that includes 18 more howitzers on top of what the u.s. has sent in. more than 36,000 rounds of artillery ammunition, and ammunition for the himars system, approved earlier this month. four of those weapons systems, multiple launch rocket systems that can strike at a far greater range. that s about a third of the billion dollars. the other two-thirds is known as the ukraine security assistance initiative and that will go to purchase through direct contracts with weapons manufacturers more weapons for ukraine. that includes two harpoon coastal defense systems, thousands of night vision goggles, thousands of radios so that won t be as fast, but the u.s. s position is the fight in eastern ukraine is an incremental fight. russia, yes, is making gains, but there is still time to get the critical systems in. how will we find out and when will we see this? the chairman of the joint chiefs of staff said the training on that advanced himars system for the first group wrapped up today.
barely any aid had been reaching the region after other crossings were closed. with me is mohamed taha from bbc arabic. good morning to you. so, let s talk about rafah to start with before we move onto humanitarian aid. what is happening in rafah? the humanitarian aid. what is happening in rafah? the idf are askin: happening in rafah? the idf are asking more happening in rafah? the idf are asking more people happening in rafah? the idf are asking more people to happening in rafah? the idf are asking more people to leave - asking more people to leave rafah, they asked last week that people in the eastern part of rafah to leave near khan younis. now they are expanding this area to a larger area to ask people to leave rafah, the ground of enzyme rafah, there are many warnings from the united states, from the uk, from the national agency that this widening area of fighting in rafah lots of humanitarian crisis, would cause lots of human casualties between civilians and the s
i m lauren taylor. israel is marking memorial day, which honours its war dead as its offensive in gaza continues. ceremonies are getting under way as we speak, right now, sirens are sounding across the country to honour fallen soldiers and victims of terror attack. i m not playing at santry because of broadcasting restrictions in the us. we are not playing at sound because of broadcasting restrictions in the us. this year, israelis are also commemorating the more than 1000 victims of the hamas attack on october seventh, which triggered the current war. prime minister benjamin netanyahu is attending the main state ceremony at mount herzl injerusalem, followed by another event in memory of victims of terror at 1pm local time. 0ther ministers are attending ceremonies taking place right now around the country, despite some bereaved families urging them to stay away. politicians from across the spectrum have urged keeping the deep political divisions and heated discourse out of
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hello, and welcome to have you as joining us here in the united states are round well the am streaming us on cnn max. i m mostly church just ahead as israel launches new attacks across gaza, us officials repeat their warnings the stay out of a city that s become the last refuge for more than 1 million palestinians. donald trump s former fixer, michael cohen, is set to take the stand. and then the former president s high-stakes criminal hush money trial. we will break down what cohen s expected to say and why his testimony could be critical. and more than two years into russia s unprovoked war on ukraine, vladimir putin is replacing his longtime defense minister with an economist who has no military experience for my plan this is cnn nice with rosemarie to have you with us. we ll, as israel continues to plan an expansion of its military operations in rafah, the palestinian death toll from the war has passed 35,000. that is according to gaza s ministry of health on sund