big demonstrations because the two movements, one to free the hostages and the other one to get rid of benjamin netanyahu, they ve come together now, they re jointly organising. and the thing to remember is that these are not end the war demonstrations. israelis support the war. they don t support netanyahu and they feel that he is deliberately prolonging things and not doing the deal that could be done to get those hostages home. and they ve just found the body of one of the hostages from kibbutz nir oz, in fact, which is where i think we ll be hearing some of the interviews i did there as well. and as well as that, as well as the war in gaza, as well as the destruction there, as well as the need to try to get humanitarian aid in because of that imminent famine oxfam said that in northern gaza since january, 300,000 people have been existing on roughly 240 calories a day, the equivalent of a small tin of beans as well as all of that, don t forget, there s the wider mid
been killed since then in israel s offensive, according to the hamas run health ministry. and aid agencies are warning of an imminent famine if there is no ceasefire and no increase in relief aid. on sunday, tens of thousands of protesters have taken to the streets ofjerusalem calling for the israeli government to strike a deal to bring home hostages and end the fighting. 0ur international editor jeremy bowen has been reflecting on six months of the war, and sent us this special report. 0ver six months, gaza has been ravaged by war, disease, death and now imminent famine, caused by israel s siege. the un calls it a betrayal of humanity. kibbutz nir oz, right on israel s border with gaza, feels like a time capsule stuck in the horrors of the 7th of october. hamas broke in at dawn. they killed and took hostage a quarter of the 400 or so israelis who lived here. sayed was laying there dead, nearthere. you could see that he was trying to hold the door closed, and actually, th
security defence, and went into towns across southern israel. israel described it as the darkest day in its history. the largest loss of israeli lives in a single day. it says 1200 israelis were killed, and more than 250 when taken hostage, seized at gunpoint and taken across the boundary into gaza. gaza lies on the boundary into gaza. gaza lies on the horizon, and for many weeks after the october 7th attacks, from here we could see the plumes of dark smoke rising, as israel intensified its retaliatory strikes, carrying out aerial bombardment is night and day. it then launched its ground operations. six months on, israel is coming under mounting pressure, even from its own allies, about the weight is fighting this war. with a growing tally of deaths in gaza. 33,000, says the hamas run health ministry. un officials say the gaza strip is on the brink of famine. many questions are being asked. where does the word go from here? in the last few hours, the israeli military says i
mr netanyahu says that they will go back and they will do that military operation in rafah, where1.4 million palestinian civilians are sheltering. that s something the americans, as things stand, do not want them to do. mr netanyahu isjust saying, you just heard him saying they re one step away from victory. you know, there are lots of israelis who say that is absolutely untrue, that he hasn t, quite patently, he hasn t succeeded in the war aims that he stated getting the hostages back and eliminating hamas as a force in gaza because they are still able to fight. and his critics also say that he s prolonging the war artificially for his own political reasons, to escape a day of reckoning for mistakes that he may have made. now, of course, on both sides, six months on is a very significant milestone. a lot of people didn t think that this war was going to last that long, but i think it might even last a lot longer now. i have been to one of the israeli border communities, wh
victim to an armed robbery and suffered a health scare but finally the end is in sight. russell should cross the finish line in tunisia this afternoon, and our reporter ellie price has been looking back at his journey. let s go! day three! day four! day six! his nickname on social media is hardest geezer. day 349 of running the entire length of africa. after more than 350 days, 10,000 miles and 19 million steps, he s probably earned it. he s run through deserts, rainforests, savannahs, mountains, jungle and 16 countries, and he s raised well over £500,000 for the running charity and sandblast, posting updates on his progress on social media. 0riginally, he d planned a mere 9,000 mile trip, but complications with visas, health scares, geopolitical issues and even an armed robbery meant the 26 year old was forced to extend the challenge. but he s taken it all in his stride. i was absolutely bricking it, to be totally honest. everything goes through your head in those moments