following three weeks of war. it comes afterjust 80 trucks carrying aid reached the territory in the last week with people breaking in to aid agency warehouses. they have taken basic goods that were stored there, taking them away to their families. to theirfamilies. it comes as israel s prime minister benjamin netanyahu said his country has entered the second stage of what he says will be a long and difficult war with hamas. let s get more on the aid situation. the humanitarian situation they re in gaza. the humanitarian situation there in gaza. i m joined byjuliette touma, director of communications un palestine refugee agency. thank you forjoining us. we ve been talking about that statement released this morning and seeing those pictures of desperate people breaking into some warehouses. what more can you tell us about that. very sadly, people are getting very frustrated. they are getting hungry as the siege, the three week long siege, continues, as they hunger contin
according to several palestinian news agencies. meanwhile, israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu say his priorities in gaza are to destroy her mouth and bring hostages home. he insisted israel was doing its best to achieve both. he was speaking after meeting with families of some of the more than 200 hostages, who fear that the escalation of fighting by israel is making matters worse destroy hamas. at the bombardment of gaza intensifies, the prime minister said the war would be long and hard. meanwhile, the international red cross has called for an immediate de escalation of the conflict, saying it was unacceptable that civilians had no safe place to go in gaza. this is the scene live in gaza, where the hamas run health ministry in gaza says that 8,000 people have been killed since air strikes were launched in response to the killing of 1,400 israelis by hamas three weeks ago. we ll start our coverage with this update from our international editor, jeremy bowen. heavy
hello, i m anna foster in southern israel. we start in gaza where the un agency for palestinian refugees, unrwa, says there are signs that civil order is starting to break down, following three weeks of war. this is one of the incidents which prompted that warning people breaking into aid agency warehouses, to carry off food and other essential supplies. only a fraction of the usual number of trucks carrying aid have crossed into gaza in the past week. israel s aerial bombardment and ground operation only 80 compared to around 100 a day that usually pass into gaza. israel s aerial bombardment and ground operation inside gaza are continuing. the israeli defence forces have released this video showing tanks and other armoured vehicles inside the territory. the palestinian red crescent says it s received warnings from israeli officials to immediately evacuate gaza s al-quds hospital, adding that raids have taken place todayjust 50 metres away from it. israel says it is respond
israel s prime minister benjamin netanyahu says the war in gaza has entered a second phase, warning it will be long and difficult. speaking at a joint news conference with his defence minister, yoav gallant, and emergency war cabinet member benny gantz, mr netanyahu described the conflict as israel s second war of independence. he declared israel would win the war and make every effort to bring the hostages home. in his first comments since the war began on the seventh of october, hamas s leader in the gaza strip has offered to release all hostages being held in gaza in return for the release of all hamas prisoners in israeli jails. in a statement, yahya sinwar says, we are ready for an immediate exchange deal that includes the release of all prisoners in the prisons of the zionist enemy in exchange for the release of all prisoners with the resistance. it comes 2a hours after israel stepped up its bombardment of gaza. you can see that in these pictures here. israel said