Good evening. I'm Jeff Bennett. I'm the Navas is away on the news hour tonight.

U.S. military leaders pressure Israel to scale back its assault on Gaza,

with the civilian death toll mounting and hospitals struggling to treat the injury.

Trailblazing justice Sandra Day O'Connor lies in repose at the Supreme Court, the women she inspired,

and the barriers they still face in the legal world.

And Judy Woodruff sits down with political thinkers to better understand the risks, our divisions

pose to the future of the country and our democracy.

All of a sudden it seems that we

Americans don't agree on anything at all. We certainly don't agree any longer on the

principles and the values on which this country was founded. Welcome to the news hour.

America's top two defense officials are in Israel today with a dual message.

The U.S. supports Israel and its right to self-defense, but it must stop killing

so many Gaza civilians and focus its operations. The war continues at a brutal pace with

hundreds killed this past weekend and some of Israel's closest European allies now pressing for a ceasefire.

Hamas today released a new propaganda video showing three elderly male Israeli hostages

still in captivity.

One man speaking in the video identifies himself as 79-year-old Chaim Perry, who was abducted by Hamas from his kibbutz near-a's home on October 7th.

Israeli media identified the other two hostages as fellow near-a's residents, 84-year-old

Amram Cooper, and Uram Metzker, age 80.

The hostages are heard pleading for Israel's help

in securing their release in the video,

which the news hour is not showing, as it's not clear when it was recorded or

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