Negotiators about the possibility of reaching a deal on gaza. Antony blinken is heading to the region this weekend, after president biden also said that a ceasefire deal was closer than ever. But senior hamas figures have dismissed such optimism as an illusion. There have been more israeli airstrikes in gaza and israel also said it had struck targets inside neighbouring lebanon which belong to hezbollah, the group which supports hamas in gaza. Greg mckenzie has this report. Images from across the region over the weekend show there are still huge obstacles to peace despite two days of us backed talks in qatar. On friday night, an israeli airstrike reportedly killed 15 people in the central area of gaza. Although israel said it had eliminated a number of armed fighters, several women and children were also reportedly killed. Us secretary of state antony blinken will arrive in the region to promote what is being called a final bridging proposal aimed at overcoming the differences between
Hello, i m samantha simmonds. The us secretary of state is travelling to israel as cautious optimism grows amongst israeli negotiators about the possibility of reaching a deal on gaza. Anthony blinken is heading to the region this weekend, after president biden also said that a ceasefire deal was closer than ever. But senior hamas figures have dismissed such optimism as an illusion. There have been more israeli airstrikes in gaza and israel also said it had struck targets inside neighbouring lebanon which belong to hezbollah, the group which supports hamas in gaza. Greg mckenzie has this report. Images from across the region over the weekend show there are still huge obstacles to peace despite two days of us backed talks in qatar. On friday night, an israeli airstrike reportedly killed 15 people in the central area of gaza. Although israel said it had eliminated a number of armed fighters, several women and children were also reportedly killed. Us secretary of state antony blinken will
Claimed to be of the strike on the crossing over the seym river, saying minus one more bridge. He added that these operations were depriving russia of logisitical capabilities. It comes after this video, which the ukrainian military says shows the destruction of a key bridge inside the kursk region of russia. This video shows large explosions on the structure, about 11 kilometres from the border. These are the latest pictures from the rostov region in south west russia. The governor there says that firefighters were called to put out a fire at an industrial facility struck by debris from a ukrainian drone. Both sides say air defences destroyed multiple drones and missiles fired by the other side overnight. Let s speak to samuel ramani. He is an associate fellow at the royal united services institute. Welcome to you. Thank you for being with us. What is your assessment of these incursions into russia by ukraine and what impact it could have on the waryellow i think that the ukrainians a
Air force commander mykola oleshchuck released this footage claimed to be of the strike on the crossing over the seym river, saying minus one more bridge. He added that these operations were depriving russia of logisitical capabilities. These are the latest pictures from the rostov region in south west russia. The governor there says that firefighters were called to put out a fire at an industrial facility struck by debris from a ukrainian drone. Both sides say air defences destroyed multiple drones and missiles fired by the other side overnight. In the last hour, belarusian president alexander lukashenko has claimed that minsk has deployed nearly a third of it s armed forces along the entire border with ukraine in what he says is a response to ukraine stationing 120,000 troops at the border between the two countries. Reuters attributing that report to the belta state news agency. Let s speak to patrick bury. He is a senior lecturer in security from the department of politics, langua
Of logisitical capabilities. These are the latest pictures from the rostov region in south west russia. The governor there says that firefighters were called to put out a fire at an industrial facility struck by debris from a ukrainian drone. Both sides say air defences destroyed multiple drones and missiles fired by the other side overnight. Meanwhile, the belarusian president alexander lukashenko has claimed that minsk has deployed nearly a third of it s armed forces along the entire border with ukraine in what he says is a response to ukraine stationing 120,000 troops at the border between the two countries. Reuters attributing that report to the belta state news agency. Patrick bury is a senior lecturer in security from the department of politics, languages and international studies at the university of bath. He told me what he thought of the latest pushback from ukrainian forces. Well, i think in terms of dropping the bridges over the seym river, that is the second of three majo