many thousands of people, perhaps tens of thousands of civilians sheltering at the al shifa hospital along with some localjournalists. the world health organization says 20 hospitals in gaza are now non operational. people around al shifa hospital report intense fighting. and in the early hours of friday, there was the sound of a large explosion. there was panic and confusion in the hospital courtyard following the explosion. israel s military says it is investigating reports that the areas around the hospitals have been struck. it s previously said its forces were operating close to shifa hospital, which it says is above hamas headquarters. this in other developments, reuters news agency is reporting agency is reporting that the palestinian authority is ready to assume responsibilities in the gaza strip once the war has ended. territory the pa president, mahmoud abbas, said it would be part of a comprehensive solution for the occupied territories and gaza. also, president
wheelchair. a second hostage is a teenage boy. both hostages sharply criticise israel s prime minister benjamin netanyahu but it s not clear if they are reading from a script. the israeli army because the video psychological terrorism. at this point, what more do we know about the video and the hostages that were featured in this video? this video? this is a video released this video? this is a video released not this video? this is a video released not by this video? this is a video released not by hamas i this video? this is a video | released not by hamas but this video? this is a video - released not by hamas but by one of the other palestinian factions in gaza, palestinian islamichhad, a smaller group, thought to be holding a number of hostages itself. there were two in the video. a woman in her 70s who was abducted from a kibbutz near 0z on october the 7th, and a 13 year old boy. in the video, so to speak and both issue quite harsh criticism of benjamin netanyahu
claim hamas is controlling panels and fuel storage facilities. the hamas run health ministry in gaza reports there were explosions around al shifa hospital in the early hours of friday morning outside the al shifa hospital. you can see that a great deal of panic and confusion in the hospital courtyard following the explosion. reuters news agency received the pictures from the palestine media group. they have not identified the cause of the explosion but israel military says it is investigating reports of the areas around the hospital have been struck. it has previously said its forces were operating around al shifa hospital where it accuses hamas of concealing some of its command centres. on another line, two humanitarian corridors will open in the territory around on the salah al din road which hundreds of thousands have already used to go south as well as on the coastal al rashid road. many of the people heading out of gaza city are having to do so on foot, leaving their ho
and colombia for the great support they have given my family. thank you all. i love you all very much. very soon, i will have the opportunity to hug you all. thank you so much, my people, thank you. it was almost two weeks ago that his parents were kidnapped at gunpoint at a petrol station in barrancas in north east colombia. his mother, cilenis, was rescued that night, but his father was abducted. police and the military had focused their search on a difficult to reach area on the border between colombia and venezuela. the group holding diaz, the national liberation army, known as the eln, had called his kidnap a mistake and had agreed to release him. but it wasn t until today, when a team including un officials and those from the catholic church met with rebels to bring diaz senior home. much to the delight of his family, who had been glued to the news channels. translation: it is| immensely exciting. we are very excited. we ve spent many days with uncertainty, sleepless
he came from the same community in the video. both sharply criticising the video. both sharply criticising the israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu. it is not clear if they are reading from a script, and a statement a spokesman from islamic jihad said that they are prepared to release both hostages for humanitarian and medical reasons but if only what it called appropriate measures were made. those, the latest on the hostage video that has been released. let us take you to tel aviv and show you the live pictures. a large protest going on there, the family of some of the hostages and doctors and health care professionals protesting outside of the international office of the red cross. we have heard from several different israeli voices, the demand that the red cross try to get access to see the hostages that are being held. so the demonstration outside of their offices. of course, 240 hostages currently being held. of course, as every day passes, so the increase in the an