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details later. it s thursday 19th october. around 20 trucks of aid are expected to enter gaza after a deal announced by president biden. egypt has agreed to let the humanitarian supplies enter via the rafah crossing but it s unlikely to happen until friday. announcing the agreement, the us president warned that the aid would be stopped, if any supplies were taken by hamas, which is regarded as a terrorist organisation by the uk. rishi sunak will also arrive in tel aviv this morning, as part of a two day visit to the middle east. with the latest, here s our correspondent wyre davies. as trucks carrying aid queue on the egyptian side of the gaza egypt border, the un and aid agencies have been increasingly alarmed at the unfolding humanitarian crisis. on a visit to israel which lasted barely a day, while reaffirming his steadfast support, joe biden also pressed the case for aid for gaza s 2.5 million palestinian citizens many of whom are struggling to get access to food, w ....
benjamin netanyahu, says the military is ready to begin at any moment a ground offensive aimed at crushing hamas. thousands of people in the gaza strip are continuing to flee south, after an order by israel for more than a million people to evacuate. these are the latest developments in the israel gaza war. israeli troops continue to mass near gaza ahead of an expected ground offensive, but it has given no indication of when it might mount an attack. these pictures show tanks arriving today. the israeli air strikes on gaza continue. it says it is targeting hamas positions. hamas is designated as a terror organisation by many western governments, including the uk. gazan health officials say that 2,450 people have now been killed in israel s bombing campaign. the israeli prime minister, benjamin netanyahu, has held the first meeting of his emergency cabinet. he described those who killed more than 1,400 israelis as monsters . mr netanyahu said that his country s forces w ....
hello, i m ben thompson. israel s military says its forces are deployed across the country and are ready for the next stage of the war, which is expected to have significant ground operations. a spokesman said the coming phase could include, what he called, combined and co ordinated strikes from the air, sea and land. the goal, he said, was to completely destroy the governing and military capabilities of hamas . it s a week since hamas, classed as a terrorist organisation by many western governments, including the uk, killed more than 1,300 people in israel and took dozens hostage. israel has warned the 1.1 million civilians in gaza s north to move south beyond the wadi gaza here. the military spokesperson said they should not return until israel said they could do so. the authorities in gaza say more than 2,200 people have already died in retaliatory israeli bombing. on saturday, israel s prime minister visited some of his troops and asked them if they are ready for ....
hello. the bbc has confirmed that young children were among those killed in an air strike on a convoy of vehicles leaving northern gaza yesterday along a route designated by israel. our team at bbc verify analysed two videos of the strike on the vehicles heading towards southern gaza. both videos have been verified, these first images show a lorry carrying at least 30 civilians on the move, moments before it was hit. and these are still images taken from a subsequent video from the aftermath of the strike, too graphic to show in detail. the video shows men running to the lorry, trying to help those who ve been hit. there are at least 12 visible dead bodies in the footage. just some of the moving images and still images. verified by our team at the bbc. we will bring you more on that as we get it. the un relief agency, unrwa, says hundreds of thousands of people have been displaced in the past 12 hours alone. and nearly a million, almost half the territory s population, ....
hello, i m ben thompson. israel s military says its forces are deployed across the country and are ready for the next stage of the war, which is expected to have significant ground operations. a spokesman said the coming phase could include, what he called, combined and co ordinated strikes from the air, sea and land. the goal, he said, was to completely destroy the governing and military capabilities of hamas . it s a week since hamas, classed as a terrorist organisation by many western governments, including the uk, killed more than 1,300 people in israel and took dozens hostage. israel has warned the 1.1 million civilians in gaza s north to move south beyond the wadi gaza here. the military spokesperson said they should not return until israel said they could do so. the authorities in gaza say more than 2,200 people have already died in retaliatory israeli bombing. on saturday, israel s prime minister visited some of his troops and asked them if they are ready for ....