Good evening. I'm William Brangam, Jeff Bennett and I'm Navaza

Vaz are away. On the news hour tonight, the Supreme Court considers the Biden administration's plan to reduce

pollution drifting between states. Then, a key informant in the

investigation of Hunter Biden is accused of lying and having ties to Russia. of

Hunter Biden is accused of lying and having ties to Russia.

And the future of the United Nations Humanitarian Aid Agency in Gaza

hangs in the balance after allegations some employees helped with Hamas's October 7th attack.

Allegations that UNRWA is controlled by Hamas need to be substantiated, otherwise they are allegations for which there

is no proper proof. Welcome to the news hour. A top Israeli official is offering new hope tonight for a deal to free

the hostages in Gaza and pause the fighting there. Benny Gantz is a member of the Israeli

War Cabinet and he spoke today at a news conference in Tel Aviv.

There are ongoing attempts to promote a new hostage deal and there are promising early signs of

possible progress.

We will not stop looking for a way and

we will not miss any opportunity to bring our people home.

Gants also warned that if there is no deal, fighting will continue into Ramadan, the Muslim holy month that begins in March.

In Gaza, Israeli airstrikes rain down again overnight and hospital officials reported at

least 67 Palestinians were killed.

Palestinians said bombs crushed family homes in Rafa

where more than a million Gazans have fled.

One man condemned the world's response, including Tuesday's

U.S. veto of a UN ceasefire resolution.

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