There is reaction from Around The World of course we can show you some pictures from paris as well where there is a solidarity march happening for all of the lives that have been lost in these strikes. We have had confirmation from an Israeli Embassy spokesperson who told Us News Network cbs that the number of People Killed in the attacks in israel is now 900. That is the live seen in paris where there is a march in solidarity with israel. Of course this is a story we are continuing to follow. The government has ordered a � complete seige� of the gaza strip israels Defence Minister said there would be no power, no food, no fuel and that everything would be closed down. The European Commission has also announced an immediate suspension of all aid to palestinians. Israeli military Officials Say they have six launched their largest attack striking more than 2000 targets today alone. 560 palestinians are reported dead. A hamas spokesman claimed, that four israelis whod been taken hostage had been killed in the air strikes, a claim that hasnt been verified. Hamas is continuing to Fire Missiles into israel, targeting jerusalem, Ben Gurion Airport near tel aviv, and ashkelon. Israels, iron dome defence system, intercepting many of those rockets. Israeli immediacy 900 israelis have been killed including at least 260 at a Music Festival. Its believed about 100 israelis are being held hostage in gaza. 0ur defence Correspondentjonathan Beale is in ashkelon and sent this report on israels response. Israels Military Operation to eliminate the threat inside its own territory still isnt over. This afternoon, near the border with gaza, more israeli troops are being sent in to clear out pockets of hamas fighters. Their Surprise Attack that shattered any image of israels invincibility. Up to 1,000 Palestinian Militants broke through the fences and barriers supposed to contain them. On this road, evidence that many have now been killed. But three days on and some are still fighting. This road is littered with the bodies of hamas fighters and burnt out, smashed up vehicles like this that they were using when they infiltrated across the border. You can hear gunfire still going on here. They are still clearing the area, the israeli forces, smoke rising in the distance, Apache Helicopters overhead. This clear up operation is still not over. The Military Block access to no go areas. And still, regularly coming under attack. By mortar and rocket fire. Checkpoints turning back vehicles. And anxious locals still shocked by what has happened. Translation they slaughtered children and the elderly. People who cannot defend themselves. They are not fighting for anything other than to kill. This, the aftermath afterjust one hamas massacre. The place where hundreds of young people who had come to party in the desert were murdered. The scale even for israel, which has experienced plenty of violence, unprecedented. It is by far the worst day in israeli history. Never before have so many israelis been killed by one single thing, let alone Enemy Activity on one day. And if you are americans and want to compare this to something in american history, then this could be a 911 and a Pearl Harbour wrapped into one. Israeli jets have already conducted hundreds of retaliatory strikes inside gaza. The small Palestinian Enclave home to more than 2 million people. They also now caught up in this war. This woman screaming, they are destroying us, after an israeli bomb hit a mosque nearby. And this mayjust be the prelude of worse to come. Israel is already tightening the noose around gaza. Translation we are imposing a complete siege on the city of gaza. There will be no food, no water, no fuel. Everything is closed. We are fighting Human Animals and we are acting accordingly. Israel is also massing its forces. Tanks, armoured vehicles and troops. 0vernight, israel has been building up its forces here near the border with gaza. In what looks like preparations for a potential Major MilitaryOperation Inside Gaza itself. Israels response will reverberate around the region. What it does next will have an impact way beyond gazas border. Jonathan beale, bbc news, southern israel. While you are watching that report you can see on your screen, still up now, live pictures from gaza. 0ccasionally you see the sky light up 0ccasionally you see the sky light up as those attacks continue. The israeli Prime Minister did promise that israel will use enormous force and throughout the day and now throughout the night, we are seeing the evidence of that. The Prime Ministers said that the idf� s retaliation for this tack is only just begun and you can see there the sky lighting up and gaza as that bombardment continues. 2 00 hamas targets have been hitjust throughout the day. So that Siege Of Gaza continues. Those attack continue to light up the sky. Those of the live pictures not from gaza. Now. Masha michelson a spokesperson for the Israeli Defence force. She spoke to me a short time ago. We have seen over the past 48 hours fast fighting in the territories surrounding but i can confirm at this point that the idf has gained control of those territories and we have fought off and eliminated the vast majority of the terrorists in that area. If any remain, they are singles who will meet the armed forces shortly and will be engaged with. We have evacuated all the communities that are closest to the gaza strip, excluding a couple hundred families that have chosen to stay willingly and we are securing defence to the gaza strip with tanks and armoured vehicles and aerial support to ensure no one else comes into israeli territory from gaza like what happened on saturday morning on the deadliest attack that israel has known since the formation of the state. 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We have seen over the past hours, some actions from the northern border. There has been an infiltration of four terrorists from the northern border that have all been eliminated. In response, but we are talking about days where we have seen morejewish People Killed in a single day than any single day since the end of the holocaust. These are atrocious times and you mention 260 dead people from the party, only today their families have been able to get to those bodies and identify their loved ones. I cannot even begin to imagine the situation, but the idea is focused on keeping the south of israelstable and assess the situation further to think what steps to take next. He situation further to think what steps to take next. Situation further to think what steps to take next. He talked about keein steps to take next. He talked about keeping the steps to take next. He talked about keeping the south steps to take next. He talked about keeping the south of steps to take next. He talked about keeping the south of israel steps to take next. He talked about keeping the south of israel stable, | keeping the south of israel stable, but how concerned are you about the war opening up on various other fronts. Reports are there to be said that israeli troops had been deployed against a suspected infiltration from lebanon in the north. Are you concerned about that . When we say we have deployed our reservists, we are talking about the fastest and most efficient deployment probably in israeli history. 300,000 reservists have been deployed and reported within 48 hours. Some of them to the southern regions, some to the north. Because we are aware of calls by hamas to his brother mac even to Israeli Arabs tojoin their his brother mac even to Israeli Arabs to join their fighting and we strongly discern discourage them from doing so. Yes there has been an infiltration from northern border but those are four terrorists and they have all been dealt with in and they have all been dealt with in and the idf has struck that in the north. We are prepared to face whatever threat seeing from that front. A spokesperson for the Israeli Defence force speaking to me a short while ago there. The israeli Prime MinisterBenjamin Netanyahu such as nations response to the killing of more than 900 people would change the middle east. Earlier the Defence Minister announced what he described as the complete siege of israels Defence Minister yoav gallant said gaza would be denied food, water, and fuel. We are enforcing a total blockade on gaza. Ihla we are enforcing a total blockade on gaza. ,. ,. , we are enforcing a total blockade on gaza. ,. ,. , gaza. No electricity, no food, no water. Gaza. No electricity, no food, no water no gaza. No electricity, no food, no water no gas gaza. No electricity, no food, no water. No gas. We gaza. No electricity, no food, no water. No gas. We are gaza. No electricity, no food, no water. No gas. We are fighting l water. No gas. We are fighting beastly people and are acting accordingly. Joining us now on the line from gaza is dr khamis elessi, hes a neurorehabilitation and Pain Medicine consultant based in gaza. We will speak to him on the phone. Thank you for speaking to us doctor. Firstly, i hope you are in a safe space. Are you able to tell us where you are, at home or in a shelter, let us know . Doctor, i hope you can hear me . Unfortunately it looks like thatis hear me . Unfortunately it looks like that is a tricky line. We will try to speak thereto him and gaza. 0bviously to speak thereto him and gaza. Obviously a difficult line there but we will try to get him back and get an update on the situation there, the humanitarian situation as well as the situation for those injured. 0f as the situation for those injured. Of course we are continuing to keep an eye on what is happening in gaza as we watch those live pictures and also try to bring you the latest lines. Including this from hamas officials who say that the israeli captives they have held hostage include tenants with dual citizenship including russians and chinese. That is a line that we are getting from hamas Officials Saying thatis getting from hamas Officials Saying that is really captives including tens with dual solutions it including russians and chinese are being held by them. Dual citizenship will stop those are live pictures from gaza of the retaliation from israel as we have been reporting. The Prime MinisterBenjamin Netanyahu warned that israel will be using an enormous force. We have seen 2400 targets being hit, hamas targets being hit just today. That is where things stand at the moment. Israel has been spending the day trying to regain control of parts of the south of the country. Much of that activity has centred on ashkelon close to the border of the gaza strip. Lets get a report now from anna foster. Air raid siren. Series of explosions. Theres a huge barrage going on overhead just at the moment. We have taken cover. This is. Its actually a memorial building. You can see were all here. Theres nick, hes got our camera. Yeah, were going to move. Get down, get down. When the sirens started, i was talking to gilad. Hed been at the Music Festival where more than 250 people were massacred, as hamas launched its attack on saturday morning. Shrapnel tore past his head. He was lucky to survive. The bullet went through here and to out here. So it went in. Yeah, you can see it went in and out. Yes. Explosions. People living here know these moments of fear well. Gilad and his mother didnt need words. We followed the smoke. We think this is where one of the missiles hit. Ah. Yeah, look, here in the ground. Avi and anat� s building doesnt have a bomb shelter, so the family hid in a stairwell. They told the children the explosions were thunder. We need to be strong for them, avi told me, but whos going to take care of us . Anna foster, bbc news, ashkelon. Lets try to get a first hand account of what the situation on the ground is. Joining us now on the line from gaza is dr khamis elessi, hes a neurorehabilitation and Pain Medicine consultant based in gaza. Joining us on the phone now. Thank you for making time to talk to us. First of all, i hope you are in a safe space. Describe to us where you are. Doctor, are you able to hear me we could hear you a short while ago. Oh dear. Well we did try. Unfortunately, we have not been able to reach doctor. Social media has shown dozens of party goers trying to flee a Music Festival as gunmen entered the site near gaza, before people were taken hostage. Gunshots were heard at the event near kibbutz reim. Yolande knell has the latest. The israeli Dance Festival that turned into the site of a massacre. As many as 260 people were killed here, in the fields by gaza. Others were taken. This footage shows a hamas gunman who appears to be leading away a hostage. Palestinian militants say theyve seized 100 soldiers and civilians. For ido dan, the horror� s been playing out on his familys whatsapp group. His relatives live next to gaza and, on saturday, his cousin hadas hid from hamas fighters in her home. She sent me this heart and she say that. Im not sure were going to survive this. Hadas did survive, but five members of the family are now missing, including her 80 year old mother, her niece, two of her children and their father. This video appears to show erez, who is 12, being snatched. Ido pleads for their release. Just get him out of this confrontation. Its not for kids, its not for older people. I dont think there is any war ethics that were not violated here. Even war has rules and ethics and limits. Israels military plans in gaza are complicated by the presence of so many hostages. Already, hamas says some have been killed in the intense air strikes. Mediators are trying to negotiate with both sides over those held captive, but with every hour that passes, their families fears are growing. Yolande knell, bbc news, tel aviv. For more on the humanitarian situation in gaza. I spoke to someone from the Palestinian Red Crescent society. For more on the humanitarian situation in gaza i talked to nibal farsakh, from the Palestinian Red Crescent society. Shejoined me earlier from ramallah in the west bank. Working tirelessly around the clock to deal with casualties in the west bank and gaza strip. We have around 230 fatalities as well as 914 injuries in the gaza strip while in the west bank we have dealt with over 400 injuries across the west bank to confrontations and clashes. Recently we have witnessed and cause a significant increase in the number of attacks on homes, residential buildings and towers and mosques. This has resulted in a large number of casualties including women and children. In some cases, residential buildings were struck without warning for residents to be evacuated. The humanitarian situation in the gaza strip is really degraded due to the continuing israeli air strikes as well as a large number of injuries and as we all know, they all suffer from the lack of medical supplies and some injuries need surgeries need to be done and those are not provided in gaza hospitals. So those injuries need to be transferred outside of the gaza strip to be treated. As we know, gaza is besieged so suffering from the lack of food also lack of fuel. Of food also lack of fuel. On that oint the of food also lack of fuel. On that point the defence of food also lack of fuel. On that point the Defence Minister of food also lack of fuel. On that point the Defence Minister announced a blockade that will include a ban on the admission of food and electricity and fuel. How was i going to affect the humanitarian Situation Gaza . Situation gaza . Gaza is already under 70 years Situation Gaza . Gaza is already under 70 years siege Situation Gaza . Gaza is already under 70 years siege now Situation Gaza . Gaza is already under 70 years siege now with | Situation Gaza . Gaza is already i under 70 years siege now with the situation and the escalation, electricity is only provided for core areas, no electricity. So electricity cut will severely affect the work of the hospitals who depend on generators. The best Case Scenario for some hospitals is the fuel will only last for more days. So the escalation is going to be continued. We are heading towards a humanitarian crisis. Due to the lack of food, fuel, power, electricity, the lack of medical supplies as well. That is why the call on the humanitarian, the International Community to pressure israel to open a humanitarian corridor to allow the entering of humanitarian supplies and aid and also those in urgent need to be treated outside of gaza strip will get the chance to be treated outside of gaza. Recently also, we have witnessed the destruction of infrastructure and major roads. Two hours ago there have been written destructions for major streets. Have been written destructions for majorstreets. For have been written destructions for major streets. For example the street near one hospital as well as another were destroyed. So this adds another were destroyed. So this adds another level of challenges to our medical teams. They are facing great challenges to arrive for the wounded people and injured people. Also since the beginning of the escalation, we witnessed targeting of medical workers. At least six medical workers were killed. We at the prc as teams have recorded five different violations against our medical teams which resulted. And five of our people were injured. 0ne now suffering from a critical injury. So our medical teams are already conducting the humanitarian roadin already conducting the humanitarian road in transforming wounded people into the hospital. Eaten road in transforming wounded people into the hospital. Into the hospital. Even that is rovin into the hospital. Even that is proving to into the hospital. Even that is proving to be into the hospital. Even that is proving to be a into the hospital. Even that is proving to be a dangerous into the hospital. Even that is| proving to be a dangerous stop. Into the hospital. Even that is i proving to be a dangerous stop. If you will allow me to be called for the protection of our medical teams will stop protection and safe access to the wounded people is a right. We call for the respect of the International Humanitarian law and providing safe access to our humanitarian workers so they can conduct their humanitarian role in gaza. The situation in gaza and israel is being watched Around The World. Lets show you some live pictures from france. This is paris. There is a solidarity march with israel going on there. Those are pictures of some of the people who have gathered. We have also heard a line from the French Foreign ministry who said in a statement, two french nationals have died during those attacks on israel since saturday. And another 14 french nationals are missing. It also added that it nationals are missing. It also added thatitis nationals are missing. It also added that it is likely that some of those missing may have been kidnapped including a child of 12 years. Of course dozens of people remain kidnapped by hamas and their families are desperately searching for information. We have heard from hamas. They have issued a Hostage Threat over those israeli air strikes. They announced that they will begin executing an israeli civilian captive in return for any new israeli bombing of Civilian Houses without warning. That threat came from the armed wing of hamas. Lets show you live pictures from gaza as well where the bombardments continue. The Israeli Government has promised heavy retaliation. 2400 hamas targets hitjust today. Those are live scenes from gaza. We will bring you all the latest. Stay with us here, you are watching bbc news. Explosion. We can see the strikes continuing in gaza. Reports say mediators from qatar have had contact with hamas to try and negotiate the release of israeli women and children seized and taken into gaza. The reports suggest that their freedom would be in exchange for the release of 36 palestinian women and children detained in israel. Mark harris, who is a Crisis Management consultant at upnor Crisis Consulting says it will be highly challenging to extract the hostages held by hamas militants. I think what is of interest the Hamas International head of relations said that the group is committed and we are obliged to treat our hostages in a very human, dignified way. He went on to add that hamass leader also instructed militants to show respect to the elderly. Respect children and respect women, civilians and children. Now, whati respect women, civilians and children. Now, what i have heard on your report this evening which say that that is now, if they do carry out the threats and start executing hostages being held, it is really a very, very challenging situation for all concerned. The hostages will be terrified. The families, of course, and loved ones and colleagues of those taken will be terrified as well. And indeed the hostages themselves will be very, very emotional and lots of high level of emotional and lots of high level of emotion about this. The hostages are being detained in a very constrained or geographical location. The Israeli Defence minister as we heard has now said there is a siege, they have stopped fuel, water, electricity, supplies. So all of that will further increase the challenges to the hostages and hostages taken as well. It is a dynamic, volatile situation. The idf still do not know exactly who was missing and detained. Lastly it is a conflict zone. So it is a huge challenge and i dont think speculation will help onto exactly how this will work out. Hagar speculation will help onto exactly how this will work out. How much detail do we how this will work out. How much detail do we have how this will work out. How much detail do we have about how this will work out. How much detail do we have about how how this will work out. How much. Detail do we have about how Hostage Situations between israel and gaza have been resolved in the past . I think historically looking at the past, the Israeli Government is not disposed to making concessions to terrorists. So from that point of view, they will be looking at a way of not giving any concessions whatsoever to hamas to secure the validity of those who have been taken so i am afraid that may well end up as what we described as a connecticut operation which again, is extremely risky for the hostages who have been taken. Connecticut. Either through stopped what they described as Friendly Fire or Hostage Taking killing. The Qatar ForeianHostage Taking killing. The qatar Foreign MinistryHostage Taking killing. The qatar Foreign Ministry has Hostage Taking killing. The qatar Foreign Ministry has confirmed l Hostage Taking killing. The qatarj Foreign Ministry has confirmed it Hostage Taking killing. The qatar i Foreign Ministry has confirmed it is involved in Mediation Talks with hamas over a possible prisoner swap. How optimistic is that looking . Sometimes that can work out, but i think at the moment with the emotions running so high in the declaration by the Israeli Government and the idf and the threat from hamas, i think, government and the idf and the threat from hamas, ithink, im not sure how much hope we can put in that. The assessment of the Hostage Situation there. These are live pictures from gaza where the bombardments continue. We will bring you all the latest, here on bbc news. This is bbc news. Israel says it will use � enormous force against hamas. It orders tanks to the border, for what it calls a � complete siege� of the gaza strip. Reports the death toll in israel has passed 900. 2,500 are injured. The us and uk confirm they have citizens among the dead and missing. Gaza is under near constant bombardment with more than 2,400 targets hit today. The Health Ministry there says 560 people are dead. This is the low shot from gaza. Thank you forjoining us. Reports say that mediators from qatar have had contact with her mast to try to negotiate the release of women and children taken into gaza. They suggested would be further release of 36 palestinian women and children held in israel. Joining me is the granddaughter of an 85 year old woman who was taken hostage by hamas. Thank you for talking to us about this. Could you tell us how this horrible affair has unfolded for you and your family