And we turn now to the Middle East, where Israel and the Lebanese militant group Hezbollah

have been trading strikes today.

For that in the day's other headlines, we turn now to our William Bringham and our Washington

studio.

William?

Thanks Jeff and Amna.

Hezbollah fired more than 50 rockets towards Israel today, some causing damage in the Israeli

annexed Golan Heights.

Israel's ambulance service reported the projectiles hit several private homes and

injured one person, causing alarm among community members. Some of the residents want to leave, others are patriots who want to stay, but it cannot

continue this way.

Every sound of a door shutting makes us think it's a boom this time it wasn't a door but a serious boom that cost us a lot

Hezbollah says the barrage was in response to Israeli airstrikes deep inside Lebanon.

Residents of one Lebanese village held a funeral today

for a man they say was killed in an Israeli attack.

It comes a day after Secretary of State Anthony Blinkin met with mediators in the region to push a proposal aimed at bridging the gaps in the Gaza ceasefire talks.

Egyptian officials reportedly expressed skepticism today that Hamas would in fact accept that proposal.

Talks are expected to resume in Cairo tomorrow.

Health authorities in Congo say they've recorded more than a thousand

empox cases in the last week amid an urgent need for vaccines.

Congo accounts for more than 90% of the cases reported in Africa so far this year.

Last week, the WHO classified the outbreak as a global health emergency.

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