Eventin yesterdays tragic and alarming event in north gaza, trying to get humanitarian assistance in there, and the loss of life is heartbreaking. People are so desperate that innocent people got caught, a terrible war, unable to feed their families, and you saw the response when we try to get aid in. And we need to do more and the United States will do more stock in the coming days we willjoin with our friends the coming days we willjoin with ourfriends in the coming days we willjoin with our Friends Injordan and others are providing air drops of additionalfood and of additional food and supplies. Of additional food and suwlies of additional food and su lies. , supplies. President biden there. Our special correspondent fergal keane, working with bbc verify, has been piecing together more details of what happened. And just a warning his report contains some distressing images. Although death is everywhere now in gaza, theyd come thinking they would find aid to keep their families aliv
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Including a medic, are reported to have been killed by an israeli air strike near a hospital. And a United Nations team visiting gazas biggest hospital has found that many palestinans who were injured as lorries were delivering aid on thursday, were wounded by gunshots. American officials have confirmed that the us military has carried out its first airdrop of humanitarian aid into gaza, today. You can see here us Military Planes flying over Deir Al Balah in the central gaza strip. Us officials confirmed over 35,000 meals were airdropped by parachute. This follows a Pledge On Friday by President Biden and the deaths of 112 palestinians during a rush on an aid convoy on thursday. Lets speak to our washington correspondent will vernon. Good correspondent will vernon. Morning to you there washington, good morning to you there in washington, dc. Tell us more about what us officials have been saying. Would have the us military, saying this first airdrop has been carried out. That was done i
To have been killed by an israeli air strike near a hospital in rafah. The idf said it had carried out a Precision Strike in the area of the hospital that targeted militants from the islamichhad group. And a United Nations team visiting gazas biggest hospital has found that many palestinans who were injured as lorries were delivering aid on thursday, were wounded by gunshots. Our Diplomatic Correspondent paul adams has the latest. How were so many people injured . Were they shot or crushed in a desperate stampede at gazas Shifa Hospital . The un says theres evidence of both. This hospital is treating more than 200 people that were injured. And we have seen people with gunshot wounds, we have seen amputees and we have seen children as young as 12. Jihad is haunted by what he saw when the convoy arrived on thursday morning. Were the soldiers firing deliberately . Hes asked. Yes. With tanks, soldiers, aircraft. Why the shooting started is still not clear. Israel says troops felt threatene
As 13 palestinians, including a medic, are reported to have been killed by an israeli air strike near a hospital. And a United Nations team visiting gazas biggest hospital has found that many palestinans who were injured as lorries were delivering aid on thursday, were wounded by gunshots. Our Diplomatic Correspondent paul adams has the latest. How were so many people injured . Were they shot, or crushed in a desperate stampede . At gazas shifa hospital, the un says theres evidence of both. This hospital is treating more than 200 people that were injured. And we have seen people with gunshot wounds, we have seen amputees and we have seen children as young as 12. Jihad is haunted by what he saw when the convoy arrived on thursday morning. Were the soldiers firing deliberately . Hes asked. Yes with tanks, soldiers, aircraft. Why the shooting started is still not clear. Israel says troops felt threatened how, these pictures do not show. Tanks were present. Theres no evidence of aircraft b