Says more than 700 israelis have been killed. 260 bodies have been found dead at the site of a Music Festival in southern israel. The Gaza Ministry of health says 413 palestinians have been killed by israeli airstrikes in gaza, including 78 children and 41 women. Israel says it is still trying to regain full control of eight areas where hamas militants infiltrated following saturdays attack. The number of israeli civilians and soldiers taken hostage has been put at 100 by the Israeli Embassy to the us, though some have been freed. In northern israel, hezbollah rockets targeted three military positions, with israel responding with barrages of artillery into Southern Lebanon. The United NationsSecurity Council has held an Emergency Meeting to discuss the crisis. 0ur Correspondentjonathan Beale has the latest. I should warn you his report has some distressing images. Israeli troops are still hunting down armed palestinians. More than 30 hours after their biggest and bloodiest breakout from gaza into israel itself. One of the worlds most advanced militaries taken by surprise. By hamas, a Militant Group kept behind barriers that were supposed to stop this happening. Their attack, as brutal as it was brazen. Hundreds killed. For israel, that has included scores of unarmed civilians as well as of soldiers. Already, the largest loss of life in decades. Here, the bodies of an israeli family shot dead waiting to be identified and buried. Hamas has taken dozens of hostages, too. Like this 85 year old grandmother, whisked away by militants in a golf cart. Families, too, among them this mans wife and their five year old and two year old daughters. He is left anxiously waiting for news and pleading for their safe return. I want to ask of hamas, dont hurt them. Dont hurt little children, dont hurt women. If you want me instead, i am willing to come. Israels Prime Minister meeting Security Chiefs this morning has warned his nation of a long anf difficult war ahead. Both sides have already suffered significant losses. Hamas murdered hundreds of israelis, men, women and children, and took dozens hostage into gaza. This horrific terror act demands a forceful, determined and sustained response. Israels response has been swift and harsh. Despite the massive intelligence failure. Its missiles, Filmed By Our Bbc team in gaza. Jets have been hitting what they say are hamas positions. But many civilians have also been killed in this densely populated palastinian enclave, blockaded, and nowhere else to flee. Tonight, this is as close as we can get to gaza itself, about five kilometres in that direction. There is a lot of military activity, jets overhead. Israel has told its citizens living nearby to leave. It is not clear whether that could signal a Land Incursion by israel into gaza itself. But inevitably, this will end up being more bloody still. There is also the risk of escalation. Hezbollah has been Firing Rockets into israel from neighbouring lebanon. They say, a show of solidarity with palestinians. This region has long been a tinderbox, and once again, the flames are being fanned. Jonathan beale, bbc news, southern israel. Dozens of young Festival Goers are believed to be among the hostages, taken from the site of this Music Festival in the Southern Israeli Desert on saturday. 260 people there were killed. Videos posted on social media showed hundreds fleeing the festival, close to the gaza strip, as they came under fire. They include 25 year old noa argamani, seen here, being taken away on a motorbike by militants and separated from her boyfriend, who is also missing. My colleague Maryam Moshiri spoke with amit parpara from tel aviv. Hes a friend of noa argamani and he spoke about his last contact with noa. My First Contact with noa was around 6 30, when the missiles started. There were missiles all over israel. Thats what woke us up, all of us. And then we started messaging all the people that are still now in the Music Festival, which happens to be all morning. What did she say in those messages . Were seeing them now, but theyre obviously in hebrew. Can you explain what shes saying to you . Yes, shes sending a live location and asking for someone to save her, save her boyfriend. She was hiding in a hole near the festival. They were searching for some place to hide because they didnt have any car, thats also what she wrote, she doesnt have any car. And they came in a group, i guess. So they hid when the terrorists came. At around 8 30 to 9 00, the terrorists broke through the gaza borders and they came in, thats when we started hearing about the horrors going on in the festival. And thats when we started to really get nervous about noa and her boyfriend. Of course, for other people as well that are still missing. In the face of the escalating violence, the us has stepped up its support for israel, deploying an initial emergency military assistance package. The us navy is moving several Aircraft Carriers, guided missile cruisers, and destroyers to the eastern mediterranean. It is sending additional equipment and resources, including munitions, that will arrive in the coming days. Defense secretary lloyd austin maintains that this is merely a measure to bolster regional deterrence efforts. The United States provides israel more than 3 billion in Security Assistance each year. The Hamas Militant Group told reporters that the us providing an Aircraft Carrier is actual participation in the aggression against our people. Hamas� s major financial backers are the gulf state of qatarand iran. On sunday, us Secretary Of StateAnthony Blinken spoke to nbc� s Meet The Press about possible iranian involvement in the coordinated hamas assault. Hamas would not hamas be without the support from iran. At this point we do not have anything that suggests iran was involved in this attack, planning and carrying it out, but we have to look at it carefully. We do know iran has had a long relationship with hamas and one of the reasons why we counter uranian precisely for the support they provide to hamas. It is not surprising that those opposing Israel Normalising its relation with neighbours and countries around the region are hamas, hezbollah and iran and it is entirely possible one of the reasons for the attack is to de normalise these relations. There are a lot of challenging issues to work through and we are in the process of doing that but the result would be, if we were able to do that, on a much different path for the region and for the future, path of greater stability, integration and people working together to better their lives. A short while ago, i spoke to former congresswoman jane harman about the us response to the conflict. She made 25 trips to israel and the region while serving in congress. Congresswoman, we appreciate you joining us. You have made several trips to israel and the surrounding region when you were a member of congress. I want to start by asking you what your reaction is of the events we are seeing unfolding in israel and events we are seeing unfolding in israeland in events we are seeing unfolding in israel and in gaza. In israel and in gaza. Simply horrific. It in israel and in gaza. Simply horrific. It is in israel and in gaza. Simply horrific. It is easy in israel and in gaza. Simply horrific. It is easy to in israel and in gaza. Simply horrific. It is easy to say in israel and in gaza. Simply horrific. It is easy to say the | horrific. It is easy to say the attacks were unprovoked, they were a surprise, but it is a complicated history and it is very disappointing that we have not found a way forward and i think some good news is that President Biden has been talking about and anthony blink and Secretary Of State to give us something we can do to break out of the cycle of violence to move forward. The israelis have a right to condemn the violence and so is the us, the uk in a statementjust issued and i hope that un does as well but i also think we have to be working together on a solution that will break out of violence. That will break out of violence. ,. , violence. You have extensive experience violence. You have extensive experience in violence. You have extensive experience in the violence. You have extensive experience in the region. Violence. You have extensive experience in the region. It l experience in the region. It did seem, over the past several months, that the tensions really had been escalating between the two sides, between palestinians and israelis. Do you think paul could have been done or perhaps this type of violence was essentially building and building up and getting ready to explode. More could have been done. Gaza is a tiny landmass more could have been done. Gaza is a tiny landmass and is a tiny landmass and exploding is about the right comment going forward. Several things could happen. Antony blinken mentioned he thinks one of the motivations out was to derail the possible agreement between saudi arabia and israel which, also, if it happened, would contain a path forward for a palestinian state. That may sound absolutely absurd right now, given the level of violence, and it would not happen right now, but this grievance by palestinians has been festering over years and this is an opportunity to think about whether the neighbourhood, certainly including saudi arabia, but also other gulf countries that have been condemning israel only, i think that is very wrong for the breakup violence, for them to step up and be part of the solution and that solution will rein in or could irans abhorrent behaviour as well, and followed a path for a responsible leadership in a responsible leadership in a responsible set of steps by palestinians hopefully toward sunday and independent state. Congresswoman, think many observers it would seem that the Peace Process or any type of engagement with the two sides on the sides of the United States, has been put to the side a bit over the past few years. Would you like to see the Biden Administration put more emphasis on a peaceful solution . I put more emphasis on a peaceful solution . , ~ solution . I would like the Biden Administration solution . I would like the Biden Administration to l solution . I would like the l Biden Administration to do solution . I would like the Biden Administration to do two things. One is to help israel defend itself. Which were doing. I think it is a good thing. As ijust so, we are providing some for the war effort that israel has requested. And by the way, the president does have authority to do this. Sadly, our congress is not functioning, our house of representatives, my former employer. And i think many republicans in the congress strongly support his doing this and so he should do that. But he also has been working for some time, his Administration Working for some time on a path to peace involving the whole region and i am saying we should be doing both. You were a rankin should be doing both. You were a Ranking Member should be doing both. You were a Ranking Member of should be doing both. You were a Ranking Member of the should be doing both. You were a Ranking Member of the housej a Ranking Member of the House Intelligence Committee for several years after 9 11 and obviously those attacks drastically change the way that the us goes about its own security, how do you think these attacks in israel matt that it might impact the way is goes about its own Security System . Goes about its own Security S Stem . ,. ,. , system . Neither is real all the Usb Dignities system . Neither is real all the Usb Dignities attacks. System . Neither is real all the Usb Dignities attacks. There i Usb Dignities attacks. There were highly innovative and creative and way beyond so we think the sophistication ofs to put on. Guesses are other countries and groups were helping hamas, possibly iran but no evidence that has happened. Going forward, the intelligence picture has to be far more creative but even before that, israel, the Israeli Military has to be far more creative in imagining further attacks on israeli soil now. For example from Southern Lebanon on where hezbollah, different terror group closely affiliated with iran, has now missed with position guidance. Israel better be worrying about Northern Borders with lebanon and worrying about other forms of attack like massive Cyber Attacks on its infrastructure. This is something the us is contemplating as well but we have a long way to go for them even though we have a department which has existed for two decades, focusing on threats to our home when system. Threats to our home when s stem. � , threats to our home when system system. As this military resnonse system. As this Military Response from system. As this Military Response from israel. System. As this Military Response from israel begins to unfold, what should the us be doing to prevent any further loss of life . Especially when we talk about any kind of attacks on gaza. I we talk about any kind of attacks on gaza. We talk about any kind of attacks on gaza. I am sure there are attacks on gaza. I am sure there are conversations i there are conversations ongoing, the israelis have been careful to say they are not targeting civilians. There is certainly not true in reverse. This horrific attack you have been reporting on on the Fault Festival where there are at least 260 confirmed deaths and probably thousands of others wounded was a deliberate attack on civilians. That is not the israeli playbook and i think we will see is why i will try to stick to this idea and reclaim hostages and strike military targets. I dont know exactly what israel is planning but they should not be talking about on the airways. They should execute a plan consistent with values and there enormously sophisticated trade forces. They are caught up trade forces. They are caught up in the reserves come everybody in israel has to serve in the military following high school. And it is a small and vulnerable country. They are well prepared for what comes next. Sadly, they were not well prepared for what came to days ago. Not well prepared for what came to days age to days ago. Thanks much for oininu to days ago. Thanks much for joining us to days ago. Thanks much for joining us. Thank to days ago. Thanks much for joining us. Thank you. Around the world and across the uk, this is bbc news. Lets look at some other stories making news. Germanys far right and conservative parties major made gains in this sundays Regional Election a test for the countrys shifting political landscape. The wins in the key states of bavaria and hesse are seen as a sharp rebuke of chancellor 0laf scholz� s fractious centre left coalition. 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