meanwhile, world leaders from some 100 countries are in switzerland this weekend by invitation of ukrainian president volodymyr zelensky to discuss how to bring an end to the war in ukraine. at the end of day one, the group released a draft communique reaffirming ukraine s territorial integrity and rejecting any nuclear threat to it. russia and china are notably absent from the international meeting, which is designed to pave the way for a future peace process in which russia takes part. but some countries have reservations saudi arabia s foreign minister said difficult compromises will be needed to reach a peace agreement that ends the war. and the leaders of italy and germany strongly rejected ceasefire terms laid out by russian president vladimir putin on thursday in which he said kyiv would need to withdraw its troops from four regions that russia partially occupies. uk prime minister rishi sunak said it is important to find a peaceful path to end the war. we must set o
2a hours. and in tel aviv on saturday evening, thousands gathered demanding a deal to secure the release of the remaining hostages held by hamas since the october 7th attacks. our correspondent hugo bachega is injerusalem and gave us this update. this is one of the deadliest incidents involving the israeli military in this war. the israeli army said its armed vehicle was hit by a large explosion early saturday and it seems that it caused a detonation of explosive material that these soldiers were carrying. earlier the armed wing of hamas said it had carried out an attack on an israeli convoy in gaza with anti tank missiles after setting up an ambush. for some, this is another indication of how hamas is more reliant on insurgent tactics when fighting the israeli military. reacting to what happened on saturday the israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu described this war as difficult, but he said despite the heavy price, the country must cling to the goal of destroying hamas