Ceasefire talks in cairo. The good news is that they are happening and that five nations, orfive parties, are at least all there in cairo. So thats hamas, israel, the us, qatar and egypt. The not so good news is that israel has only sent a fairly low level team theyre not there to negotiate, theyre there to study what hope there is of trying to bridge the gap between what is acceptable to israel and what is acceptable to hamas, and that gap is still pretty wide. The main Sticking Point, as my colleague yolande referred to there, is over how this ends. So the fundamentals of the deal are largely intact, theyre largely agreed. They can agree this that it will start with a 42 day period of calm, a truce essentially, during which hamas will give up 33 hostages. Theres a bit of dispute about whether they would be alive or dead, but 33 hostages. In return, a much larger number of Palestinians Prisoners would be released from israeli jails and palestinians who had been moved south into rafah
about trump s plans, which would move the country away from democracy and into full-blown autocracy. also tonight, expelled from the house of representatives, former congressman george santos begins his revenge tour. and he s already cashing in on his infamy. we begin tonight with notes on a florida scandal. a hot mess sending shock waves through the state s republican party. the florida man in question is not donald trump for once. instead, this is a scandal involving christian ziegler, the chairman of florida s republican party. this is ziegler, a longtime party official who served as vice chairman of the state party prior to his election as chair. he is now under criminal investigation for allegations related to sexual battery, including rape according to a complaint filed with the sarasota police department. ziegler has denied the allegations. a heavily redacted report was released thursday. as you can see, it includes mention of rape, sexual assault complaint, and se
resumed. hamas health officials say nearly 180 people have been killed, including three journalists. both sides blame each other for the collapse of the seven day ceasefire. before the temporary ceasefire, israel s military had focused on the north of gaza, including gaza city. but on friday morning, israeli jets dropped leaflets close to the city of khan younis, telling people to evacuate immediately and go to shelters in rafah in the south of the territory near the egyptian border. israel s military went on to hit targets in both rafah and khan younis. our senior international correspondent orla guerin sent this report from tel aviv and a warning that viewers may find it distressing. gaza awoke to this. this a new day of israeli bombing. skies darkened by ash and debris. in rafah, survivors snatched from the rubble. a baby brought out alive. but palestinians say 12 members of one family were killed here in their own home. in khan younis, frenzied digging with bare hands
200 terror targets since its bombardment of the gaza strip resumed. hamas health officials say nearly 180 people have been killed, including three journalists. both sides blame each other for the collapse of the 7 day ceasefire. before the temporary ceasefire, israel s military had focused on the north of gaza, including gaza city. but on friday morning, israeli jets dropped leaflets close to the city of khan younis, telling people to evacuate immediately and go to shelters in rafah, in the south of the territory near the egyptian border. israel s military went on to hit targets in both rafah and khan younis. our senior international correspondent orla guerin sent this report from tel aviv, and a warning that viewers may find it distressing. gaza awoke to this. a new day of israeli bombing. skies darkened by ash and debris. in rafah, survivors snatched from the rubble. a baby brought out alive. but palestinians say 12 members of one family were killed here in their own hom