john holman. so john, almost immediately off to the washington pace. bright chris news about a potential officers killed. the white house came out and denied it. what are you hearing that? yeah, we've all the super our own request into the white house and also to the us state department coming on this and they haven't got back to us yet. this is a general denial, obviously from the white house and spokes person. and it comes, as you saw just off to the washington post, reported that there wasn't a deal, but there was close to a deal that was being me, da, to face it by could power officials between how mass an israel with the us is a participation in which that would be more than 50 captives at women and children that would be freed in exchange for a 5 day. uh, for a 5 day cease fire at a with is right. the for the troops that are in guys or no, obviously the strikes. so that is what the white house has denied as a similar deal to base is not the 1st time that it's been reported. media reports also

john holman, in washington dc. thanks a lot of the house being and and the occupied westbank from audrey palestinians who say that elite is not vocally and often israel's war and gaza. saying this for avi has more from a, as many palestinians have been critical of their political leaders saying that they have not been vocal enough throughout this crisis. but looking at the events at ocean for hospital at the ongoing events and guys of the palestinian authority minister of foreign affairs has put out a statement condemning what they describe as the crime of occupying all ship a hospital of evacuating citizens, patients and medical staff. and turning it into what they describe is a closed military post. they say that the actions of these really military ad will ship a hospital or another hideous facet of the crimes of ethnic cleansing and genocide being committed against palestinian people. the statement goes on to say that what is happening there at that hospital is representative of israel's insistence on completin

sea to refrain from and steal away from dealing with is really vessels or is really agents for john holman, is in washington d. c for us with warner. so john, we know the u. s. navy has it has a presence in that region. so they were in a position to uh, to make uh, some sort of verification of this and, and talk about it, what does they've been saying? yeah, we have actually just go a response to this and from the us national security council, that's the top body of advisors to the white house. just gonna tell you what they said that the who, to militant caesar at the most professional galaxy leader in the red sea is a flagrant violation of international know with the mom, the immediate release of the ship and its crew will consult with the allies in you and partners as to appropriate next steps. so that's what they've said about this. and i just, as you said, has in the us has the stuff it's presence since the start the war in the middle east and the in the seas. and the middle east, they've sent to a croft carriers with a company, was ships around them to in the woods, assist in the defe