However, its worth noting that there is no mention of an Israeli Military response, even though israeli officials have promised to retaliate against iran, after it launched a wave of missiles against israeli targets late on saturday. Only a handful of more than 300 missiles and drones got through the israeli air defences. Iran says it was responding to an air strike at the start of this month on the iranian consulate in the syrian capital, damascus which it blamed on israel, although israel has not acknowledged being behind it. Iran is calling for restraint, saying it doesnt want this to escalate into a wider war. We are going to look at the peril in this moment butjust to remind you that this tension takes place in the midst of the ongoing israel gaza war, is the i93rd day of war. Today there are reports of fighting in the gaza strip and particularly in the north east. There are also reports that more aid is now getting into gaza from the north. We are getting reports on the ground an
Against attempting any retaliation following those drone and missile attacks, which iran says were a response to an Israeli Attack on its Diplomatic Mission in syria. Our chief International Correspondent, lyse doucet, has been sending us updates from jerusalem. Israel says it is now launching a diplomatic offensive. The Israeli Foreign minister has written, he says, to 32 countries around the world, urging them to impose even more sanctions against the Islamic Republic of iran. The foreign minister, israel katz, posted this on x, formerly twitter, saying that iran has to be stopped now before it is too late. And that is the message thats also been sounded by leading senior military officials here in israel, including the chief of staff, Lieutenant General herzi halevi. He said that israel would have to respond. He made the comments while visiting the Nevatim Airbase in southern israel, where some of irans missiles did actually hit in the early hours of sunday morning, although israel
The westfield centre, just minutes from the famous bondi beach, fled the attacker s path, before he was shot dead by police. Officers said he was known to the authorities. Katy watson reports now from the scene. Shouting fear and panic in bondi. Chaos in one of sydneys busiest Shopping Centres. Police were called after reports of multiple stabbings, and this is the scene they were met with. The attacker entered the Shopping Centre just after three in the afternoon, maiming people in his path. I think they are telling everybody to go to the nearest exit. Amid the panic, there was indeed huge bravery. See how this this man in a White T Shirt wards off the attacker with a bollard. Outside, shoppers ran for their lives out of the mall. There was relief and terror. Everyone move back i was hiding in the back room, just hearing gunshots. It wasjust like the worst thing ever. We saw these people running towards us, and then we heard a shot. My husband dragged us into a shop and the lady locke
the un warns civil order may be breaking down in gaza, as thousands of residents break into warehouses for food and other basic items. our other main story: matthew perry, one of the stars of the hit tv show friends has died. he was 5a. hello, i m lewis vaughanjones. international agencies have expressed concern about reports of an israeli evacuation order for a key hospital in northern gaza. they ve warned that evacuating the site is impossible. it s treating hundreds of people, some of whom are chronically ill. around 14,000 gazans are also reported to be sheltering there. both the world health organization and international federation of the red cross have raised deep alarm over the order, saying hospitals must be protected. there are unconfirmed reports of air strikes about 20 metres from the al-quds facility. these images show smoke billowing from what appears to be a strike nearby. and this footage shows staff and patients struggling to breathe because of smoke inside t
he was 5a. hello and welcome. i m lewis vaughan jones. some breaking news from the white house. a call betweenjoe biden and prime minister netanyahu, we have a readout, as it is called, some details of what was talked about, released by the white house, this has come into us in the last few minutes, i will bring you the first two sentences. the president reiterated that israel has every right and responsibility to defend its citizens from terrorism and underscored the need to do so in a manner consistent with international human terry in law. that prioritised the protection of civilians. the president and prime minister discussed ongoing efforts to locate and secure the release of hostages, to include american citizens who remain unaccounted for and may be held by hamas. the president underscored the need to immediately and significantly increase the flow of humanitarian assistance to meet the needs of civilians in gaza. the president and the prime minister agreed to remain i