Contains some distressing images. Although death is everywhere now in gaza, they had come thinking they would find aid to keep their families alive. Then shots ripped through the night. People start to move. Then ran to escape. In this section of the crowd, panic. As casualties streamed into local hospitals, the testimony of witnesses. Translation the situation was unimaginably crazy. If aid is going to come to us in this way, we dont want it. The israelis say that at 4 40am, the convoy left from here under Israeli Tank Escort and began to move towards the crowds waiting for food. The army supplied Drone Footage but there is no way of telling the sequence of the images because theres no timestamp. At 4 16, the israelis say crowds began to surge around the trucks. In this sequence, bodies can be seen lying on the ground. Also others can be seen crawling away. Here someone looks as if they are dragging themselves using their upper body. What we do not see is exactly what caused these cas
Call 1803558999, or visit home serve. Com im eva mckend in washington and this is cnn all right everyone, thanks for joining me. Im omar jimenez in today for fredricka whitfield. Weve got some Breaking News to start this hour. The us has begun airdropping desperately needed humanitarian aid into gaza its three cargo planes dropped a total of 66 bundles today, they included mainly food but no water or medical supplies. Cnns Priscilla Alvarez this is in washington. Paula hancocks is in abu dhabi and the united arab emirates, which has also been airdropping aid into gaza. But priscilla, i want to start with you because were getting some news around the possibility of a ceasefire ceasefire. What are you hearing . Yeah, omar, were hearing from Senior Administration officials here in the last hour who said that israel has quote, basically accepted the framework of a hostage deal that would include a sixweek ceasefire. This would do two things and would allow more humanitarian aid into gaza,
Friday that a large number of people had been found with bullet wounds. The un is calling for a full investigation into what happened. Our special correspondent fergal keane, working with bbc verify, spent the day piecing together more details of what happened. His report contains some distressing images. Although death is everywhere now in gaza, they had come thinking they would find aid to keep their families alive. Then shots ripped through the night. Shots crack through the night. People start to move. Then ran to escape. In this section of the crowd, panic. As casualties streamed into local hospitals, the testimony of witnesses. Translation the situation was unimaginably crazy. If aid is going to come to us in this way, we dont want it. The israelis say that at 4 40am, the convoy left from here under Israeli Tank Escort and began to move towards the crowds waiting for food. The army supplied Drone Footage but there is no way of telling the sequence of the images because theres no
Plus, we take a first look at tomorrows front pages. Hello, good evening. The Prime Minister spoke outside Downing Street tonight in a hastily arranged address, claiming that forces in the uk were trying to tear us apart. It comes after the controversial politician George Galloway won the rochdale by election with a majority of more than 5,000. George galloway said his views have been endorsed by the electorate. Voters turned their backs on the traditional parties, with an independent candidate, david tully, taking second place. Labour had withdrawn support from its candidate, azhar ali, after he was recorded making remarks that the party considered anti semitic. George galloway said his victory in a part of Greater Manchester with a significant Muslim Population was for gaza but one organisation representing britishjews described it as dark day for the uks jewish community. From rochdale, heres our political editor, chris mason. Tonight, from the showroom of a Car Dealership in rochda
Covering a distance of over 3 kilometers. When the crowds arrived, the shipments had already been completely emptied, since thousands of residents of that area, where the eight fell, were waiting for it before it even touched the ground. Those who managed to of obtain a bag of flour or a kilogram of dates or a bottle of water, reached the outskirts of the camp with their hands and feet, bruised from the intense competition and jostling to get even a little to alleviate their hunger, and thirst, however, the airdropped food packages did not exceed the payload of half a truck. The information printed on those products indicates that they are sourced from charitable organizations closely associated with the egyptian army, which raises many questions on top of which is why is egypt air dropping food aid when they can open the borders and let in thousands of trucks per day . Cousins took to social media to vend their frustration at the humiliating manner in which they were treated. By the c