hello and a warm welcome to our viewers joining us in the united states and all around the world. just ahead on cnn newsroom israeli forces say they have seized key areas in northern gaza. our operation that was launched in the early hours of this morning in the area of al-shifa hospital. the house has voted on a plan to avoid a government shutdown on friday. this was a very important first step to get us to the next stage so we can change how washington works. president biden, xi jinping will be meadeeting in san francisco. we re not trying to decouple from china, what we re trying to do is change the relationship for the better. live from london, this is cnn newsroom with max foster and bianca nobilo. it is wednesday, november 15, 9:00 a.m. in london, 11:00 a.m. in gaza where there is an ongoing operation at the largest moment. so far we re hearing the israeli army has found no sign of hostages that israel said might have been held at al-shifa, but troop