Israeli security forces said they are conducting "a counterterrorism operation” targeting at least four Palestinian cities. Local journalists said they had not seen anything of this scope and scale in the West Bank since the days of the second Palestinian uprising two decades ago. We hear from a hospital in Jenin as well as the view from Israel.

Also on the programme: the head of the UN's international atomic energy agency tells us why fighting around Russia's Kursk nuclear plant is dangerous; and, as the Paris Paralympics opens, we hear from a competitor who is seven months pregnant.

(Picture: An Israeli military vehicle takes part in a raid in Jenin, in the Israeli-occupied West Bank. Credit: REUTERS/Raneen Sawafta)