The conflict special. Hello. Im jackie leonard, one of the hosts of the global news podcast. And, again, weve teamed up with the Conflict Podcast to answer some of your questions about whats going on in israel and gaza. Werejoined by the host of the Conflict Podcast, lyse doucet, from jerusalem. And here in the studio is the bbc security correspondent frank gardner. So lets get on with the questions. This is camille from australia and my questions about all the aid trucks, because i knowjust before this conflict started, there was a lot of discussion about us funding and aid to ukraine, and now theres a lot of trucks amassed at the egypt border. | was this aid that was already destined to go into gaza . Cos ive also heard reports that there was aid going in already, but not as much as now. So, just a note on how Thisl Manoeuvring had happened and if one affects the other. So, lyse, if you could start with that one. Thank you very much for the question. Its very important. The. The un a
Of respect to the victims and to their families. To their families. However, israel continued to their families. However, israel continued to to their families. However, israel continued to call to their families. However, israel continued to call for| to their families. However, i israel continued to call for mr Antonio Guterres to resign, saying it is a disgrace that he did not attract retract his words or apologise. There has been stalled progress to agree to a ceasefire at the un Security Council. Because have grown louder here at the un for a ceasefire. They say that they want not just that but obviously the release of all hostages, the protection of all hostages, the protection of civilians, getting aid in, and yet we had seen the Security Council for the fourth time failed to act on the desperate concerns there in gaza. Now, remember, last week the United States vetoed a resolution. They put forward their only draft which put forward they put forward the draft today for a vote b
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the us presidentjoe biden has told the prime minister of israel benjamin netanyahu that the killings of the seven aid workers in gaza were not actionable and that israel should work to get a humanitarian cease fire immediately. the two spoke for half an hour in the first call since the deadly attack on monday. we has occurred in the last few moments from the secretary of state who has been speaking in brussels and touched on what the president had to say in that phone call with mr netanyahu. the president call with mr netanyahu. tue: president emphasised call with mr netanyahu. tte: president emphasised of the strikes on humanitarian workers and the overall unitarian situation are unsuitable. he made clear the need for israel to announce a series of specific concrete and measurable steps to address civilian harm, humanitarian suffering and the safety of aid workers. he made clear that us policy with respect to gaza will be determined by our assessment of israel s immediate
as intense battles continue in southern gaza. there are reports of house to house fighting in the city. it comes amid fierce criticism of the us, for vetoing a united nations security council draft resolution calling for an immediate ceasefire in gaza. the palestinian president mahmoud abbas said the veto made the us complicit in what he described as war crimes against palestinians. the us envoy to the un said a ceasefire would be dangerous and unrealistic. these are the latest pictures from the israel defense forces, showing fighting in the jabalia refugee camp in the north of the strip, which is still surrounded by israeli tanks. people there say they ve been without food and clean water for several days. forgive me, these are not from the idf. this is a live feed we are getting of the israel gaza border, just gone six o clock. the blackness of the sky. from jerusalem, hugo bachega sent this report and a warning it does contain some distressing images. at the nasser hospita