yair lapid there. earlier, i spoke to our middle east correspondent yolande knell.e've had these dozens of rockets fired by palestinian militants from gaza towards the centre of israel, even warning sirens going off in some suburbs of tel aviv, most sirens going off, though, in the south of the country. at the moment, we're not hearing any reports of a direct hit or injuries on the israeli side, but there has been quite intense rocket fire, israeli media reporting that injust half an hour, there were some 70 rockets that were fired. we've seen quite a lot of interceptions, i have to say, by israel's iron dome defence system. now, all of this followed israeli air strikes and also artillery strikes on gaza. they were in the south of the gaza strip. also that high—rise tower building was hit in the centre of gaza city. and we've had the comments by yair lapid, the israeli caretaker prime minister, in his tv address, but he also said that he was not allowing militant organisations in gaza, in his words, to set the agenda, because all of this goes back several days to wh

we saw yair lapid, there are, of course.nment has changed quite regularly in israel of late. he talks about zero tolerance. how would you describe yair lapid's approach to this and perhaps what it tells us also about his approach to the larger conflict? in approach to the larger conflict?— approach to the larger conflict? , u, , conflict? in this case the israeli hope _ conflict? in this case the israeli hope and - conflict? in this case the israeli hope and the - conflict? in this case the | israeli hope and the hope conflict? in this case the . israeli hope and the hope of yair lapid is a continuation of previous policy, to contain this in a very precise attack against palestinian islamic jihad, hoping that hamas doesn'tjoin the fight. this is a continuation, and establishment approach. it is a forceful approach against palestinian islamichhad. it has been over a year year of easing control of the gaza strip, hoping that hamas doesn'tjoin the fight. it is a mixed bag, but much like americans in a similar situation to the i

it is more of an rayney proxy, as yair lapid said. —— iran. they operate autonomously in gaza.s arrested by israel. israel lockdown its neighbouring communities right near the border and there was a lot of pushback, saying hey, their whole week we are stuck in our house because of this threat. but they, you know, they operate independently, and the name of the game, frankly, is to keep hamas out. and hamas has stayed out before when islamichhad and israel have exchanged blows. and that is the name of the game this time, if hamas stays out it will not escalate. but the question is will they be able to stay out of this fight?— of this fight? for islamic jihad, of this fight? for islamic jihad. what _ of this fight? for islamic jihad, what is _ of this fight? for islamic jihad, what is there - of this fight? for islamic jihad, what is there aim | of this fight? for islamic - jihad, what is there aim these days, as they carry out some of those actions?— those actions? they will say we want to liberate _ those actions? they will say we want to liberate all _ those actions? they will

israel's prime minister yair lapid spoke about the air strike in a television address earlier where he defend the israeli people. let's take a listen. israel carried out a precise counterterror operation against an immediate threat. our fight is not with the people of gaza. islamichhad is an iranian proxy that wants to destroy the state of israel and kill innocent israelis. the head of islamichhad is in tehran as we speak. we will do whatever it takes to defend our people. earlier, we spoke to our middle east correspondent yolande knell, who gave us this update. well, we've had these dozens of rockets fired by palestinian militants from gaza towards the centre of israel, even warning sirens going off in some suburbs of tel aviv, most sirens going off, though, in the south of the country. at the moment, we're not hearing any reports of a direct hit or injuries on the israeli side, but there has been quite intense rocket fire, israeli media reporting that in just half an hour, there were some 70 rockets that were fired. we've received quite a lot of interceptions, i have to say, by israe

and according to israeli prime minister yair lapid israel will do whatever it takes to defend our people. that was lapid yesterday afternoon. we should mention, however, if there's one silver lining from the past day's hostilities, it is that so far, and we stress so far, hamas, the larger and stronger militant group in the gaza strip, has not entered hostilities. it really is a fight at this point between the israeli army and islamic jihad in gaza. >> neri zilber in southern israel. thanks very much. >>> disturbing new indications that north korea may be ramping up its nuclear ambitions. satellite images from planet lav show new structures being built at north korea's punjiri nuclear test site. it comes as a confidential u.n. report obtained by cnn shows that pyongyang is taking steps to prepare for a future nuclear test. panjiri is where north korea has conducted six underground nuclear tests. the u.n. report says that development has been ongoing there as well as at other locations. >>> taiwan says it's detected multiple chinese aircraft and naval vessels operating around the taiwan s

we havd by yariel pete --yair lapid the israeli caretaker prime minister sayin he was not allowing militaryanizations in gaza to set the agenda. because all this goes back several days to win israel arrested a senior islamic jihad leader in the west bank. there was a deadly exchange of fire during his arrest. one palestinian was killed. islamic jihad threatened to retaliate and that led to a partial lockdown in the south of israel close to gaza where there are several israeli towns and villages that were very badly affected by road closures and that kind of thing. israel is now saying it has been prompted to launch this new military operation. >> the u.s. job numbers were released friday. they outstripped even president biden's prior optimism. 582,000 jobs were added in july. lowering the rate of unemployment in the u.s. to levels last seen before the onset of the pandemic. nevertheless, concerns remain about the state of the world's largest economy with inflation currently at a 40 year high and worries about the possibility of a recession. where do today's job numbers leave us? to discuss

reporter: the breakthrough announced by the israeli minister yair lapid. foreign minister was quick to confirm the developments. >> among the steps we plan to normalize relations, there is also the reappointment of ambassadors. if you remember, we made a statement in the news conference we held that we had started work on the appointment of ambassadors. such a positive step came from israel as a result of efforts. we also decided to appoint an ambassador to israel, to tel aviv. reporter: relations between the two countries had soared after israel attacked gaza in 2008, killing more than 1000 palestinians. but it was a raid in 2000 10 that fully severed ties between the two countries. israeli troops attacked a flotilla that was carrying humanitarian aid on international waters, killing nine turkish citizens. since than diplomatic ties have been virtually nonexistent. . in one year there will be a presidential election here in turkey, but with inflation at more than 70%, ankara wants to attract investment from regional countries. there are security challenge

the espresso tv channel turkey and israel are fully restoring diplomatic relations prime minister yair lapide president of turkey rezip and her perdogan have agreed on the mutual return of ambassadors and consuls general, according to the publication harits lapid noted that the restoration of ties will contribute to stability in the region, i will remind you that in 2018, turkey asked the ambassador of israel to leave the country due to the events on the administrative border of the gaza strip, then from dozens of palestinians died at the hands of the israeli military, in addition, the turkish government recalled the ambassadors in tel aviv and washington, israel already in response expelled the turkish consul from jerusalem latvians donated 300 thousand euros per day for the armed forces of ukraine this was reported by one of the initiators of the fundraising, a latvian musician ralphs eilands, according to him, this initiative arose after his communication with the ambassador of ukraine in latvia and other ukrainian diplomats, elans explained that the collected funds will be transferred to

israeli analysts say that russia is not satisfied with the policy of the new prime minister yair lapid regarding the war in ukraine. his predecessor, natalie benad, tried not to criticize russia and even flew to moscow at the beginning of a full-scale war with the proposal to become a mediator... and later, becoming the prime minister, followed a less balanced approach, he clearly defined russia as an aggressor, this concerns soviet rhetoric rather than any specific actions, but in this conflict, rhetoric is important, however, his prime minister on july 1. he headed the provisional government, which will operate until the parliamentary elections on november 1. meanwhile, opinion polls predict the leadership of the new leader of the party of former prime minister benjamin netanyahu, a full-scale war with russia, which the kremlin calls a so-called special operation from denazification turned into a separate tragedy for ukrainian jews, however, despite the destroyed synagogues and cultural buildings, many jewish religious and public organizations were able to leave for israel decided to

option the most realistic turkey and israel are fully restoring diplomatic relations prime minister yair lapidident of turkey i pardogan agreed on the mutual return of ambassadors and consuls general reports the publication harits lapid noted that the restoration of ties will contribute to stability in the region i will remind in 2018 turkey asked the ambassador of israel to leave the country due to the events on the administrative border of the gaza strip , then dozens of palestinians died at the hands of the israeli military, in addition, the turkish government recalled the ambassadors from the calf of the e-e flyout of washington israel, and in response he recreated the turkish expelled the turkish consul from jerusalem at this moment i have everything i tell you see you at 7:00 p.m. well, read more about important events on the espresso website , also subscribe to our channels in social networks on youtube, telegram, instagram, twitter, like, stay close, please watch espresso news and programs broadcast on our channel euroespresso for ukrainian refugees in europe joint airing with atf chan

israeli prime minister yair lapid saying the operation was launched in response to a concrete threat from terror groups. according to the palestinian health ministry, so far at least 26 people have been killed, including 6 children, and more than 200 injured. whit, this latest violence marks the biggest escalation since the war last may. security experts worry, if the palestinian group hamas gets involved, that could result in a much bigger conflict. hamas is in power in gaza, but have so far stayed on the guide license. whit? >> inez, thanks to you tonight. >>> taiwan is accusing china of simulating an invasion as tensions in the region escalate following house speaker nancy pelosi's visit. chinese state media releasing images of more than ten destroyers in joint exercises off taiwan. chinese troops and planes also participating. the white house calling china's actions deeply irresponsible. "world news tonight" this ad on- saturday. news just coming in out of new mexico. police are investigating what they're calling the targeted murders of four muslim men, saying they're likely conn

i asked him to describe israeli pm yair lapid's approach in dealing with this latest round of violence, in this case the israeli hope and lapid's hope is very much a continuation of previous policy, is to contain this in a very precise attack against palestinian islamic jihad, hoping that hamas does notjoin the fight. so i would characterise this as very much a continuation, an establishment kind of approach. it's a very forceful approach against palestinian islamichhad. still with a hope to continue what has been over a year now of easing control of the gaza strip, hoping that hamas doesn't join the fight. it is a mixed bag, but much like americans in a similar situations, the israeli approach to palestinean islamichhad is quite forceful and quick, despite the cost it entails. and what do you think might be the issue over whether hamas does or does notjoin what has happened so far? well, there's been a lot of mediation, attempted mediation between the sides, between hamas and israel, and that is really the key. if hamas joins the fighting here, we can see another escalation and someth

aggression the gas sector is fully implemented, its continuation may harm israel, said prime minister yair lapidy in the middle of the past day in the israeli government and on the other side of the barricades in the political leadership of islamic jihad, they started talking about the need to stop. fire is already the real master of the situation in the gas sector. hamas has made it clear that if the strikes do not stop in the next two days, its combat units will enter into a confrontation, the issue of restoration and maintenance will again be on the agenda bad peace, which, for all its shortcomings, is definitely better than a good war sergey pashkov alexander ivanyuk anastasia demenets news, israel in the united nations about the fate of the attack on the zaporizhzhya nuclear power plant secretary general of the organization. you called it suicide and expressed hope that the strikes would stop, but you didn't mention who was behind them. any attack on a nuclear power plant is suicidal in itself and i hope these attacks stop as well. i hope that the iaea will be able to access the station and

we have heard from the israeli prime minister yair lapid who tweeted his country's condemnation saturday evening and he also blamed iran saying that it was the incitement that has been led by what he described as the extremist regime into iran for decades that has led to this attack. of course it was back in 1989 that tkhomeini at the time who called for the killing of salman rushdie following the publication of his book that was seen as blasphemous, extremely insulting for some muslims, an attack on their prophet and their religion. in the '90s it did appear that the iranian government at the time was softening its position, that it might be backtracking on t that, but in recent years, we've seen the current supreme li liter -- leader saying that it is still valid. and while we've not had any official government reaction so far, we have seen reaction on social media as well as hardline conservative publications in iran, one newspaper on saturday publishing this column in which they praised the attacker who they described as him deserving thousands of god blesses, that the hands of this

israeli prime minister yair lapid also tweeting saying that the comments were a moral disgrace and monsterrousive him. also comments from the united states. and in the last few hours we also received a clarification from mahmoud abbas. this is not the first time he's made such comments that he has later had to clarify. and in the statement we received from mahmoud abbas' office, he reaffirms the holocaust is the most heinous crime in human history and what he meant is that to speak of the massacres committed against the palestinian people by israeli forces, crimes that he says has not stopped until this day. >> all right. hadas gold, thank you so much. >>> and some american schools are short of more than just teachers. and what walmart shoppers can tell us about the u.s. economy. ? i'm in the metaverse, bundling my home and auto insurance. why don't you just do that in the real world? um, because now i can bundle in space. watch this. save up to 25% when you bundle home and auto. call a local agent or 1-888-allstate for a quote today. welcome to your world. your why. what drives you? what do y

israel's prime minister yair lapid, he was elected in november, he's eager to prove himself. he said these new strikes were in response to what he is calling a concrete threat from terror groups. he says israel is not interested in any kind of broader conflict, but that at the same time, israel would not shy away from a new conflict, and israel's defense minister is saying that this conflict could be a lengthy one. the white house weighing in all of this saying -- urging for restraint, calling on both sides not to escalate things any further but at the same time saying it supports israel's right to defend itself against terror groups, and you also have both hamas and that islamic jihad militant group vowing to retaliate, to continue retaliating. the last time the two sides were at war was in may of 2021. that war went on for 11 days, and, guys, what we saw happening overnight was the biggest escalation in violence we've seen since then. eva? >> ines de la cuetara in london for us there, thank you. >>> and now to ukraine and reports of shelling near europe's largest nuclear po