald trump has tweeted that kim jong un doesn't want to break the promises made to them referring to commitments on denuclearization. said i believe that k

three israelis have been killed in the town of ashkelon, and several others wounded by the barrage, according tom bateman reports. singled out in a packed gaza city street, this was a targeted strike, killing a palestinian israel says was a money—laundering for militants. air raid silence have hardly stopped in southern israel, more than 500 rockets have been fired from gaza since yesterday, the israelis said, one of the worst flareups in years between old enemies. israel hasn't seen this number of casualties from rocket strikes since 2014. some hit homes. israeli deaths have prompted talk of fierce response from the country's prime minister. translation: i have instructed our forces to continue with massive strikes against terrorists in the gaza strip and the forces around the gaza strip will be stepped up with tanks, artillery and infantry. powerful explosions hit gaza, warplanes struck, israel said it hit hundreds of militant sites. the escalation had started on friday when one of gaza's smaller militant groups, islamic jihad, shot and wounded two israeli soldiers. the death toll has been

and or destroyed on the israeli side there's been a direct hit on a house in the southern city of ashkelon one israeli has so far been killed the situation here in israel is extremely tense the south of the country remains in a state of high alert people have been ordered to keep a bomb shelters open and all schools there are closed now this comes as the israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu has ordered the israeli army to continue with what he calls massive attacks netanyahu saying that the purpose is an offensive operation he says that he's not aware of any kind of cease fire talks that are under way and saying that they will use all the firepower at their disposal at the same time the israeli defense forces has sent tank reinforcements to the gaza border and at this stage we are anticipating the. continuation in fighting for at least a few more days and how how the palestinian officials reacted to the israeli prime minister's order to rain down bombs on gaza. well we hear the same kind of. coming from the palestinian side as far as hamas goes they have said that they going to extend

as you said, an israeli man was killed overnight when a rocket hit his house in their city of ashkelonks that have hit the gaza strip, by israel, israel says its targeted hundreds, more than 100 militant sites. and the palestinian ministry of health in gaza has said that seven people have died, now, included in those deaths are the deaths of a 14—month—old baby, her mother, was pregnant, and that account has been disputed by the israelis. they say that there are indications are that those deaths were due to what they call terrorist activity, i mean, over the last year, tensions have been ratcheting up around the gaza boundary, what palestinian militants want, in gaza, is the easing of a blockade which is imposed by israel, and also supported by egypt. that blockade is necessary to stop weapons, and weapons material getting into the gaza strip. hamas, the militant group that runs it, have been seeking an easing of that blockade, amidst the context of that, have been weekly protests at the perimeter fence, becoming increasingly militarised over time. palestinians are seeking the right to

southern israel during the violence in the past few days natasha name is in the israeli city of ashkelon near the gaza about the offense she's got more on the ceasefire. at four thirty monday morning and also the first day of the holy month of ramadan this ceasefire went into effect after six hundred rockets were fired into israel three hundred twenty targets in gaza and almost thirty people killed in this latest skirmish between hamas and israel the deadliest round of violence in twenty fourteen elses hero has spoken it with a representative of a popular resistance committees and he tells us that qatar egypt and international groups helped broker this cease fire he says that israel has agreed pacifically to take measures that will help alleviate the humanitarian situation in the gaza strip and specifically that it will abide by its remit it has previously made in april during a bout of violence prior to the israeli elections these measures include easing the blockade expanding a zone in the mediterranean sea where fishermen can work allowing more goods into gaza particularly industrial

majority of those or dozens where shot down, but certainly at least one house was hit in the city of ashkelon injuries. the israeli military carried out tank and air strikes in the gaza strip, killed at least one man as you mention, a 22—year—old. 0thers injured, at least one home, pictures of a home very badly damaged as well in that. we have seen a ratcheting up of these tensions despite an effort to try and broker a longer—term truce between the two sides. what about rocket attacks? this is a persistent feature of the way how mass strikes back against israel. but they rarely do more than damage property. —— hamas strike back against israel. they also cause injuries and death. in one of the escalations last year, there was a fatality of a palestinian person and southern israel because of the rocket strikes. we have seen much longer range rocket strikes that have taken place are usually into israel earlier this year. a house was struck north of tel aviv, and a family of seven people were injured. they rushed to a shelter and by that. it was a lucky escape for those people. it created another

israeli casualty from rocket fire since twenty fourteen overnight a fifty eight year old man in ashkelon and these six casualties so far confirmed fatalities so far confirmed inside gaza some more detail though on the baby and the woman who were killed the gaza health ministry is now saying that it was not the mother of that fourteen month old who died in that attack but rather a relative of the gaza health ministry ascribing that attack that death to an israeli drone strike the israeli military is denying that it says that it was a misfire of a rocket coming from inside gaza that killed those two and as far as the sea to the current situation on the ground you touched on this moment ago but there's no sign of a letup a toll after the violence overnight. no i mean we have seen these military escalations many times in the last year or so and they have followed a bit of a pattern of fairly substantial confrontation followed by deescalation there are signs potentially that we might see a bit more fighting before we get to any potential deescalation stage this time around not least benjamin

at this stage as you say overnight there was the first israeli fatality confirmed a civilian in ashkelon town to the north of the gaza strip a fifty eight year old man said to be hit by shrapnel after a rocket struck near his home taking also been pronounced dead and there have been six fatalities now confirmed inside gaza as well the israeli army though is pushing back against palestinian claims that the fourteen month old girl and her pregnant mother were killed in an israeli airstrike the israeli military is now saying. without any kind of of codicil or doubt that they were killed by a misfired hamas rocket we don't have any way of independently verifying either claim at the moment but certainly this is a potentially dangerous and long and and. major military escalation the israeli military is also saying it's sending an extra armored brigade to the area that is something similar to what we saw during the course of the last escalation in april and these are the media is quoting senior defense sources as saying that they expect this fighting to last some days are in the past when incid

twenty four palestinians and four israelis have been killed actually name is in the israeli city of ashkelon. the renewed violence between hamas and israel came near the start of the a samik holy month of ramadan it also was near the time when this week israelis were slated to celebrate their independence day the following week tell of was hosting the euro vision music competition and expecting tourists from around the world as has been the case previously both sides seem to signal that they were not interested in seeing a further as collation yet this time things had progressed farther than they had since the gaza war in two thousand and fourteen in terms of the death toll hamas is said to be frustrated that israel had not allegedly honored its previous agreements to help ease the suffering of gazans on khaled begin the is with the center for middle east policy at the brookings institution he says the root cause of these tensions must be addressed. we've seen that happen over and over and over again and what that typically signify is that we're not dealing with the problem. in terms of the

was in a vehicle which was struck by fire coming from gaza and there was a factory that was hit in ashkelon a direct strike on that factory as well and at least one person killed in that strike so this is the most serious i think we can say that now of the recent escalations in recent months each of those escalations has been deescalated again thanks to two things really un and egyptian mediation and a sense on both sides israeli and in and by hamas that neither really was in the mood to afford a full dissent towards war but with the kind of things that we've been seeing the mounting death tolls on both sides that gives both sides a reason to carry on fighting as well as it does a reason to try to step back yet her israel says it carried out a targeted attack on a man they say was financing how mass does this represent a change of tactics perhaps by israel. well certainly it could represent that it's a targeted strike we've seen two things actually in the last couple of hours those a strike which leveled the house internal security building inside gaza now we have seen that kind of thing in

he one hundred support one hundred percent supports israel more from the going to him she is an ashkelon. it's early monday morning and we're into a third day of renewed violence between hamas and israel egypt and qatar are mediating a cease fire agreement between the two sides sources tell us there is consensus on all but one point one of the sticking points maybe this hamas is looking for israel to implement any measures that help alleviate the suffering on the gaza strip late sunday evening the hamas leader says that hamas is a response will be dictated by quote the level of aggression by israel and its commitment to the ceasefire also late sunday evening the israeli cabinet had a five hour security meeting at the conclusion of that meeting the cabinet instructed the army to continue its airstrikes and to prepare for an escalation there have been four israelis who have been killed since saturday this is the highest number since the gaza war in two thousand and fourteen there are almost thirty people on both sides who have been killed prime minister benjamin netanyahu has said that he

through israel says one person was killed in a direct hit on this factory in the israeli city of ashkelon another man died when a rocket struck his vehicle close to the gaza border that followed an overnight rocket strike on a house killing a fifty eight year old man the first israeli victim of a rocket fired from gaza since the two thousand and fourteen war. we are not commenting we do trust the army. will take care of us but we are really worried by the rockets. israel's prime minister confirms he told of the buildup of forces and promised further strikes on gaza. this morning and structed the israeli army to continue massive attacks against terrorist elements in the gaza strip. during force meant of the units around the gaza strip are more artillery and infantry how must bear the responsibility not only for its own actions but also for the actions of us . and it is paying a very heavy price for this. but the youngest palestinian victim of this latest round of violence was buried on sunday the gaza health ministry says fourteen month old son was killed along with a female relative by an

injured in a rocket which fell in carry out go and an israeli man injured by a rocket which struck ashkelon the city north of the gaza strip so this is another major military escalation we have been here several times already in recent months but we are in the midst of another one and palestinian islamic jihad one of the fighting factions within gaza says that it stands ready to extend the range of its rocket fire to the far north of israel to haifa to ben-gurion airport near tel aviv and also to the un acknowledged nuclear reactor in dimona in southern israel and how it is ready prime minister benjamin netanyahu has been meeting his security advisers in tel aviv can expect anything from that meeting. well certainly no official announcement coming out from that meeting so far the only messaging we've been getting so far has been coming from the israeli military the the air force and the army but it does seem that israel is in in mind for a fairly major response to what's been going on there have been strikes going on throughout the day quite often israel would wait until night time to carry

seriously injured in as a serious but stable condition apparently another man injured in the town of ashkelon on the palestinian side so far still just one cash one death reported by the gaza health ministry so far today all of the israeli military says that it may well have killed more than knotted it estimates and of course there were two hamas . brigades fighters who were killed in an attack by israeli forces on friday that coming after a sniper attack on israeli soldiers were injured two soldiers and two of the palestinian protesters on the border on friday who was shot and killed by israeli snipers with fifty others injured and how do we understand the israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu is meeting his security advisers in tel aviv can you expect anything from that meeting. well the thing concrete as yet but i think what we can interpret and we should also say that he's also planning to convene a full security cabinet meeting on sunday i think what we can see from the response so far is that it is a pretty major one from the israeli side but that it perhaps is being calibrated as t

of the show there has been confirmation of the first israeli death a fifty eight year old man in ashkelon who was injured and and indeed later died of his wounds from a rocket strike in that city on israeli media it's being reported that he left the bomb shelter temporarily for a cigarette break according to a relative and that's when he was struck and later died as far as the casualties inside gaza as you say the current toll stands at six since the beginning of this escalation including. a young pregnant mother and her toddler child there are denials coming from the israeli military that it was an israeli airstrike that killed them they say that there are indications that it could have been a rocket that went wrong being fired out of gaza itself but no confirmation either way on that what we do have though is another dangerous round of escalation very similar to what we've seen so many times over the last year or so and as you heard in that report the timing is very significant here. harry we understand the israeli security council cabinet is going to be meeting while of course palestin

casualty from rocket fire since twenty fourteen a man a fifty eight year old man in the city of ashkelon whose home was the surrounding area of his home was struck by a rocket coming out from gaza these are the military also saying that it's deploying an extra armored brigade to the area as well kyra we've seen situations like this before of course particularly back in april when there's been an escalation in the past there has been there have been attempts to try and rein those that escalation back in is there any indication that the similar sort of thing might happen this time. well yes i mean that is the prevailing sort of wisdom of the last few months that would suggest that's what's going to happen you heard an outgoing round just then or so this escalation is far from over at the moment it's worth saying that in april there were extra. there was an extra armored division deployed armored brigade deployed then as well and we did see a deescalation at that time it was the run up to the israeli elections so there was a lot of pressure on the israeli government in particular to try to

southern israel during the violence in the past few days that tasha her name is in the israeli city of ashkelon near the gaza barrier fence she has more on the cease fire. at four thirty monday morning and also the first day of the upon a holy month of ramadan this ceasefire went into effect after six hundred rockets were fired into israel three hundred twenty targets in gaza and almost thirty people killed in this latest skirmish between hamas and israel the deadliest round of violence since twenty fourteen elses hero has spoken with a representative of the popular resistance committees and he tells us that qatar egypt and international groups helped broker this cease fire he says that israel has agreed pacifically to take measures that will help alleviate the humanitarian situation in the gaza strip and specifically that it will abide by agreements it has previously made in april during a bout of violence prior to the israeli election these measures include easing the blockade expanding a zone in the mediterranean sea where fishermen can work allowing more goods into gaza particularly industr

was in a vehicle which was struck by fire coming from gaza and there was a factory that was hit in ashkelon a direct strike on that factory as well and at least one person killed in that strike so this is the most serious i think we can say that now of the recent escalations in recent months each of those escalations has been deescalated again thanks to two things really un and egyptian mediation and a sense on both sides israeli and in and by hamas that neither really was in the mood to afford a full dissent towards war but with the kind of things that we've been seeing the mounting death tolls on both sides that gives both sides a reason to carry on fighting as well as it does a reason to try to step back israel's military says it carried out an attack specifically against a hamas commander on sunday is believed to have made up made a bid could read died in an airstrike on his car israel says he was responsible for transferring funds from iran to groups in gaza. iran is vying to bypass u.s. sanctions on his major oil customers by using the so-called gray market illegal but unofficial way