From the air every single day when we do not know where my cousin is, when we do not know where over 200 hostages are and we dont know if any of our bombs have killed them. Here in london, thousandsjoin pro palestinian demonstrations. Similar protests take place Around The World, calling for a ceasefire. Fresh aid enters gaza, and the un tells the bbc theyve managed to re establish some contact with their teams on the ground. Welcome to the programme. Ijust want to start of some Breaking News brought to us by our correspondent paul adams. We have seen some comments on social media for the first time, seemingly, from hamas leader in the gaza strip. He has offered to release all hostages in return for the release of all hamas prisoners in israeli jails. In a statement on hamas official website, it says this, we are ready for an Immediate Exchange deal that includes the release of all prisoners in the prisoners prisons the zionist enemy in exchange for the zionist enemy in exchange for th
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
i m carl nasman. we begin with the latest from gaza where the hamas run health ministry says the death toll in the territory has now passed 8000 people. israel has been bombing gaza since the october seven hamas attack that killed some moo people. you see now some of the latest images coming in of the air strikes currently across the gaza strip. hundreds more during that attack on israel were taken as hostages. israeli defense forces have said its latest nighttime attacks and strokes some key figures within hamas which is designated as a terror group by the uk, us and many other western nations. israel s prime minister benjamin netanyahu said the ground operation in gaza has entered the second phase with israeli troops in gaza s north and the south. he is also warned the war with hamas will be long and difficult speaking at a news conference with his defence minister gallant and emergency war membo benny gantz, mr netanyahu describes the conflict as israel s second war of ind
live from southern israel, this is bbc news. the un warns civil order may be breaking down in gaza as thousands of residents break into warehouses for food and other basic items. people are getting frustrated, they are getting hungry. as the three week long siege continues. israel is continuing with its military operation, moving more tanks and infantry into gaza. i m lukwesa burak in london. our other main story: matthew perry, one of the stars of the hit tv show friends, is found dead at his home in los angeles. welcome back to southern israel. you are live with bbc news. i am anna foster, looking out on gaza where we have been seeing and hearing the continuing sights and sounds of the intensified military operation on gaza. you can hear the sound of mortars and artillery fire, as israel has described this as the second stage of this more than three week old war now. we have also heard from the united nations agency for palestinian refugees, unrwa, who say they are worried