In the day's other headlines the US military finished work on a floating pier off the Gaza Strip today

Officials say at least 500 tons of food will begin arriving on shore in the coming days

The aid is vital to helping the hundreds of

thousands of Gazans who are at risk of famine. Meanwhile South Africa is

asking the top UN court to impose new emergency measures on Israel to stop its military

operation in Raffa. South Africa has accused Israel of genocide and says the war

is at a quote new and horrific stage.

The key point today is that Israel's declared aim of wiping Gaza from the map

is about to be realized. Further, evidence of appalling crimes and atrocities is literally

being destroyed and bulldozed. In response, Israel's foreign ministry said today that South Africa was presenting biased

and false claims and called on the International Court of Justice to reject the appeal. Here in the U.S. the House of Representatives passed a measure this afternoon

that seeks to force the transfer of bombs to Israel.

The bill passed by a vote of 224 to 187. Republicans drafted the legislation as a

challenge to President Biden's plan to withhold a shipment of 3,500 bombs.

That was meant to discourage Israel from further military action in the Gazan city of

Rafa. The bill is unlikely to pass the Senate and the White House has said it would veto any such

measure. In Slovakia, authorities confirmed today that the man charged

with shooting populist Prime Minister Robert Fico acted alone. They say the

suspect seen in the cap in this video had previously participated in

anti-government protests and became radicalized after the last election.

Slovakia's Interior Minister described him as a lone wolf.

I want to affirm that today the police are working with only one version of the attack,

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