rocket forces. israel has been carrying out intensive aerial bombing of gaza since the hamas attacks inside israel two weeks ago, in which 1,400 people were killed. the palestinian health ministry says about 4,700 gazans, mainly civilians, have been killed in the israeli air strikes. that includes 55 people overnight. israel's military has warned civilians in gaza — to keep moving south for their own safety, as it prepares to increase pressure on hamas, which is designated a terrorist origanisation by the uk, us and other western governments. the israeli defence forces said one of its aircraft also targeted a mosque in the palestinian city ofjenin, in the occupied west bank. israel says the mosque was used by a hamas cell — as a base to plan and execute attacks against civilians. earlier, the un's humanitarian chief told the bbc that the handful of aid trucks heading into gaza was not enough. the crossing is on the egyptian border — and is the only route not bordering israel — which means it's currently the only potential way to deliver humanitarian aid into gaza. the un and several aid agencies says the situation in gaza is dire. i spoke to sarah davies, a public relations officer for the international committee of the red cross. as you as everyone has really seen over the last more than two weeks now, the humanitarian situation for people in gaza is dire and only increasing. the needs are increasing. people have had... ..to leave their homes with horrific scenes coming out where there's smoke and dust, people are rummaging in the rubble with their bare hands. we know that the medical system, the health care system is really on its knees right now. health care providers, medical personnel have been working almost nonstop for over two weeks. this is not sustainable. we also know that so many people, as i've said, have had to relocate, but there's no place for them to really go. people are sleeping in the streets. my colleagues in gaza have told me that people are sleeping in the stairwells of hospitals. children, elderly people, they're walking tens of kilometres southwards. the essential services, things like wastewater services, are very damaged. they're not running as efficiently as possible. and i think it's important to remember that even before this current round of armed hostilities, essential services in gaza were under pressure and they were struggling before this conflict broke out. talk to me about hospitals, because we talk a lot, don't we, about people moving to the south of gaza, moving to safety on the advice of the israeli government. but there are people in the north of gaza stuck in hospitals. what's happening to them? how do they get moved? well, for some people, they cannot be moved. some people physically cannot make the walk if they don't have transport. we know that ambulances are under a lot of pressure right now trying to respond to the needs. there are people who rely on hospitals and there are also people who will not leave their homes under international humanitarian law. these people are still protected. they are still civilians and should be treated as such. what is the most important need right now for people in gaza? because we talk about water, we talk about fuel, food, medical supplies. what is it that if you had had the ability to bring it in right now, what would it be? i believe at the moment, of course, the needs are immense, but we have notjust aid ready, supplies ready, but personnel, medical teams and surgical teams who are ready to deploy and begin to alleviate some of these immediate wounds. some of the situations where people have burns. they have smoke inhalation. they've been living on the streets. the medical needs are so high right now. obviously of course, as well as water and food. that was sarah davies there. she talked at length about the situation where they and gah za. it has been described as something bordering a catastrophe by many aid agencies including the un. we have a report from inside one of those eight camps in southern gaza. about 2,000 families living in these tents. they are people displaced from the north, in gaza. this is, a camp has been built by the unrwa. i was speaking to the families here. they said they are struggling to find water. they are struggling to find food. they are struggling to find a bathroom. they said the bathroom here is a real challenge. they said security, also, is a real challenge because as you know, hamas has been under really heavy attack by israel for the last two weeks or so, so there is no police around the area to maintain law and order, a few problems here, social problems in the area. but those people, they said, we have been given very little food, very little water, very little medicine to the people who are in need for this. this is an example of how 700,000 people who are displaced from the north are living in a very difficult condition in gaza city. the unrwa is planning to have more and more camps like this, once the egyptians are allowing more tents, more food, more fuel and more medicine. we are going to bring you some breaking news now. that is in regard to that aid gaza. this is a line coming into us. i want to attribute it first that we are getting from a few sources like the united nations and an egyptian source, they both have told afp that is the news government organisation that the first fuel trucks since war erupted have entered the gaza area, the palestinian enclave today. that is according to an official at the rafah crossing and an afp journalist who has been briefed. this is really, really important. why? because the deal brokered by president biden with israel to allow aid and did not include the inclusion of fuel. included medical supplies, food, but not fuel and one of the reasons why that is so important is because people want to drive their cars, but obviously because it is key and crucial to running a number of elements within the medical arena including hospital generators. that is why we believe we are hearing that these trucks have been moved into gaza. there are six trucks with fuel. enough to power generators at two hospitals. they have crossed from egypt into gaza. that is the latest breaking news coming into us here from various sources. we will bring you more on that as and when we can. her now, let's hear a little bit more about the other lorries that are entering gaza, the lorries carrying food and medicine. a little earlier i spoke to our middle east correspondent from jerusalem. i mean, they haven't made clear the exact mechanism that's being used to check these lorries. we knew that there were many, many lorries that were waiting in northern sinai to go into gaza, but then just 17 made their way into the egyptian side of the rafah crossing. a short time ago, we heard about it on egyptian state media. they will be undergoing very stringent security checks there before they are allowed to pass into gaza. and of course, we have been hearing from the un that compared to the enormous needs that there are now for the 2.3 million people living in the gaza strip, this is reallyjust a drop in the ocean. and to put that into perspective, before this siege of gaza began by the israeli military, after those terrible hamas attacks that killed moo israelis, there used to be about 200 lorries a day that passed through the israeli—controlled kerem shalom crossing into the gaza strip, taking in the food that was needed there, also fuel. and what is crucial is that in these lorry loads going in at the moment, fuel is not being allowed to enter. and we know that hospitals are running desperately, desperately low on fuel to run their generators. fuel, of course, is needed to pump away the sewage that is now accumulating in gaza with real fear about waterborne diseases. it's needed to pump water out, to run water filters. it could be used if fuel was allowed in to get the desalination plant in the south of the gaza strip going again as well. and yolande, in the meantime, the israeli military has said that it's intensifying airstrikes on gaza and it's reiterated its warning to palestinians still in the north that they should flee to the south. that's right. and we've seen evidence already of this intense bombardment of the gaza strip going on. the israeli military says it's carrying out these airstrikes to prepare the ground for the next stage in the war expected to be a ground invasion. we've had the israeli military chief of staff, telling infantry troops that they will go into the gaza strip. the israeli military said in a briefing a while ago that it hit a number of hamas and islamichhad sites in gaza. it had killed an operative, the deputy leader of the hamas forces responsible for firing rockets into southern israel, according to the israeli military. and it said it killed a number of other palestinian fighters as well. i mean, a key point that was being raised by gazaan officials, of course, the health ministry there controlled by hamas, said some 55 people were killed in these latest strikes, but the strikes weren't just in the north of the gaza strip. they were also in the south in khan yunis and rafah, two of the towns that people are being told to leave the north for. there were these leaflets that were dropped on parts of gaza city that residents there told me about just yesterday. they said that the people who didn't leave those neighbourhoods in the north really could be classed as accomplices to a terrorist organisation if they decided not to heed this israeli evacuation order. the israeli military making clear it's very interested in particular in people leaving from gaza city. so that does seem to be a potential focus of the next stage of its operations. but according to what we hear, there are hundreds of thousands of palestinians who are still in the northern part of the gaza strip, many of them civilians. that was our correspondent in jerusalem talking us through the aid thatis jerusalem talking us through the aid that is needed in gaza and that process that we are seeing materialising today as there are extra trucks going into gaza. we also want to talk a little bit about the next moves, what happens next? what the plans are in israel? israeli military has said they have intensified the bombing in gaza ahead of the possible ground incursion. what with the destruction of hamas as israel is hoping will happen, what would it look like, how would it be achieved? you're going to go live now to new york and speak to go live now to new york and speak to the author daniel katz. he's written several books on the middle east and terrorism and counterterrorism. what are the main obstacles to israel achieving what it says it wants to achieve, which is the total annihilation of hamas? the major obstacle is fighting a major ground war in an urban environment where civilians are trapped and hamas are using civilians as human sacrifices hoping that the body count will sway opinion so far against israel that the actions on the battlefield will be moved. the world has realised as has israel, it cannot live right next to a terror hub where an organisation that is basically al-qaeda and isis rolled into one can decide at any point that it will not only massive court israel civilians, but also its own population. civilians, but also its own pepulation-_ civilians, but also its own population. civilians, but also its own --oulation. ., , population. how will they achieve this though? _ population. how will they achieve this though? how _ population. how will they achieve this though? how will _ population. how will they achieve this though? how will they - population. how will they achieve this though? how will they make | population. how will they achieve | this though? how will they make it happen. you're talking about the obstacles. the happen. you're talking about the obstacles. ., , . , ., happen. you're talking about the obstacles. . ., , obstacles. the ob'ectives of any israeli incursion _ obstacles. the objectives of any israeli incursion is _ obstacles. the objectives of any israeli incursion is the _ obstacles. the objectives of any i israeli incursion is the destruction of the hamas command and control. their ability to communicate with terrorists in the field, the eradication of its military capabilities, the disruption of tunnels, rockets and all weapons that can be used against israel. and then the termination of the top leadership. then the termination of the top leadership-— then the termination of the top leadershi -. . ~ ., ., ,., leadership. talk to me about the tunnels because _ leadership. talk to me about the tunnels because we _ leadership. talk to me about the tunnels because we are - leadership. talk to me about the tunnels because we are seeing i tunnels because we are seeing pictures, orwe tunnels because we are seeing pictures, or we were seeing pictures. talk to me about the history of the tunnels and how they came about how they are helping hamas. , ., , ., hamas. the tunnels mainly went from the southern — hamas. the tunnels mainly went from the southern part _ hamas. the tunnels mainly went from the southern part of— hamas. the tunnels mainly went from the southern part of the _ hamas. the tunnels mainly went from the southern part of the gaza - hamas. the tunnels mainly went from the southern part of the gaza strip - the southern part of the gaza strip from rafah into egypt and they were used to smuggle money, explosives, weapons into gaza and then to smuggle individuals out of gaza. when israel left in 2005 and hamas eventually took over, the tunnels not only expanded where small tunnels brought in small materials, they became highways were even vehicles came through. they became operational and methods by which hamas could dig under the israeli fortifications and attack israel. in 2013, for example, one of the kibbutz, and agricultural committee that was attacked on october seven, there was an attempted tunnel right under their so that they could kidnap civilians and hold them hostage. the tunnels in gaza from what reports have indicated our 300 miles of tunnels underground, a labyrinth designed and built, subterranean passageways where hamas hides weapons, fighters and it is used to continuously try to enter israel underground.— used to continuously try to enter israel underground. briefly, because we are running _ israel underground. briefly, because we are running out _ israel underground. briefly, because we are running out of— israel underground. briefly, because we are running out of time, - israel underground. briefly, because we are running out of time, how - we are running out of time, how complicated do the hostages that we believe are being held by hamas make all of this potential ground incursion? it all of this potential ground incursion?— all of this potential ground incursion? ., , incursion? it makes a nearly impossible _ incursion? it makes a nearly impossible situation - incursion? it makes a nearly impossible situation ten - incursion? it makes a nearly l impossible situation ten times incursion? it makes a nearly - impossible situation ten times more difficult. every move that the israelis may, will be made with the fate of the hostages from the six—month—old baby seized and the elderly and wounded who will be basically thrown into the middle of this. i'm sure the planners have taken that into great consideration and every operation that they mount will have that in the back of their minds. ,,., ., will have that in the back of their minds. ., ., ~ , ., minds. 0k, samuel katz, thank you. it is aood minds. 0k, samuel katz, thank you. it is good to — minds. ok, samuel katz, thank you. it is good to talk— minds. 0k, samuel katz, thank you. it is good to talk to _ minds. 0k, samuel katz, thank you. it is good to talk to you _ minds. ok, samuel katz, thank you. it is good to talk to you thank- minds. 0k, samuel katz, thank you. it is good to talk to you thank you i it is good to talk to you thank you for speaking to us. we are going to take a pause now from talking about israel and have a look at international sport now. thank you. we start at the cricket world cup where the two remaining unbeaten teams are going head to head in dharmasala with the hosts india taking on new zealand. put into bat, new zealand made 273 from their 50 overs, daryll mitchell with 130 the black caps top scorer. mohammed shami taking five wickets. india chasing 274 to win got their innings under way shortly and are currently 22 for zero after three overs. —— in the fourth over. football fans have been continuing to gather at manchester united's stadium to remember club legend and world cup winner sir bobby charlton, who died on saturday at the age of 86. a book of condolence has been opened at old trafford — and a digital version has also been created. a world and european champion, sir bobby was diagnosed with dementia three years ago. his 106 caps and 49 goals for england were records at the time. during his career at united he won three league titles, the european cup and the fa cup. when the club decided that for all he'd done for manchester united, it was to name the south stand after him. and it was before the everton game at old trafford, and we had a lunch, and i had tojust be there and be with him as well, as one of our great players — not only for united, but for manchester city as well. and we were on our own and i saw a tear in his eye, and i said, "are you 0k?" and this was bobby being really humble. and hejust said, "oh, i don't deserve this." i said, "bob, you deserve everything that comes your way for what you've done for this club, for your country and the world in football generally." and if you've seen any of the footage when he goes onto the pitch with his lovely wife norma, the tears were still in his eyes, because that's the kind of man he was. people who came into contact with sir bobby— people who came into contact with sir bobby will have realised that here you — sir bobby will have realised that here you have a very humble, ordinary— here you have a very humble, ordinary man from the northwest of england _ ordinary man from the northwest of england who became a football player and achieved extraordinary things on the football pitch, things that will be remembered forever. more tributes to sir bobby over— be remembered forever. more tributes to sir bobby over on _ be remembered forever. more tributes to sir bobby over on the _ be remembered forever. more tributes to sir bobby over on the bbc— to sir bobby over on the bbc website. 0n the bbc sports website. 0n the bbc sports website. 0ne match to come in the premier league later as aston villa host west ham. villa have won each of their last ten home league games, a stat that stretches back to last season, and boss unai emery says the fans can help them make it 11. west ham boss david moyes admires the work emery has done. he's someone who's won incredible trophies, mainly the european trophies. he looks like he's doing a great job at aston villa, he's got them playing well. good design and good players. the recruitment of players looks like it's very good and very solid. celtic are looking to restore their seven point lead at the top of the scottish premiership. they have made the perfect start. they are taking on hearts at tynecastle. they are one goal up inside the first five minutes. you can follow more on the bbc sports website. south africa rugby say they are reviewing the available evidence after an accusation that their player bongi mbonambi allegedly used a racial slur during their semi—final win against england at the rugby world cup. mbonambi has been accused of using a racial slur towards england flanker tom curry, who reported the alleged comment to the referee. it appeared that mbonambi refused to shake curry�*s hand at the end of the match as the acrimony between the two sides continued after the final whistle. and that's all the sport for now. i will have more for you later, but for now back to you. with the very latest sport. we are going to bring you back to the uk now. 500 homes in the nottinghamshire town of retford are being evacuated because of flooding caused by storm babet. the county council has declared a major incident and urged everyone to leave. the river idle has reached record levels — and they are still rising, threatening the town. the environment agency says flooding from the storm, which has caused widespread damage in scotland and the north east of england, could last until tuesday. moving now to argentina. polls have opened in argentina for the first round of the presidential elections. the far—right candidate javier milei is among the frontrunners. also standing are the incumbent minister of economy, sergio massa, from the centre—left coalition, and the former minister of security, patricia bullrich, from the center—right. live now to our south america correspondent katy watson in buenos aires. talk us through the three candidates.— talk us through the three candidates. ., ., , candidates. one thing that matters to every single _ candidates. one thing that matters to every single argentinian - candidates. one thing that matters to every single argentinian is - candidates. one thing that matters to every single argentinian is the l to every single argentinian is the economy. this is a country that has seen inflation well over 100% mac everybody�*s lives are becoming more difficult every day and so all the candidates are pushing an improvement on the economy. as you said, javier milei is a front runner. he's offering drastic solution like blowing up the central bank, bringing in the dollar as the official currency. the other two candidates are a little bit more less drastic shall i say, but that is what people want here are. they want to see change. they want to see change in a country that has been teetering on the edge of an economic collapse for years. you teetering on the edge of an economic collapse for years.— collapse for years. you mentioned inflation at — collapse for years. you mentioned inflation at 13896, _ collapse for years. you mentioned inflation at 138%, over— collapse for years. you mentioned inflation at 138%, over 4896 - inflation at 138%, over 48% unemployment. the economy is the focus for people. what are the candidate saying there going to do differently from each other in terms of that? . , differently from each other in terms of that? ., , ., ., , differently from each other in terms of that? ., , ., , of that? that is what has been so interesting _ of that? that is what has been so interesting because _ of that? that is what has been so interesting because javier - of that? that is what has been so interesting because javier milei i of that? that is what has been so l interesting because javier milei has thrown open the elections. the incumbent economy minister is seen as the status quote. and saying that nothing is going to change under him. and then you've got the former security minister who is again a political big hitters here. no change or a lot of people here in argentina. sojavier change or a lot of people here in argentina. so javier milei is seen as somebody who is an outsider, he is not one of the political cast, he is not one of the political cast, he is touting himself as that. that is what people want to see, different solutions, notjust about having welfare packages or trying to offer options of stabilising the economy, just thinking of very different solutions. people are concerned about that here, the instability and how the markets react to it. you've also got other issues beyond the economy that people want to talk about. liberalising arms, restricting abortion rights. talk down the atrocities of argentina's dictatorship. all of these discussions are going on now and it is the economy every single time of the voters going in behind me who are saying theyjust want the voters going in behind me who are saying they just want to the voters going in behind me who are saying theyjust want to be able to live their lives as normal.- to live their lives as normal. thank ou ve to live their lives as normal. thank you very much _ to live their lives as normal. thank you very much indeed. _ to live their lives as normal. thank you very much indeed. we - to live their lives as normal. thank you very much indeed. we will- to live their lives as normal. thank. you very much indeed. we will leave you very much indeed. we will leave you with the pictures of the polling station. if there is a top two coming off of this runoff they will go on to the 19th of november unless one of the three candidates can muster 45% of the vote or 40% and a ten point lead over the closest rival. we will have more on this and other stories in a few moments. stay with us here on the bbc. hello. well, the sun is back out again. but, of course, we've had a huge amount of rainfall in the last few days. let's take a look at these figures. and in eastern scotland, it looks as though in excess of 200 millimetres of rain injust that one storm. wakefield there, 144 millimetres. the south of england also had a lot of rainfall. and just because the sun is out, it doesn't necessarily mean that the threat is completely over. you may want to check the environment agency website sepa as well in scotland to see what those river levels are doing. because sometimes, there is quite a delay from the moment when it starts raining to when the peak of the flood waters arrive. but in terms of the weather, at least, it's quiet across most of the uk today. 12 degrees in newcastle, around 15 in london, about the average for the time of the year. and we've got quite a chilly evening on the way, with clear skies and light winds. there might be even a touch of frost at least early in the night across parts of northern britain. you can see barely above freezing there at 5am in aberdeen. but much milder in the south—west of the country, around 13 in plymouth. that's because we have a south—westerly wind. a weather front is approaching. there'll be some rain around tomorrow i think in the very far south—west of the uk. but i think the bulk of the country on monday, again, another decent day, with bright or sunny skies. however, rain is threatening to reach the south later on monday and into tuesday. this next weather front sweeps in from the south. so i think more wet weather to come at least across some parts of the country. so, yes, we're in a sort of spell of drier weather now, but more rain is forecast. it's not going to be anywhere near as widespread and persistent — at least, not until tuesday or wednesday. later on wednesday, it does look as though the weather is going to go downhill once again, as another very large area of low pressure sweeps in off the atlantic. and i think it's initially western parts of the uk that get the rain early on wednesday. here it is, the next weather front. heavy rain for south—western england, for wales, northern ireland too. and then later on wednesday, that weather front will progress towards the north and the east of the country, and with that, some very strong winds. so the outlook overall is looking unsettled. no two days are going to be the same. temperatures will be around average. and if you look at these weather icons, i think at least rain showers most days for most of us. this is bbc news. the headlines... a second convoy of trucks carrying aid has arrived at the rafah crossing between egypt and the gaza strip. they are at a verification point. it's not yet clear if they are going to be allowed into gaza. agencies describe conditions there as catastrophic. israel's military vows to intensify air strikes on gaza, before its expected ground offensive. it also says it struck a hamas cell sheltering in a west bank mosque. a major incident�*s declared and hundreds of homes are being evacuated because of flooding, as storm babet sweeps the uk. ukraine says six postal workers have died in a russian missile attack on kharkiv. 16 other people were injured. polls open in argentina in the first round of presidential elections. the front—runner is the far—right candidate, javier milei. now on bbc news: global news podcast — the conflict special. hello. i'm jackie leonard, one of the hosts of the global news podcast. today, we've teamed up with a new bbc podcast, the conflict, for a special programme, answering some of your questions about what's going on in israel and gaza at the moment. we'rejoined by the host of the conflict, lyse doucet, the bbc�*s chief international correspondent, who's