What next for Gaza? Humanitarian push as Israel plans ground invasion

<p>Trucks loaded with desperately needed aid are still stuck on the Egyptian side of the Rafah border crossing but should be "rolling in the next day or so", says the United Nations. On Day 14 of a conflict triggered by Hamas's cross-border slaughter of more than a thousand Israeli civilians, the UN Secretary-General made his way to Rafah.</p> <p>Meanwhile, on his trip to <a href="https://www.france24.com/en/tag/israel/" class="gtm-add-suggested-tag">Israel</a>, US President <a href="https://www.france24.com/en/tag/joe-biden/" class="gtm-add-suggested-tag">Joe Biden</a> pointed to "America's mistakes after 9/11", warning his hosts not to "be consumed by rage" and squander worldwide sympathy. <a href="https://www.france24.com/en/americas/20231020-biden-says-support-for-israel-and-ukraine-is-vital-to-us-security">In his first address from the Oval Office since it all started</a>, the US president connected the dots between <a href="https://www.france24.com/en/tag/gaza-strip/" class="gtm-add-suggested-tag">Gaza</a> and <a href="https://www.france24.com/en/tag/ukraine/" class="gtm-add-suggested-tag">Ukraine</a>.</p><p>It turns out that those US warships sent to the region aren't just for show. In the Red Sea, the USS Carney intercepted three cruise missiles and several drones launched by the <a href="https://www.france24.com/en/tag/iran/" class="gtm-add-suggested-tag">Iran</a>-aligned <a href="https://www.france24.com/en/tag/houthi-rebels/" class="gtm-add-suggested-tag">Houthi movement</a> from <a href="https://www.france24.com/en/tag/yemen/" class="gtm-add-suggested-tag">Yemen</a>, potentially towards Israel. </p><p>The Arab street is not only mad with <a href="https://www.france24.com/en/tag/israel/" class="gtm-add-suggested-tag">Israel</a> and the United States. In former French protectorate <a href="https://www.france24.com/en/tag/tunisia/" class="gtm-add-suggested-tag">Tunisia</a>, Tuesday's shelling of the hospital in Gaza had an angry crowd spontaneously converging on the French embassy.</p><p><a href="https:/