in sight it is currently around 2 pm there and through the night and into the morning israel has hamad gaza with a strikes as rockets streamed out of the besieged palestinian territory to happen international calls for deescalation those continue to go ahead so far 44 palestinians have been killed. well earlier the israeli army launched what it described as its biggest air strike so far on the gaza strip destroying police headquarters and government buildings israel says fighter jets hit targets belonging to hamas and its military wing meanwhile palestinian rockets have also rained down on israeli towns and cities killing at least 5 people more than a 1000 were fired overnight targeting areas is far away as tel of even the north and down to be in the south of the country and street violence has also escalated in the cities with a mixed palestinian and jewish populations the israeli government has declared a state of emergency in the city of lid where around a 3rd of the population of 77000 palestinian israelis a palestinian man was shot dead and a synagogue and dozens of vehicles were set o

among gaza's victims, ii—year—old hussein hamad. why did you kill him?, asks his uncle.ne to make them answer for it, the whole world is watching. israel says hamas is endangering civilians on both sides with its rocket fire. it follows weeks of boiling tensions injerusalem, always at the heart of this conflict. it spilled over at al—aqsa mosque compound, with further confrontation before dawn today. with the fighting reaching a fierce level of intensity tonight, both sides are vowing to continue their attacks. we spoke to tom bateman injerusalem a short time ago — he says there are no signs of the situation de—escalating. well, that's not going to happen anytime soon. and the reason for that is over the last couple of hours a really unprecedented volley of rockets, in terms of its firepower from the gaza strip, deep into the heart of israel reaching come as you said a0 miles north to the mediterranean coast around tel aviv. at least one woman killed in that strike this evening. and air raid sirens which had continued over several minutes creating scenes of panic and str

among gaza's victims, ii—year—old hussein hamad. "why did you kill him?", asks hussein's uncle.and there is no one to make them answer for it, the whole world is watching." israel says hamas is endangering civilians on both sides, with its rocket fire. it follows weeks of boiling tensions injerusalem, always at the heart of this conflict. it spilled over at al—aqsa mosque compound, with further confrontation before dawn today. with the fighting reaching a fierce level of intensity tonight, both sides are vowing to continue their attacks. that is tom bateman. and in the last few hours, prime minister benjamin netanyahu has declared a state of emergency in the central city of lod, as police accused arab residents of waging "wide—scale riots". lod is an ethnically mixed israeli town, less than 30 minutes south of tel aviv. these pictures show some of the damage from clashes on monday night. the city's mayor told local media, "we have lost control of the city and the streets." and in a few minutes we'll be speaking to a palestinian human rights lawyer, zaha hassan. to state with us

among gaza's victims, ii—year—old hussein hamad. "why did you kill him?", asks his uncle.and there is no one to make them answer for it, the whole world is watching." israel says hamas is endangering civilians on both sides, with its rocket fire. it follows weeks of boiling tensions injerusalem, always at the heart of this conflict. it spilled over at al—aqsa mosque compound, with further confrontation before dawn today. with the fighting reaching a fierce level of intensity tonight, both sides are vowing to continue their attacks. that is tom bateman and the indications are that is precisely what is happening. these are life pictures of gaza. reports coming into us of the sounds of explosions the area. it is a fairly picture as to what we are getting at the moment but we wanted to bring that to you and also the news from the bbc producer in gaza who is quoting hamas militants who is quoting hamas militants who say they have fight a hundred rockets into beersheba in the course of the last 20 minutes. the armed wing of hamas say we direct a large missile strikes with a hund

among gaza's victims, ii—year—old hussein hamad. why did you kill him?, asks his uncle.re is no one to make them answer for it, the whole world is watching. israel says hamas is endangering civilians on both sides with its rocket fire. it follows weeks of boiling tensions injerusalem, always at the heart of this conflict. it spilled over at al—aqsa mosque compound, with further confrontation before dawn today. with the fighting reaching a fierce level of intensity tonight, both sides are vowing to continue their attacks. we spoke to tom bateman injerusalem a short time ago — he says there are no signs of the situation de—escalating. well, that's not going to happen anytime soon. and the reason for that is over the last couple of hours a really unprecedented volley of rockets, in terms of its firepower from the gaza strip, deep into the heart of israel reaching come as you said a0 miles north to the mediterranean coast around tel aviv. at least one woman killed in that strike this evening. and air raid sirens which had continued over several minutes creating scenes of pan

among gaza's victims, ii—year—old hussein hamad. "why did you kill him?", asks hussein's uncle. kill and there is no one to make them answer for it, the whole world is watching." israel says hamas is endangering civilians on both sides with its rocket fire. it follows weeks of boiling tensions injerusalem, always at the heart of this conflict. it spilled over at al—aqsa mosque compound, with further confrontation before dawn today. with the fighting reaching a fierce level of intensity tonight, both sides are vowing to continue their attacks. sagi karni is the israel's ambassador to singapore and hejoins me from there now. welcome to the programme. first of all, your reaction to the intensity of the fighting over the last few days? . intensity of the fighting over the last few days?— the last few days? . good morning _ the last few days? . good morning and _ the last few days? . good morning and welcome - the last few days? . good . morning and welcome having the last few days? . good - morning and welcome having me. it is quite a severe situation. 0ur cities are under attack an