Mr sunak is expected to meet his israeli counterpart Benjamin Netanyahu and israeli president isaac herzog for what he said, on arrival here, he hoped would be productive meetings. This, after urging regional leaders to avoid further dangerous escalation. In gaza, meanwhile, egypt has agreed to let humanitarian supplies in via The Rafah Crossing. An initial convoy of 20 trucks of aid are expected to enter gaza after a deal announced by President Biden and the earliest is tomorrow. Announcing the agreement, the us president warned that the aid convoys would be stopped if any supplies were confiscated by hamas, which governs gaza and is regarded as a Terrorist Organisation by the uk and us. We can bring you live pictures of gaza. It isjust after 11 00 in the morning. Israels military says it hit hundreds of sites in gaza over the last 2a hours targeting, it says, hamas infrustrauctre. With the latest, heres our correspondent wyre davies. As trucks carrying aid queue on the egyptian side
Are still missing, most likely held in gaza. Well be hearing from the brother of one of them, inbar haiman, who was kidnapped from the supernova music festival. Whats the best chance of getting her and the others back home . Good evening. In the last hour there have been developments in the middle east which have sparked new concerns at the prospect of a widening conflict, directly drawing in actors from beyond the Borders Of Israel and gaza. Speaking in the pentagon, american officials confirmed they had shot down three missiles and several drones it said had been fired from yemen heading along the red sea, potentially towards israel. It is currently too soon to know for sure who fired the missiles, but of course yemen is the base for Houthi Rebels who are backed by iran and supportive of the palestinians. The Development Comes after another day of diplomacy, with rishi sunak visiting first israel and then saudi arabia as part of a two day trip. Well discuss the diplomatic efforts in
Applause today, and why he may get a different reception this weekend. And body shaming, iq insults, lots of people shouting, were not talking about high school. How a hearing on capitol hill turned into complete chaos. Our nbc News Reporters are following the very latest developments for us, and were going to begin with that new lifeline for gaza, desperately needed aid has started flowing in thanks to a temporary pier built by the u. S. Nbcs Josh Lederman is joining us with the latest on that. Give me a sense of how important the pier is to the overall effort of getting humanitarian aid into gaza. Well, it is so critical, alex, especially after aid stopped flowing into gaza on land via The Rafah Crossing after israel took over the gazan side of the crossing with egypt earlier this month. The pentagon hopes to bring 90 trucks of aid in a day through the new sea route, and ultimately, potentially, increase that to about 150. Really, that is just a drop in the bucket when you think abou
Starting a two day visit to the wider middle east. Mr sunak is expected to meet his israeli counterpart Benjamin Neta nyahu and israeli president isaac herzog for what he said, on arrival here, he hoped would be very productive meetings. This, after urging regional leaders to avoid further dangerous escalation. This is what rishi sunak had to say on his arrival. Good morning, Prime Minister. Good morning. Im very pleased to be able to be here. Its an important time. Its important for me to be able to express my solidarity with the israeli people, following what was a horrific terrorist attack. Productive meetings ahead of us today. Im looking forward to seeing the Prime Minister and president. Theres lots of work for us to do. That is rishi sunak who arrived in israel this morning. In gaza, meanwhile, egypt has agreed to let humanitarian supplies in, via The Rafah Crossing. An initial convoy of 20 trucks of aid are expected to enter gaza. Although that is not 100 confirmed. That, after
Expected to raise while here, which is the humanitarian aspect of this, the fact that no humanitarian aid has been able to get into gaza, that has been something that Secretary Blinken and his Marathon Trips that hes been making here in The Middle East over the last several days and now i should note theyre just next door to where i am speaking to you meeting with that entire wartime cabinet and next he will hear from first responders, from victims families, from the families and relatives of hostages but there are going to be key questions between what he and the Prime Minister have discussed, humanitarian aid, poppy, is right at the top of that so well see if there are any announcements when the president comes and speaks in this room behind me. Thats whats next on his agenda but the white house said President Biden was walking into this with key questions not just about humanitarian aid, but also what israels goal is here. If they do go into gaza, with that expected Ground Incursion