Is preparing to set sail for gaza along a new maritime aid corridor. Its been loaded with around 200 tonnes of food and medical supplies. But, without a working port, its not clear yet where the ship will actually dock or how its cargo will be distributed inside gaza. 0ur middle east correspondent Quentin Sommerville is in the Port City Of Larnaca in cyprus and sent us this report. Its a drop in the ocean of gazas need, but this is the first direct aid shipment by sea about to leave cyprus. The spanish ship the open arms, seen here in larnaca port, getting ready to set sail. It has a long journey ahead of it. The barge has 200 tonnes of desperately needed essentials rice, flour and pre prepared meals. This has taken months in planning. The cargo was loaded all weekend. The final Security Clearances from israel came through in the last few hours. Well, weve done truckloads of food through the rafah crossing. Weve done airdrops with thejordanian army. This is the next step into providing
proceedings are now live so we can t say what happened. needless to say it s been an extensive search, 200 officers involved in members of the public, as well. you heard there from detective superintendent bassford his thanks for the help they ve had from the public notjust in the search button locating the couple who have been on the run since the first weeks of january. but clearly that s not the outcome anybody who s been following the story would ve wanted, and our hearts go out to the extended family on that development from brighton this evening. we will of course continue to cover the breaking news from brighton, i ll hand you to outside source. multiple carriages came off the tracks, and intern caught fire. the extent of the destruction became clear in daylight. the front carriages of the passenger train were mostly destroyed. many of the victims are thought to be university students. survivors describe panicked scenes as they tried to escape. let s hear from one. tra
20 vehicles carrying medicine and food passed through on saturday the first since israel tightened its blockade of the territory. The Rafah Crossing is on the egyptian border and is the only route not bordering israel, which means its currently the only potential way to deliver humanitarian aid into gaza. Well have the latest on the aid trying to get into gaza in the next hour. In other developments in the conflict today, irans Foreign Minister has accused israel of committing genocide in gaza, and has warned the situation in the middle east risks spiralling out of control. Israel has been continuing to carry out aerial bombing of gaza. These pictures are from the past hour. Its nowjust over two weeks since the hamas attacks inside israel, in which 1,400 people were killed. The Palestinian Health Ministry Says about 4,700 gazans, mainly civilians, have been killed in the israeli air strikes. Israels military has warned civilians in gaza to keep moving south for their own safety, as it
Not civilians. But air strikes have Hit Civilians , the Palestinian Health Ministry Says at least 51 people were killed on wednesday night. The World Food Programme has distributed some aid, but the un has warned that israel is in breach of International Law by denying civilians access to Essential Supplies of food, fuel and water. Ii of its own staff there have been killed since saturday. Bbc verify is continuing to monitor the impact of the strikes in gaza. One was on the Islamic University of gaza, targeted between tuesday and wednesday. Several videos, released by the Israel Defense forces have shown their attacks. Meanwhile, hamas fighters continue to fire rockets into israel. Many have been intercepted by the countrys iron dome defence system, but a few have broken through. The death toll in israel since hamas s attack on saturday has reached 1,200. More than 1,100 have died in gaza in israeli airstrikes. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has formed a unity government wit