if you want peace, destroy hamas. if you want security, destroy hamas. if you want a future for israel, the palestinians, the middle east, destroy hamas. hamas is using hospitals as it uses many other civilian facilities for command and control. united states does not want to see fire fights in hospitals. john: begin with israeli forces making significant gains in northern gaza, closing in on what they say is hamas s key command center beneath gaza s largest hospital. we are awaiting a pair of briefings from the white house and state department on update on where things stand right now. hello, well come to this monday. welcome back to you. gillian: gillian turner in for sandra today. this is america reports . while the fighting rages on in gaza, the u.s. is striking back at proxy groups in syria. on sunday, they hit two facilities, killing at least six fighters. john: did not take long for the proxy groups to respond, the total attacks are 52 in less than a month.
is somewhat of gaza. and the fact therefore that is somewhat vaguely of gaza. and the fact therefore that is somewhat vaguely defined, - of gaza. and the fact therefore that is somewhat vaguely defined, does| is somewhat vaguely defined, does that speak to some of the indecision, some of the conflict within israel itself about what the future will look like and who once what? what is achievable, but also what? what is achievable, but also what are the ambition is when this war is over? i what are the ambition is when this war is over? war is over? i think there is conflict within war is over? i think there is conflict within the - war is over? i think there is conflict within the israeli i war is over? i think there is - conflict within the israeli cabinet right now. some ideological conflict. i think there might be a little bit more, or a little bit less than meets the eye, when you look at what these ideas are going to be if they were actually implemented. some voices within t
they aren t taken seriously. yoav gallant s plan sort of balances of those but if you look at what israel will actually be able to accomplish with his plan, and if you rule out settlements are expulsion of the population, what it really looks like is a military reoccupation of gaza and leaving governance for other people to deal with. so we mentioned other people to deal with. so we mentioned there other people to deal with. so we mentioned there the other people to deal with. so we mentioned there the us - other people to deal with. so we | mentioned there the us secretary other people to deal with. so we - mentioned there the us secretary of state making that visit to a number of countries in the region. just to confirm, antony blinken now landing in turkey on the first leg of what is a pretty extensive middle eastern tour that will begin in turkey and then go on tojordan, qatar, united arab emirates, saudi arabia, egypt, israel and crucially the west bank. all of that part of