melanie ward, thank you for brinuain us moment.te on _ moment. melanie ward, thank you for bringing us up-to-date on the - bringing us up—to—date on the situation, particularly in hospitals in gaza. there's more on that story on the bbc news website where we continue to run a live page with all of the latest developments. let's go back to moscow as vladimir putin is holding his annual news conference. he has been taking questions from the russian media so far. he said earlier, "there will be peace when we achieve our goals." he said the denazification of ukraine, it's demilitarisation and neutral status ? one quote from vladimir putin. let's have a listen to more of what he is saying. translation:— to more of what he is saying. translation: they are working activel . translation: they are working activelv- i'm _ translation: they are working actively. i'm speaking _ translation: they are working actively. i'm speaking about - translation: they are working actively. i'm speaking about all. translation: they are working i actively. i

of the israeli strikes on to talk more about the medical situation in gaza earlier, i spoke to melanie wards the ceo of medical aid for palestinians. ~ . �* ., ., palestinians. what i'm hearing from staff on the — palestinians. what i'm hearing from staff on the ground _ palestinians. what i'm hearing from staff on the ground is _ palestinians. what i'm hearing from staff on the ground is that _ palestinians. what i'm hearing from staff on the ground is that every i staff on the ground is that every day which passes makes it more and more difficult to sustain human life in gaza. that is because of the systematic denial of food, water, medicine, and fuel to the civilian population in gaza, including to the hospitals and it is because of israel's indiscriminate bombing so killing any civilians. around 10,000 children will be killed by the bombardments in the air and the horrific truth is that the distribution has largely stopped including in the south of gaza with some limited exceptions which means we cannot get in the number of trucks that are needed, myself, medical aid for palestinians, w

earlier, i spoke to melanie ward — she is the ceo of medical aid for palestinians.trophe. the problem is once the aid gets in, it is not possible to distribute it to the people because the scale of the israeli bombardment are ferocious and so indiscriminate, we cannot get it to people in need in the south of gaza which is much easier than trying to get it to the north because we are not able to cross israeli front lines. honestly, words are becoming completely inadequate to describe the horrors of the situation. we are looking at pictures of aid going in with armed people on top of the truck. what's the situation in terms of making sure it gets to those who need it with israel saying and releasing videos of what they say is hamas militants taking the aid for themselves? we do not have any confirmed reports of that happening at the moment, nor do we have for the last two months. we know that some aid, order is breaking down in gaza, that is clear, the police force is no longer able to do itsjob and that's also because all of the public services whether that's the civ

live now to melanie ward — the ceo of medical aid for palestinians.bardment are ferocious and so indiscriminate, we cannot get it to people in need in the south of gaza which is much easier than trying to get it to the north because we are not able to cross israeli front lines. honestly, words are becoming completely inadequate to describe the horrors of the situation. we inadequate to describe the horrors of the situation.— of the situation. we are looking at ictures of of the situation. we are looking at pictures of aid _ of the situation. we are looking at pictures of aid going _ of the situation. we are looking at pictures of aid going in _ of the situation. we are looking at pictures of aid going in with - of the situation. we are looking at| pictures of aid going in with armed people on top of the truck. what's the situation in terms of making sure it gets to those who need it with this rule saying and releasing videos of what they say is hamas militants taking the aid for themselves? we militants taking the aid for themselves?— militants taking

melanie. so israel says it's taking a diplomatic resolution without the nations to ensure safety. and it's no somebody to cross border funding with his belong. but the living of these um groups is ward and gage and any discussions about border security until israel 6 has its activities in cancer. so in a hold of reports from virus, israel is increasing the pressure on the battlefield, as it looks for a supplement with the arms group has the law that would allow residents to return to towns and villages in the north of the country. america, the defense minister, your off gallano, is calling for a safe zone on 11. on the side of the border and international efforts are reportedly looking into the possible deployment of french troops and all of them trying to find the pro much solution that you were close. international falls, not be honest with you, and because the easy way is it doesn't believe in him over the un, which is a free to leave when sports is brought to an extra foster with the ability toward back home like a i just went up. it's a similar proposal to the one put forward by israel during its last war with has the law in 2006, but it wasn't able to achieve at school. the de