hello. i m catherine byaruhanga, welcome to the programme. we start with the situation in gaza. and a ship carrying humanitarian aid is expected to set sail to the territory from cyprus this weekend, as part of a planned maritime aid corridor. it s a joint operation between the eu, us, uk, and united arab emirates aiming to bring supplies from cyprus to the coast of gaza. the un says a quarter of gaza s population is on the brink of famine, and children there are starving to death. organisers hope the plan could allow large amounts of extra aid, but say it will be complex and continue to press israel to allow more deliveries by road. the eu s ambassador to the us told the bbc a little more about the plans for the maritime corridor. hopefully the pilot, the first to try to get aid happening over the weekend, but it takes some time to make sure that it s not only once in a time, but it is sustainable way to provide aid for the people in gaza and palestine to make sure that we a
hello. i m azadeh moshiri. you re watching bbc news. final preparations are under way to send the first shipment of aid by sea to gaza. humanitarian organisations are co ordinating a delivery of about 200 tonnes of food and medical supplies, which will go via a maritime corridor with israel s agreement. but it s unclear how or where the boat will actually dock, and even if the aid does arrive, some groups are warning of problems in distributing the aid across gaza. wyre davies reports from jerusalem. in the cypriot port of larnaca, they have been working around the clock. the spanish ship, open arms, is preparing to tow a barge with 200 tonnes of food with medical aid all the way to gaza. it s a precarious, untested plan with obvious risks. translation: yes, we will tow this platform to gaza, where the last mile will be the most complicated operation. the disembarkation will be done on a pier that is being built right now by the world central kitchen. how the aid will be un
final preparations are under way to send the first shipment of aid by sea to gaza. humanitarian organisations are co ordinating a delivery of about 200 tonnes of food and medical supplies, which will go via a maritime corridor with israel s agreement. but it s unclear how or where the boat will actually dock, and even if the aid does arrive, some groups are warning of problems in distributing the aid across gaza. wyre davies reports from jerusalem. in the cypriot port of larnaca, they have been working around the clock. the spanish ship, open arms, is preparing to tow a barge with 200 tonnes of food and medical aid all the way to gaza. it s a precarious, untested plan with obvious risks. translation: yes, we will tow this platform to gaza, where the last mile will be the most complicated operation. the disembarkation will be done on a pier that is being built right now by the world central kitchen. how the aid will be unloaded into gaza, where there is no port orfunctioni
hello, welcome to the programme. final preparations are under way to send the first shipment of aid by sea to gaza. humanitarian organisations are co ordinating a delivery of about 200 tonnes of food and medical supplies, which will go via a maritime corridor with israel s agreement. but it s unclear how or where the boat will actually dock, and even if the aid does arrive, some groups are warning of problems in distributing the aid across gaza. wyre davies reports from jerusalem. in the cypriot port of larnaca, they have been working around the clock. the spanish ship, open arms, is preparing to tow a barge with 200 tonnes of food with medical aid all the way to gaza. it s a precarious, untested plan with obvious risks. translation: yes, we will tow this platform to gaza, where the last mile will be the most complicated operation. the disembarkation will be done on a pier that is being built right now by the world central kitchen. how the aid will be unloaded into gaza,
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