john bateman, thank ou ve military action. john bateman, thank you very much- _ you very much.spondent told me about the military build—up that is currently happening in southern israel. we are just happening in southern israel. we arejust outside happening in southern israel. we are just outside ashkelon, the southernmost city in southern israel. we are not far from the gaza border. we can only go so far. you can see behind this in the field the armour that israel has been moving into this area ever since hamas carried out that unprecedented assault on saturday morning. since we have been standing here to have been israeli military vehicles with troops racing past heading to the front. yesterday when we were on a different section of the room there was a stream of military traffic. the civilians are either gone or are taking shelter. yesterday we saw a stream of huge lorries, all of them unmarked, heading to the front with provision for the soldiers. day by day israel is putting the pieces into place on the military site to carry out what is certain to be, what is expected to

we start with this report from john bateman.gaza, the rescuers are still saving who they can, but the civilian death toll continues to mount, amid israel's bombardment. and frustration is spilling over. translation: we don't want to receive aid. - we want the destruction and the killing of children in their sleep to stop. we are tired. israel says it hit more than 100 hamas targets overnight, killing a top figure involved in the october the 7th massacres. with a million people homeless, scrambling for food and water. the supplies are readyjust over the border in egypt. but despite hopes the trucks would start rolling today, they are at a standstill. the world's top diplomat headed to the crossing himself to put on pressure. what we need is to make them move. to make them move to the other side of this wall. to make them move as quickly as possible and as many as possible. president biden, just back from the region, promised funding for more weapons for israel to fight hamas, but he made another call for restraint. we mourn every