operations have resumed after a deadline to extend the seven-day long truce expired, an hour ago this. dashing hopes for the release of more hostages from hamas. according to the idf, hamas violated the truce by fired a rocket to israeli territory an hour before the deadline. it was intercepted by israeli air defenses. hamas officials in gaza report israeli aircraft now over gaza with the sound of a taylor fire in the north. the operational pause was extended on thursday after a last-minute deal, and despite israel s demands for ten hostages released daily, hamas released eight. according to israeli official two women were set free initially, followed by another six just hours later who are being held in a separate location in gaza. it s also thursday, another 30 palestinian women and children were released from israeli prisons, as part of the agreement with hasse. many had been held under detention, and never officially discharged. new reporting for the new york times that i
to recognize that u.s.-japan alliance hasn t just been good for the united states and japan but for the asia-pacific region and the world. the basic foundation of peace, stability, insuring that territorial borders were respected freedom of navigation all of that has underwritten the incredible growth that is taking place in the asia-pacific region. china benefited from it. it is on that bases china became a juggernaut that ended up bogue incorporated into global trade being so no we don t think a strong u.s.-japan
to recognize that the u.s. japan alliance hasn t been good just for united states and japan. it s been good for asian pacific region and the world. the basic foundation of peace, stability, insuring that territorial borders were respected, freedom of navigation. all that has underwritten the incredible growth that s taken place in the asian pacific region. china has benefitted from it. it s on that basis that china became an economic juggernaut that ended up being enincorporatedeninkorptincorporated into global trade. no we don t think a strong u.s.
alliance hasn t just been good for the united states and japan, it s been good for the as asia-pacific region and the world. the basic foundation of peace, stability, ensuring that territorial borders were respected, freedom of navigation, all that has underwritten the incredible growth that s taken place in the asia-pacific region. china s benefited from it. it s on that basis that china became a economic juggernaut that ended up being incorporated into global trade. and so no, we don t think that a strongs u.s./japan alliance should be seen as a provocation.