In the day's other headlines, the US Senate advanced a bill this afternoon to send billions of dollars in aid to Ukraine, Israel, and Taiwan.

Final Passage is expected later tonight or tomorrow.

In all, it contains $95 billion in support with

61 billion dollars dedicated to Ukraine. Today the Pentagon clarified where those

funds would go. This security assistance package will be based on Ukraine's most urgent needs.

Again, without getting into details, I think it's a good assumption to expect

that it'll include air defense capabilities

as well as artillery ammunition.

The Associated Press is reporting that Pentagon officials stand ready to send

an initial $1 billion military aid package to Keeve. That will happen as soon as the

broader measure goes through.

Israel ordered new evacuations of northern Gaza today as it carried out a wave of strikes

throughout the strip.

Smoke was seen rising over central and southern areas of Gaza as residents reported

non-stop bombardments. Separately the Israeli military released footage of

what it claims were strikes against Hezbollah targets in Lebanon. The Iran-backed group has

clashed with Israel since the start of the war in Gaza. Hezbollah in turn says it launched

a drone attack 10 miles inside Israel, its deepest incursion to date.

Norway is calling on international donors to resume payments to UNRWA, that's the UN agency for Palestinian refugees.

It comes after an independent review released yesterday found that Israel provided no evidence

to support accusations that UNRWA employees were linked to terrorist groups.

UNRWA officials say those findings should be enough for countries to end the freeze on funding.

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