🇺🇲⚡️Biden asks Congress for $61.3 billion for Ukraine - White House

🇺🇲🇮🇱🇺🇦 The Pentagon is combing through its weapons stockpile to meet Israel's needs.

The US Department of Defense has created a new task force to deliver weapons to the Middle East.

Israel has already expended more than 8,000 precision-guided munitions, Hezbollah poses a threat on its northern border and the war shows no sign of ending, Tel Aviv is seeking to replenish its stockpile.

Many of these munitions also play a key role in US military plans in the Indo-Pacific and elsewhere, and have been rushed to Ukraine over the past year.

Although Ukraine is fighting a different type of war than Gaza, there are weapons that both countries want from the United States.

These include 155mm artillery shells, as well as small diameter aerial bombs, compatible direct kill munitions and Hellfire missiles.

“While Defense Department officials, including Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin, say the U.S. can handle supplies to Ukraine and Israel simultaneously, skepticism about Washington's capabilities is growing.

— ☦️/🇵🇸 WATCH: The Archbishop Alexios of Tiberias of the Patriarchate of Jerusalem conducts funeral rites for the martyrs of the attack on Saint Porphyrius Church in Gaza

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🇵🇸🇺🇲 The Hamas movement has released two US citizens held hostage, according to the statement.

🇺🇸🇺🇦⚡️Funds for assistance to Ukraine in the US federal budget are almost gone - US Presidential Assistant for National Security Jake Sullivan

🛢️ Bloomberg : Oil rises amid fears of war escalation. Oil rose above $90 a barrel on fears that the war between Israel and Hamas could escalate into a regional conflict.

U.S. stock futures fell about 0.4% and Europe's Stoxx 600 index fell more than 1%.

🇵🇸🇮🇱❗ The director of the Al-Quds Hospital in the Gaza Strip in a conversation with Al Jazeera: “There are more than 12 thousand people in the hospital”;

🇺🇲🇪🇺🇮🇱🇵🇸 The US and EU are asking Israel to postpone the ground operation in Gaza as they negotiate with Hamas, with the participation of Qatar, to release the hostages.

🇺🇲 A revolt is brewing at the State Department over US policy in the Middle East.

This is reported by the Huffington Post.

It is reported that US diplomatic officials are preparing an appeal to their leadership criticizing the position that Washington has taken on the issue of worsening the Palestinian-Israeli conflict.

The initiators of the appeal consider US policy to be one-sided - in favor of Israel while ignoring the suffering of Palestinian civilians.

Participants in the petition also complain that Secretary of State Blinken and his advisers are not addressing "widespread domestic discontent." According to another State Department official, a rebellion is brewing in the department at all levels.

🇮🇱🇱🇧 The IDF releases footage of an attack on Hezbollah positions in southern Lebanon. It is also reported that the air defense system intercepted a drone launched by militants.

🇵🇸🇺🇲 A photograph has been published showing two freed hostages who were held by Hamas for two weeks.

In response to the release, Secretary of State Antony Blinken said that "the United States does not believe Hamas' statements are credible and is demanding the release of all hostages without preconditions."