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

Continued Israeli airstrikes flattened parts of Rafa as negotiators make progress for a ceasefire

in Gaza.

The fight over spending on Capitol Hill intensifies, pushing the country ever closer to a government shutdown.

And the state of the war in Ukraine

nearly two years into Russia's invasion.

This year is clearly looking like a year

during which Ukraine is going to focus most likely much more on holding defending, trying to rebuild and reconstitute the force, and maybe creating challenges for the Russian forces would expand the strike camp base. Welcome to the news hour. As Israel's bombing of Gaza continues, some progress

tonight towards a resumption of talks to both released hostages held by Hamas and reach a ceasefire agreement.

Israel's Army radio said the country's war cabinet made up of the Prime Minister,

the Defense Minister, an opposition leader approved sending emissaries to truce talks to be held in

Paris, but that slow progress toward a deal did nothing to stop the bombing and

killing in Gaza. In Ra this morning, the sun rose over fresh rubble.

Gazan health officials said close to four dozen Palestinians were killed in Israeli airstrikes.

Dina Al-Shar lost three members of her family last night.

In 2014, they took three of my siblings,

and in the 2024 war, they took three of my siblings and in the 2024 war they took the people I love

they took a piece of my heart in Raffa the al-Faruk mosque is in ruins as the

Muslim holy month of Ramadan approaches.

Listen good people. Let the whole world to listen.

We are nearing the blessed month of Ramadan. Where shall we pray?

But Israeli officials say without a new hostage deal, their offensive won't wait for Ramadan.

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