Hello. Im catherine byaruhanga, welcome to the programme. We start with the situation in gaza. And a ship carrying humanitarian aid is expected to set sail to the territory from cyprus this weekend, as part of a planned maritime aid corridor. Its a joint operation between the eu, us, uk, and United Arab Emirates aiming to bring supplies from cyprus to the coast of gaza. The un says a quarter of gazas population is on the brink of famine, and children there are starving to death. Organisers hope the plan could allow large amounts of extra aid, but say it will be complex and continue to press israel to allow more deliveries by road. The eus ambassador to the us told the bbc a little more about the plans for the maritime corridor. Hopefully the pilot, the first to try to get aid happening over the weekend, but it takes some time to make sure that its not only once in a time, but it is Sustainable Way to provide aid for the people in gaza and palestine to make sure that we alleviate, ease
Children and adults are now starving to death, and that more than half a million palestinians are on the brink of famine. Ceasefire talks between israel and hamas have stalled after initial hopes that a deal could be reached by the start of ramadan this weekend. Desperately needed aid is being hindered by Rampant Lawlessness in gaza, the uns Emergency Relief Coordinator says, as the world body pushes for additional entry points and supply routes to the territory. Meanwhile, the us has continued to air drop food to gaza. The pentagon says it delivered more than delivered more than 11,000 meals by air already an effort criticised by aid agencies as insufficient. Reports emerged that five palestinians were killed friday after being hit by a airdropped package that failed to deploy its parachute. The bbc has not been able to independently verify the claims of Civilian Casualties, which come from a gaza doctor and the hamas run health ministry. However, this social media footage, verified b
The United Nations says children and adults are now starving to death, and that more than 500,000 palestinians are on the brink of famine. Ceasefire talks between israel and hamas have stalled, making it unlikely a deal will be reached by the start of ramadan this weekend. Reports have emerged that five palestinians were killed friday after being hit by an air dropped aid package that failed to deploy its parachute. The bbc has not been able to independently verify the claims of Civilian Casualties. However, this social media footage, verified by the bbc, shows aid being dropped on friday, and a number of parachutes failing to open. The us is among Countries Air dropping meals to gaza. The pentagon says it delivered more than 11,000 meals on friday by air. Us Central Command released this statement in the last couple of hours we are aware of reports of civilians killed as a result of humanitarian airdrops. We express sympathies to the families of those who were killed. Contrary to some
Hello. Straight to cyprus with these live pictures of the first ship that would use this new maritime aid corridor being loaded with essential humanitarian supplies to be taken from cyprus to gaza. This is expected to open the the first time in the next few hours, European Commission president Ursula Von Der Leyen said yesterday that they expected everything to be ready. It would take several days for the ship to actually make the journey to gaza. It was announced yesterday, and as you can see, they are continuing to loaded ready for departure. The aid is urgently needed the Hamas Run Health Ministry in gaza said 23 people have died from Malnutition Injust ten days. The un says a quarter of gazas population is on the brink of famine, and children are starving to death. The sea corridor i was mentioning earlier is a joint venture, the us, the uk, United Arab Emirates as well, who have been responsible for some of the airdrop aid happening so far, and of course cyprus have been playing t
Hello, im samantha simmonds. We start with the situation in gaza. And a ship carrying humanitarian aid is expected to set sail to the territory from cyprus this weekend, as part of a planned maritime aid corridor. Its a joint operation between the eu, us, uk and United Arab Emirates aiming to bring supplies from cyprus to the coast of gaza. The un says a quarter of gazas population is on the brink of famine, and children there are starving to death. Organisers hope the plan could allow large amounts of extra aid, but say it will be complex and continue to press israel to allow more deliveries by road. The European Unions ambassador to the us told the bbc a little more about the plans for the maritime corridor. Hopefully the first pilot try to get aid over the weekend but it takes some time to make sure that its not only once in a time but it has a Sustainable Way to supply aid to the people in gaza and palestine to make sure we ease the situation in the region. Cyprus for a long time