that fighting is focused further down the strip now on the southern city of khan younis, where israeli military leaders believe that some of the senior members of hamas are still hiding out and they are moving more closely into that city of khan younis. we've also heard from the israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu overnight saying that some members of hamas are now starting to surrender. you will remember there was a vote at the un security counciljust was a vote at the un security council just a was a vote at the un security counciljust a couple of days ago and diplomats at the united nations now say that the general assembly is likely to vote on tuesday on another call for an immediate ceasefire in gaza. according to the qatari prime minister. remember, they were the key broker who helped to negotiate that weak long pause last month. the opportunity for a renewed ceasefire is narrowing. and a seniorfigure in the hamas movement has also issued a threat to israel that not a single hostage will be allowed to leave gaza alive unless the government's demands are met. now, the israeli prime minister has called on hamas to laydown its arms. the world health organization also held a special session yesterday in geneva and as the result that they have adopted a resolution calling for an increase in humanitarian aid for gaza, ahead of the agency says that the war is a catastrophic impact on healthcare in gaza. first of all that stock about the position of hamas in gaza at the moment. as we were saying there are suggestions that hamas is starting to be degraded after several weeks of military action, let's speak to neri zilber, the adjunct fellow at the washington institute for near east policy. thank you forjoining us here on bbc news. we heard the head of the idfjust a couple of days ago say that the hamas system is starting to disintegrate in gaza. how much of an impact have these weeks of ground fighting actually had on hamas�*s infrastructure so far? had on hamas's infrastructure so far? ~ ., , , had on hamas's infrastructure so far? ~ ., ,, . had on hamas's infrastructure so far? ., _ ., ., far? well, obviously it has had a ma'or far? well, obviously it has had a major impact. — far? well, obviously it has had a major impact, weeks _ far? well, obviously it has had a major impact, weeks of - far? well, obviously it has had a major impact, weeks of air- far? well, obviously it has had a i major impact, weeks of air strikes and also now four divisions of the israeli army operating inside the gaza strip so undoubtedly it has had a major impact but reports and even comments by certain israeli officials to the effect that hamas is on the verge of collapse i think is on the verge of collapse i think is at the current moment wildly optimistic. while it is true that hamas in the northern gaza strip is disintegrating, is, as other israeli officials have put it, eroding, we have to remember that even by israel's own count, about 7000 hamas fighters have been killed over these two and a half months and of an estimated total of 25,000 to 30,000 hamas fighters, and hamas has five brigades in the gaza strip from north to south, about two brigades in the north have actually suffered extreme damage, but that also leaves three brigades remaining in southern gaza still fighting. the three brigades remaining in southern gaza still fighting.— gaza still fighting. the israeli prime minister _ gaza still fighting. the israeli prime minister benjamin - gaza still fighting. the israeli - prime minister benjamin netanyahu has been very clear about the objective of this war to entirely remove hamas from gaza but what does that look like in practice, is it the senior leadership, is it a certain amount of the infrastructure or is it everybody who may be a hamas sympathiser, who may have voted for hamas at some point in the past, what would that actually look like? ,, ., past, what would that actually look like? ., . . ., ., y past, what would that actually look like? ., , ., like? so, according to my own reporting. _ like? so, according to my own reporting, there _ like? so, according to my own reporting, there is _ like? so, according to my own reporting, there is a _ like? so, according to my own reporting, there is a very - reporting, there is a very clearwater objective ideas whaley side in terms of what they call destroying or eliminating or neutralising hamas as both a military and governing force in the gaza strip. it would entail eliminating at least the three top leaders of hamas and also degrading the majority of hamas's 2a battalions which are under those five brigades, still a lot of work to do in that respect, and also eliminating hamas's stockpile of weapons and primarily rockets. as we know hamas is still firing rockets into southern and even central israel, so those are the actual military objectives of the israeli army that would extend in their minds to elimination of hamas as a military force in the gaza strip and also a governing force in the gaza strip and on that side of the ledger, a bit more progress, at least in israeli mines, hamas has effectively lost a lot of control evenin effectively lost a lot of control even in southern gaza about what happens above ground in terms of governing and internal law and order. but a lot of work to be done and even according to my own reporting there is still at least a month left of this high—intensity ground operation from the israeli point of view. you ground operation from the israeli point of view— ground operation from the israeli oint of view. ., ., . ., point of view. you touched on there hamas's point of view. you touched on there hamas's ability _ point of view. you touched on there hamas's ability to _ point of view. you touched on there hamas's ability to attack _ point of view. you touched on there hamas's ability to attack israel - point of view. you touched on there hamas's ability to attack israel and | hamas's ability to attack israel and that was always at the core of all of this and there has been a rocket attack towards sderot this morning from the gaza strip but compared to what we saw at the start of the war, closer to the 7th of october, it appears that those rocket attacks have started to become less frequent, what is your assessment of what hamas has left in terms of that ability to target israel? 50. what hamas has left in terms of that ability to target israel?— ability to target israel? so, we know that _ ability to target israel? so, we know that hamas _ ability to target israel? so, we know that hamas and - ability to target israel? so, we know that hamas and other i ability to target israel? so, we - know that hamas and other smaller militant factions in gaza have fired well over 12,000 rockets at israel since seventh october, that is out of an estimated stockpile of maybe 20,000 to 25,000 rockets, long—range and shorter range, so they still have a lot in reserve, perhaps waiting for the last day of the war, as previous rounds with hamas and gaza have entailed, firing the last shot, as it were. but undoubtedly due to the israeli ground operation primarily in northern gaza and now into southern gaza, hamas's ability to fire rockets at israel has decreased greatly but it does not mean that hamas itself, the fighters, the weaponry, the leadership, snugly below ground, in hamas's vast tunnel network, is not up hamas's vast tunnel network, is not up to the fight and will not continue fighting perhaps for the coming weeks, perhaps the coming months. so, again, yes, the threat to israel has decreased from rocket fire but in terms of the overall war objectives that israel has set out, probably still a lot more work to be done. �* ., probably still a lot more work to be done. �* . ., ,~ ., , probably still a lot more work to be done. �* . ., ., ~ done. ben'amin netanyahu was talking onl done. benjamin netanyahu was talking only yesterday — done. benjamin netanyahu was talking only yesterday about _ done. benjamin netanyahu was talking only yesterday about some _ done. benjamin netanyahu was talking only yesterday about some hamas - only yesterday about some hamas fighters starting to surrender to israel, is that something that we have evidence of or is that part of a larger information hearts and minds war that both sides are trying to carry out simultaneously to the military combat? i to carry out simultaneously to the military combat?— to carry out simultaneously to the military combat? i think it is more an information _ military combat? i think it is more an information operation - military combat? i think it is more an information operation as - military combat? i think it is more an information operation as it - military combat? i think it is more i an information operation as it were. we also the videos and images of those men being arrested by israeli forces in northern gaza, to the best of our understanding, not all of those men are hamas fighters or even militants from other factions, those men are hamas fighters or even militants from otherfactions, some of them arejust militants from otherfactions, some of them are just civilians in northern gaza who according to the israeli authorities were released afterwards. so again it is very useful for the israeli system, official or unofficial, to get these images out, firstly it decreases morale on the hamas side, inside the gaza strip, to show that all these people are surrendering and laying down their arms, and also it improves morale on the israeli home front to show that the ground operation primarily that is now a month and a half in is having real results. and that hamas is perhaps on the verge of collapse or on the verge of surrendering, but again i think that is far too optimistic and we should take these video images with a grain of salt. despite the fact that yes, probably a lot of fighters in the gaza strip are surrendering orfighting fighters in the gaza strip are surrendering or fighting to the death, either one from an israeli point of view i think would be ok but again, this is all in northern gaza, southern gaza, quite a different story up to now. heri different story up to now. neri zilber, thank— different story up to now. neri zilber, thank you _ different story up to now. neri zilber, thank you for _ different story up to now. neri zilber, thank you forjoining us, from the washington institute for near east policy. let's talk also about the humanitarian situation in gaza, and heading to cairo, jeremy hopkins is from unicef. generally, we are hearing that the amount of trucks, humanitarian aid going on, is slightly larger than it has been at times during the conflict, but what is the gap between the aid that is arriving in gaza and the need there at the moment in the civilian population?— population? thanks for asking that ruestion, population? thanks for asking that question. the _ population? thanks for asking that question. the gap _ population? thanks for asking that question, the gap is _ population? thanks for asking that question, the gap is enormous. i population? thanks for asking that i question, the gap is enormous. what we are seeing going in is yes, a slight improvement in the last few daysis slight improvement in the last few days is up compared to the last week for example but the gap is enormous, the humanitarian needs are huge, we have to .1 million people who need life—saving humanitarian support in all its forms, and that ranges from food, nutrition support, clean water, medical assistance, medicines, reusable medical equipment, that sort of thing. the trickle of trucks going in is a trickle of trucks going in is a trickle and it is not enough and we really need to see all the borders open between israel and gaza to supplement the corridor that we currently have going from egypt into gaza. priorto currently have going from egypt into gaza. prior to the prices there were 400 trucks entering gaza every day, and we are lucky here if we are getting 100 trucks in a day. so, if you like it is a quarter of what we need and added to that is the fuel needs, so it is all very well getting humanitarian support into gaza but if we can't transport it around gaza, which requires fuel, and if we can't operate the water pumps and the hospitals and health centres with simple electricity, which requires fuel, then that is an added impediment and if i made a final if you like the most important constraint is that we cannot safely move around gaza, we need to reach every child in gaza, in any part of gaza, and to do that we need guarantees of unitarian protection for our work. guarantees of unitarian protection for our work-— guarantees of unitarian protection for our work. jeremy hopkins from unicef, thank— for our work. jeremy hopkins from umcsr, thank you _ for our work. jeremy hopkins from unicef, thank you for _ for our work. jeremy hopkins from unicef, thank you forjoining - for our work. jeremy hopkins from unicef, thank you forjoining us. i unicef, thank you forjoining us. you may have heard thatjeremy was talking there the sound from where i am here in southern israel, the sound of two very large airstrikes and you can see there that huge plume of dust and smoke is rising on the horizon meet on the skyline. remember this is the northern part of the gaza strip, we know now that the fighting is continuing from north to south, all the way down to that large southern city of khan younis but it really shows you that the intensity of the military operation here, of the combat, continuous, even as we are hearing from israeli leaders that hamas's infrastructure is starting to be degraded, there is still clearly an awful lot going on as you can see behind me, an awful lot of military action which is continuing inside the gaza strip. much more to come from southern israel here throughout the day. let's head back to london and some monthe. here in the uk, the home office has earmarked at least £700 million to manage the arrival of migrants on small boats until 2030. the projections flew under the radar yet officials published them online last week, as home secretary james cleverly flew to rwanda to sign a new treaty to, quote, "stop the boats". they predict the channel crossings could continue up to 2034. live now to our chief political correspondent henry zeffman at downing street. good to see you, henry. that mantra "stop the boats" is something that the government have been pursuing for some time now, how does this new detail about the money they have allocated to do that fit in with their plans? it allocated to do that fit in with their plans?— their plans? it has been the government's mantra - their plans? it has been the government's mantra for i their plans? it has been the | government's mantra for the their plans? it has been the - government's mantra for the last three parameters that, although that does not actually take you back that far in time, given the turmoil in the conservative party, but rishi sunak very much made it his own at the start of this year he set out five promises for the year ahead and one of them was, in his words, to stop the boats. now, he was dealt a very significant setback just a month or so ago when the supreme court ruled that his plan to de—port asylum seekers to rwanda was in its current form unlawful and tomorrow the house of commons will have its first vote on emergency legislation designed to effectively overcome, supersede, that supreme court ruling. because rishi sunak is having a very tough time trying to persuade conservative mps to vote for this bill at this stage, and it is notjust one chunk of his parliamentary party he has got to persuade, he has got the so called one—nation mps on the left of the party, they are concerned that the government needs to ensure it is meeting its international human rights obligations, and on the right of the party he has got mps who fear that perhaps this bill doesn't do enough to stop appeals. so, to come back to where you started, it is little wonder that the government is nevertheless still setting aside money for effectively contingencies for those who do make it here across small boats because it is far from certain that rishi sunak is going to get the support that he thinks is necessary to get this policy going. henry, thank you very much for updating us from downing street. rishi sunak, the british prime minister, will appear before the covid inquiry today where he will face questions about the decisions he made as chancellor of the exchequer during the pandemic. those decisions are expected to include his eat out to help out scheme which aimed to revive the hospitality trade in the summer of 2020 with cut—price meals and has since been blamed for increasing covid deaths. our health correspondent ellie price has the story. katsu curry. it was a "don't give up the dayjob" moment. his dayjob at the time was chancellor of the exchequer. he didn't give it up — but ended up eventually getting promoted to the topjob. here we go — brilliant! the eat out to help out scheme was his department's brainchild and it's something that keeps coming up at this inquiry. rishi sunak has repeatedly said the government followed the scientific advice, but... i think there were definitely periods when it was clear that the unwelcome advice we were giving was, as expected, not loved. this is exactly encouraging what we've been trying to suppress and get on top of in the last few months. so it didn't feel sensible to me. it would have been prudent, i let's put it that way, for them to have thought about discussing it before it was launched. _ oh, my golly, that's fantastic! the idea behind it, giving us all up to a tenner towards a meal in a restaurant, was to kick start the economy after the first lockdown. the inquiry has heard there's limited evidence that it contributed to hugely spreading the virus, but scientists suggest it sent the wrong message. and it was one of the reasons the then chancellor, whose job it was to promote the economy after all, got the unfortunate nickname among some scientists as dr death. i want to reassure you that we have a comprehensive plan to protectjobs and businesses in every region and nation of the united kingdom. there will also be questions about whether his concerns over the economic impact led to a delay in the second lockdown. he was, of course, the man who introduced the furlough scheme. we're setting up a new coronavirus job retention scheme. but this inquiry has already heard financial relief for the self—employed and low paid may not have been enough. i've just been to buckingham palace and accepted his majesty, the king's invitation to form a government in his name. rishi sunak didn't make the final decisions during the pandemic, but he is in charge of the country now, and the verdict on his choices then may yet shape his future. ellie price, bbc news. around 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