mr schumer, the us s highest ranking jewish elected official, released his own statement thursday saying he has clear and profund disagreements with the prime minister. but because america s relationship with israel is ironclad and transcends one person or prime minister ijoined the request for him to speak. the announcement comes as the us urged israel to publicly name the 20 to 30 hamas fighters it said it targeted in a deadly air raid on a united nations school in gaza. hospital medics said at least 37 people were killed in the strike on thursday. while israel often releases the names of hamas fighters it says it has targeted, it is rare for the us to publicly say it expects full transparency. israel s military said it conducted a precise strike on a hamas compound in the school and that it killed many of the 20 to 30 fighters it believes were inside. but gaza s hamas run government says 14 children and nine women are among the dead. our middle east correspondent lucy
at 12 years old, lera has been learning to walk again, after the blast that shattered one of her legs and burned the other very badly. passing over the holes left by shrapnel. ..lera points out where she and herfriend, kseniya, came that morning to sell bracelets they d made themselves. she didn t hear the air raid siren. missile whooshes. the russian missile smashed right into the heart of chernihiv. it was a hot holiday weekend and the streets were crowded. seven people were killed that day, including a child, and dozens were injured. but the missile exploded just metres away from here. ..its shards slicing into buildings and people all around. when russian troops invaded ukraine in 2022, they never took chernihiv but they did occupy much of this northern region. the ruins are a reminder of the weeks when the city was under siege and under constant fire. the russians were eventually forced to retreat, and life slowly returned to the streets. then, last august, the city th
us speaker of the house mikejohnson and senate minority leader mitch mcconnell announced israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu will address a joint session of congress onjuly 24th to talk about israel s war in gaza. the two republicans along with democrats senate majority leader chuck schumer and house minority leader hakeem jeffries sent him an invitation to speak last week. in accepting the invitation, prime minister netayahu said i am very moved to have the privilege of representing israel before both houses of congress and to present the truth about ourjust war against those who seek to destroy us to the representatives of the american people and the entire world.