10 years, Prime Minister Narendra Modi arrives in nepal hoping to sign an energy agreement. Perpetrators and victims prepare for peace talks between the government and f. A. R. C. Rebels. Israel steps up attacks in the south of gaza. War planes are targetting the city of rafah. It has seen a spike in violence since the humanitarian ceasefire collapsed. The air strikes killed at least 10 people at a unrun school, which was hit in the last few hours. More than 30 people have been injured. These are pictures of some of the victims taken to a near hospital. There has been ongoing shelling in gaza city. All signs that israels 27day long offensive is not letting up. 64 Israeli Soldiers have been killed. Three civilians have died in israel, one of whom is a thai national. 1762 palestinians have been killed. 80 are civilians, its been estimated. More than 9,002 have been injured. Of those, 2, 500 are children. More than a quarter of a million palestinians are taking refuge in shelters, trying
And a gas explosion in taiwan kills at least 25 people. We begin this news hour in gaza and the failure of a joint u. S. Un backed ceasefire. The fighting broke out on friday. Both hamas and israel blaming each other for starting it. Israeli tanks are continuing to bombard the area. Dozens of palestinians have been killed now bringing the number of dead to more than 1600. Two Israeli Soldiers were killed on friday, and one has been taken prisoner. These latest pictures out of northwestern gaza set to show a hamas attack on an israelis tank, and troops could still be on track. The leader of the Palestinian Authority said that the delegation is due to meet in cairo on saturday. And hamas has put out a statement blaming israel for the breaking of the truce. They said at 030 hours, they advanced into eastern gaz. And then a firefight began with palestinian fighters and the israeli army. An hour later, israeli tanks advancedthrough the east of the strip, killing dozens of people in rafah an
Efforts to broker a more long term truce. Its going to be very hard to put the ceasefire back together against. Dploams not dead, weve got to dploams no diplomacy not dead. Things are getting better. Were not all the way there. A syrian Army Defector testified images. Law make rs were outraged by the photos. Some urged to do more to stop the violence. We begin with the war in the middle east. What was supposed to be a 72hour ceasefire on friday ended about 90 minutes after it started. Israel declared the ceasefire over april a israeli soldier was allegedly captured, at a tunnel. Althoug another gunman came out and abducted one of our officers. This was the fact. While hamas hasnt confirmed capturing golden, the hamas group did claim responsibility for the attack. Meanwhile israel responded to the attack on the sigh of rafah. Both the u. N. And the u. S. Have blamed hamas for ending the ceasefire. Defended israels right to defend itself and said more had to be done to protect palestinia
San Antonio Spurs hire a new assistant coach. Tonight the safety of u. S. Forces in afghanistan is in the spotlight after an insider attack killed an American General. Majorgeneral howard green was a 34 year army veteran. Officials say a man believed to be an afghan soldier opened fire on green and coalition troops. More than a dozen others were wounded. The shooting happened at a training center. Lisa stark reports from the white house. The attacks took place at the African Military academy. It was during a routine visit by coalition officers, meeting with their afghani counterparts. During this meeting a man in an Afghan Military uniform opened fire, he was reportedly shooting with a light machinegun and killed Major General howard green, wounded a dozen others, including a Brigadier General and afghan officers. The assailant was killed during the attack. At the pentagon rearadmiral kirby says it appears to be another of the insider attacks, when afghan troops turned on coalition for
Thailands military strengthens its grip two months after taking power in a thrill. And. Germans in berlin remember a war that many of them had almost forgotten. A Palestinian Health authority says another u. N. School has been hit. This time in rafah, in the southern part of the gaza strip. Thousands of palestinians were sheltering there. Israel has been conducting an intense offensive in rafah since the humanitarian ceasefire collapsed on friday. Shelling hit buildings in the center of gaza city on sunday morning. Israels Prime Minister said the attacks will continue until all israels goals are met. We go to bate lihir for us. We have that u. N. School attack, which have been hearing about. Other targets also hit in gaza what are you seeing . Well im in bate la heir in the north, rather, along one of the borders with israel. We have heard some pretty intense bombardment over the last hour. We couldnt decipher whether it was air strikes or shelling. Within that time frame we heard of c