divisions in israel over the war in gaza have been highlighted in the country s parliament, the knesset. families of israeli hostages who are still being held in gaza have broken through security and stormed a finance meeting. they were protesting that the finance committee was sitting, deliberating, while their children were still in captivity. shouting shame on you and demanding that committee members get up and act the families called for the government to do more, to secure the release of their loved ones. the protest highlights growing domestic dissent in israel, about the war with hamas, that s now in its fourth month. it comes as palestinians in southern gaza say the israeli bombardment is the most intense they ve experienced since the war began. the gaza health ministry says that 190 palestinians have been killed in the past 2a hours. live now tojerusalem, and our middle east correspondent mark lowen. let s begin with the events in the knesset and the pressure
the fbi has arrested the suspected leaker of classified pentagon documents. his name is jack teixeira, a 21 year old member of the intelligence wing of the massachsetts air national guard. agents swooped in to arrest teixeira at a property in north dighton, massachusetts. he oversaw a private online group named thug shaker central, where 20 to 30 people, mostly young and men teenagers, came together over a shared interest in god, video games and guns. his online friends include individuals in ukraine and russia. one member of the group spoke anonymously to the washington post. the group really became close during the pandemic when we were all locked down together. and every single day we would watch movies, play games, do activities together, we d stream our houses and mess around, dance and have fun. we didn t realise the sheer, just immense nature of these lea ks until a bit later. i spoke to 06 about two days ago before he gave his final goodbye to us. he signed off saying
bring it back into the games. the women s tennis association will resume tournaments in china this year having accepted a full and transparent investigation into the sexual assault allegations made by shui will not be carried out by the chinese government. they have been boycotted for 16 months after peng shuai said she was forced into a sexual relationship with the former chinese vice premiere in 2021. the chief executive said a different approach is needed hopefully by returning more progress can be made. manchester united host six times europa league champions seville in the pick of thursday night s quarterfinal matches. the reds will be without marcus rashford who is out with a groin strain. although he scored 20 goals for the club this year, the man likely to replace him, anthony machel, is at play that make the team play better according to his manager. the united boss says he is wary of peng wary of sevilla s excellent record. its is wary of peng wary of sevilla s
let s turn to ireland now where us presidentjoe biden has already had a busy day and where in the next hour he s expected to address a joint sitting of the irish parliament. in the past hour we ve seen him arrive at farmleigh house in dublin for a meeting with the irish prime minister leo varadkar. mr biden praised irish values and set out plans for a closer relationship between the us and ireland. . , relationship between the us and ireland. ., , , relationship between the us and ireland. . , , ., ireland. there really is an opportunity ireland. there really is an opportunity to ireland. there really is an opportunity to make - ireland. there really is an i opportunity to make serious progress, notjust because of the accords that we signed 25 years ago, but just accords that we signed 25 years ago, butjust in terms of the way ireland is moving, and the way that it is taking its place in the world, and i just think that it feels so good to be able to have this emerging