and rap music stars lead tributes for fatman scoop — who has died after collapsing on stage. in connecticut. hello and welcome. i'm catherine byaruhanga. we start with breaking news from gaza: the israeli military says it has discovered a number of bodies in gaza and is working to determine their identities. in the past few minutes, the white house released the following statement: earlier today, in a tunnel under the city of rafah, israeli forces recovered six bodies of hostages held by hamas. we have now confirmed that one of the hostages killed by these vicious hamas terrorists was an american citizen, hersh goldberg—polin.

let's look at the wider situation. with me is mohamed taha from bbc arabic. thank you forjoining us on the programme. the breaking news in the last few minutes. we knew that the israelis had discovered some bodies in rafah. now we know that one of them is an american citizen. what more do we know about what's happening there at the moment? 50 what's happening there at the moment? ~' what's happening there at the moment? ~ ., ,., moment? so we knew about recovering — moment? so we knew about recovering the _ moment? so we knew about recovering the bodies - moment? so we knew about recovering the bodies of- moment? so we knew about recovering the bodies of the | recovering the bodies of the hostages a few hours ago. and the announcement from the white house came just a few minutes ago that one of these bodies is american. the american citizen is hersh goldberg—polin, and his parents were really vocal about him. they had interviews in the us and in israel, and i

gets you did an interview with one of his parents before. and it's really sad news for the hostages' families to see their loved ones dying. the despair amongst the families of the hostages. also the despair of the people of gaza of having no deal for a ceasefire and trade between the hostages and prisoners. between the hostages and prisoners-_ between the hostages and prisoners-— between the hostages and risoners. , �* , , ., prisoners. yes, there's been a statement _ prisoners. yes, there's been a statement from _ prisoners. yes, there's been a statement from the _ prisoners. yes, there's been a statement from the family - prisoners. yes, there's been a statement from the family of. statement from the family of hersh goldberg—polin who wrote on facebook, "with broken hearts, we are devastated to announce the death of our beloved son and brother. the family thanks you all for their love and support and asks for privacy at this time." you mentioned there the campaigns by hersh's family, but also otherfamilies of by hersh's family, but also other families of hostages still held in gaza. what impacts do you think this news coming in from rafah will have on people in israel who are

really desperate to get their loved ones back?— really desperate to get their loved ones back? yeah, people in israel were _ loved ones back? yeah, people in israel were demonstrating i in israel were demonstrating last night as they used to do after their supper to ask binyamin netanyahu, the israeli prime minister, to strike a deal and to get the rest of the hostages back alive. we believe that there are more than a0 alive hostages still in gaza. and you know, the negotiations that recently happened in qatar and doha did not result in any advancement. the israeli prime minister binyamin netanyahu is really keen stay, to keep forces in gaza, especially in the corridor in the borders between egypt and gaza, and the same corridor that's separating the north and southern gaza. and with this vision that the israeli forces would stay in

gaza with no permanent ceasefire, with no prospective of returning the refugees to their homes w no prospectives of rebuilding gaza. sol their homes w no prospectives of rebuilding gaza. so i think hamas militants would say that there is no point of having a deal with israel, and israel want to really go ahead with their strategic plans in gaza and the people who are paying the price amongst that are the families of the hostages and the civilians in gaza. find families of the hostages and the civilians in gaza. and folk ou also the civilians in gaza. and folk you also at — the civilians in gaza. and folk you also at the _ the civilians in gaza. and folk you also at the moment - the civilians in gaza. and folk you also at the moment in i you also at the moment in what's happened in the occupied west bank. we've seen four days of a military operation by israeli forces there. intense battles focused on the city of jenin and the refugee camp there? jenin and the refugee camp there? ., , there? indeed, the fighting has really intensified _ there? indeed, the fighting has really intensified in _ there? indeed, the fighting has really intensified in jenin. - there? indeed, the fighting has really intensified in jenin. we i really intensified injenin. we saw statements from the israeli chief of staff. he visited

jenin. this is a clear sign that the fighting shifted a little bit from gaza to the west bank. israel wants to protect the settlers who are living in the west bank. their numbers are more than a00,000 people living in the west bank in different settlements. and there were clashes between palestinians and the settlers at the time, and really, israel wants to to protect them. so we see the intensity of the fighting in gaza, the intensity of fighting in the west bank, and the despair is really continuing. we saw also israel announcing the killing of one soldier and one officer in the operation in west bank, which is adding more pain to both parties, the israeli society and we saw also this of many palestinians in the west bank. thank you. mohammed taha from

bbc arabic. and just to remind you of the breaking news in the past few minutes, which is that the white house is confirming that one of the six bodies under the city of rafah in a tunnel there is of an american citizen. so that's the statement there on your screens. that's the statement there on yourscreens. it that's the statement there on your screens. it says: and there's been a statement from the family thanking everyone for their love and support and asking for privacy at this time. staying with the conflict between israel and hamas: un officials and local health workers are preparing to roll—out a mass vaccination programme for polio in gaza, that will rely on a series of limited pauses in fighting

between israeli forces and hamas fighters. the world health organisation says it will need to vaccinate at least 90% of children under 10 for the campaign to succeed. its campaign was organised after a io—month—old baby was partly paralysed by the first case of the virus in two decades. on saturday, medics vaccinated children at one hospital in a symbolic move ahead of the official campaign. from jerusalem our middle east correspondent, yolande knell reports. just two drops as the un begins vaccinating against polio in gaza. a dose is easy to give, but carrying out a mass immunisation campaign in a combat zone is a huge challenge. parents of the first vaccinated children are relieved. translation: i was worried and afraid because this is scary. - the polio disease. this disease makes the children unable to move.

baby abdulrahman was crawling early, but now his mum worries he'll never be able to walk. he was the first child found to have polio in gaza in 25 years, and it paralysed his leg. because of the war he wasn't vaccinated and now medical care is limited. translation: he want to live and be treated. l he wants to live and walk like other children. i feel a lot of guilt that he didn't get the vaccination, but i couldn't give it to him because of our circumstances. displaced five times, the baby's family now lives in a crowded tent camp in deir al—balah in central gaza. raw sewage flows through streets nearby. conditions are ideal for diseases to spread, especially polio, which is highly infectious. since discovering the virus, un agencies have been racing to set up an emergency mass vaccination programme

and with war raging, they've negotiated three localised three day pauses in fighting with israel and hamas. un officials say the plan is not ideal, but it's workable. what we're aiming at is to have 6a0,000 children below the age of ten vaccinated in just a few days in the gaza strip. we need to reach at least 90%. without that, there is a risk that the virus will mutate and that the transmission could continue. children make up nearly half the population of gaza, and the past year has deprived many of their loved ones their homes and health. with no end in sight to the war, the hope is that at least one new source of suffering can be eliminated. yolande knell, bbc news, jerusalem.

joining me from nuseirat in central gaza is un spokesperson louise wateridge. thank you forjoining us on the programme. so a big day for families in gaza. especially in the central parts of the territory where you're joining us from. just explain to us how this will unfold in the next few hours and next few days? so i'm few hours and next few days? sr i'm joining you from the middle area of the gaza strip. that is where today we're going ahead. the united nations is starting the vaccination campaign in this area. there are going to be three phases of the vaccination campaign. the first is starting here where i am in the middle area. we've got three days aligned for this, and then an additional catch—up day, a fourth day, to make sure that we try to get all of the children in this area vaccinated, all of the children who are under 10 years old. we estimate that that is around 156,000 children, just in the middle area. so four days we

have to work to get these children the vaccines. after that, we will move to the southern area of the gaza strip. this is in khan younis. again, three days, and a fourth day to catch up. finally, the campaign will go to the north of the gaza strip, and similar pattern there where three days and the fourth to catch up. we are hopeful that these humanitarian pauses will hold while we're issuing this campaign. there's a lot of anxiety. there's a lot of excitement. already, the teams are mobilising this morning. they're going to the health centres. they're going to a mobile medical point, and they're ready. so we're very hopeful that we will see some positive news coming from this vaccination campaign in the coming days. vaccination campaign in the coming deve— vaccination campaign in the cominu da s. �* ~ ., ., coming days. and we know that over the past — coming days. and we know that over the past few _ coming days. and we know that over the past few months - coming days. and we know that over the past few months that i over the past few months that this conflict has been unfolding that the health care system in gaza has been devastated, decimated hospitals, clinics. how are you going to manage to carry out this campaign? do you have the resources? do you have the staff to be able to implement

it? �* , , ., staff to be able to implement it? a staff to be able to implement it? as you say, i mean, i've been to — it? as you say, i mean, i've been to so _ it? as you say, i mean, i've been to so many _ it? as you say, i mean, i've been to so many health - it? as you say, i mean, i've - been to so many health centres here that are completely destroyed, that are damaged. people are working under incredibly unbelievable conditions. some of the hospitals you go to, they smell of blood. they haven't got cleaning products. they haven't got hygiene products. it's really been nothing short of a nightmare for the health staff. but in that same sentence, i can tell you that they are the most dedicated people that you could ever believe. really, the health care workers who have been working the last ten months in the gaza strip, they are so dedicated to the cause, and it's in them that i trust this campaign will have some success. the facilities — some we've lost, some we cannot access. but these teams are going to be going tent—to—tent. they're going to be going to mobile medical points. they're really going to do everything they can to make sure that they are reaching these children, and as many children as possible to get that 90% success rate.— possible to get that 9096 success rate. thank you for

“oininu success rate. thank you for joining us _ success rate. thank you for joining us on _ success rate. thank you for joining us on the _ success rate. thank you for joining us on the pro - success rate. thank you for joining us on the pro gram | success rate. thank you for - joining us on the pro gram from the un refugee agency there in gaza. just a reminder of the breaking news in the past few minutes which is that the white house is confirming that one american citizen has been found dead in a tunnel under the city of rafah. this is one of six bodies that had been recovered ijy bodies that had been recovered by israeli forces. with me is mohammed taha from bbc arabic. the statement from the white house — just explain to us what we've heard over the past few hours, which is that the israeli forces had found more bodies under the city of rafah? indeed. the israeli forces found in a tunnel, six bodies of the hostages in the last few hours. and the last few minutes, the united states announced that one of them is

mr hersh, who was 23 years old. he was in the musical festival in israel, in southern israel, when hamas launched their attack on israel on october 7. now, hersh is dead among with five other people. this is not the first time that israel would find bodies. they found bodies in the northern gaza a few days ago. then found bodies across their campaign. now, as israel is controlling nearly every part of gaza, they start to find bodies. they found a few days ago, one alive hostage, and they did the operation in nuseirat where they freed three hostages before now. the story of the hostages is unfolding in the coming days, as israel is controlling gaza and there is no deal of exchanges happening

between them and hamas. we see this news that is adding despair to the families of the hostages, and also the civilians who are living in gaza. �* , , gaza. and 'ust remind us - the israeli gaza. and just remind us - the israeli government _ gaza. and just remind us - the israeli government is - gaza. and just remind us - the israeli government is under i israeli government is under real pressure domestically to ensure that all hostages are returned from gaza. and this really has been the focus of those negotiations that we have seen continuing to try to reach a ceasefire deal in gaza. indeed, we saw last night, a massive demonstrations in tel aviv asking the israeli prime minister to strike this deal. we saw the last two weeks, there were negotiations in doha and in cairo to reach a deal. israel apparently is very keen to continue their strategic aims in gaza, to keep the presence of their forces in gaza. and in that corridor that's separating the north from the south of gaza. and in

the borders in between israel and egypt, or gaza and egypt, they have no intention of having followed through from gaza or having a ceasefire. there is no prospective for the palestinians to return back to their homes. and there is no prospective of rebuilding gaza strip. there is that despair in gaza that is manifested in the palestinian civilians, and in the position of hamas, also is reflected on the situation of the hostages. we see these deaths. we don't know what are the circumstances of these deaths. have they died from israeli shelling? have they died in the hands of hamas militants? we don't know. but the whole situation of the standstill situation and the negotiations table is reflected on this suffering on both the families of the hostages and the civilians who are living to gaza. �* ., , �*

the civilians who are living to gaza. �* ., ._ �* , gaza. and today, we're seeing the beginning _ gaza. and today, we're seeing the beginning of— gaza. and today, we're seeing the beginning of these - the beginning of these humanitarian pauses — not ceasefires in gaza. but humanitarian pauses to allow for the vaccination of children against polio. those should start any moment now in gaza. does that, perhaps, give us hope that there could be room for negotiation? room for a ceasefire between israel and hamas? ~ ., ceasefire between israel and hamas? ~ . ., , hamas? indeed. what gaza is seeinu hamas? indeed. what gaza is seeing in _ hamas? indeed. what gaza is seeing in around _ hamas? indeed. what gaza is seeing in around one - hamas? indeed. what gaza is seeing in around one hour i hamas? indeed. what gaza is| seeing in around one hour and hamas? indeed. what gaza is l seeing in around one hour and a half, the pause in fighting — the palestinians did not see any pause in fighting since november. so this is a big moment for the people in gaza to see a pause in fighting. and as louise, your interview with louise she said it is not only three day, three days in the middle of gaza, three days in southern gaza, and three days in northern gaza. so we are talking about more than ten days with the extra days. this is, of course, giving hope to

the people of gaza, giving hope to the people, the families of the hostages, who requested also that the polio vaccination would be including the hostages, as they are living in gaza. they are exposed to the pandemic there, the polio pandemic. so they should be included as well in this campaign. stay with us. ijust campaign. stay with us. i just want to bring these live pictures that we have coming in from israel, tel aviv there, which is the israeli army spokesperson giving a statement. at the moment, he's speaking in hebrew, and, of course, this comes with the news that one american citizen has been found deadin american citizen has been found dead in a tunnel under the city of rafah in gaza. he's speaking in hebrew and as soon as we have an english translation, we'll bring you that statement here on bbc news. mohammed, just reminding us of that

statement, and the news really in the past few minutes, which is that six bodies were found by israeli forces, and one of them is the body of hersh goldberg—polin, an american citizen who was taken hostage from israel on objecting 7? yes, of course. i'm sure that daniel hagari, the spokesperson of the israeli forces, would be speaking about this incident. it's a big incident of finding six hostages dead. it will have a big impact on the israeli society. and it is quite unusual that mr hagari would be speaking in hebrew. he is always speaking in english, even when he is addressing the israeli society. i think when the white house announced about the white house announced about the american hostage, they want to emphasise that the five also israeli hostages are as important as the american hostage, and they want to send a message to the israeli

community as well that they are important, they are doing their best to try to get the rest of the hostages alive. this news will have, as you rightly said, a big impact inside israel as the pressure would be more on the pressure would be more on the israeli prime minister binyamin netanyahu and his right wing government to try to strike a deal, try to lessen their demands a little bit upon hamas. when understand that there is you little differences between the position of the army in israel and political leadership in the government. so the army think that there is no need of having a permanent military presence in gaza, and that they can operate exactly with the same model that they have in the west bank. to redeploy, somehow, and they can have access at any time, as we

saw injenin, as we saw in nablus, and we saw in bethlehem, as we saw in ramallah, and as we saw in all the operations that they do in the operations that they do in the west bank. they get out of the west bank. they get out of the cities and when they try to hunt militants, when they have intelligence information that is confirmed information about the presence of militant, they go for them and they harm them. they say that we can't do the same model in gaza. but the political vision in israel at the moment that they should stay in gaza, especially with the borders with egypt. i think that this news of the hostages will put more pressures on the political leadership in israel toll try to find some leeway for them to strike a deal with hamas to try to get the rest of the hostages alive. 0therwise,

now the political leadership in israel will find that there is a threat that they would lose momentum of their strategic vision in gaza.— momentum of their strategic vision in gaza. thank you. and - lease vision in gaza. thank you. and please stay — vision in gaza. thank you. and please stay with _ vision in gaza. thank you. and please stay with us, _ vision in gaza. thank you. and please stay with us, of- vision in gaza. thank you. and| please stay with us, of course, as we cover this breaking news coming out of israel and news that the israeli army has found the bodies of six people in a tunnel under the city of rafah, and one of them is confirmed to be an american citizen, hersh goldberg—polin. and we'll you much more on that story as soon as we get it here on bbc news. let's have a look at some other news now: the us vice president, kamala harris, has accused her republican rival, donald trump, of "disrespecting sacred ground" during his recent visit to arlington national cemetery. in a post on social media, the democratic presidential candidate accused mr trump of carrying out a political stunt at the military cemetery on monday. trump's visit was filmed and used on social media for election campaign purposes.

the us army has already criticised the trump campaign team. it said one of mr trump's staff had pushed an official trying to enforce rules barring political campaigning at the site. live now to minnesota and we can speak to richard painter, the former chief white house ethics lawyer. thank you forjoining us on the programme once again. an initial question — what do you make of this controversy surrounding trump's visit to the arlington national cemetery?— the arlington national cemetery? the arlington national cemete ? ~ , cemetery? well, this is a breach of— cemetery? well, this is a breach of a _ cemetery? well, this is a breach of a long - cemetery? well, this is a breach of a long standing j breach of a long standing precedent in the united states that there is to be no politicisation of the military in any way, and certainly no politicisation of the memorial services for the dead in wars. and i was the chief white house ethics lawyer under president george w. bush when this

country was at war in iraq and afghanistan, and there were always those who want to politicise the war on terror, and those engagementsment and we made it very, very clear that that was unacceptable for anyone of any political party — anyone of any political party — a president, a former president — no—one is to be allowed to do that. and arlington cemetery, of all places, is a place that you would never even think of having a political commercial filmed. and this was explained to everyone before this event, as this is explained to everyone. it always has been before similar events. we had during the bush administration. and the trump campaign people just decided to flout the policies. they knew that this was wrongment and then to make matters worse, apparently there was a physical altercation at

the cemetery. and we really cannot tolerate this in the united states. if donald trump wants to be president again, he needs to understand that we have laws, we have social norms in this country. he has breached them so many times, and this is yet one more example where donald trump and the people around him really think that they're above the law and that they can do whatever they want. and mr painter, whatever they want. and mr painter. as _ whatever they want. and mr painter, as you _ whatever they want. and mr painter, as you mentioned l painter, as you mentioned there, there has been criticism from the american army following this visit. but how do you think that it is going to play out with voters? you mentioned some people would be offended? but do you think that it will really impact mr trump's campaign? it will really impact mr trum's camaiun? ~ ., trump's campaign? well, former president trump _ trump's campaign? well, former president trump has _ trump's campaign? well, former president trump has serious i president trump has serious legal difficulties, including criminal convictions in new york, and three other indict amendments pending. and a civil

fraud judgement, an enormous civilfraud judgement, fraud judgement, an enormous civilfraudjudgement, because he has a track record of flouting the law and showing disregard for the law and of proper ways to behave in a civilised society. and i think that a lot of voters are realising that. and what we're going to see in november is whether voters who might agree with the republican party on policy will still vote for kamala harris, simply because donald trump has shown himself to be someone of deficient character. i mean, after all, we've never had someone run for president of the united states in a major party who is under criminal indictment, and he has four criminal indictments — one of them with an could viction. unheard of!— unheard of! unheard of, and we'll see _ unheard of! unheard of, and we'll see how _ unheard of! unheard of, and we'll see how it _ unheard of! unheard of, and we'll see how it unfolds i unheard of! unheard of, and we'll see how it unfolds overj we'll see how it unfolds over the next few months in the lead—up to the elections there in the us. thank you for joining us on the programme,

richard painter, former white house chief ethics lawyer. and a reminder of the breaking news this hour, which is that the white house is confirming that one of the six bodies found by israeli forces in a tunnel under the city of rafah in gaza is that of an american citizen. they have named him as hersh goldberg—polin. so that's the statement there from the white house confirming that the american citizen hersh goldberg—polin is one of six bodies recovered from gaza. with me is mohammed tara from bbc arabic. you've been with us as we've got this breaking news coming in from the us. just tell us what we know so far? i read some of what the spokesperson of the israeli forces was saying in his press conference in hebrew. so he

accused hamas of killing intentionally these hostages. he said that they were killed in a tunnel, in a long tunnel in a tunnel, in a long tunnel in the city of rafah. this is the same tunnel that the israeli forces managed to secure the israeli bedouin alive last week. so the same tunnel they found along this tunnel they found along this tunnel that they found the hostages in the tunnel. there are some media from the families, the israeli families, who got already the bodies of their loved ones, who are saying that some of them were killed injuly. it's an old killing and there are some who were killed in april. find killing and there are some who were killed in april.— were killed in april. and we 'ust were killed in april. and we just need — were killed in april. and we just need to _ were killed in april. and we just need to bring - were killed in april. and we just need to bring viewers l were killed in april. and we i just need to bring viewers this statement that's come in from the hostages' family forum headquarters in israel saying. "with deep sorrow, we once again announce the murder of six hostages. these six individuals were taken alive, endured the horrors of captivity and were then coldly murdered. a dealfor the return

of the hostages has been on the table for over two months. were it not for the delays, sabotage and ex—cueses, those whose devastateds we learnt about this morning would likely still be alive. it's time to bring our hostages home. the living, the rehabilitation and the fallen and murdered for burial in their home lands." a reminder of how important this story is for the many families in israel who are waiting for their loved ones to be returned from gaza. so this is breaking news that of six bodies that have been recovered from gaza by the israeli forces, one of them is confirmed to be an american citizen, hersh goldberg—polin. and, of course, this is a story that we continue to cover here on bbc news. you can always go to our

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