People still being held hostage by hamas. Regular viewers of the lead know weve spoken to e ties parents on a number of occasions. He was the second of three sons he was a former boy scout. He was a fierce Basketball Player or especially computer basketball. Heres how his father, rubi described itay to me back in november a very talented kid. He is saying he dances, so hes typically the life of the party. He has been in the boy scouts until the age of 18. So you meant to see young kids and maybe the most important part, his he and all the border play nba 2k. So i get my whooped by my eldest son, so we needs his youngest younger while that the come back. So he could go back and play with them nba 2k it was just last thursday when ruby and his wife, maggie were right here sitting next to me on set, and ruby shared a dream i actually havent liam two days ago, two nights ago where i saw the vision of husband and biden lets lying to us and saying, well, you kinda tie, hes on a plane back ho
I have known Benjamin Netanyahu for a very long time and while we have disagreed on many occasions, i will always respect his extraordinary bravery for israel on the battlefield of the younger man and i believe in his heart he has his highest priority as the security of israel. However, i also believe Prime Minister netanyahu has lost his way. Senior israeli figures including the ambassador to the us, michael herzog, and mr netanyahus chief political rival, benny gantz criticised mr schumer s intervention, calling it unhelpful, counterproductive and unacceptable. Mr schumer s comments come as the Biden Administration continues to pressure mr netanyahu not to launch a Ground Offensive on gazas southernmost city, rafah, something the white house says is a red line. But talking to troops on thursday, mr netanyahu sounded undaunted. Translation their International Translation their L International pressures preventing us from Entering Rafah in completing the work. As a minister on israel,
From the sycamore gap tree. Seedlings from the famously felled tree are starting to grow. Hello, im nicky schiller. We start this hour with the latest on the israel gaza war. A Ship Carrying desperately needed humanitarian aid for gaza is getting ready to set sail from cyprus. The spanish vessel, open arms, is preparing to tow a barge with 200 tonnes of food and medical aid provided by the us Charity World central kitchen. Our correspondent anna foster is injerusalem. There is a development in the aid effort towards gaza. A ship has been loaded in cyprus and we can show you pictures of that happening which is going to mark the start of a new maritime aid corridor. A vessel carrying humanitarian aid is expected to set sail from cyprus to gaza in the coming hours. Its the first delivery of supplies to use the maritime aid corridor, announced on friday. It was announced yesterday by Ursula Von Der Leyen and is expected to become operational in the next few hours. It would be a new way to
Hello. Im azadeh moshiri. Youre watching bbc news. Final preparations are under way to send the first shipment of aid by sea to gaza. Humanitarian organisations are co ordinating a delivery of about 200 tonnes of food and medical supplies, which will go via a maritime corridor with israels agreement. But its unclear how or where the boat will actually dock, and even if the aid does arrive, some groups are warning of problems in distributing the aid across gaza. Wyre davies reports from jerusalem. In the cypriot port of larnaca, they have been working around the clock. The spanish ship, open arms, is preparing to tow a barge with 200 tonnes of food with medical aid all the way to gaza. Its a precarious, untested plan with obvious risks. Translation yes, we will tow this platform to gaza, where The Last Mile will be the most complicated operation. The disembarkation will be done on a pier that is being built right now by the world central kitchen. How the aid will be unloaded into gaza,
Wyre davies reports from jerusalem. In the cypriot port of larnaca, they have been working around the clock. The spanish ship open arms preparing to tow a barge with 200 tonnes of food and medical aid all the way to gaza. Its a precarious, untested plan with obvious risks. Translation yes, we will tow this platform to gaza, where The Last Mile will be the most complicated operation. The disembarkation will be done on a pier that is being built right now by the world central kitchen. How the aid will be unloaded into gaza, where there is no port orfunctioning harbour, is not clear. Air drops and some Land Deliveries are often swamped by thousands of desperate, hungry people. Some aid agencies say that the plan is misguided and ineffective. The humanitarian crisis is worsening by the day. The un says there is a danger of famine, and children are already reported to be dying from malnutrition. All of this is happening because israel and hamas have been unable to agree a ceasefire that wou