backing up those that we have seen going in over the last 72 hours or so. and what the israeli forces appear to be doing is trying to surround gaza city. they ve gone down the western edge of gaza city. that would be along the coast. they re moving in from the north. we ve also seen reports that they are coming in from the south and east. so it would seem to indicate to us that they intend to surround gaza city and if you like, trap the hamas fighters who are still there both above ground and in those tunnels that we have talked about so much in the meantime, the idf also very happy yesterday to have freed one of their own, an idf soldier who was taken hostage. she has now been reunited with her family, that another small victory bringing the number of hostages still held by hamas down to, we believe, 238 at this point. prime minister netanyahu spoke to the nation once again today and he said he will not support at this point any talk of a cease fire. he says it would be lik