The operation involved israeli forces raiding the cities ofjenin, tulkarm, nablus and tubas, on a scale that hasnt happened for decades. Lucy williamson sent this report. It was a message of force, delivered quietly at first. Israeli soldiers seeking their targets, Street By Palestinian street. By morning, hundreds of troops backed by Armoured Bulldozers had arrived in the Refugee Camps of tulkarem, nablus, tubas, jenin. Home to armed palestinian groups and unarmed civilians. At least ten palestinians have been killed. Hamas says six of them were its fighters. Masoud najjar said he was injured when he opened the door of his house to young men asking for water. Translation we felt like something came down on us from the sky and there was an explosion. I was unaware of what was going on. When i put my hand on my chest, it was all shrapnel and blood. Injenin, Army Vehicles surrounded the citys two main hospitals. Ambulances stopped and checked by militaryjeeps. Israels Foreign Minister ha
For futher checks. These are live pictures, slightly unstable but we believe this is the hospital he had been transferred to. We will keep an eye on these live pictures for you. The Announcement Camejust in the pictures for you. The announcement came just in the last few minutes from an Israeli Government spokesperson. Qaid farhan alkadi was rescued by our elite forces in a complex operation in the Southern Gaza strip. No further details can be published due to the considerations of the safety of our hostages and the security of our forces and of Course National security. But i can confirm he is in a stable medical condition and is being transferred for medical checks right now at a israeli hospital. His overjoyed family has been updated with the details and the idf is accompanying them at this crucial moment. Lets speak to our correspondent jon donnison in jerusalem. We dont have too many details other than what we heard from the Government Spokesperson there. The hostage is 52 year o
Indian capital delhi. They fear theyll be exploited in the new agricultural reforms and theyre prepared for a long battle. And we go to japan to me, to get into the giant battle robot that surprisingly has an antiwar message. As welcome to the program, covered 19 has dominated headlines this year, but there is another pandemic that still affects and kills millions of people around the world. United nations figures show that 38000000. 00 people were living with h. I. V. Last year, nearly 700000 of them died as a result of their hiv infection. But prevention and treatment measures are showing some promise in the last decade, the number of new infections has deep priest. And so has the number of people whose death was caused directly by aids. All factors related to the immune deficiency syndrome. Experts predict that trend will reverse this year because of the covert, 19 pandemic, and lock downs, causing a shortage of hiv medication. Its estimated there could be an additional 1400000. 00
Well, its looking like the f. D. A. In america is probably going to be making an announcement round about the 17th of december. And if thats the case, and if thats positive, then these vaccines are going to be shipped literally within hours, as weve just heard on that report. Now in terms of the european situation, the europeans measured medicines agency, typically this can take months or even up to a year to approve a new vaccine. So we really are in unprecedented territory here. And its going to be remarkably interesting to see what sort of timelines they come up with. But i think we can rest assured that they will be working flat out on this. Theyll be doing a lot more. A lot of hard work on the fires that are not important. Remember, its a rolling program, so they have access to much more information than we have pfizer mid and it will be reporting to them on a daily basis with the latest information will have all the latest information at their fingertips. But of course, this is n
On Peaceful Protesters in october, killing 12. This comes after cnn aired of military using live ammunition. We will speak to cnns Award Winning Foreign Correspondent nima elbagir about the killings in nigeria, as well as the crisis in ethiopia. Then we go to india where an estimated 250 million workers, farmers, and their allies recently participated in what is believed to be the largest organized strike in history. India is my country and delhi is the capital. Im not even allowed to enter. Our Home Movement has been peaceful. Theyre shooting this with Water Cannons. We were also beaten. But no farmers retaliated violently. Amy this comes as Indian Farmers continue to protest Prime Minister Narendra Modis move to deregulate agricultural markets. We will speak to indian journalist p sainath, founder of peoples archive of rural india. We will speak about Narendra Modi and covid in india. All that and more, coming up. Welcome to democracy now , democracynow. Org, the quarantine report. I