looking over gaza as the rockets were shot out into ashkelon where clarissa is. we heard the explosions and the blasts there. was that from the sky? can you dedistinguish between the intercepts or whether there was impact from the last barrage on the ground? >> yeah, you can usually, you can usually distinguish because it is intensive and the most int intensive. we don't know where they hit with the exception of that one location where it appears that one of the rockets hit. again, we don't know exactly what was there, but we have been going out every day now and seeing the impact and effect that some of these rockets have, and they destroy cars. they destroy homes. they leave crates in therrs on streets and of course, a powerful psyche on the people. i think that i am hearing a drone. and again, drones are common at the moment for obvious reasons. we heard some jets before as well, and we had been hearing pretty much constant jet activity yesterday, but more so even the day before. it is this day before. it is this utterly discombobulating sense of the people wh

but yes, a very tense night here in ashkelon. particularly, for ordinary resident who is have absolutely become used to coming under rocket attack, but have probably not experienced anything like the intensity of the last few hours. >> just to follow up on that. you're in a border town or at least near the border, so as you mentioned, it is not out of the ordinary for people of ashkelon to maybe feel under threat. this is obviously quite different, and as you mentioned, it is something that hamas warned was going to happen. what does it feel like given that sort of context of what -- you're not usually there, but you have been talking to a lot of residents there. >> i think it feels like a different ball game. when you talk to people, as you mentioned, they have experienced rocket fire before. every floor of this hotel has shelter on it. every person, more or less, has a shelter either in their home or near their home. this is part of the fabric of daily life here. however, the intensity of the last few days is something that the

that is a picture from ashkelon.ou saw this as the iron dome has taken out some of the rocket fire that's been coming over, but we also did see what appeared to be a hit. you see the black smoke there under all of those rockets. i do want to ask you sort of a two-pronged question. is it surprising how many rockets that hamas has amassed? they have sent over thousands of rockets. and this is unusual in this short amount of time. and secondly, what in god's name is hamas' end game in all of this? >> the short answer to your first question is, yes, it's surprising even to israeli intelligence and certainly to the united states as well. this is one of the issues that maybe nobody wants to talk about too much right now, but the israeli people are talking about it. they are on social media, they are very, very upset at a catastrophic intelligence failure that is has cost them so much life and the catastrophic inability to reach their needs right now. i have spoken to former government officials, former foreign min sters, t

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just is up-to-date with the latest in the ashkelon area.— ashkelon area.t half hour, we ashkelon area. just in the last half hour. we have _ ashkelon area. just in the last half hour, we have had _ ashkelon area. just in the last half hour, we have had a _ ashkelon area. just in the last half hour, we have had a fairly - ashkelon area. just in the last half| hour, we have had a fairly constant barrage of rockets being fired out of gaza. well we are speaking, if you see points of light in the sky behind me, that is israel's iron dome missile defence system and you see the rockets, come in, you see them, they look like small circles of light rising into the air and when they intercept, there is a puff of grey smoke and a loud bang to make people on the ground jump. we have seen that for the last 30 or a0 minutes, notjust here around ashkelon in southern israel, but different points around the gaza strip. there is still clearly a lot of activity going on in this area. as we were driving toward ashkelon, we saw a group of three or four israeli army vehicles, p

a hospital has been hit in ashkelon.e of smoke in the air in ashkelon outside that hospital, i think i am being told. this is the scene outside the hospital right now. we are also being told there are no casualties but rocket fire from hamas has hit at this hospital in ashkelon. let's show you the live page that is up and running at the moment where you can see pictures, people running from rocket fire in ashkelon too. 0ur chief international correspondent lyse doucet is there and has described how distressing it is for so many people there. the other line i can bring you... is the united nations is telling us... i am actuallyjust united nations is telling us... i am actually just looking united nations is telling us... i am actuallyjust looking here to bring you this line. that nine other staff have been killed since the 7th of october in shelling by israel, nine staff members of the un have been killed in gaza. may all of our colleagues rest in peace, our condolences to their families. that is the latest from the un, n

time five o'clock, there was a rain of rockets into ashkelon.eporting on them earlier in the programme, and israel's retaliation, last night was reported as the night of the most intense aerial bombardment of gaza, and now as the night draws in, it looks like it will be another night the same, last night israel said it hit 2400 the same, last night israel said it hit 21100 hamas targets, we note that they have said prime minister netanyahu has said they will hit everything to do with hamas, they want to try to degrade or destroy all of their infrastructure. we, our viewers will have seen the comments by our reporter in gaza, he has been there for 20 years, reporting from gaza, so that means he is reported on a lot of wars and he said last night was the most frightening night that he and his family, the families living in their building, had ever lived through.— lived through. yes, it was a really ura - hic lived through. yes, it was a really graphic account _ lived through. yes, it was a really graphic account he _ lived through. yes, it was a r

from ashkelon, we understand — what are you hearing?ashkelon, we understand the _ what are you hearing? from ashkelon, we understand the building, _ what are you hearing? from ashkelon, we understand the building, the - we understand the building, the medical centre, it's where i was on sunday, was hit directly by a rocket. certainly when i was there, there was intense rocket fire and we have seen that continuing through the day. many of the rockets being intercepted by israel�* iron dome defence system but this is just another reminder that some of these rockets do get through, they do hit homes and other buildings, like this hospital. it is a hospital that treated hundreds of people who had been injured in those surprise attacks by hamas on saturday and had been really overwhelmed by that. i was speaking to the director of the hospital. it has had another hit, it had won not long before i had arrived there. again, that had caused damage and had people rushing off to shelters but it hadn�*t caused any deaths or serious injuries. just a

so that is ashkelon , a little bit of it ashkelon, a little bit of it anyway.o target. and i think we can see see the traces there, can't we, of some fire which may have been intercepted by israel's iron dome. there is some smoke billowing in the background there . hamas have background there. hamas have said that they are going to kill one captive for every palestine home bombed without warning. and the latest reports on the death toll from the hamas attacks in israel has reached 1000 people. and the israeli retaliation has claimed the lives of almost 700 palestinians. so that is the footage there of ashkelon , which footage there of ashkelon, which we are expecting really is going to come under serious increased fire in the coming hours. we will bring all of that to you, as much of it as we can take anyway . i as much of it as we can take anyway. i think i'm just going to move on slightly now from what we can see here in ashkelon and we'll be going back to charlie peters at some point throughout the course of this show. very concerning situations, a massive e

many people have left ashkelon and gone into the military or taken other precautions. the city is still inhabited, not a mass exodus. we did not see people leaving in panic. the -- one of the aspects of this story and this is a long story, we're talking about the war between hamas and israel as if it has never happened. there have been wars here before, and generally they have been rocket wars. and that is something this country is deeply prepared for. we just saw it ourselves. hamas fired rockets. the rockets generally were stopped. two years ago there was a another exchange like this, and hamas fired thousands of rockets into israel and two years ago, the israeli iron dome system stopped almost all of them. that's why i think hamas changed tactics this time, they trained, they prepared, they put out training videos, and decided that the rockets are not that effective because the israeli missile defense systems are so precise and so plentiful, so they changed strategies and breached the fence and carried out boots on the ground murderous assaults. >> yeah. >> we're he

today that it will attack ashkelon. later, there were explosions and there were reports of injuries. ashkalo was under attack before, what happened there the day before, bbc correspondent anna foster will tell. just at this moment overhead massive fire we took cover it's actually a memorial building as you can see we're all here nick he's got our camera yeah we 're about to go we're ducking when the siren started i was talking to the hil. he was at a music festival where more than 260 people were killed in a hamas attack on saturday. a shrapnel hit his head, he was lucky to survive. the bullet passed through here and exited here. there was a situation, fight or flight, you have to react very quickly, otherwise - death. it is not surprising that 260 people died, maybe even more. the people who live here have a well-known sense of fear, gilad and his mother didn't need words, we headed to where the smoke was, we think that's where one of the rockets hit, oh yeah, look here, on the ground, in this in the lower part of the

that was anna foster in ashkelon. _ here are some pictures that have come through from ashkelon.itnessed in that town close to the gaza border. we can see the military and the teams working to try and sort out the issues, the mess and the destruction caused by those rockets that have been fired from gaza by hamas militants. ashkelon is so close to gaza it is often the target of these type of attacks. this is the jabalia refugee camp. it houses many thousands of people and it is three kilometres to the north of the gaza strip and it was hit by israeli missiles yesterday i believe. you can see there the sheer destruction that has been caused by those missiles. butter burnt out cars and buildings destroyed. it is important to show you some of these pictures, because you see pictures of skyline and let's show you the skyline of gaza. sometimes you can see pictures of skylines and they don't feel, you can't see what actually is happening you know? well, you can here. this is the latest pictures coming from gaza. you can see buildings that have been gutted. yesterday we were showing yo

quinto dÍa de la guerra entre israel y hamas, tenemos cobertura en equipo con enrique acevedo desde ashkelonen jerusalÉn y con nosotros desde tel aviv. israel recrudece la ofensiva contra gaza atacando blancos avales usados por hamas, mientras miles de soldados espera la orden para entrar al Área enemiga. confirma la muerte de bebÉs y niÑos en el sur de israel, el primer ministro netanyahu anuncia la formaciÓn de un gobierno de unidad nacional. a cada paso los bombardeos ponen a prueba la resistencia de los civiles. >> ¡no es una guerra, es una masacre! jorge: la franja de gaza quedÓ en tinieblas, no hay combustible para la Única central elÉctrica ni para generadores de hospitales, complicando la atenciÓn de los miles de heridos. se multiplican las estremecedoras escenas de los sobrevivientes del horror, un padre trata de darle valor a sus hijas cubiertas de polvo diciÉndoles, no se asusten. hay por lo menos 22 estadounidenses muertos en esta guerra. >> este es noticiero univisiÓn con ilia calderÓn y jorge ramos. jorge: estamos transmitiendo en vivo desde tel aviv, estÁ creciendo la atenciÓn

. —— we will also be in ashkelon. the situation for the more than 100 israelis kidnapped in the attacks — most of whom have been taken into gaza. our first report tonight comes from jonathan beale, in ashkelon, on israel's response. and we should warn you that you may find some of the images in his report distressing. israel's military operation to eliminate the threat inside its own territory still isn't over. this afternoon, near the border with gaza, more israeli troops are being sent in to clear out pockets of hamas fighters. their surprise attack that shattered any image of israel's invincibility. up any image of israel's invincibility. up to 8,000 palestinian militants broke through the fences and barriers supposed to contain them. on this road, evidence that many have now been killed. but three days on and some are still fighting. this road is littered with the bodies of hamas fighters and burnt out, smashed up vehicles like this that they were using when they infiltrated across the border. you can hear gunfire

jeremy bowen, bbc news, ashkelon.gaza itself, our bbc teams are reporting that power cuts and infrastructure damage have severely impacted the area. even still, our teams have been able to get some of their reporting out to us. bbcjournalist rushdi abualouf has this update from inside a building on the gaza strip. this is by far the biggest ever israeli air strikes in gaza, in this scale, in this intensity. this is the biggest. in this building, it's a seven—storey building where, like, 20 to 30 families, they live in this building. i could hear the screaming of the kids, they were shouting. in the background, if you can see, it's totally black. most of the electricity supplies in gaza are not functioning, internet is down in every corner of this city. because many of the buildings that housing internet providing company and today they destroyed the headquarter of the palestinian telecommunications company, causing the problem to be bigger and the internet to be down in more areas. talking about the humanitarian situa

people in the port town of ashkelon were warned to leave. there have been some heavy explosions, as well as explosions by the israeli air defence system, iron dome. a few minutes ago, i could smell explosive wafting through the windows. israel's death toll since saturday passes 1,000, as soldiers reach the dead in southern communities. gaza is still under constant bombardment, as the health ministry says 830 palestinianians have been killed since saturday. more than 4,000 have been injured. hamas says it'll kill hostages if air strikes are launched without warning, and refuse to negotiate about their release. in all honesty i try not to imagine because — in all honesty i try not to imagine because it's too difficult and these are the _ because it's too difficult and these are the times where i break and i don't _ are the times where i break and i don't want — are the times where i break and i don't want to break right now because _ don't want to break right now because i_ don't want to break right now because i want to keep pushing for the r

clarissa ward is in ashkelon, a few miles north of the boarder. where you are, you could see them pommeling with rockets and it was so close it damaged your car. >> that is right, jake. we had seen on hamas's telegram channel that they were warning people to leave the city by 5:00 p.m. we got here just about five minutes before that and right at the top of the hour a relentless bombardment began. that basically continued on and off for several hours. at a certain point i think we lost count of the number of times that the sirens went off, you would hear the missiles and you could hear, of course, the iron dome intercepting the vast majority of those missiles. it is always very difficult to get a precise sense of how many are intercepted versus how many make landfall. but there seems to be a consensus here at least that while the residents of ashkelon are no strangers to rocket fire, while they have shelters on every floor of every hotel and public buildings, they haven't really seen anything on the scale of this kind of a sustained bombardment. so

as you can see in ashkelon, israel.ut, the emt going to save lives even after what she has endured and taken the time and agony to share with all of us. our coverage continues in just a moment. >>> 20 days later and there's no end in sight for house republicans' quest to find a new speaker. moments ago, i spoke to one of the eight gop lawmakers who voted to remove kevin mccarthy as speaker and he said he has zero regrets. >> the trouble is we followed the rules. the rules that kevin mccarthy voted on, that were voted on unanimously by our conference. we followed them to a t. if they didn't like those rules, they shouldn't have put them in place. >> joining us, and political commentator and republican strategist, anna navarro. let me start with you. no regrets but no plan for a new speaker right now. >> when i look at the news, i really feel like a level of motional and political schizophrenia. right? it's so ridiculous to be on the one-minute listening to heroic israelis who had to confront terrorists, people who are ha

camino a ashkelon, en el sur de israel, en frontera con gaza, nos encontramos con docenas de misilesn en tierra. hoy es un dÍa de muchos misiles que estÁn cayendo en ashkelon, como vemos al fondo hay humareda de una de las explosiones y una operaciÓn militar del ejÉrcito israelÍ, este es el dÍa que muchos en israel estaban temiendo, y desafortunadamente estÁ ocurriendo. en el hospital de ashkelon nos encontramos con el doctor claudio cristal, un anestesiÓlogo argentino, pero poco despuÉs del inicio de la entrevista sonÓ la alarma por la llegada de otros cohetes de hamas. esta es la nueva normalidad en un paÍs en guerra, pero para nadie es fÁcil. >> vaqueros se parte de las o mÁs que van —— bombas que van a escuchar. jorge: asÍ quedÓ uno de los pasillo de este hospital, y antes de otra entrevista volviÓ a sonarla alarma de misiles. despuÉs de que regresara la calma, al menos por unos minutos, conocÍ a un argentino al que el sÁbado pasado le secuestraron a dos de sus hijos. >> entraron las personas de camas, hicieron una masacre, del kabuts falta mucha gente. jorge: espero verlo muy pr

>> we from ashkelon, and we are here because of the bomb. >> reporter: yes, ashkelon is closer to the> yes, and the children are crying and they don't sleep at night, and it is a lot of afraid, the child. >> reporter: and so you came here looking for more safety, and -- >> and they gave us five days to be here. >> reporter: for free? >> yes, a good man. a good man. yes. >> reporter: do you feel safer here? >> yes, the children, they feel safer, but when they are, the noise. >> reporter: they get afraid. yes. and so you can hear that father trying to bring the family closer to safety, and the children in ashkelon not able to sleep when they heard the booms overhead, but when they moved to the city ashdod, they have not been able to escape the situation. and as much as we talk about iz raly families, i wanted to talk about what is happening in gaza as well, because there are images of children terrified by the bombs falling overhead, and of course, one reality is that does not exist in gaza that exists here, gaza does not have the same kind of bomb shelters, and they do not have the iro

anna foster, bbc news, ashkelon.uneral of a british man who was killed on saturday while serving in the israeli military 20—year—old nathanel young, who moved to israel two years ago, died during the attack on the gaza border. from the funeral service, our correspondent nick beake sent this report. nathanel young's coffin was carried to mount herzl, israel's national cemetery, where they grieved a londoner who'd become one of their own. his family said it had always been his dream to be a frontline israeli soldier. more than 1,000 mourners turned out. despite pleas to stay away, so the funeral itself would not be a target. nathanel young's sister started to pay tribute to him. throughout the last 20 precious years, i've watched nathanel grow up from a cheeky little boy to a strong, brave, kind national hero. but then, as she continued... air raid siren. the solemnity was shattered. they took cover between gravestones and under trees, as explosions rang out. some began reciting prayers. before the alarm fell silent. w

we are seeing pictures of ashkelon in the - pictures of ashkelon in the aftermath of the rockets hittingurther attacks? certainly they say they are still in gun battles going on. small pockets where there are armed palestinians, somehow remarkably still holding out. we passed on the way here places like sderot, the road is closed off as the israeli military is going through trying to check and clear outbuildings that they were not militants hiding among homes so can go back into their homes. many areas close to the gaza strip have been evacuated. it looks like the israeli military is preparing for a possible ground operation going into the gaza strip. that's from past experience. but really this remains a very fluid and very dangerous situation, it feels.— situation, it feels. what is the feelin: situation, it feels. what is the feeling you — situation, it feels. what is the feeling you get _ situation, it feels. what is the feeling you get now _ situation, it feels. what is the feeling you get now about - situation, it feels. what is the - feeling you get now about timings? because of c

the israeli city of ashkelon... explosion. ..has been hit by a stream of rockets overnight.ercepted mid—flight by air defences. they'd been fired from inside gaza, a few miles to the south. nearby, israeli forces have been seizing back control and moving into communities that hamas had attacked. this is kfar aza, where soldiers say they've uncovered atrocities — including the murder of mothers and their children. they have justjihad machine to kill everybody. without weapons, without nothing. just normal citizens that want to take their breakfast, and that's all. and they kill them. it's aggressive thing to see, it's very difficult to see it. but we must remember who is the enemy, and what our mission. our mission is thejustice — we're in the right side and all the world needs to be behind us. israel says those who did this will pay the heaviest price. and this is their latest response. the bombardment of gaza continues, israeli strikes hitting palestinian communities. israel's military released this footage showing its operations. it says it's targeting hamas fighters. hund

a hamas rocket beat ashkelon�*s defences in the last hours before the israeli offensive..in the dark night over gaza, israel is sending in wave after wave of strikes by heavy artillery and aircraft. jeremy bowen, bbc news, jerusalem. might there be any link between this intensification with israel and the ongoing negotiations on the hostages held by hamas. my ongoing negotiations on the hostages held by hame— held by hamas. my information is the are held by hamas. my information is they are not _ held by hamas. my information is they are not ongoing _ held by hamas. my information is they are not ongoing any - held by hamas. my information is they are not ongoing any more, i held by hamas. my information is - they are not ongoing any more, these negotiations. the qataris had been acting as an intermediary between israel and hamas and egypt has been helping out as well, and we were getting information actually earlier in the day that things were moving in the day that things were moving in those talks, they were hoping they might get a positive result, some kind of hostage

anna foster, bbc news, ashkelon.of a british man who was killed on saturday while serving in the israeli military was interrupted by a nearby missile attack. 20 year old nathanel young, who moved to israel two years ago, died during the attack on the gaza border. from the funeral service, our correspondent nick nathanel young's coffin was carried to mount herzl, israel's national cemetery, where they grieved a londoner who'd become one of their own. his family said it had always been his dream to be a frontline israeli soldier. more than 1,000 mourners turned out. despite pleas to stay away, so the funeral itself would not be a target. nathanel young's sister started to pay tribute to him. throughout the last 20 precious years, i've watched nathanel grow up from a cheeky little boy to a strong, brave, kind national hero. but then, as she continued... air raid siren. the solemnity was shattered. they took cover between gravestones and under trees, as explosions rang out. some began reciting prayers. before the alarm f

jeremy diamond is there in ashkelon. tell us what the last couple of minutes have been like. >> reporter: well, not only have we been hearing these really loud thuds, the sound of outgoing artillery fire, but also, of course, bombs being dropped on gaza which can sometimes are so loud that they shake the windows and the walls of this hotel where we're staying in ashkelon. which we're ten kilometers away from the border with gaza. what we are also hearing which is interesting, anderson, is we're hearing a lot of helicopters which is the kind of activity that we have not heard over the last several weeks. we've been hearing the bombardments, feeling them. but what we haven't been hearing is helicopters that have been constantly buzzing overhead in the area over the last couple of hours. so that's just an interesting data point here as we try and figure out exactly what this expansion of ground operations by the idf announced this evening actually is. we know that israeli military and political officials have been telegraph

tell us, you're in ashkelon, the military build-upl in ashkelon, the military build—up presumably there the ground offensive. have you got any sense, just tell us what you're saying, what you're hearing where you are. saying, what you're hearing where ou are. ~ �* , saying, what you're hearing where ou are. ~ 3 . saying, what you're hearing where ouare.~ h ., saying, what you're hearing where ou are. ~ 2 ., ., saying, what you're hearing where ouare., h . ., , you are. well it's a day ten of this war, ten you are. well it's a day ten of this war. ten days _ you are. well it's a day ten of this war, ten days since _ you are. well it's a day ten of this war, ten days since the _ you are. well it's a day ten of this| war, ten days since the massacres committed by hamas in southern israel. we've seen with every day is really forces racing down to the border, the artillery, the armour, they are now in a zone of closed military zone which we are not allowed to enter, but throughout today we moved around southern israel including to sea route which is less than a mile from the border. there is

ashkelon is so close to gaza that there is no more than a ten—second warning.ael is moving in more fire power. the next stage of the offensive against hamas looks certain to be a ground offensive, much bigger than other incursions since hamas took over in gaza in 2007. lines of cars outside a military base on the road to gaza were parked by reservists as they reported for duty, getting ready, saying their goodbyes. parents came to the base for a few minutes with their sons. we are praying and hope for the best. amidst tough times now. and we are telling him to try and concentrate on his mission, without thinking too much about other friends that got injured or killed. israel's prime minister benjamin netanyahu broadcast to his nation. translation: he said - hamas has made a mistake of historic proportions. "we will," he said, "be exacting a price that we be "remembered by them and other enemies for decades." and now israelis are waiting for the government and army to act. sderot, the israeli town close to gaza littered with the debut with the debris of war felt

we just arrived here from ashkelon. we were in a bunker in the city, an air raid shelter watching the hamas rockets come in. there were lots of them. almost all of them were shot down by the iron dome system. but it's a full-on war. this is day four, the end of day four now, of a conflict that could go on for months. it's really hard to tell because it has this different factor right now. this unique, terrible factor of the hostages who are in gaza. >> absolutely. richard engel, thanks again for all your experience in that region and elsewhere. we really appreciate it. >>> i want to bring in ambassador regev, israeli ambassador, experienced diplomat, currently i believe advising the government. thank you very much for being with us. our hearts are with the israeli people, with all of the victims of this terrible war, a war not of their choosing. we heard from american citizens in israel today pleading with both the u.s. and israel, with the two governments to try to rescue their family members. to get them home safely i

earlier we spoke to our correspondent anna foster, who is there in ashkelon.n to what she said, this is the live picture of what is happening in ashkelon but let's listen to what she to say. the explosions — let's listen to what she to say. the explosions have _ let's listen to what she to say. tue: explosions have been let's listen to what she to say. tte: explosions have been happening all through yesterday and through the night, the missiles fired mainly interacted by a system which captures them in the sky and explode them before they hit the ground. it has a success rate of more than 90% but doesn't catch every missile, and this apartment block in ashkelon was hit in the early hours of this morning, a direct hit into the ground floor of the apartment block. you can see people's belongings, children's toys, furniture, everything just scattered here as people were trying to escape this morning. i have been talking to a woman who lives right above on the next floor and she was describing her actually when this happened, she and her husband were trying to get

you are in ashkelon, the military build _ territory.re in ashkelon, the military build up _ territory. you are in ashkelon, the military build up presumably - territory. you are in ashkelon, the military build up presumably they| military build up presumably they continues. have you got any sense of what you're hearing? this continues. have you got any sense of what you're hearing?— what you're hearing? this is day ten of this war- — what you're hearing? this is day ten of this war. ten _ what you're hearing? this is day ten of this war. ten days _ what you're hearing? this is day ten of this war. ten days since - what you're hearing? this is day ten of this war. ten days since the - of this war. ten days since the massacres committed by hamas in southern israel. we have seen with every day the israeli forces racing down to the border, the artillery and they are now in a closed military zone that we are not allowed to enter. throughout today we moved around the —— in southern israel which is less than a mile than the gaza border. there

this is all happening around ashkelon, one of the southern israeli border communities.t is very close to gaza, which is why you can see this happening here, buti gaza, which is why you can see this happening here, but i also want to show you some pictures that i filmed a bit earlier this morning in the centre of ashkelon. people who live here are used to missile attacks, they happen regularly, but we just finished an interview and literally as it stopped we heard the sirens go and you can see the pictures here, we had to take immediate cover. it is important to say that this is something that people in the southern israeli communities, something that happens to them often and they know what to do when this happens. and they know what to do when this ha ens. ,, �* ~ ,, and they know what to do when this happens-_ you - and they know what to do when this j happens._ you might happens. siren blares. you might notice this was _ happens. siren blares. you might notice this was literally _ happens. siren blares. you might notice this was literally me - happens. siren blares.

we have seen a rocket attack in ashkelon. you have seen israeli air strikes on some of this area where israel told people in gaza to move to. what are the possible targets here for israel given that this is where they told civilians to go? >> that's coming from intelligence sources that show hamas troops are retreating as well. i think that's the only reason why they would shoot in that area. they have left the supply route, this area for civilians to go. they are doing everything they can to make sure civilians have a way to get out. >> if you are hamas, you know civilians are being told to move there. >> you are trying to stay alive at this point. trying to figure out -- they know -- we expect that hamas has defensive positions in these locations that are known crossing points that the israeli idf has to take. there's a hard border there. they can't destroy a border for any element of surprise. there's known locations they have to cross. >> great to have you here. thank you. this is the no-go zone. this is where the israeli

but let's go to raf sanchez in ashkelon. raf, what's the latest?er: jose, as you can probably see, we're inside the air raid shelter now. you may be able to hear the booms overhead. and this is part of what has been just the relentless, relentless barrage. you can see here in here with a total stranger. do you want to come further in? come further in. jose, we basically are inside of a large freight container size bunker. there is reinforced concrete here. and this is one of these just a real experience of this war, we're in here now with total strangers, people we don't know, people we may never see again, but there is a weird intimacy, that we're all in this together, as these rockets boom overhead. as the israel iron dome interceptors bring them down. the sirens have stopped now. but it's not a great idea to run out of here immediately, because for minutes after these rocket strikes, shrapnel can be falling from the sky. shrapnel from both the rockets and from the missile interceptors. and what you don't want to do is be walking around as that m

i saw those images of rockets going up in ashkelon. rockets will have been intercepted by iron dome, but i've heard that some have landed in and around ashkelon. hamas has fired thousands of rockets already and it doesn't look at the moment like it is running out. i should also say we have heard from hamas this morning that 13 hostages have been killed in israeli air strikes. they are saying to palestinians, stay put, don't move, so the civilians in gaza are trapped between the israelis on the one hand saying move, we are going to carry out this huge operation. we believe what the israelis have said in the way they have acted in the past, when they give these warnings they then moved in and they do flatten whole neighbourhoods, so the people in gaza are stuck between israel telling them to move and hamas telling them to stay put. you know gaza well. _ hamas telling them to stay put. you know gaza well. for those that don't come talk about there being almost two levels, civilians on top but intersected underneath by tunnels used by hama

there were four hamas militants detained outside of ashkelon this morning. we've actually moved, anderson and we are close to sderot where we are a few miles away from the gaza border and you may hear some of the explosions in gaza happening behind me. i'm in a field of bright lights and these are ambulances and this is a volunteer medical corps that are here set up in this field and they've been dealing with all of the victims of the terrorists of the hamas attacks over the last couple of days. there's more work going on down here. a lot of lights and a lot of medics in that area, but let me introduce you to dr. gensler. >> hi. thank you for joining us. >> my pleasure. >> tell us, what are you doing here and what have you been seeing? you've been working nonstop since this began? >> so yesterday we came down to the area of sderot. there was not a lot of information about what was going on and basically you just encountered carnage as soon as we got down here and we started treating nonstop injured people. initially when we got here we came to this staging p

buildings set on fire here in ashkelon.e been injured. palestinian gunmen have also managed to cross into israel itself, taking advantage of the chaos. these pictures supplied by hamas do appear to show breaches in the barbed wire. the young man we were speaking to said he has never seen pictures quite like this, social media pictures, of people who were then able to get through the security barrier. we're also hearing of israeli tanks and personnel being captured in gaza. these pictures appear to show a captured tank being clambered over by palestinians. we continue to get a lot of reaction from right around the world. we have a statement from former president donald trump, who says, "these attacks are a disgrace, these hamas attacks, and isabel has every right to defend itself with overwhelming force. sadly, american tax $12 help fund these attacks which many reports say come from the biden administration —— american taxpayers dollars. biden has whittled it away at a far more rapid pace than anyone thought was possible. h

this is the ninth rocket in the last hour that has been fired in this area of ashkelon.of those, the vast majority we've seen appear to have been intercepted, but there were two that happened about 30 to 45 minutes, we couldn't see what happened with them. since these rockets started firing again in the last hour, we have seen a number of ambulances driving through this area. we were planning and headed further south to the city of mordahi, we didn't make it to where we were going. we were stopped at an israeli check point where there were a number of idf military members. we were headed further south trying to get closer to the gaza border to see what a potential troop buildup along that northern border might look like. the city is about two miles from the northern border with gaza. we were stopped. we were told we could not pass and that we could not film anything from that point on of the israeli military, of troops or anything else that we saw. but before we got to that check point through some of the trees on the highway, we could see a section of what appeared to b

anna foster, bbc news, ashkelon.ccount of what the situation on the ground is. joining us now on the line from gaza is dr khamis elessi, he's a neurorehabilitation and pain medicine consultant based in gaza. joining us on the phone now. thank you for making time to talk to us. first of all, i hope you are in a safe space. describe to us where you are. doctor, are you able to hear me we could hear you a short while ago. oh dear. well we did try. unfortunately, we have not been able to reach doctor. social media has shown dozens of party goers trying to flee a music festival as gunmen entered the site near gaza, before people were taken hostage. gunshots were heard at the event near kibbutz re'im. yolande knell has the latest. the israeli dance festival that turned into the site of a massacre. as many as 260 people were killed here, in the fields by gaza. others were taken. this footage shows a hamas gunman who appears to be leading away a hostage. palestinian militants say they've seized 100 soldiers and civilians. fo

oleksandr, irina sampan is on the phone now, this is my colleague, she is in ashkelon, in israel, irina, good evening. good evening, but please tell me what the situation is in israel now, especially against the background of what happened yesterday, and this rocket that flew into a civilian hospital, in the gas sector, what, what. what is happening in the territory of israel, in particular vashkilon, is there shelling, does hamas continue to shell the territory of israel, are rockets coming from the north, from hezbollah, that is, what is the general situation in city? well, first of all, what's more, this explosion took place at the hospital, i was then in zderot, this city is even closer to the gas sector, to the cordo. with the gas sector, and i thought that the night would be hot, to be honest, after that, but in fact, nothing happened, there were shellings and it was very loud, but there was no such massive rocket shelling, but somewhere in a day in such in the south, in the front-line cities, shelling occurs quite often, and these are rocket shells, also if closer... to the front

jeremy diamond files this report from ashkelon. >> reporter: this is life in ashkelon. the most fired upon city in israel since hamas launched its first rockets 12 days ago. here, fear still grips some. others carry on, ignoring the sirens. >> translator: when we're outside, we're very careful. when we're inside, god is protecting us. every missile has an address. we don't need to be afraid. >> reporter: in a city where 90% of businesses have closed, this supermarket is a lifeline. >> there's a lot of businesses that are closed. >> they're closed. >> but the supermarket -- >> is working because people have to eat, they have to drink. >> you come once a week or? >> i'm very afraid. if they send now rocket, i must lie on the road and put my hands on my -- >> head. >> reporter: getting to a bomb shelter isn't an option for everyone here, prompting the city to help evacuate thousands. >> we still have around 35,000 people that actually live without shelters. each and every rocket means a direct risk for them. so we are trying to find a solution for them. >> reporter: more t

sirens sound in israel's ashkelon. this video is published by the middle east observer.ponse to shelling of the sector. gaza is responsible for hamas. hundreds of rockets were fired at ashkelon, tel aviv, rishon lezion - writes the times of israel. store shelves were emptied in cities, tsehal advised locals to stock up on food and water for 72 hours. a representative of the addin al-qassam brigades of hamas, under the pseudonym abu obeida , threatens the southern coastal city of ashkelon with a large-scale rocket attack in the coming hours. if the policy of destruction of the civilian population does not stop, the kasama brigades will continue to destroy the city of ashkelon. it will not be destroyed, and then they will move to another city. about a large-scale attack on targets of hamas militants in the gaza strip, the israel defense forces also announced today. tzahal completely controls the areas around gaza. there were no terrorist infiltrations last night. we encountered only those who had already entrenched themselves in the fields among tens of thousands of our so

she was at a hospital in ashkelon earlier which was hit by rocket fire yesterday. erin, what is the situation on the ground like right now in tel aviv? >> reporter: yeah, so there was a warning today about long-range missiles, which obviously would be something that would be seen here, jake, as you know, as a threat to tel aviv or jerusalem. we actually were south along the gaza border when that came in. but you've got these constant rocket attacks coming in on various southern towns and cities. and you know, you talk about the impact on the hospitals. even here on the israeli side, what they did in tel aviv, in ashkelon where we were, you know, yesterday we were sort of caught in the midst of a massive rocket strike. i mean, there were dozens of them. dozens upon dozens coming in. some of them got through. and some of them got through to the city of ashkelon near that gaza border where we were. we went and found where one of the strikes was, an apartment building, and another was at this hospital. and the hospital had been hit. now, the hospital's still functionin

ashkelon is there.where1500, possibly more hamas fighters were able to penetrate was was always regarded as an impenetrable fence, they have a lot more armour here, a lot more troops but it is still porous. they are constantly on the... on the alert. more vehicles are coming by. on the alert for possible infiltration by paragliders. some went into the industrial zone in ashkelon last night and there was an infiltration in this direction, as well. can night and there was an infiltration in this direction, as well.- in this direction, as well. can you cive in this direction, as well. can you give some _ in this direction, as well. can you give some indication _ in this direction, as well. can you give some indication of _ in this direction, as well. can you give some indication of the i in this direction, as well. can you give some indication of the level| in this direction, as well. can you i give some indication of the level of tension? 9, , give some indication of the level of tension? ., , ., , ., ten

let's get more from our correspondent anna foster who is in ashkelon.ge, the sounds of explosions in the sky here over ashkelon in southern israel. this is something that has been happening all through yesterday, through the night as well. these missiles that are being fired in large numbers from gaza, mainly being intercepted by israel's iron dome system, which catches them in the sky and actually explodes those missiles before it hits the ground. it has a success rate of more than 90%, but it doesn't catch every missile. and this apartment block in ashkelon, as you can see, was hit in the early hours of this morning, a direct hit right into the ground floor of the apartment block. you can see people's belongings, the children's toys, furniture, everything just scattered here as people were trying to escape. this morning, i'vejust been talking to a woman who lives right above there in the next floor, and she was describing how actually when this happened, she and her husband were trying to get out, but the front door was stuck and she was trying to pul

jeremy bowenjoins me now from the city of ashkelon in southern israel.ering, are we getting any closer to what looks like a ground offensive, in your estimation? mt; looks like a ground offensive, in your estimation?— looks like a ground offensive, in your estimation? looks like a ground offensive, in our estimation? g , , , ., your estimation? my guess is that we are, and your estimation? my guess is that we are. and what — your estimation? my guess is that we are, and what am _ your estimation? my guess is that we are, and what am i _ your estimation? my guess is that we are, and what am i basing _ your estimation? my guess is that we are, and what am i basing that - your estimation? my guess is that we are, and what am i basing that on? . are, and what am i basing that on? first of all, the maximal goals that prime minister netanyahu has set. what he said is that not only must israel make hamas pay a terrible price for what happened, he also said that he wants to change the power equation in gaza and to send a lesson to israel's enemies that will last

jeremy bowen, bbc news, ashkelon.spoke with jeremy bowen on his reporting, from southern israel. i asked about the skill of the crisis for the middle east and what the significance would be for the region. what the significance would be forthe region. —— what the significance would be for the region. —— scale. the for the region. -- scale. the significance _ for the region. -- scale. the significance is _ for the region. -- scale. the significance is that _ for the region. -- scale. the significance is that her - forthe region. —— scale. tue: significance is that her mass as inflicted a grievous blow on israel. —— hamas. israel is in the process of inflicting a series of massive blows against the palestinians in gaza and in abroad because this evening, benjamin netanyahu, the prime minister, said they hadn't reached full intensity on that and they would do things that would essentially deter their enemies for generations. there are also concerns, of course, that the scale of what is happening could lead to wider troub

. >>> in another part of the region, the israeli city of ashkelon is believed to be the most heavilybarded in the jewish state. in the south of tel aviv but just north of gaza. as we hear from jeremy diamond, living your life under rocket fire can leave your nerves raw, even when running mundane errands. >> go inside. >> reporter: this is life in ashkelon. the most fired upon city in israel since ha mmas launched i first rockets 12 days ago. here, fear still grips some. others carry on, ignoring the sirens' wails. >> translator: when we're outside, we're very careful. and when we're inside, god is protecting us. every missile has an address. we don't need to be afraid. >> reporter: in a city where 90% of businesses have closed, this supermarket is a lifeline. >> there's a lot of businesses that are closed. >> they're closed. it's working because people have to eat. they have to drink. >> you come, what, once a week? >> once a week, and very afraid. if they send now rocket, i must lie on the road and to put my hands on my -- >> head? >> reporter: getting to a bomb shelter isn't an opt

. >> hamas fired more than 1,000 rockets in ashkelon.emy diamond shows us how people are dealing with this constant danger. >> reporter: this is life in ashkelon. it the most fired upon city in israel since hamas launched the first rockets 12 days ago. here fear still grips some. others carry on. ignoring the sirens' wails. >> when we are outside, we are very careful. when we are inside, god is protecting us. every missile has an address. you don't need to be afraid. >> reporter: in a city where 90% of businesses have closed, this supermarket is a lifeline. >> there is a lot of businesses that are closed. >> they are closed. >> reporter: the supermarket? >> it's working because people have to eat. they have to drink. >> reporter: you come once week? >> once a week. and i am very afraid. if they send now rocket, i must lie on the road and to put my hands on my -- >> reporter: getting to a bomb shelter isn't an option for everyone here. prompting the city to help evacuate thousands. >> we still have around 35,000 people that actually livin

monday 9th october, israeli towns like ashkelon are still under attack.arrage going on overhead just at the moment. we have taken cover. this is actually a memorial building. you can see we are all here. there is nick — he has our camera. yes, we're going to move. get down. we heard them all around us, but they didn't know we were there. when the siren started, i was talking to gilad. he had been at the music festival where more than 250 people were massacred as hamas launched its attack on saturday morning. shrapnel tore past his head. he was lucky to survive. the bullet went through here and here. yes, you can see it went in and out. yes, you've got a fight—or—flight situation. you need to react very fast, or that means you are dead. it is certain death. it's no wonder 250 people, 260 people died — and even more, i still don't know the body count. people living in ashkelon know these moments of fear well. gilad and his mother didn't need words. we followed the smoke. we think this is where one of the missiles hit. yes, look, here on the ground. in this