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
Hello, im matthew amroliwala. Welcome to verified live, israels Prime Minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, and the Opposition Leader, benny gantz, have agreed to form an Emergency Government to manage the war with hamas. It comes as a hospital near the countrys Port City Of Ashkelon was struck by rocket fire. No casualties have been reported so far. Israel continues its bombardment of gaza for a fifth day. The territorys only power plant has stopped working after running out of fuel. Israeli troops are massing near the gaza border in preparation for what could be, a Ground Invasion of the territory as israel responds to saturdays attacks by hamas militants. Israeli artillery, like these units, around sderot, are firing towards gaza just part of the build up, for that possible Ground Invasion. 0vernight, 200 targets inside gaza were hit the strikes have continued through the course of the day. The Health Ministry in gaza says, more than 1,000 people have been killed entire neighbourhoods have
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State television in iran reported explosions near an army base and an airport in the central city of isfahan, activating local air defence systems. Blasts have also been reported in the countrys north west. Video online shows Iranian Defence missiles being fired into the air. Commercial flights were initially diverted around iranian airspace, but iranian media say all restrictions have now been lifted. Irans state broadcaster irib downplayed reports of an attack. Lets hear how the news was broken. Translation reliable sources emphasise that all Nuclear Facilities and military centres in isfahan and all parts of the country are completely secure and no incident has occurred at these facilities and centres. Now to reaction among members of the public, many of whom are expressing concern about escalation. Lets hear from some people on the streets of tehran. Translation they attacked our| consulate and iran responded but, in general, war across the globe is not a good thing. Not only for u
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