The spanish vessel hopes to use a newly opened Shipping Route to arrive in the next few days. But where it will arrive, is still up in the air. There is no Functioning Port in gaza, so its unclear where the boat will dock. The ship, called the open arms, will set off from the port of larnaca, our special correspondent Quentin Sommerville is there. Its taken an enormous effort to even get this far with this relief mission. But the real challenge will come as they get closer to gaza. It might take as long as 2 3 days for as long as 2 3 days closer to gaza. It might take as long as 2 3 days for them to make the 210 nautical miles from here in cyprus to gaza. But when they get there, they are arriving at a territory that has no Functioning Port so they have to off load that aid, and in the north of gaza distributing aid, its the most badly affected, most desperately in need part of gaza. Distributing aid there is extremely difficult. All Law And Order has broken down there, its absolute ch
prepare the battlefield for future operations. But the Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu had yet to be determined. Lets take a listen to what the Israeli Defence forces spokesman had to say. The tactical raid, which means that the forces went in and then went out during the night in order to prepare the battlefield and to prepare ourselves for coming operations. Our forces are now back in israel. The activity occurred during the night and was concluded successfully without any significant event. This Development Comes as israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu insisted a Ground Invasion of gaza was coming following questions at home about why it had taken so long. He said the timing had yet to be determined. He is under pressure and abroad over the timing of a widely anticipated Ground Attack. He said it would take place eventually but the timing would be taken by consensus. Lets take a look now at all the latest developments with this report from our middle east correspondent tom b
Clear violations of International Humanitarian law in gaza. Antonio guterres did not name names but he condemned the bombing of Southern Gaza, after people were told to flee there, and the use of civilians as what he called human shields. Israels responded, confronting the Secretary General and calling on him to resign. It came as one of two israeli hostages, Freed Last Night by hamas, spoke about her ordeal. Yocheved lifschitz, whos 85, said shed been through hell but, as she left, she still shook the hand of her hamas kidnapper. Her husband remains in captivity one of more than 200 people israel estimates are being held after the attacks of october 7th. Hamas, designated a Terrorist Group by the uk, said the release was for humanitarian reasons. The war between israel and hamas is having repercussions in every corner of this volatile region. The first of our reports tonight is by our international editor, jeremy bowen, and it contains some distressing images. After the doctors had ex
Its tuesday, october the 24th. Our main story. Two israeli women, who were taken from their homes more than two weeks ago, have been released from captivity. Yocheved lifshitz and nurit cooper were among more than 200 people abducted by hamas fighters in the attacks of october 7th, and brought to gaza. Hamas, which is designated a Terrorist Group by the uk, said the release was for humanitarian reasons. The women, whose husbands are still being held, were handed over at the rafah Border Crossing between gaza and egypt at around 10 oclock local time last night. Our middle east correspondent Yolande Knell has the details. Freed after more than two weeks in captivity. In a video released by hamas, nurit cooper and Yocheved Lifshitz were handed over to representatives of the International Committee of the red cross. Not before 85 year old Yocheved Lifshitz turns to a masked hamas gunman, shakes his hand and says, shalom, hebrew for peace. Hamas is designated a Terrorist Group by many weste