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Added on the 15/03/2022 22:00:51 - Copyright : AFPTV - First images
Buses line up along the side of the road as civilian safe passage from Ukraine's besieged eastern port city of Mariupol is put on hold for a second consecutive day due to violations of the ceasefire agreed with Russian-led forces surrounding the city. IMAGES
"The seven souls we mourn today were there so that hungry people could eat," chef Jose Andres says of the World Central Kitchen staffers who were killed in an Israeli strike in Gaza, during remarks at a ceremony honoring their lives at the Washington National Cathedral. SOUNDBITE
Military aircrafts parachute food aid into Gaza City, a day after 18 people were killed in stampedes or drowned in the Mediterranean Sea as they were rushing towards aid packages. Hamas has urged an end to the airdrops and called for stepped-up road deliveries instead. The United States said it would keep airdropping humanitarian supplies while also pushing for more overland deliveries. IMAGES
Trucks loaded with humanitarian aid arrive from the south of the Gaza Strip to the Kuwait roundabout in Gaza City. Trucks are then seen waiting to pass to the northern Gaza Strip in coordination with the Israeli army. IMAGES
Hundreds of Gazans rush towards aid trucks carrying flour and canned food in Gaza City. Ten trucks have crossed into the Gaza Strip transporting aid from several countries, including Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates and Egypt as well as the World Food Programme. But as fighting enters its fourth month, the World Health Organization has warned that its ability to provide aid and support hospitals was "shrinking". IMAGES