population in the way that any single human being on earth deserves. 0k, mara kronenfeld, thank you very much forjoining us on bbc news. thank you. well, we put those claims about israeli strikes to asaf zamir, a former israeli tourism minister and former consul general of israel in new york. the united nations has said that gaza has simply become uninhabitable. do you think that israel will agree to a cees bol, temporary or permanent, to allow the civilians in gaza to receive the aid and assistance they need? , , ., ., ., , need? firstly, we have already allowed for need? firstly, we have already allowed for a need? firstly, we have already allowed for a temporary - allowed for a temporary ceasefire at the beginning of the war. it was the hostage deal. we held ourfire for a few days and we will do it again, i m sure, if we knew for again, i m sure, if we knew for a fact that the humanitarian aid would go through. and that
we put those claims mara made there about israeli strikes on un installations, and what she described as 62 breaches of international humanitarian law to asaf zamir, former israeli tourism minister and former consul general of israel in new york. asaf zamir, thanks indeed for being with us. the united nations humanitarian chief has today said that gaza has simply become uninhabitable. do you think israel will agree to a cease fire, either temporary or permanent, to allow civilians in gaza to receive the aid and assistance that they need? first of all, we ve already allowed for temporary cease fire at the beginning of the war. it was in the hostage deal, we held our fire for a few days, and will we do it again? i m sure if we knew for a fact that the humanitarian aid would go through, and that it could also go through to our hostages. but we ve been doing anything and everything humanitarian possible for us
create terror infrastructure and call for the elimination of the state of israel. not a two state solution, not living alongside me the way i ve talked about them for years. and just on that briefly, asaf zamir, the israeli defense minister gallant has outlined some proposals for the future governance of gaza and if you had a chance to look at those proposals, what do you make of them? i proposals, what do you make of them? ~ ., proposals, what do you make of them? ~ . ., , them? i think there are many oinions them? i think there are many opinions right them? i think there are many opinions right now them? i think there are many opinions right now in - them? i think there are many opinions right now in israel i opinions right now in israel and that is burgeoning into the politics of it. some of the things that represent the mainstream majority of israelis, some don t, some are very radical, things that i don t agree with sometimes. but everyone agrees right now in israel but we ha
some of unwra s own trucks are stuck and we ve not got access to them. so, we not only need more food, more medical supplies we need diapers for the kids and, mind you, there are 50,000 pregnant women in gaza right now, 180 giving birth a day. we just don t have enough supplies to help this population in the way that any single human being on earth deserves. mara kronenfeld, thank you very much forjoining us on bbc news. thank you. we put those claims mara made there about israeli strikes on un installations and what she described as 62 breaches of international humanitarian law to asaf zamir, former israeli tourism minister and former consul general of israel in new york. well, i do think after so many
that make it functions as a full democracy. we are at war with a terrorist organisation that doesn t abide by international law or any walker declaration to begin with. so we re doing everything we possibly could to try and abide by these rules. or any war crimes declaration. when sometimes may not succeed, it is a war zone. sometimes may not succeed, it is a war zone- is a war zone. unrwa has not been able is a war zone. unrwa has not been able to is a war zone. unrwa has not been able to confirm - is a war zone. unrwa has not been able to confirm the - is a war zone. unrwa has not. been able to confirm the claims of what asaf zamir has said. there have been repeated requests from media organisations for better access to report from inside gaza. it was one of the most shocking moments of the october seven attack on israel, hamas fighters storming into the super nova music festival, killing more than 360 people and taking more than a0 horses back into gaza. now nearly three mont