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. our special correspondent fergal keane reports from jerusalem 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. they d 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 milit
about an incident in gaza city. more than 100 palestinians have been killed while trying to get food aid in gaza city. these are images from the scene in the south west of the city. joe biden described it as tragic and alarming as he spoke with the leaders of egypt and qatar. these are images from the scene in the southwest of gaza city. eyewitnesses say a large number of people had approached the convoy of aid trucks as it passed a checkpoint, apparently trying to grab what they could. since the war began, the amount of food getting into gaza has dropped dramatically, and aid agencies have warned of impending starvation. the israeli military released these aerial pictures. it says some soldiers on the checkpoint felt the crowd posed a threat and opened fire. in the chaos that followed, the trucks tried to move forward. accounts differ, but one witness said that many of the deaths were caused by people being run over. the trucks were overwhelmed and the people driving the tru
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. our special correspondent fergal keane reports from jerusalem 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. they d 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 depi
i wasn t trying to pull the wool over anyone s eyes, and i regret, and i am sorry, for not saying straight out, yes i am involved. i will be representing the uk at the eurovision song contest! pop star and actor olly alexander is announced as the united kingdom s entry for next year s eurovision song contest. hello, i m tanya beckett israel has opened one of its crossings into gaza to aid for the first time since it began its war and stepped up its siege of the strip. it s hoped the opening of the kerem shalom crossing will double the amount of food and medicine reaching gazans. until now, aid has only been able to reach the territory through the rafah crossing from egypt. aid trucks entering through rafah were mobbed by crowds of people earlier highlighting the growing hunger and desperation in gaza. vehicles were boarded and stripped of their supplies. the un says hungry people helping themselves to food is making it almost impossible for them to distribute aid. israel ke
during the pandemic. i wasn t trying to pull the wool over anyone s eyes, and i regret, and i am sorry, for not saying straight out, yes i am involved. i will be representing the uk at the eurovision song contest! pop star and actor olly alexander is announced as the united kingdom s entry for next year s eurovision song contest. hello. we begin in gaza, where in a sign of the growing hunger and desperation there, aid trucks entering the strip have been mobbed and looted by crowds of people. vehicles carrying vital aid in through the rafah border crossing from egypt were boarded and stripped of their supplies. the un says hungry people helping themselves to food is making it almost impossible to distribute aid. there are hopes more aid will start arriving each day, after israel opened the kerem shalom crossing into gaza for humanitarian aid trucks for the first time since the war started in october. until now, aid has only been able to reach the territory through the rafah cr