That perhaps inspections would have to be done on the border in terms of staff crossing the borders. He said none of this must go to hamas. In your view and none of this must go to hamas. In yourview and in none of this must go to hamas. In your view and in your experience, are those things that can be sorted out relatively quickly or are those things that take quite a lot of time . ~. ,. , time . When it comes to it, we will brine in time . When it comes to it, we will bring in the time . When it comes to it, we will bring in the supplies time . When it comes to it, we will bring in the supplies ourselves. Time . When it comes to it, we will| bring in the supplies ourselves. Our own un teams on the ground will distribute it to those in need. We have been doing this for many years. These are staff, they are accountable to serve the communities in need, and they will make sure that assistance gets to the people who need it most. In that assistance gets to the people who need it most. That assistance gets to the people who need it most. In terms of what is there ready who need it most. In terms of what is there ready to who need it most. In terms of what is there ready to come who need it most. In terms of what is there ready to come in who need it most. In terms of what is there ready to come in on who need it most. In terms of what is there ready to come in on the is there ready to come in on the border, just give me an idea of what aid is there and how much of a difference it would make, potentially. Difference it would make, otentiall. Potentially. The most important and ura ent potentially. The most important and urgent suwly potentially. The most important and urgent sunply is potentially. The most important and urgent supply is fuel potentially. The most important and urgent supply is fuel so potentially. The most important and urgent supply is fuel so that potentially. The most important and urgent supply is fuel so that the urgent supply is fuel so that the water can be turned back on in gaza. That is the most urgent. And then there is ever supplies, for example food. Food is another commodity that is running out very quickly, not just in the market but also in our own warehouses, because prior to the war, we used to give food to 1. 2 Million People, and we have to resume the Food Distribution operation, and for that we need to replenish our supplies, and for that we need humanitarian access, and for that we need the siege to be lifted. And give me an idea, from your conversations with your colleagues on the ground, where are the areas that you are most can concerned about now . Is it still be northern part of the gaza strip . Is it with so many people have certainly displaced too . Where is the greatest need . We displaced too . Where is the greatest need . ~. , displaced too . Where is the greatest need . ~. ,. Need . We are hosting more than 500,000 need . We are hosting more than 500. 000 people. Need . We are hosting more than 500,000 people, who need . We are hosting more than 500,000 people, who are need . We are hosting more than 500,000 people, who are sheltering at un schools and other facilities. All of them need assistance. In addition to another 500,000. So a total of1 Million People across the gaza strip are in need of assistance. They depend on the assistance. They depend on the assistance. And this is where the focus is going to be, on these1 Million People spread across the gaza strip. I Million People spread across the gaza stri. ,. , Million People spread across the gaza strip gaza strip. I know when we talk esterda gaza strip. I know when we talk yesterday and gaza strip. I know when we talk yesterday and you gaza strip. I know when we talk yesterday and you have gaza strip. I know when we talk. Yesterday and you have indicated again that the corridor needs to open almost immediately. You have said that for days now. But if we do get a delay for three or four days, and week, what are the Human Consequences do you estimate . We are alread ve consequences do you estimate . We are already very late consequences do you estimate . We are already very late. We consequences do you estimate . We are already very late. We are consequences do you estimate . We are already very late. We are already already very late. We are already very late for the people of gaza. Time is of the essence. Humanitarian access needs to be given immediately so that organisations like ours are allowed to do their work. That they are allowed to provide for those who need us most. Civilians who need us most. Who have been impacted by the war since the 7th of october. Immediately. We war since the 7th of october. Immediately. War since the 7th of october. Immediately. War since the 7th of october. Immediatel. ~. ,. Immediately. We have to leave it there but thanks immediately. We have to leave it there but thanks once immediately. We have to leave it there but thanks once again immediately. We have to leave it there but thanks once again for l there but thanks once again for joining us live on our programme. Lets consider where we are with frank gardner, i security correspondent. The president touched on all the areas as you would expect after those long meetings in tel aviv, but in terms of the intelligence that you are hearing in the broader region, what is the latest . ~. The broader region, what is the latest . ~ ,. Latest . Well, there is still a real fear that this latest . Well, there is still a real fear that this could latest . Well, there is still a real fear that this could escalate latest . Well, there is still a real| fear that this could escalate well beyond the boundaries of israel and the palestinian territories. That is a very big fear for the the palestinian territories. That is a very big fearfor the us. Some would say that the presence of two us Aircraft Carrier strike groups just offshore in the Eastern Mediterranean is provocative. Others would say that is a reassurance to israel. It is meant to be a deterrent to iran from joining in this. It is a really delicate situation because already, before this hospital explosion, which the rest of the region outside israel has no doubt it was israel to blame, although israel and its friends, the united states, israel is saying it is the Palestinian Islamicjihad that did it, but even before that happened, the region was tense and iran had issued two warnings, from its Foreign Minister and its supreme leader, that it would not stand idly by while palestinians are killed in gaza. Israel has not even gone into gaza. Israel has not even gone into gaza yet. Things could get even worse in terms of the humanitarian picture and in terms of the regional tension. Hezbollah is the main proxy, which is in lebanon with around 150,000 rockets and missiles at its disposal. It is an ally of iran, it is funded, trained and armed by iran. It does not want to get into a war at this time, but if things go on, it will feel it has to do something to support its brothers in hamas. fiend do something to support its brothers in hamas. � , do something to support its brothers in hamas. � i. In hamas. And you reference the American Carrier in hamas. And you reference the American Carrier group, in hamas. And you reference the American Carrier group, the in hamas. And you reference the l American Carrier group, the efforts being put in place to deter any sort of actorjoining this, but are you hearing, or is there any intelligence, of seeing anything moving on the ground . There are reports that militia, from iraq, through syria, into lebanon, an unconfirmed report that one group, which is the same group in iraq, and iranian backed group, that kidnapped five britons years ago from a ministry in baghdad, four were killed and one survived, peter moore, the it technician, but the reason i am saying this is because iran does notjust have hezbollah, there are a number of iranian back she embellishes who have been fighting in syria, against rebels, and they battled hardened. So israel has a real problem if they start to enter on the northern front. That is one of the reasons why the us is trying to de escalate this, and the first way to do that is too lower the tension, lower the fighting, get humanitarian aid in. And yet over the last 2a a ways we have seen almost the opposite in terms of direction of travel. Going back to President Biden, even before yesterdays hospital blast, the diplomatic path was so narrow and then after that hospital explosion, it is even narrower, isnt it . It is, and the thing is, eventually, that will be verifiable evidence that will be verifiable evidence that comes out one way or the other, because both sides has said the other is lying, and i dont think either is going to believe the version they dont like. This is very similar to ten years ago when they was that dreadful Nerve Gas Attack in syria and the rebels accuse the Syrian Government of doing it and vice versa. Eventually, inspectors went in, but it took years before finally it was proved it was the Syrian Government that did it. ~ i. ,. ~ , did it. Thank you for taking us throu h did it. Thank you for taking us through all did it. Thank you for taking us through all of did it. Thank you for taking us through all of that. Did it. Thank you for taking us through all of that. Touching l did it. Thank you for taking us through all of that. Touching upon the situation in lebanon. Live now to our correspondent anna foster, whos in northern israel, near the border with lebanon. Give us the latest in terms of the various exchanges we have seen on that border, which we have seen over the last four or five days, and the analysis of people where you are. I think frank painted a very compressive picture day of the issues along the northern border. Let me tell you what i have seen that really backs that up. It is a large Israeli Military presence on this board at which has been gradually building over the last ten days of sale. Over 300,000 reservists that they called up. They have a lot around gaza but they have sent a huge number here, and you see them as you travel along the border. Some very large concentrations of tanks and armoured vehicles building up. There are checkpoints now, small, informal checkpoints, but roads that you used to be able to drive down, normally people get stopped and get asked what they are doing. The reason is a lot of that continuing fire. Even behind me, where i am at now, across this part of the border, there have been at missile fire coming across from lebanon. When this happens, each time, we see the Israel Defence forces responding and targeting hezbollah infrastructure on the other side. That started off, maybe one or two incidents a day, it is happening several times a day now every day. It is that slow, gradual raising of the temperature that makes people here and International Powers on the diplomatic side really nervous. �. Powers on the diplomatic side really nervous. , nervous. Anna foster on the border, thanks very nervous. Anna foster on the border, thanks very much. Thanks very much. Let me bring you the latest line from israels Prime Ministers office. We were just listening to joe biden talking about the need for humanitarian assistance to be allowed into gaza. That linejust being addressed by the Prime Minister, saying no humanitarian aid from Israel Will Go Into Gaza without the return of the hostages, so a repeat of something they said a number of days ago. Absolutely linking the aid into gaza with the return of the hostages. Thatjust coming from the Prime Ministers office. No humanitarian aid without a return of the hostages. Lets talk now to the former uk ambassador. Just a general thought first of all, because we are seeing joe biden in tel aviv. In terms of diplomacy, it does not get much tougher than this, does it . It does not. It is tougher than this, does it . It does not it is very tougher than this, does it . It does not. It is very delicate, tougher than this, does it . It does not. It is very delicate, very not. It is very delicate, very difficult, very complex. The us laid the ground as effectively as they could for this visit and President Biden is better than anyone at empathy and that is what is needed right now. That is what we heard right now. That is what we heard right now. That is what we heard right now. We had the sense of, we feel your pain. Very important that israel hears that, very important that palestinians hear that, but also, we have your back. If you are an israeli civilian or a palestinian civilian, that we do not want this to escalate. And almost between the lines, the friendly message to israel that says we dont have your back for killing civilians, targeting civilians. So it was a very careful, cautious message, and he has the toughest ofjobs now. I was reading your thoughts before you came on here and i know that in terms of your advice, you were saying that you would start with empathy, then move to the issues, and i think we saw that play out exactly with what we heard from the president , but behind closed doors, what would you imagine Thatjoe Biden has been saying to Benjamin Netanyahu . He biden has been saying to benamin netan ahu . , biden has been saying to benamin netan ahu . ,. ,. , netanyahu . He is trying to reassure the ublic, netanyahu . He is trying to reassure the public. Of netanyahu . He is trying to reassure the public, of course, netanyahu . He is trying to reassure the public, of course, but netanyahu . He is trying to reassure the public, of course, but then netanyahu . He is trying to reassure the public, of course, but then you | the public, of course, but then you close the door and sit down, those two men know each other very well, they have got history, they have got form. They will know when they can trust each other and when they might not choose to trust each other. I think he will be trying to be a wise friend. I think he will be saying, take a breath, take a pause here, dont do the thing that iran would like you to do. I think the military escalation is what iran would like. I think it undermines months and years of painstaking work between israel and the arab world to build up israel and the arab world to build up this process of normalisation. So if in doubt, dont do that. I think there will be a harder message than we hear in public around the need to protect civilians, they need to avoid this horrific, catastrophic loss of civilian life, which does not risk crossing Just International law, ethical issues around that, but also risks turning the whole region against israel and escalating this to a point that is in no ones interests. To a point that is in no ones interests to a point that is in no ones interests. ~ ,. ,. Interests. With everyone watching, with camera interests. With everyone watching, with camera crews, interests. With everyone watching, with camera crews, all interests. With everyone watching, with camera crews, all of interests. With everyone watching, with camera crews, all of that, interests. With everyone watching, with camera crews, all of that, it. With camera crews, all of that, it is obviously difficult to have some of those conversations, but the back channels behind the scenes, countries like qatar, turkey, certainly when it comes to hostages, where are those back channels . Who should we be looking towards . I think a should we be looking towards . I thinka number of should we be looking towards . I think a number of partners. There is a lot that countries can do, including the uk, i would be tracked down and hold to account the those responsible for this act of terrorism by hamas . Some practical support that can be delivered there. I would look at qatar, turkey, who have relationships with hamas, can try to de escalate the situation. There is a Big Conversation to be had with egypt about getting that crossing open. And also, and i really Hopejoe Biden is doing this, we need a conversation with the moderate palestinian leadership, the mainstream leadership, because one thing Benjamin Netanyahu has to understand has not always understood, there needs to be an alternative to hamas. We need to build up that alternative to hamas. A Military Solution just will not be sustainable, so we have to have someone on the other side of the table, and i hope those conversations are happening to. Tom fletcher, thanks conversations are happening to. Tom fletcher, thanks so much forjoining us. Around the world and across the uk, this is bbc news. All residents have Learning Disabilities or autism. It is not easy to recruit because retail and nhs jobs generally pay more. 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