that was not something that happened by mistake, or it was not an incident less cross live now to steven ryan with the red cross rapids deployment standing team. steven, thank you for coming on under the circumstances. now what is the situation like in the west bank and gaza and how are the palestinian hospitals coping with the scale of the casualties? i will certainly, as their viewers will be seen from the images that are shared widely and on your program, the situation is extremely dire. but right now, hospitals are struggling to cope with the large number of patients that are seeing both from the ongoing needs and gather, as well as from my day people who are additionally injured by the fighting from the point of view of the international community at the red cross, we desperately need to get access to be able to bring in for the relief buys and medical supplies because as it currently stands, we're unable to get access to gas it. and we will not be able to have some nice, big growing humanitarian need unless we have access to deliverables, emergency relief, medical license foods and inde

okay, steven ryan with the red cross introduce and thank you so much. thank you. israel meanwhile has called up some 360000 reservist en masse troops and tanks along the border with gas and to the palestinian territory, has been under siege in a near constant ground in air bombardment. israel says a senior, how master military commander has been killed in the air, thrice israel is believed to be planning a major ground offensive. although no start time hasn't been announced. because let's take a look at the strategic implications of the war and, and how that ground defensive might unfold. and for that were joined by mike mike martin, who was a military analyst at kings college london and a former british army officer mark mike. rather, let's start on the ground. if you don't mind in terms of military strategy, what does israel need to consider as it prepares for this massive offensive? i think that's just the problem. it's not clear that israel does have a strategy. the type of rule that is trying to sites which is against the minutes include stats, emb

now steven ryan is a spokes person for the international committee of the red cross in jerusalem. he told me about the current conditions for civilians in garza as well. i can tell you that the situation is dire. having spoken to our teams on the grounds and they're seeing the, the facts, a cumulative effects of this lack of actual food water, electricity i released, i contained thought to be a large number of people who are being displaced. we've seen families, women as late people trying to walk the safety, but none of them not sure where to say, like know, many people are still sleeping in the open and nobody knows what's coming next. children are afraid and we're seeing people incomplete disarray. and right now the situation critical it is your organization in touch with also receives in israel, in gauze, or in more importantly, all they are they listening to what you have to say? well, the international community, the red cross, is the organization that is responsible for working and you monitoring systems during complex. so certainly part of our job is to engage with engagin

okay, steven ryan with the red cross, introduce and thank you so much. let's have a look at some of the other news concerning the conflict. as the militant business group home us says that 9 more hostages, it was holding, have been killed in his really air strikes on the gaza strip on friday. how much reported 13 hostage tests. also blaming the israeli bombardment is rarely government believes up to a 150 hostages were taken during the terrorist attack a week ago. egypt and israel have agreed to the us citizens. we have the gaza strip through the roof of crossing the only entry point to the territory. not controlled by israel. is really army instructor crossing early this week and says any use of it into egypt will be in coordination with israel. lebanon says it will submit a formal complaint to the un security council over what it calls israel's deliberate killing of is, i'm doing the lebanese national and reuters journalist, i'm due that was killed in southern lebanon on friday. we'll cover in classes on the border with israel. german for administer on

okay, steven ryan, with the red cross, introduce and thank you so much. i a german foreign minister annalee, a bare balk is in egypt for tots, focused on the guys a conflict firebox. met with egyptian for administer some issue, great in cairo, in a statement. egypt said both ministers understood the need for quote, immediate cessation of escalation of the conflict, thereby also held talks with visiting turkish foreign minister. how can see then, to discuss the joined efforts to secure the release of german hostages, held by from us us secretary of state antony blinking has called for the protection of civilians. as israel prepares for an expected assault on castle during a meeting with his saudi counterpart, prince spies, all been far ahead and re ad blinking said that while israel has the legitimate right to defend its people, it was quote, vitally important to protect civilians and that the us and saudi arabia were working together to do so. lincoln also found his chinese counterpart way need to urge badging to use its influence in the middle east to st

okay, steven ryan with the red cross introduce and thank you so much. i a german foreign minister annaleeah lena bear bock is an egypt for talks focused on the gas a conflict there. block met with egyptian foreign ministers, some issue agreeing cairo in a statement. egypt said both ministers understood the need for the quote, immediate association of escalation of the conflict. air bach is holding tanks as well with visiting turkish foreign minister, i can see down to discuss the joint efforts to secure the release of german hostages, held by from us us secretary of state antony blinking, has called for the protection of civilians. as israel prepares for an assault on gas and during a meeting with his audi counterpart, prince face held in far hand in re ad blinking said that while israel has a legitimate right to defend his people, it was vitally important to protect civilians and that the us and saudi arabia were working together to do so, blinking also found his chinese counterpart to urge badging to use its influence in the middle east to stop the co

we can all speak to steven ryan. he's a spokesman for the international committee of the red cross. oh i see. i see. he joins us now from occupied history. some stevens just starting now with a we all hearing that there will be a sustained flow. that's been agreed. what does that mean in practice? well, certainly the i, c r c, the vs. the assistance in chicago, a truck is congress, wants me to try to make sure that actually homes we have teams on somebody is what is really ready to go. and as these are, tell us what you need. our medical supplies to your interest in additional and we have a 14 in the business and some measures in, in your situation for us to continue to provide the medical care to people of the people in places such as off of course, when you go into your see, our teams are making tools phones you just need to access a continue so much easier. i'm working to show by my account. we've had 54 trucks. and so the goal is to strip so far. that's obviously a tiny, tiny proportion of what's needed. how quickly can this be scaled up and is that realistic, given the infrastru

steven ryan is a spokesman. it's beans, national committee of the red cross. the organization was involved in the transfer of the, the 2 captives being held by him us. so it's important to underline the, the neutral and impartial role that the i see what the has is what enables us to, to facilitate such operations. while at the same time aiming to provide humanitarian assistance to people across government the, the entire i see or theaters of course we need to see these 2 people to return home to their families. and particularly in touch, typical conditions where i, there's ongoing pricing and got the, the a, the i, c r t of course has been calling for the reduce the cost just since the onset of this crisis was also continuing to provide humanitarian assistance. while we're not involved in selecting who is released and when certainly we continue to appeal to the good all of the hostages and enabled them to have contact with their families. i can give you a direct update on how they work, but certainly a, this is something where they would need to have medical

. >> joining us now to talk about the humanitarian situation in gaza is red cross spokesperson steven ryan. thank you very much for being with us this morning and for all of the work the organization is doing. how involved are you as an organization in these discussions about the opening of the rafah crossing and trying to find humanitarian safe areas for civilians there? >> certainly the situation as we've seen in the reports for people in gaza is critical. it is devastating. needs are staggering and humanitarian organizations have to be able to scale up their organizations. we have a team in gaza that were there before this conflict. but they need more resources. they need more people to be able to support them, we need more goods to be able to get into gaza urgently and we're looking at every avenue that we can do to get these relief items where they are needed most. to be able to do this, we need the authorizations of all involved and we need to be able to provide this relief in a safe way so to the people that need most. >> and what is your understanding of currently what is holding u

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and we can speak now to stephen ryan, a spokes person for the international committee of the red cross in jerusalem. thanks so much for joining us, steven. we know gauze or has been without food, without loss of fuel medical supplies for week. now can you updates us about the conditions that right now as well? i can tell you that the situation is dire. having spoken to our teams on the grounds and they're seeing the, the facts, the cumulative effects of this lack of accept food, water, electricity. i really starting to in fact be a large number of people who have been displaced. we've seen families, women as late people trying to walk the safety, but none of them not sure where to say, like know, many people are still sleeping in the open and nobody knows what's coming next. children are afraid and we're seeing people incomplete disarray. and right now the situation critical it is your organization in touch with us are, sees in israel, in gauze or, and more importantly, all they, are they listening to what you have to say. well, the international community is the right cost is the organization that is responsible for working and you mon