international calls are intensifiying for accountability for recent violence, including the killing of more than 100 people at an aid convoy on thursday as well as the killing of at least 11 people, including two healthcare workers, in an israeli raid in the city of rafah that s according to gaza s health ministry. the bbc s diplomatic correspondent paul adams reports from jerusalem. how were so many people injured? were they shot or crushed in a desperate stampede? at gaza s shifa hospital, the un says there s evidence of both. this hospital is treating more than 200 people that were injured. we have seen people with gunshot wounds. we have seen amputees and we have seen children as young as 12. jihad is haunted by what he saw when the convoy arrived on thursday morning. were the soldiers firing deliberately? he s asked. yes with tanks, soldiers, aircraft. why the shooting started is still not clear. israel says troops felt threatened. how, these pictures do not show
if hamas is ready to release the most vulnerable israeli hostages it holds. but one egyptian official says there are still technical issues to resolve, including agreement on the number of palestinian prisoners the israelis would be prepared to release in exchange. the us has carried out its first airdrop of humanitarian aid for gaza on saturday with more than 30,000 meals parachuted by three military planes. inside gaza there s a desperate need forfood. the hamas run health ministry has said 15 children have died of malnutrition and starvation in gaza s kamal adwan hospital in the north of the strip. the head of the norwegian refugee council, jan egeland, who has visited the area, says there is now a famine in northern gaza. i think there is a famine in the north. yes. there is no other way to describe what has befallen on the 300,000 people who live in the ruins of the north and who haven t had really any aid for a very long time, because israel is not opening the bor
wyre davies, who is now injerusalem, about the doubts regarding whether the israeli delegation will participate in the cairo talks. those earlier rumours from washington had sent pulses racing among some people, hoping that there may be an imminent agreement for a cease fire, however temporary, between hamas and israel. and the hamas delegation arriving in cairo today for the talks also expressed hope that a deal could be reached. and again, optimism sort of grew, but there were significant obstacles. and anybody covering this story over the last few months will know that often hopes of a ceasefire are dashed by realities on the ground. and one of israel s obstacles and demands that was that hamas should present a detailed list of the hostages who would be released under the terms of any future agreement, of course, in exchange for palestinian prisoners in israeli jails. that list hasn t been provided by hamas. there are thought to be at about 134 hostages held by hamas and o
the killing of more than 100 people at an aid convoy on thursday as well as the killing of at least 11 people including two health care workers in an israeli raid in the city of rafah that s according to gaza s health ministry. the bbc s diplomatic correspondent paul adams reports from jerusalem. how were so many people injured? were they shot or crushed in a desperate stampede? at gaza s shifa hospital, the un says there s evidence of both. this hospital is treating more than 200 people that were injured. we have seen people with gunshot wounds. you have seen amputees and we have seen children as young as 12. jihad is haunted by what he saw when the convoy arrived on thursday morning. were the soldiers firing deliberately? he s asked. yes. with tanks, soldiers, aircraft . why the shooting started is still not clear. israel says troops felt threatened. how? these pictures do not show. tanks were present. there s no evidence of aircraft being involved. the un finally