At least 70 people have been killed by an airstrike in the Al-Mugazi refugee camp in Gaza, according to the Hamasran Health Ministry. Body bags have been piling outside the Al-Aqsa Hospital where many of the victims were taken. Israel says it's investigating the incident. It comes amidst scaled-back Christmas celebrations in Bethlehem and across the occupied West Bank. Let's take a look at some live pictures this morning. We're showing you now the scene in southern Israel, on the border with Israel, looking out to Gaza. Our correspondent, Joe Winwood, has been monitoring the latest developments. For the people.

Of Gaza, there is no respite.

This.

Was once a residential block reduced to rubble. Multiple generations of families are said to have been killed, seemingly caught unawares.

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Were having dinner when suddenly.

The bombing started.

Without any warning.

In.

An instant, our house collapsed.

The victims were taken to the nearby Al Aqsa Hospital. In a population as young as this, children are so often the victims. This incident already has one of the highest single death toll since this war began, and it is expected to rise. The Hamas-run health authorities say more than 20,000 people have now been killed in Gaza since Israel launched its offensive. Israel maintains it tries to avoid civilian casualties and blames Hamas for hiding amongst the population. The IDF released new footage showing what it says are tunnels under the strip used for military purposes.

Hamas operates from civilian areas. It uses them to cover its terrorist activity. It is a very complex challenge that we face, and we do it well so our forces in the field achieve good results, like the Brigade that found the tunnel network.

While the vast majority of destruction has been in Gaza, the West Bank has not been spared. In the place where Christianity was born, they marked the birth of Christ by remembering the deaths this conflict has brought.

We used here to have the lightning of the tree, Christmas tree in the middle here. We used to have a big Christmas market in the playground down in the school, and we used to celebrate every night at least for a week before. But this year we are just praying by night the holy mass, and we will pray for peace.

But those prayers are yet to be answered. This has been the most devastating conflict between Israelis and Palestinians in modern times, and it shows no signs of ending. Joe Inwood, BBC News.

Now let's go live to Cairo, Egypt, where we can speak to Saddam Saeed. He's the Regional Development Lead at INERA. That's the American Near East Refugee Aid NGO. Now I understand, Saddam, that you have been coordinating some of the aid that is going through to Kazakhstan from the Rafeu crossing. Tell me about the situation when it comes to aid at the moment.

Thank you for hosting me today and Merry Christmas to everyone. I've been deployed as an airer. I'm based in Jordan. I've been deployed to Egypt since the beginning of the war, trying to coordinate the entry of aid through Egypt to Gaza. So far, Anera been a little bit successful in allowing some of the aid to get into Gaza that we're focusing on food. So far, an airer have been able to distribute over eight million food, parcels, vegetables, baskets, doing shelters cleaning. We were able to do over one million medical treatment for the health facilities inside Georgia, with five public health clinics and winterisation inside Georgia. As you know, we're looking inside Georgia, the situation is very dire. We're looking at nine out of 10 people who are eating less than one meal a day. This is a testament by the World Food Program and the Integrated Food Security Classification that was activated just recently that is ringing the alarm that we're looking into a famine in Gaza. We're looking at 85 % of Gaza that is being displaced. We're looking at 1.9 million people out of their homes.

Saddam, how much relief has this UN resolution, the Security Council's vote last week, made, if anything, in terms of a difference to the aid that's getting through?

Unfortunately, since the very beginning of the war, and this is a reality, humanitarian aid is not enough. The amount of trucks that are going in inside Gaza are not enough. On normal day before the war, we were looking at minimum 500 trucks going inside Gaza. Today, we're looking at less than 100 trucks going inside Gaza, and we're looking into a catastrophe because the displacement, the need is massive. Children are reported who have dehydration, they're not eating. The World Food Program are saying nine out of 10 people are eating less than one meal a day. So that is a testament that the aid that is going in is not enough, and we need more of that, and we need more humanitarian aid to be allowed in. There are many organizations like Inara who have great responses to the very beginning of the war because of the humanitarian situation inside Gaza that we need to support and push for more humanitarian aid to get in inside Gaza.

Saddam, is there anything more your contacts on the ground can tell us about this airstrike today at the Al-Maghzi refugee camp. We're hearing that at least 70 people have been killed there.

Absolutely. We have a team. We've been operating in Gaza for over 45 years. Our team are from Gaza. The humanitarian workers are at a critical position because of the communication blackout, the bombardment that is happening in a very chaotic way. We're hearing every day from our team about the risk of distributing aid, but as well about the bombardment that is happening all over Gaza that is challenging the humanitarian distribution inside Gaza, that is creating barriers. Even if you have aid, it's still very difficult to get that aid to where it's needed. So we need a ceasefire. We need a cease-fire, we need more humanitarian aid getting into Gaza to support children, women, the people who are displaced, the 85% of people who are displaced inside Kazakhstan.

Okay, Saddam Saeeda, from Inara, thank you very much for bringing this up to date on the work that your organization does and on the situation in Gulf.

Thank you.

Well, we can now cross live to Bethlehem and join our correspondent there, Shaima Khalil. Shaima, a much more subdued Christmas this year.

Regina, Bethlehem feels and looks very, very different. Christmas is supposed to be the height of the season of celebrations here in Bethlehem. The eyes of the world would have been on this place, the birthplace of Jesus for celebrations, leading the world into the marking of Christmas, and yet it looks nothing like its festive self. I've been here for days, and I've been at the Major Square, where the huge Christmas tree is supposed to be, where it would be heaving with activity, with pilgrims and tourists celebrating Christmas. None of that is happening. Instead, yesterday, in the place where the tree was supposed to be, many dozens of Palestinian children held a flag, a Palestinian flag, and waved it with a message of solidarity for Gaza's children. The scouts were holding banners saying, We pray for Gaza, Kazakhstan's in the heart. And you do feel that these images that come out of Gaza, including, of course, from Al-Maria, with what you saw in Joe's report and what you've been reporting, they hit very close to home here because many here also have family and friends trapped inside Gaza. I spoke to one young man who was on the phone to his father, and his father is trapped in a church in the east of Gaza City.

And his dad was telling me, There's just destruction all around us. And they're very reluctant to move because he says that the roads leading to areas in the south are extremely dangerous. But also he said that many people who have moved to supposedly safer areas have been killed. That's the complaint that you hear even from people that made it out of the rubble in. They've been evacuated from Gaza City to come to Central Georgia, only to be hit like they had last night.

Schema, I wanted to ask you as well about reports that we're hearing that Egypt has now put forward a new proposal for a ceasefire. We've been hearing in the last week or so that talks have resumed and then we haven't really heard much more. What more can you tell us about these latest reports, Schema?

Yeah, this is another proposal from the Egyptians. Remember when Ismail Haneya was in Cairo last week, there was a bit of hope that the negotiations could be underway. Serious negotiations will be underway. They've hit a setback when Hamas came out and said there will be no deal to exchange hostages without a cease-fire, which is out of the question for the Israeli government. This is a three-phase proposal which could see separate weeks of humanitarian pauses, but crucially, negotiations on releasing all civilian hostages in the first phase, then female soldiers in the second phase, and then all the hostages ultimately in exchange for several Palestinian prisoners in Israeli jails. Crucially, the hope is for a for these humanitarian pauses. We've heard reports from the Israeli media of officials saying the war cabinet is going to meet later today to discuss this. An official was saying, look, this is the first draft. There are going to be many other drafts until a decision is made and and we've heard that several times, remember, Rajini, with the UN resolution as well. But potentially this could lead to some serious negotiations. But I think what doesn't change is the stance of both sides.

Remember, Israel has suffered one of its biggest soldier losses in the last 48 hours, and Benjamin Netanyahu has had to acknowledge this but said the war is not going to stop. This is going to be a long war. Hamas keeps firing rockets in Israel. This week, sirens were sounding near Tel Aviv. Unless those two stances budge humanitarian aid and that ceasefire is not going to be possible. I think this is where the big challenge for Egypt and other negotiators is going to be.

Difficult Christmas year for so many. Shaima Khalil reporting for us from Bethlehem. Thank you very much.