shortly. the text calls for extended humanitarian pauses and aid corridors. the leader of hamas, ismail haniyeh, has arrived in cairo for talks on a freshly five. israel s president has said his country is ready for what he calls another humanitarian pause. nearly 20,000 people are now reported to have been killed in gaza. 1200 people were killed and 240 taken hostage when hamas attacked israel on the 7th of october. i mentioned the un security council. a text has been released on the war in gaza to been released on the war in gaza to be put to the security guards are in the next few hours. the draft is very long but their key section talks of extended humanitarian pauses and corridors throughout the gaza strip for a sufficient number of days to enable full, rapid, safe and unhindered humanitarian access. it remains to be seen if the wording is now acceptable to the united states. for more on this let s speak to our correspondent who is in the un. this has been delayed now fo
jerusalem that had been shuttered by trump and another change from the trump administration, blinken and several meetings, and questions yesterday reasserted president biden s interest in getting back to the iranian nuclear deal, saying it is the only way to keep tehran from getting the bomb, prime minister netanyahu and others are choosing to disagree. before visiting egypt, you will go on before returning home to the states, those countries played a key role in brokering the cease-fire which by all of our notices is in place. let s bring in former trump national security aide john elliott. as you know, blinken promised the international aid would not benefit hamas. are you confident the loss will not get hands on any of that money?
egypt. during the pope s trip, he held meetings with egypt s religious and political leaders. he is scheduled to take place in an international peace conference. trace gallagher is tracking the pope s trip. trace, the pope is apparently trying to mend some fences. he is indeed, john. the pope is meeting with the grand iman of al azar. they cut ties with the vatican in 2011 after what they felt were a number of insults from pope benedict xvi who condemned muslims for targeting christians. pope francis is hope to present a unified and united front by reinforcing his belief that it s wrong to equate islam with violence. at the same time in his meeting with the egyptian president al sisi, the pope said genocide against christians must end.