What youre about to see is graphic. Israel Defense Forces now confirm that their groups clashed with hamas fighters inside gaza today, marking just the second time Israeli Forces have admitted to operating in the enclave since the hamas Terror Attack took place some two weeks ago. It is yet another bloody day in central gaza where a new barrage of israeli air strikes hit targets overnight. The idf says it thwarted an imminent Terror Attack from inside the mosque. The Palestinian Authority calls it a dangerous escalation. The idf is vow ing against hamas in gaza. This is the grim reality for so many in the gaza strip. These are the lifeless bodies of a toddler and three children killed in overnight air strikes. Their parents have written the childrens names on their legs to identify them. With the bloodshed and humanitarian crisis right now clearing growing, much more needed relief appears to be on its way into south earn gaza. 15 aid trucks from egypt are being inspected right now in the rafah Border Crossing area after the first day of about 20 trucks was allowed into gaza. For more i want to go to cnns matthew chance, joining us live from northern israel. Were learning of a clash between israeli and hamas forces inside gaza, what appears to be one of the first skirmishes on the ground between the two sides since the war broke out some two weeks ago. What are you hearing . Whats the latest . Reporter thats right. This isnt necessarily the start of the muchanticipated grant event by Israeli Forces where Tens Of Thousands of troops have gathered near the frontier with gaza in preparation for that. Clearly, israel has been conducting sort of pinpoint operations into the gaza strip to try to collect evidence of the whereabouts of the 200 or more hostages believed to still be held by hamas inside gaza. This was i think the first time weve heard that there was an actual confrontation on the ground between hamas fighters in gaza and Israeli Forces going in Israeli Military saying at least one soldier was killed and a few others injured as well in that confrontation. It just gives you a small indication of how difficult it is going to be and how bloody its going to be as well if and when that Ground Invasion takes place. Gaza is an extraordinarily difficult place to occupy. Its got narrow streets. Its got flattened concrete buildings everywhere to provide all sorts of cover for snipers. Dont forget the network of tunnels that runs Underneath It as well which hamas and other militant groups know very well and, of course, dug themselves for their use. That poses a massive threat to Israeli Forces. What weve seen today is a very early indication of that, wolf. Good point. Matthew, the idf also says they launched an air strike in the west bank. Tell us what we know about that. What happened there . Reporter the west bank town of janine which is right there in the middle of palestiniancontrolled territory. It was a mosque struck by israeli Defense Forces. The idf says it intercepted intelligence that indicated there was an attack being planned from beneath the mosque, from the basement of the mosque by hamas and Palestinian Islamic jihad, two prom nevent mill stand groups. Of course, palestinians have been absolutely they condemned this attack. The palestinian leadership saying it is an escalation. It all adds to the sense of hostility and violence and tension that is really gripping this region, wolf. As if that were not enough, the idf also says, matthew, theres an escalating situation right where you are in northern israel not far from the southern lebanese border as hezbollah militants in South Lebanon have been attacking israeli positions. What are you seeing where you are . Tell our viewers what youre seeing and what youre hearing. Reporter its dark now, but its very tense here up in northern israel. Virtually the entire population of this town, Kiryat Shmona and dozens of other towns and ville lanls across this region have been evacuated to areas where its more safe, out of the range of Hezbollah Rockets. Hezbollah, of course, the iranianbacked militia inside southern lebanon. Hundreds of thousands of israelis have essentially been displaced from their homes because of the threat of hezbollah attack. That threat, according to the idf, has been growing over the past week or so with more Rocket Attacks aimed at the Israeli Border and cross border attacks, drones flying in the skies above Kiryat Shmona, even penetrations by militants from inside lebanon, either hezbollah or palestinian militia factions coming in and carrying out attacks against israel as well. Theyve been responded to, of course, but what the Israeli Government says is their patience wont last forever, and if there is sufficient escalation on the part of the lebanese side, on the part of hezbollah, they will strike back in force. They have been issuing very overt warnings that hezbollah may be dragging lebanon into a war that it will lose. Wolf. Very quickly. That town of Kiryat Shmona is a town of about 20,000 people, not far from lebanon. I take it the Israeli Military told everyone in Kiryat Shmona to evacuate. Have they done so . Is the town pretty much empty right now . Reporter most of them have evacuated. It wasnt a mandatory evacuation. Its not mandatory for any of these communities, in fact. Theyre being strongly advised to get out and put in guesthouses if they havent got anywhere else to stay. Most people in Kiryat Shmona at least have taken that advice and have left. But you are seeing people coming back in the daytime to check on their houses and to cook meals for the army and things like that. Its not entirely empty at the moment. Matthew chance in northern israel, stay safe over there. Thank you very much. Well check back with you soon. Cnn is also learning about a new push from the Biden Administration to try to delay a possible fullscale Israeli Ground incursion into gaza. Our chief National Security correspondent Alex Marquardt is joining u and our cnn White House ReporterPriscilla Alvarez is monitoring these developments as well. Priscilla, youre in rehoboth beach. Thats where the president is right now. We just learned that President Biden spoke with israeli Prime MinisterBenjamin Netanyahu just a little while ago. Tell us what youre hearing about that call. Reporter thats right, wolf. Theyve been speaking multiple times since that attack on october 7. We have not yet received a readout of what was said in the call. We know that in these conversations President Biden has talked about the ongoing support that the u. S. Is providing to israel as well as discussing the hostages that are still being held by hamas, and also generally the u. S. Position, when it comes to this conflict, being that innocent civilians should be protected and the importance of getting humanitarian aid to gaza, some of which we saw some progress on over the course of the weekend. Now, the president just yesterday here in rehoboth was asked about whether the administration is trying to delay an invasion by israel. Take a listen to what the president had to say. Are you encouraging the israelis to delay invasion . Reporter this is a Working Weekend for the president who was also briefed today by his National Security security. So all white house officials and the president himself carefully watching the developments in israel and gaza. Wolf. Extremely tense moment right now. Alex, youve got some news. I take it a senior israeli official is denying that the Biden Administration is pressing for a delay of an israeli incursion into gaza. What exactly are you hearing from the u. S. Side and the israeli side as far as the u. S. Asking israel to delay their incursion . Reporter wolf, the israelis are denying this. You just there that the president , when he was asked if theyre pressing the israelis to delay any incursion into gaza, he didnt say know. He said theyre talking with the israelis. Secretary of state Antony Blinken saying this is a decision that israel has to make. The u. S. Doesnt want to be seen telling israel what to do. Wolf, what ive been told by two different sources is the Biden Administration has been pressing the israelis to allow for a bit more time to allow for progress on both the hostages and the humanitarian aid to get into gaza. We have seen today aid successfully getting into gaza. Weve also seen on friday those Two American Hostages who were released. Theres still some 200 hostages that the u. S. And many other countries desperately want to get out, that qatar is working on with hamas to try to negotiate their release. These sources are telling me that the Biden Administration would like more time before israel launches that Ground Invasion into gaza. The israelis are saying the Biden Administration is not pressing for that. It is clear, as priscilla was just mentioned, while the u. S. Is showing really speaking to their fullthroated support for israel, both militarily and politically, there are Major Concerns about that aid for gazans and about getting those hostages out. Wolf. I understand, alex, and this is very curious and i want your explanation. That the State Department has ordered all nonemergency u. S. Government personnel to leave iraq. Tell us about that. Reporter nonemergency personnel as well as Family Members to leave iraq. This comes as the State Department issued what they call a level four travel advisory which is essentially telling americans not to go to iraq. It really speaks to the growing fear of a broadening conflict and how american citizens may be targeted. Wolf, weve seen a series of attacks against u. S. Force, against u. S. Interests over the past week in iraq and elsewhere. As recently as friday we saw a Rocket Attack near Bagdad Airport targeting a u. S. Diplomatic facility. Now the State Department is telling americans not to go. They are announcing that nonessential personnel, Family Members can leave bagdad. Iraq is home to a number of proxy groups that are backed by iran. And there is significant concern that iran will press those proxy groups to target u. S. Personnel around the region. This is a warning we heard from Secretary Of Defense lloyd austin earlier today, wolf. Its interesting. It comes at the same time that the state Department Just issued a worldwide alert for all americans traveling abroad to use, quote, increased caution. Tell us about this worldwide alert. Its pretty extraordinary. Reporter its pretty extraordinary. Its quite dramatic. That does reflect the concern, again, to american citizens not just in the region, but Around The World. The last time we saw this was last summer after the killing the killing of as war hi. This tells americans Around The World to be on alert. It speaks to a lot more anger directed these days at the American Government and as a result at american citizens because of the support for israel. Since the horrific attacks by hamas on october 7th, the u. S. Has said they will stand, of course, with israel. Now were hearing about billions of dollars in aid that the Biden Administration is asking for to give israel more military aid. That has resulted in a real spike in anger against the u. S. And against its citizens. Here you have the State Department issuing this rare warning to tell citizens globally to remain alert. Wolf. Very alert indeed. Alex marquardt, Priscilla Alvarez, thank you. Joining us, tom niedz, the former amend to israel served under the Biden Administration until july of this year. His wife virginia is a Senior Executive here at cnn. Ambassador, thank you for joining us. First of all, whats your latest reaction to the latest cnn reporting that the u. S. Is pressing israel to delay Ground Operations in gaza, to allow more time for hamas to release more hostages potentially . Do you think this is the right move . First of all, wolf, i think its clear by the president s words and actions that he sent three clear messages. One, weve got israels back, without question. Second, sending a very stark warning to those forces, especially lebanon and hezbollah and obviously iran. Superpowers dont bluff, so stay out of this. Third, is the humanitarian crisis which is already enormous, and i think the president has expressed enormous sympathy. The war were in is not a war with the Palestinian People. Its a war with hamas. Israel is in a war with hamas who started this and thats what were focused on. But to be clear, its imperative we provide the ability for those suffering, those Palestinians Down South and in gaza get the ability to be able to live a well as they can under the circumstances. So the president is pushing every day to make sure thats the case. Thats something i think this white house is very much focused on. Why do you think, ambassador, that hamas released those Two American Hostages, a mother and daughter . What did they expect to get in exchange . I cant imagine my heart just breaks for these families for what theyre going through. Im so pleased this mother and daughter were able to be freed, i think from chicago. There are almost 200 other families that hamas has grabbed, children and mothers and fathers and sick people and injured people. What barbaric behavior would create this . So i dont know what theyre doing. I hope they release more. I hope between the United States and qatar and our allies we can reunite these families. Its barbaric, its torturous. Theres no reason for it. My hope is through the work of the United States, through our allies, we can get more families released in the hours and days ahead. Lets hope. That would be so great. Does israel have a coherent strategy, ambassador, for what comes next in gaza if it were to remove hamas, if israel were to go in and destroy hamas . What comes next in gaza . Wolf, youve studied israel for a long time and ive obviously spent time there. I dont know. I think theyre very much focused on eliminating the threat to the state of israel. Hamas only goal, to be clear, is not a goal about taking care of the Palestinian People or a twostate solution or making palestines live in a better situation. Its about the destruction of the state of israel. As President Biden have said and the Vice President have said, we stand by israel to help eliminate that threat to israel. What comes next will take a lot of work among our allies, among the gulf countries to try to figure out how that is going to sustain. You know, and i think the president articulated this. I dont think anybody believes israel will occupy gaza. Theyre going to have to try to figure this out. Its clearly that its not something where theres a game plan for this. As you know, president abbas in the west bank, he hates hamas. So the combination of this complication is first things first. They ooefr got to eliminate the threat to the state of israel, eliminate the threat of hamas to the men and women going through a torturous time right now in the state of israel. Israeli Prime MinisterBenjamin Netanyahu is warning hezbollah in South Lebanon, that if it joins this war, it will be devastating for the areas it controls in southern lebanon. How concerned are you, ambassador, about this conflict between israel and hamas expanding into a much wider regional war . Im concerned. I think were all concerned which is why the president has been very clear and secretary blinken has been very clear on the region. Dont screw around on this. Be careful, hezbollah. Be careful, iran. Theres a reason why two very large ships with a lot of soldiers are in the mediterranean. The president likes to say super powers dont bluff. I think they need to take a quick step back to make sure we understand, they understand the United States has israels back, and were not going to stand by and let them do a twofront war between hamas trying to destroy the state of israel and having hezbollah and irans proxy join in. Ambassador tom nides, thanks so much for joining us. Thank you for having me. Still to come, a journalist inside israel say, some parents writing legs on the names of children in an effort to help identify them. Well take a deeper look at the humanitarian crisis in gaza when we come back. Security checks before they can move into the gaza strip. Were watching that very closely. 20 trucks made their way into gaza yesterday dropping off muchneeded supplies including food, water and medicine, but aid groups and palestinian Officials Say they need a consistent stream of aid. Thats the only solution to what they already described as a great humanitarian crisis. Cnns scott mclean is following these developments. Scott, is the aid making it into the gaza strip right now enough to meet the needs of the population there . Reporter palestinians will tell you, wolf, its a drop in the bucket compared to what is actually needed. I should tell you as well that those 15 trucks that entered the Border Crossing earlier were caught up for most of the day in border checks, authorities demanding more on what they were car carrying. We understand that those trucks are now preparing to move into gaza itself if they havent moved already. None of those trucks, though, are actually carrying fuel. There were some images we saw earlier of fuel trucks around the border area. The u. N. Says they were simply taking fuel from a Depot Inside Gaza to distribute to hospitals. They also say that fume will be gone in a matter of days. Most of the Health Care Facilities inside gaza have shut already. The ones that are remaining open are operating because of generators. Theyre having to rags. The main hospital in Northern Gaza says its having to cut short Dialysis Sessions for Kidney Failure patients in order to save energy. Another hospital saying theyre overwhelmed with the number of bodies showing up because of overnight air strikes. Some of the images youre about to see are extremely hard to watch. Those who arrived at the alaqsa hospital in central gaza alive are lucky ones. There were five air strikes near the hospital this morning. Some 110 bodies were brought here overnight, and this morning one medical source tells cnn. The morgue is now full. The rest of the bodies wrapped in white sheets now lay outside in the heat of the day. Relatives try to identify their loved ones. Finding them confirms their worst fear. Inside the hospital children, including a toddler are among the dead. Several of these victims were found with their names written in arabic on their legs, an increasingly common marking as parents try to make identification easier if they or their kids are killed. This hospital is located outside of the area of Northern Gaza that israel has been trying to on saturday the idf dropped leaflets saying those who chose not to evacuate might be considered aa partner for the terrorist organization. In a statement, the idf confirmed it dropped the leaflets but says it has no intention to consider those who have not evacuated from the affected area of fighting as a member of the terrorist group. Even those who have managed to avoid the bombs are not out of danger. A trickle of aid, 20 trucks, were allowed to cross the rafah Border Crossing from egypt on saturday. Thats a tiny fraction of what is needed. Gaza needs at least 500 trucks daily of fuel, food, medicines and water. As a matter of fact, for 14 days gaza got nothing under the israeli siege, and its immediate need now is 7,000 trucks. Reporter Satellite Images show dozens of trucks waiting at the border and dozens more a y quarter mile down the road unable to get in. Aid groups say the death toll can skyrocket because of disease and hospitals that are overwhelmed and undersupplied. With no electricity or generator this shop keeper is keeping the store open by candlelight, the shelves look increasingly bare. The World Food Program says the shortage of supplies is pushing them to the edge of catastrophe. The idf says it killed dozens of terrorists overnight, but vows the number of air strikes will only increase. Meanwhile, conditions for the people of gaza worsen by the hour. Wolf, israel for its part says those five air strikes in and around that hospital you saw there in central gaza, israel says, were intelligenceled and resulted in the killing of a highranking hamas official whom it claims ordered strikes on israel just the day before. The israelis also stressed that none of those strikes were targeting or actually hit the hospital itself. Wolf. Scott mclean reporting from london, thank you very much. Up next, investigators are looking for a motive after the president of a detroit, michigan synagogue was found stabbed to Death Outside her home. Well have the latest on the investigation right after a quick break. The power goes out and we still have wifi to do our homework. And thats a good thing . Great in my book who are you . No power . No problem. Introducing stormready wifi. Now you can stay reliably connected through Power Outages with unlimited cellular data and up to 4 hours of battery backup to keep you online. Only from xfinity. Home of the xfinity 10g network. Heres why you should switch from chrome to duckduckgo. Duckduckgo is a browser you download to your mobile and desktop devices. Unlike chrome, the Duckduckgo Browser has privacy builtin. It comes with a private alternative to google search, which doesnâ– t spy on your searches, and it blocks cookies and creepy ads. And theres no catch. Its free. We make money from ads, but they dont follow you around. Join the millions of people taking back their privacy by Downloading Duckduckgo On Mobile and desktop today. Well get back to our israelhamas coverage in a moment. Become here in the United States investigators are looking for a e motive in the death of a synagogue president. Samantha woll was found stabbed to Death Outside her detroit home. Police say they found a trail of blood leading to her home where they believe the crime happened. The fbi is now assisting in the investigation. I want to bring in Cnns Omar Jimenez who is in detroit. Considering the atensions, investigators are urging people not to draw conclusions about wolls death. What are you learning . Reporter from the headline alone, it made people jump to conclusions quickly. Its why police are cautioning against jumping to any. Specifically the Detroit Police chief said in a statement that, understandably this crime leaves many Unanswered Questions. This matter is under investigation. Im asking for everyone to remain patient while investigators examine every aspect of the available evidence. Its important that no conclusions be drawn until all the facts are reviewed. They also said they would be giving an update today. We havent heard anything from police so far. What we do know is where i am right now, just outside or just next to downtown detroit, 40yearold samantha woll, her body was found just behind me here on this particular block. Its why detectives are on the scene right now. Weve seen them going in and out of a home on that particular block, likely trying to piece together why this happened. The bottom line, though, this did happen. Shes being remembered by the people that knew her best. A memorial about to get under way. She was 40 years old. We know she was politically active. Officials from the state attorney general, dana nessel talked about how she was one of the kindest people she knew. One State Senator said she had actually been with woll at a wedding friday night which was the night before wolls body was found. A lot of still Unanswered Questions at this point. You mentioned some of the details, her body was found outside of her home on this block behind me. Police followed that trail of blood to her residence. No suspect is in custody. Most importantly police say, right now they dont have any motivation. Very sad. Omar jimenez in detroit, thank you so much. Next, republican lawmakers have until noon today to declare if they were running for speaker of the house. Well find out who made the list. Whats next in the race to replace Kevin Mccarthy after a quick break. The deadline to enter the u. S. Speakers race is now closed. Nine republicans will make their case before the Republican Congress tomorrow. The house has been Paralyzed Without A Speaker For Which former speaker Kevin Mccarthy called, quote, embarrassing. Cnn anchor and chief Congressional Correspondent manu raju has the latest on the race. Reporter House Republicans remain in turmoil almost three weeks after the unprecedented ousz center after Kevin Mccarthy was pushed out after eight republicans joined with democrats and voted out Kevin Mccarthy as speaker. This was fiinitiated by House Republicans, and they have not been able to coalesce around anyone to replace mccarthy as of yet. The house cant do any business, no legislating at all until a speaker is elected. They have been unable to unite behind any candidate. First they nominated steve scalise, the House RepublicanMajority Leaderment he was unable to get the votes to be elected. He bowed out. Jim jordan, House Judiciary Committee chair was nominated. He did go to the floor, three times and failed to win over enough support. He could only afford to lose four republican votes on this party vote. He lost 25 on his 30 ballot. He bowed to reality and stepped aside. Now nine republican candidates have filed to run for speaker. Unclear which of the nine will ultimately get the republican nomination and, more importantly, who can get the 217 votes they would need on the floor of the house to be elected speaker. It is unclear if any of them can given the sharp divisions within the ranks. Its the biggest f. You to republican ive seen. Most members of the house are sick of it. It is time for big boys and big girls to stop the none ses. As swampy as swamp gets. We cant have an entire branch of government offline. Weve got to get our act together. Im getting calls from stints saying what the hell is going on with you republicans. I think history will assign blame in the right places. Reporter on monday evening House Republicans will meet Behind Closed Doors yet again. Those candidates will make their pitch, answer questions from their members. Tuesday morning is the significant vote, Behind Closed Doors republicans will have a secret ballot leadership election. That means a majority of their conference will vote to nominate the next speaker candidate. That person it will be a secret ballot election. Its unclear exactly who is the frontrunner and who might emerge here, but well see how close that person who gets the nomination is to the magic number on the house floor, 217 votes to be elected speaker. This is challenging for any republican candidate. With only 221 republicans, democrats are going to vote for Hakeem Jeffries that. Means the candidate, the republican nominee must limit defections in the ranks. Its unclear if any of them will be able to do that after weve seen republicans going after each other after mccarthy was pushed out, unable to get behind anyone, unable to do the nations business, and much business is waiting given aid to israel, calls for aid to ukraine. None of it can be dealt with. The republican agenda is completely stalled amid this gop leadership infighting. Can they get it resolved this coming week . That remains a huge question, but a possibility it could still be unresolved and slip into another week if they cant get their act together behind a nominee. Manu, thank you so much. All right. The former number three House Republican, liz cheney, is tieing the House Speaker chaos to former president trump. Here is what she told jake tapper when asked what a Second Donald Trump term would look like. He cannot be the next president , because if he is, all of the things that he attempted to do but was stopped from doing by responsible people around him at the department of justice, at the white house counsels office, all of those things he will do. There will be no guardrails, and everyone has been warned. I think donald trump is the single most dangerous threat we face. I imagine there will be a number of other candidates in the race. Would you be one of them . Ill tell you what im definitely going to do. Im going to spend the next year between now and the election certainly helping to elect serious people. Cheney didnt directly answer the question of whether she would enter the president ial race. She also said decisions made by Kevin Mccarthy after the 2020 election and january 6th helped elevate some members who were, quote, White Supremacists and antisemitic. Coming up, hamas fighters and israeli troops clashing inside gaza in what appears to be one of the first skirmishes between the two sides since the hamas attacks october 7th. Details next. Pers time to win is running out in our prize packed kick off the savings Monopoly Game hurry in to play for your chance at over 25 million in prizes and money saving offers like this, and this, or even this. Plus, you still have a shot at up to 100,000 in guaranteed prize money. Stop in while you can still win and shop your Favorite Brands sporting the kick off the Savings Monopoly Tag for unlimited bonus game tickets at lucky hamas fighters clashing with israeli troops this time inside gaza. It appears to be one of the first skirmishes from inside the gaza strip. U. S. Defense secretary lloyd austin voiced deep concerns over possible escalation, his words, of the conflict. The u. S. Is urging israel to delay a Ground Incursion into gaza so hostages may get out and aid can come in. Im joined now by retired u. S. Army colonel for his analysis. He served as former top aide to general petraeus. Thanks so much for joining us. Thanks for all your service. What do you make of the clash today between hamas and israeli sources inside on the ground in gaza . Before a Ground Invasion begins, first action would be recogninnaissance that goes in ahead of the main body and after that, there would be shaping operations, certain Combat Actions to make it possible for the main body to enter gaza and sub s succeed in destroying hamas. So i think what were seeing now are the first actions of Ground Reconnaissance crossing the border and making it possible, shaping the battlefield and getting ready for the Main Invasion which probably is a matter of days away. I suspect you are right. Why do you believe the u. S. Is pressing israel right now to delay a fullscale Ground Invasion into gaza . I think were seeing the impact of World Opinion which is turning against israel after be about a backing israel once they learned of the tragedy of the attacks by hamas. But now given the number of deaths that the palestinians are suffering at the hands of israeli airstrikes, that opinion is shifting and the United States wants to make sure that humanitarian aid gets in to dwaz a sgaz and diplomatic efforts can proceed because once a Ground Invasion occurs, i think all diplomatic efforts to release the hostages will be for naught until the Ground Invasion ceases. So should they try to delay the Ground Invasion to try to get more of the hostages out . This is up to the israelis and the calculation they have to make. I doubt hamas will give up the 200 or so hostages at least not all at once until it receives significant political benefits. So my guess is that israel will make the calculation that the hostages cant be released through diplomatic means at least short term and they will go ahead with the Ground Invasion. Earlier today David Petraeus called potential fullscale Israeli Ground assault into gaza as can ex exceedingly difficult. What do you see as the main challenges idf would face . There are many. First is its mission which would be to destroy hamas. That is a tall order givens urban environment in gaza, the depth of the Tunnel System there, the ability of hamas fighters to blend in to the civilian pop race. This is going to be almost an impossiblehe israeli troops to succeed in carrying out. Beyond that, there will be a lofts civilian casualties. The infrastructure will take a beating. Weve seen this in previous urban battles in if a lose i cant in 2004 and mosul in 2017. And so this is an exceedingly tough mission. Im afraid that the Israeli Government has given its Defense Forces a mission that they cant succeed in carrying out. At least to the full benefit of what iz sraeli government wants. Lets say they succeed in the mission to destroy hamas. Who would be in charge of gaza after hamas . This is precisely the point. After 9 11, we invaded afghanistan in an act of revenge with no thought as to what government would follow the collapse of the taliban. And i think right now the worry is that israel is doing the same thing here in gaza. If hamas goes, who will replace it. Will they have the support of the Palestinian People. Will they be able to maintain security over this enclave. And what the Israeli Government really needs to do now is start thinking long term. If they want the palestinians to stop these incursions on to israeli soil, they need to think about a long Term Solution to the Palestinian People and give them some sort of sovereignty that can make them stop these attacks on israel. On top of all of this as you know, the idf now says hezbollah in South Lebanon is playing what they call a very dangerous game and could drag lebanon into a fullscale war. What are your concerns about israels Northern Front . Because it is very tense up there right now. First it would be a tragedy for the lebanese people. I mean, their state is near collapse anyway and a war with israel would further that process. But in terms of israels defense, hezbollahs capabilities dwarf those of hamas. They have 130,000 plus rockets trained on israel and this would be a very, very deadly attack if hezbollah joins hamas in attacking israel. Israel would respond and would be fighting a war on two fronts. It is very difficult to do that. And there would be a lot of death and deconstruction in southern lebanon to go with that that is now being rained down on hamas. And those Hezbollah Rockets and missiles this South Lebanon, they have extensive range. Many could not only reach haifa but tel aviv and maybe jerusalem. So this is a really serious problem that we all have to watch. Colonel, thank you so much for joining us. Thank you. And President Biden speaking with israeli Prime Minister netanyahu just moments ago. We have new details. Stay with us. 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