The conflict special. Hello. Im jackie leonard, one of the hosts of the global news podcast. And, again, weve teamed up with the Conflict Podcast to answer some of your questions about whats going on in israel and gaza. Werejoined by the host of the Conflict Podcast, lyse doucet, from jerusalem. And here in the studio is the bbc security correspondent frank gardner. So lets get on with the questions. This is camille from australia and my questions about all the aid trucks, because i knowjust before this conflict started, there was a lot of discussion about us funding and aid to ukraine, and now theres a lot of trucks amassed at the egypt border. | was this aid that was already destined to go into gaza . Cos ive also heard reports that there was aid going in already, but not as much as now. So, just a note on how Thisl Manoeuvring had happened and if one affects the other. So, lyse, if you could start with that one. Thank you very much for the question. Its very important. The. The un a
From the air every single day when we do not know where my cousin is, when we do not know where over 200 hostages are and we dont know if any of our bombs have killed them. Here in london, thousandsjoin pro palestinian demonstrations. Similar protests take place Around The World, calling for a ceasefire. Fresh aid enters gaza, and the un tells the bbc theyve managed to re establish some contact with their teams on the ground. Welcome to the programme. Ijust want to start of some Breaking News brought to us by our correspondent paul adams. We have seen some comments on social media for the first time, seemingly, from hamas leader in the gaza strip. He has offered to release all hostages in return for the release of all hamas prisoners in israeli jails. In a statement on hamas official website, it says this, we are ready for an Immediate Exchange deal that includes the release of all prisoners in the prisoners prisons the zionist enemy in exchange for the zionist enemy in exchange for th
israel s prime minister benjamin netanyahu says the war in gaza has entered a second phase, warning it will be long and difficult. speaking at a joint news conference with his defence minister, yoav gallant, and emergency war cabinet member benny gantz, mr netanyahu described the conflict as israel s second war of independence. he declared israel would win the war and make every effort to bring the hostages home. in his first comments since the war began on the seventh of october, hamas s leader in the gaza strip has offered to release all hostages being held in gaza in return for the release of all hamas prisoners in israeli jails. in a statement, yahya sinwar says, we are ready for an immediate exchange deal that includes the release of all prisoners in the prisons of the zionist enemy in exchange for the release of all prisoners with the resistance. it comes 2a hours after israel stepped up its bombardment of gaza. you can see that in these pictures here. israel said
welcome to the programme. israel s prime minister benjamin netanyahu says the war in gaza has entered a second phase, warning it will be long and difficult. speaking at a joint news conference with his defence minister, yoav gallant, and emergency war cabinet member benny gantz, mr netanyahu described the conflict as israel s second war of independence. he declared israel would win the war and make every effort to bring the hostages home. in his first comments since the war began on seven october, hamas s leader in the gaza strip has offered to release all hostages being held in gaza in return for the release of all hamas prisoners in israeli jails. in a statement, yahya sinwar says: we are ready for an immediate exchange deal that includes the release of all prisoners. of all prisoners in the prisons of the zionist enemy in exchange for the release of all prisoners with the resistance. it comes 2a hours after israel stepped up its bombardment of gaza. israel said the