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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 ....
good day to our viewers in the united states and around the world. i m kasie hunt. it is friday, october 20. it is 5:00 a.m. here in washington, noon in gaza where we had thought we would see trucks full desperately needed humanitarian aid rolling through the rafah border cross buying nby now. but not yet. this is a live picture. u.s. officials now believe the first convoy will cross into gaza this weekend. possibly saturday. last night president biden addressed the nation tying israel s war against hamas in gaza to ukraine s battle against russian aggression. hamas and putin represent different threats but they share this in common, they both want to completely annihilate a neighboring democracy. history has daughters when terr has taught us when terrorists and dictatorses don t pay a price, they cause more chaos and death and more destruction. they keep going. and costs to the americans and the world keep rising. the president is trying to build support for a $1 ....
very much for joining us. cnn newsroom with jim acosta starts right now. i m jim acosta in washington. welcome to our viewers here in the united states and around the world to cnn s breaking news coverage of israel at war. it has been one week since hamas launched its attack inside israel that killed more than 1,300 people. today israel appears to be on the verge of responding with full force. prime minister benjamin netanyahu posted a video online of his visit with troops at the front line near the gaza border. he told them, quote, the next stage is coming. a ground invasion appears more inevitable by the hour. israel has called on more than a million civilians to evacuate northern gaza for their safety. today the state department is urging palestinian americans in gaza to move closer to the rafah crossing into egypt. the reason, there may be little notice if the crossing opens but if israel s six-hour window for safe passage from northern gaza has expired lots o ....
soon as we get them. meanwhile palestinian civilians have started leaving parts of eastern rafah in gaza, after israel told a hundred thousand people there to leave the area. officials in gaza say israeli air strikes have targeted parts of rafah, just hours after the evacuation order was issued. pictures we ve received show thick smoke rising as displaced palestinians try to flee eastern rafah. those palestinian civilians closest to the israeli border are being urged to move to what the israeli military calls expanded humanitarian zones in the al mawasi and khan younis areas. back to the live pictures of people in the centre of gaza getting the news that it looks like hamas, who have confirmed that the have accepted the cease fire proposals, no confirmation of that from israel. let s speak to our security correspondent, frank gardner who is in jerusalem. hamas saying they have accepted the cease fire proposals, we don t know what israel thinks about it, but what israe ....
aid is being allowed into gaza around 150 trucks carrying medical supplies, fuel and food entered on friday from egypt via the rafah crossing. turning to the released israeli hostages they were first taken through rafah from gaza, into egypt by road before being flown by helicopter to israel for medical checks. hospital staff gave this update on their condition. about half an hour ago, i was thrilled to be the one to receive four children, three mothers and a grandmother to the best and most caring hands here at the children s medical centre in israel. their physical condition is good and they are currently undergoing medical and emotional assessment. let s take a moment to look at what we know about these hostages all of whom were captured during the hamas attack on israel on the 7th of october. qatar, which has been mediating between israel and hamas, says the group of 2a is made up of 13 israelis, io thais, and one filipino. among the israelis there is one ....