International aid agencies say they are struggling to contact their teams inside gaza after most Communication Networks were cut overnight. The Un General Assembly adopts a resolution, 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 border, where theres been a significant intensification of israeli air strikes over gaza. There is so much smoke and fog on the line where you can normally see the line where you can normally see the Apartment Buildings in the distance, it has now been almost obliterated by fog and you can smell the smoke in the air and you can hear regularly the sound of mortars, Artillery Fire, as the bombardment by Israeli Forces of the gaza strip continues. It has been a real intensification in the last 2a hours Orso Intensification in the last 2a hours or so last night where there were bright flashes and they lit up the sky above gaza. In the israeli army have said thi
So welcome, lyse. A relatively easy question to kick off with. Can you give us a sense of the size and location of gaza in relation to israel . Who lives there . Whos in charge . And who are its neighbours . Well, thats a sort of a wikipedia of the gaza strip. The gaza strip is a coastal strip of land on the mediterranean. Once on one side, its on the mediterranean. The other side, the southern side, its connecting to egypt. And then its other neighbour is israel. It is described as one of the most densely populated places on earth. Some 2. 3 million palestinians live there and they live with great frustration because they feel they dont really have control over their lives. Even though israel pulled out its troops in 2005, it controls the airspace. It controls the sea. It also controls all of the land crossings into gaza, except the one which goes to egypt, which is called the Rafah Crossing. Weve tried to use various measures to say how big it is for british viewers. Its about as big
Hello. Israel says it is monitoring the flight of Palestinian People from Northern Gaza. The flight of Palestinian People the Un Relief Agency, unrwa, says hundreds of thousands of people have been displaced in the past 12 hours alone. And nearly a million, thats almost half the territorys population, in the past week. Israel says those still in the north should leave as soon as possible, and its specified two roads it says are safe for people heading south. People were told on friday to relocate before an expected ground offensive. Israels Prime Minister, benjamin netanyahu, has said his countrys bombardment of gaza is just the beginning. More rockets have been fired into israel, and israeli airstrikes are continuing across gaza. Military sources in israel say a senior hamas commander you is among those killed. Israeli forces are continuing their build up near the boundary with gaza. In the north, israeli troops killed several people they identified as terrorists, who were trying to c
Assessing the first week of the israel gaza conflict. Hello. Imjackie leonard, the host of the Global News Podcast. Today, weve teamed up with a new bbc podcast, the conflict, for a special programme, answering your questions about whats going on in israel and gaza. Werejoined by the host of the conflict, the bbc s chief International Correspondent lyse doucet, who is in ashdod in israel, north of gaza, and also by our International Editor jeremy bowen, whos injerusalem. So welcome, lyse. A relatively easy question to kick off with. Can you give us a sense of the size and location of gaza in relation to israel . Who lives there . Whos in charge . And who are its neighbours . Well, thats a sort of a wikipedia of the gaza strip. The gaza strip is a coastal strip of land on the mediterranean. Once on one side, its on the mediterranean. The other side, the southern side, its connecting to egypt. And then its other neighbour is israel. It is described as one of the most densely populated pl
And the hollywood actor Harrison Ford has been involved in a near miss with an airliner while flying a single engine plane in california. Its five oclock, good afternoon. Lets ta ke lets take you back to the white house, where President Trump and his wife are greeting Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and his wife at the white house. It is the first meeting between the two leaders since they both met in 2016, back in september, in new york. It is highly likely that the issue of settlements will be at the very top of the agenda for both men. 0ne white house official has been quoted as suggesting that perhaps a middle east peace deal, a long term deal, does not involve a Two State Solution. Palestinians are very, very worried about that. Certainly, hardliners in the Israeli Cabinet are hoping that will be the case. 0ver are hoping that will be the case. Over the last few months, in fact, they have been continuing to build settle m e nts they have been continuing to build settlements in c