friday that a large number of people had been found with bullet wounds. the un is calling for a full investigation into what happened. our special correspondent fergal keane, working with bbc verify, spent the day piecing together more details of what happened. his report contains some distressing images. although death is everywhere now in gaza, they had come thinking they would find aid to keep their families alive. then shots ripped through the night. shots crack through the night. people start to move. then ran to escape. in this section of the crowd, panic. as casualties streamed into local hospitals, the testimony of witnesses. translation: the situation was unimaginably crazy. - if aid is going to come to us in this way, we don t want it. the israelis say that at 4:40am, the convoy left from here under israeli tank escort and began to move towards the crowds waiting for food. the army supplied drone footage but there is no way of telling the sequence of the images be
shot into the crowd. the israeli army, which has released this overhead drone footage, admits its soldiers opened fire but claims most of the deaths were caused by a crush, or aid trucks running people over. the united nations reported friday that a large number of people had been found with bullet wounds. un secretary general antonio guterres is calling for an immediate investigation into what happened. earlier we asked his chief of staff, stephane dujarric, how that s possible. at some point they will need to be an investigation. a credible investigation. they will need to be accountability for what happened. it is obviously challenging, to say the least, to conduct one in the midst of a conflict and this is one of the reasons that we want to see a humanitarian ceasefire as quickly as possible. at the end of the day, we had more than 100 people dying because they were dying to get food. and in the end, they were killed either by bullets from the israel army, trampled by
into the crowd. the israeli army, which has released this overhead drone footage, admits its soldiers opened fire but claims most of the deaths were caused by a crush, or aid trucks running people over. the united nations reported on friday that a large number of people had been found with bullet wounds. un secretary general antonio guterres is calling for an immediate investigation into what happened. earlier we asked his chief of staff, stephane dujarric, how that s possible. at some point there will need to be an investigation. a credible investigation. there will need to be accountability for what happened. it is obviously challenging, to say the least, to conduct one in the midst of a conflict and this is one of the reasons that we want to see a humanitarian ceasefire as quickly as possible. at the end of the day, we had more than 100 people dying because they were dying to get food. and in the end, they were killed either by bullets from the israel army, trampled by o
could send a powerful message to president biden. also tonight, shutdown showdown with a deadline approaching president biden meets with congressional well leaders for talks on funding. the government, tightening the border and helping ukraine plus a key witness testifies in the defense effort to remove the da and lead prosecutor in the case against donald trump in georgia. his testimony when asked when the pairs romantic relationship began, and what the judge will make of it. welcome to our viewers here in the united states and around the world. i will blitzer a urine the situation room first up tonight. the voting in michigan where polls start closing in just two hours. a big test for both former president donald trump and president biden in this key swing state for trump. but will it be like in south carolina where some nikki haley republican said they would not vote for trump in november and for biden will tonight s i m committed vote as it s called, the specialty from