would begin with a six week ceasefire in which the israeli forces would withdrawn from populated areas of gaza. there would also be a surge of humanitarian aid as well as an exchange of some hostages for palestinian prisoners. the president said it was time for this war to end . hamas issued a statement saying it was ready to deal a statement saying positively with any proposal offering a permanent ceasefire and a complete israeli withdrawal. the israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu said the plan was in line with israel s demands that the war would not end until its hostages were released and hamas no longer ruled gaza or posed a military threat. our first report this hour is from vincent mcaviney. after almost eight months of israeli response to the 7th october attacks by hamas, gaza lays largely in ruins, with the lives of palestinians who call it home turned upside down. more than 36,000 have been killed across the region, according to the hamas run health ministry.
who is at the vote counting centre north ofjohannesburg to hear how some of the opposition parties are already challenging the results so far. yes, so the screen behind me shows that out of all the polling stations in south africa, 97 of them have published their results, shared them, they ve been verified and so the electoral commission is sharing them with the country. what they show so far has been the story we have seen over the past few days and that s that the ruling anc is set to lose its majority in parliament. however, over the past 2a hours or so, we have been hearing from different political parties in south africa. some of them challenging the process and the final results that have now been shared. specifically in the western cape region, several parties there are challenging those results, and crucially there is the mk party, the party of the former presidentjacob zuma.