Yesterday, The Rafah Crossing that egypt to the Southern Gaza strip open since the First Time Since hamas launched its assault on israel to allow 20 trucks to carry 18. Today, the humanitarian chief of the un for the second convoy of 20 30 trucks could enter the region, delivering much needed aid but admits the un and israel are having tough but fair discussions about how trucks will be inspected. Meanwhile, israel has confirmed increased attacks in gaza, and is urging civilians still on the north to move south. Translation . ,. , translation for their own safe , translation for their own safety. Move translation for their own safety, move southward, translation for their own safety, move southward, we| translation for their own safety, move southward, we will continue to attack in the area of gaza city and increasing tax. We are the humanitarian aid that is entering rafah from egypt, to ensure that the water and medicine is distributed in this humanitarian area we have set. ~ , set. M
Are needed every day to cover gazas essential needs and that its negotiating for a second aid convoy of 20 to 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 that egypt is playing in this regards. Is playing in this regard. But the people of gaza need a commitment for much, much more. It continues delivery of aid to gaza to the scale that is needed and we are working nonstop with all parties that are relevant to make it happen. Here in the us, President Biden says his Administration Remains committed to ensuring that civilians in gaza will con
Good morning. It is october the 10th. Israels Prime Minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, has warned his country will use enormous force against the Hamas Militant Group as the conflict enters its fourth day. It comes as israels Defence Minister ordered a complete siege of the gaza strip, cutting off food, electricity and water supplies. Almost 690 people have lost their lives on the palestinian side while around 900 people have now died in israel. Hamas insurgants are now threatening to start killing hostages, if israel carries out more strikes without warning. 0ur International Editor jeremy bowen reports. Inside gaza, it looks every bit as if palestinians are feeling the full force of Israeli Military power. Israel says hamas is responsible for the suffering of gazas civilians. And its retaliation for the hamas attacks has onlyjust begun. Hamas has threatened to start killing its israeli hostages. The air strikes rolled on, hour after hour. Palestinian armed groups, undeterred, kept up thei
Lets show you live pictures from gaza now. The israeli army has asked residents of several different areas across the gaza strip to leave their homes. Move to the city centres or take refuge in shelters in preparation for Launching Attacks against hamas targets. Witnesses told the bbc that dozens of families had started leaving their homes and were sheltering in un schools. This comes as israeli troops are still going house to house to clear communities after the saturday assault. We are hearing there is still fighting ongoing in Southern Israel at this hour. Lets get some reaction now from washington. Us Secretary Of State Antony Blinken spoke with several of his european counterparts. State Department Spokesperson Matthew Miller says they discussed and condemned the hamas attacks and underlined the us support for israels right to defend itself. Live now to elliot abrams, who served in the George W Bush and trump administrations. Welcome to you. Thank you for joining us. The Biden Adm
Holywell in flintshire. We see why it hurts, and what traders can do about it. They all say that they are for the businesses and that and yet theyre not helping us at all. Theyre making it harder for us to get to them. Because if we run out of change or need to do a bank for cash and that, you cantjust nip to the bank any more. Youve got to physically go to a town somewhere else. Hello, happy new year. Hopefully. But who will it be a happy new year for . Thats where we start tonight as we take advantage of the fact that 2018 is still in its warm up phase to look at politics here, and how it might evolve. As always, the big battle is the one between the conservatives and labour and rarely has the choice between them been as stark. So how a minority conservative government gets on, and whether labour can threaten it is an obvious issue for the year ahead. But in some ways, a lot of the action in politics these days is within the two main parties. They both have huge great cracks down the