The first 20 trucks through. All sides have imposed conditions. Israel has sealed its borders with gaza. The Rafah Crossing between egypt and gaza is the only way right now to allow vital supplies in. One big question is whether foreign Passport Holders and dual nationals at least 600 of whom are american according to the Us State Department may be allowed out Tamara Alrifai from unrwa gave us this update from her team on the ground in gaza. Very tragic, i7 very tragic, 17 of my colleagues were killed in the last two weeks. I would like to remind that we have 13,000 staff in gaza, most of them, almost all of them, minus a few or people from gaza. They for the most sheltering in designated schools and shelters and for they are, they are doing all they can so for instance we have mobile medical teams doing the rounds in about 90 shelters in the rounds in about 90 shelters in the middle and south regions of gaza. Also help us continue to arrive to the shelter thanks to co operation from the World Food Programme but as gaza is running out of clean water, people have been Drinking Water that is not fit for Human Consumption and thus also causes a huge risk for our ability and the who feasibility and the visibility of the big race to continue making but if there is no clean water and our call is very clear. Clean water must go into gaza, you must go into gaza to be able to nourish the Water Desalination Plants so we and civilians have access to clean Drinking Water. Basic medical supplies. We are talking about paracetamol, antibiotics, insulin have to go in. This is why when we speak about the convoy getting ready to go into gaza our call is that this should not be a one off, as welcome as it does. It should be a continuous unimpeded unsafe access of eight convoys and personnel into the entire strip, north, middle and south, notjust the south. That was a representative of the key aid agency on the ground, talking about the need for aid and as we said in the last hour, the Border Crossing between egypt and the gaza strip has opened to allow the first tracks of much needed aid allowed in. The practicalities of which will hopefully find out as we go along. Theres been a tweet in the last few moments from the uk foreign secretary James Cleverley who has been moving around the region in recent days and he says on the subject of the trucks going into the gaza strip, this aid is a lifeline for those suffering but i cannot be a one off. The uk continues to push for humanitarian access to gaza and we will bring you up to date of course this morning with all of the aid trucks going on. Another big story of course. Two american hostages, who were among around 200 people captured by hamas during the groups attack on israel two weeks ago, have been freed. 1400 moo people were massacred during the attack. Judith and Natalie Ranaan were released after negotiations with hamas, which is regarded as a Terrorist Organisation by many governments including the uk and us in a deal brokered by qatar. 0ur correspondent david willis reports. Grainy images captured by hamas show the moment Thatjudith Ranaan and her 17 year old daughter natalie were handed over to the International Red cross at the border with gaza after nearly two weeks in captivity. Whisked to a Us Military Base in israel, they spoke by phone with president biden, who said he was overjoyed by their release. Whilst back home in illinois, the sense of relief was palpable. Ive been waiting for this moment for a long time. For two weeks. I havent been sleeping for two weeks. Tonight im going to sleep good. I spoke with my daughter earlier today. She sounds very good. She looks very good. She was very happy. And shes waiting to come home. The International Red cross said the womens release provided what it called a Sliver Of Hope to relatives of the roughly 200 others abducted by hamas. Meanwhile, in gaza, conditions remain dire. A convoy of trucks loaded with desperately needed supplies of food, water and other humanitarian aid remains stuck on the egyptian side of the border as negotiations with israel drag on. What is needed is a continuous flow of aid. This is not about a one off, sending 20 trucks and then nothing. This is really a call for a continuous and safe humanitarian access with Security Conditions that allow my colleagues in gaza to do what they need to do. Large numbers of israeli troops are now stationed near gaza ahead of a potential Ground Offensive there, which israel says is aimed at rooting out hamas. Negotiations led by the Arab State Of Qatar paved the way forjudith and Natalie Ranaan� s release, raising the hope that further deals with hamas might be possible. Next week sees natalie� s 18th birthday, and herfather is hoping shell be able to celebrate at home. Im going to hug her and kiss her, and its going to be the best day of my life. David willis, bbc news, washington. Going back to the Breaking News this hour that the crossing between egypt and the gaza strip known as the Rafah Crossing, the first aid trucks, there have been dozens massing on the egyptian side of the border, the first tracks are being allowed in. Joining us now on the line is our reporter at the Rafah Crossing, Rushdie Abualouf what can you see right there . We can see pictures of the crossing but on your side of the border what does it look like . Hello . Can you hear me . I think we seem to have a technical problem at the moment. But hopefully we can join our correspondent on the gaza side of the border as soon as we can. In Northern Israel at the border with lebanon there has been increasing tension throughout the week. Regular exchanges of gunfire with the Militant Group hezbollah. Like hamas it is designated a Terror Organisation by many governments including the uk and the us, backed by iran. The Israeli Military has evacuated many people from the vicinity and on the lebanese side of the border people have been leaving their homes. Israel has been evacuating a Large Community forced to move out of the border region. Concerns are growing about the increasing likelihood of conflict. Anna foster reports from Northern Israel. A threat so close, you can see it. This hezbollah Observation Post is metres from an israeli town. And thats why even more of this border is now emptying out. Today, kiryat shemona, a community of 20,000. But leaving isnt easy. In the shelter, this lady waits with a husband and three children. She has cancer, but since the war began all her medical appointments have been cancelled. Translation theyre evacuating today and i asked them to take i the sick people first. I know they evacuated others, but no one has reached out to me. The feeling is very scary, thats why i want them to evacuate my family as soon as possible. Even underground, this lady doesnt feel her twins are safe. She says the law bans locking the door of these public shelters and she fears another massacre, like the one in the south. This is israels defence. Thousands of soldiers digging in as the people move out. This is whats been happening all the way along the border. Fields turned into Forward Operating bases, Artillery Shells are being prepared, armoured vehicles are being readied. Israel has been doing as much as it can to strengthen and fortify this border. These Reserve Forces know that everything is different now. Not my first war and i have never have seen such massive amounts of units all across israel. Trained on scales we have never seen before. At least not in my lifetime. These are some of israels darkest moments. And here they hope there arent even harder days to come. Anna foster, bbc news, on the israel lebanon border. Live now tojerusalem to speak to our middle east correspondent tom bateman. So much we need to keep on top of today. We were talking about the increasing tensions and exchanges of fire in the israeli northern border with armed groups in southern lebanon, weve been talking about hostages released, two of them, but 200 in the gaza strip remaining, and the first aid trucks crossing into the first aid trucks crossing into the gaza strip and we have heard aid agencies and the un saying the supplies must get in and they have to get in on a sustained and continued right . To get in on a sustained and continued riuht . ~ ,. ,. ~ continued right . Absolutely, taking a step back. Continued right . Absolutely, taking a step back, fights continued right . Absolutely, taking a step back, fights critically a step back, fights critically important as people are running out of water so we have heard the un talk about people drinking dirty water from agricultural wells. They really worry about the spread of infectious disease, people come off and the tops are turned on sometimes they are filled with seawater and people are drinking so it is absolutely critical this stuff gets in. The americans gave an alert to a us Passport Holders in gaza, palestinians with us citizenship that they expected the crossing to open at 10am this morning so that wasjust over an hour ago open at 10am this morning so that was just over an hour ago local time. They were telling them to expect potentially chaotic and disorderly scenes at the border, at the best of times its messy bureaucratic and challenging process for people to try to exit three rafah and in a situation it will be many factors more challenging and demanding and we have seen the aid coming in, starting to come in. I know we are having problems reaching our correspondent in gaza this morning, its so difficult, our correspondent there told me he had seen a0 palestinian lorries on the palestinian side, what they are going to do presumably is Transfer Codes into the palestinian trucks, it may be that as for the un carries out inspections, that is something the israelis are demanding. Because the israelis are worried there could be on some materials that hamas could use in its attacks against israel . Against israel . First of all they will not let against israel . First of all they will not let you against israel . First of all they will not let you go, against israel . First of all they will not let you go, thats against israel . First of all they will not let you go, thats not i against israel . First of all they i will not let you go, thats not part of the agreement because they think hamas could exploit and steal the fuel. Earlier in the process they had said they want inspections to take place but we do not know if that has been a great, a lot of these details are not made public but the un certainly is present so they may want to carry out those inspections. And this is going to take time. But he said, it is important this gets in, the aid agency saying it is not enough and it needs to be continuous. So much continent it needs to be continuous. So much contingent here, it needs to be continuous. So much contingent here, the it needs to be continuous. So much contingent here, the un it needs to be continuous. So much contingent here, the un saying it needs to be continuous. So much contingent here, the un saying it i contingent here, the un saying it has to be continued, we must remind people in gaza even before this elevation of violence, 80 of People Living there were already relying on un aid. That is according to the United Nations. 50 of the population under the age of 18 and the humanitarian suffering has been increasing dramatically in the last couple of weeks. But the practicalities as well, roads broken so yesterday we heard about bulldozers trying to repair roads so aid lorries can get to civilians . For context, before the Current Crisis there were around 285 lorries of aid supplies going on every month so what is now crossing today, getting every couple of days in normal times anyway, that was before this current outbreak and crisis so that just gives you this current outbreak and crisis so thatjust gives you a sense of how thatjust gives you a sense of how Thatis Thatjust gives you a sense of how that is not enough and it supplies, commercial crossing, other routes from israel, for other supplies as well. We are seeing the siege around gaza creating a humanitarian disaster, basically. The blockade has always been there, since a mass came into power, voted on in 2006, the kicked out fatah and israel and egypt imposed the blockade because they were trying to keep israel secure so the Politics Around this had been going on for a long time and the people who suffered the most, ordinary civilians in gaza and in this case even more so. In this case even more so. 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Yes, down in rafah, we have seen trucks moving into the egyptian side to seen trucks moving into the egyptian side to collect the back to back, using side to collect the back to back, using medicines and food and the local authorities there are telling me people were conformed to move to the rafah me people were conformed to move to the Rafah Crossing and begin the process the Rafah Crossing and begin the process of taking goats from the egyptian process of taking goats from the egyptian trucks to the palestinian trucks egyptian trucks to the palestinian trucks and un and red cross cars and some trucks and un and red cross cars and some trucks trucks and un and red cross cars and some trucks were getting in to fix the roads some trucks were getting in to fix the roads. We understand from local sources the roads. We understand from local sources inside the crossing that the computers sources inside the crossing that the computers and the systems are not working computers and the systems are not working and they need to be able to run the working and they need to be able to run the system so they can process but this run the system so they can process but this is run the system so they can process but this is a run the system so they can process but this is a very significant sign and the but this is a very significant sign and the hope was started last march when and the hope was started last march when hamas started to release the american when hamas started to release the american hostages and overnight there american hostages and overnight there was american hostages and overnight there was a lot of war and days and days without opening the humanitarian corridor. This corridor allows humanitarian corridor. This corridor allows food humanitarian corridor. 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As you say, we have been hearing from Un Secretary General, an impassioned plea on the Rafah Crossing on the egyptian side that we are seeing at the moment, saying the aid are desperately needed and it needs to come in in a sustained way and the un is calling for a humanitarian ceasefire but said that must be a precondition to the trucks going on but the original agreement brokered ljy but the original agreement brokered by the us for the trucks is only for 20 trucks of aid so how will un decide which Palestinian Civilians were surveyed, which hospitals and who does not . Who does not . Given the very difficult circumstances, who does not . Given the very difficult circumstances, this i who does not . Given the veryj difficult circumstances, this is who does not . Given the very i difficult circumstances, this is a military difficult circumstances, this