of in depth care very soon. 5,500 women will give birth in the next month. 15% of them will need a caesarean section. 25% of their children will be born preterm. that s thousands of babies. that s not 31, 29 or 38. that s literally thousands of babies will be born. separately, the who s chief said he is appalled by an attack on gaza s indonesian hospital. the hamas run health ministry says 12 people were killed. israel says its troops came under fire from within the hospital and that it directly targeted enemy fire, but did not fire shells towards the hospital. the director of gaza s indonesian hospital has told the bbc there is still intermittent shooting being heard at the site. our senior international correspondent orla guerin reports from jerusalem with more on the situation on the ground. alive, against the odds premature babies rescued from al shifa hospital. parents cluster around before they are transferred from gaza. this man seems to be identifying his son. nour
hamas and israel is near. the white house it is closer than to freeing some of the 240 hostages taken by hamas last month. 0fficials hostages taken by hamas last month. officials in qatar oversee medial say their only very minor obstacles. the international committee of the red cross has further raised hopes of a deal by saying its head will meet hamas. it comes as a group of premature babies evacuated from the al shifa hospital in gaza is now receiving medical attention in egypt. they were taken over the rafah crossing. i2 egypt. they were taken over the rafah crossing. 12 of them in more serious condition were flown to cairo for further treatment. in gaza at the hamas run health ministry says at least 12 people were killed in an israeli strike on the indonesian hospital in the north of the territory. the israeli military says they were fired on from within the hospital and that they fired back at the source. in a moment we will have the latest on the talks to secure the rel
birth in the next month, 15% will need a cesarean section, 25% of their children will be born preterm. that s thousands of babies, not 31, 29 or 38. that s literally thousands of babies. separately, the who s chief said he is appalled by an attack on gaza s indonesian hospital. the hamas run health ministry says 12 people were killed. israel says its troops came under fire from within the hospital and that it directly targeted enemy fire, but did not fire shells towards the hospital. for more on what hospitals in gaza are facing, and the latest on the ground, our senior international correspondent orla guerin reports from jerusalem. alive, against the odds premature babies rescued from al shifa hospital. parents cluster around before they are transferred from gaza. this man seems to be identifying his son. nour has just been reunited with her twin girls. translation: i didn t know anything - about their condition. today, i saw them for the first time since the day they we
to what we have witnessed in the knesset today, right wing politicians in a shouting match with the families of the israeli hostages. also on the programme, the decision to sack sam altman has provoked rebellion at openai. more than 2 thirds of staff threatened to quit today unless the board resigns. and happy birthdayjoe biden. the us president turns 81 today a number that seems to be moving in the opposite direction to his polling his approval rating today slumped to the lowest level of his presidency. good evening. there are hopes rising that some of the 240 people kidnapped by hamas on october 7th could soon be freed. the qataris, who are leading the negotiation, said only minor obstacles remain. president biden says he and his team are working hour by hour to get it done. but the families of these hostages, who today have been meeting members of the war cabinet, say the priorities of the government are all wrong. talk life, not death plead the families incensed
good evening. the government s chief scientific advisor during covid, sir patrick vallance, has revealed more about what went on in downing street during the pandemic. the covid inquiry heard that the then prime mininster, borisjohnson, was clearly bamboozled by the science around covid. excerts from sir patrick s diary at the time were read out at the inquiry and he had plenty to say about these two men he described borisjohnson as inconsistent, indecisive and weak. and he said scientists were not consulted on the eat out to help out scheme l aunched by the then chancellor rishi sunak. sir patrick said it was very obvious that it would increase transmission of coronavirus. here s our political editor, chris mason. images from the pandemic. otherworldly moments we ll never forget. lives lost, liberties crushed an unimaginable new normal for a while at least. the evidence i shall give shall be the truth, the whole truth and nothing but the truth. in his diary in summer