i should say that the idf main spokesman is about to start speaking to the media. i'm not sure if he's going to be speaking in english or in hebrew. and so as a result of this spat, it came out that gallant the defense minister effectively said to netanyahu, you are killing the hostages by insisting that in a sit in these ceasefire negotiations with hamas, that israeli stay in control of the border between gaza and egypt. the so-called philadelphi corridor, because you've basically got two choices. either stay in control of the philadelphi corridor, which is a non-starter for hamas or you get the hostages home and gallant saying that look, you have made your choice, netanyahu and he was backed up by the head of the idf or herzi halevi, who said, look, we can leave the philadelphi corridor during this initial six-week pause and then retake it if need be israel feeling strategically that it needs to be in control of that border between egypt and hamas and gaza. or i should say because that is the main conduit underground especially for moms and other supplies to get

you had idf strikes on targets— syria. you had idf strikes on targets inside beirut.uild—up since _ there's been a gradual build—up since january of this year and this— since january of this year and this is— since january of this year and this is sort— since january of this year and this is sort of the combination of it— this is sort of the combination of it all— this is sort of the combination of it all if— this is sort of the combination of it all if you like. coming back— of it all if you like. coming back to _ of it all if you like. coming back to my original point, you have — back to my original point, you have israel that preemptively struck— have israel that preemptively struck hezbollah in the last month, _ struck hezbollah in the last month, yet at the same time, the intelligence seems to let them — the intelligence seems to let them down on october the 7th, 2023, _ them down on october the 7th, 2023, without a primitive stripe _ 2023, without a primitive stripe on what arguably was the werst— stripe on what arguably was the worst strike on israel since the

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there was video released by the idf over the past 24 hours or so. are those reservists getting their equipment? pictures of the training along the border, pictures of the elite 98 parachute division training along the border over the last few days. so that the messaging is this to hezbollah that the idf has ground forces available. i think there'll be reticent to use them, but certainly the imaging and the messaging is for hezbollah that if you stick your head up, then we're going to come for you. just accept the scene right at the border. i was talking to an israeli citizen very, very close to the lebanese border, about 15 what, 20 minutes ago, right at the border. right at the border he told me it's actually quiet the missiles are all going over their heads and from a perspective for those border communities who want to go back home, he said, trust by us, the border communities in the idf to protect us, that. so broken down, he said that has now been restored >> let me ask you about the message. you mentioned the message to hezbollah from israel,

that's where the idf said that it struck residential buildings. that house has blow weapon caches on friday but their residents no longer have a place to live and they camped out on the sidewalks overnight often with little more than the shirts on their backs some of them say they're lucky to be alive we have no, yeah, we are here for now. >> so we don't know maybe he is safe. >> we don't know we are just here, but >> but now israel is claiming they have killed the leader and a speech of the un on friday, israel's prime minister said, his country is only doing what it has to do word war with it, cause bala, which has hijacked your country and threatens to destroy ours as long as his bala chooses the path of war israel has no choice and israel has every right to remove this threat and return our citizens to their home safely. and that's exactly what we're doing and another bashir is monitoring those developments since she joins us from london. so not a more israeli strikes and just in israel claiming that they actually have killed his bull as leade

strikes also. 0ver another of the idf strikes also.r here at this school on the 27th ofjuly where the hamas run health ministry said 30 people died. he eyed bbc verify we are tracking strikes on school sites within gaza as well as the claims and counter claims on school sites within gaza as well as the claims and counter claims about on school sites within gaza as well as the claims and counter claims about those on school sites within gaza as well as the claims and counter claims about those involved. bbc verify. pope francis has ended the second — of his three—day visit to singapore by holding mass at the national stadium. steve lai was there and sent this report. pope francis started off day two of his trip here to singapore at the national university. he sat alongside president tharman shanmugaratnam and discussed issues that are close to his heart. he talked about social cohesion. interfaith dialogue, and he talked about the environment as well. and these are three themes that he carried throughout his trip here to the asia pacifi

they have not posed much of a threat to the idf, _ idf?ot posed much of a threat to the idf, they - of a threat to the idf, they have not learned —— launched an insurgency that like the one that developed in gaza where hamas continues to prop up all over gaza and israelis have not destroyed everything above ground above value and they don't know what to do. and are being sucked into a quagmire of resurgence en counterinsurgency there. there is nothing like that in the west bank. it is a theoretical threat and, of course, they do engage occasionally and armed confrontation or sometimes criminal activity but it is the settlers, really, who have been on a rampage, not the armed palestinian gangs in the inner cities. �* ., , palestinian gangs in the inner cities. �* . , ,, cities. and we have seen the us im osed cities. and we have seen the us imposed sanctions _ cities. and we have seen the us imposed sanctions on _ cities. and we have seen the us imposed sanctions on some - imposed sanctions on some extremist settlers and fighting does conti

they have not posed much of a threat to the idf. l much of a threat to the idf.ot launched an insurgency like the one that has developed in gaza where hamas continues to pop up all over gaza and israel is having destroyed everything above ground of any value now do not know what to do and are being sucked into a quagmire research and counterinsurgency. inaudible in the west bank. it is a theoretical threat and these groups also engage occasionally in armed confrontations or sometimes even criminal activities, but it is really the settlers who have been on a rampage, not the armed palestinian gains in the inner cities. we armed palestinian gains in the inner cities.— inner cities. we have seen the us imposed — inner cities. we have seen the us imposed sanctions - inner cities. we have seen the us imposed sanctions on - inner cities. we have seen the | us imposed sanctions on some extremist settlers. meanwhile fighting continues in gaza and the dispute over the gaza egypt border seems to be a real roadblock to a ceasefire. where do you assess where things stand now

the idf says that he was throwing are preparing to throw explosive devices at the idf who run a counter terrorism operation nearby at the time the idf over the past couple well days have killed ten people in and around the west bank who they say were, were terrorist operatives, palestinian islamic jihad announced five of their operatives were killed in these particular strikes. but when it comes to this unwra worker, the idf is saying that they have looked at their records they believe that he has been connected with terrorist activity in the past. so this is a dispute, if you will, between unwra and the idf geoff, over the nature of what this person who this person was it is not uncommon to see that in gaza, but now we see it as the idf is increasing its military operations in the west bank, stretching into the west bank. and this of course, is a very worrying development for all the un agent says. and civilians inside the west bank. >> yeah, nic, i started off talking about the death of an american activist who was killed death that resonated deeply here in the u.s. what more can you

the idf strikes today we saw many secondary explosions such as this.every secondary explosion, there is a building containing deadly munitions, rockets, missiles, triggering such a reaction like you see here. it is likely that some of the casualties are from the secondary explosions. here you can see a house used by hezbollah to store its weapons. in the footage here following our strike, on the weapon secondary explosions, clearly seen. a rocket fired and hit a nearby house. let me be clear. hezbollah is responsible for this situation. this is hezbollah's plan to turn south on lebanon into a battlefield for its attacks on israel. we cannot accept terrorist groups storing weapons inside people's homes. using them to hire and other civilian communities. the international community must condemn hezbollah's great violation of international law and actions that endanger civilians on both sides of the border. the idea makes a past efforts not to hit civilians and make every effort to mitigate harm to activity. during operational regarding the high number of

welcome it�*s a humanitarian area, one which the idf declared expanded on the idf declared expanded oninside those parameters since may, including... that�*s here. in the strike referenced isjust there. however, the idf have not claimed responsibility for all of these incidents. bbc verify is unable to confirm they were all a result of israeli actions. the last time a strike within the designations of the humanitarian zone was appointed to have a larger casualty count, one was here at the school in the 27th ofjuly in which the hamas run health ministry said at least 30 people were killed. we verified this video, but we are not going to run it because it is graphic. we know the school is north of the hospital and still within that humanitarian area. so here at bbc verify, we will continue to watch what is happening in the humanitarian zone as well as looking into the circumstances of what happened on monday night�*s strike still to come on the world today — kamala harris and donald trump prepare to go head to head in their first tv debate. we�*ll be live in the spin room in philadelphia

the idf says it has recovered the bodies of six hostages in gaza. the statement says they were found in the city of rafah on saturday and were killed a short while before israeli troops reach them. israel says, hamas is still holding about 100 other hostages, about one third of them are presumed to be dead. now, keeping an eye on what will happen in israel in the coming hours, a group representing hostage families called on the public to mobilize as they accuse prime minister benjamin netanyahu yeah, who of abandoning the hostages. and in fact, that group, the hostage and missing families forum, they said in a statement just in the last few minutes a deal for the return of the hostages as been on the table for over two months, were it not for the delays, sabotage, and excuses from those whose death we learned about this morning think would likely still be alive. a lot of anger all right. >> paula hancocks joins me now, live from abu dhabi. i'm now all of this taking place against the backdrop of efforts to reach some sort of an agreement on a ceasef

now, let's be joined by former idf spokesperson jonathan. good morning to you. >> good morning. >> steve: as nate foy was just talking about. apparently, through surveillance, the idf was i have a to say. they just launched a cruise missile out of somebody's house. you don't see that every day. >> no. you don't. but in the coming days i will think you will see it more and more. that is the mode disoperandi of hezbollah. that is what they have prepared for many years. southern lebanon and many parts of central lebanon and the southern parts of beirut, the so-called -- controlled area. these areas are literally full of their locations where hezbollah hides weapons inside. what appears to be civilian houses. and can i assure you that when one cnn other networks film it will look like civilian houses again nobody will know that inside weapons were stored and they were fired against israel. but, what really is happening here at the big level is that israel wants civilians to leave their homes. israel is presenting hezbollah with a very simple cho

the idf has reported this. if the idf is about to discover hamas fighters or where the hostages are located, that hamas is to kill them. and benjamin netanyahu whom the organizing premise of his world is to contain himself in power. to do that, he needs 64 seats, which he has, including the acquiescence and support of two extremist ministers, that basically saying they are going to bolt the government if he makes any deal. the idf senior leadership got into a screaming match with the prime minister at a cabinet meeting last week and said you have a choice, reading the hostages or stay in the philadelphi corridor . the administration is in a strategic cul-de-sac. we saw the president and a statement, he said we need a cease-fire now. kamala harris, i know she didn't intend this. she issued a tough condemnation of hamas but she also, essentially, validated the prime minister's own narrative by saying that hamas cannot govern gaza, which trips into the issue of his conception, false and impossible conception of to

and in fact, we just heard from the idf what they called this operation to kill hassan. hassan nasrallah and i think it gives you an idea of what they think that this achieves. and they called it operation new order. they believe that they are inflicting a new order on paula and perhaps beyond. but, but to give a sense, the audience here or a sense of what just 20 years of planning look like now, it means 20 years of x but studying satellite imagery, studying drone imagery developing sources, developing spies inside of hezbollah, and all of that feeds into building a target list. and then the question becomes, how you work through that target letter. and that's what we're witnessing yes this let me ask you about clearly, israel has enormous intelligence resources here and that includes surveillance. >> and of course it has the uss a partner. and oftentimes there is intelligence sharing. all the u.s. has made quite clear they were not involved in this particular strike. should we presume that israel has intelligence penetration of the group itself via human sources, given

and the idf in its rather terse statement that it put out at about what, 11 just after 11 p.m. israeli time last night said, you know, they found these bodies, but they asked people not to spread rumors. so one, would you know, err on the side of caution before identifying. there are, you know, lots of rumors and the names of those bodies who have been discovered are all over social media. but obviously until such time as they've been confirmed and we know that the families have been informed, we obviously won't be reporting those names until we get that final confirmation. but usually we get a statement from the idf and or the hostage forum in the case of hersh goldberg-polin, i should say that i think the first news we got or confirmation was actually from the families social media accounts themselves. so that's another way that this information might come out as well. michael. all right. elliot gotkine thanks so much. we'll check in with you a bit later. i want to go now to yaakov katz, a senior columnist at the jerusalem post. he joining me from jerusalem obviously devastat

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or iof soldiers or people who supported the idf, actually picking up money, um, raising money for idf at the red lights. in the middle of the city, inside of the united states, and at the same time, for those of us, we spoke about supporting hezbollah, or even supporting the lebanese people, because there were individuals who were arrested back then for actually trying to send money to the orphans of lebanon, and yet uh, they could stand at the red lights in the cities and pick money up for the idf. i think that the overall narrative. though has changed with the average person, mean i'm not sure, your assessment, how do you see it? well, you know, it's actually really interesting, because as you said um about people becoming more aware, but the awareness will not do much unless is translated into actions. that's why i believe that uh the opinions that matter most in the world are not the opinions of americans or british people even you know when they have, we've seen overwhelming support from the us, all these... university students who know that, i mean, and these are some of the bri

on friday we had from the idf that it was potentially going to be a target.vy destroyer, and that was because at the airport was closed. people are very scared here. if the airport gets hit, i think that level of fear will go up even more. it that level of fear will go up even more.— even more. it is worth reflecting _ even more. it is worth reflecting for - even more. it is worth reflecting for a - even more. it is worth. reflecting for a moment even more. it is worth - reflecting for a moment on 2006. foryou reflecting for a moment on 2006. for you and many people here, those memories are still fresh in the mind, memories of the route being attacked. just tried to explain for us, if you wish, how that is impacting the way people are seeing this crisis. . ., ., , way people are seeing this crisis. . . ., , , way people are seeing this crisis. . . , ~ crisis. yeah, that was scary. a lot of infrastructure _ crisis. yeah, that was scary. a lot of infrastructure was - crisis. yeah, that was scary. a lot of infrastructure was hit, i lot of infrastructure was hit,

debate simulcast september 10 at nine on cnn and streaming on max let me back up for a minute >> wow idf has now identified all six saying their families have been notified israel's defense minister says the six were killed just before troops could reach them according to the initial assessment at our disposal, they were brutally murdered by hamas terrorists a short while before we reach them. >> they were abducted alive on the morning of october 7 by the hamas terror organization chauvin book togo israeli cabinet is scheduled to meet one hour from now. >> meanwhile, the white house put out a statement that reads in part, it is as tragic as it is, reprehensible. make no mistake. hamas leaders will pay for these crimes and we will keep working around the clock but for a deal to secure the release of the remaining hostages the news had led to protests in israel and new calls for israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu to agree to a ceasefire and hostage deal. the group missing families forum is calling for more public protests on sunday for mr. netanyahu to address the nation. bola hanco

it is not the first time the idf has struck inside the humanitarian zone in gaza.rd next to al—aqsa hospital on the 5th of september in deir al—balah, and for which the idf have claimed responsibility. so, what is this zone? well, it is a humanitarian area, one which the idf declared expanded on the 6th of may. since then, its boundaries have been revised six times. bbc verify have seen and located visual evidence of 12 blasts— you can see them here — inside those parameters since me, including overnight in al mawasi, that's down here, and the al—aqsa strike referenced just there. however, the idf have not claimed responsibility for all of these incidents, and bbc verify is unable to confirm they were all a result of israeli actions. the last time a strike within the designation of the humanitarian zone was reported to have a larger casualty count than this one was here at khadija school on the 27th ofjuly, in which the hamas run health ministry said at least 30 people were killed. we verified this video, but we're not going to run it because it is graphic. but kno

we really appreciate it. >> ainsley: idf so resilient. have young men and women that fight in the idf at early, young ages, can you imagine what he said every tenth house. remember the neighborhood you grew up in. if every 10th house was storing military rockets. we saw that happening with hamas in gaza. how they would store their rockets in hospitals and underneath schools where children were being educated. and he is saying the same thing is happening with these villages in lebanon. >> steve: the israeli military was asked if a ground invasion was imminent they said we are focusing on israel's airline campaign only. cause see in live images from lebanon, it's going on right now. >> lawrence: ainsley, you make the larger point about there has been so much criticism when it comes to israel and what they have been doing. they keep saying why are you guys hitting civilians. when you have civilians being used as human shields, what do you expect israel to do? throw their hands up and say we will just allow to you attack us first? it's just n

this morning, an idf spokesperson defended the targeting of nasrallah claimed israel did not see a wider conflict in the region israel does not seek a wider escalation we seek to things two simple things to bring our hostages home for almost a year in hamas captivity. >> in all means and to make sure that our borders are safe and secure for our citizens senior international correspondent ben wedeman joins us now from beirut. >> and ben, as you've been describing in recent days many in lebanon were bracing themselves for a wider war. i wonder if today they imagined there already in it there's no question about it that they're in a gym starting with last friday's israeli shakanos strikes on south lebanon they left more than 500 people dead, many civilians among them, and taken into account the series of strikes that have killed most of the senior military terry commanders of his butler. >> the overnight strikes in beirut where we saw more than that perhaps as many as two dozen strikes on the southern suburbs behind me where we still see that smoke is still rising from those strikes that co

these are mostly idf or mossad cyber— these are mostly idf or mossad cyber specialist.ugh their— want to track somebody through their mobile phone using gps or triangulation they can do it and — triangulation they can do it and target that person using a drone — and target that person using a drone. that is why hezbollah leadership said put away the phones. _ leadership said put away the phones, go back to 20th century technology, let's use icons, walkie—talkies and cell phones because — walkie—talkies and cell phones because they thought they were safe _ because they thought they were safe it — because they thought they were safe. it turns out that they weren't _ safe. it turns out that they weren't-— safe. it turns out that they weren't. , ., , ., weren't. interesting what you are saying — weren't. interesting what you are saying right _ weren't. interesting what you are saying right at _ weren't. interesting what you are saying right at the - weren't. interesting what you are saying right at the start i are saying right at the start of this, expect fiery language and

symbol on his head and everything and i was talking to him and i said to him so did you you join the idf he goes yes i go did you kill people he says yes i have a video of it and i we put on social media it's everywhere and i said to him so what kind of people did you kill he said i kill i kill them yes and it's right and then he said he said to me like this he gave me a a sign he goes gaza like kind of like we wiped them all out like he's happy but he's laughing and i said this is what moshe moses teaches you this is you claim to be jewish and you claim to be a religious person and this is what he teach you to kill innocent people and just wipe out people, i mean this is the type of um um shameless activities and shameless attitude that these people have, and who you have to blame at most is the western regimes, including canada, because in the international stage, in the international body and the united nations, they do not hold them accountable, they do not punish designist regime for all its violations and all the breaking of all the laws, they... breach all the type of laws, they c

the idf has a close those areas. that's now military closed zone. it is, if you will, the most vulnerable part of israel to hezbollah, at surrounded material itself. a tiny, tiny town i was there earlier this year, surrounded on three sides we're in recent years, the idf has discovered hezbollah trying to dig tunnels under the border that is now a closed military area and from just a couple of miles away from there, and kiryat shimona the sound of heavy artillery fire can be heard now that also is a potential shaping operation for a military ground force to go. and we saw it in gaza. we've seen the idf do this in lebanon before, where they will pound an area where they think hezbollah may be hiding out with heavy artillery before ground troops go in. the other indicators that we've seen beyond the defense minister in the last few hours saying the next phase steps in the war against hezbollah are about to begin as the accumulation of military hardware along the border, tanks armored personnel carriers that defense minister speaking earlier today with

that's them on the funeral in the west bank today, the first unrwa worker to be killed by the idf. there in ten years in disputed circumstances, unwra says this was a sanitation worker who was drinking coffee on the roof of his house when israeli snipers shot him three times in the chest, the idf has said, this person has a track record connected to terrorism and they've been on an increased number of operations inside the west bank, particularly the past couple of days phase, the idf saying they've killed ten terrorists, suspects palestinian islamic jihad have said that five of their fighters were killed by the idf as they will we're planning attacks for the idf, but for unwra, this is very unwelcome news, not least, because they've lost a staff member, but because it reflects a growing trend of what's happening in gaza where more than 200 i'm 20 unrwa workers have been killed in controversial circumstances and again, the idf, in some of those cases, most recently, six killed in a un school, a couple of days ago in gaza, the idf alleging that some of them were members of hamas, so

half hour by the idf sa in: . .. ~ ., , start this half hour by the idf saying- - -_ saying...ents ago, the israel defense _ saying... moments ago, the israel defense forces - saying... moments ago, the | israel defense forces carried out a precise strike on the central headquarter of the hezbollah terror organisation that served as an epicentre of hezbollah. hezbollah headquarter was intentionally built under residential buildings in the heart of beirut as part of hezbollah�*s strategy of using lebanese people as human shields. from october eight, hezbollah started attacking israel. after almost a year of hezbollah firing rockets, missiles and suicide drones, at israeli civilians come after almost a warning telling them that hezbollah must be stopped. israel is doing what every sovereign state in the world would do if they had a terror organisation that seeks their destruction on their border. taking the necessary action to protect our people so that israeli families can leave their homes safely and securely. their homes safely and securely-— their homes safely and securel . .

reported that the idf invasion of lebanon could begin this evening. lebanese media, in turn, write that it has already begun. what is happening at this moment on both sides of the border, we will ask alexander belibov and sergey pashkov, they are joining our broadcast. alexander, first to you, what is the situation? yes, georgy, hello, well, indeed, in the last hours the situation on the elevan-israeli border has sharply... now a message is coming in that the ground operation of israeli forces in the south of lebanon republic has already begun, but these reports have not yet been officially confirmed by either side. at the moment , it is known that throughout the past evening, israeli artillery was indeed conducting artillery preparation, delivering massive artillery strikes, as well as air strikes with the involvement of idf aircraft on the southern regions of lebanon, apparently. precisely on the territory that is planned to be entered later, and israeli troops. at the moment, various information is appearing on the internet, including the fact that

occupation entity, then then the they started to uh after 1967 i think it was to give money to the idfat's been a so that's a long long time that they've been using effectively their profits and tax-free gifts to the occupation forces right yeah well excuse me h i wonder what you make of the fact that the lewis families given financial support to ort uk, which which does training in arms factories like those run by albert, as david was just referring to, and indeed on occupation forces of bases too. what's your thoughts on ort's global hq being based in london? i mean, surely it should be closed down, shouldn't it? well, ort is um actually feeding um the idf system uh with uh many thousands, of workers every year and is connected to the intelligence operation and new technology, so there are think about the the bank of targets for example, that's a result of people like that, so i think we are talking about a direct connection to genocide, um, because um, the people going through the... ort systems in israel definitely uh are feeding into uh the genocidal army. mean david, you mentione

the idf said they believed they had killed the leader of hezbollah and in the last few hours it was confirmed by the group themselves that hassan nasrallah a figurehead of the organisation, for more than 30 years had been killed in what was a significant strike by israel using a huge amount of intelligence to identify where he was and to target the building that he was in. this secure building under a civilian area in the southern suburbs of beirut. we begin with a security report from frank gardner. heavy artillery fire. a devastating blow inflicted by israel, hitting the heart of hezbollah�*s command centre in beirut. within hours, the israeli military announced they had eliminated, as they put it, the group's leader. hassan nasrallah had been secretary general of hezbollah for 32 years, overseeing its growth into the world's most heavily armed non—state army. he was born in lebanon in 1960, growing up in beirut�*s eastern bourj hammoud district. he took over the leadership in 1992 when his predecessor was assassinated by israel. to thousands, maybe millions of shia muslims in lebanon and b

and the idf says hamas destroyed it on this end, unclear why.n estimated 1.4 million palestinians have fled the city. neighborhoods ground to rubble. we're right near the tunnel where those six hostages were executed, but you can see the level of destruction around here. houses completely gutted. we see the snipers in the ruins. and not far from where we are -- [ gunfire ] so you can still hear the outgoing gunfire. you can see these soldiers taking up positions. the idf says there is still ongoing fighting here in this part of rafah. civilians caught in the middle of this war. the idf says it has defeated hamas militarily here in rafah, but in the process turning much of the city into a hellscape. but the point is, israel still went ahead and bombed that area despite knowing that there were dozens of civilians nearby? >> we have hard decisions every day. we're conducting them. nothing is easy. >> reporter: the destruction we saw in gaza today, whit, was breathtaking. so, the big question now is, how long does the idf stay there, and what will h

well, ort is um actually feeding um the idf system. uh with many thousands of workers every year and is connected to the intelligence operation and new technologies. so there, think about the the bank of targets for example, um, that's a result of people like that, so i think we are talking about a direct connection to genocide, um, because um, the people going through the ort systems in israel definitely are feeding into uh the genocidal army. i mean david, you mentioned in your previous answer there about the uh the so-called war disabled charity that supported by the the lewis family whether you might just sort of expand on that a little bit more say a bit more about it. so look, the the the the lewis family has two main charities in this country, one is uh bernard lewis charitable trust and the other is the david and ruth lewis church which was named after the two brothers who who effectively created um river island yeah and are used to to channel funding which would otherwise you know have to be taxed and they're given to charitable causes and of course amongst the charitable ca

the idf is extremely edgy where we are right now.rby the tunnel where those six hostages were found weeks ago. do you believe there may be additional hostages in this area? >> we are investigating. our assumption is that there are no -- not any other hostages, but we are very, very careful when we operate. >> reporter: israeli security sources believe about 50 hostages remain alive. the idf saying hamas has been defeated here, but resistance remains. you can hear all that gunfire. there's still some active fighting here. the idf says that it's mostly small cells of hamas that pop out of tunnels. over 1.4 million people displaced from the rafah area. over the weekend, hamas-run health ministry in gaza saying 64 people were killed, scores wounded, including this father consoling his son as medical staff tend to him. it's hard to watch those images, and in over 20 years of covering conflict, i have never seen destruction like that. the camera can't quite capture the scope of it all. israel says it wouldn't target those areas if hamas di

all last night the idf did not stop striking beirut and other cities in lebanon, with short pauses, but... the strikes continued all night since yesterday evening. footage appeared of shells detonating after the israeli army allegedly carried out airstrikes on hezbollah warehouses. the shi'ite group responded by launching missiles at israeli cities. about the situation in the region. by this hour we will learn from the head of the middle east news bureau sergei poshkov. sergei, hello. what are they saying now about the continuation of the operation in lebanon, what is the situation in israel at this hour? hello. let me start by saying that just a minute ago we received an official message from the israel defense forces (idf) that the secretary general of hisbala, sheikh hassan nasrullah, who has been the permanent leader of the group for the past decades, was finally killed in an israeli air force strike on the southern beirut neighborhood of dahya. this strike took place yesterday at 18:30 middle eastern time. the idf used six heavy one-ton bunker buster bombs, after which it reported

spokesperson were killed shortly before the idf arrived. and there were other defense briefings indicator katie, that hamas has told the guards that he's hostages that if confronted with the idf or shortly before that, they are to kill them whether this was intended a willful signal on the part of sinwar that his toughening his terms psychological pressure on the israelis, hard to say, but the mixture of grief, of anger and outrage could, could create any could create a new pressure point on a prime minister that's been reluctant to say the least, to engage in an earlier deal for the redemption of many of these hospitals. >> yeah, let's talk about that. this potential pressure point because you and i have had this conversation before and mid-may when there were several bodies of hostages discovered, there were protests. there we're calls for deal to release the political strategy of netanyahu didn't change and the idf continued the strikes. same thing happened about five weeks ago in july, the same trajectory why would this be considered po

the idf air special operation was dubbed "arrows." countries are now hastily deploying points temporary accommodation throughout lebanon, in schools and other educational institutions where classes have been cancelled since monday. we encourage refugees to go to the complex, from where they will travel to approved centers and spend their first night away from their homes. they will be provided with the bare necessities. hezbollah responds to idf strikes with rockets fired into israeli territory. the attacks targeted migida airport, the idf air base and military industrial facilities. in the haifa area. air raid sirens are also sounding in nazareth and other israeli cities, the government has declared a state of emergency throughout the country, for 48 hours so far. it is possible that after massive airstrikes and artillery preparation, the idf will launch a ground operation in southern lebanon. the israeli army has already used similar tactics in the gaza strip. and just as in the palestinian enclave, the large number of civilian casu

so, activity launching strikes toward hezbollah by the idf, and hezbollah by the idf, and hezbollah firinghe idf saying they struck a launcher from which rockets were fired towards haifa. one more thing to say, the idf are separately seeing that approximately ten projectiles identified coming in from lebanon following sirens in the area of lower galilee. there is more on all of this, and if you want to read developments play by play, they are on the bbc news website on the live page there. you can see the details there on the screen, notjust the website, of course if you are on the move you can find that live page on the bbc news app or on your mobile. we will stay across all developments in the middle east as and when we get them. let's take you to another story we are watching as well. that is the weather in the united states. hurricane helene is barrelling across georgia after causing chaos in florida, killing three people. it's weakened to a tropical storm but forecasters warn conditions remain "life—threatening". helene hit the big bend region in florida as one of the most powerful st

a few hours ago, the idf launched a missile attack on a school in the city. gaza, claiming that hamas fighters were hiding in the building. after the attack, algeria demanded an urgent meeting of the un security council. the foreign ministries of several countries and even tel aviv's closest allies, the united states and great britain, have criticized israel. ordinary israelis, for whom the return of the hostages alive is now the most important thing, are also demanding an end to the fighting. about whether the netanyahu government is ready to give in to such pressure, reports from the middle east by sergei pashkov and aleksandra belibova. with portraits of hostages, blocking highways, blocking offices and residences of the prime minister, clashes with the police. today this is happening in tel aviv, in jerusalem, in haifa, in ashkelon. three evenings in a row, in the very center of tel aviv, tens of thousands of people gather in the square, they demand from the government an immediate deal with hamas, a ceasefire in gaza, the return of israeli hostages home,

yesterday, the idf announced two reserve brigades are being sent there as and the idf chief of staffd troops to be ready for a ground offensive into lebanon. israel's port city got hit by drones overnight, the islamic resistance in iraq took credit for the attack and two israelis have minor injuries as a result of it. meanwhile, the u.s. official confirms to fox news that the small consistent continue jnt of american troops headed to the region will be deployed to cypress in the eastern mediterranean sea and will support the 40,000 american troops who are already here in the region. maria. maria: nate, thanks very much. nate foye in tel aviv this morning. joining me live from tel aviv israel, human rights attorney brooke goldstein. thank you for being here this morning. give us your reaction to nate's report. >> thank you, maria, for having me. i woke up yesterday morning to sirens warning that there's an incoming rocket attack from hezbollah and i'll tell you, it's completely untenable to expect a da democracy to live ur constant threat, not just from the south, but also from the no

peter lerner from the idf, thank you _ side. peter lerner from the idf, thank you for - side. us from tel aviv. let's speak to fawaz a gerges, professor of international relations at london school of economics. good evening to you. i wonder what stepping back from all of this your view is of how things stand tonight? i this your view is of how things stand tonight?— this your view is of how things stand tonight? i think that you ke -t stand tonight? i think that you kept asking — stand tonight? i think that you kept asking the _ stand tonight? i think that you kept asking the spokesperson | stand tonight? i think that you l kept asking the spokesperson of the israeli military about responsibility for civilians, and the answer to your question simply whether it is in gaza or lebanon is that israel doesn't distinguish between civilian and terrorist. the attacks in beirut yesterday, israel dropped 82 tonnes of weapons, bonds, on four buildings, destroying the four buildings and killing a few hezbollah leaders along with dozens of civilians. we don't know the extent of civilian ca

the idf air special operation was named arrows of the north. according to the israeli army general staff, the strikes are preemptive, their goal is to damage the infrastructure of the shi'ite movement, which was created over two. the israel defense forces warns you to stay out of danger. i i urge you to take this warning seriously, do not allow hazbala to endanger your lives and the lives of your loved ones. contrary to the statements of the israeli leadership, not only... these are shots from a popular political tv program in the middle east, one of the hosts was injured live on air. for refugees from the south of the country, temporary accommodation centers are now being hastily set up throughout lebanon, in schools and other educational institutions. whose classes have been canceled since monday. we urge refugees to the complex, from where they will travel to approved centers and spend their first night away from their homes. they will be provided with the bare necessities, and other matters will be agreed upon with the high commission for a

beirut was shelled at the same time. from the air from the sea, the day before, the idf suggested thatal residents leave these areas and move at least 500 meters away from the destruction zone. we are preparing to strike strategic objects that hezbollah has hidden underground under three buildings in the heart of the dahya district of beirut. at the same time, hezbollah missilemen tried to hit the northern districts israel. shi'id militants fired 75 surface-to-surface missiles. the strike came in the city of safed. terminals, a large number of chemical plants in the suburbs and all this makes the city vulnerable, makes it a desirable target for hezbollah missilemen. immediately after the strike on beirut, the idf's top military command, the heads of israel's intelligence services gathered for an emergency meeting in the general staff's crisis center. the strikes on beirut and their consequences could draw in a military conflict, which iran has avoided until now. especially since armored fist, israeli merkava tanks have already pulled the borders and are ready to immediately carry out t

the idf general staff has prepared a plan for a ground operation. will there be a war? trump is confident that israel will cease to exist in 2 years if haris wins the presidential election. and while the economy. at the seams, europeans are thinking about how to rebuild cities after a massive flood, fonderline came to kiev to give zelensky a new loan. issues of an objective interpretation of history are in the center of attention of the russian security council today. vladimir putin held operational meeting of st. petersburg in videoconference mode. the president emphasized the facts. these are issues that should be discussed first of all in the scientific community, this is all true, this is how it is. nevertheless, we know that in recent years history has been very often used in modern politics as a means of achieving certain political goals in relation to our country, and it is often done in a very dishonest way. and this, of course, already concerns today's current policy and the attitude towards this on the part of the official authorities of our countries, so i pr

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and the idf has said they did fire live rounds. they haven't said and yet, whether or not they thought there was a gunman there. but as these activists and this 26-year-old turkish american activists ran away she was shot and shot in the head. and though the medics were on the scene super fast and got her in an ambulance really quickly. got it to the nearest hospital fast in a city of nablus, not far away unfortunately, she was pronounced dead when she he got there. >> it's horrible. nic robertson. thank you for that report. live for us from tel aviv ahead, how an outgoing arizona election official is true? reigning people to take on the very role that left him with ptsd after the 2020 race before limited i'm certainly just dropped the price of every foot longer than the app to 699 subway did what 699 foot long says, right ear, 699 for any foot-long. >> get this deal in the subway up now, before it's too late. >> you love this style of shoe. they're comfortable, casual, stylish, but skechers has topped them and made them even bette

only one casualty, an idf preservers that we're aware of. but i think we get a sense of what is planned and what's to be expected from the idf's chief of staff, general herzi halevi. he said that hezbollah must not be given a report great that they must continue with full force. the idf must continue with full force. and he said, operations will be sped up. and that they must have continued action with full vigor across all areas. it feels as if the idf sense they have momentum in the fight right now, and that they have no intention of letting up. in fact, they intend to increase as well. sara meantime you've got the u.s. trying to calm things down. thank you so much. nic robertson, live from tel aviv for us there. john. >> obviously there'll be one focus of president biden's speech before the general assembly today, he will also no doubt talk about russia's war on ukraine and ukrainian leader volodymyr zelenskyy addresses the general assembly tomorrow with me now is the former us ambassador to nato, former us special representative for ukra