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the conflict special. hello. i m jackie leonard, one of the hosts of the global news podcast. and, again, we ve teamed up with the conflict podcast to answer some of your questions about what s going on in israel and gaza. we rejoined by the host of the conflict podcast, lyse doucet, from jerusalem. and here in the studio is the bbc security correspondent frank gardner. so let s get on with the questions. this is camille from australia - and my question s 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 there s a lot of trucks amassed at the egypt border. | was this aid that was already destined to go into gaza? . cos i ve 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 ....
the bbc s chief international correspondent, who s in southern israel. also our international editor, jeremy bowen, who is injerusalem. now, we don t know how events in gaza and israel will unfold in the coming hours, much less days. but as soon as hamas attacked on october 7th, there was no doubt that israel would respond. so let s start with this question. hello, this is david - from sydney, australia. i ve just listened to your gaza question podcast,| but for me the most interesting question wasn t asked at all. i given that hamas would have known their barbaric attack i would result in a massive reaction, why did they do it? was it to provoke an overreaction that would lose israel the support of its allies? and lyse, we ll come to you for that one. it s a very difficult question to answer because we are not really hearing from the people in charge of this operation, and that s the military wing of hamas, the izzedine al-qassam brigades. but what we have heard fro ....
rocket forces. israel has been carrying out intensive aerial bombing of gaza since the hamas attacks inside israel two weeks ago, in which 1,400 people were killed. the palestinian health ministry says about 4,700 gazans, mainly civilians, have been killed in the israeli air strikes. that includes 55 people overnight. israel s military has warned civilians in gaza to keep moving south for their own safety, as it prepares to increase pressure on hamas, which is designated a terrorist origanisation by the uk, us and other western governments. the israeli defence forces said one of its aircraft also targeted a mosque in the palestinian city ofjenin, in the occupied west bank. israel says the mosque was used by a hamas cell as a base to plan and execute attacks against civilians. earlier, the un s humanitarian chief told the bbc that the handful of aid trucks heading into gaza was not enough. the crossing is on the egyptian border and is the only route not bordering i ....
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