Good evening I'm John Yang.

Late today Israel signaled acceptance of key components of the US-backed ceasefire proposal

and said only Hamas stands in the way of stopping the fighting in Gaza and the return of Israeli hostages held there.

Even his hope grows that an agreement could be finalized next week, Israel carried out

airstrikes in Gaza and Lebanon.

In southern Lebanon, at least 10 Syria nationals were killed as Israel

says it targeted a Hezbollah weapons depot in Gaza 18 members of the same family died

and a strike on a house in a neighboring warehouse and Gazans are now

facing a new threat polio one case has been confirmed and more are suspected polio

was eradicated in Gaza 25 years ago, but vaccinations have plunged and

sanitation facilities have been destroyed since the war began.

There should be rehabilitation of our clean, safe water resources, solving the problem of the sewage flooding our streets and homes.

Aid groups hope to vaccinate more than 600,000 children in coming weeks,

but say at least a seven-day pause in fighting is needed to carry out a mass vaccination plan.

Russia is pressing its assault on Ukraine, even as Ukrainian forces pushed farther into Russian

territory.

A Russian missile strike destroyed cars and damaged a shopping mall in

northeastern Ukraine injuring at least two people. In Russia emergency services

issued a new wave of evacuations in the Kursk region. Ukraine now claims to hold nearly 500 square miles

of Russian territory.

Ernesto, now a tropical storm,

is slowly moving into open waters after battering Bermuda. It was a category one hurricane

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