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20 vehicles carrying medicine and food passed through on saturday the first since israel tightened its blockade of the territory. the rafah crossing is on the egyptian border and is the only route not bordering israel, which means it s currently the only potential way to deliver humanitarian aid into gaza. we ll have the latest on the aid trying to get into gaza in the next hour. in other developments in the conflict today, iran s foreign minister has accused israel of committing genocide in gaza, and has warned the situation in the middle east risks spiralling out of control. israel has been continuing to carry out aerial bombing of gaza. these pictures are from the past hour. it s nowjust over two weeks since the hamas attacks inside israel, 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. israel s military has warned civilians in gaza to keep moving south for t ....
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 ....
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 a,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. on saturday, agreement was reached to allow the first 20 lorries carrying supplies to cross the r ....
the only potential way to deliver humanitarian aid into gaza. we ll have the latest on the aid trying to get into gaza in the next hour. in other developments in the conflict today, israel has confirmed that 212 people are being held hostage in gaza. defence officials said israeli strikes overnight killed dozens of palestinian fighters, including the deputy chief of hamas 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. 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 c ....
they are trying their best to provide essential services to gazans trapped inside gaza, with very little food, water, medicine and fuel. so this is an important update to bring you. 17 more trucks apparently are carrying aid into gaza through that all important rafah crossing which you can see here. this is controlled by egypt and is often used to bring goods in and is often used to bring goods in and out of gaza. i will keep these live pictures and bringing our guest sarah davies, a public relations officer at the international committee of the red cross. thanks so much forjoining us on bbc news. as we watch these live pictures of the rafah crossing, i want to ask you to give the viewers an insight into how bad things are within gaza. thank you so much for having me. as everyone has really seen over the last more than two weeks now, the humanitarian situation for people in that gaza is dire and only increasing. their needs are increasing. their needs are increasing. pe ....