crossing, which connects egypt to gaza. president biden says egypt will allow 20 humanitarian aide trucks to roll through. so far, no timeframe was given for the aide s arrival. israel earlier said it won t get in the way of food, water, and medicine getting to civilians, as long as the assistance does not reach hamas. mr biden says they are a few more things that need to happen before the aid can come in. this has been a very blunt negotiation i have had, so we want to get as many of the tracks out as possible. there are a 150 or so there. not all will go. the first tranche, if there is a second tranche, see how it goes. we want to bring you some live pictures out of gaza, where it s just after 4:00am. this is the main entrance of nasser hospital in khan yunis. protests across the middle east erupted over the explosion at the al ahli hospital in gaza tuesday that left at least a71 people dead. arab states, and the main palestinian militant group, hamas, have continued to b
more than i palestinian territory, where more thani million people need food, water, as well as medicines, and a short while back, egypt did confirm that it will open what it called a sustainable aid corridor through the rafah crossing into gaza. the announcement comes after a visit to israel by the us president, and whatjoe biden called a very blunt negotiation, to get as many aid trucks into gaza as possible. president buys and is now on his way back to president biden is on his way back to the us in a short while ago he spoke about his phone call with the egyptian president. he agreed that what he would do is open the gate to do two things one, let up to 20 trucks through to begin with. satterfield, my ambassador, is down there. not down there, in cairo now. he s going to co ordinate this. he has my authority to do what is needed to get it done. they re going to patch the roads. they have to fill in potholes to get these trucks through and that s going to occur. they
won t get in the way of food, water and medicine getting to civilians, as long as the assistance does not reach hamas. mr biden says they are a few more things that need to happen before the aid can come in. this has been a very blunt negotiation i have had, so we want to get as many of the trucks out as possible. there are a 150 or so there. not all will go. the first tranche, if there is a second tranche, see how it goes. let s look at some of the other top headlines from the war at this hour. protests across the middle east erupted over the explosion at the al ahli hospital in gaza tuesday that left at least a71 people dead. arab states and the main palestinian militant group, hamas, have continued to blame israel for the explosion, even as mr biden backed israel s claim that it had nothing to do with it. and the united states vetoed a un security council vote calling for humanitarian pauses in gaza, a move that was condemned by other members including russia, china and
welcome it is newsday. hello and welcome to it is newsday. hello and welcome to the - it is newsday. hello and - welcome to the programme. starting with the big developments out of a hospital in gaza where thousands were seeking help and refuge. an explosion at the al ahli hospital, right in the heart of gaza city, is said to have killed hundreds, according to health officials there. people sheltering in the hospital had fled 10 days of bombing by israel. the prime minister benjamin netanyahu denied that israel was responsible and blamed what he called barbaric terrorist. hamas has in turn blamed israel for the blast, and called it a war crime. here s our international editor jeremy bowen with the latest loud blast the missile hit the hospital not long after dark. man shouts you can hear the impact. the explosion destroyed al ahli hospital. it was already damaged from a smaller attack at the weekend. the building was flattened. very soon, video was posted from gaza of bod
responsibility. let s get more on tuesday s hospital attack. here s our international editorjeremy bowen. loud blast the missile hit the hospital not long after dark. man shouts you can hear the impact. the explosion destroyed al ahli hospital. it was already damaged from a smaller attack at the weekend. the building was flattened. shouting very soon video was posted from gaza of bodies laid out near the ruins of the hospital. so many dead and the size of the explosion, together looked to be having a profound impact on what was already the most dangerous crisis in the middle east in a generation. the wounded were taken across gaza city to shifa hospital. the israeli army s first response said hospitals were highly sensitive and not targets of its military and urged caution about what it called the unverified claims of a terrorist organisation. that statement will not be believed by palestinians and by millions of others in the middle east who see these images. the wounded and