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
Middle east was between saudi arabia and iran and it looked like they would come up against each other but instead they fought proxy wars in yemen especially. Theres been a rapprochement between them recently and the military itself, it is huge, but if you look back, things have changed and look at the Iran Iraq War in the 805, although they had a massive advantage in terms of the people in the army, they were not able to defeat iraq, 5o people in the army, they were not able to defeat iraq, so i dont think at the moment we are looking at an Iranian Military entering into at an Iranian Military entering into a major conflict. This will be, for now, unless they go to an extraordinary situation which will be a major issue for everyone across the globe. They will look to be using pressure as weve seen with hamas and hezbollah, weve seen an incremental rise in skirmishes on the border between israel and laverton but we are not seeing any major escalation where the Rules Of Engagement have
a hezbollah rocket attack fired from southern lebanon only about 2 miles away hit this random residential neighborhood. margaret: hundreds more foreign nationals escape gaza. cbs s chris livesay is in cairo as the first bus carrying americans arrived. every day we wake up alive we thank god. margaret: and the growing concern in the west bank, as violence against palestinians by israeli settlers intensifies. ftx founder sam bankman-fried now faces up to 110 years in prison after a manhattan jury found him guilty of what prosecutors call one of the biggest financial frauds in american history. this kind of fraud, this kind of corruption is as old as time. this is about protecting our freedom to go to a bowling alley, a restaurant, a school, a church without being shot and killed. margaret: president biden and the first lady visit lewiston, maine, to mourn the 18 people killed in a mass shooting. and it s friday, so steve hartman is on the road with a class o
in jerusalem. u.s. secretary of state antony blinken is scheduled meet with several arab leaders today as the u.s. tries cool tensions in the middle east. blinken is in amman, jordan where he will meet with his counterparts from jordan, egypt, saudi arabia, the united arab emirates and qatar. a palestinian authority will also be in attendance. the trip comes after he met with israeli leaders in an attempt to get them to agree to humanitarian pauses in the war against hamas. we need to do more to protect palestinian civilians. we ve been clear that as israel conducts his campaign to defeat hamas, how it does so matters. it matters because it s the right and lawful thing to do. prime minister benjamin netanyahu is refusing the idea of a cease fire, saying the more than 240 hostages still held by hamas must be released first. the united states would not agree to a cease fire after, the bombing of pearl harbor or after the terrorist attack of 9/11. israel will not agree to
hezbollah, vows to enter the rocket attack fired from southern lebanon about 2 miles away. hit this random residential neighborhood. hundreds more foreign nationals escaped gaza. cbs s chris livesay is in cairo as the first bus carrying americans arrived. every day we wake up alive. we thank god. the growing concern in the west bank, as violence against palestinians by israeli settlers intensifies. ftx founder sam bankman-fried now faces up to 110 years in prison after a manhattan jury found him guilty of what prosecutors call one of the biggest financial frauds in american history. this kind of fraud, this kind of corruption is as old as time. this is about protecting our freedom to go to a bowling alley, a restaurant, a school, a church without being shot and killed. president biden and the first lady visit lewiston, maine, tomorrow in the 18 people killed in the mass shooting. and it s friday, so steve hartman is on the road with a class of first-graders