forces says he takes responsibility calling it a, quote, difficult and painful event. a military official says the three men came out of a building shirtless waving a white flag when they were shot by israeli soldiers. israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu is calling it an unbearable tragedy. this was the demonstration that unfolded in tel aviv tonight. hundreds of protesters and families of hostages pleading for the israeli government to bring back their loved ones. this comes as another hostage, 27-year-old inbar haiman has died while being held captive by hamas. her death means 21 hostages have now died inside gaza, while 129 remain held captive at this hour. cnn s alex marquardt is live for us in tel aviv. the prime minister just spoke. what s he saying about the hostages? what can you tell us? reporter: well, jim, we actually just got back from that rally. it just ended. it was very emotional, and there were a lot of people out there who feel like prime minister ne
the distance. the israelis are trying to engage anyone that tries to ambush their forces. the battle is street by street. it s urban gorilla warfare. neil: one month in, israel says they have gaza city surrounded and preparing to move in. the white house trying to move in. is the president starting to back off from his israel position? still with them, but maybe not as with them. coming up, we re going to talk to the national security council s john kirby on how far the white house is willing to go. welcome. i m neil cavuto. happy to have you with us. let s go to mike tobin in southern israel with the latest on this preparation for something big and pretty soon. mike? neil, while the israeli forces are not letting up as you mentioned, gaza city is surrounded. in fact, they have the israeli navy bringing pressure from the sea. overnight, there was an aerial bombardment with 450 targets being hit. the air strikes continue tonight. the palestinian health minute try said the
pentagon press secretary john ki kirby. thank you for being with me. putin says we are not moving towards nato. nato is moving towards us. he s not approaching a border, nape toe nato is broaching a border. he s got well over 100 tro,000 troops on the border. what s your response? it was russia who decided to well north of 100,000 troops over the several weeks around the border with ukraine. that wasn t nato. that was mr. putin. nato is a defensive alliance. we re doing what we believe we need to do to help assure our allies about how seriously we take our commitments to that alliance. we re just suring up capabilities there on the eastern flank as we said very publicly that we would do. mr. putin can deescalate this very quickly.
negotiations between the u.s. and the taliban. the question is, when do they get back to the table and what are the pre-conditions to get back to the table? secretary mike pompeo didn t lay that out specifically, so over the next week, we ll have to see what happens. one thing is for certain. we ll watch that, kylie, in the days ahead. with me to show their reporting and insights, abby phillip, john ki kirby and john watt. a presidential retreat 9/11 anniversary week. you work the state department and the pentagon. the idea that this almost came to be is what? a little stunning, to be honest with you. it has all the feeling of