Can you can get involved and you can help. So, please, check it out. Im going have more from tel aviv on the lead tomorrow. Our coverage continues now with wolf blitzer in the situation room. Stay safe. Happening now, Breaking News. A fuming donald trump is slapped with a 10,000 fine in the Civil Fraud Trial in new york for violating a gag order again. The judge saying he didnt believe what trump told him under oath. This as at least six more trump codefendants in the Georgia Election subversion case have talked with prosecutors about a potential plea deal. Stand by for details on cnns exclusive new reporting. Also breaking, the u. S. House of representatives has a new speaker at last. Louisiana rope can mike johnson managing to pull a splintered Party Together to win the job, breaking a threeweek deadlock, but how will he meet the huge challenges ahead . And as new rocket fire from gaza hits an Apartment Building near tel aviv, Prime MinisterBenjamin Netanyahu issues a new warning that all Hamas Terrorists are, and im quoting him now, dead men walking. Welcome to our viewers here in the United States and around the world. Im wolf blitzer. Youre in the the situation room. Were following two major breaking stories here in the United States. In new york donald trump takes the stand, the stand at his Civil Fraud Trial as the judge hits him with a 10,000 fine for violating his gag order again, and here in Washington Republicans finally put an end to weeks of chaos, electing congressman mike johnson as the new Speaker Of The House. Well goat all the drama on capitol hill in just a moment, but, first, lets go to new york where cnns Brynn Gingras is standing by outside the courthouse. B b brynn, this is another major e buick of trump. Reporter the judge told him he could not speak ill of anyone on the court staff. This is the second time according to the judge hes violate that had gag order. I want you to hear what trump said that put him in this position that he now owes 10,000. I dont get a jury. This was a trial that should never have been brought but if we had a jury it would have been fair, at least, even if it was a somewhat megtive jury, because this judge will because this judge is a very partisan judge with a person who is very partisan sitting alongside of him, perhaps even much more partisan than he is, so we are doing very well. The facts are speaking very loud. Hes a totally discredited witness and you havent seen anything yet. Reporter the person sitting next to him is very partisan. Those are the key words that you need to listen to, because thats what angered the judge. Quick picture for you. The way this court looks, the judge is signature and to the right is his court clerk and to his left is the witness box. Once we got back from the lunch box today at the civil trial the judge made trump take the stand and under oath he asked him who was he talking about when he said the person next to him is very partisan. Trump said he was talking about Michael Cohen. When he left the witness box, the judge basically said i dont believe you and put in place that 10,000 fine. This was argued by trumps attorneys, but the ruling still stood. Let me tell you why the judge put this fine in place. He said im very protective of my staff as i believe i should be. I dont want anyone killed, and he said the ruling stands even though there was an argument from the defense team. Dont do it again or it will be worse. Wolf . What can you tell us about that dramatic moment when trump actually stormed out of this trial . Reporter yeah. This all happened within an hour, wolf, so it was a very tense situation in that courtroom within that happened. This is happening in the crossexamination of Michael Cohen. Essentially it was all in relation to a 2019 congressional hearing where cohen testified that trump he didnt recall trump telling him to basically manipulate the financial statements, you know, to reflect the net worth that trump wanted. Well, that was brought up yesterday rather when he was being directed by the states attorneys where he essentially laid out how he would manipulate the newspaper and trump wanted him. In crossexamination they brought back up the 2019 testimony and asked essentially did you lie . Were you lying to corning and he stood, Michael Cohen, by his testimony in 2019. For trumps camp they think this is a big lie. Hes flipflopping his statements, and they asked the judge to basically throw out this trial because this is at the heart of why this civil trial is happening. The judge said no. He said it twice, definitely no, and essentially well now continue in court. Michael cohen is no longer on the stand but they did try to get the trial thrown out because of Michael Cohens testimony over the last couple of days. Thanks very much. Now to cnns reporting on georgias subverse case on donald trump. What are you learning . Reporter as were piecing together whats happening with all 19 defendants in Fulton County this, 2020 Election Case around donald trump with donald trump at the top of the list of defendants, wolf, we now know that at least six codefendants of donald trump have had plea deals put on the table before them and were waiting to see what they do. So right now, 19 defendants, four of them already took plea deals. Those fir people all agreed to cooperate including some top lawyers and with the initial plea deals, sydney poul, jenna ellis and kenneth chez brothers, the dominoes start to fall and then the prosecutors reach out to others, six others, at least six other codefendants to see if they want to take deals, people like a campaign official, another protrump lawyer, so were going to wait to see what happens with them, and when youre looking at these the prosecutor as youre trying to get people to plead guilty and take deals, its good for them because it helps them focus their case against trump the more defendant they can help pick off going to trial, they can help the cooperators get more information and the defendants, you dont want to be last in line standing. You dont want to be the last one standing going to trial because you can get a deal that means no jail time. You can get a lot of benefits of taking a plea deal if you choose to do it early, right now thats where we stand in this case, but we do know from our team of reporters that there are four people right now who havent been offered plea deals in this case that are on the table from Fulton County georgia. Those are some of the biggest names in this case, mark meadows, rudy giuliani, john eastman and, of course, donald trump himself, so no offers of guilty pleas for those four from the georgia prosecutors at that time. Sfwhofl. Stay with us. I want to bring in our legal be a lifts. Joe, whats your reaction of the Stunning Development of trump taking the stand in new york, the Civil Fraud Trial, whats your reaction to the latest developments . Well, wolf, weve been watching how donald trump has struggled with the gag order. He was already fined once. Now you had this statement again where the judge, and it is humiliating for the former president , putting donald trump on the stand. Donald trump claims he was talking about Michael Cohen, but, wolf, Michael Cohen was not sitting alongside the judge. Cohen was sitting a distance away and below the judge. That was clearly a reference to the judges clerk and the judge found that trump was not credible. This is going to be a continuing problem. Very a Gag Order Issue going on in the d. C. Federal case as well. Donald trumps own words could continue to land him in deeper an deeper trouble. Joey, what do you make of the fact that the judge found trumps denial under oath not credible . Yeah, wolf, i make of that its not surprising at all. There are consequences to behaviors that run afoul of the judges order. Its not that complicated. The gag order specified and was not even broad pertaining to the issues of my staff, and so when you make a reference to someone who is partisan, the person sitting right next to you, and as norman indicated, Michael Cohen wasnt there, who else are you referring to, and so its not surprising that the judge viewed that as credible and its equally not surprising that the judge demanded accountability, and i think what the judge is also doing is looking at deterrence. I mean bills. Youre not to do this. This is my order. Dont do it again. If you do, im going to hit you where it hurts, and thats your pocketbook. Thats what the judge did. Let me bring caitlin back into this conversation. The judge warned him today dont do this again tore will be worse. What sort of penalty is trump looking fat he were to break this gag order again . Well, right now it does look like its just hitting him in the pocketbook, 15,000 total hes been find. He could be fined more. When a judge draws a line you dont often want to cross it because you could be held in contempt of court. There could always be the penalty of having your bail revoked meaning you could be put on house arrest or put in jail. Now that doesnt seem to be something thats been on the table in this case. This case is about Holding Trump accountable on the money side of things, but at the same time as both panelists mentioned here there are other debates over gag orders, specifically theres a judge in washington, d. C. Parks federal judge, looking at a gag order and has already imposed it on donald trump and has it on hold right now be a the debate is ongoing. Were waiting to hear if the Justice Department even today wants to flag what has happened in court in new york to that judge in washington, d. C. , and so each of these cases, all of the judges are watching what is happening with donald trump on a daytoday basis what hes saying publicly and determination how they should respond. And if he continues to violate gag orders, he could be fined, not just fined but he could wind up behind bars as well. Northerly, in the georgia case how worried should trump be about prosecutors discussing potential plea deals now with at least six additional codefendants . He should be very worried, wolf, and so should the other individuals who are at the very top of the caption of this indictment, meadows, giuliani, eastman because with the three plea deals that we have from lawyers who were involved already, they are powerful witnesses against trump and the others and now six more. Fani willis is masterfully working her way, as we say, up the food chain to the big fish. It should be very anxietyprovoke, and im looking for the next plea deal to be in the area of those threats and intimidation against the election workers. We havent seen Somebody Flip there yet. That may be one of the other unnamed targets of a plea deal to build this case out. Good point for trump. These plea deals are really, really bad legal news for him. Joey, of the remaining codefendants in georgia who have yet to take a plea deal, whose tim do you think potentially could be the most damaging to trump . Yeah. I think, wolf, would i have to put that on the people who did, right, and that is if youre the attorneys for donald trump that spin the narrative, weve seen a plea of guilt of sydney powell as it pertains to breaking into the systems to determine if there was fraud. None were determined to exist and we saw it is a pertains to cheseborough, the fake electors and then jenna ellis, they are not remaining but those attorneys are people who were propagating a narrative. Remember at the outset, this is about the rico statutes, and to establish, that not thats what they pled guilty to and that enterprise is formulated for the purpose of sustaining power. Prosecutors have a compelling case with them and if the other parties dont get on board with regard to a plea deal, of course, the consequences elevate, and those consequences could mean unlike these three jail, and that would certainly be highly problematic. Very important. How could these potential additional plea deals Impact Special counsel jack smiths federal election subversion case . Well, wolf, that case scharnlgd. It its the prosecutors and the Justice Department against donald trump and they are ready to go to trial. The possibility that they are set to go to trial in march, and the judge is saying thats not moving, it doesnt look like its going have that much effect there, but if the special counsels office continues to investigate, which we believe they are doing and they had continued to do after trump was charged in federal court in d. C. Related to the 2020 election, as they continue to investigate this, could build out more of what they know, especially if those people provide more information in georgia that they never shared before. Excellent points from all of you. Guys, thank very, very much. Just ahead, the house finally elects a new speaker after weeks of republican in fighting. What it means for the looming Government Shutdown . Stand by. Plus, well get a live update from israel as Prime MinisterBenjamin Netanyahu signals a Ground Invasion of gaza by israeli troops is still on track despite u. S. Concerns. Ground invasion of gaza by tonight the new Speaker Of The House make johnson has his work certainly cut out for him after doing what three other nominees for the job failed to do, that would be win over all of his fellow house republicans. Were following all the break news on johnsons election just a little while ago and what happens next. Cnn owes Melanie Zanonis joins us live from capitol hill. This was what, 22 days in the making, and it seems like Speaker Johnson got right down to business. Reporter yeah, thats right, wolf. Republicans were trying to show that the house was back up and running and one of Speaker Johnsons first and as speaker was to put a bipartisan resolution on the floor to condemn hamas and express support for israel. All lawmakers except for nine democrats and one republican voted in support of that resolution which did pass, so an easy victory under johnsons belt here, but he is going to face a number of immediate challenges now that hes stepped into this speakership role. That includes Government Funding which expires on november 17 and bedeviled his predecessor Kevin Mccarthy. Hell have to heal the deep wounds inside the gop which are still very real, and hell also have to deal with the white house request to package ukraine aid with israel aid. I caught up with johnson a little bit ago and asked him whether he supports ukraine aid, something thats been very divisive in the gop. He said he supports it and it needs to have conditions and they need to have accountability. He declined to say what exactly that will look like. Well see how he handles that issue but its clear hell have to navigate the same tricky political headwinds that Kevin Mccarthy did but johnson so far expressing optimism. You want to see an aggressive schedule in the days and weeks ahead. Youll see Congress Work as hard as it ever worked and well deliver for the American People. Were in the majority. Weve gone through a little bit of suffering and through a little bit of character dark building, you know what its produced, more strength, more perseverance and a lot of hope hand that what were about to deliver to the American People. Reporter now in a positive sign for johson, some of those hardline republicans who ousted Kevin Mccarthy are now signaling they would actually be okay with a stopgap shortterm funding bill, a sign that they will give a much longer leash for speaker johson to govern, at least for now, wolf. Thank you very much. Lets get more on this with our political experts. I want to start with you, gloria. It took 22 days for the republicans to finally get their act together and elect a new Speaker Of The House. Why did johnson succeed when three of his three other republican speaker designees failed . Yesterday he had all of 34 votes and today he ran unopposed in the Republican Party. Look, first of all, i think we have to be honest and say that republicans were exhausted by this and they were completely embarrassed by this. They also chose someone who had no big national profile, and in a way i think that that, you know, worked to his advantage, and also people didnt hate him. They didnt have grujts against him because he didnt have a long career, and i think one thing we saw in this race was put very well by mitt romney today who said apparently experience isnt necessary for the speaker job. Were down to folks who havent had leadership or chairmanship roles which means their administration of the house will be a new experience for them. I were second that. Hes been there for six years. Hasnt been a Committee Chairman either. Doesnt have a whole lost experience. Jamie, he was one of the chief architects in the house. Correct. To try to overturn the president ial election in 2020. Trump gave johnson his seal of approval, as you know, so how does this impact whats going on amongst republicans in the house . In stability, steve bannon tonight just tweeted about how important the new speaker was to to trying to overturn the election. Look, the message here is donald trump is still in charge. Emer, who was not an election denier, went down yesterday. Speaker johnson, as weve said, is not just any election denier, he was driving the bus. One of the questions you have to ask is what does this mean politically . He is now third in line in succession to be president of the United States. A lot of people are going to be asking him will he ever say that joe biden was elected president and in a Fair Election . Charlie, you were in the House Of Representatives for a while. I assume you know this new speaker. I severed with him for two years. Hes a very smart, very conservative guy. Hes got a nice disposition, but hes again, hes very conservative, and i suspect though that hes going to run in some hard challenges with the spending bills. Its interesting that the folks who took down Kevin Mccarthy are going to allow him to bring a continuation resolution to the floor, but they are talking about kicking this thing out into january as far as april. They will find out faster some place called the u. S. Senate and they might have a different opinion on that, so, you know, hes probably going to be given that long leash but hes a blank slate as far as most of the American Public is concerned, and i suspect the democrats will spend a lot of time trying to define him over the next couple of months and if the republicans are smart they will introduce him to the American People because nobody really knows him. They are already defining him. You can bet the democrats are focused on two things, holding on to the white house in 2024, taking back the house as well. We can count the minutes until the attacks and the fundraising starts, and to your point he is unknown now, but he is so conservative on abortion, on gay rights, on climate change. This is in a certain way its a gift to the democrats. And is an election denier. I already got a text today from a democrat saying to me this is this is what were going do. Theres a deeper problem here. When when emer finished ahead of johnson, scalise finished ahead of johnson, a rump minority tries to impose its will on the majority, that is, they dont september outcome. On ukraine funding, theres a strong support for it and theres a rump minority and if you dont like the election in 2020, try to decertify and thats whats upsetting to me. Theres no interest in governing. You come from a part of the Republican Party that wanted to govern, and i think a lot of these members have no interest in governing. They want to make points, right . Blower it up. Or blow it up. They are in the majority in a divided government. Some will have to govern, and the speaker is going to find that out. I want to get your reaction to congressman matt gaetz, one of the eight republicans who ousted mccarthy, what he said about the election. Maga is aseddant and if you dont think that moving from Kevin Mccarthy to maga being mike johnson shows where the Republican Party truly lies then youre not paying attention. I i think matt gaetz has a point there. I think that this mike johnson is incredibly conservative. He was an election denier. Hes not for Abortion Rights, you know. Theres a part of the party, a large part of the trump part of the party as were you saying which is a majority of the Republican Party that that he leads, and i think that gaetz is very proud of himself for in a way getting the conference to get to mike johnson and maybe one of the reasons that happened is because he wasnt so well known and they were just tired. Well see if Mag Sax Ascendant in the House Of Representatives among republicans. Guys, thank you very, very much. Coming up, well take a closer look at the brand new Speaker Of The House. Plus, our live report on israels war against hamas. Cnn, of course, is on the ground in the middle east, and well right back. Is it possible my network could take my business to the next level . It is with comcast business. Powering all your devices with gigspeed wifi. And you get fast downloads and uploads. Pick it up pick it up oh we got this because its powered by The Next Generation 10g network. More speed for your business . Its not just possible. Its happening. Get started for 59. 99 a month for 12 months. Plus, ask how to get an 800 prepaid card with a qualifying internet bundle. Comcast business, powering possibilities. Turning now to the Breaking News out of the middle east, israels war against hamas. Israeli Prime MinisterBenjamin Netanyahu bluntly warping the grurn and im quoting him now, all Hamas Terrorists are dead men walking. Lets bring in Cnns Anderson Cooper who is on the ground for us in tel aviv tonight. Anderson, these are very strong words from the Prime Minister ahead of what all of us anticipate is a likely Ground Invasion. On this night that there was a Rocket Attack in a town about ten miles south of tel aviv, nobody was killed in that Rocket Attack thankfully. The Prime Minister talked about this, framing this war as a fight for the very existence of israel, and he talked about two main goals for the war, Bote Destruction Of Hamas and doing Everything Possible to try to get israeli captives and american captives back from hamas. Those two goals not necessarily not necessarily the same. He later went on to talk about one goal which is essentially moving forward to victory as fast as possible. Theres another comment that he made that i think has a lot of attention here in israel, wolf, which is that he talked about the that there will be an inquiry into what went wrong in terms of the military and intelligence failures leading up to the october 7 attack. He said that everybody will have to answer questions and give answers, including himself. Theres a lot of israelis who feel he has not accepted any responsibility for the attack on october 7 where the members of the military leadership, the intelligence leadership have accepted a level of responsibility. He has not publicly said that or apologized. Many people want him to do that, so him sort of giving a head nod saying that he will answer questions but or the war is completed, wolf. Anderson, i also understand that later tonight on your show youll be speaking to a Community Activist who has actually spoken to hamas representatives about freeing the hostages. Tell us about that. Reporter yeah, this is a person who was involved in kind of behindthescenes ways early on in the negotiations over the israeli soldier who was held for many years and ultimately exchanged for 1,000 palestinian prisoners in israeli jails. He talked about just the incredibly complex nature of the ongoing negotiations now that is taking place involving qatar, involving egypt, involving obviously israel and the United States. Its a complexity that nobody really has seen before given the large number of hostages and the other thing that hes pointing out which is sort of interesting which is hes confirming here to many who have pointed the likelihood that some of the hostages may not be being held by hamas or even islamic jihad, they may have been taken by individual families, people who crossed over the border in the wake of the hamas gunmen going over and grabbed people which weve seen in the past and ultimately those people get ransom for money, they get money for that and ultimately they end up in the hands of hamas. Hamas may not know at this moment exactly where all of the 220 or so people believed to be hostage, where they, and thats one of the complicating factors here. One of many complicating factors. Anderson, thanks so much. Well see anderson tonight on ac 360 at 8 30 p. M. Eastern. Meanwhile, the United Nations is warning aid deliveries to gaza could be suspended within hours as a Fuel Shortage cripples relief operations. Our chief International CorrespondentClarissa Ward is joining us from cairo, egypt right now. She has more on the story. Clarissa, what happens when gaza runs out of feel . Reporter well, this is what everybody is waiting to see, and it could happen any moment now. We just dont know exactly, but hospitals have been warning that their generators will stop, vent lateors will stop, incubators will stop. Muchneeded Desalination Plants which are providing the only drinkable water will stop. People have been forced, according to doctors to drink brackish water. They are seeing all sorts of Health Problems associated with that, including a spike in preeclampsia in pregnant women, and as you mentioned the u. N. The United Nations relief works agency, which is the agency inside of gaza, is saying that basically they will not be able to carry out their full services if they dont get fuel tonight or tomorrow. Now yesterday they had said that they would be forced to suspend their operations tonight, so it au appears that theres a little more fuel in order to give them that extra bit of wiggle room, but everyone we have spoken to from humanitarian organizations to ordinary civilians on the ground is saying that this really is at a crisis point now, not to mention the fact that ordinary aid is not getting in. Last night just eight trucks, nothing today, so fuel is the primary consideration, but still food, water, medical equipment and all of this taking place against the backdrop of the heaviest most intense and most punishing bombardment that gaza has are seen. Idf officials are insisting that hamas is Holding Thousands and thousands of gallons of fuel in gaza. Is there any way to verify that . Reporter its very difficult to verify those claims. The idf has also said in the past that hamas has stolen fuel from unwra, the u. N. Agency i was referring to. We went to the spokesperson and asked them to their knowledge if hamas had ever stolen any fuel from any of their various warehouses, and they said to the best of their knowledge thats not happened before. And i think its important, wolf, to give you some perspective before this war three weeks ago, more than 480,000 Liters Of Fuel was required every day to keep gaza running. The u. N. Is saying it would require at least 360,000 Liters Of Fuel a day so even if hamas did have or does have a few up dread thousand Liters Of Fuel a day, youre still not talking about quantities that can be used to continue to power the generators of gaza that are keeping people alive right now for any reasonable period of time, wolf. All right. Clarissa, thanks very much. Clarissa ward reporting from cairo for us. Just ahead, well have a closer look at the new House Speaker mike sons wereon, including his very conservative and sometimes very controversial background. Were back with Breaking News. President biden has called the news House Speaker mike johnson to congratulate him on his election. House republicans picked the Louisiana Conservative for the position after weeks of infighting and paralysis. Brian todd Taking A Closer Look into his background and record and what have you learned about the new speaker . Reporter hes not a Household Name but hes nope in republican circles for being an Ardent Supporter of donald trump who rejected the 2020 election result, a fervent opponent of Abortion Rights and his views on lbgtq rights make even some republicans uncomfortable. Frankly we did win this election. In the contentious days after the 2020 election when then President Trump was desperately maneuvering to hold on to power mike johnson was one of trumps most Ardent Supporters in congress. This system is set up with fraud and irregularity and we cannot have that in our election system. The republican from louisiana led a group of lawmakers who signed a court filing which tried to nullify Electoral College votes won by joe biden, a legal effort soundly rejected by the Supreme Court. I think all of that is partly what makes him favorable candidate for donald trump. You can expect democrats to be looking to highlight this stuff. Reporter just after the 2020 election was called for joe biden, johnson posted on x, then known as twitter, quote, i have just called President Trump to say this, stay strong and keep fighting, sir. The nation is depending upon your resolve. Today the former president complimented the congressman. As far as speaker is concerned, shea fantastic gentleman, and i think hell do a great job. Reporter if you think the former conservative Radio Talk Show Host came Out Of Nowhere to win the speakership, you might not be alone. Longtime senator Susan Collins from johnsons own party said, quote, i was going to google him this morning. A lot of dont know him which means he doesnt have a lot of enemies. Reporter first elected to congress in 2016 johnson staunchly opposes abortion and celebrated the Supreme Court decision to overturn roe v. Wade calling it a, quote, great, joyous occasion. The founders, the ones who put this country together recognize that life was sacred because its given to us by our creator, by god. Reporter johnson has also been a fierce opponent of lbgtq rights. In the mid2000s he wrote in an oped that homosexuality is, quote, an inherently unnatural and dangerous lifestyle that would lead to legalized pedfeelia. The 51yearold johnson, according to politico, is the least experienced speaker elected in 140 years. Is he in over his head . The speaker job is an onthejob training situation. Nobody is prepared for that role unless they have already been in it. Reporter analysts say mike johnson wont have much of a on monperiod as House Speaker. One of his first big tests will come in the days leading up to the november 17 Government Shutdown dead lipo, a test to see if he can work with democrats to keep the government funded and if he can navigate the treacherous waters of Hard Liporepublicans who tossed Kevin Mccarthy from power. Good reporting, thanks. Coming up, well go back to israel for reaction to all the latest vmts. Well speak to a seen zor adviser to Prime MinisterBenjamin Netanyahu and more concerns on the likely invasion in gaza. Lets get back to our breaking News Coverage of the war in the middle east. The israeli Prime MinisterBenjamin Netanyahu says operations in gaza, and im quoting him now, are just the beginning, and that his military is preparing a Ground Incursion into gaza. Joining us now from tel aviv is a Senior Adviser to Prime Minister netanyahu. Thank you very much for joining us. Cnn has learned the u. S. , the biden administration, is advising israel against an allout Ground Invasion into gaza. Is it possible to eradicate hamas with targeted special operation raids along with airstrikes . Our expectation is that we will have to send Ground Forces into gaza because the goal of the operation is to dismantle hamas Military Machine. A lot of that machine is underground. One of the hostages who was recently released reported that she felt she was in a network like a spider web of underground tunnels. And if were going to seriously dismantle that Military Structure of hamas, were going to have to be there physically on the ground. So, when is that move into gaza going to start . I cant be specific on timing for obvious reasons. We dont want to give hamas any advanced warning of when the attack will come. But it will come. And do you think itll come soon without giving us a specific date . Im not going to give a specific date, and obviously you understand why. But the goal of this operation is not just to give hamas a blow so theyll be deterred. We tried that, it didnt work. A reality in which israel is no longer threatened by this Terrorist Enclave on our border. Just a quick fix. A lot of people think why cant we just ceasefire . A quick fix is a return to where we were on the morning of october 7th where hamas can just attack our people and massacre us again. We wont stand for that. We wont live with hamas as a neighbor. The goal of our operation is to destroy hamas Military Machine and to destroy their political structure in gaza. There will be a new reality when this is over. Mark, in gaza, as you know, hospitals, the water system, they are on the brink of collapse with fuel running out. You blame hamas for withholding fuel. But doesnt israel have an obligation, if it can, to address this humanitarian crisis . A few days ago, it was reported on cnn six tankers entered the gaza strip with fuel, and it was taken to u. N. Bases. And we know for a fact that it was stolen by hamas. There was actually a tweet which said armed gunman from the hamas government came and requisitioned the fuel. Later they deleted the tweet. And wasnt why. They have to work under the framework of a repressive, authoritarian and brutal hamas regime. But the truth is there is plenty of fuel in the gaza strip. That fuel is in hamas hands. Hamas wants to save that fuel for its Military Machine, for its rockets, for its underground network of tunnels. We have no interest in hamas having more fuel. If the people of gaza need fuel, the fuel is in gaza. And the finger has to be pointed at hamas that is denying the people of gaza those hospitals, those generators the fuel. Its there for them to take. I should point out, mark, that the u. N. Relief agency today said hamas has never stolen fuel from their warehouses, to the best of their knowledge, are there any circumstances under which israel would allow more fuel into gaza . Wed have to have very ironclad guarantees that that fuel is only going to be used for civilian purposes. And its very difficult for anyone serious to give that guarantee because hamas has a pattern of behavior of requisitioning or stealing, you choose the word, wolf, humanitarian supplies that come into the gaza strip. It was the u. N. Itself that tweeted that people with weapons that come and taken the fuel and then they deleted the tweet. They said it was a mistake, it was a misunderstanding. Everyone knows that all the humanitarian groups working in gaza work in the framework of a very authoritarian and brutal regime. The people of gaza know that better than anyone else. Mark re genk v, thanks so much for joining us. My pleasure, wolf. Well be right back with more news. We soothed him as much as we can and keep him shielded from the wrath of the war. Unfortunately yesterday we ran out of milk for him. We opened the last box and basically tonight we would be completely out. It would be his first night ever in his entire life to go to sleep without having milk. All it takes is one missile, one airstrike to miss its target or be too close to where you are. And that has happened before where were staying. And that would be it. We are trying to stay strong. But we cannot help but feel hopeless and abandoned given its been 18 days, and yet no concrete help from the State Department to get us out of gaza. Were staying in rafah about ten minutes away from the border of egypt. This way we are prepared for initial notice with the State Department to head towards Rafah Crossing where we could cross to egypt and exit gaza