Hello and welcome to our viewers joining us here in the United States and all around the world. As we continue our coverage of israel at war. Im rosemary church. Israeli forces are stepping up strikes in gaza, as they are calling the next stage of the war on hamas. Explosions and plumes of black smoke can be seen in gaza city. And fighters clashed with israeli troops inside gaza. Heres more from Benjamin Netanyahu. Translator you fought with heroism in gaza. Your stories are instragsal. This is difficult. We are fighting for our lives and our home. This is no exaggeration. We are at war. Were in a double battle. One battle is to block them here. The second battle is to win a Crushing Victory that will erase hamas. Mr. Netanyahu met with the nations war cabinet on sunday. And the Defense Minister says its likely invasion of gaza needs to be israels last move, inside the region, vowing hamas wont be around for long. The humanitarian crisis in gaza is becoming more desperate. A second con
Story. I will see you next time. Hello and welcome, everyone. I Michael Homes with the latest on the israel hamas war. The conflict continues to escalate amid dozens of airstrikes carried out by the a df on sunday. They clashed with israeli troops inside gaza. Benjamin netanyahu spoke to troops in Northern Israel, reiterating the stakes of the current initiative. You fought with exemplary heroism in gaza. Your stories are inspirational. I know you lost comrades. This is very difficult, but we are fighting for our lives and our home. This is no exaggeration. This is war. We are in a double battle. One is here and the other is to win a Crushing Victory that will erase hamas. Mr. Netanyahu also met with the war cabinet sunday to discuss security and the Defense Minister of the country says it is likely that the invasion of gaza needs to be israels last moves inside the reason region, vowing hamas will not be around for long. A second convoy met with at least 14 aid trucks at the rafa Bord
Invasion could begin at any t time. Senior Foreign Affairs correspondent is live israel Lebanon Border with the very latest. Greg. Tracy we are just very close to that border. We have been seeing a lot of classes recently and that new front in this turmoil could be developing. We will get to the details of that in a moment. First as Breaking News that President Biden will be coming here on wednesday to meet with officials. He will talk to them about thei plans for what we looks to be a looming land, sea and air invasion of the gaza strip allowing the hamas Military Massacre and hostage taking. There are reports this could expect the president will also address americans killed and captured by the militants. This as an antiamerican crisis into the gaza strip grows to hundreds of thousands of civilians seeking shelter. Essential services, food, Water Medicine or running out. Data and image are mounting. That and injured are mounting. The urging secretary linking to get into people that c
was notjust standing shoulder to shoulder, they were giving each other big hugs, there were friendly handshakes. i think it s probably fair to say some people didn t expect this meeting will ever have been possible again at the start of the war, when it looked like, or people assumed, the russians would sweep in quickly. the fact the ukrainians had held off for so long and so heroically, means there was a realjoy in the meeting yesterday and they have also been giving statements in the last hour or so, the secretary of state and secretary of defence, they say that ukraine has already won this war. of course, they haven t militarily, but in diplomatic and moral terms he thinks the victory is already theirs. in the victory is already theirs. in order to win militarily they need more weapons. president zelensky tells the world that every single day. at this point carmarthen west going to give ukraine enough weapons to actually repel the russians in the east? i to actually repel the russia
french president in 20 years to win a second term. let s cross live to paris and talk to david eades. you join us at this rather wonderful spot overlooking the arc de triomphe, the famed ark, and it is a signal of success, i suppose, for emmanuel macron right now. he is the first french president in some 20 years to win a second term in office. he has been vowing to unite the country after his re election. looking at the skill of his victory you might wonder looking at the skill of his victory you might wonder why, looking at the skill of his victory you might wonder why, 58.5% looking at the skill of his victory you might wonder why, 58.5% of looking at the skill of his victory you might wonder why, 58.5% of the vote went to him, 41.5, to his far right rival, marine le pen, in other respects that might look like a crushing victory, but he has had to acknowledge a huge wave of disaffection after his first term in office reflected partly in the abstentions figure, the highest since 1969