20 vehicles carrying medicine and food passed through on saturday the first since israel tightened its blockade of the territory. the rafah 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. we ll have the latest on the aid trying to get into gaza in the next hour. in other developments in the conflict today, iran s foreign minister has accused israel of committing genocide in gaza, and has warned the situation in the middle east risks spiralling out of control. israel has been continuing to carry out aerial bombing of gaza. these pictures are from the past hour. it s nowjust over two weeks since the hamas attacks inside israel, 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. israel s military has warned civilians in gaza to keep moving south for their o
with the leaders of the uk, canada, france, germany and italy. france s president, emmanuel macron, and the dutch prime minister, mark rutte, have also now announced they ll also visit on monday and tuesday. at the rafah border crossing , several trucks from a second convoy at the rafah border crossing, several trucks from a second convoy carrying humanitarian aid from egypt have crossed into the gaza strip. the convoy had earlier been detained at the rafah crossing for several hours so that they could be searched to ensure they were carrying only aid. the us secretary of state, antony blinken, has warned iran against any escalation of the israel gaza war. he was speaking on cbs news, after iran s foreign minster warned israel and the us, the middle east may go out of control if israel military action continues, and blamed the us for providing military support to israel. with more on all of this, here s our correspondent wyre davies injerusalem. israeli air strikes against
elsewhere, israel has been continuing to carry out out aerial bombing of gaza. it s nowjust over two weeks since the hamas attacks inside israel, in which iii hundred people were killed. the health ministry in gaza says about 4,700 people there, mainly civilians, have been killed in the israeli air strikes. the israel defence forces have confirmed the death of a soldier. idf spokesperson, rear admiral daniel hagari, says an israeli soldier was killed by an anti tank missile on sunday, during a raid in gaza. three other soldiers were injured. the israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu has met soldiers at the israel lebanon border. he reiterated his support for the troops in their fight against the iranian backed hezbollah, which, like hamas, is considered a terrorist organization by the uk, us and others. and had a strong warning for the group. the push to find a diplomatic solution to the israel gaza war continues. in the last hour the white house has confirmed that joe
the only potential way to deliver humanitarian aid into gaza. in other developments, iran s foreign minister has accused israel of committing genocide in gaza and warned the situation in the middle east risks spiralling out of control. israel has been continuing to carry out aerial bombing of gaza. these pictures are from the past hour. it s nowjust over two weeks since the hamas attacks inside israel, in which 1,400 people were killed. the gaza health ministry says about 4,700 gazans, mainly civilians, have been killed in the israeli air strikes. 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 defense forces say 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 execu
waiting to take humanitarian aid from egypt to the gaza strip. the 17 vehicles at rafah were being searched to ensure they were carrying only humanitarian aid. 20 vehicles, loaded with medicines and food, passed through on saturday the first since israel tightened its blockade of the territory more than two weeks ago. the rafah 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. in other developments, iran s foreign minister has accused israel of committing genocide in gaza and warned the situation in the middle east risks spiralling out of control. israel has been continuing to carry out aerial bombing of gaza. it s nowjust over two weeks since the hamas attacks inside israel, in which 1,400 people were killed. the health ministry in gaza says about ii,700 gazans, mainly civilians, have been killed in the israeli air strikes. israel s military has warned civi