Good morning, everyone. It is saturday, october 21st. Im amara walker. Im victor blackwell. For the first two in time two weeks, muchneeded aid has been delivered to gaza, but groups warn those supplies are not enough. This morning 20 trucks loaded with medical supplies and food and water passed through the Border Crossing between egypt and gaza. A Spokesman Says none of the trucks carried fuel. In gaza, israel has demanded the immediate evacuation of the building ahead of a possible airstrike. The World Health Organization says such a demand would be impossible to carry out. The hospital currently haouses around 12,000 displaced people, plus hundreds of patients. And an American Woman and her teenage daughter are free following their surprise release late last night. They were visiting family in a kibbutz close to gaza when they were taken hostage on october 7th. The idf says today it believes 210 people are being held hostage in gaza. The group says the current priority is the return
Israel has sealed its borders with gaza imposing a total siege on the strip 12 days ago. The Rafah Crossing between egypt and gaza is the only way right now to allow vital supplies in. One big question is whether foreign Passport Holders and dual nationals at least 600 of whom are american according to the Us State Department will be allowed out. For more on this, i spoke to our reporter at the Rafah Crossing, rushdi abualouf. The palestinian employees who are supposed to coordinate, they were informed, to move to Rafah Crossing as quickly as possible to start, facilitate and run the process of taking the goods from the egyptian trucks into the palestinian trucks, and then they will start transferring them. I saw cars around, red cross cars around. Also some truck was carrying quite heavy machine to fix the road. We understand from the local source inside the crossing that the system, the computers and the systems are not working. And they need to be able to put a generator first and t
Citizens were killed. A further ten are missing, some of whom are feared to be among the dead. We must support absolutely israels right to defend itself. This must be done in line with International Humanitarian law. This programme continues on bbc one. Frantic diplomacy continues, as the world waits for the expected Ground Operation by israel troops to begin in gaza in response to the hamas massacre. The humanitarian crisis in the gaza strip is becoming desparate, as more than a Million People leave their homes and many more men, women and children are killed. Tonight. When will the Border Crossing from Gaza To Egypt be opened, to let people out and humanitarian aid in . The un warns the Health System in gaza is collapsing before our very eyes. Iamjust i am just two kilometres from gaza and most of the city has been evacuated ahead of israels expected a ground offensive. Last week, one israeli mother told us about the kidnapping of her son by hamas from that Music Festival. Michal had
Tonight on the reidout we dont have food, we dont have nothing. Nothing, no life here. No life here. When i close my eyes, i see bombs. I see a lot of houses down. Its not fair. Its not fair. Its not fair. Families including americans like that man, wait at egypts border, hoping to escape the hell that is gaza. As israeli troops amass for the expected gaza invasion. Also tonight, trump loses again. As judge Tanya Chutkan slaps a partial gag order on him, limiting the vile that hes allowed to spew. Plus, jim jordan has never passed a single piece of legislation, and john boehner calls him a legislative terrorist, yet, jordan appears to be on the verge of becoming the next republican speaker. But we begin tonight with israel and gaza on the brink. Thousands of Israeli Forces continue to amass on the gaza border in the wake of the deadly Terrorist Attack by hamas more than a week ago. Approximately 2,000 u. S. Troops have been told to prepare for possible deployment in the middle east if