lieutenant colonel peter lerner.month mark of the israel— gaza war, memorials are being held at some sites here across israel including at a site close to the border where a celebration turned into scenes of the slaughter. we spoke to people visiting latter—day to light candles to remember those who perished that day at the nova festival. people expressing grief which is still raw. loved ones are still being held across the border in gaza. they also expressed frustration with the israeli government and forces being unable to come to their rescue soon enough, that there had been this massive security breach. our international editor, jeremy bowen, who has been covering this israel— gaza war since the start, has been to the kibbutz which suffered terribly on that day. six months after the attacks, it is a bit like going back into a time machine because all the damage is still here. and the reason for that is that in this kibbutz, nir oz, one in four of the population of the more than 400 people was either killed, or ta

that was peter lerner.net meeting, comes in the midst of significant messages by the staunchest ally the us, in public joe biden has spoken of the ironclad support he is giving to israel including helping last night, early this morning to intercept some of those drones and missiles. we understand that the president has conveyed, in no uncertain terms to prime minister netanyahu, that it is time to draw a line under this matter. at earlier noga tarnopolsky — an independentjournalist who specialises in the middle east — walked through biden�*s response and what the situation means for israel. i think that the question really is very much in the air. as american media reported biden said to netanyahu, this could be a moment for netanyahu to take a victory lap, saying that we protected you, israel was able to defend itself, no casualties in israel, very few penetrations, that is whatjoe biden is asking netanyahu to do. certainly not to attack in the way that the previous correspondence just described which woul

idf spokesperson peter lerner telling me at an airbase on the outskirts of tel aviv, that cooperation with american forces and others meant that they were able to shoot down most of the threats. >> i think coming together in such a very, very strong way under the umbrella of the united states central command, together with the british, together with the french. players, sent a very, very clear message to iran that you can't get away with it. >> but some missiles did make it past their defenses. in a video circulating online, verified by abc news, you can see missiles striking israel's nevatim air force base. iranians claim this was the site responsible for the strike on an iranian consulate in syria earlier this month that killed top commanders, the president meeting with leaders of the g7 to try and stabilize the situation and avoid further escalation, and while us officials drive home the ironclad support for israel and its right to defend itself, there are also calls for restraint. >> we don't seek a war with iran. we don't seek an escalated tensions in the region. we don't. we don

unless israel response joining us now, the spokesperson for the israel defense forces, colonel peter lerner, kernel. good, good morning >> israeli defense minister yoav golan said, quote, the campaign is it's not over yet. so what we'll, israel's response to this attack look like is the idf preparing to strike within iranian territory >> so before we go into that, i would like to weigh on what admiral kirby was talking about. i think the unprecedented coalition, the international coalition, which was basically a roundtable of decent people coming together against the diabolical intentions of iran. it proved itself it proved itself that together we can work to save lives and that is exactly what we did when they fired some 300 rockets, missiles, cruise missiles, ballistic missiles and explosive drones towards israel. they had only one thing in touching death and destruction of israel and israelis so as we look forward and we need to keep that those intentions in mind. we also need to think that we don't necessarily need to believe what they are telling us the fact that they've announced that

joining us now, the spokesperson for the israel defense forces, colonel peter lerner and our kernel. good. >> good morning. first, let's start with the casualties admiral kirby just told me that he was or the understanding that a young girl in israel and arab israeli who had been wounded by shrapnel has to come to her wounds and died. can you confirm that? what else can you tell us about any damage or injuries on the ground? >> good morning, jake? >> no, i was just >> listening to apro kirby reporting that i have not seen that report at this stage. i was trying to get it as i was coming on i've asked to try and perhaps update during it. i know that she was still fighting for her life think seven year-old amina a few an hour ago, so, but i can confirm that at this time, israeli defense minister you'll have golan said, quote, the campaign is not over yet. so what we'll israel's response to this attack look like is the idf preparing to strike within iranian territory >> so before we go into that, i would like to weigh on what admiral kirby was talking about. i think the unprecedented co

thank you very much indeed, peter lerner. that evening. —— good evening. diplomatic correspondent for the times of israel. the founder of the world central kitchen believes that they were actually targeted and i wonder what the feeling is generally among aid workers tonight?— the feeling is generally among aid workers tonight? good evening. yes, i think a workers tonight? good evening. yes, i think a lot — workers tonight? good evening. yes, i think a lot of— workers tonight? good evening. yes, i think a lot of us _ workers tonight? good evening. yes, i think a lot of us are _ workers tonight? good evening. yes, i think a lot of us are really, - i think a lot of us are really, really shocked by this incident. and we were quite afraid, if i'm honest with you, because we don't know why world central kitchen would have been a target. as far as we understand, they are very good at providing their movements, ensuring that they coordinate with the israeli forces. so the fact that they were targeted is quite a shock for all of us. and obviously, we are heartbroke

let's speak to israel defence forces spokesperson lieutenant colonel peter lerner.hdrawal of troops from southern gaza? thank ou, it is troops from southern gaza? thank you. it is great _ troops from southern gaza? thank you, it is great to _ troops from southern gaza? thank you, it is great to see _ troops from southern gaza? thank you, it is great to see you - troops from southern gaza? thank you, it is great to see you again. i | you, it is great to see you again. i just want to wait one second on the words ofjeremy bowen, and while i mine service, i am a reservist, i retired from the military seven years ago. on the morning of the 7th of october, when we were watching on horrors the images of the paraglider is coming over the border, not far from where you are now, my wife looked at me and said peter, they are coming for us. that is the sense of most israelis today, but nowhere is safe, that hamas or hezbollah could take advantage of the situation and come for us wherever are. that is why the idf embarked on this word to change the paradigms, to get rid of hamas

lieutenant colonel peter lerner from the idf spoke to the bbc news channel a short while ago — he wase identification of the gunmen raised the red flags in the brigade level. the fire support officer raised the issue to his senior commanders asking for approval. he did not receive approval to strike because they were delivering humanitarian aid, despite the fact that the gunmen were identified. and then what happened was that the convoy of the world ck vehicles, four vehicles in total, joined the convoy of the trucks, which the field, the operations in the field, did not have that information. so this is failure number two. and as the the incident continued, the assumption which was made was that the vehicles that were accompanying the trucks were actually hamas vehicles. and this, i think, weighs on that assumption that that was a failure, which was a mistake and was the result of this unfortunate, tragic incident. us secretary of state antony blinken has been responding to the idf report too, let's hear what he had to say. it's very important that israel is taking full responsibilit

lieutenant colonel peter lerner is a spokeseperson for the israel defence forces — i asked him aboutouncement that idf withdraws troops from southern gaza. the idf has and is regrouping, conducting its next preparations for the next stage. the war is not over as long as there are 133 israelis being held by hamas. war can only be over when they come home and when hamas is gone. the reality is one which is unacceptable. we can't accept that hamas will govern the gaza strip precisely because we've seen what they do with the powers of government. they take advantage of that. they build a terrorist army. they came into our bedrooms, abducted, killed, murdered, massacred. that needs to change. but can you provide, lieutenant colonel lerner, more details on this movement? is it a rotation? will they be replaced ? or does this represent a significant shift in the military campaign? the military campaign is continuously evolving, and this is just another stage in the war effort as we completed our mission in the khan younis area, so then the troops rotate out and we have other troops that are

idf spokesperson peter lerner telling me at an air base on the outskirts of tel aviv that cooperation with american forces and others meant they were able to shoot down most of the threats. >> i think coming together in such a very, very strong way under the umbrella of the united states central command, together with the british, together with the french, and the regional players, sent a very, very clear message to iran that you can't get away with it. >> reporter: but some missiles did make it past their defenses. in a video circulating online, verified by abc news, you can see missiles striking israel's nevatim air force base. iranians claim this was the site responsible for the strike on an iranian consulate in syria earlier this month that killed top commanders. the president today meeting with leaders of the g7 to try to stabilize the situation and avoid further escalation. while u.s. officials drive home the ironclad support for israel and its right to defend itself, there are also calls for restraint. >> we don't seek a war with iran. we don't seek escalated tensions in the re

ati:30pm ati:30me ati:30pm i will at 1:30pm i will be interviewing lieutenant colonel peter lerner from that to viewers in the uk a little bit later. scientists believe they've learned why asthma causes so much damage to people. their research shows cells lining the airways are squeezed to destruction during an attack. they are hoping to develop new drugs that might help break the cycle of harm caused by the condition. i'm joined by the lead researcher of this study, professorjody rosenblatt from king's college london. we are we a re really we are really interested to find out more about this. many millions of people around the world are affected ljy people around the world are affected by this condition. the latest figures from the world health organization suggested there were more than 450,000 deaths from asthma in the year. why has this specific aspect —— aspect, how the lining of the lungs is affected. why has this not been studied in detail before? i don't know, it is a curious question. the field get stuck on different tracks and people get stuck in those tracks. people were alwa

earlier we heard from the spokesperson of the idf — the israel defense forces — lietunant colonel, peter lerner an assumption, it was a visible confirmation of a gunman, first of one of the trucks that then conducted the shooting from one of the trucks, and when they indeed reached the hangers, there was more gunman identified on there was more gunman identified on the location, and it led to the entire miscalculation, misidentification, and the failure of what should have happened stop this is precisely the reason, as you rightly pointed out, that two senior officers, a major and a colonel, have been dismissed from their roles, from their positions. three other senior officers, from the ranks of colonel, brigadier general, and all the way up to major general have also been reprimanded for their role and for their responsibilities, and we are taking this incident very, very seriously. the reality on the ground is one where we need to facilitate humanitarian effort, we need to ensure that humanitarian organisations like the world central kitchen can conduct their essential humanitarian activity,

israel defence forces spokesperson lieutenant colonel peter lerner has been speaking to our chief internatioalthe early hours of this morning was a unity of decent nations that came together against the diabolical intentions of iran. that resulted in a very good outcome because we were able to fend off 99% of the rockets, missiles and explosive drones that were headed our way. together, were able to save many lives in the early hours of this morning. i'm sure you experience this injerusalem, the explosions of a head from those ballistic missiles, i'm happy to say that none of the explosive drones headed to israel were able to even penetrate israel's airspace. the same goes with the cruise missiles that were fired towards israel, they also did not make it into the airspace will stopping to ballistic missiles did, they were able to hit one of our air bases in the south of israel, which caused minimal damage. of the airbase remained operational of the airbase remained operational throughout the event. of course, there is a very sad story of a seven—year—old young girl, baby girl, basically, that

your response to what we heard from peter lerner. >> reporter: we are in a moment of deep concern and great uncertainty. what happens next could be genuinely defining for the future and security of the middle east. will israel retaliate? or will diplomatic efforts to try to de-escalate the situation take the heat out of it be successful. you asked peter willner if israel would respond he didn't give an answer for two reasons because it's not the military that makes the decision it's the politicians when they meet today, tomorrow, whenever it will be politicians, the war cabinet who make the decision. the other reason he wasn't able to give an answer because people don't know yet. that decision has not been taken, and it's going to be discussed. in the war cabinet. what are israel's options by way of response? and they have a number of options they could look at. not just a direct response to iran. they could look to take on their proxys in the north where there's been a war for the six months with hezbollah but they could take it up a notch or two. think what we will see in the coming

lieutenant colonel peter lerner from the idf spoke to the bbc news channel and he was asked about whats in per grade level. the fire support officer raised it to the senior commanders asking for approval. he did not receive approval to strike because they were delivering humanitarian aid, despite the fact the gunmen were identified. what happened was, the convoy, for vehicles in totaljoined the convoy of the trucks, which the operations in the field did not have that information. it is fairly number two. and as the the incident continued, the assumption which was made was that the vehicles that were accompanying the trucks were actually hamas vehicles. and this, i think, weighs on that assumption that that was a failure, which was a mistake and was the result of this unfortunate, tragic incident. and there are no plans for the us to conduct an independent investigation. stay with us. set to turn very windy as we head into the weekend and strong kathleen is racing to our shores expecting to bring disruption across northern and western parts of the country through saturday. tonight was a

let's speak to israel defence forces spokesperson lieutenant colonel peter lerner.pdate us on the damage caused by this swarm of missiles and drones lunged against israel. it is this swarm of missiles and drones lunged against israel.— lunged against israel. it is great to be here _ lunged against israel. it is great to be here with _ lunged against israel. it is great to be here with you _ lunged against israel. it is great to be here with you this - lunged against israel. it is great i to be here with you this afternoon. i would _ to be here with you this afternoon. i would say, — to be here with you this afternoon. i would say, first of all, what was shown _ i would say, first of all, what was shown in— i would say, first of all, what was shown in the early hours of the morning — shown in the early hours of the morning was a unity of decent nations— morning was a unity of decent nations that came together against the diabolical intentions of iran. that— the diabolical intentions of iran. that resulted in a good outcome because — that resulted in a good outcome be

i talked to idf spokesman colonel peter lerner earlier today. are jeremy diamond had been reporting that israel ahead plan to begin to drop leaflets in rafah in southern gaza starting today, telling people that they had to leave that area in advance of ground operation in rafah, which would have likely occurred later on in this week, that did not occur today, which seems to indicate perhaps that whatever plan there may have been for rafah operation that may be on hold or delayed for now because of what happened i asked kernel learner about that he wouldn't say whether or not that operation is on hold, but he did stress that the road to getting hostages released, the road to the destruction of hamas, which is still the stated purpose of the israeli operation in in gaza. that is, that road goes through rafah. here's what he said >> if we want to fulfill our mission of dismantling hamas as a governing entity and bring home the hostages. they still hold 133 hostages in gaza. the roads to fulfilling those objectives goes through rafah >> the other th

want to bring in >> colonel peter lerner. he's a spokesman for the idf kernel learner or i think we have the audio problem worked out. the israeli war cabinet ended as meeting two discuss what israel's response might be. the nature of the timing of it, what it would look like. >> can >> you say anything that came out of that meeting >> no. i understand. i'm afraid i can't confirm anything at this time. of course, the cabinet was conducted as you rightly pointed out? behind closed doors and they give the idf their instructions to implement we will continue to be prepared and boys to implement any instructions that the government gives us. i think there's one less that we learned from iran's attack on israel on saturday night is that a unity of decent nations came together to confront the diabolical plan of iran. but it didn't stop on saturday night. they only opened the front door because they came from the backstage and took front and center, took the stage in order to attack israel you talk about a unity of nations. some of