families of israeli hostages who are still being held in gaza have broken through security and stormed a finance meeting in the israeli parliament, the knesset. 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. earlier i spoke to our middle east correspondent mark lowen who is in jerusalem. he gave us a sense of the pressure benjamin netanyahu is coming under from hostage families. pretty significant p
hello, i m matthew amroliwala, welcome to verified live. three hours of breaking stories, and checking out the truth behind them. families of israeli hostages who are still being held in gaza have broken through security and stormed a finance meeting in the israeli parliament, the knesset. 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 one hundred and ninety palestinians have been killed in the past twenty four hours. earlier i spoke to our middle east
we begin in the united states, where florida governor ron desantis has dropped out from the republican presidential race and endorsed donald trump. the surprise video announcement comes ahead of this week s republican primary in new hampshire where mr desantis was polling in the single digits. his departure leaves nikki haley as mr trump s only significant rival. here s what he had to say. if there was anything i could do to produce a favourable outcome more campaign stops, more interviews i would do it. but i can t ask our supporters to volunteer their time and donate their resources if we don t have a clear path to victory. accordingly, i am today suspending my campaign. i m proud to have delivered on 100% of my promises, and i will not stop now. it s clear to me that a majority of republican primary voters want to give donald trump another chance. they watched his presidency get stymied by relentless resistance, and they see democrats using warfare to this day to attac
it underscores growing domestic dissent in israel about the war in gaza that s now in its fourth month. meanwhile, the european union s foreign policy chief has said the international community must press ahead with efforts to create a two state solution to the israel hamas war despite opposition from israel. josep borrell said israel s plan to destroy hamas in gaza is not working and the eu must pursue efforts to reach a broker a deal that would lead to the creation of a palestinian state alongside israel. translation: | know - they have a different stance. i know and the secretary general of the united nations knows also and he answered it yesterday in very concrete terms, saying that it is unacceptable to say i don t want this solution, because it is a solution that has been approved by the united nations. and the whole international community is behind it. so if they don t agree, we have to discuss. that is why we are here. we have to discuss, even if they don t disag
were still in captivity. they are demanding more action from the government to secure the release of their relatives. meanwhile, the european union s foreign policy chief says the international community must press ahead with efforts to create a two state solution to the israel hamas war, despite israeli opposition. prime minister benjamin netanyahu on sunday reaffirmed his hard line against a palestinian state, which he said would pose an existential danger to israel. he also rejected hamas s demands for israeli forces to withdraw from gaza in return for the release of israeli hostages. as he arrived for a foreign ministers meeting in brussels, josep borrell said israel s plan to destroy hamas in gaza is not working and the eu must pursue efforts to reach a two state solution, despite mr netanyahu s opposition. translation: | know - they have a different stance. i know and the secretary general of the united nations knows also and he answered it yesterday in very concrete t