Of visits in the region, taking in egypt, turkey and qatar over the next few days. Meanhwhile, us President Joe Biden has wrapped up his visit to israel, and offered his support to the country, during a day long visit, and later unveiled a deal to allow the first humanitarian aid trucks to enter the gaza strip. Our correspondent in los angeles, david willis, has more on President Biden s visit. President biden s trip to israel was always a gamble, seeking to support israels war effort, on the one hand, whilst at the same time looking to ease the growing humanitarian crisis in gaza, but its a gamble that appears to have paid off. Mr biden has rung agreements from both israel and egypt to allow the passage of humanitarian aid into gaza. 20 lorry loads to start with, with additional shipments to follow, if the first ones dont fall into the hands of hamas. He has also succeeded in underlying the United States s unwavering support for its key ally in the middle east, israel, whilst remindin
More than i palestinian territory, where more thani Million People need food, water, as well as medicines, and a short while back, egypt did confirm that it will open what it called a sustainable aid corridor through the rafah crossing into gaza. The announcement comes after a visit to israel by the us president , and Whatjoe Biden called a very blunt negotiation, to get as many aid trucks into gaza as possible. President buys and is now on his way back to President Biden is on his way back to the us in a short while ago he spoke about his phone call with the egyptian president. He agreed that what he would do is open the gate to do two things one, let up to 20 trucks through to begin with. Satterfield, my ambassador, is down there. Not down there, in cairo now. Hes going to co ordinate this. He has my authority to do what is needed to get it done. Theyre going to patch the roads. They have to fill in potholes to get these trucks through and thats going to occur. They expect itll take
Wont get in the way of food, water and medicine getting to civilians, as long as the assistance does not reach hamas. Mr biden says they are a few more things that need to happen before the aid can come in. This has been a very blunt negotiation i have had, so we want to get as many of the trucks out as possible. There are a 150 or so there. Not all will go. The first tranche, if there is a second tranche, see how it goes. Lets look at some of the other top headlines from the war at this hour. Protests across the middle east erupted over the explosion at the Al Ahli Hospital in gaza tuesday that left at least a71 people dead. Arab states and the main palestinian militant group, hamas, have continued to blame israel for the explosion, even as mr biden backed israels claim that it had nothing to do with it. And the United States vetoed a Un Security Council vote calling for humanitarian pauses in gaza, a move that was condemned by other members including russia, china and the uae. Our In
Welcome to bbc news, broadcasting to viewers in the uk and around the world. President biden, On A High Stakes visit for talks with israels Prime Minister benjamin netanyahu, in tel aviv, has secured a deal, allowing aid into gaza, via egypt, bringing in much needed food, water and medicine to more than a million people. He said egypt has agreed to open the Rafah Crossing, into the territory, allowing in 20 trucks carrying aid. But mr biden s trip was overshadowed by tuesdays blast at a hospital in gaza, which the Gazan Health Ministry says killed a71 people. It has inflamed tensions and sparked protests across the region. Israel has maintained it was not responsible, saying the blast was caused by a rocket misfired by the Palestinian Militant Group islamichhad. On wednesday, us President Biden agreed with the israeli leader, saying it appears the blast was done by the other team. But hamas, palestinian authorities and other arab nations have blamed israel for the explosion which trigg
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