In some of his most pointed criticism of the Israeli prime minister yet, Joe Biden has said Benjamin Netanyahu is 'hurting Israel more than helping Israel' and should 'pay more attention to the innocent lives being lost' in Gaza.
A ship carrying aid from Cyprus to Gaza will be one of very few to dock in the Palestinian enclave since Hamas took control in 2006 and Israel imposed a sea blockade.'There is very little precedent for this,' says our Middle East correspondent Alistair Bunkall, who is in the Cypriot port city of Larnaca.
The ship is due to leave from there at about midday, and is important because others could follow.The vessel is run by Open Arms, an independent Spanish organisation, while World Central kitchen - a US aid organisation - will be helping to deliver supplies.A lot of funding has been provided by the UAE and the ship is sailing as part of an EU initiative.High-tech scanning is being used to reassure the Israelis about what is being provided, and Israeli officials have been to Larnaca, Bunkall says.
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