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of the dw use life and bad, and the un secretary general demands the reopening of causes border crossing into egypt. antonio terrace, test food and supplies must be allowed into the besieged cabinetry immediately. but it's still not clear when this will happen. most of the program is rel, maintains it's asked, strikes on to the gaza strip farming areas in the south where it's a previously told palestinians to seek safety. the
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i'm so okay, welcome to the program. we begin with some breaking news, hama says, it's just released to american hostages for the calls you might have tammy, and it reasons the mother and daughter were among around 12200 captives, abducted by how my student gets tenant attacks on israel. on the 7th of october is ready, the ministry has said it believes most of the $200.00 hostages. all still alive. let's bring in jim. is the semi circle in cuba, so welcome somewhat more. can you tell us about visa to release people or? yeah, well not only has how much to announce the release, but we have the conformation from is around that we have a mother and her daughter that has been that release. and they, we also have their names. we're talking about the woman 69 year old american
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woman. her name is you who would be put on um and her daughter, not the non 18 years old. the 2 of them were in the queue boots. they don't live in this keyboards, but they were nick. they were staying at the keyboards at the day of the attack, a keyboard, so not colors next to the gaza strip. and then they were abducted into the gaza strip and buy a home us. and we know that their families have been come painting a for their release, and the how much to announce that they are releasing them due to the category and the attempts and then the, the country intervention in this case. do we know why base to this mother and daughter? why based to what uh, singled out of full release robin. anyone else as? yeah, well, it is very clear that the mazda ones to give a message uh to the world,
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uh, to the different parties that it is willing to release women and children. it is making a distinction between is rarely citizens and those who are foreign nationals. so, so clearly we're talking about a woman and a daughter. we're talking about the foreign nationals. so these are the, these are the, the 1st group that they're willing to release. and uh, we know that the cut, the tests being involved is they have the presented in the early days at a plan to bring about the release of all the women and all the children that are headed inside the gaza strip. in uh, kind of a swap in which is when will release the women that are held in the palestinian women that has been is there any presence?
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so it does sound like i'm negotiations, half begun and as you say, all yielding fruit. so yeah, these are not the direct the negotiations. clearly we're talking about not the only cut the to do with other countries that are involved in the also the egyptians. we're also talking about the turkey. um but, but it seems like a cut that is playing and more important road. and the, at this stage at least is early is saying that there's no deals. and not only that, but it needs the re, the official is now has a q is a time us that these release of the mother and the daughter is in order to a stop as well, from going ahead with its ground operation. the that the goal of how much is actually to, to, to slow down the military campaign. and that is all is interested in, you know,
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a wage j inside of the gaza strip. okay. fact here for that. so that journalist assigned me, so i'll call in jerusalem to set to repeat about that as far as we know, 2 of the hostages, abducted by how must have been released to both of us. of course, in the coming hours made wild un security general secure secretary general antonio terrace has visited the rafa border crossing between egypt and gaza, calling for it to be reopened. to allow aid to reach, palestinians gauze, facing shortages are fuel food and medicines. you incense more than 2000000 people are at risk of the hydration invertible and disease is a lower security, not for the board, but not being allowed into the territory. the u. n. says 100 truck loads a day on needed is a good to address that. the difficult situation required extraordinary q
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mediterranean measures. unfortunately, these is not a lot of many, many that it will put ice and it's, it will put, i should be in the water zone. and that is the reason why i have appeals. what are you manufacturing ceasefire? not that i can see that the manufacturing ceasefire is a pretty condition for the manufacturing delivery. we don't want to punish the guys the people twice. first because of the war. and 2nd, because of the lack of humanitarian aids. but it is clear that to many that ensues fire would make good savings much easier and much safer for everybody. i would do that to my age director of communications. i'd be an agency for palestinian refugees. she told me the rafa border crossing must open as a matter of urgency. what we do know is that people are in dire need of
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a need to monitor and assistance the client's needs to need to reach the soon as possible . and the siege on the golf trip must be listed on the other humanitarian agencies have not been able to deliver any human attendance applies to people in drywall in the past 2 weeks alone. what do you, what do you understand the hold up to be i really do not have those details. and what i do know is that the situation on the ground for people in gaza, including half a 1000000 who showed her in honora school, all the facilities is absolutely entire. but this is lots to be due to the lot supplies that have been running out for the agency. i work with on worked in 20, laurie loads of a, a cheese in a situation, but used to require 100 a day. it's the ocean. this is exactly why the un,
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under included, are cooling for sustainable humanitarian access and regular humanitarian access. so the aid flows into the go script for people. it means among the women children or feet that flows on regular basis the situation in gauze, and was described as catastrophic even before this war broke out. is that a difference in the a vet you need to guess? and now now that there are bombs and missiles too before or is it just more of everything that is needed? a yeah, 2 medium did the yes. and the strip that's uh, less like the population. similar to to girlfriends. i was wondering something imagine if the whole process is in need of humanitarian assistance or has been impacted in one shape or another by or so we need a lot of supplies because people are in need of supplies and they are running out
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of water and that's the most critical part of this is why we're asking for a few ways because fuel is absolute to create a crate for the pumping station. so that passes in people's homes, go start running with getting water. so watson on those lower is waiting to get in, besides a fuel and a food. what else are you trying to get in? what their food supplies are essential, like cleaning supplies. so yeah, the part of it, the deal that appears to be being struck between egypt and israel, about this space god across this abyss crossing into gaza is that someone will have to guarantee that aid does not get to from us. it only gets to the palestinian people, will that will, that's about policing, involved up people up from the u. n. a. will that be done by the someone from
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israel, or indeed egypt has been on the ground and the trip for a site when the kids now we have been giving supplies and the systems including development. this is those like screwing up for people for many, many years. now we have very scrutiny systems in place, our own staff, 13000 of them, they get screens. so we know where the systems go and it goes to people who need it most to thank you for joining us to do that to my director of communications at the you, an agency palestinian refugees. thanks so much. regardless how about us around health ministry says more than $4100.00 palestinians have been killed. and $13000.00 wounded and these right of the strikes israel has continued shelling of the territory, including the south, where it's a previously tall gauze. and this to go for their own safety. i must as also 5
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rockets into israel as palestinians wait for about 2 minutes heavy and age to cross the border from egypt. they are ready and waiting. a percentage of these aid trucks is supposed to be allowed through the roof of crossing the only crossing into gaza. not controlled by his wheel. 20, you know, a trucks regatta, 2 and a half 1000000 people need assistance. 20 trucks is dropped in the ocean of need right now. i'm guessing on the other side of the roof, a crossing there is may him and despair. even if southern gaza is where it goes, we'll told the northern guidance to go for safety sake. heavy air strikes and con eunice in the south meant the overflowing nicer hospital, took in even more wounded for critical care. there's no safety, there's no way it's safe and go. so how does it so you have to be ready to dine and
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to just stay in your house will be when there was a threats originating or uh, being conducted against israel from the south. and we will strike absolutely. israel's army will soon move into the gaza strip. israel's defense minister told the troops massing on its border the oh my god, the i promise you that whoever sees guys are now from a far will see it from the inside here. let me look. oh and is really ground operation will likely focus at 1st on the north with some us expected to put a fierce resistance. all of that pushing even more guys in south were in need of food, water, medical supplies, and back on the other side of the rough, a crossing age supplied stream into a nearby airport, destined to join the backup, waiting to get into southern gaza. it was looking at simone use about the conflict
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publish thing is to pass in friday, present east jerusalem as he's right. the security forces bond worship has aged on the 50 from entering the alex a mosque, secure saying the audi was also tightened on some roads closed. us president joe bivens urging americans to support tens of billions of dollars in funding for each route. and for you crank, it said that those 2 countries are fighting for democracy on stress that back in both countries were spike. and for us national security, mazda of german foreign minister on the line of battle ass cold for the immediate release of hostages, held by how boss of the meeting is ready to leave this. she said, israel that has the rights to defend itself, but its protection for civilians. they also announced an aid package from casa to me, my family stuff, jim and hostages, who were taken in the hamas to attacks of travel to berlin to try and pressure the government to take more action german president frank. about this time i met some of them saying that he was deeply moved by that applied and that germany is doing
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everything and its power to secure the kept his release. the families have been speaking to the w. y. c style. she is a really yeah, the woman is this picture here. she's neat the headphone you bone babies knows marguerite moses was kidnapped by him aust terrorist along with 5 other family members. the relatives have come to germany to keep pressure on the government here. that's what all they be this here is this mr. shows me and i told you, but we don't want to interfere with the gentleman. put it but you have to do some of the tax of less than what sleepless nights and endless thoughts about their loved ones. oh mission here
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is to try all of this is a gentleman the real back good system and not only shows them samples that doesn't really go well they're not simple to get how comrade is a full. i'm a german intelligence officer with experience of mediating between israel and thomas. you told me it's likely the hostages are being held underground. i go to they will be held in safe places uh underneath that means in the tunnel system of kaiser distributed possibly nowadays in the view of uh forthcoming a drunk forces operation. and then also because possibly.
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