Coming just three days after a man set himself on fire outside the courthouse in an unrelated incident. The man later died. You can imagine the amount of cameras operational in new york around the courthouse and around here, trump tower. They are expecting donald trump to leave his home shortly, going to the manhattan courthouse where the trial will get under way. We expect opening arguments to start in a couple of hours. He has pleaded not guilty to 34 hours. He has pleaded not guilty to sa counts of Falsifying 3a counts of falsifying Business Records. He also denies having an affair with Stormy Daniels. Lets speak to richard painter, who was the chief white house ethics lawyer. He is now a Law Professor at the university of minnesota. Opening statements in a few hours. What can we expect today . Opening statements in a few hours. What can we expect today . Today will be the opening what can we expect today . Today will be the opening arguments what can we expect today . Today will be
After an israeli air strike on the Southern City of rafah, where more than a million displaced palestinians are sheltering. The Hamas Run Health Ministry in gaza says more than 3a,000 people have died since the start of the war in october. Emergency workers in khan younis say theyve uncovered nearly 200 bodies buried in the courtyard of a hospital. Al nasser had been at the centre of an Israeli Military operation until two weeks ago. The World Health Organization has previously said bodies were being buried within hospitals under israeli siege, but palestinians have accused Israeli Forces of killing some of the victims. Israel accuses hamas of using medical facilities in gaza as command centres. Heres our middle east correspondent, yolande knell, with more. Major general Aharon Haliva is the most senior israeli official we have had so far to step down from his role in connection with the failings that led to the october seven attacks by hamas that really shocked israel and shocked the
Said hamas uses medicalfacilities In Gaza as command centres. With war, our Middle East correspondent. Major general Aharon Haliva is the most senior israeli official that weve had so far to step down from his role in connection with the failings that led to the October The 7th attacks by hamas that really shocked israel and shocked the rest of the world. And he did come out in the week after those attacks and say that he publicly accepted responsibility, his share of the blame. But its taken until now with six months of a war raging on In Gaza for him to hand his Resignation Letter in. And he has said the Intelligence Division under my command did not live up to the task we were entrusted with. I carry that black day with me ever since. Really, the major general S Announcement sets the stage for possibly more resignations from top security officials in the country, will put pressure on some in the political echelons,
hello, i m sarah campbell. the head of israeli military intelligence, aharon haliva, has resigned the first senior israeli official to step down over the hamas assault in october. mr haliva had accepted responsibility for security failings which allowed the attacks to take place. 1,200 people were killed and hundreds more were taken hostage by hamas and allied groups. meanwhile, prime minister benjamin netanyahu has vowed to reject any sanctions on the country s military, after reports that the us plans to cut aid to one unit. amid ongoing violence in the occupied west bank, the us says it will respond to any human rights violations against palestinians. explosion in gaza, 15 children are among the dead,
Him in the days following the attacks. However, his resignation has only come now. This likely reflects the greater visibility of his resignation and indeed replacement at this point in time. Originally when we go back to the 7th of october, the idf was going to launch a large Scale Ground operations into gaza and those required incredible Intelligence Collection needs, and therefore didnt make sense from a human Resources Perspective for haliva to remain in place. However, now that we are seeing the shift into more targeted operations in gaza, less of these large scale territorial operations we saw in the early days in november or december and that becomes more feasible now. It is now more possible to find out put in his replacement as we see this operational shift. Replacement as we see this operationalshift. I replacement as we see this operational shift. I suppose thats the question, isnt it . How does this leave the idf militarily . How much of a loss is this for them . Obviously