Has died at the age of 66. On newsnight at 1030. We will go deeper behind the headlines and speak to key Players Behind todays big stories. Plus, well have the first look at tomorrows headlines. Good evening. More than 100 people are reported to have been killed in gaza as they tried to reach a convoy carrying food aid. Crowds of people had gathered to get close to the lorries. Israels military told the bbc tonight that it killed a handful of people they believed were a threat. A palestinian witness told the bbc that most of those who died were run over as the aid convoy moved away. In the last hour, the Un Security Council has been meeting Behind Closed Doors to discuss the situation. It comes on the day that the hamas government says more than 30,000 people have been killed in the territory since this conflict began in october. Israel launched a campaign to destroy hamas, which is designated a Terrorist Organisation by the uk government, after its gunmen attacked Southern Israel on seventh 0ctober, killing more than 1,200 people and taking more than 250 hostages. Over 130 of them are still missing. In a moment our security correspondent Frank Gardner will look at who has died in gaza during this war. And our International Editor jeremy bowen is here to discuss what might happen next in the conflict. First, our special correspondent fergal keane reports from jerusalem on todays events near gaza city, as Food Supplies were driven through the north of the territory. The hunger created by war made this tragedy. That is a fundamental fact of what happened today. The dead and wounded were starving people, simply hoping to feed their families. Translation | am| one of the wounded. I was on al rashid street. We were there all day in order to get food for our children, but we paid for that aid with our blood. Thousands had gathered in the predawn darkness. Theyd heard trucks were coming with aid. There were farmers, mechanics, our bbc cameraman, teachers, a doctor from a local hospital. An israeli drone filmed people crowding the aid trucks. It is a striking depiction of human desperation. The military said tanks were securing the convoy to ensure aid was distributed, and blamed people in the crowd for the chaos. Some began violently pushing and even trampling other gazans to death, looting the humanitarian supplies. The unfortunate incident resulted in dozens of gazans killed and injured. The army also said troops opened fire, first in the air as a warning and then at the legs of people it said posed a threat to soldiers. Watch this man crawling along the ground away from the food convoy. Hospitals in Northern Gaza say they treated many gunshot wounds. Translation after the Israeli Military stopped shooting, we went back to get our aid. This survivor was shot and run over. Translation by the time i got flour and some canned goods and took it i down from the truck, they shot at us, they shot me, and the truck driver left and ran over my leg. We go to get flour for our children. We have been eating animal feed for two months and even that ran out. What are we supposed to do . Where are we supposed to go . This incident comes on a day when gaza marks a reported 30,000 deaths since the war began over four months ago. There is the dying that happens in the open and suddenly. And there is the hunger silently attacking life. In kamal adwan hospital, there are babies with severe malnutrition. Like ahmed moussa. Translation this child is suffering from severe dehydration due to lack of milk. His mum breast feeds him but she hasnt eaten and there is no artificial milk. He was rescued from the rubble when he was one month old. He lost 2a members of his family. The girl in the red incubator died as our cameraman filmed, an already serious medical condition worsened by hunger. Nearby, great struggles still for little bodies. Fergal keane, bbc news, jerusalem. As weve heard, the hamas run Health Authorities in gaza say more than 30,000 palestinians have been killed since israel started its Military Action in october. Bbc verify has been examining how many of those killed were members of hamas. Heres Frank Gardner. Bbc verify has been covering this war ever since the october 7th raid on israel. Its a war that has ravaged one of the most crowded places on earth, home to over two million people. The red areas on this map show all the parts of gaza that have been destroyed since the start of the campaign. So how has this 30,000 deaths figure been arrived at . Its based on the number of dead bodies brought to hospitals and identified. The World Health Organization has previously endorsed Gazas Health Ministry casualty figures as credible if anything 30,000 could even be an underestimate due to bodies buried under the rubble. So lets break this down. As you can see from this graph, the vast majority of those killed have been women and children. Nearly half of gazas population is under 18. Separating civilian deaths from hamas fighters is not easy. Those fighters are embedded amongst the civilian population, some are in uniform, some are not. Israel has accused hamas of using gazas civilian population as Human Shields. But there is no question that those civilians are suffering the brunt of israels military operation. So, how many hamas and other militant fighters have been killed . At the start of the war, it was widely assumed hamas had around 30,000 fighters. On february 19th, hamas reportedly admitted 6,000 of theirfighters had been killed, but they later denied that. As of today, the Israeli Military say they have killed at least 13,000 fighters some of whom, israel says, were as young as 16 or 17. But in the end, the most shocking thing about these 30,000 deaths is the extraordinarily high proportion of civilians killed. Thats down to the combination of a densely packed Residential Area from which there is no escape and overwhelming israeli firepower. This conflict is now the most lethal one for Palestinian Civilians since the creation of the state of israel. Frank, thank you, our security correspondent Frank Gardner. Violence also continues on the west bank. Israeli Emergency Services said two israelis were shot dead there today. Lets talk about where the conflict goes from here, with our International Editorjeremy bowen. Isreal says it doesnt have a choice, it has to destroy hamas. Because of the attacks on the 7th of october. Where does that assertion look today . October. Where does that assertion look toda . � , ~ october. Where does that assertion look toda . � , ~. ~. , october. Where does that assertion look today . Look today . Lets think back at the very beginning look today . Lets think back at the very beginning of look today . Lets think back at the very beginning of all look today . Lets think back at the very beginning of all of look today . Lets think back at the very beginning of all of this, look today . Lets think back at the very beginning of all of this, i very beginning of all of this, i think on day one, Benjamin Netanyahu the Prime Minister said israel would deliver a mighty vengeance against its enemies, it would destroy hamas and it would cripple its capacity for taking Military Action or governing. Now, the Israeli Government and most israelis would agree with that even though many of them dont like mr netanyahu, they say that hamas uses the people as Human Shields and that is why so many of them are so many civilians, have been killed, but, you know, Around The World israel has suffered severe reputational damage. To put it mildly, the International Court ofjustice to investigating what it calls plausible allegations of genocide against israel. Today, one of many comments, but the un human rights chief talked about the unprecedented level of killing and maiming of civilians by israel. He also roundly condemned what hamas had done. But a few weeks ago antony blinken, the us secretary of state, said just because israel has suffered so much means there is no license for them killing Palestinian Civilians in the way they have been doing. Civilians in the way they have been doin . �. ,. ,. ,. , civilians in the way they have been doin . �. ,. ,. , doing. 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Joe biden said there might be won by the end of the weekend but today, he said its going to make it more difficult, so no, i dont see one at the moment, they are too far apart and the impact of this event will definitely make that harder and one big lesson about this all is well, theres been 100 years, more than 100 years of conflict over that land, between jews and arabs and theres never been a military solution. Been a military solution. Jeremy bowen, thank been a military solution. Jeremy bowen, thank you. The Prince Of Wales has carried out his first Public Engagement since unexpectedly pulling out of a Memorial Service earlier this week, where hed been due to give a reading. Prince william visited a synagogue this morning, hearing about peoples experiences of Anti Semitism. Our royal correspondent Daniela Relph was there. It was planned as a joint visit for the prince and princess of wales, but the prince was on his own as his wife continues her recovery from surgery. At a london synagogue, this group ofjewish students shared their experiences of Anti Semitism. What personally do you feel when somebody does Something Like that . Its just constant and never ending and definitely dehumanizing. It was a powerful conversation for all involved. Both catherine and i, you know, are extremely concerned about the rise of Anti Semitism that you guys have talked about so eloquently this morning. And im just so sorry all of you here had to experience that. It has no place and it shouldnt happen. He then met renee salt, a holocaust survivor. She talked of her fears in the current climate. Its very bad at the moment, and we hope it can only get better. Is it the worst that youve known it . Its the worst since ive known it since the last war. During the visit, many asked Prince William about his wife. Weve not seen the princess of wales in public since christmas. Her advisers know there is intense interest in her condition, but they are brushing off all the speculation and have reiterated that the princess is doing well. Last week, Prince William had a video call with red cross workers in gaza. Like today, an engagement designed to highlight human suffering. As he left, there were flowers for his wife as she continues her recovery out of the public eye, in windsor. Daniela ralph, bbc news. Wayne couzens, who murdered Sarah Everard while serving with the metropolitan police, should never have been given a job as a Police Officer and opportunities to stop him were missed. Those are among the stark findings of a damning independent inquiry. Heres our home affairs correspondentjune kelly. He was a predatory sex offender in a police uniform. A criminal with state sanctioned powers. Wayne couzens should never have been allowed to join the police and constant flawed vetting meant he was able to continue in his role despite a series of red flags. These are the stark conclusions of todays inquiry report. The metropolitan Police Service told the inquiry in 2022 that they wouldve still have recruited him if provided with the same information. I found this astonishing. Without a significant overhaul, there is nothing to stop another Wayne Couzens operating in plain sight. The report describes how in 2004 and 2008, kent police turned down his application to join but allowed him to volunteer as a special constable. In 2011, another force, the Civil Nuclear constabulary, took him on, despite a recommendation that he shouldnt get through the vetting. In 2018, he transferred to the met. An Indecent Exposure allegation which was on the system was missed and by 2020, he was part of the parliamentary and diplomatic Protection Command and was carrying a gun. What this report lays bare is the very low base that were starting from. And so whilst those improvements have started, we have a long way to go to build the high degree of resilience and strength to reduce to an absolute minimum the threat of anybody so horrific being within policing. Couzens used his Police Powers to falsely arrest Sarah Everard in 2021, accusing her of Breaking Covid lockdown rules. He then raped and strangled her. Today, everyone was aghast at even more shocking details in a case which has become synonymous with womens safety. Anyone who is not fit to wear the uniform, for whatever reason, must be removed from policing and every effort must be made to ensure that similar people neverjoin. This report should be a watershed, but we said Sarah Everards murder three years ago should be a watershed and far too little has changed. A week after Sarah Everards disappearance, Wayne Couzens was arrested. Described as a man of diverse and deviant sexual interests, he allegedly committed a very serious Sexual Assault against a young girl before he joined the police. At a mcdonalds Drive Through in the days before he abducted sarah, he exposed himself to staff more than once. The report concludes there may be more couzens victims. Hes also alleged to have had indecent images of children. The coming days will see the third anniversary of Sarah Everards death. In the report, herfamily welcome its recommendations. They say the loss of sarah pervades every part of their lives. June kelly, bbc news. In the last few minutes, the polls have closed in the rochdale by election. The contest was caused by the death of the labour mp sir tony lloyd. Results are expected in the early hours of tomorrow. Our Political Editor chris mason is at the count, its been quite a contest chris . It really has. There have been big rows and big characters, its been colourful, its been angry, its been noisy, its been bizarre. There are two former labour mps running here, George Galloway and simon danczuk. Then there is the former labour candidate azhar ali, widely accused of being anti semitic which he apologised for. Mr galloway, even his critics acknowledge he is a dexterous campaign with his rhetoric and campaigning style, and all of that in a part of the world here with a substantial muslim population, and war raging in the middle east, a Big Focus On Gaza from mr galloway. Its been wildly unpredictable but tonight, mr galloway� s team are sounding very confident. We will find out the result in the middle of the night. Thanks, chris. Essex police have told the Mpjulian Knight he will face no criminal action, following an investigation into allegations of serious Sexual Assault. The force said it had carried out thorough inquiries, and the allegations did not meet the test for bringing charges. Mr knight had come forward voluntarily to be interviewed, and said he was pleased at the outcome. In a statement he said he would be taking time to consider his next steps and recover his mental health. The Formula One Racing Boss christian horner, who heads the red bull team, has again denied allegations of inappropriate behaviour, after a series of messages allegedly written by him were leaked. Horner was cleared yesterday of inappropriate behaviour towards a female colleague, following an internal red bull Investigation Led by an ext