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BBCNEWS BBC July 2, 2024



iam i am live in southern israel where authorities seem to have blocked humanitarian aid from entering the gaza strip after a week—long truce collapsed. fighting re—started yesterday, as both sides blamed each other for the collapse of the agreement. one consequence appears to be the lack of any humanitarian aid article entering the gaza strip through the rafah crossing. this is seen looking at northern gaza. there have been many air strikes overnight. israeli military have been hitting targets all over the gaza strip. again heavy pulls of smoke rising over gaza. we had the regular sound of outgoing fire. it air strikes have also hit areas in western gaza and also in khan yunis and the south. that is where hundreds of people fled earlier in the war to escape the fighting. the hamas run health —— the ham2as—run health ministry said 200 people were killed and more than 600 people have been injured since fighting restarted in gaza yesterday. reports say khan yunis in the southern part of the strip is seeing some of the heaviest bombardments yet. the israeli military earlier dropped leaflets in parts of southern gaza, warning people to leave and move even further south towards the egyptian border. we have also seen renewed bombardment of rocket attacks towards israel. hamas and other groups have been firing rockets towards israel. we have seen the iron down —— —— iron dome defence system to intercept them. it appears itappears in it appears in sunny sources have told the bbc that for now at least it appears unlikely. we start with this report from our middle east correspondent, hugo bachega. the respite lasted one precious week. war returned to gaza yesterday. a ceasefire expired and israeli fighterjets resumed their bombing — 200 strikes in one day, israel says. khan yunis in southern gaza was heavily hit. hospitals, already overcrowded, struggled to cope. israel says it is targeting hamas, but children are again among the victims. lana says she was with her mother and younger brother when the attack happened. her older brother was still missing. a un official was inside a gaza hospital when the truce came to an end. this hospital simply cannot take more children with the wounds of war. there are children everywhere. these children are sleeping. there was a bomb literally 50 metres from here. here, a qr code, which links to a map of the gaza strip, broken down into hundreds of blocks, places for people to go. the humanitarian crisis continues and may get worse. the un says no aid entered gaza from egypt yesterday and there's no guarantee any deliveries will happen today. in southern israel, the military says it shot down 50 rockets fired from gaza. israel and hamas traded blame for the end of the truce. talks for a new deal seem to have collapsed and the israeli bombing continues. palestinians still hope for peace and are again counting the dead. as the firing continues, our gaza correspondent, rushdi abualouf, who is currently in istanbul gave us this update on the israel's military operation in gaza. the focus of the operation seems to be now in the south, not the north. the north was bombed also last night and this morning heavily. the main focus is the four main areas, four main villages east of khan yunis. it is being bombed heavily. many targets in the area were destroyed. including government buildings, houses, and agricultural area. it is an area where 40% of people grew up, in this part of gaza. most of the people who live there are farmers. we have seen images and pictures of people walking their camels and donkeys early morning and leaving this area. people live there, they have a very bad experience about israeli ground incursions. back in 2014, there were hundreds of people who were killed and hundreds of buildings were destroyed back in 2014. people in this area know very well how the consequences of of possible israeli ground troops coming into this area. they decided to leave to the west. the west is already overwhelmed by palestinians. leave their homes back in october, on the 13th, from gaza city and the north. that is where the focus of the operation was before. the truce was in the north. people were displaced in the south. i have in living with those people for four weeks in the area. i know there is no more room for people to come. the suffering, the humanitarian cost of this war is getting bigger and bigger. people are unable to cope with the situation, especially after the weather change from summer to winter. people were left homeless. without proper clothes and proper shelter to cope with this weather condition. now in addition to all of that, they have to receive another thousand people fleeing their homes in the east. we were talking about the fact no humanitarian aid went into gaza yesterday. that takes us back to the situation at the beginning of the war when the rafah crossing was closed, even before the ceasefire where we saw a situation where no aid at all was passing into the gaza strip. earlier, i spoke to juliette touma from unrwa — the un agency responsible for palestinian refugees. she warned of dire consequences for civilians ahead. we do know that our exerted efforts to renew the delivery of humanitarian assistance and we also call for not only going back to the pause, which brought quite some respite to people in gaza, but also for a humanitarian ceasefire. the scenes he were just showing what your colleague was just talking about, multiple displacement, the hospital, which by the way i visited when i was there just last week, and one of the very few medical facilities that are still available in gaza. we are at the doorstep of a humanitarian man—made tsunami in the gaza strip. humanitarian man-made tsunami in the gaza stri -. �* , humanitarian man-made tsunami in the gaza stri. �*, , humanitarian man-made tsunami in the gazastri. �*, , ., ., gaza strip. let's focus more on that. dr natalie thurtle, deputy medical coordinator of medecins sans frontieres, doctors without borders, joins us now. we had talked of the humanitarian impact, particularly on medical facilities. the stops again, what will it to the functioning of hospitals in gaza? —— what will it do? hospitals in gaza? -- what will it do? ., , . hospitals in gaza? -- what will it do? ., hospitals in gaza? -- what will it do? . , do? people are saying there has been a massive influx _ do? people are saying there has been a massive influx of _ do? people are saying there has been a massive influx of injured _ do? people are saying there has been a massive influx of injured people - a massive influx of injured people since the bombing restarted. they were already hundreds of people sheltering there, people with injuries. sort of hidden in shelters injuries. sort of hidden in shelters in the car park. the need there was already overwhelming and we are struggling to meet that need with human resources, infrastructure and medical supplies. human resources, infrastructure and medicalsupplies. it human resources, infrastructure and medical supplies. it is a disaster. as the medical supply flow stops again, they need is very high and it is extremely difficult to even start to try to meet some of that need if we do not have unobstructed access to humanitarian aid. it we do not have unobstructed access to humanitarian aid.— to humanitarian aid. it was interesting _ to humanitarian aid. it was interesting what _ to humanitarian aid. it was interesting what you - to humanitarian aid. it was interesting what you said l to humanitarian aid. it was - interesting what you said about human resources, which is such a key part of this. you have people working, living back at people having to treat the wounded while often looking after their own families at the same time. what is the situation to be able to bring assistance, extra people and through the rafah crossing, to help those local staff out, is it still able to happen? local staff out, is it still able to ha en? . , local staff out, is it still able to hauen? . , , local staff out, is it still able to hauen? ., ,,, local staff out, is it still able to hauen? . n., ., happen? that is partly because of the nature of— happen? that is partly because of the nature of the _ happen? that is partly because of the nature of the border- happen? that is partly because of the nature of the border and - happen? that is partly because of the nature of the border and the i the nature of the border and the fact it is not really open and also because of security. it is extremely unsafe in south gaza at the moment. we are in a very difficult position and we are considering bringing in human resources because it is being actively bombed.— human resources because it is being actively bombed. again, we focus off and on these — actively bombed. again, we focus off and on these humanitarian _ actively bombed. again, we focus off and on these humanitarian aid - and on these humanitarian aid trucks. we see them rolling through the rafah crossing. sometimes they apparent basic things like food and water. in terms of medical supplies that are going in, to what extent do they meet orfail to that are going in, to what extent do they meet or fail to meet the need in gaza at the moment? prior they meet or fail to meet the need in gaza at the moment?— they meet or fail to meet the need in gaza at the moment? prior to the 7th of october, _ in gaza at the moment? prior to the 7th of october, over _ in gaza at the moment? prior to the 7th of october, over 500 _ in gaza at the moment? prior to the 7th of october, over 500 tracks - in gaza at the moment? prior to the 7th of october, over 500 tracks per| 7th of october, over 500 tracks per day were coming into gaza in that context. now their needs are much, much higher than that. we are not getting anywhere near that even during the ceasefire. 0bviously, during the ceasefire. obviously, there is a dearth of medical supplies and also the infrastructure and staffing to organise the supplies that did come and so they are properly organised so that they know where things are and things like that. so we absolutely need ongoing unobstructed access to medical supplies. you mentioned basic items that non—food items, we have stopped searching for food, water, cooking gas, blankets. 0ur water, cooking gas, blankets. our staff from the north were in a terrible situation. they managed to make it south on the 24th. we have not been able to get blankets to them. it is freezing cold in gaza at them. it is freezing cold in gaza at the moment. these are really serious issues and it is extremely difficult to provide any care all. just described _ to provide any care all. just described to _ to provide any care all. just described to me _ to provide any care all. just described to me a - to provide any care all. just described to me a little bit more, doctor, about the kind of injuries your staff are dealing with at the moment. as he described with limited amounts of medical equipment. irate moment. as he described with limited amounts of medical equipment. we are runnina two amounts of medical equipment. we are running two operating _ amounts of medical equipment. we are running two operating theatres - amounts of medical equipment. we are running two operating theatres in - running two operating theatres in the hospital. we are treating exclusively explosive related burn injuries, because that is the primary need at the moment. lots and lots of cases we are seeing in children, half of them are women. and so these are burn surgery injuries. it needs post—operative follow—up. we are not really able to deliver that at the moment because the hospital is so overwhelmed with patients and also id piece. it is extremely complicated to try to provide post—operative pair because there is not really any beds for those patients to go to. msf is trying to expand inpatient bed capacity into another facility but because of the security situation and all of the things we had talked about, even that is challenging. certainly that is our goal going forward, to make sure there is additional impatient capacity to try to manage some of the throughput from the terrible burn injuries we are seeing. from the terrible burn in'uries we seeing.— are seeing. thank you for “oining us. are seeing. thank you for “oining reauy — are seeing. thank you for “oining us. really appreciate _ are seeing. thank you for “oining us. really appreciate it h are seeing. thank you forjoining us. really appreciate it here - are seeing. thank you forjoining us. really appreciate it here on i are seeing. thank you forjoining i us. really appreciate it here on bbc news, from nsf. much more live coverage to come during the day as the story continues to develop. meanwhile, overto you, catherine. let's turn to dubai and the latest from the cop28 climate summit. more than 20 countries have called for nuclear energy capacity to be tripled to combat global warming. the united states, the united arab emirates, south korea and a number of european governments backed the declaration. my colleague carl nasman is in dubai for us. yes, that is right. this is day three of this climate conference here in dubai. it has really been a momentous start. it feels like one after another we are getting pledges from several different countries agreeing, at least in principle, to make some pretty big action. on day one we saw an agreement to fund developing nations to help them adapt to the effects of climate change. on day to a big agreement on food. now this agreement on nuclear energy, tripling nuclear capacity by the year 2050. this coming not as a surprise that it is a pretty big agreement. let's hearfrom the us climate on volley, john kerry. —— climate on volley, john kerry. -- envoy. my friends, tripling down on our commitments is an essential ingredient not ofjust defining the choice of the future, but of defining how we get to that future. still able to understand, we're meeting the challenge of reducing the level of threat to our planet, and that we are meeting the challenge of holding on to 1.5 degrees celsius as the north star, as sultan al—jaber said yesterday. the north star. and of course that is the big, urgent goal here at cop28, continuing to keep the goal and reach of 1.25 celsius. that is what all these countries have pledged to do in the paris agreement and that is what they are here to try to uphold. the nuclear energy agreement could be one way of doing that. we are expecting another pledge later. this is one of the biggest. it would mean tripling renewable energy by the end of the decade, we are talking 2030. doubling energy efficiency. many outside agencies are urging this action, saying it is crucial to try to keep that goal in mind. we will continue to follow development here in dubai. it has already been a whirlwind of action and we are only on day three. more later on in — and we are only on day three. more later on in the _ and we are only on day three. more later on in the programme. - borisjohnson is expected to apologise for mistakes made during his handling of the pandemic when he appears before the uk covid inquiry next week. the bbc has been told the former prime minister will also insist he was correct when it came to many of the big calls. mrjohnson's written statement is likely to be published after his appearance before the public inquiry. it is set to barely mention his former senior aide dominic cummings. i spoke earlier to our political correspondent, shelley phelps. she had more on what we can expect to hearfrom mrjohnson. we have been getting an idea from those close to borisjohnson and his allies about the broad scope of the argument he will be making when he gives evidence to the covid inquiry on wednesday and thursday. in addition to the apology, we understand he will defend decisions made by his government arguing that on the big because he got things right and he will be pointing to things like the vaccine, also pointing to the uk's emergence with the timing of that from its a final lock ahead of comparable economies. he will defend his use of colourful language and phrases. people might be watching and thinking, why are we hearing about this now before the session has started? why are we hearing this now? it is likely full borisjohnson and his team, it is about getting that defence out there now. on wednesday and thursday there will be an avalanche of scrutiny and the focus will be on those, the questions and the exchanges. it follows weeks of criticism by some officials, ministers who were close to him at that time. that officials, ministers who were close to him at that time.— to him at that time. that is right. there has been _ to him at that time. that is right. there has been a _ to him at that time. that is right. there has been a lot _ to him at that time. that is right. there has been a lot of _ to him at that time. that is right. there has been a lot of criticism l to him at that time. that is right. l there has been a lot of criticism of borisjohnson and his style of leadership at the covid inquiry in recent weeks. his communications chief talked about it being the wrong crisis for boris johnson's skill set. we had from the government's chief scientific adviser at the time. he said that borisjohnson was bamboozled by the scientific data and then we had the testimony we had from dominic cummings when he was formerly a very close top eight of borisjohnson, now they are arch enemies. he said that borisjohnson was nicknamed the trolley because he was always wearing from position to position. this will be borisjohnson's chance to put across his side of the story. there is reputation, management and reputation work to be done. congressman —— a us congressman accused of money laundering, lying about his past, and stealing campaign funds, to pay for everything from luxury holidays to botox treatment, has been expelled by the house of representatives. gary 0'donohue reports from washington. george santos's version of the american dream has turned him into laughing stock. a first—generation senate brazilian immigrants, george santos's version of the american dream has him into a laughing stock, fodder for late—night comedians. because i was the first openly gayjewish republican latino to walk on the moon. do you have a problem with that? in fact, the dream was one long series of overinflated and fictitious tales ending with today's ignominious exit from congress. well, good morning everybody. with that goes a comfortable pension and a £138,000 salary. this is bullying! but george santos is far from a victim. when i first started in my career at citigroup, i was told, "oh, you're a really smart guy." he lied about working on wall street. he lied about attending prestigious universities. he even claimed falsely his grandparents escaped the holocaust and that his mother died from the effects of being in the world trade center on 9/11. she was, in fact, in brazil. i'm very proud of my jewish heritage. after claiming to be a proud americanjew, he produced perhaps the most jaw—dropping of all his explanations. i'm catholic, but i'm alsojew—ish, as an ish. i'mjew—ish. laughter. can you tell us the details of your alleged assassination attempt? but more than the lies, it was the alleged crimes that kept piling up that did for him. he's facing 23 criminal charges, among them, multiple counts of wire fraud, two counts of identity theft, three of money laundering and lying to congress — all designed, say prosecutors, to enrich himself and some of it spent on botox, fancy clothes and subscriptions to the 0nlyfans website. he denies all the charges. it's just the sixth time in the 233 year history of the house of representatives that a member has been expelled. and in a country that has become used to its leaders t

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