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Hamas is ready to release the most vulnerable israeli hostages it holds but one egyptian official says there are still technical issues to resolve. Including agreement on the number of palestinian prisoners the israelis would be prepared to release an exchange. The us is carrying out its first airdrop of humanitarian aid on saturday with more than 30,000 Meals Parachuted by three military planes. Meanwhile, an Israeli Army Spokesman says the military says has completed a review. An Israeli Army Spokesman says the military has completed a preliminary review into the incident last thursday in which dozens of palestinians were killed as an aid convoy arrived in gaza city. Rear admiral Daniel Hagari says the review determined that forces did not strike the convoy, and that most palestinians died in a stampede. The idf says gazan civilians were trampled to death as they charged toward the aid convoy. Mr hagari said the review found that Israeli Soldiers did in his words fire warning shots and respond toward several individuals who posed an immediate threat. Palestinian officials have accused israel of a massacre, and theres been intense International Pressure for a full and independent inquiry. Yonahjeremy bob, a senior Military Correspondent forjerusalem post, gave his assessment on the intial findings of the Israeli Military review. So, look, obviously, iwasn� t there. I cant tell 100 and we need to stay objective here. To try to stay objective here. But the idf did release a lot of specific information. They released videos that does mean something to me. I looked over the videos a number of times. I couldnt see, you know, 100 people trampling each other, but i did see chaos. The idf also has admitted that basically there were three incidents it wasnt one incident, there were three and in the third incident, idf forces did fire on the palestinians. We can get on that third incident about, you know, exactly what happened there. But for the idf. I always say, if somebody� s willing to admit fault to some extent and theyre giving you information, that gives them a certain amount of credibility. I have heard the reports of, you know, bullet wounds, but i havent seen anything produced. Im sure since the idf admitted that they said about ten palestinians were killed by bullets that there were at least that many. Was it more than that . I would need to see evidence. But, look, lets step back and say, also, this is a horrible tragedy, however it happened. The main thing that needs to happen here is humanitarian aid needs to get in and it needs to be under the control of somebody other than hamas. Thats part of what happened in the second incident. Hamas forces fired on the humanitarian aid trucks and stole the trucks. So part of what happened here was chaos, but part of what happened here was hamas upset with the fact that israels trying to get the food directly to the palestinians and not in their control. Of course, we dont have any independent confirmation of that happening and the palestinian officials are accusing israel of a massacre. Do you think there is a way forward . Are we ever going to find out the truth . There are calls for an independent International Inquiry into what happened. Its going to be very difficult to find out 100 of the truth because you would need, you know, all the palestinians who were involved to come forward, you would need to be able to identify that they were actually the ones there, you would need to identify, you know, that the bullets came from idf bullets and not from hamas bullets. And if you saw the pictures of. I mean, there was chaos happening there. The chaos i dont think was planned by hamas per se. I think there are a lot of hungry people. This is a tragic, problematic situation. So i dont think were going to get to the bottom of it, but i think there should be an independent probe. We can find it as much about it as we can because at the end of the day, we want to prevent future incidents like this from happening and the more light that we shed on it, the more likely we can avoid this from happening again. Yonahjeremy bob from thejerusalem post, talking to me a little earlier. Yonah jeremy bob from the jerusalem post. To pakistan next. Just to recap on that update in the last few minutes smack of respondent wyre davies injerusalem. Israel is reportedly not sending a delegation to Talks In Cairo after hamas reportedly failed to supply a list of hostages it would release under any truce agreement. Earlier, the hamas delegation arriving in cairo was also reported to have expressed hope that a deal could be reached but it does now appear that israel not attending this talks on the egyptian capital. As i say, reports in the israeli media have accused hamas of not supplying a list of hostages it was a seven and will be released in exchange for a larger number of palestinian prisoners in israeli jails, so that news meaning there are growing concerns over hopes of a breakthrough in those indirect talks between israel and other hamas over a temporary ceasefire in gaza. Youll remember that President Biden had expressed optimism that there could be a ceasefire. It was happening before the whole month of ramadan on october ten and lots of people in 0ctober ten and lots of people in the negotiations were saying they were trying to work toward something ahead of ramadan but it does look at the moments like peace talks coming on in cairo that israel might not be attending those talks with the israeli media saying it is accused hamas and not supplying a list of hostages on october 7 he will be released in atomic exchange for those prisoners in israeli jails. Wyre davies has just broken the news on the bulletin. We will go to pakistan next. Shehbaz sharif has been re elected as Prime Ministerfor a second term. It comes weeks after a controversial election, marred by allegations of widespread vote rigging. Mr sharif was elected by 201 votes to 92; hell now preside over a coalition that has shut out followers of the jailed opposition leader, imran khan. Last months election produced no outright winner. Independent candidates backed by imran khans party won the most seats, but failed to get a majority. 0ur bbc urdu News Reporter in islamabad sahar baloch has more. Hes returning as Prime Minister for the second time and it was quite a day today at the parliament because as soon as it was announced by the speaker that Shehbaz Sharif is going to be the Prime Minister, there was an uproar by the Opposition Benches as well because they were not happy with the fact that Shehbaz Sharif has won again. So the speaker of the assembly basically announced that Shehbaz Sharif has gotten around 201 seats, votes, and his candidate, opposing candidate 0mer ayub has gotten only 92 votes. So let me give you a bit of a background also. This time, the general elections were quite contentious, as well. There were a lot of lot of allegations of fraud and rigging and everything, so pti backed candidates in the parliament today, they were protesting the most about pm Shehbaz Sharif getting elected again. And you mentioned that there was that uproar. Does that mean that the coalition that theyve managed to bring together could be shaky going forward, or is it secure . Well, so far, the coalition has been formed and it seems as if they are quite in agreement with each other, because if you even look at the formation of the government, they have very understandably distributed different ministries amongst each other. It is only the opposition at the moment, which is basically led by imran khans pti party, and also the pti backed candidates in the parliament, who are actually creating quite an uproar because a lot of people not onlyjust the pti but a lot of Political Parties in pakistan are claiming and accusing the government of holding rigged elections, and a lot of fraud is being accused on them as well. So, right now, what we have to see is that, you know, if this polarised parliament is going to come up to the challenge and deliver what they promise to do earlier. And is imran khans party of course, he is still injail likely to go forward with their protests over him being elected Prime Minister . Well, right now, yes, they are protesting, and even yesterday, they were protesting out on the streets as well. So imran khans party has been protesting a lot for past 2 3 years only because they claim that imran khan has been alleging that he was ousted from the Parliament Due to, you know, some conspiracy by the united states. And then he later on changed his stance and said that it was actually the former army chief of pakistan who conspired against him. So since then, you know, he has been saying this, so his party is expected to protest even this election as well. So far, they are recording their protests on twitter and other social media outlets. Sahar baloch talking to me earlierfrom islamabad. Here in the uk, the chancellor says he wants to find a way to bring down the tax burden but insists hell do it in a way thats responsible. Jeremy hunt will set out the governments tax and Spending Plans on wednesday with Growing Calls within the Conservative Party to bring down taxes. Labour said there was no measure that could be announced that would improve the conservatives record in power. 0ur Political Correspondent harry farley reports. A big week for this man. His own mps Wantjeremy Hunt to cut taxes. 0thers Wantjeremy Hunt to cut taxes. Others want more money for things like defence and housing. The chancellor was giving little away this morning, but he did give this hint. I this morning, but he did give this hint. ,. � , this morning, but he did give this hint. ,. , � , hint. I do want, where its possible to do so responsibly, hint. I do want, where its possible to do so responsibly, to hint. I do want, where its possible to do so responsibly, to move to do so responsibly, to move towards a lower tax economy, and i hope to show a path in that direction, but this will be a prudent and responsible budget for long term growth. Prudent and responsible budget for longterm growth. Longterm growth. Some he is thinkin longterm growth. 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If we do see a tax cut in the budget, one l cuts could be short lived. If we do i see a tax cut in the budget, one way or another, see a tax cut in the budget, one way oranother, it see a tax cut in the budget, one way or another, it is likely to be undone by the next election. Whatever the scale of the tax cuts announced in the budget this week, during this parliament, taxes would have risen very very substantially indeed. This has been a big tax increase in parliament, not surprisingly given some of the challenges that the government has faced. � ,. , faced. Belittles Expectation Management faced. Belittles Expectation Management ahead faced. Belittles Expectation Management ahead of faced. Belittles Expectation Management ahead of budgets for faced. Belittles Expectation Management ahead of budgets for the indications arejeremy hunt wont be able to make the sweeping giveaways he perhaps had hoped. Harry farley, bbc news. Lets get more on the worries about the hopes for a ceasefire in gaza. Israel reportedly not sending a delegation to talks in gaza. Wyre davies is therefore as now. What can you tell is about what the israelis are saying . £31 you tell is about what the israelis are saying . You tell is about what the Israelis Aresa Inc . , are saying . Of this is unconfirmed at the moment are saying . Of this is unconfirmed at the moment that are saying . Of this is unconfirmed at the moment that they are saying . Of this is unconfirmed at the moment that they are at the moment that they are increasing reports on the israeli media that the israeli delegation he was meant to go to cairo this morning to take part in these indirect talks with Hamas Mediated through the qataris, The Americans and the egyptians, this was all planned to lead to some sort of cessation into hostilities in a weeks time. The israeli delegation has reportedly not travelled because they say that hamas has failed to produce a list of hostages who would be released as part of any agreement. Then israel would also be releasing a larger number of palestinian prisoners in israeli jails. There are thought to be about 120, 125 hostages still being held by hamas but the condition of many of those is not known. Of course, some of those include soldiers or serving members of the military who probably wouldnt be released under any deal and israel wanted a competitive list of those who would be released. Hamas hasnt produced that release and therefore israel will understand is not travelling the talks are not broken down and not continue today and that is a blow to many people, particularly aid agencies and governments around the world who are increasingly worried about the desperate humanitarian situation in gaza. Thats talks of famine in northern gaza, children dying from malnutrition, and the longer the war goes on, the worse and more desperate the situation gets. During the week, president desperate the situation gets. During the week, President Biden desperate the situation gets. During the week, President Biden had desperate the situation gets. During the week, President Biden had been saying that he was hopeful of a ceasefire by the holy month of ramadan and that does seem, ramadan, that the point that theyve all been trying to work towards in trying to get some sort of truce . Trying to work towards in trying to get some sort of truce . Thats still about a week get some sort of truce . Thats still about a week away, get some sort of truce . Thats still about a week away, so get some sort of truce . Thats still abo

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