the palestinian health ministry says 2a people including six children are now known to have died in israeli air strikes on the gaza strip. israel is targeting the palestinian militant group, islamichhad, and says it expects the offensive to last a week. the british foreign secretary, liz truss, said britain stood by israel s right to defend itself, but has called for a swift end to the violence, which has broken more than a year of relative calm. from jerusalem, here s our middle east correspondent, yolande knell. explosion. the full force of israel s new military operation in gaza. this building hitjust minutes after a warning strike. palestinians racing away. a year of relative calm now shattered. this is where one of the first israeli air strikes killed an islamichhad commander, leaving his neighbour in shock. we were safe in our home. we were thrown out of it by the bomb, says maryam. why didn t they warn us? tonight islamichhad fired heavy barrages of rockets in
hello and welcome to the programme. a very good to have your company. the palestinian health ministry says 2a people, including six children, are now known to have died in israeli air strikes on the gaza strip. israel is targeting the palestinian militant group, islamichhad, and says it expects the offensive to last a week. the british foreign secretary, liz truss, said britain stood by israel s right to defend itself, but has called for a swift end to the violence, which has broken more than a year of relative calm. from jerusalem, here s our middle east correspondent, yolande knell. explosion the full force of israel s new military operation in gaza. this building hitjust minutes after a warning strike. palestinians racing away. a year of relative calm now shattered. this is where one of the first israeli air strikes killed an islamichhad commander, leaving his neighbour in shock. we were safe in our home. we were thrown out of it by the bomb , says maryam. why didn t th
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Hook Elementary School in connecticut. Investigators are trying to piece together information about the shooter. Including what could have motivated him to kill more than 20 people. Many of them innocent children. The nation as mourning the victims of Fridays School massacre in new town, connecticut. The shooter is dead and now authorities have the daunting task of identifying the victims. Renee marsh joins us now with the latest. The most common question is why. As residents came together at this visual friday night. Law enforcement continue to piece together what happens. We know that this will be mass of and it is a big puzzle that we have to put together. At the center of the puzzle we have the 20 yearold who has been identified as the shooter. He had no known criminal record. He was dressed in black fatigue. He was always settle different. He kept hisself. I do not think you could say you could predict this. Nowhere is this sadness more powerful than the small community. The press