the war in gaza lacked a long term plan. the resignations from the demands from too far right ministers in the governing coalition tojoin the cabinet instead, including the security minister, ben gvir. meanwhile, benjamin netanyahu has criticised an israeli military plan that will pause fighting to allow more aid into gaza. yolanda nel is at the crossing into gaza and was given access to the area by the israeli military and the comments you are about to hear from military representatives. we are about to hear from military representatives. representatives. we are at the most southerly representatives. we are at the most southerly point - representatives. we are at the most southerly point of - representatives. we are at the most southerly point of israel, next to gaza, and this is the main entry point, the kerem shalom crossing. you have these lorries making their way across right now but far fewer supplies are getting in then were in the past. that is really adding to the
have been killed in a forest fire. their charred bodies were found in dadia forest near the turkish border. work is underway to identify the corpses which were found in two groups and a coroner and investigation team are heading to the scene. a popular migrant route runs through the region. wildfires have been raging there since saturday. overnight, 65 patients were evacuated from a hospital in nearby alexandroupolis. the burned body of a man, believed to be a migrant, was found in a rural area near the town on monday. emergency workers are tackling several other fires in greece. they re warning that high winds and temperatures are creating an extreme risk. earlier, we got this update from athens. , ~ , earlier, we got this update from athens. , ~ , ., ., athens. greek firefighters have had a difficult summer athens. greek firefighters have had a difficult summer and athens. greek firefighters have had a difficult summer and it s - athens. greek firefighters have had a difficult
also exacerbated by the high temperatures that are so high that people who are fire fighting the fires are struggling to keep them in check. joining me live are our correspondents across europe azadeh moshiri in the greek capital, athens and sofia bettiza in the italian city of palermo. we are looking at those live pictures north of athens, you are southeast of athens, and the fact that all of these areas are affected show how widespread this problem is for the greek government. that’s for the greek government. that s ri . ht. for the greek government. that s right. several for the greek government. that s right. several fires for the greek government. that s right. several fires have - for the greek government. that s right. several fires have been - right. severalfires have been travelling through mainland greece. you were just talking about the fires that are burning on the other side at that firefighters stopped to and are asking for help, they send for planes two from italy
website. christian, back to you. thank you, paul. swathes of southern europe continue to swelter in a heatwave, that might well have set some record high temperatures today. in italy, the islands of sicily and sardinia were forecast to see temperatures as high as 48 degrees celsius. that would be somewhere near the european record that was set two years ago. there are red alerts currently in place for 20 of italys 27 major cities. in greece, swaths of virgin pine forests have been burnt around coastal towns near athens. two large wildfires are burning out of control. today the eu sent four firefighting planes from france and italy to help the greek authorities. 0ur reporter azadeh moshiri is in kouvaras south east of athens and sent this update. severalfires have made their way through mainland greece. here where i am, we are south east of athens and you can see that wildfires have torn through these hills.
back in spain, helicopters joined the battle to contain a wildfire in la palma, one of the canary islands more evidence of the brutal impact of this summer s extreme weather. justin rowlatt, bbc news, southern spain. as we heard in that report, swathes of virgin pine forests have been burnt around coastal towns near athens in greece. and two wildfires are burning out of control. 0ur reporter azadeh moshiri is in kouvaras south east of athens and sent this update. severalfires have made their way through mainland greece. here where i am, we are in kouvaras, south east of athens and you can see that wildfires have torn through these hills. now, you can see the burnt trees around me. you can see the ash on the ground. but if you were here with me you d be able to smell it as well. now, this fire that s torn through these hills is suspected to have been done by a man who lit a fire.