since iran came under attack. us officials say israel fired at least one missile into a iranian territory stopnow major damage or casualty were reported. this was a relatively small scale strike by israel. earlier, the us secretary of state, antony blinken, would not comment on reports that the white house was informed in advance about the israeli assault. the informed in advance about the israeli assault. informed in advance about the israeli assault. the united states has not been israeli assault. the united states has not been involved israeli assault. the united states has not been involved in - israeli assault. the united states has not been involved in any - has not been involved in any offensive operations detect what we are focusing on, what the g7 is focused on and again that is reflected in our statement and in our conversation is our work to de escalate tensions. find our conversation is our work to de-escalate tensions.- our conversation is our work to de-es
a flour delivery, organised by the world food programme, allowed this bakery in gaza city to reopen for the first time since the war began. translation: finally, i there is something to eat. you can go to the bakery and buy bread. just a few days ago, it was hard, we were looking for wood, flour, and you couldn t find anything to feed the children. but for most gazans, the brutal reality of war is a constant companion. at the hospital in rafah, parents and siblings consoled each other after several civilians, including children, were reported killed in overnight air strikes. israel said fighterjets and other aircraft struck dozens of terror sites. among the targets, it said, was military infrastructure, compounds and armed terrorists. the us has repeatedly urged israel not to launch what is expected to be a major offensive in rafah. we cannot support a major military operation in rafah. we believe that a major military operation, with a large presence of a civilian population
president biden has called to advanceit advance it swiftly so you can head to his desk in the oval office so he can sign off on it. the pentagon for its part watching the political infighting going on has been trying to pre position weaponry where it can so that those weapons can head to ukraine, head to troops on the ground sooner rather than later. potentially even days as opposed to weeks. that doesn t rule out the prospect of further political infighting despite the fact that congress woman nancy pelosi had called to sign off on the bill for ukraine. we know that it had been facing resistance from the republican party. they had wanted tied to strict immigration laws, stricter border security with a us mexico border. in that particular vote failed. they needed to two thirds majority so that did not come to pass. instead what you saw with the ukraine bill is that more republicans voted against it. and actually voted in favour. we know that republican congress woman marjori
what more do we know about the strikes on gaza overnight?- strikes on gaza overnight? it in is interesting. strikes on gaza overnight? it in is interesting, isn t strikes on gaza overnight? it in is interesting, isn t it. strikes on gaza overnight? it in is interesting, isn t it. over- strikes on gaza overnight? it in is interesting, isn t it. over the - strikes on gaza overnight? it in is interesting, isn t it. over the last| interesting, isn t it. over the last few days, the world and the world s media attention has been focused on those exchanges of fire between israel and iran, those exchanges of fire between israeland iran, and the those exchanges of fire between israel and iran, and the potential, a week ago, for what looked like a possible regional war. those fears have been somewhat dissipated after minimal israeli response in the last couple of days. on that side of things appears to have gone away a little bit, with both governments opting to let things calm d
it s been just over 2a hours since iran came under attack. us officials say israel fired at least one missile into iranian territory, no major damage or casualties were reported. this was a relatively small scale strike by israel. earlier, the us secretary of state antony blinken would not comment on reports the white house was informed in advance about the israeli assault. the united states has not been involved in any offensive operations. what we are focusing on, what the g7 is focusing on and it s reflected in our statement and in our conversation is the work to de escalate tensions. and this is why the us and its allies want to calm tensions. last sunday iran attacked israel with more than 300 missiles and drones causing little damage. the fear in the west is that a cycle of retaliation between israel and iran could ignite a wider war. and there is hope too that the limited nature of the israeli attack will allow the iranians to walk away from any further response. offic