i m martha maccallum. we have two big breaking story at 3:00 p.m. eastern time this afternoon. israeli forces pressing in to the heart of gaza city now. this is the moment that many have been knowing would come in all of this. it is now underway. we assume that hamas terrorists are digging in in many of the tunnels that we have seen uncovered by the idf. this is really being called an unprecedented city-street-to-street battle. civilians, many of whom have been trapped by hamas essentially, can t get out in a lot of these situations. there s hostages, more than 200 of them some where in this space, including americans that we understand are held somewhere in the city. this is an extraordinarily tense situation with a lot of lives at stake. so our coverage will continue as we get new images from the fight in throughout the course of this hour. also, iran continues to attack us at our bases in the region. our u.s. service members. what is our response? john kirby will join us f
this is gps, the global public square. welcome to all of you in the united states and around the world. i m fareed zakaria coming to you live from new york. today on the program we ll bring you the latest from the middle east with jeremy dimon who was in gaza yesterday. then one of the burning questions of the war, who will run gaza when it s over? i ll talk to the former foreign minister of the palestinian authority nasser al kidwa. will iran get more involved in the conflict than it is? the longtime middle east reporter and analyst will weigh in, and finally, exactly a year from today, americans will elect their next president. the 2024 race is top of mind for my guest, the ever so politically incorrect bill maher host of hbo s real time, but first, here s my take. israelis are understandably horrified by the october 7th hamas attacks on their country. the resulting sense of trauma has fueled the desire for prime minister benjamin netanyahu calls mighty vengeance. but
this is gps , the global public square. welcome to all of you in the united states and around the world. i m fareed zakaria coming to you live from new york. today on the program, we ll bring you the latest from the middle east with cnn s jeremy diamond who was in gaza yesterday. then one of the burning questions of the war, who will run gaza when it is over? i ll talk to the former foreign minister of the palestinian authority nasser al kidwa. and will iran get more involved in the conflict than it is? the long time middle east reporter and analyst kim ghattas will weigh in. and finally exactly a year from today, americans will elect their next president. the 2024 race is top of mind for my guest, the ever so politically incorrect bill maher, host of hbo s real time. but fiers here is my take. israelis are horrified by the attacks on their country. the results sense of trauma has fueled a desire for benjamin netanyahu called mighty vengeance. but intense emotions ma
hello., everyone.d. it is 5:00 in new york city and this is the five.si ngpresident biden facing criticm for focusing on islamophobia despite a despicable wave of anti-semitisofm in america.-d there has been a staggering 400% rise in incidents since the war in israel. a student charged with threatening to shoot, stab and students at a campus. the university s president says they are working to fight all forms of anti-semitism on ca campus. the administration is rolling out a strategy to counter hate towards muslims. kamala harris making this announcement on social media. as a result of the attack and the humanitarian crisis in gaza, we have seen an uptick in anti-palestine, and is ainci bahama and islamophobic incidents. the white house, when askedtt about it, they apply they have a handle on anti-semitism.orce and related forms of hate. there were 100 actions agencies were able to take to counter the scourge of anti-semitism in the next step was to counteromes is
the israeli army just announcing it s killed a hamas commander who, quote, directed of the october 7th attacks on israel. the idf says his elimination significantly harms hamas efforts to disrupt israel s ground operation. it comes as israeli ground forces pushed deeper into gaza, advancing both tanks and other armored vehicles. the idf also rescued one of its own, a female soldier who had been held hostage since hamas stormed israel on october 7th. prime minister benjamin netanyahu once again rejecting growing calls for a cease fire. the united states would not agree to a cease fire after bombing of pearl harbor or after the terrorist attack of 9/11. israel will not agree to a cessation hostilities with hamas after the horrific attacks of october seventh. the u.s. government also voicing opposition to a cease fire, saying it would benefit hamas. but with the war now in its fourth week, american officials are pushing to get more much needed aid into gaza. the more than 2