Details later. Its thursday 19th october. Around 20 trucks of aid are expected to enter gaza after a deal announced by President Biden. Egypt has agreed to let the humanitarian supplies enter via the Rafah Crossing but its unlikely to happen until friday. Announcing the agreement, the us president warned that the aid would be stopped, if any supplies were taken by hamas, which is regarded as a Terrorist Organisation by the uk. Rishi sunak will also arrive in tel aviv this morning, as part of a two day visit to The Middle East. With the latest, heres our correspondent wyre davies. As trucks carrying aid queue on the egyptian side of the gaza egypt border, the un and aid agencies have been increasingly alarmed at the unfolding humanitarian crisis. On a visit to israel which lasted barely a day, while reaffirming his steadfast support, joe biden also pressed the case for aid for gazas 2. 5 million palestinian citizens many of whom are struggling to get access to food, water and medical su
Of a deepening humanitarian crisis. More than 2,800 people have been killed in israeli air strikes. President biden is expected in israel on wednesday. Mr biden will be briefed on israels aims and strategies in response to the attacks that killed moo people. And he could meet regional leaders as well. In its strongest warning yet, iran, which backs hamas, has said it could take pre emptive action in the next few hours. Faith leaders are among those calling for peace. In london, the archbishop of canterbury joined jewish and muslim clerics in making an appeal. This is the scene across gaza right now. Through the morning there have been a number of missile strikes. The smoke since then has cleared, as you can see in the background, with damaged buildings overlooking the harbour in gaza. We know that the siege of gaza is continuing and our bbc report on the ground has told us that gaza and the area around it is on the edge of catastrophe. Lets go straight to southern israel and our chief
Killed two, enjoyed a third in a rifle attack. That was during a euro 2024 qualifying matches taking place which is important because it means a lot of swedish people were brussels for the match was the police say the gunmen is believed to be of tunisian origin but was in belgium illegally after having his Asylum Application rejected. A few lines we are having sent to us. This is from the swedish Prime Minister, some pretty strong statements from him saying sweden has never been under as big a threat as now. He says sweden and the eu need better border control. He says this is a time for more security, we must not be naive. And as said, the suspected gunman was in brussels illegally but we also know he had been to sweden but was not known to police. The swedish Prime Minister of course recognising the concern many around the world have right now saying i understand many swedes are afraid and angry, particularly at the suspect not being known by Swedish Police and he says, and this coul
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Militants. The announcement about his visit was made by the us Secretary Of State Antony Blinken after late night talks in tel aviv. Antony blinken also said the us and israel had agreed on a plan to allow humanitarian aid into gaza. In gaza itself un agencies have warned of a deepening humanitarian crisis. More than 2800 people have been killed by israeli air strikes. Hamas, which is designated as a Terrorist Organisation by governments including in the uk and us, said it fired a barrage of rockets at jerusalem and tel aviv overnight with sirens sending lawmakers into bomb shelters. A Draft Resolution at the United Nations on israel and gaza failed to pass the security council. Western nations voted against it because it failed to condemn hamas. We can show you the scene in gaza, it is just after 11 oclock there. All eyes on the next stages of what happens next. We can talk now about that with our correspondent anna foster in northern israel. Bring us up to date with the night of deve