the worst loss of life for the israeli army, since its offensive began. 21 of the soldiers were killed inside buildings they were preparing to demolish, moments before an attack by palestinian fighters. hundreds of people have been attending funerals today. reports from israel suggest the government may be considering a new deal with hamas, which could lead to a two month to a two month pause in fighting while prisoners are exchanged. intense fighting is continuing in gaza, with the israeli army saying its forces have encircled the southern city of khan younis. the hamas run health ministry says nearly 200 palestinians have been killed in the past 2a hours. from jerusalem, our middle east correspondent, yolande knell. and a warning, her report contains some distressing images. buried with a prayer and full military honours, this was the first in a series of funerals for 21 soldiers killed in israel s biggest single loss since the start of the ground war in gaza. the israeli m
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Ammunition and air defences for kyiv. Mr zelensky said thousands of lives would be saved and both ukraine and the United States would emerge stronger. The kremlin said the bill would cost more lives. Nomia iqbal is in washington for us. Over to you. After months of olitical over to you. After months of political divisions, over to you. After months of political divisions, of over to you. After months of political divisions, of delaysl political divisions, of delays and dire warnings from President Biden, from members of the Democratic Party as well as ukrainian officials, bill actually passed pretty comfortably through the House Of Representatives. The next step is, of course, the senate. It will be some internal fallout perhaps for the Republican Party but for ukraine, this is seen as a lifeline. Ukraine, this is seen as a lifeline ukraine, this is seen as a lifeline. ,. , lifeline. On this road, the age of 311 and lifeline. On this road, the age of 311 and the lifeline. On this road,
During the debate, lawmakers in support of the legislation urged their colleagues to swiftly approve the aid, saying time is running out for the ukrainians. Former Speaker Nancy Pelosi was one of those to address the house. Vladimir putin has instructed his troops to use rape, kidnapping and murder in front of Family Members as a weapon of war to demoralise the people of ukraine. I hope that our colleagues will choose democracy and decency rather than autocracy and evil. Because i fear that if you choose the putin route, you will have blood on your hands. Blood of the children, blood of their mothers, raped in front of their parents, raped in front of their children. I vote on this and all of the other bills before us today. The only us lawmaker born in ukraine, victoria spartz, a republican representative, who has been known for her staunch support of donald trump, has actually proposed an amendment that reduces military aid for ukraine. She called the package a blank cheque, a narrat
Us officials have indicated that deliveries of munitions and air Defence Systems are ready to go as soon as there is approval in the senate. A Military Aid Package to item that has been improved. It has also voted to ban the run that cut its ties with china. Tiktok. Lets speak tour correspondent in washington, helena humphrey. It has been six months in the making. It has been six months in the makinu. ,. , ,. , making. Now one step closer to aurantin making. Now one step closer to granting that making. Now one step closer to granting that longawaited making. Now one step closer to granting that longawaited aid l making. Now one step closer to l granting that longawaited aid to granting that long awaited aid to ukraine to the tune of some 61 billion us dollars. It happened with much needed bipartisan support. We saw 311 votes in favour. A simple majority was needed, 218 were the votes we needed so it passed with 93 extra votes on its side. We will see it going to the senate now. Senate