Context that grew the most condemnation from the israeli delegation. Antonio guterres said that the attack by hamas didnt happen in a vacuum, that the palestinians had been under suffocating occupation for 56 years. Those comments do calls for him to resign by the israeli ambassador to the un. In the council, the Israeli Foreign minister eli cohen appeared quite angry, pointing at the Secretary General, asking him what world he was living in. He then cancelled a planned meeting with the Secretary General, but we understand the Secretary General did meet families of the hostages. We have seen the divisions play out on the security council, many nations calling for a ceasefire including russia, china, the arab delegations. But the west is endorsing calls for humanitarian causes, so what we have now are rival draughts by russia and the us, it appears both will block the other s resolution, only leading to more paralysis on the security council. The leading to more paralysis on the securit
Jerusalem sent this report, and some of the images are distressing. After the doctors had examined yocheved lifschitz, she came out of the hospital in tel aviv saying she went through hell in gaza, from the moment hamas took her as a hostage. Translation l was laying on a motorcycle, my body on one side and my legs on the other, and the hamas men beat me on the way. They didnt break my ribs, but hurt me very much. Like so many israelis, shes astounded by the failure of her countrys army and intelligence to protect them. Translation the army wasnt prepared. We were the government scapegoats. Hamas warned us three weeks ahead. They burned our fields, and the army somehow didnt take it seriously. And hamas s Detailed Planning extended to Hostage Taking too. Translation they seemed ready for this. They had prepared for a long time and had everything the hostages needed, even shampoo and conditioner. Running this war is getting complicated for the israeli government. The northern border wit
By hamas while underscoring the need to minimise civilian casualties in gaza. The president will hear from israel, helped Conduct Operations that help minimises civilian casualties and enable humanitarian assistance to floaty civilians in gaza anyway that does not benefit hamas. To that does not benefit hamas. To that end today and at our request, the United States and israel have agreed to develop a plan that will enable donor nations and humanitarian organisations to Reach Civilians In Gaza and them alone. Including the possibility of opening areas to help keep civilians say. It is critical that we get aid to them as soon as possible. We share concern that hamas may destroy aid entering gaza or may otherwise prevent it from reaching people who need it pulls if a mass man in any way blocked mandatory assistance from reaching civilians including by seizing the aid itself, we will be the first to condemn and rack to prevent it happening again. We welcome israels commitment to this plan
released on wednesday, israeli prime minister netanyahu said mr sinwar may not be there, but it s only a matter of time before they find him. for more, middle east correspondent, hugo bachega, sent this update. it was another day of strong warnings from un officials about the situation in gaza. the un human is chief described the situation as apocalyptic. the agency responsible for palestinian refugees said humanitarian assistance in the territory had virtually stopped because of limited delivery of humanitarian aid to gaza. and in a dramatic intervention, the un secretary general antonio guterres said that the situation in gaza was at risk of humanitarian collapse, saying that the war is causing catastrophe in gaza and that the territory may never recover from that. he also called for a ceasefire in gaza, something that has been rejected by the israeli authorities and also by the biden administration. in gaza, fighting continues and khan younis in the south of the territory
abducted without any family. also freed, 12 year old hila rotem. she was taken captive with her mother raya rotem, who remains a hostage in gaza. also released, an accountant shiri weiss, aged 53, and her 18 year old daughter, noga weiss, were also released, along with 21 year old maya regev. andadi shoham aged 38, who was kidnapped from kibbutz be eri during a visit with five other members of the family. this is her son, 8 year old nave, and her 3 year old daughter gani yahel, who are also on their way home. the hostages were released in exchange for a group of palestinian prisoners from israeli jails also all women and children. here they are being welcomed back in the west bank. there had been fears the deal was off after hamas accused israel of reneging on the temporary ceasefire agreement, by not allowing enough aid trucks into gaza. that led to a delay of several hours. let s get more from our middle east correspondent tom bateman. we are at day two of the trips agree