Day. By the end of the day, after hamas gunmen breached israeli defences, many israelis have been killed and many more taken hostage. It sparked the most grievous council war. The United Nations says the territory is on the brink of famine. In this programme we will speak to the Executive Director of the World Food Programme to look at new measures. Lets look at some of the latest of elements here in israel. Last night, Tens Of Thousands of israelis covered in the city of tel aviv, as well as others across israel, to magic the israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to do much more to bring the hostages home. Many calls on him to resign. The protest took place in the wake of grim news that the party of another hostage, 47 year old elad katzir, had been recovered in a Military Operation from gaza. He had been seized here in Southern Israel on october the 7th, along with his father abraham, who was killed on that day, and his mother hannah, who was later released in november during a h
He joined us earlier from the city of denver. I was at my first Music Festival, i was not expecting it to end with us driving by gun men and over corpses. When. What was the moment when you realised it was no longer a Music Festival . After the rockets began at 6 30, and they did not stop. I was worried that it was notjust rockets, and they went on for a while. The rockets began at 6 30. And we actually physically got to our car at about 7 51am, over one hour later, and the rockets had not stopped. And at that point i was growing increasingly more anxious and concerned about the situation. Behind me, as i am speaking to you, i am at the site of the festival. There is now a sea of israeli flags and photographs of those who died here on that day. They may include some of your friends. Would you like to tell us about the people who were with you on that day who did not escape . So i was with a group of eight others, total. Myself, my cousin, mordecai, his now fiancee, tamara, and several
Of israeli hostages. They want their hostages back. They want them alive. As many as still remain alive. And the mood was encapsulated by a Facebook Post from elad katzir s sister, she posted. Basically, she was the one who announced as much as the israeli army announced that her brothers body had been recovered and returned to israel. And she wrote on facebook, youre going to hear from the army about their Daring Rescue operation in which they got my brothers body and returned it to israel. And she said, dont let anyone fool you. This is not a rescue operation. This is an incident of my brother having been abandoned to die. The first abandonment took place when the military did not move into the kibbutz from which he was kidnapped, in time, and he was kidnapped. And there were two videos released of her brother alive and in captivity. So they know that he did not die on october 7th, that he was killed by his captors, by islamichhad, who was handing him. And she said, make no mistake,
Katzir. 47 years old, he was seized from nir oz in the early hours of October The 7th in Southern Israel. During that assault, his father was murdered, while his mother was abducted then later released. The israeli army said the body of elad katzir was retrieved from the khan younis area of southern gaza. It once a day more to do bring the hostages home but also change the way it is fighting the war. President joe biden of the United States, one of israels strongest allies from the beginning of the war has in the past few days significantly toughened his language. In what was widely described as a very tense Telephone Conversation on thursday, israels rai mr Benjamin Netanyahu, he warned if israel didnt change the way that they were fighting the war, america would have to change its s policy. The us and many other countries around the world are asking israel to do much more to get aid into gaza, protect civilians, and bring about a ceasefire which could bring the hostages home. Is this
Of representatives, nancy pelosi. Now this letter comes as a growing number of countries are calling for an independent investigation into the israeli drone strike that killed seven aid workers. Thats after the idf published its first account of mondays deadly attack. Britain has echoed calls by the Charity World central kitchen for an independent review into the strike on its convoy of vehicles. Of those seven aid workers killed three were british nationals. The British Foreign secretary, lord cameron, said london would carefully review the initial report by the israeli military. He welcomed the suspension of two senior israeli officers as a first step, but said israel must publish its findings in full. And within the past couple of hours australias Foreign Minister, penny wong, said the Australian Government expects full accountability over the deaths. This has been a deadly failure of deconfliction. Deconfliction is the process by which humanitarian agencies engage with Defense Forc