philippe lazzarini called for urgent, meaningful and uninterrupted aid.as targets and killing a senior commander who helped plan the october the 7th attacks. in other news, us fighterjets have struck two targets in syria which the pentagon says were used by iran's revolutionary guard. american officials say they were responding to a number

unrwa's commissioner general philippe lazzarini has been speaking and says people there feel "shunnedted and abandoned". let's listen. basic services are crumbling. medicine is running out. food and water are running out. the streets of gaza have started overflowing with sewage. gaza is on the brink of a massive health hazard. and the risk of diseases are looming. what is needed is meaningful and uninterrupted aid flow. and to succeed, we need a humanitarian ceasefire to ensure this aid reaches those in need. today, at least 57 colleagues of mine are confirmed killed. in one day, we had confirmation that 15 were killed. let's go to lyse doucet — our chief international correspondent injerusalem. an increasingly desperate sound of all those un officials who are talking about their work owing to be abandoned in some cases, the lack of fuel, and also the fact they are losing their own staff.- fuel, and also the fact they are losing their own staff. yes, every death of 18 _ losing their own staff. yes, every death of 18 aid _ losing their own staff. yes, every death of 18 aid worker— losi

this is unrwa head philippe lazzarini. >> as we speak, people in gaza are dying.they are not only dying from bombs and strikes, soon many more will die from the consequences of the siege on the people of gaza. buildings are crumbling, medicine is running out, food and water are running out. the streets of gaza are overflowing with sewage. gaza is on the brink of a massive health -- at the risk of diseases are looming. amy: more than 600,000 displaced palestinians are now living in unrwa shelters, but the agency says its operations are crumbling due to a lack of supplies. the united nations says at least 12 hospitals in gaza have been forced to stop operations as have about two thirds of gaza's 72 primary healthcare clinics. we go now to amman, jordan, where we are joined by unrwa spokesperson tamara alrifai. welcome to democracy now! can you talk about this is what -- situation in gaza right now, what unrwa is dealing with? >> no words can describe what the gazans are dealing with. they are living a humanitarian situation -- 2.2 million people living on the strip.

its commissioner general, philippe lazzarini, warned that basic services are crumbling, food, water andl are running out, and streets are overflowing with sewage. he gave a press conference in jerusalem this morning. let's hear what else he said. gaza is on the brink of a massive health hazard as the risk of diseases are looming. a few days ago, i warned that we will not be able to continue our humanitarian operation if we do not get the fuel supply. my warning still stands. over the last few days, unwra has drastically limited its consumption of fuel, but this came at a cost. our team had to make a tough decision that no humanitarian workers should do. a dire warning there from the commissioner general of unwra. well, earlier i spoke to unrwa spokesperson tamara alrifai. i asked her because fuel supplies are running so short, they had to make these tough decisions now about what should be the top priority. so i asked her what was the most important need at this hour. everything is a priority. because right now the question we are asking is, should we unplug incubators for premature bab

philippe lazzarini called for urgent, meaningful and uninterrupted aid. israel says it staged another ground incursion into gaza overnight, targeting dozens of hamas targets and killing a senior commander who helped plan the october the 7th attacks. in other news, us fighterjets have struck two targets in syria which the pentagon says were used by iran's revolutionary guard. american officials say they were responding to a number of attacks on their forces by iranian—backed groups. thank you forjoining us here on bbc news, day 21 of the girls are israel war. —— the gaza and israel war. i'm lyse doucet. with hospitals in the gaza strip either shut or unable to provide medical help, pregnant women are being forced to give birth in dangerous conditions. the un says there are about 50,000 pregnant women in gaza now. one of them — a woman called jumana — has made a video diary of her experiences. she's been speaking to bbc arabic�*s dalia haider. they speak arabic. a precious moment captured between a pregnant mother and daughter. translation: i'm about to del

stories in a moment, but first the head of the un relief agency, helping palestinians in gaza, philippe lazzarini an emergency meeting of the un security council tonight that the human tragedy unfolding under their watch was unbearable. he said more than 3,000 children had been killed in gaza in just three weeks, following israeli airstrikes. israel says it's targetting members of hamas. tonight we have the story of one family in southern gaza, filmed by freelancejournalist mahmoud bassam and told by our special correspondent fergal keane who's injerusalem. you may find some of his report distressing. they were living here in rafah when the war came. the rescuers found them in the rubble... ..and rushed 18—month—old julia to el—najar hospital. it is hard to imagine consolation in this place — until this moment, when her sister learns littlejulia has survived. "my sister, my beloved," sasturi, aged five. "this is my sister," she tells the nurses. the girls�* physical wounds can be treated. but how is it possible to heal the trauma of being a child in such a war? their dad bilal has a minor head wo

injerusalem, philippe lazzarini, head of the un's agency for palestinian refugees, called unrwa, tolde they need much more. a few days ago, you had some very strong comments after civilians sheltering in one of the unrwa schools were killed. is there is a safe place for anyone in gaza? there is no safe - place in gaza today. there is nowhere where the civilian population feels safe. _ what do you make of the biden plan? listen, we are calling - for a humanitarian corridor, but the humanitarian corridor needs to be uninterrupted, _ needs to be predictable. we will need at least 100 trucks a day. - if we cannot bring fuel and we have to bring i the water in bottles, _ we will need much, much more. we are now in a situation . where there is a total siege being imposed in the gaza strip. we are in a situation where more |than a million people have been| asked to be displaced. this amounts to collective l punishment, and collective punishment is a violation - of international humanitarian law. do you have any sympathy with the israeli perspective that hamas use people, they say, as human s

philippe lazzarini says basic services are crumbling, with streets starting to overflow with sewage.n rights office says it has warned israel that cutting off food, fuel and electricity constitutes collective punishment. the world food programme was relying on 23 bakeries to feed 220,000 people a day but says only two of those are now functional. israel's military says it carried out another ground raid in gaza overnight to target hamas fighters. these pictures, supplied by the idf, are said to show a hamas tunnel being struck by a guided missile. launch sites for anti—tank missiles and command and control centres were also reportedly hit; the army said it killed a senior hamas commander. as tension continues to rise across the region, the united states has carried out air strikes against targets in syria, linked to iran's revolutionary guard. the us insists they are not related to the conflict between israel and hamas, and said it was a response to attacks on us forces in iraq and syria, by iranian—backed militia groups. the talks between qatar in terms of backing in palestine by is

extreme concern assessments of the situation on the ground from commissioner general bapor philippe lazzarinill and okw director lisa douth. colleagues, the time has come to call a spade a spade, in the occupied palestinian territory on the west bank of the jordan river in the gaza strip. a humanitarian catastrophe of biblical proportions is unfolding. according to incoming information, the death toll in the enclave has exceeded 8,000 people, half of whom are children, women, elderly people. under more than 2,000 people are trapped in the rubble. half of whom are also children. more than 21,000 people were injured. the number of internally displaced persons in gaza has reached 1.6 million people. only in the camps is beauport. exhaustion of strength in conditions of a catastrophic shortage of basic goods, including medical goods, as well as with extremely high risks to life. the scale of losses on the part of un agencies is shocking, 64 personnel killed, 22 wounded, 42 facilities destroyed. we pay tribute to the un staff who continue to work in unimaginable conditions and those who paid for i

injerusalem, philippe lazzarini, head of the un's agency for palestinian refugees, called unrwa, toldore. a few days ago, you had some very strong comments after civilians sheltering in one of the unrwa schools were killed. is there is a safe place for anyone in gaza? there is no safe - place in gaza today. there is nowhere where the civilian population feels safe. _ what do you make of the biden plan? listen, we are calling - for a humanitarian corridor, but the humanitarian corridor needs to be uninterrupted, _ needs to be predictable. we will need at least 100 trucks a day. - if we cannot bring fuel and we have to bring i the water in bottles, _ we will need much, much more. we are now in a situation . where there is a total siege being imposed in the gaza strip. we are in a situation where more |than a million people have been| asked to be displaced. this amounts to collective l punishment, and collective punishment is a violation - of international humanitarian law. do you have any sympathy with the israeli perspective that hamas use people, they say, as human shields? israel has

unrwa's commissioner general philippe lazzarini has been speaking. let's hearfrom him.he brink of a massive health hazard as the risk of diseases are looming. a few days ago, i warned that we will not be able to continue our humanitarian operation if we do not get the fuel supply. my warning still stands. over the last few days, unwra has drastically limited its consumption of fuel. but this came at a cost. our team had to make a tough decision that no humanitarian workers should do. live now to amman and unrwa spokesperson, tamara alrifai. unrwa has been warning for many years —— many days that fuel was desperately short and you might have been forced into this position to cut back what you can do. is there a sense about what the top priority is now with the limited fuel that you do have? hi. now with the limited fuel that you do have? , , ., do have? hi. everything is a priority. _ do have? hi. everything is a priority, because _ do have? hi. everything is a priority, because right- do have? hi. everything is a priority, because right nowl do have? hi. everything is a

philippe lazzarini, the head of unrwa, the u.n.agency for palestine refugees, repeated his call for an immediate humanitarian cease-fire, saying its "become a matter of life and death for millions." >> the current siege is collective punishment. two weeks with just a trickle of eight last week means services are crumbling, medicine is running out, food and water are running out, fuel is running out. the streets of gaza i started overflowing with sewage. amy: in north gaza, israel attacked areas next to the indonesian hospital on monday where doctors are struggling to treat patients. >> the damage has been caused more than one area in this unit. the damage has led to the disconnection of electricity line of this unit. as you know, this means know the true city for the patients and injured here, which directly threatens their lives and could lead to the death of many of these patients. in a few hours from now, the power will be cut to the limited fuel and the generators. running out of fuel means power will be cut. meaning certain de

commissioner—general philippe lazzarini said this is outrageous and it again shows the flagrant disregards, he warned. that has been proven by the strike on the al—ahli arab baptist hospital. jennifer austen is the director of the un gaza field office. it is good to see you safe and well. what do you know about events this evening in gaza city? well, just from what i've seen on the media, just the rumours what we have seen, the photographs, and it hasjust have seen, the photographs, and it has just been absolutely shocking, and where i am now sitting in rafah neara and where i am now sitting in rafah near a refugee camp as part of a refugee camp at 8000 people in here, these people are displaced. it comes from the north and they have come from the north and they have come from gaza city themselves. as a thousand people here. at night, it is usually raucous, it's loud, people are, you know, running, kids are running around. tonight, there is silence, absolute silence. he can't hear a thing. the people are just an absolute shock about what has happened. it is really, really shocking and...

philippe lazzarini. >> mr. president, members of the council, the last few weeks have been horrific. almost everyone in israel, the occupied territory and about a region is in mourning. the horrific effect by hamas and israel was shocking. the relentless bombardment by the israeli forces on palestine are shocking. the level is unprecedented, the human tragedy unfolding is -- 1 million people were pushed from -- towards the south in three weeks. the south, however, has not been spared from bombardment with significant number killed. i have seen many times and i will say it again, no place is safe in gaza. now, civilians remain in the north fromin israeli forces urgg them south. there are many including pregnant women, people with disabilities got sick and wounded are unable to move. what happened and continue to happen is forced displacement. over 670,000 670,000 die are now in overcrowded unrest schools and buildings. they live in a polygon unsanitary conditions, with limited food and water sleeping on the floo

citing a report by the charity save the children, philippe lazzarini, the head of the un agency thats palestinians in gaza, told an emergency meeting that 3,200 children had been killed there since october 7th. that's more children killed in gaza, he said, than have died in any one year since 2019 across all conflicts around the world. with confirmed information hard to come by amidst the chaos in gaza, of course no data can be officially verified. but as the israeli operations by land, sea and air continue nobody doubts the scale of its destruction on the gaza strip. today the israeli military announced it had freed a hostage, private 0ri megidish who was taken captive by hamas on october 5th. her liberation came after hamas, proscribed a terror organisation by many western governments, released a video of three other hostages, all women, who are still in capitivty. in the 76—second clip, which the bbc is not showing, the women are seated together on plastic chairs. 0nly danielle aloni, in the middle, speaks. addressing the camera she accuses benjamin netanyahu and the israeli gover

commissioner general of the united nations relief and works agency for palestinian refugees, philippe lazzariniing us now, national security counsel coordinator for strategic communications at the white house, retired rear admiral john kirby. good to have you back to get the latest. i want to talk to you about some concerns and hopes that israel will slow down on its military efforts invasion, but i first want to back up a little bit. it is october 23rd. this assault happened on october 7th. i am curious, as president biden and the united states shows in the deepest, most blatant way that the u.s. stands with israel, going there, standing, when others wouldn't, quite frankly, shoulder to shoulder with benjamin netanyahu, meeting with the war cabinet, and doing much, much more to show support, is the united states also putting some contingencies in place for this support, including a full review of exactly what happened that led up to october 7th, how the guard was let down so terribly? >> thanks, mika. appreciate having this chance to be with you. i would tell you, right now, we're very much fo