Final preparations are under way to send the first shipment of aid by sea to gaza. Humanitarian organisations are co ordinating a delivery of about 200 tonnes of food and medical supplies, which will go via a maritime corridor with israels agreement. But its unclear how or where the boat will actually dock, and even if the aid does arrive, some groups are warning of problems in distributing the aid across gaza. Wyre davies reports from jerusalem. In the cypriot port of larnaca, they have been working around the clock. The spanish ship, open arms, is preparing to tow a barge with 200 tonnes of food with medical aid all the way to gaza. Its a precarious, untested plan with obvious risks. Translation yes, we will tow this platform to gaza, where The Last Mile will be the most complicated operation. The disembarkation will be done on a pier that is being built right now by the world central kitchen. How the aid will be unloaded into gaza, where there is no port or functioning harbour, is n
i m anna foster. a convoy of humanitarian aid has crossed into gaza for the first time since thursday, after a week long truce collapsed. palestinian red crescent said it received the convoy. fighting restarted on friday morning as the two sides blamed each other for the collapse of the agreement. this is live looking across at northern gaza. you across at northern gaza. can probably hear in the background you can probably hear in the background the renewed sound of outgoing fire. a spokesman for the israeli military said they were now hitting hamas infrastructure all over the gaza strip. we ve had reports of heavy smoke hanging over the area. there have been israeli air strikes in north western gaza and khan younis in the south where hundreds of thousands of people fled earlier in the war to escape fighting. the hamas run health ministry said about 200 people have been killed and more than 600 people injured since fighting restarted in gaza yesterday. reports indicate khan
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