Lets look at the wider situation. With me is Mohamed Taha from bbc arabic. Thank you forjoining us on The Programme. The Breaking News in the last few minutes. We knew that the israelis had discovered some bodies in rafah. Now we know that one of them is an American Citizen. What more do we know about whats happening there at the moment . 50 whats happening there at the moment . ~ whats happening there at the moment . ~. ,. , moment . So we knew about recovering moment . So we knew about recovering the moment . So we knew about recovering the Bodies Moment . So we knew about recovering the bodies of moment . So we knew about recovering the bodies of the | recovering the bodies of the hostages a few hours ago. And the announcement from the White House came just a few minutes ago that one of these bodies is american. The American Citizen is hersh Goldberg Polin, and his parents were really vocal about him. They had interviews in the us and in israel, and i gets you did an interview with
Who was an american citizen. Said those who kill hostages dont want a deal, referring to the allegation from the Israeli Military that these hostages were brutally murdered in their words by hamas shortly before the bodies were found. But you have to remember back in november last year we had a ceasefire, a temporary ceasefire, a temporary ceasefire, where hostages were being exchanged for palestinian ceasefire, where hostages were being exchanged for palestinian prisoners every day. Prisoners every day. That went on for that went on for about a week with about a week with roughly ten hostages per day roughly ten hostages per day coming out and a lot of coming out and a lot of questions being asked about why questions being asked about why did israel not continue with did israel not continue with that process for a longer that process for a longer period and then some of those period and then some of those we now know have died we now know have died might have been freed . Might have b
Men who tried to escape. Killed in an airstrike men who tried to escape. Killed in an air strike as they ran. Israel says all were involved in shooting and bombing attacks. The eastern areas of janine and its refugee camp have both been sealed off for the past three days and there are fresh reports of casualties including an 82 year old man who paramedics said was shot nine times. This morning the army pulled out of the camp. The destruction of their comment enough to remind residents of the war. This warren says the army lead wires from her home to blow up two of the houses opposite. Families she has known for decades. Translation: i she has known for decades. Translation: translation: i have a 10yearold translation: i have a 10yearold triplets translation: l have a | 10yearold triplets and translation: l have a 10yearold triplets and they 10 year old triplets and they trapped us in the room. Then they started the explosions. Five explosions. Imagine the walls shaking and your chil
Palestinian health workers carried out the vaccinations in nasser hospital in khan younis. Unicef says the vaccinations will take place for six and a half hours every day until wednesday. Israel and hamas have agreed to three localised pauses in fighting to enable the vaccination of more than 600,000 palestinian children. Our middle east correspondent yolande knell sent this new report from jerusalem. Just two drops as the un begins vaccinating against polio in gaza. A dose is easy to give, but carrying out a mass immunisation campaign in a combat zone is a huge challenge. Parents of the first vaccinated children are relieved. Translation: i was worried and afraid because this is scary. The polio disease. This disease makes the children unable to move. Baby abdulrahman was crawling early, but now his mum worries he ll never be able to walk. He was the first child found to have polio in gaza in 25 years, and it paralysed his leg. Because of the war he wasn t vaccinated and now medical c
As institutionally corrupt and its commissioner censured for obstruction of an independent inquiry into the murder of the private detective Daniel Morgan. And cornwall once famed for its g7 summits now playing host to a different kind of visitor. The egyptian vulture not seen on these shores for 150 years. Hello im katty kay in washington, Christian Fraser is in london. President biden has landed in geneva ahead of his meeting with President Putin tomorrow. It will be a tense and tightly choreographed affair at a cheataux on the bank of lake geneva. There will be five hours of meetings. No meals, no breaking of bread said one official. But Everything Else will be on the table. Mr. Biden has been preparing for days with his advisors. He plans to confront mr. Putin, about the recent Ransomware Attacks on u. S. Companies and government agencies. Hell demand moscow stops Harbouring Criminal Hacking groups operating on russian soil. Theyll discuss ukraine, the new start treaty, Cyber Attack