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
benjamin netanyahu was speaking after the deaths of 2a israeli soldiers in one day 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 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 sin
has been launched by houthi fighters in yemen on a us cargo vessel ship off aden. this comes after united states announced that it is returning the group to a list of global terrorist organisations. the escalating tensions in the red sea have many analysts concerned that the impact of these attacks will drive up the cost of living. some shipping companies have had to take a detour around africa driving up costs or have decided to suspend shipments indefinitely. mukesh sahdev head of oil trading at the research firm rystad energy describes what is at stake in the markets. what is at stake as there is a lot of crude oil moving from east to west, right? and fat crude oil, i would say, is blocked by russia, crude oil by india, by china. that is at stake. the other thing that is also at stake is a lot of plates that move towards europe. so i would say all and all, we are talking about a sizeable number of barrels of crude and product. now, the question comes, will all of th