field that includes former president donald trump, who had a landslide victory in iowa last monday. he rose to popularity as a former reality television star known for his new york real estate empire. the twice impeached president is expected to have a busy 2024 notjust on the campaign trail, but in the courtroom where he faces 91 criminal charges across four cases this year. and gaining ground on trump 5 lead in new hampshire is former south carolina governor nikki haley. haley previously said she wouldn t challenge her former boss for the presidency but changed her mind citing the need for generational change. she served as a former us ambassador to the united nations under trump. when elected governor in 2011, haley was the youngest and first minority female governor in the us. new hampshire democrats are not sitting this primary out. there were 21 democrats running for president on today s ballot among them congressman dean phillips and marianne williamson. but one na
just in the last few hours, some new numbers have been released by the health ministry in gaza, that is run by hamas, that is a prescribed terrorist group by many in the us in the uk. the numbers are this. they say that 25,105 palestinians have been killed in gaza since october the 7th, numbers over 25,000 killed. they also say that 62,681 people have been injured. israel often disputes the figures and the numbers given by hamas, but don t provide any of their own. we are going to head to iraq now and get the latest on that attack on an air base used by the us. the us says iranian backed militants were behind the attack. multiple ballistic missiles and rockets were fired. some were intercepted by air defences. let s look at where this happened. this is in iraq, the al asad base. at least one iraqi service member was wounded, and a number of americans wounded too. attacks on us forces in iraq by militias linked to iran have increased since the gaza war began. this latest incid
the secretary of state will now head to qatar for talks with the emir. meanwhile, at a cabinet meeting, israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu pledged to continue the war in gaza until all of their goals are achieved we are not stopping until victory. the war must not be stopped until we achieve all of its goals. the elimination of hamas, the return of all of our hostages and ensuring gaza no longer poses a threat to israel. a sadist about our enemies and friends, this is our responsibility and this is our commitment. every other consideration must be set aside and we will continue until total victory. i say this to our enemies and friends. live now to our correspondent injerusalem, wyre davies. strong message as antony blinken tries to tone down the conflict. yes, interesting points in the statement by benjamin netanyahu, a message to enemies and friends, a clear message to the americans and european governments would like israel to show more restraint in its bombing camp
the international shipping threat in the red sea by the iranian backed houthi rebels of neighbouring yemen, before travelling to tel aviv. ahead of his arrival in israel, intense israeli air strikes have been continuing in the gaza strip as well as ground battles with hamas fighters. israeli forces say they carried out strikes on 30 targets overnight. there is also deep concern over the dire humanitarian situation in gaza, where aid organisations say their doctors have been forced to pull out of one of the last functioning hospitals after the surrounding area was designated a combat zone by the israeli military. the world health organization says if the al aqsa hospital is stopped from operating, it will be a moral and medical outrage. wyre davies sent this report from jerusalem. a warning it contains distressing images from the start. images coming from jabalia in northern gaza today are difficult to watch. reporters quickly on the scene described dozens of bodies lying in