Week once things may turn more unsettled next week once again. Joined me later for the details its sunday 22nd october. Our main story israel says its intensify airstrikes against hamas in gaza, as it prepares its troops for a Ground Assault. Hamas is regarded as a Terrorist Organisation by the uk and this latest escalation in tensions in the language follows its attack on israel two weeks ago. Twenty lorries carrying humanitarian aid have been allowed through the Rafah Crossing, on the border with egypt, and a second convoy could enter gaza today, but un agencies say this represents a drop in the ocean of what is needed. Greg mckenzie reports. Yesterday, the Rafah Crossing that connects egypt to the Southern Gaza strip opened for the First Time Since hamas launched its assault on israel to allow 20 trucks to carry aid in. Today, the humanitarian chief of the un for the second convoy of 20 30 trucks could enter the region, delivering much needed aid but admits the un and israel are hav
welcome back. let s bring you up to date on our top story and that is the ongoing war between israel and her mass. is the ongoing war between israel and her mass. ~ ,, .,, ., ., and her mass. darkness has fallen on gaza and the and her mass. darkness has fallen on gaza and the surrounding gaza and the surrounding territories. you can see that the scene is extremely dark. a lot of electricity lacking in parts of gaza. we now know that the intensification of israeli bombardment has continued. we saw huge plumes of smoke rising from the horizon not too long ago. i think you can probably see them now even through the darkness. the hamas run health ministry says 8000 people have been killed in gaza since the beginning of the retaliatory strikes since. 0ver3000 beginning of the retaliatory strikes since. over 3000 of those people killed our children. important to take a moment and think about the regional implications of what is happening. we talk about that quite often. it is
breaking down in gaza as thousands of residents break in to warehouses for food and other basic items. people are getting frustrated. they re getting hungry as the siege, the three week long siege, continues. our other main story matthew perry, one of the stars of the hit tv show friends, is found dead at his home in los angeles. more now on the situation in the gaza strip, where the united nations relief agency for palestinians has warned that civil order is starting to collapse. unwra says thousands of people have ransacked warehouses containing basic supplies. it comes as the world health organization says it is deeply concerned about reports of israel ordering the evacuation of the al-quds hospital in northern gaza. the head of the who said it was impossible to evacuate hospitals without endangering lives. israel says egypt and the united states are expanding humanitarian aid into gaza. ten trucks have been allowed in from egypt today. but cairo says hundreds more are
people are getting frustrated. they re getting hungry as the siege, the three week long siege, continues. our other main story matthew perry one of the stars of the hit tv show friends is found dead at his home in los angeles. hello and welcome. i m maryam moshiri. more now from the gaza strip, where clashes have been reported between hamas fighters and israeli troops. israeli media say the country s forces engaged several hamas gunmen who emerged from a tunnel, killing some of them. hamas armed wing said it had attacked israeli armoured vehicles, killing their occupants. there are thousands of people displaced and living in tents in gaza. our special correspondent fergal keane is injerusalem and he has been speaking to some of those trapped in gaza a warning his piece contains distressing images. in the bombed districts of gaza, it seems as if the world is broken. a trauma shared across generations. my daughter, my daughter, a voice calls out. screaming and shouti