they are not eating well. the us central bank announces the biggest rise in us interest rates in nearly 30 years to combat surging inflation. and spain, southern france, and parts of italy swelter through an extreme heatwave. authorities are warning of water shortages. hello and welcome to the programmable to have you with us. new us aid for ukraine worth a billion dollars has been announced by president biden. it includes additional artillery and coastal defence weapons, as well as ammunition for artillery and advanced rocket systems. new pledges came from nato members who met in brussels, the us defence secretary said he will move heaven and earth to ensure ukraine gets the weapons it needs to combat russia s invasion. here s a little of what lloyd austin had to say. we can t afford to let up, and we can t lose steam. the stakes are too high. ukraine is facing a pivotal moment on the battlefield. and we re seeing what president zelensky warned us about. after failing to tak
Our international editor, jeremy bowen has the latest. A few minutes after the attack, the building in irans diplomatic compound in a well off central area of damascus seems to be on fire. The israeli strike destroyed the iranian consulate. It was a Precision Attack against a Senior Commander who will have worked hard to keep his movements secret. Despite that, Israeli Intelligence must have tracked general Mohamed Reza Zahedi to the meeting he was having in damascus. He was the Senior Iranian general in syria and lebanon two countries iran regards as critical parts in what it says is its system of forward defence, the so called axis of resistance. In damascus the syrian Foreign Minister said the general and others who died were killed by israel. Translation we strongly condemn this Criminal Act L carried out by the zionist enemy. These attacks can only be met by further steadfastness, further support for the Palestinian People and further resistance whether in iraq or in southern leba
City where a growing number of pro Palestinian Protesters are staging a march organizers urging people to quote fled the area in a united front over the situation in gaza. We will have a live report for you ahead. But first. Israel now and the second phase of its war on hamas. According to Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu Israeli Forces the ramp up air and Ground Operations in the gaza strip attacking more than 100 underground targets overnight. Welcome to brandnew our Fox News Live i am arthel neville. I eric shot israel sending in tanks and infantry into gaza while launching strikes from the air and the sea. This campaign is designed to completely destroy the Military Capability of the Terrorist Group hamas. Knocking out Communication Mitt and gossip make it difficult for rescue crews to find the wounded and raise concern over spiraling humanitarian crisis therapy Lieutenant Colonel served more than 20 years in the Israeli Defense forces and she joined us in the last hour to discuss
Jesse fox news alert. Israels Ground Invasion of gaza has begun. Tanks are in the strip. Theyre Launching Raids against hamas targets all over the border. The Israeli Government says tonight is the night. They will feel the wrath. All the International Community that saw the crimes, atrocity that hamas is responsible for, we are going to destroy hamas, in doing so eradicating a despicable enemy of all humanity. Israel naval battalion conducted a egyseige. Watch. Why did israel wait so long . Sources tell primetime that Hostage Negotiations had collapsed because of what hamas was offering, the israelis realized hamas wasnt serious, was using Hostage Negotiations to delay the Ground Invasion. Now israel has one focus, completely decimate the Terrorist Presence to their south. The idf shut out the lights in gaza, no internet or cell phones. A blackout. They received the highest level of intensintensity. A Bunker Buster Bomb was dropped in gaza, to demolish tunnels. Bunker busters penetrat