They are trying their best to provide Essential Services to gazans trapped inside gaza, with very little food, water, medicine and fuel. So this is an important update to bring you. 17 more trucks apparently are carrying aid into gaza through that all important Rafah Crossing which you can see here. This is controlled by egypt and is often used to bring goods in and is often used to bring goods in and out of gaza. I will keep these live pictures and bringing our guest sarah davies, a Public Relations officer at the International Committee of the red cross. Thanks so much forjoining us on bbc news. As we watch these live pictures of the Rafah Crossing, i want to ask you to give the viewers an insight into how bad things are within gaza. Thank you so much for having me. As everyone has really seen over the last more than two weeks now, the humanitarian situation for people in that gaza is dire and only increasing. Their needs are increasing. Their needs are increasing. People have had. T
To cover gazas essential needs and that it is negotiating for a second aid convoy of 20 30 trucks to be allowed into gaza on sunday. Speaking at a Special Summit In Cairo to discuss the israel gaza war, the un secretary general, antonio guterres, said much more needed to be done for the people of gaza than the aid that was currently supplied. Those trucks need to move as quickly as possible, in a massive, sustained and safe way from egypt into gaza. A 20 truck convoy of the egyptian red crescent is moving today, and i want to express my deep gratitude to egypt for the essential role egypt is playing in this regard. But the people of gaza need a commitment for much, much more. A Continuous Delivery of aid to gaza at the scale that is needed. And we are working nonstop with all parties that are relevant to make it happen. The british Prime Minister, rishi sunak, has called for all Water Supplies to be restored to gaza wherever it is physically possible. And here in the us, President Bide
A lifeline to gazans. It is not known whether foreign Passport Holders and dual nationals will be allowed to leave. The Palestinian Health ministry now says 4385 gardens have been killed in the last two weeks, including 1756 children. These latest pictures show the first trucks entering, loaded with food, water and medicine, which are desperately needed by civilians inside gaza. Its not clear how long it will remain open. Israel has agreed to let just 20 trucks through. The un says at least 100 aid trucks are needed a day. Israel sealed its borders with gaza imposing a total siege on the strip 12 days ago. The Rafah Crossing between egypt and gaza is now the only way to allow vital supplies in. 0ur reporter Rushdi Abualouf has the latest from the Rafah Crossing. 20 trucks are carrying food, medicine, and we understand Operation Room for the Nasser Hospital in khan yunis. This convoy is the first 20 trucks that crossed from a coming from the egyptian side to the palestinian side today.
We have a duty, a duty to Work Together to prevent instability from engulfing the region and claiming yet more lives. We must Work Together to lives. We must Work Together to prevent the tragic situation in gaza becoming a regional conflict, gaza becoming a regional conflict , because that gaza becoming a regional conflict, because that is exactly what hamas wants. Exactly what hamas wants. The trucks carrying aid have reached southern gaza. Its reached southern gaza. Its after the rafah crossing on the border with egypt was opened for the first time in two weeks. Israel imposed a blockade preventing the delivery of food , preventing the delivery of food, water and fuel. After the hamas terror attack. The group says todays delivery wont be enough todays delivery wont be enough to change the catastrophic medical conditions on the strip in cairo. The un secretary general, antonio guterres, told the peace summit palestinians need more help. Trucks on one side, empty stomachs on the other.
Instability from engulfing the region and claiming yet more lives. We must Work Together to prevent the tragic situation in gaza to becoming a regional conflict because that is exactly what hamas wants. What hamas wants. Trucks carrying humanity. An trucks carrying humanity. An aid have now reached southern gaza. Its after the rafah crossing on the border with egypt was opened for the first time in two weeks. Israel imposed a blockade preventing the delivery of food, water and fuel after the hamas terror attack. The group says todays attack. The group says todays delivery wont be enough to change the catastrophic medical conditions on the strip. The un conditions on the strip. The un secretary general, antonio guterres, told the peace summit palestine does need more help. Palestine does need more help. Food trucks on one side, empty stomachs on the other. Those trucks need to move as quickly as possible in a massive sustained and safe way from egypt into gaza. A 20 truck egypt into gaz