war in israel

We can’t get inside Gaza to report on what is going on, but our colleague – filmmaker Yousef Hammash – lives there. 

Earlier, the Israeli military said it had secured the border with Gaza, which is now under the heaviest bombardment in its history

Israel’s Ambassador to the UK, Tzipi Hotovely joined us live.

We look at the reaction here in the UK to the shocking events in Israel and Gaza.

Our International Editor Lindsey Hilsum reacts to the events in Israel and Gaza, and what it means for the wider Middle Eastern region

We speak to Ahmad Muna, who’s from a prominent Arab family in East Jerusalem, and helps run his family business, the Educational Bookshop.

He told us that the failure to see the assault coming was down to the arrogance of the current government.

Israel is no stranger to crises on its streets. Apart from the wars of 1967 and 1973 there were the bus bombs during the second intifada, and what seemed like the constant spectre of terror. 

More details are emerging of the attack which it’s thought more than 260 died. 

We speak to Yosi Shnaider. Six of his relatives – among them his cousin Shiri Bibes and her nine-month-old baby – are thought to have been captured and taken to Gaza.

We talk to Mkhaimar Abusada, a Professor of Politics at Al-Azhar University, who’s in Gaza.

Hamas is threatening to execute one captured Israeli for every civilian house bombed without pre-warning. This as Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu warned that Israel’s retaliation against Hamas has only just begun and it will change the Middle East.