BBC Verify Live: Iran strike on Israel investigated and RAF base protest video checked
Update:
Date: 09:56 BST
Title: What we know about the latest Iranian strike on Beersheba
Content: Paul BrownBBC Verify senior journalist
We're working through a wealth of material from Beersheba in southern Israel following a second reported Iranian strike on the city in as many days.
The impact seems to have affected a technology park in the north-east of the city and we can see that several buildings have been damaged.
As we analyse the footage, we'll seek to establish the exact point of impact and identify the damaged buildings.
Yesterday, the nearby Soroka Hospital was struck by a missile and the Iranian authorities said then that the intended target had been the technology park.
Meanwhile communications restrictions imposed by the Iranian government are continuing, hampering our ability to gather material from inside the country and assess recent Israeli strikes on Iran.
Earlier this morning the internet monitoring organisation Netblocks reported that Iran had been 'disconnected from the global internet' for 36 hours with "only a handful of users" able to connect via virtual private networks.
Update:
Date: 09:43 BST
Title: Welcome to Friday's BBC Verify Live
Content: Rob CorpBBC Verify Live editor
Good morning from the team in the BBC's newsroom in London.
It's now been just
over a week since the conflict between Israel and Iran escalated, and both
sides exchanged further air strikes overnight.
We're looking into the impact of Israeli air raids overnight targeting
Tehran and we'll also continue assessing the aftermath of an Iranian strike on
a technology park in Beersheba, southern Israel.
We're also investigating the
latest reports of deaths near a Gaza
Humanitarian Foundation aid hub. Witnesses and medics
in Gaza say at least 23 people were shot dead by Israeli forces.
And our data team will be
across today's Commons vote as MPs get their final say on whether to legalise
assisted dying in England and Wales.
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