robert mardini. let's _ dire need of support for. robert mardini.dire need of support for. robert mardini. let's stay with what. dire need of support for. robert mardini. let's stay with what is| mardini. let's stay with what is happening on the ground to a story that underlines about the horrors and the hope that exists in gaza, or the glimpses of hope. with hospitals either closed or unable to provide medical help, pregnant women are being forced to give birth in dangerous conditions. there are approximately 50,000 in gaza. one of them — a journalist 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 deliver any time soon. - i hope my second baby arrives safely and peacefully but, apparently, she will come within the destruction. as israel carried out air strikes, we asked jumana, a journalist from gaza city, to record a video diary in the lead—up to giving birth. what scares me t

robert mardini, in addition to that , i contacted the head of the palestinian red crescent and the head of the red crescent in gaza, jordan, turkey, iraq, syria and wherever possible, to ask ali to take action on the statements made so far to create a safe and helpful path that we can. to deliver relief services and facilities to the loved ones and to do our own humanitarian work. unfortunately, until now, we have not been able to open through the border route, especially through egypt, and the only way that exists is the rafah crossing. many colleagues from the red crescent society we and the doctors are done with me they are arrested and executed, they are sure to be executed to help the muslims and finally their own counterparts in gaza, which really has not been able to open this way yet, the only sentence that the international red cross announced after this very, very brutal attack, they jokingly said that the heart we are all broken and we are doing our best and the regime of qasib does not take care of every crime, but the fact is that all countries must take action and find a s

♪ bmo ♪ >>> we turn now to robert mardini, director general of the international committee of the redns us from geneva. good morning to you, sir. how much aid have you been able to get into gaza today? >> good morning, margaret. today we were able to get three additional trucks in of medicine, the war wounded kits, surgical kits for hospitals are badly needed as wellas some water and sanitation equipment. they come on top of the six trucks that passed on friday. this is good. this is positive. but this is a drop in an ocean of need and, of course, is only a small fraction of what the gaza strip and gazans need today. >> we just heard on our program from a republican senator who said that he does not trust that u.s. aid that is provided to international organizations like yours can actually make it to the people of gaza and not end up in the hands of terrorists. how do you account for that? >> well, as a neutral impartial humanitarian organization that has been present in the gaza strip for decades now, we work in a direct implementation mode. we have our own staff delivering aid and s

we are joined now by the director—general of the international committee of the red cross, robert mardiniews. i gather in recent hours, you have managed to get some supplies and some team actually into the gaza strip. and some team actually into the gaza stri -. ., , and some team actually into the gaza stri . _ ., , a, ., and some team actually into the gaza stri, ., , ~ and some team actually into the gaza stri . _ ., , a, ., ~ ., and some team actually into the gaza stri, ., , ~ ., , strip. tommy moore? we got six tracks in. more _ strip. tommy moore? we got six tracks in. more so _ strip. tommy moore? we got six tracks in. more so surgical- strip. tommy moore? we got six| tracks in. more so surgical teams, they will help doctors and nurses in gaza which at at breaking point. the medical supplies, surgical supplies that can help treat up to 5000 wounded civilians, people, in the gaza strip. this is a welcome step, but it is a drop in an ocean of needs, and we need a sustained flow of humanitarian aid in the gaza strip. we need faster and more fluid rotations of staff so that we can wor

. >> robert mardini, thank you for joining us this morning.f course, we hope the humanitarian effort manages to continue with the brave colleagues on the ground and more of that aid can get in, thank you. >>> now, to some disturbing images how the conflict between israel and hamas is having a ripple effect in other regions. >> is this was the chaotic scene in the russian airport, video showed a large crowd storming the airport, making it on to the tarmac, some waving palestinian flags after a plane arrived from tel aviv. authorities have closed the airport in tuesday, investigating to ensure it's safe going forward. and a local religious leader appealed for calm. >> translator: we will talk with the reluctant people, and we will continue to try to resolve the issue differently. not with emotions, not with rallies, but in an appropriate way. >> israel said it was working with russian authorities to secure the well-being of jews and israelis at the site. and the u.s. is calling on russia to protect israelis and jews after the incident. >>> still