some aid continues to get through a royaljordanian air force cargo plane has dropped several containers of humanitarian relief supplies over the gaza strip. the update was shared in a tweet by thejordanian king. jordan s state news agency said the consignment was urgent medical aid for thejordanian field hospital in gaza. israeli media reports say the air drop was carried out in co ordination with the israeli military. meanwhile, the us has stepped up diplomatic efforts in the region. secretary of state antony blinken is now in turkey, for meetings with the country s foreign minister. the country s cia director william burns is also now in israel urging greater effort to avoid civilian casualties. and in the last few hours, the white house has said vice president kamala harris will discuss the conflict in a phone call with unnamed foreign leaders today. this is live looking across at the gaza strip, where it s currently just after iiam. we ll bring you more on all of th
watching bbc news. we start with the latest from the israel gaza conflict. it s been one of the heaviest nights of bombardment in gaza since the start of the war with israeli air strikes hitting the north of the territory and reports of huge explosions. israel says it s now effectively divided gaza into two parts north and south. 11 un agencies and six humanitarian groups have called for an immediate ceasefire, urging israel to protect civilians and allow more food, water, medicine and fuel into gaza. they also called on hamas to release the hostages captured on october 7th. some aid continues to get through a royaljordanian air force cargo plane has dropped several containers of humanitarian relief supplies over the gaza strip. the update was shared in a tweet by thejordanian king. jordan s state news agency said the consignment was urgent medical aid for thejordanian field hospital in gaza. israeli media reports say the air drop was carried out in co ordination with
since the fighting began. israel said its troops had reached the coastline to the south of gaza city saying that it had now effectively divided the territory in two. the us secretary of state, antony blinken, who s been meeting regional leaders, said a humanitarian pause in gaza would be welcome. but israel said it needs progress on the release of hostages before agreeing to any pause in its offensive. hundreds of thousands of people are going hungry in gaza as food and water supplies run out, the world food programme has warned. the agency has told the bbc exclusively that out of 130 bakeries operating in gaza before the war, ii have been destroyed by israeli air strikes. many of those remaining are unable to operate due to shortage of fuel and flour. bbc arabic s adnan al bursh has visited some bakeries in southern gaza. long queues, frustrated families. these scenes have become a norm outside gaza s bakeries. translation: i have an entire family of at least 20 people w
america s top diplomat antony blinken held talks in ankara with his turkish counterpart, as he continues to push for humanitarian pauses in the fighting. in other news, prince william has been dragon boat racing and meeting with singapore s leaders ahead of his annual earthshot prize ceremony. # memories, like the corners of my mind. # the funny girl on the way we were barbra streisand reflects on the challenges of being a woman at the top of her profession during her six decade long career. you are watching bbc news. i am sarah campbell. more now on the israel gaza war and the us is devoting several senior members of the biden adminstration to try to find a diplomatic way forward. vice president kamala harris will host a phone call with world leaders later on monday, the director of the cia is in israel to talk about intelligence co operation and the secretary of state, antony blinken, has arrived in turkey for talks with his counterpart in ankara. it s the fourth day of