7th October Attack News Today

A truce in southern gaza. These are the latest pictures from the Rafah Crossing, showing the crowds there. We understand that Un Fuel Trucks did make it across the border this morning. In the past couple of hours, americas top diplomat, antony blinken, has arrived back in israel, from egypt, where he was trying to persuade officials to reopen the border point. Egypts Foreign Minister is reported as saying israel had not yet taken a stance that would allow the crossing to open. Over the weekend, ...

good evening. on the eve of a crucial vote for the prime minister on his plan to send illegal migrants to rwanda — various factions of conservative mps have been meeting and giving their opinions on whether the plan will work — and by extension whether they are likely to vote for it. and in an indication of how divided the party is over the issue, the opinions vary widely. some have given it their backing as long as it doesnt change — others say it has to change — or be junked ...

after the attack. 0ur middle east correspondent, lucy williamson, has more from jerusalem. a warning, her report contains some distressing details. out of the chaos and mass trauma of the hamas attacks, new stories are starting to emerge of rape and sexual assault, including graphic testimony from an eyewitness interviewed by police. i realised they were raping her one by one. then she was passed to another man in uniform. she was still alive when she was being raped. the scale of sexu...

gaza health officials said many civilians were killed in an israeli strike on houses near khan younis. to the north, israeli forces are surrounding the jabalia refugee camp, which israel says is being used as a base by hamas. amid growing international criticism of the high palestinian civilian death toll, the israeli prime minister, benjamin netanyahu, has pushed back against those he says are trying to pressure israels tactics in gaza. he said the only way to finish the job was to us...