The first 20 trucks through. Israel has sealed its borders with gaza. The Rafah Crossing between egypt and gaza is the only way right now to allow vital supplies in. The birder was sealed after the massacre some days ago. One big question is whether foreign Passport Holders and dual nationals at least 600 of whom are american according to the Us State Department may be allowed out for more on this i spoke to our reporter at the Rafah Crossing, rushdi abualouf. The palestinian employees who are swposed the palestinian employees who are supposed to coordinate this, they run the supposed to coordinate this, they run the process of taking the goods from the run the process of taking the goods from the egyptian trucks into the palestinian trucks and then there were palestinian trucks and then there were un palestinian trucks and then there were un course, escorted because and also trucks were un course, escorted because and also trucks getting heavy machines to fix also trucks getting heavy
a senior un official has warned that half of population of gaza are now starving, as israel continues its assault on the territory. the world food programme s deputy director, carl skau, says nine out of ten people are not eating every day. israeli tanks are reported to be advancing slowly towards the centre of khan younis, as intense battles continue in southern gaza. there are reports of house to house fighting in the city. it comes amid fierce criticism of the us, for vetoing a united nations security council draft resolution calling for an immediate humanitarian ceasefire in the israel gaza war. the palestinian president mahmoud abbas says the veto makes the us complicit in what he describes as war crimes against palestinians. in a statement, he condemns the american position as a flagrant violation of all humanitarian principles and values, and he holds the us responsible for the bloodshed of palestinian children, women and elderly people in the gaza strip. the us envoy
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Families across the u. S. Gaving thanks, and the holiday has many meanings. For some fighting 30 degrees temperatures to watch the annual macys parade. The parade wrapped up without incident. The wind died down, the balloons flew. Others decided to take advantage of store hours. Kmart opened their doors early at 6am. But nowhere were they more grateful than in washington illinois, it is in what we call the nations heartland. Some that live there lost everything in the tornado. Today the Community Came together to help and feel. Andy roesgen is there. This is why they call it the heartland. In fact, a lot of people here are thankful for their lives. We look at the damage behind me, you can see why. Not much has changed since the last two sundays when the huge storm hit, 24 were killed. Around washington a number of churches and schools got together to hold thanksgiving day feasts, free meals. All the volunteers working to fix the meals, food donated. We stopped by a church with a large
It is not our Policy Position to respond to this through regime change. We will take an appropriate response, and we are evaluating, the president and his team are evaluating the options available to them. And the president will make an assessment and an announcement in due time. Defense secretary chuck hagel made clear that u. S. Military forces are ready. Suffice to say the options are there, the United States department of defense is ready to carry out those options. If that would occur, that would occur also in coordination with our international partners. But youre ready to go like that . Were ready to go like that. Meanwhile, closest allies are lining up in agreement. British Prime Minister David Cameron. Now, of course, any action we take, or others take, would have to be legal, would have to be
that could be used to deliver Chemical Weapons such as airplanes, artillery rockets, and no apparent serious regime targets are included in that risks and they believe the strikes could