Of visits in the region, taking in egypt, turkey and qatar over the next few days. Meanhwhile, us President Joe Biden has wrapped up his visit to israel, and offered his support to the country, during a day long visit, and later unveiled a deal to allow the first humanitarian aid trucks to enter the gaza strip. Our correspondent in los angeles, david willis, has more on President Biden s visit. President biden s trip to israel was always a gamble, seeking to support israels war effort, on the one hand, whilst at the same time looking to ease the growing humanitarian crisis in gaza, but its a gamble that appears to have paid off. Mr biden has rung agreements from both israel and egypt to allow the passage of humanitarian aid into gaza. 20 lorry loads to start with, with additional shipments to follow, if the first ones dont fall into the hands of hamas. He has also succeeded in underlying the United States s unwavering support for its key ally in the middle east, israel, whilst remindin
For the aide s arrival. Israel earlier said it wont get in the way of food, water, and medicine getting to civilians, as long as the assistance does not reach hamas. Mr biden says there are a few more things that need to happen before the aid can come in. This has been a very blunt negotiation i have had. And so want to get as many of the trucks out as possible, i guess there are about 150 there. Not all will go. The first tranche, if there is a second tranche we will see how it goes. Lets look at some of the other top headlines from the war at this hour protests across the middle east erupted over the explosion at the Al Ahli Hospital in gaza, tuesday, that left at least a71 people dead. Arab states and the main palestinian militant group, hamas, have continued to blame israel for the explosion, even as mr biden backed israels claim that it had nothing to do with it. And the United States vetoed a Un Security Council vote calling for humanitarian pauses in gaza, a move that was condem
Part of the programme. Email me mail. News. But now mail. Margaret gb news. But now its for of the its time for the news of the day with polly middlehurst. Jacob thank you and good evening to you. Well, the top story from the gp newsroom tonight is that the us president , joe biden, has been speaking in israel today hes announced an agreement to allow humanitarian aid to move from egyptin humanitarian aid to move from egypt in the south into gaza. He also confirmed 100 million worth of new us funding for that aid for gaza and for the west bank. President bidens visit to israel was meant to prevent an escalation of the conflict in the region. But after last nights bombing of the hospital in gaza, planned meetings with regional leaders have had to be cancelled. And later on in cancelled. And later on in a speech , he stressed the speech, he stressed the importance of living by the rule of law. Of law. You are a jewish state, but youre also a democracy. And youre also a democracy. And lik
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Hands in the siege castle strip. Hello and welcome everybody, its 7 30 a. M. Here in the iranian capital. Tehran youre of watching press tvs world news our top story for this half hour, more palace. Have fallen victim to israels attacks on the ghaza strip as the Regime Presses ahead with its steady onslot against the besieg territory. Dozens of people have been killed after israeli war planes pounded more palestinian houses across the ghaza strip. Many others were injured as a result of the regimes raids on the territory including in the city of khannes. This came a day after an israeli air strike on gazas al ahli arab hospital. Killed close to 500 people. Thats the highest single day toll in the territory since israel launched its war on october the 7th. The hospital was packed with people who had fled from northern gaz after israel force them to leave their homes. The regime has falsely blamed the carnage a misfired rocket launched by the Palestinian Islamic jihad Resistance Movement