in just the last few hours, a ceasefire between israel and palestinians in the gaza strip has began, but some fighting has reportedly continued. the agreement was brokered by egypt it follows five days of violent exchanges which have killed at least 33 palestinians in gaza and two people in israel. 33 palestinians in gaza the truce, which as you see here prompted celebration in the streets, includes a commitment by israel to stop so called targeted assassinations . in return, israel reportedly demanded a complete halt to rocket fire by palestinian militants at its civilians. however, just hours after islamichhad militants confirmed a ceasefire was in effect, a rocket was fired from the gaza strip, prompting rocket warning sirens across a region of southern israel. it s not yet clear who fired the rocket, but its worth noting that several smaller militant palestinian groups are opposed to the truce brokered earlier in the day. the current bout of violence erupted on tuesday
and provide kyiv with all the assistance it needed in the war against russia prime minister meloni also stressed that the conflict would only end when russia stopped its aggression, and withdrew from all ukrainian territory, adding that any other outcome would jeopardise peace in all of europe. president volodymyr zelensky is now at the vatican for a private audience with pope francis, it s the first meeting between the two men since russia invaded ukraine. we can see pictures of that meeting now. our europe regional editor paul moss has been telling us about the significance of this visit. they very publicly embraced each other and as you suggested, ms meloni was vocal in her support. she said she would be an ally of ukraine and the war would only end when all russian troops had left all of ukrainian territory. no sense of a compromise. the italian president was in a similar vein when he said it was an honour to have mr zelensky visit. he thanked them and said about the evil
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hello, i m carl naussman. a ceasefire between israel and palestinians in the gaza strip appears to be holding, despite some reports of fighting. the agreement was brokered by egypt it follows five days of violent exchanges which have killed at least 33 palestinians in gaza and two people in israel. the truce, which as you see here prompted celebration in the streets, includes a commitment by israel to stop so called targeted assassinations . in return, israel reportedly demanded a complete halt to rocket fire by palestinian militants at its civilians. however, just hours after islamichhad militants confirmed a ceasefire was in effect, a rocket was fired from the gaza strip, prompting rocket warning sirens across a region of southern israel. it s not yet clear who fired the rocket, but its worth noting that several smaller militant palestinian groups are opposed to the truce brokered earlier in the day. a reminder though that for now the ceasefire does appear to be holding.
who affirmed that italy would remain a solid ally, and provide kyiv with all the assistance it needed. prime minister meloni also stressed that the conflict would only end when russia stopped its aggression, and withdrew from all ukrainian territory, adding that any other outcome would jeopardise peace in all of europe. president zelensky then had a private audience with pope francis. it s the first meeting between the two men since russia invaded ukraine. president zelensky says he thanked the pope for focusing on the tragedy of millions of ukrainians . our europe regional editor paul moss has been telling us about the significance of this visit to vatican. let me set the context for you. pope francis has talked a lot in the past about the suffering of the ukrainian people. he s also condemned certain specific war crimes committed in ukraine. however, critics suggest that the pope has not been strong enough in making very clear that it s russia that s in the wrong and ukrai