The release of scores of hostages still held in gaza. People are hostages to the right wing government, and the people of gaza are hostages to hamas, and basically there has to be a way to overcome that. They are protesting because the last five months of Military Assaults on gaza have failed to release those israeli hostages. Not everybody in israel wants this ceasefire deal. There are some, especially hardliners in the coalition government, who want to see instead an immediate Military Operation against hamas in rafah. Meanwhile, the Israeli Government has voted unanimously to close the operations in israel of the qatar based tv channel aljazeera. A tweet from the Israeli Prime Ministers Office called it the incitement channel. In cairo, Ceasefire Talks are still in play. Hamas has sent a delegation, but they have been locked in talks with mediators. The Sticking Point appears to be they want a permanent end to the fighting, notjust a pause, and israel isnt ready to give that commitm
Survives in moroccos powerful earthquake as the death toll continues to climb. 2800 people are now found dead after the 6. Quake. Spain has sent Search And Rescue teams to help. Other International Aid has been pledged. In the Atlas Mountains scenes of devastation, homes and small villages produced piles of rubble. Many people have spent another night outside. Now the frustration and desperation is building especially in some of the hard hit and remote areas. Translator you can smell the corpses everywhere. Its a shame the authorities didnt help these people. Some people have received aid, tents and food. However, some villages have not received anything. Especially in the mountainous areas with dangerous roads. I hope that the authorities and Civil Society will show more solidarity in these areas. Cnns nada bashir has more now from marrakech. Reporter well, the death toll is still continuing to climb. And it is unclear at this stage, how many people are still buried beneath the rubble
for an extension in order to bring more hostages home. and in the last hour the palestinian foreign minister has warned that once the deal expires, it is important that innocent civilians are protected. hamas freed more hostages, including 14 israelis, in exchange for 39 palestinian prisoners on sunday. but both israel and hamas are reported to have raised concerns over the lists of hostages and prisoners set to be released today. qatari mediators are said to be working with both sides to resolve the problems. meanwhile tech billionaire elon musk is in israel to discuss tackling anti semitism online with prime minister benjamin netanyahu after a rise of hate speech on his platform x. also in the past hour, israeli government spokesperson eylon levy has given a press conference. he was asked what happens when the current four day pause ends. the campaign to end hamas and bring our hostages home will resume immediately with the end of the hostage release pause. i m not going to
of an extension as hamas offers to release more hostages. dozens of israelis who ve been held captive in gaza have been released by hamas, designated a terrorist organisation by the uk government. in return, 117 palestinian prisoners have been freed. president biden said he wants to keep the deal going so all hostages can be brought home and more aid can be sent to gaza. our middle east correspondent hugo bachega reports. free again. 14 israeli hostages released by hamas head home after their long ordeal, along with three foreign nationals. among them were is year olds dafna and ela elyakim, eight, who were finally reunited with their mum, chen goldstein almog, who was released along with her three children, and roni kriboy, released 51 days after being kidnapped from a festival where he was working as sound crew. it followed a weekend of happy reunions. people from kfar aza watched on as news of their friends avigail idan spent her fourth birthday in captivity. the israeli a