From egypt overnight. This after an initial convoy of 20 trucks the previous day. The United Nations has warned of a humanitarian catastrophe among Paletsinian Civilans with no access to fresh water, food aid or medicines. Israel tightened its blockade on gaza 15 days ago following an unprecedented massacre of civilians on its territory. The rafah crossing is on the egyptian border, and its the only route into gaza that doesnt border israel. That means its currently the only entry point for aid. Israel is warning its Military Campaign against hamas could last several months. The Israeli Defence forces say the next stage, a widely anticipated ground offensive, would happen soon. With more, heres our correspondent yolanda knell. A sleepless night in gaza. From afar, the flashes of successive israeli air strikes in gaza city as israel steps up its bombing campaign. And amid more and more destruction, and a mounting death toll, the un is warning of a catastrophic humanitarian situation. Ov
Lets start in gaza, because us troops have, for the first time, used a temporary pier, to deliver humanitarian aid. These pictures from Us Central Command show the structure. The first consignments were brought ashore a few hours ago. It comes, as israel has accused south africa, of distorting reality, in its attempt to get the International Court ofjustice, to force a halt to its Military Campaign in rafah, in southern gaza. Heres dan johnson. This is a floating lifeline bringing aid direct to gazas shores, built by the us military, so larger ships can deliver additional supplies under the supervision of the World Food Programme and israels military. The americans stress, this is humanitarian work, there are no us military boots in gaza. Listen to the insistence this should only supplement aid by road. The pier is temporary and not meant to replace land routes into gaza. There is british aid heading from cyprus, and the Royal Fleet Auxiliary ship cardigan bay has helped open the new r
It was very different to the first trip we had to al aqsa. We didnt see a huge amount of trauma. We did some trauma cases, but the amount of trauma was much, much worse before. But what we did see were the most appalling effects of the malnutrition that were seeing across gaza. Severe malnutrition prevents Wound Healing and will prevent these patients from recovering from injuries that otherwise they would recover easily from. And you get this vicious cycle where they really rapidly deteriorate in their health. They will then die of that if theyre not treated. But these are often very young people who under normal circumstances, would recover fairly well from their operations. But because they have such severe malnutrition, their wounds will not heal properly at all. One of my patients, lhama, was an 18 Year Old Girl who had significant explosive injuries. Theres no doubt in my mind she would have survived these injuries if she had not been malnourished. Very sadly, she died the day we
Welcome to bbc news. Let turn to our main headlines. The un once the maritime call is not a replacement. The Prime Minister remains in a critical but stable condition after an Assassination Attempt. He has just undergone a two hour operation. After the deadly flash floods in afghanistan that have killed more than 300 people, we get the latest on the search for hundreds who are still missing. And the threat to indias 4 billion spice trade over concerns with contamination from two popular brands. Now with all the latest sport heres adam wild. Hello from the bbc sport centre, im adam wild. Hello, well start in kentucky in the united states, where an extraordinary story has been developing. World number one Scottie Scheffler was earlier detained by Police Outside the Valhalla Golf Club before the second round of the us Pga Championship after what they say was a misunderstanding with traffic flow. 0ur Golf Correspondent iain carter is in kentucky. Some flashing images. What we do know is th