Eventin yesterdays tragic and alarming event in north gaza, trying to get humanitarian assistance in there, and the loss of life is heartbreaking. People are so desperate that innocent people got caught, a terrible war, unable to feed their families, and you saw the response when we try to get aid in. And we need to do more and the United States will do more stock in the coming days we willjoin with our friends the coming days we willjoin with ourfriends in the coming days we willjoin with our Friends Injordan and others are providing air drops of additionalfood and of additional food and supplies. Of additional food and suwlies of additional food and su lies. , supplies. President biden there. Our special correspondent fergal keane, working with bbc verify, has been piecing together more details of what happened. And just a warning his report contains some distressing images. Although death is everywhere now in gaza, theyd come thinking they would find aid to keep their families aliv
Put forward by Arab Countries calling for a humanitarian truce. Hello, im anna foster. This is bbc news. Were live in Southern Israel, near the gaza broder, where theres been a significant intensification of israeli airstrikes over gaza, with bright flashes and huge explosions overnight lighting up the night sky above the territory. It comes after the israeli army said that it was expanding its Ground Operations there. A spokesman for the Israeli Government would not confirm it has been a significant escalation overnight. Through the night, we saw bright flashes and loud explosions lighting up the night sky over the territory and this can be heard all around Southern Israel and gaza. A spokesman for the Israeli Government would not confirm that this heralded the start of a much anticipated Ground Offensive against hamas. The armed wing of hamas which is a proscribed Terror Organisation by the uk and the usa has said it is involved in violent confrontations with Israeli Forces in northe
Good morning. Welcome to cnn this morning. Its saturday, october 21st. Im victor blackwell. And im amara walker. For the first time in weeks asia has made its way into gaza. This morning the Rafah Boarder between egypt and israel has opened but not for long. 24 trucks made it through before it was closed again. The trucks were carrying medical supplies and canned food. Its been two weeks and now the idf says its preparing for the next stages of the war. Idf tanks are lined up near the border with gaza where the prospect of a Ground Incursion is looming. Now, in gaza, the hospital says israel has demanded the immediate evacuation of the building ahead of a possible strike. The World Health Organization said that would be impossible to carry out because it houses 12,000 displaced people plus hundreds of patients. Also, an American Woman and her teenaged daughter are free. 17yearold Natalie Rah Han who had just graduated high school and her mother judith are from illinois. They were visit
Hamas, has urged residents to stay put. More than one Million People are believed to live in the north of gaza. There are warnings that the humanitarian crisis in the territory is deepening, with shortages of food, clean water and electricity strikes from israel are continuing in gaza tonight. These are pictures from the last hour or so. Hamas Officials Say that on friday 70 people, mostly women and children, were killed by israeli air strikes on convoys fleeing gaza city. The Palestinian Health Ministry Says israeli strikes have killed at least 1,900 people in gaza, including 614 children in retaliation for the more than 1300 people who have died in israel since the hamas attack on saturday. So those were pictures from a few minutes ago. Lets show you the situation in gaza right now. Its a little after four in the morning. As weve been reporting, fuel and electricity are in short supply. Residents in the north continue to flee under israeli evacuation orders. Meanwhile, the Palestinia
Ten tooth brushes, something so specific and personal. It raises the reality that such an intense outpouring of daily generosity is both incredible and not infinite. And that means the world watches to see what israel will do in these coming days. Thank you so much for joining us. Us. Ac 360 begins now. Captions by vitac www. Vitac. Com it is 3 00 a. M. Here in tel aviv, israel, and there are signs all around us today that a much wider and deadly phase of the war may soon take place. This was the scene just a few hours ago, while i was reporting on air. Sirens are going off, which has not occurred here for really today certainly or the last several days. Theyre quite extensive sirens. You hear them all over tel aviv right now. This just started about 15 seconds, maybe 30 seconds ago. So, it remains to be seen if rockets do come, generally they come from that direction. That sounded like iron dome interception. That was a rather large explosion. That is something we have not heard very