caroline modarressy tehrani and seb payne, director of the centre right think tank, onward. welcome to the programme. the us secretary of state antony blinken, has urged israel and the palestinians to take steps to calm tensions during a spike in violence that has put the region on edge. in the latest incident, just hours before mr blinken was due to arrive in israel palestinian health officials say israeli forces shot dead a palestinian man at a military checkpoint in hebron. the violence was sparked on thursday, when ten palestinians were shot dead in the occupied west bank by israeli forces. then on friday, seven israelis were killed when a palestinian gunmen opened fire outside a synagogue in east jerusalem. secretary blinken has already met prime minister benjamin netanyahu and will also meet the president of the palestinian authority mahmoud abas. from the moment mr blinken s plane touched the tarmac he made it clear that addressing the violence of the last week
Hospital generators and water pumping stations. The un says at least 100 aid trucks are needed every day to cover gazas essential needs. Israel sealed its borders with gaza, imposing a total blockade on the strip 12 days ago following the hamas attack on israel in which 1,400 people were killed. The Rafah Crossing between egypt and gaza is now the only way to get vital supplies in. A warning this report from wyre davies contains images you may find distressing. Two weeks after the start of this war, the first signs of limited progress and relief entering gaza on the back of a truck. Aid agencies bringing in basic supplies, food, water, and medicine. There have been an unprecedented number of israeli strikes against hamas related infrastructure, but palestinian Authorities Say 4000 people have been killed in gaza, many of them children. A small but significant breakthrough as us israeli mother and daughter were freed from hamas captivity in gaza, though 200 hostages remain. At an emerge
But israel refused to allow in fuel, which is needed to power Hospital Generators and water pumping stations. The un says at least 100 aid trucks are needed every day to cover gazas essential needs. Israel sealed its borders with gaza, imposing a total blockade on the strip 12 days ago following the hamas attack on israel in which 1,400 people were killed. The Rafah Crossing between egypt and gaza is now the only way to get vital supplies in. A warning this report from wyre davies contains images you may find distressing. Two weeks after the start of this war, the first signs of limited progress and relief entering gaza on the back of a truck. Some 20 trucks in total, not nearly enough according to aid agencies. Bringing in basic supplies, food, water, and medicine. There have been an unprecedented number of israeli strikes against hamas related infrastructure, buT Palestinian Authorities Say 4000 people have been killed in gaza, many of them children. A small but significant breakthro
Good morning, everyone. Welcome to cnn this morning it is sunday, may 12th. Happy mothers day to all the mothers out there to you as well . The bonus moms, all the mother figures out there. Im amara walker here with Danny Freeman and of course, meteorologist Allison Chinchar. Here is what were working on for you this morning a dire situation in gaza is growing worse. The un says its humanitarian aid agencies could run out of food by tomorrow. Thousands of people are forced to evacuate russia as a threat of a potential major israeli assault looms law march just hours crews will use small explosives to break apart a massive trunk of the baltimore bridge that collapsed on a cargo ship six weeks ago and it is that time of year we are looking at another threat of severe thunderstorm forms, not just today, but also monday. Well take a look at the timeline and exactly what impacts there will be coming up. And former President Trumps former fixer, Michael Cohen is set to take the stand and the
In some instances during the war in gaza. The document says however that the Us Government does not have complete information to verify its assessment. It also finds that, despite israel not fully cooperating with us efforts to get humanitarian aid into gaza in the initial months, it does not currently assess that israel is prohibiting or restricting the transport of aid supplies. Its been a difficult week for Us Israel Relations. President joe biden said the us could suspend certain Arms Shipments to israel if it launches a full scale invasion in to rafah a densely populated area where over one million civilians are sheltering and in dire need of humanitarian assistance. Our correspondent tom bateman has been at the Us State Department and sent this update. This report has been three months in the making with President Biden under growing pressure from human rights organisations, from the partys Democratic Base over the way that the weapons were being used by the israelis in gaza. Wha