Hello again, everyone. Im Fredericka Witfield In Atlanta alongside wolf blitzer in washington. Were continuing with our special coverage of the events unfolding today on the ground in israel and gaza. The rafah Border Crossing between gaza and egypt was opened briefly this morning. 20 trucks carrying humanitarian aid were permitted to cross into gauze. Water, fuel and food are all running desperately low there. The United Nations is warning gazas th gazas hospitals are on the brink of collapse. The death toll there now standing at more than 4300 people according to the Palestinian Ministry of health. Meantime, Tens Of Thousands of israeli troops continue to amass along the gaza border. Today the Israeli Defense forces updating the number of hostages held by hamas in gaza to 210 people. Two american hostages, a mother and her teenage daughter are free now following their surprise release yesterday. They were visiting family at a kibbutz close to gaza when they were taken hostage by hama
Hello, welcome to bbc news now, three hours of fast moving news, interviews and reaction. King charles has been visiting a Cancer Treatment centre in london its his first major Public Engagement since his own diagnosis with the disease in february. He was accompanied by Queen Camilla on the visit, which aims to raise awareness of the importance oif early diagnosis. This was our first glimpse of the king a short time ago as he got out of his car and made his way into the Treatment Centre with the queen. Lets speak to our royal correspondent Sarah Campbell, whojoins us from University College hospital. What a hopeful day in the glorious spring sunshine, to see king charles, dare i said, looking very well. , ~ , well. Absolutely. I think there is cautious optimism well. Absolutely. I think there is cautious optimism and well. Absolutely. I think there is cautious optimism and the well. Absolutely. I think there is l cautious optimism and the palace well. Absolutely. I think there is caut
this is gps, the global public square. welcome to you in the united states and around the world. i m fareed zakaria coming to you live from new york. today on the program, after seven days, the truce between israel and hamas is over and the war is back on. i ll ask a former idf officer whether israel s tactics will change in this phase. will it be more precise, more careful about civilian casualties as the united states has asked? and then i will talk to a man who knows the casualties well. a british palestinian surgeon who has worked in gaza hospitals during the war. finally, the death of america s most famous 20th century statesman, henry kissinger. i will talk to his biographer niall ferguson how he changed the world for better and for worse. but first, here is my take. henry kissinger, who died this week at 100 years old, may have been the most famous foreign policy practitioner in modern american history. but he practiced for just eight of the hundred years. he
united states and around the world. i m fareed zakaria coming to you live from new york. today on the program, after seven days, the truce between israel and hamas is over and the war is back on. i ll ask a former idf officer whether israel s tactics will change in this phase. will it be more precise, more careful about civilian casualties as the united states has asked? then i will talk to a man who knows those casualties well. a british palestinian surgeon who has worked in gaza s hospitals during the war. finally, the death of america s most famous 20th century statesman hen ry kissinger. i will talk to his biographer, neil ferguson how kissinger changed the world for better or for worse. but first, here s my take. henry kissinger, who died this week at 100 years old, may have been the most famous foreign policy practitioner in modern american history, but he practiced foreign policy for just eight those hundred years. he left office as secretary of state nearly half a c
military occupation at some point in the past. so the treatment of prisoners and the fact that they are all palestinians will view palestinians held in israeli dissension asked political prisoners. two israelis, they are security prisoners into israelis they include some of the most security threat, some of the serious, people who have carried out attacks. there is a a range as well. for example teenage boys accused of throwing stones. and what human rights groups will say is that is really settlers in the same territory of the west bank who carry out those offences, that israel regards as a terrorist offence, they argue that they are not treated in the same way. so the issues of prisoners is very, very important to palestinians. that is why you see among palestinian factions the idea of who has the greatest leverage to get prisoners out is important. in the bitter and often bloodied rivalry between palestinian political groups, that has long been something that they have tri