A giant aid and defence package. He argued it was in americas interest to defeat those who, he said, sought to Annihilate Neighbouring democracies. More than 100 trucks with humanitarian supplies are waiting on the egypt side of the Rafah Crossing. Its hoped the first 20 will start moving into gaza soon. But it is still unclear when. The entry of aid trucks was part of an agreement President Biden brokered. During the night, israel continued its aerial bombardment of gaza. The United Nations has warned that the initial supply of aid trucks would be nowhere near enough to help the more than a million displaced palestinians. It says at least 100 trucks will be needed each day, because supplies of food, fuel and water are running dangerously low. President Biden Will Today make that Budget Request of congress. Heres some of what he said in his national address. You know, history has taught us that when terrorists dont pay a price for their terror, when dictators dont pay a price for their aggression, they cause more chaos and death and more destruction, they keep going, and the cost and the threats to america and the world keep rising. Can we walk away from ukraine . Turn our backs on israel . Its just not worth it. Thats why tomorrow im going to send to congress an urgent Budget Request to fund Americas National security needs, to support our critical partners, including israel and ukraine. During his address, President Biden also expressed support for the palestinians. The United States remains committed to the palestinian people, its right to dignity and to self determination. The actions of Hamas Terrorists dont take that right away. Like so many others, im heartbroken by the tragic loss of palestinian life, including the explosion at the hospital in gaza, which was not done by the israelis. We mourn every innocent life lost. We cant ignore the humanity of innocent palestinians who only want to live in peace and have an opportunity. The uk Prime Minister rishi sunak Will Travel To Egypt today as he continues his visit of the middle east. Downing street says he will stress the need to prevent the Israel Gaza Conflict from spreading to the wider region. There are also continuing efforts to have hamas release israeli hostages. Mr sunak thanked qatar for diplomatic efforts on that front. I spoke to our security correspondent, frank gardner, who said qatar is well placed to intervene. It hosts the Political Leadership of hamas, not the military wing, but the Political Leadership, notably in the form of somebody called ismail haniya. So hamas has an office, a Political Office in doha, the capital. So qatar has an enormous amount of leverage there. Ironically, its also host to an enormous us airbase that from which most Military Air Operations in the middle east are coordinated from. So the qataris talk to hamas. It put them at odds with their gulf neighbours, for quite some years recently, qatar was kind of out in the cold, shunned by saudi arabia, the uae and bahrain because of its friendship with hamas and whats known as political islam. But definitely talks have been going on right from the very beginning. The qataris told me a few days ago that there was a plan at the very least to try and get the women and children hostages out of gaza in exchange for a similar number held in israeli prisons. And the people i spoke to said, look, hamas doesnt actually want these women and children hostages during the war. They want probably to hang on to the military people that they have kidnapped. Remember that they held somebody called gilad shalit, who is an israeli serviceman, for five years. But trying to keep not only the women and children safe from the the aerial bombing thats going on in gaza, but also keep their locations hidden from Israeli Rescue operations must be quite a challenge. Well, weve heard that there are some uk Passport Holders amongst those hostages, us Passport Holders as well, a number of nations civilians involved in that and of course israeli civilians also taken inside the gaza strip. How much is that a consideration when we also look at israel declaring that it will launch a Ground Offensive into gaza . We heard there, we were quoting the Defence Minister saying to soldiers massed on the border with gaza, youll be seeing the inside soon. Are these words of warning to hamas or does it mean that the Ground Offensive could be imminent, frank . Well, weve been saying for days that this Ground Offensive is imminent. The final decision on the timing is going to be taken by a five member Security Cabinet headed by benjamin netanyahu. But militarily, they are pretty much ready. Theyre trying to gather last bits of intelligence. Ive spoken to israelis about this and they said, look, normally the hostages would be the number one priority, and they are a high priority. But israel, theyre saying, is so appalled by what happened on october 7th that their priority is to destroy hamas ability to hit them militarily. Now, i dont think theyve thought about the day after. And its worth pointing out, by the way, that i dont know what the exact figures are, but for every single hamas commander that has been killed, and there havent been many so far, there has been a disproportionately high number of Palestinian Civilians killed in the bombing. This is not a precise, scientific thing, despite all the technological wizardry that israel has at its disposal. If and when they go in, and its not certain that theyll send all four divisions in, theyre not going to necessarily send in Hundreds And Thousands at the same time. They might do, but they might go for very directed, localised raids where they think hostages are being held or where they think hamas commanders are hiding underground in tunnels and then pull out a few days later and go back in. It wont necessarily be as we imagine. The biggest problem for them is going to be the tunnels, because if you imagine an iceberg, what were seeing above the ground is just the tip of it. Below ground is hundreds of kilometers of tunnels where hamas is hiding and the hostages are probably being hidden. 0ur Security Correspondent frank gardner. Let us get more on the Rafah Crossing, on the egyptian side, aid trucks hoping to bring much needed aid into gaza, distributing the aid on the ground, the largest organisation, unrwa, i spoke to its Communications Director to ask whether the aid would be making its way into gaza possibly still today. Making its way into gaza possibly still toda. ,. , making its way into gaza possibly stilltoda. ,. ,. ,~ still today. 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And we really hope that we will be able to bring those supplies in as soon as possible, because the supply is so badly needed, even though it would probably not be enough in the first go. And we will need to have these supplies coming in over the coming days and weeks. And of the practicalities at the moment, were hearing that the road is being repaired on the way in. So, the aid trucks would cross from Egypt Into Gaza at the Rafah Crossing. But because of these aerial bombardments, on a daily and nightly basis from israel since those unprecedented attacks inside israel on 7th october, so much of the infrastructure in gaza has been damaged. Well, thats the reports we are hearing. What we know for hospitals is that the situation is becoming really unbearable in many of the hospitals in gaza because they are functioning beyond their capacity. They are running out of medicines, but theyre also running out of fuel. And we really hope that not only medical supplies will come in, but also fuel because hospitals cannot run without fuel. We need to have lights in hospitals. We need electricity to use for incubators, for other things that are providing life support to those there. So, beside surgical equipment, beside medicines for chronic diseases, we also need to have fuel and clean water. Again, those are basic components without which health care cannot be provided. Because clean water is not something that there is normally in gaza anyway and the fuel is often used for pumps, isnt it, to desalinate water . But in the agreement to allow in some aid Thatjoe Biden brokered, getting israels 0k and egypts 0k, israel said no fuel would be allowed in. Its concern is the fuel would be diverted by hamas in gaza and used as part of their attacks against israel. What we are saying is that hospitals cannot run without electricity. If you are a health worker, you need light to see the wounds of the patients. You need light to see what you are doing on a patient. You cannot have your mobile phone in one hand trying to have a flashlight and with other hand trying to sew a wound. So, we really need and we plead forfuel to be part of those supplies that will be allowed in. There are more than 50,000 pregnant women in gaza and more than 5,000 of them will deliver in the next month. We need to be able to provide basic Health Services to them, to people with chronic diseases, people with disabilities, and not to mention all those who are receiving Trauma Injuries during bombardment, and who are being received in huge numbers in past days. So, those supplies, i mean, there was talk of that initial convoy of 20 trucks. You have more than 100 massed on the other side of the Rafah Crossing inside egypt waiting to bring those supplies. But 20 trucks, i mean, normally in gaza before this increase in hostilities and violence, since 7th october, you would have between 100 and 500 coming in a day. I mean, the un says 80 of the population in gaza is reliant on aid. In more normal times. Exactly. And for sure, we would need more than that. We have brought around 80 metric tonnes of supplies last week, and its going to go in, but its nearly not enough. But we are ready as who to bring more planes from our Dubai Logistic Hub and to be able to bring more in. But again, lets just put this into perspective. What we actually need is the end to hostilities, because no matter how much supplies we can bring in, if there is no end to hostilities, lives will be lost, more people will get injured. So, we reallyjoin everyone in saying, look, this has to stop and the only way to stop is to stop actual fighting. We also spoke to. Sacha deshmukh, chief executive of Amnesty International uk. He provided his assessment of the situation in gaza. And the wider diplomatic effort to get aid end. Im hearing from colleagues who normally have teams and people on the ground in situations around the world where they are delivering humanitarian aid or working for the support of human rights. In this situation, those colleagues are desperate for their own lives. And were seeing something that is a blockade, a clear violation of International Humanitarian law and extraordinary threat to life. And lets be clear, everyone has been absolutely correct, and amnesty has condemned hamas attacks. Killing, kidnap of civilians are breaches of International Humanitarian law. War crimes. But one crime can never justify another crime. And the impact that we are seeing is alarming in a way that i think has horrified many, including some who sadly have seen terrible situations around the world before. Well, joe biden on his visit to israel earlier this week did manage to broker an agreement, getting israels 0k and egypts ok for that crossing between gaza into egypt to open to allow initial convoy of aid trucks in. I mean, there are hundreds of aid trucks there waiting to come in. The thought was for an initial 20, how far could 20 aid trucks go to help the situation . Well, lets start by remembering that a blockade, that collective punishment of civilians, is something that is illegal. Its something that should not be the action taken by anyone, even in time of war, even when the defence of a country is necessary. I think at the moment we have also seen, as you say, the suspension of supplies of food, water. Weve seen water desalination, Water Treatment plants, damaged, obviously power damaged. Of course, its right that people are saying, within that, can any supplies get through . And some of the focus has been on some number of trucks. And of course, for people who receive that, any of that aid, that can be life changing, but that shouldnt detract from the bigger picture. And i think we do need to see governments, including rishi sunak and the uk government, not just say that israel must abide by international law, but they need to be specific. The blockade is not an act that they should be supporting in any way and they should be clear. And at the same time, you know, this week rightly we saw the uk government say we need facts about the terrible attack that happened on the hospital. Thats absolutely correct, but thats not sufficient. They need to make clear then that a body such as the International Criminal court should be allowed access to investigate. So, i think with all of these actions, there is a gap between some of the words that have the right principles or the points about, of course, some trucks could have impact, and that can be important. But a bigger point about the scale and about the nature of some of what we are seeing. And i think our government and other governments need to be very clear about that because the impact on people, the impact on many, many people, is appalling. And were seeing that right now. From Amnesty International uk there. Israeli Army Spokesperson Lieutenant Colonel Richard Hecht has just been giving an online update. Heres some of what he said. Were talking to the hostages, and also. Terrorists that we took, and we are gathering a lot of information. Listen, everyone, i know there is frustration, and we are trying to get the best. I know that access is problematic, but its still, the area around the gaza strip, its still an active war zone. There are still ongoing dangers there. It is something you have to be aware of. Were preparing right now, i mean, were preparing, whoever has been down there, you see there is a lot of movement of forces, we are organising all the forces for our future stages. Again, our goal Military Wise is to dismantle hamas capabilities. That was a colonel of the Israeli Defence forces talking again about the israeli troops massed on the border with gaza. Im joined now by our Diplomatic Correspondent paul adams. We were hearing from the Israeli Defence forces, the aim remains to wipe out hamas, is that possible and how do you go about it when you have more than 200 hostages taken from Israel Inside Gaza . {line taken from Israel Inside Gaza . One ofthe taken from Israel Inside Gaza . One of the reasons taken from Israel Inside Gaza . One of the reasons why taken from Israel Inside Gaza . Qua of the reasons why this is taken from Israel Inside Gaza . 312 of the reasons why this is taking a while to unfold. The israelis absolutely will not be drawn on when the Ground Invasion will come. They want us to believe such it is going to happen. As you say, their objectives are huge. The complete eradication of hamas politically and militarily. They are not telling us how, not surprisingly. They talk about the fact they already mounting limited incursions into the gaza strip. Partly to look for information about hostages. Also to try to probe where the hamas weaknesses might be. They are also of course still conducting huge numbers ofair of course still conducting huge numbers of air strikes, more than 100 targets hit last night. Another Military Spokesman said the sortie rate for the israeli air. It is the highest it has been in decades. He was talking about in gaza and lebanon. Gives you a sense of the intensity of what is going on. This is a small part of the world, heavily. 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And further south, an Amber Warning comes into force this afternoon across parts of south east scotland, eastern half of the pennines, Peak District and in across parts of north west england. Here, Rainfall Totals will tot up, that rainfall becoming more and more persistent around those eastern side of the pennines through into the afternoon, aided and abetted by some pretty strong winds, wet conditions towards east anglia as well. The heaviest rain weve seen through the midlands and wales will ease to showers, same too in Northern Ireland and brighter, drier conditions for the northern half of scotland this afternoon thankfully. But it stays windy here and winds could be gusting 50, 60 miles an hour, whipping up some pretty rough and dangerous seas towards the east coast. A big difference in temperature north to south, the south warm where winds are light and theres onlyjust one or two showers, plenty of sunshine. Tonight, you can see how that rain sits in place across the eastern side of the pennines for a while. But it also then edges northwards and returns into northern and Eastern Scotland for tomorrow morning. Temperatures holding up for many, staying windy across the north. So, a look at the chart for saturday, low pressure is still with us. Some strong winds and potentially some longer spells of rain close to the English Channel for saturday. But theres that zone of wetter weather which returns to Eastern Scotland. Again, adding things up as far as rivers are concerned, the winds remain strong, although not as strong as they have been. Away from that, the sunshine will break through the clouds in Northern Ireland, england and wales at times, be a few showers, but potential for longer spells of Heavy Thundery Rain and pretty strong winds through the English Channel later in the day. It will feel cooler here than it has done through today. Now, is there any respite on the way . Well, the good news is by sunday there should be, but weve still got low pressure broadly in charge. So a few showers dotted around here and there. But by and large, the showers will be fewer across scotland. Longer spells of dry weather. Some of you stay dry all day long with some sunshine and temperatures close to where we should be for this stage in october. Take care. Live from jerusalem, this is bbc news. Joe biden tackles two International Conflicts in a prime time speech. The us president Backs Ukraine and israel saving his fiercest criticism for russia and hamas. They both want to completely annihilate a neighboring democracy, completely annihilate it. Hamass stated purpose for existing is a destruction of the state of israel and the murder ofjewish people. 100 aid trucks are backed up at the Rafah Crossing waiting for permission to cross the border and help ease the humanitarian situation. Israeli air strikes and Hamas Rocket Fire continue. Israels Defence Minister promises his troops they will soon see gaza from the inside. Greek orthodox clergy condemn an explosion at an ancient church in gaza. The Israeli Military says it was damaged when a Hamas Control Centre was struck. Us President Joe Biden has delivered a rare night time address from the oval office, following this weeks visit to israel. He linked the Russia Ukraine and Israel Gaza Conflicts, and urged congress to approve a giant aid and defence package. He argued it was in americas interest to defeat those who,