Lets look at the wider situation. With me is Mohamed Taha from bbc arabic. Thank you forjoining us on The Programme. The Breaking News in the last few minutes. We knew that the israelis had discovered some bodies in rafah. Now we know that one of them is an American Citizen. What more do we know about whats happening there at the moment . 50 whats happening there at the moment . ~ whats happening there at the moment . ~. ,. , moment . So we knew about recovering moment . So we knew about recovering the moment . So we knew about recovering the Bodies Moment . So we knew about recovering the bodies of moment . So we knew about recovering the bodies of the | recovering the bodies of the hostages a few hours ago. And the announcement from the White House came just a few minutes ago that one of these bodies is american. The American Citizen is hersh Goldberg Polin, and his parents were really vocal about him. They had interviews in the us and in israel, and i gets you did an interview with
Elsewhere, three israelis have elsewhere, three israelis have died when their vehicle died when their vehicle was fired on near the city was fired on near the city of hebron in the of hebron in the occupied West Bank. Occupied West Bank. With me is Mohamed Taha with me is Mohamed Taha from bbc arabic. From bbc arabic. Lets start with the news of lets start with the news of the bodies of the six hostages the bodies of the six hostages were found. What more do we were found. What more do we know about the operation to find and recover the bodies . Know about the operation to find and recover the bodies . The operation was to secure a the operation was to secure a tunnel where the forces found tunnel where the forces found and alive hostage last week. And alive hostage last week. The israeli forces were trying the israeli forces were trying to clear the tunnel and they to clear the tunnel and they found the bodies there so they found the bodies there so they didnt go there upon didnt go t
Mourn with them. I want to Express Deep Appreciation to our forces, Express Deep Appreciation to ourforces, to Express Deep Appreciation to our forces, to the Express Deep Appreciation to ourforces, to the brave soLdiers of the ibf, and the fighters who risk their Lives to bring back our sons and daughters. I say to the terrorists, promoted hostages, and i say to their Leaders, your bLood is on your heads. We wiLL not rest and we wiLL not be siLent. We wiLL pursue you, we wiLL find you and we wiLL settLe The SchooL with you. And in the west bank, three israeLis were kiLLed when their vehicLe was fired on near the city of hebron. The IsraeLi MiLitary has been carrying out operations there for severaL days. Correspondent, jon donnison, i started off by asking him about the divisions in Benjamin Netanyahus Cabinet it refLects the divisions within the government but aLso with an israeLi society. In his short Statement Benjamin Netanyahu this morning said those who kiLL hostages dont want a
The campaign was organised after a baby waS Partly paralysed by the first case of the virus in two decades. From jerusalem, our Middle East correspondent, Yolande Knell reports. Just two drops as the un begins vaccinating against polio in gaza. A dose is easy to give, but carrying out a Mass Immunisation campaign in a Combat Zone is a huge challenge. Parents of the first vaccinated children are relieved. Translation i was worried and afraid because this is scary. The polio disease. This disease makes the children unable to move. Baby abdulrahman was crawling early, but now his mum Worries Hell never be able to walk. He was the first child found he was the first child found to have polio in gaza in 25 to have polio in gaza in 25 years, and it years, and it paralysed his leg. Paralysed his leg. Because of the war he wasnt because of the war he wasnt vaccinated and now vaccinated and now medical care is limited. Medical care is limited. Translation he wants translation he wants to live an
News . Hello and welcome. Im Anna Coren in Hong Kong The Light is now on the Breaking News coming out of gaza the Israeli Military says it recovered the bodies of six hostages from an underground tunnel in the rougher area on saturday the idf has now identified all six saying their families have been notified. They are already dinio carmel gat hersh, goldberg, polin eden, yerushalmi, almog. So rusi and Alex Lobanov israels defensive minister. Defense minister says, and six were killed just before troops could reach them. According to the initial assessment at our disposal, they were brutally murdered by hamas terrorists a short while before we reach them. They were abducted alive on the morning of October 7 by the hamas terror organization. Sheva books well, the White House put out a statement that reads in part, it is as tragic as it is reprehensible. Make no mistake hamas leaders will pay for these crimes, and we will keep working around the clock for a deal to secure the release of