Broadcasting to viewers in the uk and around the world. We start in the us and the white house has confirmed that President Biden has spoken to israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu about the situation in gaza. In a statement, the white house said that the president reaffirmed his ironclad commitment to israels security. It referenced what it said was a successful defence house against irans unprecedented missile and drone attack earlier this month. The two leaders reviewed ongoing talks to secure the release of hostages together with an immediate ceasefire in gaza. And they also discussed increases in the delivery of humanitarian assistance into gaza through preparations to open new northern crossings, starting this week. The statement concludes that the leaders discussed rafah and the president reiterated his clear position although it didnt give details of what that is. In the last few hours its also been announced that us Secretary Of State, Antony Blinken will visit jordan a
Call with the israeli prime minister. A delegation from hamas is travelling to cairo for further peace talks as pressure to reach a cease fire grows. The negotiators, along with qatari and egyptian mediators, will look at the latest ceasefire proposals. And its also been announced that us secretary of state, Antony Blinken will visit jordan and israel after a stop at the World Economic forum summit in riyadh. As we just mentioned, the Israeli Defense force chief spokesperson, Daniel Hagari has said aid going into gaza has increased in recent weeks. Lets listen to what he said. Over the last few weeks, the amount of humanitarian aid going into gaza has significantly increased. In the coming days, the amount of aid going into gaza will continue to scale up even more. Food, water, medicalsupplies, shelter equipment, and other aid. More aid is going into gaza than ever before. ~. ,. ,. , before. We have ust heard that neaative before. We have ust heard that negative state before. We have j
Issues with the proposal. A phone call between President Joe Biden and israels Prime Minister, benjamin netanyahu, is said to have focused on the negotiations. Americas top diplomat Antony Blinken has arrived in Saudia Arabia at the start of a new trip to the middle east. Hes also expected to visitjordan and israel. Israels military says Aid Deliveries into gaza will increase in the coming days, as the un warns that palestinians are facing catastrophic hunger. The Israel Defense force chief spokesperson Daniel Hagari says aid going into gaza has increased in recent weeks. Lets listen to what he said. Over the last few weeks, the amount of humanitarian aid going into gaza has significantly increased. In the coming days, the amount of aid going into gaza will continue to scale up even more. Food, water, medicalsupplies, Shelter Equipment and other aid. More of it is going into gaza than ever before. Live tojerusalem and our middle east correspondent yolande knell. It is good to have you,
Saying that the president reaffirmed his ironclad commitment to israels security. It referenced what it said was a successful defence against irans unprecedented missile and drone attack earlier this month. The two leaders reviewed ongoing talks to secure the release of hostages. Together with an immediate ceasefire in gaza. And they also discussed increases in the delivery of humanitarian assistance into gaza through preparations to open new northern crossings, starting this week. The statement concludes that the leaders discussed rafah and the president reiterated his clear position, although it didnt give details of what that is. Hours earlier, the palestinian president said only the us could prevent an Israeli Attack on rafah, where more than a million have fled. Mahmoud abbas is at the World Economic forum summit in riyadh. He will be joined there on monday by the us secretary of state, Antony Blinken. Other Key International figures are expected in the saudi city and Sideline Mee
To israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyuahu about the situation in gaza. In a statement the white house said that the president reaffirmed his ironclad commitment to israels security. It referenced what it said was a successful defence against irans unprecedented missile and drone attack earlier this month. The two leaders reviewed ongoing talks to secure the release of hostages together with an immediate ceasefire in gaza. And they also discussed increases in the delivery of humanitarian assistance into gaza through preparations to open new northern crossings, starting this week. The statement concludes that the leaders discussed rafah and the president reiterated his clear position although it didnt give details of what that is. In the last few hours its also been announced that us secretary of state, Antony Blinken will visit jordan and israel after a stop at the World Economic forum summit in riyadh. Our North America Correspondent Will Vernon is in washington with more details