Welcome to verified live, three hours of breaking stories and checking out the truth behind them. The british Prime Minister, rishi sunak, has in the last hour arrived in saudi arabia as part of a two day tour of the middle east. His visit there comes after a stop injerusalem, where he told his israeli counterpart that the uk stands with the country in what both men described as israels darkest hour. In what both men described but in what both men described he stressed the need F International but he stressed the need for International Aid into gaza. Lets get more on that now from our chieF International correspondent lyse doucet, whos in southern israel. Welcome to the programme, day 13 of the israel gaza war and there is growing concern over what the United Nations describes as a humanitarian catastrophe in gaza. The United Nations and other charities are warning that in gaza more than too many people need far more than a 20 trucks of aid which seemed to have been agreed by President Joe Biden in his discussions with Israel In Egypt while he was in the region. The uns humanitarian chief has said that the people of gaza need at least 100 lorries a day. Many of us trucks have been piled up on the egyptian side of that crossing in coming days. Joe biden had said that crossing could open it as soon as tomorrow. More than 100 aid agencies have called for an urgent cease fire to allow aid to be if in safety. Aside from the humanitarian crisis, the death toll continues to rise. Aid agencies say that more than 3800 people have been killed so far in retaliatory air strikes from israel. Today, the city of khan younis was hit and desperate scenes show aid workers running to the hospital to help those who are hit. Children are said to be among the casualties. As a Military Campaign intensifies and the unitarian crisis deepens, diplomacy is intensifying, too, with the british Prime Minister, who began the day here in israel, now in saudi arabia. Thejordanian king and the egyptian president are also meeting today. Both arab states, both of whom have signed Peace Treaties with israel many years ago, have in the past Plate Mediating roles in any conflicts here. Lets take a look at all the latest developments with this report. 0ur Correspondent Wyre Davies reports on the latest diplomatic push to get aid into gaza. Hot on the heels of yesterdays visit byjoe biden, a Uk Military Flight Today brought rishi sunak to tel aviv. The Prime Minister here to meet israeli leaders and british israeli victims. Compared to its relationship with the United States, the british relationship with israel is less important but these moments are important. Im important but these moments are imortant. � ,. ,. ,. Important. 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It is the Battle Of Israel and the battle of the modern arab countries and the Battle Of Western arab countries and the Battle Of Western civilisation, the battle of the free western civilisation, the battle of the free world, the Battle For The Future the Prime Ministers visit here is to show the strength of israel but they are also calling for restraint. What happens next is unknowable. Israels military build up on the border with gaza continues. When they go when as yet perhaps to be decided. Those who have seen this before say this time will be different. The two previous Ground Campaigns in 2014 and 2009 both lasted about 18 days and then the Israeli Forces on the ground left. I this time it is going to be a lot. Longer and nobody is going to say whether it is weeks, months, perhaps even years, until israel has reached that. Objective of eradicating hamas leadership and military capabilities in gaza. I so that is really the i main difference now. For now, israel continues to hit targets inside gaza from the air, confirming it had hit hundreds of hamas infrastructure sites. But say palestinian officials thereve also been many Civilian Casualties, many of them children. The humanitarian situation in gaza is dire. And like President Biden before him, rishi sunak impressed on israeli leaders the importance of allowing limited aid into gaza with the border with egypt, something israel has agreed to and which should begin by the end of the week. Israel says it cannot allow its friends or the wider world to forget what happened on October The 7th when 1 00 people were murdered. 0n the day of rishi sunak� s visit, a british israeli was the latest to be identified. Murdered in the kibbutz beeri, a lifelong man united fan leaves behind two young children. Wyre davies, bbc news, jerusalem. Wyre on the anger and rage here in israel and the gaza strip after those attacks and now leaders here to discuss with israel is right to defend itself in this hour. But there is concern about the military and crisis in the gaza strip. The World Health Organization has urged israel to also allow fuel into the gaza strip. So far, the ingredient which was brokered by President Biden, only includes food, medicine and water. The Director General of the who says it has five trucks of medical supplies ready at the border between gaza and egypt. We welcome israels announcement yesterday that it will not block the entry of water, food and medicines into gaza from egypt. Fuel is also needed for hospital generators, ambulances and desalination plants, and we urge israel to add fuel to the Life Saving Supplies allowed to enter gaza. 0ur trucks are loaded and ready to go. 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Well, joe biden had hoped by his face to face up biden had hoped by his face to face up on us to hear he would be able to secure that urgently needed agreement to allow the aide to start coming into the gaza strip. He did provide a rare glimmer of hope, but there has been a huge and growing chorus of voices today among 88 is he saying it simply is not enough. Calling notjust forfar he saying it simply is not enough. Calling notjust for far more trucks to be allowed and as we heard in this programme, fuel as well. The un says that is one of the most important Life Saving Supplies of which there is no more left in gaza. And even more than that, the eight agencies and gazans are calling for agencies and gazans are calling for a humanitarian cease fire. But right now what israel is looking ahead to answer preparing for is what is expected at some time. The date of course is still not known, is that expected Ground Attack on gaza. Then it could be a whole new phase of this war. 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Polling stations opened at 7am and will close at 10pm this evening, with results expected early on friday morning. Youre live with bbc news. The Israeli Military is still preparing for a Ground Incursion into gaza with Tens Of Thousands of personnel on the territory. We have a former commander of operations in afghanistan and he gave us his assessment of the Military Options israel could be considering. Israeli israel could be considering. Israel has two fundamental israel could be considering. U i has two fundamental challenges and there are many others as well but two predominant ones. One is to deal with hamas inside gaza, and thats being done right now from the air. And at the point when the idf and decided they have degraded hamas as far as they can from the air, i believe its quite likely they will launch a Ground Operation in order to eliminate and eradicate the remainder of hamas One Way Or Another. And there are different ways of doing that. The Second Challenge Israel faces is in the north, where iran has won 30,000 missiles operated by their proxy hezbollah. I missiles operated by their proxy hezbollah. , missiles operated by their proxy hezbollah. ,. Hezbollah. I mentioned risks. What fi. Htin. Hezbollah. I mentioned risks. What fighting you hezbollah. I mentioned risks. What fighting you anticipate . Hezbollah. I mentioned risks. What fighting you anticipate . Inside fighting you anticipate . Inside gaza, its going fighting you anticipate . Inside gaza, its going to fighting you anticipate . Inside gaza, its going to be fighting you anticipate . Inside gaza, its going to be close. Gaza, its going to be close quarters fighting. Hamas have, when they carried out the attack to begin to go, they did so knowing that there was going to be an israeli response of this support. So they prepared the ground and on the ground they have booby traps covering large areas, theyve got ambush sites, they got minds late, they get people waiting to attack they get people waiting to attack the anti tank teams and they got the Attack Tunnels you mention from where they can attack Israeli Forces were pretty much any direction. It was going to be tough fighting and particularly in the built up areas when israel goes into the major city of north gaza which i think it will have to do, gaza city. And they will be facing some of that i was fighting in which i would expect they will be significant numbers of idf casualties in that fighting is well as Terrorist Casualties and unfortunately because there will beat civilians or meaning that there will also be probably a significant number of Civilian Casualties is well. But suffice it to say, its going to be probably the toughest fight israel has ever involved itself and in its history. 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Is a very difficult| thing to forecast, and certainly assessment . Is a very difficult thing to forecast, and certainly not even the idf will know how long its going to take but i will say that were looking at no less than 3 4 weeks before hamas is essentially crushed. And sincerely mean killing them off. I think there will be a large number killed in their already having a large number killed is a horrible thing to say about deadly people, but in this situation, israel has no choice because those people will, if theyre not dealt with in this way now, then we will see repetitions of Rocket Attacks and also the kind of massacre we saw last weekend. But its not necessarily killing all of them. There are options where perhaps once theyve been hit sufficiently hard that some of them, the survivors, may wish to get out of gaza, and no doubt that the idf and egypt are looking at options for that where perhaps i can leave gaza through egypt and looking to go where i dont know but One Way Or Another i think the idea is they will have to get rid of or kill or remove the vast majority of hamas terrorists. Families of children missing or kidnapped by hamas have held a News Conference in tel aviv. Yifat zailer is the aunt of four year old ariel and nine month old kfir, who were both taken. Lets listen to some of what she had to say. This is torture. They are innocent civilians. This is torture. They are innocent civilians, innocent children in hard conditions civilians, innocent children in hard conditions. They are not a pawn in a game conditions. They are not a pawn in a game or conditions. They are not a pawn in a game or a conditions. They are not a pawn in a game or a war. 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