And sent his condolences to the victims families. The attacker reported to be a jordanian Truck Driver was shot dead by israeli security forces. The incident happened at the King Hussein Allenby bridge crossing. The victims are thought to have been private security personnel. Jordan has launched an investigation into the shootings. Jordan and israel signed a Peace Treaty in 1994 and have close security and economic ties, but diplomatic relations have been strained. Lets hear from an eyewitness who was at the crossing at the time of the attack. Translation we were sitting and standing at the checkpoint| waiting for our turn after the bus in front of us was searched. There was a bus and a truck in front of us. A man got out and he carried out the shooting. Thank God Nothing happened to us, or nothing happened to us or the passengers, but the Truck Drivers were put on the ground. We bus passengers didnt know what to do. We were panicking. Mike thomson is our our correpondent injerusalem.
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
last little while we have heard that israel has proposed hosting the rival sudanese leaders for talks. so the israeli foreign ministry are just saying that any last little while, just that one sentence, a whole flurry of international efforts to get a truce. all of them have failed so far, but israel now proposing hosting rival sudanese leaders for talks, so we will keep an eye on that development. whilst we were hearing from andrew mitchell in the house of commons, we were also getting the latest views from us secretary of state. worth going through the key conclusions he has been talking about because he says the state department continues to be, in close communication with us citizens to provide information on possible departure routes, including americans travelling overland in the un convoy to port sudan. dozens of american nationals, he says, have expressed interest in leaving sudan. he also has said that the sudanese people are not giving up on the democratic future an
a clean air zone. and one of the most hyped bouts in the history of boxing tommy fury wins his grudge match by a split decision. at least 59 migrants have drowned after their boat broke up in rough seas and sank off the southern coast of italy, including a number of children. the boat was said to be overloaded with close to 150 people. it s thought the vessel left izmir, in eastern turkey, three days ago. those who survived came ashore near the town of crotone, on the calabrian coast, and are being helped by the red cross. jon donnison has the latest. overnight, another tragedy in the mediterranean. by daylight, this was all that was left of the migrant boat that broke up in rough seas just off the calabrian coast. rescue workers struggled in the conditions to recover bodies from the water. it s thought around 150 people were onboard. dozens, including a baby, are known to have drowned. the regional governor visited the scene. translation: calabria is - a region that welcom