bushra khalidi from oxfam, about shelter? bushra khalidi from 0xfam. speaking — about shelter?_ about shelter? bushra khalidi from oxfam, speaking to us _ about shelter? bushra khalidi from oxfam, speaking to us from - about shelter? bushra khalidi from oxfam, speaking to us from the i about shelter? bushra khalidi from i oxfam, speaking to us from the west 0xfam, speaking to us from the west bank but monitoring the situation in gaza, thank you very much for bringing us up to date. plenty more on that story on the bbc news website. we have a live page there as well. now, let's step away from the news briefly and take away from the news briefly and take a look at the spot. thank you. we start at the cricket world cup where england, the defending champions, are in trouble again. having already lost twice, they've now been set a huge total to beat south africa in mumbai. heinrich klaasen has been south africa's hero so far after some brutal hitting, a phenomenal 109 from just 67 balls, that got his side to 399—7. jansen reached 50 off 35 balls. so chasing 400 to win england are 18

bushra khalidi, thank you very much forjoining us.e situation today at the rafah crossing, what is the situation there as far as you know it? the crossings have remained closed. we have been hopeful since monday that they may open every other day, but this has not yet happened. we have no indication of when this might happen. yesterday night, we had an indication that this would happen today, and it has not and it is very unlikely to happen this late at night. also, fuel was not part of the deal for humanitarian aid to enter, so i'm not exactly sure how the distribution is going to happen without fuel, i'm not sure how waste water treatment plants that are pouring raw sewage into the sea at the moment are going to operate without fuel, i'm not exactly sure how hospitals are going to operate their generators without fuel. so fuel is an essential necessity, and that needs to also be able to access through rafah when the aid is allowed to come in. we're dealing with an extremely difficult situation... sorry for interrupting you. bushra,

bushra khalidi. thank you for watching this special report on the israel—gaza war.es held by hamas. stay with us here on bbc news. hello. for some places, the flooding situation could get worse before it gets better — not least in eastern scotland, where we have this new red warning from the met office. further rain through the day on saturday, falling on top of what we've already had. this is friday's rainfall radar. the rain was pretty relentless across eastern scotland and also northern england, parts of east anglia, the north midlands, north wales. huge amounts of rain. we've seen widespread flooding and this met office amber warning remains in force through the first parts of saturday morning. but of greatest concern, i think, is this red warning covering parts of angus and southern aberdeenshire — a further 100mm of rain, further significant flooding and a danger to life. amber warnings covering larger parts of eastern and northern scotland as this rain just keeps on coming through the day tomorrow. for england and wales, broadly speaking, a drier day. this ba

bushra khalidi is palestinian policy lead at the charity 0xfam.. she told the bbc about the reports she is receiving from herfamily members back home. it has been devastating. the messages do not stop. it is constant. i have been trying to get updates from a lot of different people. my colleagues, seven of them have had their homes destroyed by israeli airstrikes. all of them have been displaced and relocated with family members and neighbours. we have received a message about an hour ago, a photograph, received a message about an hourago, a photograph, of our colleagues's house completely obliterated. neighbourhoods have been wiped out. people are unable to leave. those that are still in homes or relative's homes cannot leave because there is nowhere to go. the streets are completely destroyed. they cannot even walk on the street. i mean, this situation... i have stopped counting how many family friend have lost their homes. us congressman steve scalise has dropped out of the running to be the next speaker of the house of representatives. the sur

live now to bushra khalidi, 0xfam's policy manager in the region. there. thank you so much for being here with us. i know you have family in gaza as well. in terms of what you're seeing on the ground and what you're seeing on the ground and what you're hearing, just give me your latest assessment. t you're hearing, just give me your latest assessment.— you're hearing, just give me your latest assessment. i mean, the way the doctor, — latest assessment. i mean, the way the doctor, i — latest assessment. i mean, the way the doctor, i don't _ latest assessment. i mean, the way the doctor, i don't know _ latest assessment. i mean, the way the doctor, i don't know what i latest assessment. i mean, the way the doctor, i don't know what his i the doctor, i don't know what his name is, he put it really well, we are terrified. we are numb, we are sad. the fast few days have been really about monitoring the situation and the organisations and... provide as much information as possible. impose a full seizure on gaza putting completely water, electricity, the f

bushra khalidi is west bank policy lead for oxfam, who is originally from gaza and has been working ononal message from one of her colleagues who's in gaza. he said, "the situation is getting worse day after day. "finally, i managed to get bread forfive shekel, "but it will only last for half a day. "when i was walking to the bakery, i saw people "who came from gaza sleeping in their car because they "were not able to find shelter. "i saw people sleeping in shops, in the streets, "on the asphalt, without any mattresses nor blankets. "it's a terrible situation they're suffering. "on my way back home, i found two children alone. "they were crying. "they told me they were in an unrwa shelter, "but their parents went to get food and didn't come back. "we're looking for them. "we can't find them. "i was afraid to lose those children, so i took them to a shop owner from khan younis who knows the area and maybe could help them. "we don't have electricity, we don't have water. "we're buying fuel at double its costs. "we rented a generator at a high costjust to pump "water for two hours. "we we

we'rejoined now by bushra khalidi from oxfam, who's in ramallah in the west bank. morning to you.ion, the circumstances, you are having to carry out that working at the moment?— carry out that working at the moment? ,., ., ., ., ~ carry out that working at the moment? ., ., ~ i. ., moment? good morning. thank you for havin: me, moment? good morning. thank you for having me. first — moment? good morning. thank you for having me, first of— moment? good morning. thank you for having me, first of all. _ moment? good morning. thank you for having me, first of all. it's _ moment? good morning. thank you for having me, first of all. it's been - having me, first of all. it's been incredibly difficult circumstances. as the previous report stated, what colleagues are saying, what my colleagues are saying, what my colleagues are saying in gaza, is it has never been this bad. they live under a blockade, which means that they cannot leave, they can't seek medication out even before this current escalation. there is no water, there is no electricity, there is no fuel, supplies are dwindling. we