Israeli military says its planning an attack in Gaza by land, air and sea

The Israeli military says it is planning an attack in Gaza by land, air and sea. It comes as the UN humanitarian chief, Martin Griffiths, has said the situation is fast becoming untenable. The UN says nearly a million Palestinians there have now been displaced - due to airstrikes and Israel's warning that people should get out of the north of Gaza.

Also in the programme: Ecuadorians will be voting today in the second round of a presidential election that has been marred by violence; and scientists say lunar dust could be melted to make a material that could help astronauts and technology get around the Moon.

Joining Paul Henley to discuss this and more are Vernoika Poniscjakova, a senior teaching fellow at the University of Portsmouth and Miles Johnson who is a an investigate journalist for the Financial Times.

(PictureL A Palestinian inspects the site of Israeli strikes on houses in Khan Younis in the southern Gaza Strip. Credit: Ibraheem Abu Mustafa/Reuters)

(Picture: People search for survivors at the site of an Israeli rocket attack in Al-Shati refugee camp in the west of Gaza City. Credit: Mohammed Saber/EPA-EFE/REX/Shutterstock)