In gaza, after hamas gave what it called a Comprehensive Vision to mediators. Mr netanyahu . Office said he also planned an assault on rafah, the city in the southern edge of the gaza strip where more than half of the territorys two and half Million People at residing. Meanwhile, a ship carrying Food Supplies for gaza has arrived, and is now waiting off the coast in a test run of what is hoped will become a new route for aid into the territory. The us secretary of state, Antony Blinken, has been speaking about the negotiations. Answering questions from the press in austria, mr blinken said both sides were working to bridge the remaining gaps. He said he was yet to see a plan for the Israel Military in rafah. You asked specifically the Israel Military in rafah. 7m. Asked specifically whether weve seen the plan, and now we have not seen the plan, and now we have not seen it. Regarding the hostages. Yes, there has been a Counter Proposal put forward by hamas, i cant get into the details o
that, enable them to encircle some ukrainian troops. that s significant. there are other places though in kharkiv where you see on your map, you have ukrainian forces pushing back much more successfully. so there s back and forth and as we mentioned a ship in the black sea, a russian supportive naval ship which is on fire. we re not sure exactly why, but you have russians trying to push that front and fighting in places like odesa today. so listen. we are seeing something for the very first time. you re looking, in a minute, at a massive, supermassive i just said we re going to see it for the first time in a minute. look, guys. can you see it? massive. i m sure you know exactly what that is, and we ll t talk more about it next.
battered steel plant in southeastern ukraine in the city of mariupol. we have learned that within the last half hour there have been evacuations resuming today. around 150 people were rescued from the city of mariupol. it s unclear how many of those 150 were actually from the steel plant itself where people have been sheltering for months. we re going to be having more details in a live report coming up from ukraine in just a moment. that steel plant is the last stand for ukrainian troops in mariupol. president volodymyr zelenskyy says he s working on diplomatic efforts to save military forces that are still inside that complex. in the meantime, ukrainian forces say russia fired four cruise missiles at the key port city of odesa today. no reports of casualties thus far. and president zelenskyy also accuses russia of using blockades as a form of torture, he says, with starvation. he says that organizations are not allowed into mariupol to give people there the desperately needed foo