It includes soldiers and civilians and the sky over gaza remained lit overnight by retaliatory rockets. Israels military forces opened up fighting nearly two dozen locations yesterday along the gaza border. Officials confirming more than 300 palestinians have been killed in the fighting with thousands more injured. And israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu issued a deadly warning to hamas. All of the places which hamas is deployed, hiding and operating in that wicked city, we will turn it into an island of ruins. I am telling gazas people to leave those places now because we will take action everywhere. Yesterday, President Biden spoke to the potential for the conflict widening, warning other groups in the region not to exploit the situation and saying that the us stands firmly with israel and its people. Israel has the right to defend itself and its people, full stop. Theres never justification for terrorist attacks. And my Administration Support for israels security is rock solid
to israel, while condemning the latest toll of civilian casualties in gaza where 8,796 people have now been killed, according to the hamas controlled health ministry. there was another huge explosion today in the jabalia refugee camp, the second in as many days. the eu s foreign policy chief josep borell said he is appalled by the reports he s getting. is the steely determination to track down the hamas leaders, blinding israel to its responsibilities under international law? we will discuss that tonight with our panel, from boston the democratic strategist mary anne marsh and from london, the former education secretary justine greening. republicans have put forward an emergency funding bill that includes iii billion dollars for israel but does not include any funding at all for ukraine. we ll get reaction tonight from kyiv. and did a sexist, macho culture in downing street hamper the uk government s response to coronavirus? the rafah border crossing finally opened today to