in 17 years. israel responded with air strikes on the gaza strip and southern lebanon. among the buildings damaged in gaza was the newly built house of a taxi driver, muhamad. let s hearfrom him. translation: i came running at the sound of explosions. i i could hardly see because of the dust. the dirt had covered my sisters and i carried them out one by one. what had they done? one of them almost died. bbc s lucy williamson sends this update from jerusalem. the previous years here are in everybody s mind as these tensions increase and as we saw the signs of the events spreading into gaza, for example, with the rocket fires and strikes from gaza and the conflict spreading into southern lebanon as well. i think people are concerned about whether this is going to grow into something wider.
the democratic national convention was held in milwaukee in 2020 and they are still working to choose 2024 specifics. the summer of air travel trouble continues, airlines canceled 2800 u.s. lights and delayed 26000 others yesterday. the industry is facing significant staffing shortages throughout the busy summary travel susan to get thousands of flights were canceled over memorial day in july 4 weekend. sirens warning of incoming rocket fires across tel aviv as israel and palestinians exchange fire for a second that. israel killed a jihadist commander yesterday. it s the most violent conflict in more than a year. right now cease-fire nowhere in sight. trey yingst is live just outside gaza with the latest.
the train is different. it s much more open terrain as you know. so long range fires are going to be important. standoff within the military is important. so you are more likely to see long range rocket fires, artillery fires. the use of personal carriers to move troops. tank formations. as opposed to the smaller ambushes and unconventional tactics that we saw in the air just stages of this war. the next phase of our support is starting to look like that too. you re starting to see artillery, long range fires. more advanced drones. more systems that will help ukrainians engage in distances to preserve the force. but also reach out further and hurt russian forces while they re moving, and while they re trying to get into defensive positions as well. that s a large part of what the age package is looking like. that evolution into a new style of military assistance.
maneuver force of sufficient potency to crack that plan. we would do it with deep battle, long range artillery fires, rocket fires, attack helicopters, u.s. air force fighter bombers. it s hard to imagine how you create that in the coming weeks in ukraine, so it s a real inflection point in the war, and a period of great peril to the ukrainians. and general, you said that there s a crucial window of opportunity that s opened up for the ukrainians for a counter attack, but they need the weapons. they need modern weapons. they need modern nato weapons. i m curious, the news over the last 12 hours, that biden is talking about sending more weapons their way, about $750 billion worth. is that what they need? maybe. i don t know. armored humvee s are created for counter ieds in afghanistan.