Its newsday. Singapore, this is bbc news. Its newsda. ,. , its newsday. Hello and welcome to the programme. We begin in israel, where we begin our programme, as israel continues its mass mobilisation of troops, hundreds of thousands, on the southern border with gaza, the widespread expectation that a Ground Offensive across the frontier maybe coming. But the un is calling for Essential Supplies to be allowed into the territory, where the humanitarian situation is deteriorating rapidly, as israel enforces a complete siege. This follows the unprecedented attack, five days ago, in israel, by militants from hamas, a group committed to the destruction of israel, and designated a Terror Organisation by many western governments, including the uk. At least 1,200 people in israel are now thought to have been killed in the multiple assaults last saturday. At least a thousand palestinians have been killed in retaliatory israeli air strikes. Well be inside besieged gaza, with our correspondent, ru