that the biden adminstration has cleared the way for the transfer of bombs and fighter planes worth billions of dollars to israel. our correspondent yolande knell is injerusalem. a shell exploded near these un military observers while they were on a foot patrol in southern lebanon, along the blue line, which divides that area from the north of israel. now, unifil, the peacekeeping mission in that area, says it s investigating the cause of the blast. but this is an area where israeli forces and the lebanese armed group hezbollah regularly exchange fire. we ve seen an increase in tensions in that whole area in just the past few weeks, and that has really raised fears about further escalation related to the war in gaza. now, when it comes to those reports in the washington post and reuters about arms transfers worth billions of dollars being made from the us to israel, these are listed as 1,800 2,000lb bombs, 500 500lb bombs and 25 f 35 fighterjets. most of that already approved
they ve been taken to hospital. the un said it was investigating the cause of the explosion, and warned the targeting of observers was unacceptable. israel has denied any involvement. also there are reports from the us that the biden adminstration has cleared the way for the transfer of bombs and fighter planes worth billions of dollars to israel. our correspondent yolande knell is injerusalem. a shell exploded near these un military observers while they were on a foot patrol in southern lebanon, along the blue line, which divides that area from the north of israel. now unifil, the peacekeeping mission in that area, says it s investigating the cause of the blast. but this is an area where israeli forces and the lebanese armed group hezbollah regularly exchange fire. we ve seen an increase in tensions in that whole area in just the past few weeks, and that has really raised fears about further escalation related to the war in gaza. now, when it comes to those reports in the
ukraine. we just hope they can come to yes. we will have the second vote if the first vote fails. former house speaker nancy pelosi will join me here. plus, hamas responds with its demands to free the hostages as secretary blinken is in israel trying to push for a compromise. netanyahu s response coming up live this hour. none of the above. nikki haley loses the nevada primary to the swing state s unique ballot option of rejecting all the candidates. donors keep her challenge going to donald trump. good day, i m andrea mitchell in washington. nancy pelosi joins me in a few moments. first, we start with one of her successors, mike johnson, and his shocking losses in the house last night. republicans thought they had two sure wins with two votes late tuesday. the majority failed to impeach homeland secretary mayorkas and they failed to pass a bill for aid to israel. speaker johnson speaking about the failures moments ago. last night was a setback. democracy is messy.
saying they re invading the strip soon with tens of thousands of soldiers. the u.s. embassy in israel is offering of iq asian of americans and immediate relatives by sea, just cyprus on monday at 8 am local time. it is on a space limited basis. the embassy says chartered flights are also being arranged. meanwhile, the rafah crossing point between egypt and gaza remains closed this morning, as egyptian authorities continue their negotiations with israel and the united states over allowing u.s. citizens safe passage into egypt. secretary of state antony blinken will arrive in egypt today, and speak with that country s president later this morning. a second u.s. aircraft carrier is headed to the eastern mediterranean to help deter escalation in the region. it joins another carrier strike group that arrives earlier this week. and according to the israel defense forces, over 1400 people have been killed in israel since the fighting began, with the gaza health ministry repo