it was unbelievable the casualties that we saw. israel is at war. we didn t want this war. it was forced upon us. but though israel did not start this war, israel will finish it. that is the path to hell if we are in that zero sum place. i m, like, really in fear. ijust have the thought of me dying in a bomb in gaza. how do you protect these civilians and also allow israel to respond . the way it wants to respond? this situation didn t come out of nowhere, though. do i think the west could have done more? yes. i think arab countries could have done more as well. why is this happening now and what does it mean for the future of the entire middle east? this is one of the most complex and long running conflicts in human history. so how did we end up here? hamas is an arabic acronym, it s short for harakat al muqawamah al islamiyyah, meaning the islamic resistance movement. they are a palestinian islamist group dedicated to the destruction of israel. elected to power in 2006 an
the casualties that we saw. israel is at war. we didn t want this war. it was forced upon us. but though israel did not start this war, israel will finish it. that is the path to hell if we are in that zero sum place. i m, like, really in fear. ijust have the thought of me dying in a bomb in gaza. how do you protect these civilians and also allow israel to respond . the way it wants to respond? this situation didn t come out of nowhere, though. do i think the west could have done more? yes. i think arab countries could have done more as well. why is this happening now and what does it mean for the future of the entire middle east? this is one of the most complex and long running conflicts in human history. so how did we end up here? hamas is an arabic acronym, it s short for harakat al muqawamah al islamiyyah, meaning the islamic resistance movement. they are a palestinian islamist group dedicated to the destruction of israel. elected to power in 2006 and fully taking contr
supplies are finally making their way into war torn gaza through egypt s rafah crossing. you re taking a live look at the border which just opened within the last hour for the rafah border crossing is the only route for aid to enter gaza directly from outside israel. and it s also gaza s only gateway to the rest of the world. that is not directly controlled by gaza or israel. that is more than 2 million palestinians are facing shortages of food, water and medicine, which prompted president biden to strike a deal with israel and egypt to open the rafah border crossing. but after the white house announced the deal to allow 20 trucks of aid into gaza, there have been negotiations. israel voiced concerns about the aid getting into the hands of hamas . that s the gaza based militant group whose deadly surprise attack on israel earlier this month killed more than 1400 people, some 200 people are also held hostage at this hour. two of them an american mother and her teenage daughter
after they were urged to do so by israel, ahead of its ground offensive in retaliation for last week s cross border attacks by hamas. earlier the un warned that it was impossible to move more than a million people across a densely populated warzone with no food, water, oraccommodation. the israeli army says it s already launched raids inside gaza. israeli media say the troops have recovered the bodies of some of the hostages seized by hamas in israel a week ago. health officials in gaza say the number of palestinians killed in israeli airstrikes has risen to more than 1900. this is the scene live in gaza where it hasjust gone midday, and as we said, an israeli deadline for palestinians to leave the northern half of gaza ahead of an expected ground offensive has passed. and we can show you these live pictures of israeli military forces near the gaza border as you see, there are several tanks in the area. the palestinian authority s representative at the un compared the curre
who are supposed to protect them. a nationwide hunt is underway for the suspect. tonight we can reveal 18 women who ve had prior contact with west yorkshire police have been killed in domestic abuse incidents since 2018. in 2021, fawziyahjaved died after she was pushed from arthur s seat in edinburgh by her husband, killing her and her unborn child in 2021. fawziya had reported domestic abuse to west yorkshire police on two occasions before she was murdered. we ll talk live to her mum for her reaction to today s developments. also tonight: as the patience of israels allies wears thin, the number of people killled in gaza continues to rise, and a deal to release the remaining hostages is out of reach it appears so far, what is a viable plan for how to end the war? and tory mp william wragg is reported to have stepped down from two committees after admitting last week he gave his colleagues personal phone numbers to someone he met on grindr. mr wragg was one of the victims of t