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years later is expected to return to the uk. hello, i m lewis vaughanjones. the israeli army says three hostages who were mistakenly shot dead by troops in gaza were holding a white flag. early findings from an investigation said they were fired uponin investigation said they were fired upon in breach of rules of engagement. initially soldier began shooting when three shirtless men they thought to be suspicious emerged from a building in the suburbs of gases city. the three hostages were killed in the northern gaza. the idf says their killing was very tragic. the killings have prompted increased pressure on the israeli government to resume negotiations with hamas on the release of captured israeli nationals. from jerusalem, our middle east correspondence sent this. israel s army is in gaza to kill hamas fighters and bring hostages home. clear targets obliterated in the chaos of conflict. three of those shot dead in the northern district of shejaiya. not hamas gunmen, but the ....
of air strikes as we have new reporting about what the u.s. is telling israel about a potential ground invasion. it comes as trucks full of aid and supplies finally roll into gaza. relief workers there are begging for more. we ll talk to a spokesperson for a u.n. refugee agency who s on the ground in gaza. back at home, house republicans will meet yet again tonight to consider their next house speaker, nine congressmen are now throwing their hats in a ring. at this point can any of them get the votes they need? it could be an intense week at former president trump s civil fraud trial, as he comes face-to-face with a man who used to fix his legal problems. how key state witness michael cohen could deal a major blow to the trump business empire. and we begin this hour with the very latest from the israel-hamas war. israel has launched new intense air strikes in gaza attacking hundreds of targets. this morning four u.s. officials tell nbc news the biden administration ....
learn facts on capitol hill well, hello, and welcome into our view is joining us from around the world. i m becky anderson. it is monday, may the 20, nine in am here in london. it is 11:30 a.m. in iran, where the government is expressing condolences over the deaths of president ebrahim raisi the country s president, and the foreign minister and seven others in a helicopter, crash, rescuers are trans sparing the bodies of those killed from the crash side. and iran s east azerbaijan province to the city of tabriz. iranian officials say the helicopter ran into trouble amid heavy fog on sunday afternoon. at the time of the crash, there were low-hanging clouds and cool temperatures across the region with fog settling in as the sunset will images of the crash site show the remote mountainous area where the aircraft went down. the president and other officials have been attending and inauguration ceremony of a new near the border with azerbaijan i ve and watson following actio ....
the threat of terrorists and weapons in the area and locate hostages. this is not the all out ground invasion. they ve also tweeted moments ago they are striking hezbollah targets in the north inside lebanon: secretary blinken earlier in doha qatar asking about the larger military offensive expected in the coming days. the way israel does this matters. the way any democracy has to deal with such a situation matters, and to that end, we discussed with the israelis, urged the israelis to use every possible precaution to avoid armed civilians. joining me now, ben rhodes, former obama national security adviser to president obama. ben, what secretary blinken was saying today and yesterday was that israel has a right to defend itself, that the u.s. is firmly behind israel s military decisions and helping with them, but he was very pointed in, again, today especially in qatar, that they ve urged israel to try to limit the damage to civilians. how do you do that with a grou ....
operations have resumed after a deadline to extend the seven-day long truce expired, an hour ago this. dashing hopes for the release of more hostages from hamas. according to the idf, hamas violated the truce by fired a rocket to israeli territory an hour before the deadline. it was intercepted by israeli air defenses. hamas officials in gaza report israeli aircraft now over gaza with the sound of a taylor fire in the north. the operational pause was extended on thursday after a last-minute deal, and despite israel s demands for ten hostages released daily, hamas released eight. according to israeli official two women were set free initially, followed by another six just hours later who are being held in a separate location in gaza. it s also thursday, another 30 palestinian women and children were released from israeli prisons, as part of the agreement with hasse. many had been held under detention, and never officially discharged. new reporting for the new york times ....