real o high alert. the iran backed group entered the battle show he stopped short of fully engaging in the warp blinken pushes for pauses in the war something netanyahu not agreed tochlt for his part blinken will head to jordan to discuss the need to protect civilian in gazasm go now to alex live in tel aviv with the latest on what she is seeing. alex? u.s. seventh state was here in tel aviv we called for a pause to help civil yen in the middle. israeli officials the primes and the defense minster say a cease-fire is off the table especially as the idf move in on gaza taking out infrastructure above and below ground. the airforce is standing by to take out targets. blinken called to stop the widening conflict and protect civilians and bring in aid. white house said 100 aid trucks brought in. the white house also adding that as many as 100 u.s. citizens and family members were able to leave gaza in the last day yoochlt say tsai. thank you another update at the b. hour and fu
in jerusalem. u.s. secretary of state antony blinken is scheduled meet with several arab leaders today as the u.s. tries cool tensions in the middle east. blinken is in amman, jordan where he will meet with his counterparts from jordan, egypt, saudi arabia, the united arab emirates and qatar. a palestinian authority will also be in attendance. the trip comes after he met with israeli leaders in an attempt to get them to agree to humanitarian pauses in the war against hamas. we need to do more to protect palestinian civilians. we ve been clear that as israel conducts his campaign to defeat hamas, how it does so matters. it matters because it s the right and lawful thing to do. prime minister benjamin netanyahu is refusing the idea of a cease fire, saying the more than 240 hostages still held by hamas must be released first. the united states would not agree to a cease fire after, the bombing of pearl harbor or after the terrorist attack of 9/11. israel will not agree to
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