hello. straight to cyprus with these live pictures of the first ship that would use this new maritime aid corridor being loaded with essential humanitarian supplies to be taken from cyprus to gaza. . this is expected to open the the first time in the next few hours, european commission president ursula von der leyen said yesterday that they expected everything to be ready. it would take several days for the ship to actually make the journey to gaza. it was announced yesterday, and as you can see, they are continuing to loaded ready for departure. the aid is urgently needed the hamas run health ministry in gaza said 23 people have died from malnutition injust ten days. the un says a quarter of gaza s population is on the brink of famine, and children are starving to death. the sea corridor i was mentioning earlier is a joint venture, the us, the uk, united arab emirates as well, who have been responsible for some of the airdrop aid happening so far, and of course cyprus have
with her two children. welcome to bbc news. i am live in jerusalem outside the walls of the city where in the next few hours, there are hopes that a ceasefire deal in gaza could be arranged, but as talks in cairo have broken down in the last few days, there s very little sign of that happening. all of the focus now is on cyprus for a new maritime aid corridor, confirmed yesterday by european commission president ursula von der leyen, is due to come into operation in the next few hours. this will be the first time this corridor has been used, and the aid is urgently needed. the hamas run health ministry in gaza said 23 people have died from malnutition injust 10 days. the sea corridor is a joint operation between the eu, us, uk, and united arab emirates, aiming to take supplies from cyprus to the gazan coast. the un says a quarter of gaza s population is on the brink of famine, and children are starving to death. 0rganisers hope the plan could allow additional aid to be brough
pictures of the scene in the southern part of the gaza strip and this is where more than i southern part of the gaza strip and this is where more thani million people are displaced and you can see the tents and temporary structures that people are living in after having to leave their homes in the north of the strip when the israeli ground offensive started there and we know there are many people crammed into a very small space without the aid they need, things like food, medicalsupplies, without the aid they need, things like food, medical supplies, they are very hard to come by and in a few minutes will bring you up to date with the progress of an aid ship that has left cyprus which is on its way to gaza so we will bring you the latest and that but i want to start with a special report because the bbc has seen evidence that doctors and nurses and other medical staff were detained, beaten and prevented from carrying out vital medical work at a hospital. we ve also heard accu
hello i m nicky schiller. we begin with the war in gaza, where a us military ship is currently sailing towards the middle east, carrying equipment to build a temporary pier off the coast of gaza. it comes after presidentjoe biden said the us would build the floating harbour to help get aid into gaza by sea. biden earlier criticised the isareli prime minister benjamin netanyahu s conduct of the war in gaza, saying it s doing israel more harm than good. anna foster is injerusalem and gave us this update. first of all, to the skies above gaza and these pictures that show the latest drop of aid that has been carried out by us central command and also by thejordanian air force as well. this is the latest air drop into gaza, which provided, they said, meals more than 11,500 meal equivalents. things like food, including rice, flour, pasta and canned food. we ve seen these air drops really starting to increase over gaza in the last two weeks or so, since the us air force also got inv
we start in the occupied west bank where israel says its large scale military operation at the refugee camp in the city ofjenin is almost complete. palestinian officials say about 3,000 people fled their homes in the camp after israeli troops moved in on monday. these are pictures from jenin. israel said its troops had conducted an extensive counter terrorism effort . palestinian leaders have condemned the assault as a new war crime . they say 10 palestinians have been killed and 100 wounded. they describe it as an invasion and have praised those who have been resistant to israeli forces. in the last few hours, un aid agencies have said they are alarmed at the scale of the israeli military operation thatis of the israeli military operation that is going on in the occupied west bank at the moment. 0ur middle east correspondent injerusalem, anna foster, gave us this update a short while ago. this morning, the scene insidejenin is seemingly more calm and peaceful than it w