suffering from russian attacks, so the long—term effect of this aid is questionable. is it a bit too late or is it still going to help ukrainian forces at least hold the line before the russians start their actual offensive? because what we have right now is not the actual offensive. the house of representatives also overwhelmingly approved a military assistance package for israel, which has been carrying out a military offensive in gaza since hamas attacked israel on october 7th. hamas is designated a terrorist organisation by western governments — around 1,200 people were killed in that attack and around 130 israelis and foreigners are still being held hostage. gaza's health ministry says more than 3a,000 palestinians have been killed inside gaza so far by israel's military offensive, most of them women and children. 0vernight israel has carried out more airstrikes in rafah, in the south of the territory.