If hamas is ready to release the most vulnerable israeli hostages it holds. But one egyptian official says there are still technical issues to resolve, including agreement on the number of palestinian prisoners the israelis would be prepared to release in exchange. The us has carried out its first airdrop of humanitarian aid for gaza on saturday with more than 30,000 Meals Parachuted by three military planes. Inside gaza theres a desperate need forfood. The Hamas Run Health Ministry has said 15 children have died of malnutrition and starvation in gazas Kamal Adwan Hospital in the north of the strip. The head of the norwegian refugee council, jan egeland, who has visited the area, says there is now a famine in Northern Gaza. I think there is a famine in the north. Yes. There is no other way to describe what has befallen on the 300,000 people who live in the ruins of the north and who havent had really any aid for a very long time, because israel is not opening the border crossings from
Hamas is ready to release the most vulnerable israeli hostages it holds but one egyptian official says there are still technical issues to resolve. Including agreement on the number of palestinian prisoners the israelis would be prepared to release an exchange. The us is carrying out its first airdrop of humanitarian aid on saturday with more than 30,000 Meals Parachuted by three military planes. Meanwhile, an Israeli Army Spokesman says the military says has completed a review. An Israeli Army Spokesman says the military has completed a preliminary review into the incident last thursday in which dozens of palestinians were killed as an aid convoy arrived in gaza city. Rear admiral Daniel Hagari says the review determined that forces did not strike the convoy, and that most palestinians died in a stampede. The idf says gazan civilians were trampled to death as they charged toward the aid convoy. Mr hagari said the review found that Israeli Soldiers did in his words fire warning shots a
There may be an imminent agreement for a ceasefire however temporary between how hamas and is real. They expressed hope that a deal could be reached and optimism grew but there were significant obstacles and anybody covering the story of the past few months knew that hopes of a ceasefire are dashed by realities on the ground and one of visual s obstacles and demands was that hamas should give a detailed list of hostages who would be released under the terms of any future agreement. Of course, in exchange for palestinian prisoners in israeli jails. That list has not been provided by hamas. There are thought to be about 134 hostages held by hamas and other groups in gaza. About 30 of those may actually be there. If you wanted to know who was still alive, there. If you wanted to know who was stillalive, he there. If you wanted to know who was still alive, he was going to be released. That has not been forthcoming so we understand it is not official, but we understand from several well pla
he had his first bilateral meeting with the prime minister of japan. that was his first event here at hiroshima. listen. i m proud that the united states and japan are facing it together. and, you know, we stand up for the shared values, including supporting brave people of ukraine as they defend their sovereign territory and holding russia accountable for its brutal aggression. when our countries stand together, we stand stronger and i believe the whole world what we do. so thank you again for having me here today and we look forward to the next several days. so the russian invasion a big topic as you said along with president biden, what he calls a climate crisis. while here the world leaders will come up with a unified way to respond to a more aggressive china. we ll also hear about those emerging technologies like quantum computing and artificial intelligence, overshadowing the entire trip. a lack of a deal to raise the debt ceiling. the president said all along