A truce cant come soon enough. In rafah, one more day of harrowing loss. Palestinians mourn for 1h members of the abu ansa family, most women and children. They were killed in an air strike, according to Hospital Officials and gazas civil defence. Among the dead, children as old as the wall. They were late down gently with their relatives. Their mother spent ten years trying to have them, and endured three rounds of ivf. Now all she can cradle is their baby clothes. I gave birth during the war, she says. It started on saturday, i gave birth next friday. I didnt get enough of them, i swear i didnt get enough of them, i swear i didnt get enough. I didnt get enough. I have no one else, she says. They have gone with their father. We were sleeping, i swear. Israel continues to say it takes feasible precautions to lessen civilian harm. There were about 35 people in the house, says farouk abu ansa. Most were children. There were no fighters. The house collapsed on them, three or four storeys.
Good evening. The chancellor has been putting his final touches to his budget as he prepares to unveil it tomorrow it could well be the last one before the General Election. What is now expected is a 2p cut to National Insurance and another freeze on fuel duty. But could jeremy hunt go even further . Our Political Editor chris mason is here with his thoughts but before we hear from Chris Our Economics Editor Faisal Islam has been weighing up how much room for Manoevre The Chancellor has. The chancellor is hoping to use his Big Red Box Moment tomorrow to declare a definitive economic Turning Point after years of crisis and shocks. Certainly the path and forecast for Inflation Looks like that. Look at this inflation is falling back from its Energy Shock Highs towards the Bank Of England target. On the other hand, its a little tricky to talk about a Turning Point when as you see here, the economy just started shrinkng at the end of last year you can see a shallow recession, but one noneth
Health workers and civilians are not a target, and must be protected at all times. We urge israel to cease fire. The idf said it had carried out a Precision Strike in the area of the hospital that targeted militants from the islamichhad group. Meanwhile, the us military has carried out its first air drop of food aid, amid a growing humanitarian crisis in the territory following months of war. Us Vice President Kamala Harris will meet with israeli war cabinet member benny gantz on monday as washington seeks to reach a dealfor more aid and a temporary ceasefire. A us official said today the framework for a deal that would establish a six week ceasefire in gaza is in place with israels agreement and depends on hamas agreeing to release hostages. And a un team has found that many palestinans who were injured as lorries were delivering aid on thursday, were wounded by gunshots. Our Diplomatic Correspondent paul adams has the latest. How were so many people injured . Were they shot or crush