Good evening, I'm Jeff Bennett, I'm the Navas as a way.

On the news hour tonight, Israeli air strikes leave craters where apartments once stood at

a Gaza Repu G camp, while in Washington, Congress considers whether to send more aid

to Israel and Ukraine.

The U.S. Supreme Court takes on questions of free speech and social media, in cases involving

public officials blocking followers, and West Virginia University cuts jobs and academic

subjects in the face of budget shortfalls to this become a nationwide trend.

The lack of transparency and sheer amount of cuts is decimating the trust that faculty

has here.

This is not just affecting those small majors, it's affecting everybody.

Welcome to the news hour.

For a fifth day, Israeli troops pushed into Gaza on the ground, and Israel's military

reported its first soldiers killed in action there.

From the skies, a punishing air campaign continues tonight, with a strike that killed many

Palestinians in the northern part of the Gaza Strip.

Amas militants said they would release foreign hostages in the coming days, and some

badly wounded Palestinians may soon be allowed into Egypt for treatment.

Leyla Malana Allen has the story.

Gaza, cloaked in black smoke for yet another day, as Israel's air strikes and ground invasion

show no signs of slowing.

Tanks line the border, and Israel said it infiltrated the network of Hamas tunnels underneath

the Gaza Strip.

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