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hello, i'm lucy hockings.elcome to bbc news now, three hours of fast—moving news, interviews and reaction. israel's military says it carried out a new ground raid in gaza overnight to target hamas fighters. infantry and armoured units were accompanied by helicopter gunships as they entered eastern gaza city. these pictures, supplied by the idf, apparently show a hamas tunnel being struck by a guided missile. launch sites for anti—tank missiles and command and control centres were also hit. the army said it killed a senior hamas commander and all israeli troops exited the area with no injuries. this is the second brief ground raid in as many days. the israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu has insisted a full offensive is coming. the main un agency in the gaza strip is again warning its humanitarian work is becoming more difficult because of a lack of fuel in the territory. the head of unrwa says basic services are crumbling, with food and water running out and streets overflowing with sewage. they were prov

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hello, i'm lucy hocking, welcome to bbc news now, three hours of fast—moving news, interviews and reactionthe gaza strip to attack hamas positions. it released this video showing tanks and armoured bulldozers crossing the perimeter fence. an israeli defence forces spokesman told the bbc soldiers carried out the tactical raid towards central gaza to — in his words — "prepare the battlefield for future operations". the israeli military says the number of people confirmed to be held hostage in gaza has now risen to 224, and warns that number could rise. so far four hostages are known to have been released. meanwhile, un aid workers say they've begun to significantly scale down their operations in gaza

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lucy hockings it's here in a few minutes with all the headlines. hello.ouple of days. we've had that warm air mass with us. but if we look at what's happening with the air mass, it is going to be clearing towards the south, so gradually over the next few days, some colder air into the north. a brief spell of warmer weather again towards the south. but by the end of the week, we are all in the cooler, fresher conditions. three bands of weather today, mostly dry, fairly mild in the far south. this area of rain at times through the central swathe of the uk, and windy with sunshine and showers further north. so the showers quite frequent across the north west of scotland, gales developing up towards the northern isles, but some sunshine for northern ireland into the likes of northumberland and cumbria as well. there's that heavy rain sitting across wales in particular. there could be some flooding impacts. now to the south of the area of rain, 22, 23 degrees possible once again, whereas further north we're looking at temperatures between about 10 to 18. so st

hello, i'm lucy hocking, welcome to bbc news now, it is less than three weeks since hamas attacked southernhe death toll of gaza continues to rise by hundreds each day. more than 7000 people have been killed there according to the health ministry. almost 3000 of them are children. alongside the intense bombardment the military says it has carried out a significant incursion to attack faculty positions. we have some video released by the idf. you can see tanks and armoured bulldozers crossing the perimeter fence. see tanks and armoured bulldozers crossing the perimeterfence. a spokesperson told the bbc they were carrying out a tactical rate, in his words, to prepare the

hello, i'm lucy hockings. reaction. total blockade of gaza has ordered, a total blockade of gaza has been ordered, food, water, fuel and electricity supplies being cut off. yoav gallant says this is part of a battle of what he described as being against beastly people. he said it is a response to hamas... all seven communities attacked by a palestinian hamas militants, although isolated pockets of fighters could still remain. israel says they targeted 1000 buildings in gaza overnight. gaza's health ministry saying

hello, i'm lucy hockings, welcome to bbc news now, three hours of fast—moving news, interviews and reaction of the biggest issues facing europe are being thrashed out in the spanish city of grenada. 47 eu and non—eu leaders have gathered — and on the agenda — the nagorno karabakh conflict, where planned peace talks between armenia and azerbaijan have stalled... migration, where rishi sunak is pushing for what he calls �*creative, europe—wide solutions�* — and of course ukraine. with infighting in the republican party in the us having the potential to slow down any aid from washington, the support coming he made a point of being at the meeting in person — and here's the message he wanted to put across. the main challenge we have that is to save unity in europe. and i'm speaking not only about the countries in eu, in all the europe. i think that is the biggest challenge. what will have because russia will will attack by information, disinformation by fakes and etc.. and that is the forcing the second. it's so important for ukraine to have defending shield for the winter because in winter we w

i'm lucy hockings a surprise palestinian attack has seen rockets hitting israel from gaza.e receiving from the middle east at the moment. many of the israeli cities are under lockdown at the moment. people are staying inside. they have been told to do that. this isjerusalem we are seeing now. the streets are empty. but in cities like tel aviv, people who were out on the streets have been told to go home. restaurants, cafe is, everything is lockdown, a huge sense of shock unsurprising many israeli cities at the audacity of this attack. palestinian attacks seeing hundreds of rockets hitting israel from gaza and look at these pictures we are receiving now. this is the retaliation from israel happening as we speak. rockets hitting the gaza strip, smoke rising in the air. thousands of rockets launched from gaza into israel and now we are seeing the retaliation from the israeli security forces. we will stay with these pictures. the prime minister, benjamin netanyahu, saying his country is at war and he said we will win. they are carrying out as you can see these live pictures, re

hello, i'm lucy hocking, welcome to bbc news now, three hours of fast—moving news, interviews and reactionthe israeli military says it's carried out a significant incursion into the gaza strip to attack hamas positions. it released this video showing tanks and armoured bulldozers crossing the perimeter fence. an israeli defence forces spokesman told the bbc soldiers carried out the tactical raid towards central gaza to — in his words — "prepare the battlefield for future operations". the israeli military says the number of people confirmed to be held hostage in gaza has now risen to 224, and warns that number could rise. so far four hostages are known to have been released. meanwhile, un aid workers say they've begun to significantly scale down their operations in gaza as fuel reserves have almost run out. israel says hamas is storing enough fuel to run hospitals and water pumps for many days, but is keeping it for its war fighting capabilities. we'll be talking to our chief international correspondent lyse doucet injerusalem, our world affairs editor john simpson in beirut, and a military

i'm lucy hockings.hu, says the country is "at war and will win", after a surprise attack by the palestinian militant group hamas saw thousands of rockets launched into israel from gaza. dozens of militants appear to have entered southern israel. it entered southern israel. is still a very fluid situatio here's what we know so far. entered southern israel. the rocket attacks have struck tel aviv and areas surrounding gaza. the town of ashkelon saw several major explosions. israel's n12 news is now reporting that at least a0 israelis have been killed, with 7a0 injured. details of the palestinian incursions are unclear, but gunmen have been reported in towns near the gaza border and israelis have been warned to stay inside. there are also reports of a number of israeli soldiers taken captive by fighters.

i'm lucy hockings. israel's prime minister, benjamin netanyahu, says the country is "at war and will win", after a surprise attack by the palestinian militant group hamas saw thousands of rockets launched into israel from gaza. dozens of militants appear to have entered southern israel. it entered southern israel. is still a very fluid situatio here's what we know so far. entered southern israel. the rocket attacks have struck tel aviv and areas surrounding gaza. the town of ashkelon saw several major explosions. israel's n12 news is now reporting that at least a0 israelis have been killed, with 740 injured. details of the palestinian incursions are unclear, but gunmen have been reported in towns near the gaza border and israelis have been warned to stay inside. there are also reports of a number of israeli soldiers taken captive by fighters. hamas military commander mohammadmohammed deif hamas military commander mohammed deif announced the start of the operation in a broadcast on hamas media, calling o

hello, i'm lucy hockings. welcome to bbc news now.only power plant has stopped working after running out of fuel, as israel continues its deadly bombardment for a fifth day. israeli troops are massing near the gaza border in preparation for what could be a ground invasion of the territory, as israel responds to saturday's brutal attacks by hamas militants. these are the key developments this hour. israel says that more than 1,200 israelis are now known to have been killed, since hamas launched attacks on saturday. 169 of those killed were soldiers. the bbc understands 17 british nationals are dead or missing. palestinian sources say that more than 1,055 people have been killed by israel's bombardment of gaza, where entire neighbourhoods have been flattened. food and medical supplies are dwindling, after israel sealed all crossings into the territory. both sides have accused the other of war crimes in the attacks, which began on saturday. strikes against gaza have continued. we canjust we can just show you this. this gives you a sense

hello, i'm lucy hockings, welcome to bbc news now, three hours of fast—moving news, interviews and reactiontroops are massing near the gaza border in preparation for what could be a ground invasion of the territory. such action would be in reprisal for the attacks by hamas — the brutal nature of which have cast the region into turmoil. these are the key developments we're monitoring for you this hour. israel says that more than 12000 israelis are now known to have been killed, since hamas launched attacks on saturday. 169 of those killed were soldiers. the bbc understands 17 british nationals are dead or missing. palestinian sources say that more than 1,055 people have been killed by israel's bombardment of gaza, where entire neighbourhoods have been flattened. israel has sealed all crossings into gaza. and we're getting reports of a large number of israeli forces massing at the border. both sides have accused the other of war crimes in the attacks which began on saturday. strikes against gaza have continued this morning. this was a blast a couple of hours ago which sent black smoke billowi

i'm lucy hockings.says the country is "at war and will win", after a surprise attack by the palestinian militant group, hamas saw thousands of rockets launched into israel from gaza. dozens of militants appear to have entered southern israel, where a state of emergency has been declared. here's what we know so far. the rocket attacks have struck tel aviv and areas surrounding gaza. the town of ashkelon saw several major explosions. israel's n12 news is now reporting that at least a0 israelis

i'm lucy hockings. israel's prime minister, benjamin netanyahu, says the country is "at war and will win", after a surprise attack by the palestinian militant group, hamas saw thousands of rockets launched into israel from gaza. dozens of militants appear to have entered southern israel, where a state of emergency has been declared. here's what we know so far. the rocket attacks have struck tel aviv and areas surrounding gaza. the town of ashkelon saw several major explosions. israel's n12 news is now reporting that at least a0 israelis have been killed, with 740 injured. details of the palestinian incursions are unclear, but gunmen have been reported in towns near the gaza border and israelis have been warned to stay inside. there are also reports of a number of israeli soldiers taken captive by fighters, with hamas saying it has a "big number of captives, among them senior officers". israel's military has been striking targets in gaza in response. at least 198 palestinians are confirmed dead there. se

hello, i'm lucy hockings. welcome to bbc news now, three hours of fast—moving news, interviews and reaction. a interviews and reaction. total blockade of gaza has ordered, a total blockade of gaza has been ordered, food, water, fuel and electricity supplies being cut off. yoav gallant says this is part of a battle of what he described as being against beastly people. he said it is a response to hamas... all seven communities attacked by a palestinian hamas militants, although isolated pockets of fighters could still remain. israel says they targeted 1000 buildings in gaza overnight. gaza's health ministry saying 560 palestinians and 700 israelis have been killed. ten british citizens are dead or missing. the us has nine of its civilians have been killed. about 260 people killed on saturday when a music festival in an israeli town was attacked. we are keeping a close eye on this picture. this is gaza live and you can see the smoke in the air. there has clearly adjust in the air. there has clearly adjust in the

hello, i'm lucy hocking, welcome to bbc news now, it is less than three weeks since hamas attacked southern israel killing more than moo people and the death toll of gaza continues to rise by hundreds each day. more than 7000 people have been killed there according to the health ministry. almost 3000 of them are children. alongside the intense bombardment the military says it has carried out a significant incursion to attack faculty positions. we have some video released by the idf. you can see tanks and armoured bulldozers crossing the perimeter fence. see tanks and armoured bulldozers crossing the perimeterfence. a spokesperson told the bbc they were carrying out a tactical rate, in his words, to prepare the battlefield for future operations. the words, to prepare the battlefield forfuture operations. the israeli military says the number of people confirmed to be held hostage in gaza has risen to 224 and has warned that number could rise. so farfour hostages are known to have been released. we have some pictures for e of paris, you can see the i felt hour. 30 empty pushchairs with the fac