Were following Breaking News out of the middle east. Im Boris Sanchez with Brianna Keilar in washington, d. C. Were seeing live pictures now out of gaza where we have been watching explosions lighting up the sky. We want to bring in anchors jake tapper Anderson Cooper live for us in tel aviv. We are seeing an intensification of explosions over and in the gaza city, more than weve seen in recent days. The idf, Israel Defense forces v n , have not commented on what seems to be an uptick. They have not commented on their upscale of operations targeting hamas. On a day weve been learning more about Hostage Negotiations with hamas and the humanitarian crisis in gaza growing dire by the day. There had been a lot of anticipation about a potential breakthrough of sorts in the hostage crisis. That, obviously, is now overshadowed by this. We dont know what the developments are on the hostage front. This would seem to suggest its not going as desired. I mean, you wouldnt have an intensification o