the world food programme spokesperson - very desperate situation. sperson there and we are continuing to hear from any other humanitarian organisations operational within gaza and they are facing challenges at the moment as the israeli operation continues and it has started to intensify on friday evening and here in southern israel, the perimeter with garzo which you can see, you can see the gaza skyline in the distance and we regularly see and hear the sound of plumes and smoke, smoke racing into the sky and the amount of water and artillery shells being fired towards gaza. we have had this morning as we tend to get every day, an update on the ongoing military operations from the ongoing military operations from the israeli defence forces. the israel defence forces have given another update — here's their spokesperson daniel hagari. translation: , during the night we transferred forces into the gaza strip. based on our plan. of course there are reasons for this. we will do our utmost to ensure the safety of thousands. reaction from lebanon, we attac

people that need care, and i understand from your question, medical care, because with the world food programmei can tell you that the situation inside is dire. i can tell you that a lot of infrastructure has been damaged, and that applies to hospitals, bakeries, food warehouses, stores, shops that sell food. a lot of them have been damaged, which means that there will be heavy dependence on aid getting in through the border crossing point to get help to the people. it is basically a matter of a few days. gaza will run out of food and water supplies, and i think people will get to a point in which they will really starve.— get to a point in which they will really starve. abeer etefa, thank ou for really starve. abeer etefa, thank you for being _ really starve. abeer etefa, thank you for being with _ really starve. abeer etefa, thank you for being with us. _ really starve. abeer etefa, thank you for being with us. that - really starve. abeer etefa, thank you for being with us. that is - really starve. abeer etefa, thank you for being with us. that is a l you for being with us. that is a spokespe

the world food programme said it has fully revamped safeguards and controls to ensure the food reaches those who most need it. in related news, the u.n. special adviser on the prevention of genocide is warning ongoing fighting between government troops and local militias in ethiopia is leading to a heightened risk of genocide and other crimes in the tigray, amhara, afar, and oromia regions. in niger, the first set of french soldiers have started to withdraw from the country after orders by niger's military coup -- junta following their july takeover. in the capital niamey, residents welcomed the french soldiers' departure. >> today dispatch of french soldiers who have arrived and who will, god willing, shortly be taking to the road to return home, is only the culmination of the struggle that the people have engaged in. the people are on their feet to demand the departure of the french soldiers from niger soil because one thing is certain, niger remains for the people of niger. amy: this comes as the u.s. formally designated the ouster of president mohamed bazoum and military takeover a

the world food programme says the shortage of basic supplies is pushing gaza to the edge of catastrophee idf says it killed dozens of terrorists overnight but vows that the number of air strikes will only increase ahead of an expected ground operation. meanwhile, conditions for the people of gaza worsen by the hour. scott mclean, cnn, london. >>> thousands of israeli civilians have been displaced in the two weeks since hamas' terror attacks. one group has mobilized to house and feed as many as they can. cnn's rafael romo has that story. >> we had terrorists all around us. >> reporter: jennifer says she and her family woke up to the sound of explosions and missiles whizzing by. it was the morning of october 7 in the village where they live in southern israel near the border with gaza. they soon realized they were under attack. >> we saw helicopters overhead. we saw -- we heard gunfire near us. the terrorists were not far from where i live. >> reporter: she and her 5-year-old son -- >> what would you like? >> reporter: -- are two of the more than 500 displaced people from israel's north a

world food programme, that is, these are the countries that are most in need of food, until the end ofear these supplies will be fulfilled and we will continue our humanitarian activities in this direction next year. thank you, thank you, this concludes the press conference, let me remind you that this was a live broadcast from mid, but we continue, let’s return to what is happening in israel. this morning , an air raid siren sounds, a rocket fell near bengurion international airport, explosions are reported in jerusalem, as well as in ashkilon. according to the latest data, over 2,300 people have already suffered from hamas attacks in israeli territory in recent days. human. and by this time the head of the middle east bureau of vgtrk, sergei pashkov, will tell the situation. the alarm sounds, in the afternoon hamas rocket launchers fired dozens of rocket launchers into the central cities of israel. in the city of ashkilon, a shell hit a residential area, three people were injured. with this salvo , hamas seemed to be responding to messages from the israeli military about the complete

the world food programme has distributed some aid, but the un has warned that israel is in breach ofnational law by denying civilians access to essential supplies of food, fuel and water. ii of its own staff there have been killed since saturday. bbc verify is continuing to monitor the impact of the strikes in gaza. one was on the islamic university of gaza, targeted between tuesday and wednesday. several videos, released by the israel defense forces have shown their attacks. meanwhile, hamas fighters continue to fire rockets into israel. many have been intercepted by the country's iron dome defence system, but a few have broken through. the death toll in israel since hamas�*s attack on saturday has reached 1,200. more than 1,100 have died in gaza in israeli airstrikes. israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu has formed a unity government with some of his most formidable opponents, but he continues to face questions over whether he was warned as hamas prepared for its �*surprise�* attack. the us secretary of state antony blinken is currently on his way to israel and will meet the p

the world food programme estimates that every 1% cut in food rations, and they are hurting as much as in terms of getting money forfood... mmm. ..puts 400,000 more people at risk of starvation. it's interesting to me that in the course of that answer, you said that right now, your biggest concern on a daily basis is sudan. cos it seems to me there's something interesting about the way the public — the global public — perception of humanitarian crises works. on one level, we're very drawn for probably quite a short time to those terrible natural disasters. yes. ..and we can think, of course, in recent weeks of the morocco earthquake and then followed by the catastrophic flash flood in northern libya. yeah. those attract attention because of the scale of death and destruction over a very short time. yeah. and then there are other crises like, i guess, the ukraine war, you could talk about the syria conflict too, which are long—running and are deeply geopolitical... yes. ..which of course suck in attention. but you've alighted upon your chief concern being sudan, which probably doesn't m

the un's world food programme says the situation in gaza is �*dire�* with food and water running out,israel continues a siege of the territory. this is a live shot of the gaza skyline tonight as residents there brace for more strikes. people are relying on their own generators, solar power, and we have seen a number of —— the number of buildings lit up decrease. it is darkness now. meanwhile, the israeli defence chief has admitted failures in the military�*s duty to uphold security and protect israeli citizens. a short time ago i spoke with our international editor jeremy bowen for his assessment of where the war stands. well, where we are is that the israeli military build—up is continuing apace on the border with gaza. and also they've moved a lot of troops and heavy weapons up to the northern border with lebanon because there are concerns that his brother which is the powerful iran backed militia in lebanon, avowed enemies of israel, might get involved. there have already been some increased tension there and some exchanges of fire. as of this morning when i spoke to the israeli ar

around the different shelters assessing the needs, distributing bread in cooperation with the world food programmeere is no better guarantee than the united nations in such a situation. as you say, unwra is vital inside gaza at the best of times. the un says 80% of gaza's population before this recent escalation over the last two weeks was already reliant on aid. the un has said we're looking at a humanitarian catastrophe, it's given examples of 50,000 pregnant women at the moment enduring this siege in the gaza strip. the international community is pressing israel to let humanitarian aid in, but also recognises israel's concern about the safety of its citizens and its desire to defend itself. the crimes that happened on the 7th of october are horrible and condemned at the highest level of the united nations, by the united nations secretary—general. having said that, even during conflicts there are rules, primary within these rules is the protection and assistance of civilians, all civilians, those not taking part in the combat. including humanitarian workers. i say this because we at unwra have a

- we've heard from a number of agencies, from unicef, the children's agency, the who, the world food programmeom several rights parts of the un saying that is a war crime to hold hostages, and also a war crime, these acts of denying people the basic needs. they are saying that the seizure of gaza is illegal, and when you look at what is happening there right now, 80% of the 2 million population in gaza is reliant on aid and they haven't been able to get any aid coming in since saturday. so the un saying that in their various schools, the un relief works agency for refugees have schools there and gaza and they are now sheltering over 200,000 people there who have been displaced, who have either been told to get out of their area or have seen their residence collapse. air strikes have hit hospitals there, have hit mosques in gaza, have hit residential towers. and so at the moment, it's certainly extremely worrying for those who have nowhere else to go. this is a blockade where all the entry points into gaza are completely closed. so there is no way out, and the un is saying that they are despera

that is almost the only thing people are eating now and that is because unrwa and the world food programmebakeries, in order to make bread, we need electricity and water for the wheat. the water, we get it through our water desalination plant that works through a generator that is powered with the fuel, so if we don't get the fuel, there is no water, there is no bakery, and there is no machines in hospitals, and there will be no trucks to pick up the humanitarian supplies from the borders. that, the un agency working on the ground there in gaza, with their warning about what happens if they don't get more fuel. it's been one week since the explosion at the al—ahli hospital in gaza. it made headlines around the world. hamas blamed israel for last tuesday's blast, but israel denied this, saying it was caused by a misfiring rocket from within gaza. it was reported that hundreds of people died, but the true numbers are not clear. amidst the ongoing fighting, bereaved families are struggling to come to terms with what happened. one gaza resident lost five members of his family — including two o

for more on the humanitarian situation in gaza, i spoke to shaza moghrabi, the world food programme'sson in new york thank you so much for being with us here on bbc news. now the latest that we've been hearing is that around 14 trucks managed to get in today, 20 yesterday, but of course as you know, we've got millions of people in gaza now displaced. so just talk to me a little bit about the aid needs here, particularly when it comes to food. thanks so much for having me. conditions in gaza is nothing short of catastrophic. gaza is running out of food, it is running out of water, it is running out of basic essentials of life. so there's no electricity, there is no fuel, and without fuel, bakeries cannot operate. the food that is inside gaza itself is running dangerously low, we are talking about a matter of days. 0n the border we have about 930 metric tonnes of food, enough to feed about 400,000 people for a week. and it is important that we have sustained access into gaza for supplies to flow in, but also for humanitarian access to civilians. what happened on friday and today, it's a

allie raffa at the white house a tweet from ambassador sitting became who's the head of the world food programmeith the world food programme staff in gaza. as you know, there is a near total blackout of internet and so phone service in gaza. from a military perspective, what is the purpose of that? >> yeah, so this is the dilemma that she faced in urban warfare. of course, you do not want hamas communicating with their forces and so i don't know whether or not the israelis cut of the cell phone and power, i don't know. but, i do know, from a military perspective, that is an option. it could've been cut off as well, as you know, there are a total of 150 bombing attacks that occurred. so, it could have been cut off from all the bombing as well. so, most militaries, when they look at their operation plans, they make a determination. how much the enemy is communicating via cell phone and they decide to turn off things such as sulfone and power to give them a relative advantage. so, this may be the case. here >> general 20, i want to talk to you about the airstrikes on two facilities in syria used by

the world food programme was relying on 23 bakeries to feed 220,000 people a day but says only two ofow 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 israel is under way. but we begin with this report from our middle east correspondent, yolande knell. waking up to another day of death in gaza. the bodies piled up after the latest israeli strikes. translation: at ten o'clock, - the ap

hidden weapons which could get into garzo, but we have heard from the executive director of the world food programme phrase she used was insane bureaucracy. how long that the security checks take? give us a sense of that process. i wouldn't sa it is sense of that process. i wouldn't say it is bureaucracy. _ sense of that process. i wouldn't say it is bureaucracy. i— sense of that process. i wouldn't say it is bureaucracy. i think - sense of that process. i wouldn't say it is bureaucracy. i think it i sense of that process. i wouldn't say it is bureaucracy. i think it is| say it is bureaucracy. i think it is intentional to extend the pain and torture of the people that are there, and to have a bargaining chip may be to get something from the egyptian government, i'm not sure, another international government, i'm not sure. but at the same crossing, they used to let in at least 100 trucks a day, at least. now, 20 trucks takes maybe ten to 12 hours, so it is in check insane, and it is all from local nonprofits, this is not bureaucracy. this is an extension to the act of war crimes. we have seen how so

that in a place where, according to the world food programme, 63% of the population was food insecure before this war began. so much has happened since saturday morning in gaza and it's only the beginning. ben wedeman, cnn, jerusalem. we want to get the latest information now from the israeli defense forces and joining me now from tel aviv's idf spokesperson major libby weiss. thank you so much for joining us. >> thank you for having me. >> so, it has been three days since the terror attacks began. what is the latest on the airstrikes and, of course, returning rocket fire and are there any remaining breaches along the border? >> as you mentioned we are now in the third day of this national tragedy following the amos massacre on saturday morning. the situation is a very dynamic one that is changing constantly. right now we are at more than 900 israeli casualties from the attack on saturday, thousands of injured and, of course, dozens of hostages that were impact in to the gaza strip. the situation along the border with gaza in those a civilian communities appears to be more controlled

that in a place where, according to the world food programme, 63% of the population was food insecure before this war began. so much has happened since saturday morning in israel in gaza and it's only the beginning. ben wedeman, cnn, jerusalem. >> ben wedeman, thank you so much. back with me is peter bergen and also kim dozier. when you look at those images that we have seen today and just now from ben, how is this being perceived in the arab world? >> well, when you look at things like the before and after picture of a mosque that the israeli defense forces say, openly, we took it out because there was a command and control center inside. it becomes a he said she said situation. who do you trust? in israel they believe the defense forces. across the arab world, they think the holy site just got hit and it is like, well, show us the intelligence. that, combined with all of the pictures of the destruction and the reports that there are 2.3 million people inside gaza, a very tiny place, and there are no exits. they've been going to u.n. schools, that's an area that supposed to be safe.

cross live now to kabul, where is philippe kropf, afghanistan communications officer for the world food programme of that.— overview in terms of the latest in the aftermath of that. might think of havin: the aftermath of that. might think of having us- _ the aftermath of that. might think of having us. it _ the aftermath of that. might think of having us. it is _ the aftermath of that. might think of having us. it is important - the aftermath of that. might think of having us. it is important to - the aftermath of that. might think| of having us. it is important to say we didn't have a complete picture yet and information are still coming in. communications infrastructure in the field has been damaged and it is very difficult to get the information up—to—date and the colleagues on the ground. we are here in kabul so there is we don't yet know how big the impact is. wfp is part of ongoing humanitarian assessment teams in the first step of every humanitarian response most importantly our colleagues go to the destroyed villages, try to talk to survivors, try to establish what of the needs, how many

that is almost the only thing people are eating now and that is because unrwa and the world food programmeity and water for the wheat. the water, we get it through our water desalination plants that work through a generator that is powered with the fuel, so if we don�*t get the fuel, there is no water, there is no bakery, and there is no machines in hospitals, and there will be no trucks to pick up the humanitarian supplies from the borders. that was the latest from unrwa. back to new york in the pictures there because that session still going on with the israel spokesman holding the flow at the moment. antony blinken is there and we continue to monitor that. live now to robin wright — she is a journalist for the new yorker. you have written that unlike confrontations in previous decades that followed a pattern, this one is different. different how? in that followed a pattern, this one is different. different how?— different. different how? in the ast different. different how? in the past there _ different. different how? in the past there have _ different. different how? in the past there

. >> before the war, some 400 trucks a day went into the enclave according to the world food programme of flow, now reduced to a trickle. with fewer than 200 getting through roughest since the war began. >> a crossing that is now as crucial as it is uncertain. >> we'll keep going until the. and until they get all their humanitarian needs. god be with them. we are there egyptian martyrs. our hands are in their hands. we have been here for 15 days already. and we will stay for us long as it takes. >> it is at the nearby irish airport that aid from all over the world arrives before being loaded on to egyptian red crescent trucks on the way to rafah. the convoy, is also good for inspection by israeli officials by the crossing before the aid can be delivered to those who did -- >> since we got here 20 days ago, we only got two coupons worth of aid. each of which is only sufficient for a small child. >> a stranglehold, that aid agencies warn is unlikely to be fixed without a cease-fire. >> there is definitely going to be dehydration, there's definitely gonna be starvation. there's definitely

the director of the world food programme is warning that it is a catastrophic humanitarian situation rrently inside of gaza with rampant starvation, urgent need for food and water to get in as well as fuel as well. and we know that the death toll in gaza continues to rise more than 4000 people have been killed in gaza in just the last two weeks, and that includes hundreds of women and children as well. and in addition to that, jim, we are still hearing a very intense air campaign being carried out by israel as well as artillery fire going out. we can hear that rumbling in the background, and it has been continuing all night, jim? >> all right, chairman, thank you very much. joining me now, lieutenant colonel, a spokesperson for the israeli defense forces, colonel, thank you as always for being with. as we appreciate it. again, i guess, just a pick up on what jeremy was talking about a few moments ago, apparently the idea of chief of staff has said to commanders that we will end the gaza strip, i think that i have that quote pretty much verbatim there. what is the timeline for that? >>

that, in a place where, according to the world food programme, 63% of the population was food insecureore this war began. so much has happened since saturday morning in israel and gaza and it is only the beginning. ben wedeman, cnn, jerusalem. >> joining me now from washington, dr. eric -- a fellow at the east l.a. center for development. thanks for being with us, sir. >> my pleasure. >> clearly, hamas can't win a war against israel in the traditional sense. so, when this is done, israel will still be there. so, what does winning, or victory, looked like to hamas? >> i think they are trying to win in the court of public opinion, but obviously that doesn't go very far when you're talking about world of nation states here. so, i think there are efforts are futile and i think, at the end of the day, it shows a kind of demonstration of failure of leadership within the palestinian community that has been going on for decades and we are seeing it at its most egregious here where, at the end of the day, the civilians pay the price. >> there is also the question of timing. why now? because it

and the world food programme warns that shops in gaza will run out of food in mid days. >> translator: there is no water. there is no water at all. and medicines for children, food, drinking. there are no supplies at all in the gaza strip. it is not just me. all of the gaza strip is suffering. all of the families in gaza are suffering. >> becky anderson, cnn, tel aviv. >> with us now from cairo is dr. richard -- weasel emergency director for the world health organization. thank you for being with us. >> thank you. thank you for this opportunity. >> -- from egypt into gaza and -- be at least friday, they say, before a convoy of trucks are allowed in. just 20 at first. if hamas takes it will be the last convoy -- repaired, the egyptians want to security guarantees for those repair workers. it seems there are so many ways this deal could be undone before it even begins -- nonstarter? >> we hope it's not a nonstarter. but as, you say there's a lot of complexities to getting this aid operation going. we have got to get those first 20 trucks across. roads need to be repaired, as you indicat

and the world food programme warns that shops in gaza will run out of food in the mere days.n a non-english language] >> translator: >> there is no water. there is no water at all. medicines for children, food, drinking, there are no supplies at all in the gaza strip. it's not just me. all of the gaza strip is suffering. all of the families in gaza are suffering. >> becky anderson, cnn, tel aviv. beneath gaza lay hundreds of miles of secret tunnels if and when israel sends grand troops into gaza this is probably where they will. >> the power goes out and we still have wifi to do our homework. and that's a good thing? great in my book! who are you? no power? no problem. introducing storm-ready wifi. now you can stay reliably connected through power outages with unlimited cellular data and up to 4 hours of battery back-up to keep you online. only from xfinity. home of the xfinity 10g network. welcome back everyone, for any israeli ground incursion into gaza will eventually have to deal with what the idf calls, but gaza metro. it is a vast network of tunnels beneath gaza. cleari

before the roll some 400 truck today one into the enclave, according to the world food programme.w never deuce to a trickle. with fewer with 200 getting through roughest and the war began with. a crossing that is not as crucial as it is uncertain -- >> we will keep going until the end. until they get all their humanitarian needs. god be with them. we are there egyptian brothers. our hands are in their hands. we've been here for 15 days, already. and we will stay for as long as it takes. >> it is at the nearby irish airport that aid from all over the world arrives. before being loaded into the egyptian red crescent truck on the way to rafah. the convoys also go through inspection by israeli officials by the -- crossing before the aid can be delivered to those who so desperately needed. [speaking in a non-english language] >> translator: since we got here 20 days ago, we only got two coupon toward the aid. each of which is only sufficient for a small child. >> a stranglehold that aid agencies warn is unlikely to be fixed without a cease-fire. >> it is definitely going to be dehydrat

we are joined now by the executive director of the world food programme, cindy mccain. line was muted. we can hear you now. you have made an adjustment to the apologies for that. i was asking how desperate the situation on the ground was and i wonder if you can start your answer again. it wonder if you can start your answer aaain. , . wonder if you can start your answer aaain. again. it is catastrophic on the round. again. it is catastrophic on the ground. there _ again. it is catastrophic on the ground. there is _ again. it is catastrophic on the ground. there is no _ again. it is catastrophic on the ground. there is no food - again. it is catastrophic on the l ground. there is no food getting again. it is catastrophic on the - ground. there is no food getting in per se. there have been dribbles of trucks but nothing specifically large. we have 1.6 million people in need of food right now and we do not have the ability for safe transport or sustained transport in. that's what we need right now, to be able to get in with our trucks to feed people on the ground. i to get

the world food programme saying team are hungry and time is running out. of course, the more immediate threat is from the israeli military strikes which have now killed more than 2,300 people in gaza. and that is significant because that means in just eight days more people have died in gaza than died in the entire 2014 conflict, which killed -- which lasted 51 days. of course, all of this is expected only to get worse. dozens of palestinians dig through rubble. desperately searching for survivors in the aftermath of an airstrike. more than half of gaza's 2 million residents who live in the northern section of the strip were told to rack wait ahead of an anticipated israeli ground assault on hamas. but leaving is also deadly. an apparent explosion friday along a main evacuation route killed a number of people, including children. the idf says hamas was responsible. >> it appears that they have -- they physically prevented people from moving from north to south, and also it appears they booby-trapped some of the roads. >> reporter: even emergency crews are

the world food programme says over the course of the last two days it's gotten nine trucks in. that is 2% of what they used to get into the gaza strip before this latest escalation. and i think that gives you an idea of just how great these shortages are with the u.n. relief agency for palestinian refugees speaking out about the breakdown of civil order after these three weeks of escalation, of strikes and of a siege that has only gotten worse. sara. >> reporter: melissa bell, thank you. the aid agencies on the ground know what is happening and are experiencing them themselves. it's really a difficult scenario for the civilians and those trying to help the civilians there. thank you so much for that report. i am joined now by former state department negotiator for the middle east aaron david miller. you have a breadth of knowledge about this region and about this particular incursion and war that we're seeing. what is your take on what benjamin netanyahu called the second stage or phase of the war? >> you know, i think the prime minister, who he likes to cast terms in dramatic

. >> joining us is the executive director of the world food programme cindy mccain, she just returned from spending time on the ground there in the middle east. ambassador mccain, thank you very much for being with us "the new york times" this morning citing the red crescent says of the 28 trucks that were supposed to go through that rafah crossing yesterday, only eight made it in. what be done to change that? by the way, 20 is not nearly enough. >> 20, you might as well not do anything. we need to have a full access corridor that goes in, that is sustained and safe. and i mean a lot of trucks, because we're talking about a million plus people that don't have any access to food now. hunger is upon us. starvation is upon us. it is utterly necessary that we get in there so that we can take food, medicine, water as you just described, and we need it now. we need it desperately. >> for some perspective, i know wfp said about 500 trucks of humanitarian aid per day were going into gaza before the crisis. 500 compared to eight overnight. are we in a window of just days where people, includin

in one of my former positions, i was a liaison to the world food programme of the u.n.here and we know how to coordinate these types of things. he will happen, i think it will be very much determined on how hamas acts and how they try to commandeer wag -- and if they get involved and try to launch rocket attacks at the time same time as the convoy is moving. this is a very dynamic incident. even listening and weigh in on what president biden said, obviously what prime minister netanyahu said, this bag and a goods coming to alleviate gaza they -- cannot go to hamas. we cannot allow them to be restocked, replenished, to enable them to regroup against us. this is the biggest challenge from a defense perspective, and our job, our role is to make sure hamas never uses the gaza strip again as a staging ground against our people. >> two states complicated is a gross understatement, and throw into the mix the hostages currently being held by hamas somewhere in gaza. but what i'm wondering about, as far as the situation in northern gaza, there are people who are still stuck ther

the world food programme is appealing for the international community to do more to help afghanistan after it suffered two major earthquakes in recent days, exacerbating an already dire humanitarian crisis. >> this is a disaster on top of the disaster on top of the disaster on top of a disaster. currently, we have 50 million people who do not know where their next meal will come from. the world food program is only able to support 3 million people due to a massive funding shortfall, so we are calling on the international community to support the people. amy: international funding has steadily dropped after the taliban takeover two years ago. the u.s. has frozen billions of dollars in afghan assets in new york. the u.n. and other groups have also been restricted by the taliban's ban on women aid workers. here in the united states, house republicans nominated majority leader steve scalise to be the next speaker following kevin mccarthy's ouster last week. but scalise doesn't appear to have enough support to win the 217 floor votes needed to secure the position in a floor vote. a number

the world food programme laid -- said the situation is dire following sunday's quake. >> two more earthquakes have struck afghanistan this morning, bringing it to a total of seven earthquakes and multiple aftershocks of the last eight days. dozens of villages are affected, some entirely flattened. those who have survived have lost everything. they are left with no shelter or food. amy: in poland, an opposition coalition led by former european council president donald toosk has won weekend parliamentary elections, propelled by record voter turnout of more than 70%. it was an unexpected defeat for the ruling right-wing law and justice party, whose popularity never recovered after it sharply restricted access to abortions, sparking the largest protests since the solidarity movement of the 1980's. toosk has promised to reverse a crackdown on the rights of women and lgbtqia people. he's also pledged stronger ties with the e.u. and continued support for ukraine against russia. >> i have been a politician and sportsman for many years. i have never been so happy in my life with second place. poland h

organizations like the world food programme and the red cross are doing what they can.r network of groups stepping up to meet this moment. one of the groups stepping up is the world central kitchen, founded by chef jose andrÉs, who is no stranger to rolling up his sleeves and help feed families trapped in war zones. last year, he was in ukraine when he mobilized a team of chefs to help families there and those displaced surrounding countries. now, he and his team are working to provide meals for those affected on both sides of this conflict. so far, they fed more than 30,000 people. >> joining me now is jose andrÉs. he's a world renowned chef and founder of world central kitchen. i want to just start, the world central kitchen is doing so much on the ground in so many parts of the world. you are working right now with partners on the ground in israel, in lebanon, in gaza. tell me a little bit about the work you are doing and why it is so important to you to be on the ground in all of those places during those conflicts? >> well, again, we go to these spaces very quickly

today's delivery of aid is not nearly enough cindy mccain world food programme. executive director she is demanding a continuous, delivering food and other supplies all the civilians in the gaza strip. >> the last convoy we need to have. system say that, to be able to get our troops across the border so that we can be. millions of people that are depending on emergency today. >> producer, on the ground in gaza shot this video after an airstrike. was a strong jacques, blast killed her entire family within 4000. people have died in gaza outbreak of the war according to the, palestinian health ministry meantime a spokesperson. for israel's, military says it will continue its bombardment of gaza as it seeks to dismantle the hamas target to mexico hundreds of hamas gunman attacks southern. israel leaving more than 1000 civilians dead taking more than 200 hostages, nbc news has learned president biden's national. security team briefed him today had of unexpected ground invasion of gaza with us now from the israel gaza border nbc news correspondent. alison barber alison

cindy mccain, the world food programme's executive director, she's demanding a continuous delivery of food and other supplies for all of the civilians in the gaza strip. >> this cannot be the last convoy. we need to have sustained, safe access to be able to get our trucks across the border, so that we can feed the millions of people that are depending on emergency food. >> today, an nbc news producer on the ground in gaza shot this video, in aftermath of an airstrike. i spoke to a woman whose home was destroyed. just as the blast killed her entire family. more than 4000 people have died in gaza since the outbreak of the war, it is according to the palestinian health ministry. in the meantime, a spokes man for the military says that it will continue its bombardment of gaza as it seeks to dismantle the hamas terror group, two weeks ago, hundreds of hamas gunman attacked southern industrial, leaving more than 1000 civilians dead and taking more than 200 hostages. nbc news learned that president biden's national security team grief him today ahead of unexpected ground invasion of gaza. wi

cindy mccain, the former -- the wife of a late senator john mccain, is the chair of the world food programme. she called a bureaucracy around trying to get these trucks inside gaza, insane. alicia? >> nbc's meagan fitzgerald, thank, you feel meagan. joining me now former u.s. ambassador to nato, ivo daalder, the president of the chicago council on the -- thank you for your time, ranking member of the house foreign affairs committee, gregory meeks, confirming today that the biden administration is pushing for a humanitarian pause. take a listen. >> i want to make sure that we try to protect and save as many innocent lives as possible. i think that's what the biden administration is doing, why they called for a humanitarian pause. not a cease-fire, a humanitarian pause. because folks are not talking about hamas is still firing rockets into israel. so, they won't agreed to a cease-fire. >> ambassador, talk to me about the distinction between a cease-fire and a humanitarian pause and your thoughts more generally on the role that a pause could play in this crisis. >> well, a pause is really an ag

the call by five aid agencies, including the world food programme and the who, for a humanitarian ceasefireday. today too, rishi sunak has added his voice to other world leaders, saying the al—ahli hospital blast was likely caused by a rocket or a part of a rocket fired from within gaza towards israel. while israel says it will take up to three months to clear out hamas, there is no sign of the much—vaunted ground offensive. so what are israel's and the us�*s considerations? here's mark. there are several reasons why the expected ground assault on gaza hasn't started yet. firstly, israel and the us want to make sure their military preparations are complete before that happens, and those deployments have to take account of the fact that hezbollah in lebanon — as well as other iranian proxies in iraq, syria and yemen — may well launch large—scale attacks once the israelis go in. america is building up forces, from the ford carrier battle group, which was there when this conflict started, to two squadrons of a10 aircraft and one of f15s that subsequently deployed tojordan. a second carrier gro

she is the chair of the world food programme, calling the bureaucracy around trying to get these truckssane. will that change? well, that is certainly something that we will be watching for. >> megan fitzgerald, thank, you appreciate it. i want to bring in mira cronan feld, executive director at you are w a usa with more on the push for humanitarian aid inside of the occupied gaza area. thank you for joining us on this. i appreciate. in my understanding as we are saying, you have about 13,000 or so people that are trapped inside of gaza right now working for the organization that you've been unable to have contact with. >> yeah. we have 13,000 staff members working inside of gaza right now. and we have had very little communication. my colleagues with anyone on the ground. just with the director of the field office there, mr. tom late, just a little bit of communication with him. otherwise, there's been very, very little communication because of the blackout imposed by israel. >> israel's minister of communications actually re-tweeted a tweet from elon musk. elon musk had put out that s

world food programme this morning. posted this update saying, quote, we have lost contact with our teams in gaza. this silence is deafening, as conflict rages on, i'm worried for the safety of all humanitarian workers and civilians. she says we're at a tipping point. humanitarian -- humanity will prevail. still a lot that u.s. officials are trying to resolve as this counteroffensive continues, alex. >> ali, one more question, the u.s. and china have agreed to work towards a meeting between presidents biden and g this month. what can you tell us? >> that is, right u.s. officials familiar with these plans are telling us that a, quote, agreement in principle has been reached for president biden and chinese president xi to meet on the sidelines of an asia-pacific leaders summit in san francisco next month, alex. obviously the stakes for the meeting are very high considering how much tensions have risen between the u.s. and china since the last time these two met face to face. that was back in november. it is definitely a l

the world food programme warns of growing hunger and desperation.as hit 450 hamas targets in the last 24 hours. here's part of a report from nbc news chief foreign correspondent richard engel. [sound of artillery] >> reporter: we saw and heard a huge explosions that shook buildings for miles around. israel says it is using heavy bombs to collapse hamas tunnels and remove the group from power, after it murdered 1400 israelis and captured at least 229 hostages three weeks ago. >> [speaking in a global language] >> reporter: israeli prime minister netanyahu said the war would be long and difficult. after announcing a new phase of the war, he was peppered with angry questions. he refused to accept responsibility for intelligence failure before the hamas attack. >> bring them home! >> reporter: in tel aviv, families of hostages are demanding that the government do more to secure their release. >> let's make this swap. send them all the prisoners that are here and release all their hostages. >> new nbc news video shows destruction inside gaza after the fi