some aid continues to get through a royaljordanian air force cargo plane has dropped several containers of humanitarian relief supplies over the gaza strip. the update was shared in a tweet by thejordanian king. jordan s state news agency said the consignment was urgent medical aid for thejordanian field hospital in gaza. israeli media reports say the air drop was carried out in co ordination with the israeli military. meanwhile, the us has stepped up diplomatic efforts in the region. secretary of state antony blinken is now in turkey, for meetings with the country s foreign minister. the country s cia director william burns is also now in israel urging greater effort to avoid civilian casualties. and in the last few hours, the white house has said vice president kamala harris will discuss the conflict in a phone call with unnamed foreign leaders today. this is live looking across at the gaza strip, where it s currently just after iiam. we ll bring you more on all of th
up diplomatic efforts in the region. secretary of state antony blinken is now in turkey for meetings with the country s foreign minister. the country s cia director william burns is also now in israel, urging greater effort to avoid civilian casualties. and in the last few hours, the white house has said vice president kamala harris will discuss the conflict in a phone call with unnamed foreign leaders on monday. this is live, looking across at the gaza strip. it s just after 7am. in a moment, i llspeak to my colleague, mohamed taha, for the latest developments. but first lets hear from our correspondent, yogita limaye. the bombing over gaza has intensified tonight. communication lines have also been cut off, which means tomorrow will likely begin for many gazans like today did digging through rubble, looking forfamilies and survivors. this was a crowded refugee camp. it s not one of the areas that israel had asked civilians to leave. hamas says it was an israeli air strike
singapore, this is bbc news. it s newsday. hi there. thank you for being with us. wheat will have the latest as prince william visits singapore later but we will begin with our daily update on the situation in gaza. it is now overfour situation in gaza. it is now over four weeks since the start of the war by hamas and our correspondences tonight bombardment is the most intense in the campaign so far. israel s military said it has split gaza into two parts, north and the south. a humanitarian pause has been one of the main points on the agenda by the us secretary of state antony blinken. he said the force would advance several priorities including getting more aid into gaza and getting the hostages out. we begin our coverage with this report from yogita limaye. the bombing of gaza has intensified tonight, communication lines have also been cut off, which means tomorrow will likely begin for many gazans like today did. digging through rubble, looking for families and survivors.
sunday night has brought israel s military spokesman daniel hagari told reporters that troops have spread across the gaza strip but have allowed an evacuation corridor. today, the idf forces encircled the city of gaza. they reached the city of gaza. they reached the beach at the southern part of the city of gaza and they have encircled gaza and today we have gaza north and gaza south. they have reached the shore line. they are holding the shore line. we are still holding the corridor to enable the residents at the north of the residents at the north of the gaza strip and the residents in the city of gaza to go south. it is a one way corridor going south. we are going to continue to strike forcefully. we are going to continue our ground offensive in the north of the gaza strip and the greater city of gaza. more on that strike at the al maghazi refugee camp now. well, the site of the attack is in the center of the strip in a camp filled with narrow alleys. our correspondent rus
live from. newsday. hi there. thank you for being with us. we begin in gaza, where fighting is intensifying and communications are down for a third time. our correspondent rushdi abualouf in gaza has told us that tonight s bombardment seems to be the most intense since the beginning of the war, targeting the north west of the gaza strip in particular. of the gaza strip in particular. and in the last few hours, the idf said it has now split gaza into two parts north and south. it comes as the us secretary of state antony blinken has visted iraq and the west bank. and in the last hour, he has landed in turkey s capital, ankara, for a round of talks with leaders in the region. he has said that discussions are ongoing about a humanitarian pause in the fighting. mr blinken said the pause would advance several priorities, including getting more aid in to gaza, and getting the hostages out. yogita limaye reports. the bombing over gaza has intensified tonight, communication lines