The Israeli military stopped its strikes for a few hours on Wednesday to allow humanitarian aid into Gaza, and it says it will continue to allow some food and fuel into the region in the coming days.
Strikes resumed, as did Hamas rockets, after the pause.
Bernard Barrett of the International Committee of the Red Cross joins Martin Savidge to discuss the effectiveness of aid in Gaza, the state of hospitals there and how the ground invasion has impacted the ability of humanitarian organizations to operate.





01/30/2009 :: 11:19:13 AM
Sam Says:
To Marcel,
It is rather a long comment and I do not have time to read it all. But I got the jest of it. You are fine with killing civilians en-mass to banish their democratic votes. People like you will always find an excuse for Israel’s massive abuse of the rights of the Palestinians and their illegal siege of a nation that does not wish to be controlled by colonists. It is a God-given right to defend against occupation. France did against Hitler and the Algerians did against the French. What is so different in the Palestinian case? Israel practically stole the land from the natives and now accusing the natives to be barbaric and uncivilized to justify killing and ethnically cleanse them. If Israel has good intentions, why they do not leave the West Bank where it is very calm there. There are more than 600 road blocks in the West Bank and not was removed. If Israel desire is calm and peace, they could start with the West Bank where it is quiet. But Israel’s real intention is in catering to the settlers who live by the hoodlum laws and thievery of the Palestinian land and olive trees. The truth is starting to come with the gruesome images of the Israeli brutality and massacres and all people of conscience should be appalled by Israel’s behavior, not excuse it.