Visiting the country, calling it a strong statement of support. In a time of darkness, rishi sunak stressed israel must adhere to International Law in gaza and that the conflict must not spread elsewhere. Not spread elsewhere. Ive had good, productive conversations with both Prime Minister netanyahu and the israeli president herzog. Among israeli president herzog. Among other things, we discussed the importance of this conflict not escalating regionally and the importance of getting humanitarian aid into gaza to help people who need it. I also help people who need it. I also had the opportunity to meet families of british nationals who have been taken hostage. We are doing absolutely everything we can to get them home. Well, families of children and teenagers held captive in the gaza strip have been holding a press conference in tel aviv. Israel says more than 200 hostages were taken when hamas attacked on october the 7th. One israeli mother begged hamas to release her kidnapped childr
A press conference in tel aviv. Israel says more than 200 hostages were taken when hamas attacked on october the 7th. One israeli mother begged hamas to release her kidnapped children. The whole world have to scream and to ask for human humanity. And i think and i pray and i beg him and i ask even hamas at this moment, you have the opportunity to show that you still have humanity. Opportunity to show that you still have humanity. Im asking the whole world and your voice to scream to the. Sky, to the to scream to the. Sky, to the sky is open. Bring to scream to the. Sky, to the sky is open. Bring our to scream to the. Sky, to the sky is open. Bring our children home. Asylum seekers have returned to the bibby stockholm in portland despite activists attempting to prevent it from happening. Just stop. Oil protesters obstructed a coach carrying migrants holding banners reading no prison ships and demand humanity. All 39 people were removed from the barge in august after legionella bacteria
Get aid to those desperate people who are hurtling down in the southern part of the gaza strip. Israel egypt, for its own reasons, partly because it fears are seeing a flood of refugees into egypt, has not yet shown a willingness to cooperate. That is an ongoing issue. The americans are very keen to resolve it because they know without some kind of humanitarian provisions, israels attacks on the gaza strip both from the air and probably in the coming days, orsoon, on the the air and probably in the coming days, or soon, on the ground, the air and probably in the coming days, orsoon, on the ground, are just going to cause even more horrendous hardship. find just going to cause even more horrendous hardship. Just going to cause even more horrendous hardship. And ust to kee horrendous hardship. And ust to kee this horrendous hardship. And ust to keep this conversation horrendous hardship. And just to keep this conversation going horrendous hardship. And just to l keep this conversation g
Are at. With your expertise. Can you tell us what is happening, why it so important and if its possible that israel will allow people out . I tend to agree that we are in a holding pattern. The big story is when and if israel will launch its offensive in the north. Down at the Rafah Crossing, one of two crossings, this one is into egypt, is where the anticipation is around this morning. We had reports that there was going to be a temporary truce to allow a very, we are talking very small number of Palestinian Americans across into egypt. As you were saying in your introduction there, there are several thousand people at the Rafah Crossing waiting to go. But the temporary truce has not been agreed. We have actually had a statement from the israeli Prime Ministers for saying that there is no ceasefire. When we talk about a ceasefire, we only talk about a limited truce in terms of down there. There has been no sign of a Ceasefire Debt up in the north. Hamas still continued to fire rockets
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