since the fighting began. israel said its troops had reached the coastline to the south of gaza city saying that it had now effectively divided the territory in two. the us secretary of state, antony blinken, who s been meeting regional leaders, said a humanitarian pause in gaza would be welcome. but israel said it needs progress on the release of hostages before agreeing to any pause in its offensive. hundreds of thousands of people are going hungry in gaza as food and water supplies run out, the world food programme has warned. the agency has told the bbc exclusively that out of 130 bakeries operating in gaza before the war, ii have been destroyed by israeli air strikes. many of those remaining are unable to operate due to shortage of fuel and flour. bbc arabic s adnan al bursh has visited some bakeries in southern gaza. long queues, frustrated families. these scenes have become a norm outside gaza s bakeries. translation: i have an entire family of at least 20 people w