And a blockade are continuing before an expected Ground Offensive. Un agencies say theres only 2a hours left, of water, electricity and fuel while food will run out in five days. These are the pictures of khan younis in Southern Gaza which was struck overnight but thousands of people continue to arrive after fleeing the north. Its reported that trucks have arrived at gazas Southern Border with egypt, but so far theyve been unable to enter. The us says its working on a plan to get humanitarian supplies into gaza. There are repeated warnings, of a deepening humanitarian crisis. More than 2,800 people have been killed in the israeli air strikes. President biden is expected in israel tomorrow. Hell be briefed on israels aims and strategies in response to the hamas attacks that killed 1,400 people. He is expected to meet regional leaders as well. In its strongest warning yet, iran, which backs hamas, has said it could take pre emptive action in the next few hours. And in a new development, The Pentagon Has said 2000 us troops have been put on deployment alert the bbc is working to establish what exactly that means. This is the scene across gaza right now. Have seen through the course of today, just like the previous ten days, more rockets going out. Its missile strikes coming in. That is the latest picture. With the latest heres yolande knell. The scramble for survivors in this crater where homes used to stand. This was Northern Gaza after another deadly israeli air strike. At another scene, a mans stretchered out alive. But there were also childrens bodies in the rubble. This was in the south after a million palestinians were told to move here for their safety. Israels military says its targeting hamas hideouts and militant sites. Before dawn, lorries loaded with desperately needed aid were lining up in egyptjust across the borderfrom gaza. Hours later, the Rafah Crossing remained firmly shut. The dilemma how to get supplies to needy civilians but not hamas. When President Biden visits, it will be high on his agenda. The United States and israel have agreed to develop a plan that will enable humanitarian aid from donor nations and multilateral organisations to reach civilians in gaza, and them alone, including the possibility of creating areas to help keep civilians out of harms way. It is critical that aid begin flowing into gaza as soon as possible. For israelis still reeling from the hamas atrocities a week and a half ago, there is growing fear about some 200 people, including children, being held hostage. But hamas has now released footage showing one woman alive. Mia schem is 21. The bbc doesnt usually show hostage videos. But her family agreed we could use these pictures. They are demanding her release. I am begging the world to bring my baby back home. She only went to a party, to a festival party, to have some fun. And now shes in gaza. And shes not the only one. There are many children who went to this party. As israel gets ready for an escalation in its offensive in gaza, the presence of so many of its own citizens held captive is a worrying complication. But its military insists its sticking to its goal, to eradicate hamas. Yolande knell, bbc news, jerusalem. Im nowjoined by leutenant colonel richard hecht, International Spokesperson for israels defence forces. Thank you for being lighter with us. He told bbc news there is no humanitarian crisis in gaza. Are you serious . I humanitarian crisis in gaza. Are you serious . , humanitarian crisis in gaza. Are you serious . ,. , humanitarian crisis in gaza. Are you serious . ,. ,. , serious . I am saying that hamas is re5ponsible. Serious . I am saying that hamas is re5ponsible. I serious . I am saying that hamas is responsible, i am serious . I am saying that hamas is responsible, i am saying serious . I am saying that hamas is responsible, i am saying we serious . 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We have heard the lack of water is a massive problem, only 2a hours left, britishjournalists have been told people are drinking sea water, aid workers who have spent their whole career in this line of work said they have never seen anything like this. There is a real danger that if you say black is white, people simply wont believe you. White, people simply wont believe ou. ,. , white, people simply wont believe ou. ,. , that white, people simply wont believe yom that is white, people simply wont believe you. That is not| you. They started this. That is not what i am you. They started this. That is not what i am asking you. They started this. That is not what i am asking you. You. They started this. That is not what i am asking you. I you. They started this. That is not what i am asking you. I am you. They started this. That is notj what i am asking you. I am asking you about denying there is a humanitarian crisis. You about denying there is a humanitarian crisis. Address that. 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Hamas has to take responsibility for their actions war with hamas. Hamas has to take responsibility for their actions but i responsibility for their actions but israel has to be responsible for what you are doing. Let me ask you a question about what you are doing. You told people to move south and yet overnight targets were hit in the south. Palestinian people have been telling reporters on the ground they simply do not know where to go thatis they simply do not know where to go that is safe. ~ they simply do not know where to go that is safe that is safe. When we see a hamas taruet that is safe. When we see a hamas tar et we that is safe. When we see a hamas target we will that is safe. When we see a hamas target we will go that is safe. When we see a hamas target we will go after that is safe. When we see a hamas target we will go after it. That is safe. When we see a hamas target we will go after it. It that is safe. When we see a hamas target we will go after it. It is target we will go after it. It is that simple. We will do whatever we can to minimise our airforce, is actually based on its procedures. When we see a hamas capability or something that will threaten us, we will strike it. Taking into account international law, doing everything we can to minimise collateral damage. We can to minimise collateral damaue. ,. ,. , damage. Exactly on that point, doctors have damage. Exactly on that point, doctors have been damage. Exactly on that point, doctors have been seen damage. Exactly on that point, doctors have been seen half. Damage. Exactly on that point, | doctors have been seen half the windage they are seen currently our children. You know what the catch of the figures are, theyre upwards now of 2700 palestinians. At what stage this do you pause at all to reconsider what you are targeting, where you are targeting. It is reconsider what you are targeting, where you are targeting. Where you are targeting. It is the same answer where you are targeting. It is the same answer. We where you are targeting. It is the same answer. We will where you are targeting. It is the same answer. We will target where you are targeting. It is the same answer. We will target anything that threatens israel. If we see people wrapping up launchers any building, this is a cynical enemy, they are entrenching in their civilians and using them as human shields. We are doing everything we can but our goal is very clear. This will never happen to israel again. Do you not worry his brother are watching the scenes and pictures his brother mac, and potentially entering this conflict, actually joining the war, broadening the war with Israel Fighting on two fronts. The country of lebanon and the people of ii on have to ask themselves if they want to risk their future for hamas. That is a very simple question. Just to remind you, it wouldnt be wise for them to come into this, ourfocus right now is dealing with hamas and gaza, we are not fighting the Palestinian People. We are not intentionally attacking children. We are doing everything we can, but go back to that saturday, 11 days ago, they came in, sorted our children, slotted our children, kidnapped people. They went after our civilians, mothers, our children. We have 199 confirmed hostages kidnapped into children, babies. It was interesting listening to Martin Griffiths from the un only yesterday saying it is not a contradiction to hold two thoughts at once. That it was an egregious act to take hostages and lodge those attacks, but also that the Palestinian People had nothing to do with those things and should be protected. Do you agree with him . I and should be protected. Do you agree with him . And should be protected. Do you agree with him . I agree that we are not fi. Htin agree with him . 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Do you think the Israeli Military has the capacity to fight on two fronts . Israeli military has the capacity to fight on two fronts . Absolutely, but it wouldnt be fight on two fronts . Absolutely, but it wouldnt be worthwhile fight on two fronts . Absolutely, but it wouldnt be worthwhile for it wouldnt be worthwhile for leading on to come into this right now. ~. , leading on to come into this right now. ~. , ,. , now. What is the Exit Strategy. I know the overall now. What is the Exit Strategy. I know the overall strategy, now. What is the Exit Strategy. I know the overall strategy, it now. What is the Exit Strategy. I j know the overall strategy, it has been said many times from Benjamin Netanyahu down was to destroy hamas. What is the Exit Strategy . What happens the day after you go in for the Ground Offensive . I am happens the day after you go in for the Ground Offensive . The Ground Offensive . I am a military man. The Ground Offensive . I am a military man. These the Ground Offensive . I am a military man. These are the Ground Offensive . I am a military man. These are big i military man. These are Big Questions that have to be asked to our political leadership. Right now we are focused only on the mission. I do think it is achievable . I do. As lona i do think it is achievable . I do. As long as i do think it is achievable . I do. As long as it i do think it is achievable . I do. As long as it takes, i do think it is achievable . I do. As long as it takes, we i do think it is achievable . I do. As long as it takes, we will i do think it is achievable . I do. As long as it takes, we will do | i do think it is achievable . I if as long as it takes, we will do what we have to do. We as long as it takes, we will do what we have to do we have to do. We have to leave it there, we have to do. We have to leave it there. We we have to do. We have to leave it there. We are we have to do. We have to leave it there, we are out we have to do. We have to leave it there, we are out of we have to do. We have to leave it there, we are out of time. We have to do. We have to leave it there, we are out of time. Thank. We have to do. We have to leave it i there, we are out of time. Thank you forjoining us life here on The Programme. Forjoining us life here on The Programme forjoining us life here on the i programme. Around forjoining us life here on The Programme. Around The Programme. Thank you. Around the world and across programme. Thank you. Around the world and across The Programme. Thank you. Around the world and across the uk, programme. Thank you. Around the world and across the uk, you programme. Thank you. Around the world and across the uk, you are i world and across the uk, you are watching bbc news. Lets look at some other stories making news. Belgian police have shot dead the man who, in brussels on monday, killed two swedish Football Fans and seriously injured a third. The Authorities Say he was a tunisian who was living in belgium illegally. The Prosecutors Office said the gunman had been motivated by the Islamic State group and that the attack is being treated as terrorism. China is marking ten years of its huge infrastructure project, the belt and Road Initiative designed to link beijing with the rest of asia and the world. Officials and leaders from around the world are attending the celebrations. They include president putin, on his first visit to a leading world power since the invasion of ukraine. Ukraines Special Forces say theyve destroyed nine Russian Helicopters in attacks on Military Airbases in the occupied cities of berdyansk on the sea of azov, and luhansk, in the east. They say the attacks also destroyed an ammunition warehouse, Damaged Runways and killed and wounded dozens of russian personnel. Youre live with bbc news. Let me take you life to the scene, the smoke and still rising as i was talking to the spokesman of the idf. Another blast on this day. Live now to our correspondent injerusalem, tom bateman. We were talking about the israeli strategy but into all of this flies injoe biden, into an effective war. What is your assessment of a move like that . It what is your assessment of a move like that . ,. Like that . It is unprecedented, certainly in like that . It is unprecedented, certainly in recent like that . It is unprecedented, certainly in recent times. Like that . It is unprecedented, certainly in recent times. The | like that . It is unprecedented, l certainly in recent times. The us president has fitted his visited war zones recently, for example, ukraine but that was with a lot of planning beforehand. He went in secretly, it was a not announced publicly until he was in keith. Here he flies into the middle of a crisis. Kyiv. We do not know the details of it, but this is much more about the visual symbolism of the us president appearing in israel in one of the biggest crisis in this countrys history. Through the Secretary Of StateAntony Blinken we know the us have four priorities they have talked about repeatedly. Backing israel is number one. They want to stop a regional conflagration, stop this thing spreading across the region and they want to release the israeli and Foreign National hostages being held in gaza and they want to get humanitarian aid into gaza. So far none of these things have been achieved. This is about trying to fill the first two parts of that, this is about an absolute symbol for the us president to say, despite all the us president to say, despite all the political problems that israel has had, and a rupture of relations over this last year, this is about state to state, historical level backing for the israelis. After Antony Blinkens tour of the arab and muslim world, around seven countries in three days, what has been driven home to him as a message from arab leaders about this humanitarian catastrophe that is engulfing the gaza strip. They want relief for that, and they wanted to get aid into gaza from egypt and Foreign Nationals out the other way. Mr bidens presents will be to try and add pressure to try and get some movement on that front. {lin and add pressure to try and get some movement on that front. Movement on that front. On exactly that, trying movement on that front. On exactly that, trying to movement on that front. On exactly that, trying to get movement on that front. On exactly that, trying to get humanitarian movement on that front. On exactly that, trying to get humanitarian aid | that, trying to get humanitarian aid in and Foreign Nationals out, the border crossing, it remains closed and all of those trucks out there ready with aid, ready to go into gaza, but what is the likelihood of success on that because there are huge difficulties in terms of the way israel has laid out this siege, and they have been very clear about nothing getting in until hostages are released. This nothing getting in until hostages are released. Are released. This is a very difficult three are released. This is a very difficult three way are released. This is a very i difficult three way negotiation between the egyptians, the israelis and involving The Americans as well. The president of egypt desperately wants to get aid in and there are very clear reasons. Their own people are sympathetic to the palestinian cause and he wants them to see egypt is providing relief. There are hundreds if not thousands of trucks backed up in the peninsula waiting to go in. But what the International Community wants and what the palestinians want by those palestinians want by those palestinians who hold foreign passports to be able to get out. At the moment, he is making one thing contingent on the other. He says nobody comes out until they letby aid in. The israelis are saying no aid in. The israelis are saying no aid comes in until they are clear that they can search the stuff and there is nothing that might help hamas. The americans have been putting a lot of pressure on the egyptians to let the Foreign Nationals out because many thousands of them have been waiting around the crossing. We see no movement on this at all despite the fact that early yesterday it looked as though it might be happening and there might be a humanitarian ceasefire. The problem with that and what we have seen despite that is the israelis bombing the crossing again overnight. No movement at all. Hamas saying there is no humanitarian ceasefire, the israelis saying the same things. I imagine domestically for the israelis it will be hard for them to tell their own people there is a humanitarian ceasefire if none of the hostages are being released. These things are all interconnected and extremely challenging. That is what The Americans are trying to put pressure on, to try and break that deadlock. , ~ ,. ,. , deadlock. Thank you so much for the latest. Iran has warned that israel could soon face attack on other fronts, after another day of fighting on the israel lebanon border. The Israeli Army Says its now killed four militants attempting to cross the border. Its also evacuated more than 20 towns and villages along that northern border with lebanon, because of threats of rocket fire from hezbollah, which like hamas, has been designated as a terror group, by the uk government. Israels military spokesman has accused iran, which backs his hezbollah, of ordering recent attacks. Lets hear from anna foster who is on the israel side of the israel lebanon border. I think a lot of this tension is really evident in what you see moving along that border. You see communities that have now been almost entirely evacuated. Nearly 30 of them yesterday morning got the order to leave. But, you know, most people had gone already, particularly people with families and children. They had packed up their things and they had gone further south. They are living at the moment through this Constant Exchange of fire between israel and lebanon and it is happening every day. Even again this morning, four infiltrators from lebanon were trying to come across the border and the Israeli Defence forces have already released this morning, images of individuals being targeted and fired on. And for people that are living in those communities less than two kilometres from the border, they know that they are in a dangerous position they are hearing that fire going overhead but they know that that might only be the start of it, because if things escalate along this northern border it would make this whole conflict, this whole war, even bigger and even more problematic. And i think that is why you are also seeing the us showing such an interest, again, in the north of israel and what is happening here. Whenjoe biden has been speaking, the us president about this, in the last few days, he has been saying, in the same breath as talking about hamas hes also been talking about hezbollah. Hes also been talking about the north. Theres a Strike Carrier Group from the us that are waiting in the eastern mediterranean. There are also senior us commanders, you know, military figures who are in this area as well. They are really concerned that this northern border could create a new and more deadly escalation. We will leave events in the middle east and Return Injust we will leave events in the middle east and return in just a we will leave events in the middle east and Return Injust a moment but i want to take you to aberdeen we are about to hear from humza yousaf, leader of the snp, his first speech as leader after taking over from Nicola Sturgeon in march. But the party has seen support slip in the force. He is expected to talk about a focus on the economy and public services. I a focus on the economy and public services. , , a focus on the economy and public services. , ,. , services. I consider my home, full of eole services. I consider my home, full of people i services. I consider my home, full of people i see services. I consider my home, full of people i see as services. I consider my home, full of people i see as my services. I consider my home, full of people i see as my extended i of people i see as my extended family. And i have neverfelt the love, kindness and solidarity of the snp family as much as i have over the last ten days. Applause 0n on my behalf, on the behalf of my wife and girls, on behalf of my family that is in gaza, from the bottom of our hearts, we say thank you to each and every single one of you. Applause what vr are witnessing in the middle eastis what vr are witnessing in the middle east is truly heartbreaking. Imagine waking up on a saturday morning during one of your holy festivals, as families right across israel did last week, to find that your loved ones had been murdered or kidnapped ljy ones had been murdered or kidnapped by hamas terrorists. It is beyond words, and too of course be condemned in the strongest possible manner. Applause 0r imagine, living in the gaza strip under constant bombardment right now, no food, no water, no power. Friends, tragically we do not have to imagine. This is the reality for israeli and palestinian families alike. Too many innocent men, women and children are suffering. The hostages must be released and a humanitarian corridor it must be open to, vital supplies let in and gazans who want to leave must be allowed to leave. The Blockade Of Gaza must end. Conference, we are absolutely clear. The life of a palestinian is equal to the life of an israeli. Applause it is right for the world to condemn the actions of hamas, unequivocally. But any form of collective punishment, as we are seeing in gaza, can never bejustified. 2. 2 million innocent people cannot pay the price for the actions of hamas. And here at home, to scotlands jewish, muslim and palestinian communities, you are communities that i love and i want you to know as first minister, as a fellow human being, i shared the pain and i share the sorrow that you are feeling. I have attended your synagogues, your churches, your mosques, your communities i have grown up with, danced with, laughed with, and in this last week that i have shed many a tear with. Each and every person in scotland, from all of the vibrant communities of our nation, must feel safe here and as long as i am first minister, let me be abundantly clear, there is no room for anti semitism, islamophobia or hatred of any kind here in scotland. Applause what did i say about making me greet . Conference, the Great American writer Toni Morrison said this. No more apologies for a bleeding heart, when the opposite is no heart at all. Danger of losing our humanity must be met with more humanity. In the past, people in scotland and across the uk have opened our hearts and our homes, we have welcomed those from syria, ukraine and many other countries. Conference, we must do so again. There are currentlyi Million People displaced within gaza. Therefore, i am calling today on the International Community to commit to a worldwide Refugee Programme for the people of gaza. And calling on the people of gaza. And calling on the uk government to take two urgent steps. They should immediately begin work on the creation of a Refugee Resettlement scheme for those in gaza who wanted to, and are able to, leave. And when they do so scotland is willing to be be first country in the uk to offer safety to those who are caught up in these terrible attacks. Conference, my brother in law is a doctor in gaza. When we can get through to them on the phone, he tells us of scenes of absolute carnage. Hospitals running out of medical supplies, carnage. Hospitals running out of medicalsupplies, doctors, nurses medical supplies, doctors, nurses having medicalsupplies, doctors, nurses having to make the most difficult decision of all. Who to treat and who to let die. That cannot be allowed, not in this day and age. I therefore urge the uk government to support the medical evacuation of injured civilians in gaza. Let me be clear. And let me be clear, scotland is ready to play her part in our hospitals will treat the injured men, Women And Children Of Gaza where we can. Applause ijoined the applause i joined the snp Applause Ijoined the snp almost 20 years ago because i could see that it was outward looking, an Internationalist Party resolute in its support for human rights, right around the world. Today those values have never been more important. So that we can make our contribution abroad and built the Fairer Society we know its possible right here at home. This is meant to be a rich country, yet it feels like too many are struggling, no matter how hard they work. It can seem like society is becoming even more polarised and frankly there is a lot more Common Ground than we realise. People see all this and they want to know who has a plan to make their lives better . To make Scotland A Fairer and more prosperous country . Delegates, if we, the snp, were to continue to be trusted by the people of scotland, and if we want to take them on ourjourney to independence, then we need to show them that we have the answers to these questions. A couple of weeks ago we had a tough night in the rutherglen and Hamilton West by election. We can either spend time