Trucks have been allowed to deliver relief since the conflict began. And that a, some of their brussels european leaders decide to call for humanitarian corps doors and pauses to allow paid into gaza reports say they struggle to agree on a common position. The hello, im terry martin. Good to have you with us. Israels military says it has carried out more ground operations and error strikes in gaza overnight. Israel said targeted the suspected hum us positions in the north of the strip to prepare the battle field for an expected land invasion. Troops and tanks carried out the rate with the backing of jets in drones. Israels military has been pounding gas a relentlessly since the almost terrorist attacks on october 7th, which killed some 1400. 00 people, mainly civilians. Somebody says thousands of palestinians have been killed since then. Israeli army says more than 200 people are still being held hostage by him. Us in gaza. Relatives of the hostages have been pressuring these rarely government to prioritize their release slow. Earlier i talked to dw kind of kramer in jerusalem. I asked her about the is really military strategy and how its being influenced by growing pressure when the families of the hostages was thats right. There is a lot of pressure here um, uh, from the hostage companies, but also in the general public to deal with this hostage crisis. The per m. D, relative of the hostages is saying the government is not doing enough to get them back. And also interesting enough. Theres some polls that are usually coming out towards the weekend and is really news papers saying that there is a trend that the Public Opinion says maybe to hold off of the this ground operation. And to see whether, you know, they can do something done about the negotiations. Now weve heard from cut one of the main many h, as in this hostage crisis that are mitigating indirectly between our mazda and israel. And also egypt as in goals that there might be some kind of break. So, but that is very much on peoples mind. Vide no, never the last fair hearing also from the is really ami. They made another targeted rate into the gaza strip from the eastern side into surgery area and the eastern side in garza, during the night of this thing targeting the again, in for a structure. They went out again and all of this. Of course again, while of artillery fire continues on the gauze and strip, also massive as try contain on the gaza strip, also into solves of cause of where israel has told gauze and president s the civilian population to seek shelter w as tanya kramer there in jerusalem. Well, earlier i talked to military analysts to frank language. I asked him whether the is really rate in central gaza strip could be seen as an overture to the expected ground invasion. Yeah, so the sense of what were seeing now is quite go over the declarations like this. We saw this interact with the americans on the british, that cold battery. The purpose recognizance is info. Ready savvy recognizance, the purpose is essentially to test the defenses. Get the troops some experience trying to understand a most importantly, trying to understand the kind of resistance that they may face. Not only for my boss, but also for minds and other prepared obstacles near the border. Notice i might have gone in very deeply, but i think as time goes on, were going to see more of these and some of the bank penetrate a little more deep in the one or 2 columbus as weve seen so far. Yes. The 2nd thing is that they are messages these ready public, and we saw from tanya, this report that the kind of message are trying to convey the army is, is in action. Its doing things and does this type of symbol. Now reports are also coming in frank of the us air strikes against several targets in syria. How does that fit into the Bigger Picture of this complex a yes, the west and commanders for, from what ive, ive, ive been hearing are extremely worried about this. Now the rates into syria, by the us, the arabs has been essentially a response to the rating attacks on us forces in iraq and syria themselves. So were seeing a measure to calibrate it. Proportional response for the americans. Were not seeing an escalation, but this is messaging to iran that the americans wont take these accidents against our troops in iraq or serial likely. But also to demonstrate capability. And remind the rain is that theres a very large American Force ready to take action. Should it be required . Those strikes in syria also raise the specter of the possibility of a wider war. There been reports prank of an explosion near israel, southern border with egypt. Israels exchanging daily fire with a has the law at its northern border with 11 on this become a multi front war are very much so i think they say tom, but instead of the one to the, to the south of god. So i think i notice it is rarely suggesting that that, that it came from yeah, 9, the americans shut down some drugs for me. Im in last week and i think this 1 may have been met for them show of its talking to me as well. But milwaukee, yes, ive the the auction that will detonate, test script wider escalation will be a decision by hezbollah to, to engage its rocket forces. I think everybodys keen, that doesnt happen right now though its rileys and has blocked a maintaining a fairly low level of of come back. But if we see not intensifying, it can be very serious, not only for 11 on itself, so which would be devastating ultimately. But for the why to reach it . Right, i want to get back to the idea of this blooming ground operation. That is real says it is planning to carry out. We have is really troops massed on the border. They are ready to enter gaza. What will happen once that begins, if it begins frank . Well, having a supply. Very cool. Ok. But the, the hostages, extending the strategic cult. Oh not right. Youve got the strategic space for these rallies, but i think many, many people now looking at this a thinking that the full, this in cultural evasion or assault may take, may not be a single lot to solve, but may comprise a number of, of, of raids in force and extractions, we dont know. It will certainly a cub, but the americans are particularly advising these railways. Do not go in force with the purpose of occupation. What we would prefer to say is to treat this as a series of operations rather than one single operation. It does appear that thats the way the way it is, a big getting to look at things. Frank, we really appreciate your analysis that was military analyst prank lead, which includes very, as the United Nations says, 45 percent of all homes and gone. So have been damaged or destroyed with more than 2000000 people, largely dependent on for an a, the u. N. So its only 74. 00 supply trucks have been allowed in 2000 since the funding began. Thats down from hundreds a day prior to home, us attacking israel. On october 7th, the garza Health Ministry says more than 7000 palestinians have been killed by israeli airstrikes. Many of them children, an uncle picks up his nephews body shrouded in white and takes him to the grave. Another young victim of gauze, as was named humanitarian crisis a little now, this is one of my nephews about those 2 of my brothers wife and children. Room outage on how that my nephew was injured 2 weeks ago and because of the crossings a close to medical evacuations, he passed away the as no medicine for fiction treatment or no fuel. Busy the doctors did that based off the moment the idea of the situation in gaza has 10 to one of abject misery, with shortages in everything from water to food and medicine. The guys, hospitals have been particularly hot, heat victims of these really strikes continue support in israel says its targeting the terrorist group from us. As the number of wounded civilians rises, the u. N says newly a 3rd of hospitals have had to close due to damage or lack of few, a few which is needed to pump the water and how a hospitals is in such short supply that the un has wanted may have to hold to humanitarian operations. If more doesnt arrive soon, israel says any fuel they allow in could be seized by him us and rejects you and claims that god doesnt have enough. We responded to by referring them to where come us, which governs the gulf industry. It stores fuel both diesel fuel, the other types of the busy and then other types of the fuel is all inside the gulf industry and theres enough for many days. For hospitals then walter comes to run. Only the priorities are different from us prefers to have all the fuel for its wolf. I think it would be that the leading civilians without the leaders around the world debasing what can be done to help civilians who are the ones paying the heaviest price. Earlier i talked with journalist husband below show who was in gaza, he described the conditions that he and other people there are facing now. So its so hard, didnt garza, its getting harder day by day as a lack of a bigger thing. Lack of food like before, the like Drinking Water above that, you know bower . No, i think sort city, no internet, no communication. And the transportation is, is how to that. Mostly the connection between the cities is very limited. People are hardly communicating with, with each other. They are lying on every thing like bakery. The grocery shop says, uh but where is like some Drinking Water places. People go and wash too. We see people have like, have good news and have everything back to live with it with washing or drink or to some people that shifted to do cooking on fire and see the know full open guides because its not available as well. Um, old aspects of light were affected it during the said the 20 or 21 days. Its the un says nowhere is safe in gaza. They point out that 45 percent of all homes and guys that had been destroyed or damaged. Where do you go . How does um, where do you and your family go when the bones start falling . This is the big question among ordinary people here or still with there is no place to go. I know personally many people who hack you wait to do the south. Wednesday, august to evacuate at from kansas city or the north temple to the south region cities. But i mean many of them, the chad, back to the, to, to, to, to the, to go with the city because its like continued offers or strikes in the south. We, i mean, according to the specifics like issued yesterday by the history of health, we are talking about over 2600. We have killed in the south. We cities a while about 4 or over 4000 were killed in dallas and the north. So a people always wonder where, where, where is that the safe place and where to go . Many people have no places to go. I know literally people are leading into 3 or in their cars in the street. Awesome, thank you very much. Journalist husband pollution in gaza. Meanwhile, at a summit in brussels, European Union leaders have called for a pause in the finding between israel and homos to get desperately need today to civilians in gaza. The common declaration calls for the establishment of humanitarian corps doors, and pauses rather than to cease fire. The leaders head struggled to agree on the statements. Precise wording was here with the summit chairman and president of the European Council shaw. Michelle said after the agreement was reached the volume here we have certainly take a note of the serious deterioration of the humanitarian situation. And we need to develop a number of measures to ensure that there is access to equipment and to aid in this humanitarian crisis. And also whats cross out to the European Council headquarters in brussels to speak with our correspond it badly, get better. What did it take for the European Union leaders to find a common position on israel from us conflict it took in 5. I was actually to book on the text and to find the right, voiding to come up is pauses and to many terry cory doors a forgotten strip. But it is unclear, but that actually means pauses of these 30 minutes or a date and to show and provide this humanitarian car doors. So its mainly an exercise so that you itself to show some unity into paper over the differences between basically 2 can see at the bottom, the one side, germany and austria and others that the one support is without the condition smallest. And on the other side of spain, belgian island, lets say we have to have more emphasis on distributed terry and situation in gaza. At least to that is what youre telling me. She has the president of the summit said its a sign of unity. Will it have an impact on the ground . And that is very unlikely because hes right already said and kind of you to jurors, and it doesnt look much care about what the uses the politic hicks out is limited. But the you really for the pay for him and tearing 8 in gaza. Interesting that is clear and delete as i was trying to find a way to, to free the hostages, to get the hostages out. That how much is holding in gaza strip. And also for admission as many of them actually some of the use of 60 of the hostages, have german passports. Now the, some of the leaders is continuing today. Oh, what else are they dressing be on the crisis in the middle east . Them well, thats the 2nd big, big crisis, the board of a russia against ukraine. And here the leaders are fighting about the financing of 84. You agreeing a 50000000000 euros and needed the next couple of years. And its still not clear. We have to put them in the budget, the 8 route come eventually, that is what the leaders say, because they pledge over and over again to support ukraine as long as it takes. But the hungry, for example is blocking. And this budget talks and as well as a proposal to provide 20000000000 and is yours for a munition and weapons for ukraine out of the you budget. But this is also blocked by ukraine. And also by slovakia know these degree she is the direct into until december, frank or bad for other. Thank you very much. That was our corresponded beth lee good in brussels. Lets take a look at some of the other stories making headlines around the world today. Tens of thousands of children in bolivia had been sent home from school due to their pollution caused by extensive wildfires. Authorities say 2000000 hectares of land had been burnt. Drought is led to lack of water hampering firefighting efforts. Buyers are often started by farmers clearing weeds in grassland. In the us, a mess of searches underway for a gunman suspected of killing 18 people and wounding 13 more Police Search the home of a relative of the suspect. 2 isnt army reservist. The shootings happened at a Bowling Alley and a bar in lewiston in the state of main. A truly state media says former chinese premier lee k chung has died at the age of 60. A. Cause of the death was reported to be a heart attack. Lee was china is number 2, leader for 10 years from 2013 to earlier this year. He was known as an advocate for private business, but was then largely side blinds by huge in ping. These become chinese, most powerful leaders in decades correspond to probably in customizing beijing. He told us more about lee cates youngs legacy. Yes, he was really an extraordinary politician. He was born into one of the poorest provinces in china and also born into a very turbulent time during his youth. He was sent to the countryside. Um, actually like millions of other Young Chinese at the time to learn from peasants to do a physical labor. So actually by the time when most of the state found a died and thank you to both teeth in the country reopened and he was already quite old. But then he started to study and he became a very brilliant academic. He um, just studied law and im calling to make the he was very interested in also some controversial topic was sensitive topics for example, the root of law. And he was known to be a very edit english learn. And some classmates even mentioned that he, the history was to continue his studies abroad, but then actually the potty secretary of his University Step in and they wanted to keep him in the country to build them up as a future leader. And thats exactly what happened. And he had a very steep career before he was 50. He almost already had to have, has been running to provinces and he was known to be very pragmatic. Um, economically you can call them every farmer and he was certainly very close to the people. And many people speculate that that he could be the future number one of china by the post the potty, to see the then went to seizing ping and he became the Prime Minister roughly 10 years ago. And especially in the last year was the sidelines. They were not many a public appearances from him anymore. So and you can say that a seating ping did not really um get except a strong number to next to him. As well as you say uh, lee was sideline under present, shooting pain has tried his government probably and pursued a different course from what lee stood for. Well, definitely the, so a seating thing, a basically um stands for, uh, yeah, uh, a one person rule. Also the potty made a big come back and also i do all the jeep and you could send was different. His ideas were more um, a pragmatic. He was a business oriented open minded. I wouldnt call him necessarily a liberal, but um, definitely he split for quite a different cost um a compact with a seats in pink. And that actually makes us thats also a sensitive mete. Um, uh, because the people dont only mourn the loss of a life of a politician of a person, but also of the values that he stood for. I mean, its easy to imagine that a china under his would would have been quite different then a china whole china is developed now. So it is quite sensitive and you can see that the even um, on the, on the online platform, see a lot of postings has been sent. That is really highly hurry to the Public Opinion about his death. So i think its that you can see its very sensitive probably and thank you very much. That was drill is fabia and credit for invasion. Frustration is growing in the mexican resort city of acapulco in surrounding areas over the slow government response to a depth stating hurricane. At least 27 people were killed when hurricane otis slammed into Mexicos Pacific coast after rapidly intensifying into a category 5 storm. Much about compose, tourist infrastructure has been badly damaged. The buildings ripped apart by one of mexicos most powerful storms. Hurricane ocean is toll through acapulco leavings done survivors without shelter, food or clean water. Its a disaster. Were not saying help. We dont see any o, sorry seats. People dont know what to ask for. Who to turn to with desperate. What are we going to do about i can pull co l homes. Theres no electricity, no washington or seek . No. A relatives havent heard from us and we havent heard from them. From the Officials Say the rushing to bring in aid and to re