Has agreed to send officials to egypt and qatar in the coming days for a new round of talks on a possible ceasefire in gaza. Injerusalem, there is an uneasy calm as palestinians mark easter and ramadan. Our International Editor jeremy bowen reports. Injerusalem, where tension and worse are normal, there is always the consolation of religion. This ramadan, many of those ending a day of prayer at the aqsa mosque were palestinian israelis, around a fifth of israels population. Israel, citing security, restricts access to jerusalem for palestinians from the occupied west bank. Just down the road, Palestinian Christians were deep in their celebration of easter, walking to the old city from the garden of gethsemane, where they believejesus prayed on the night before he was crucified. But in this city, sacred for christians, jews and muslims, religion and politics always mix. All the Palestinian People are suffering today. They are suffering from occupation, they are suffering from apartheid,
the humanitarian situation in gaza. it s particularly acute in northern gaza, which has received little aid in recent weeks and food and animal feed has run out. aid agencies say hunger and disease are spreading, with children particularly at risk. the war also continues to have an impact on other countries around the world. in a moment, we ll take a look at the fallout of the gaza ceasefire vote in the house of commons. first though, a uk funded consignment of medicines, fuel and food has been air dropped by thejordanian air force to the area, close to the tal al hawa hospital. our correspondent quentin sommerville who s in amman was on board the flight which dropped aid into gaza. it s not a long flight over gaza. we were in a c130 hercules cargo plane flying with they have been on the situation for some time. you know, the circumstances are pitiful where people are going without food, without water, without proper medical care. and they ve been in that situation for some
hello, i m kylie pentelow, welcome to the programme. there s growing concern about the humanitarian situation in gaza. it s particularly acute in northern gaza, which has received little aid in recent weeks and food and animal feed has run out. aid agencies say hunger and disease are spreading, with children particularly at risk. the war also continues to make an impact on other countries around the world. in a moment, we ll take a look at the fallout of the gaza ceasefire vote at westminster. there have been calls for the speaker of the house to quit. meanwhile, a uk funded consignment of medicines, fuel and food has been air dropped by thejordanian air force to the area, close to the tal al hawa hospital. our correspondent quentin sommerville who s in amman was on board the flight which dropped aid into gaza. it s not a long flight over gaza. we were in a c130 hercules cargo plane flying with the royaljordanian air force at about 17,000 feet. cargo doors open and then these
gaza, which has received little aid in recent weeks and food and animal feed has run out. aid agencies say hunger and disease are spreading, with children particularly at risk. the war also continues to have an impact on other countries around the world. in a moment we ll take a look at the fallout of the gaza ceasefire vote in the house of commons. first though a uk funded consignment of medicines, fuel and food has been air dropped by thejordanian air force to the area, close to the tal al hawa hospital. our correspondent quentin sommerville who s in amman was on board the flight which dropped aid into gaza. the men arejust the men are just sitting up the men arejust sitting up here. the men are just sitting up here. we the men are “ust sitting up here. we are the men are just sitting up here. - are getting close to the drop zone. the first time we are using in their job to get help. the reason is there is pretty much no other way to get help to the main population. no
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