right now, a tentative hostage deal reach, pending israel approval. at this moment, prime minister netanyahu is meeting with his war cabinet. the potential deal inclusion a four to five-day pause in fighting to arrange for hostages being released. now, these numbers are subject to change. joining us is raf sanchez, and what officials in israel doing? what are we hearing? reporter: how so i, as we speak, benjamin netanyahu is sitting down with the war cabinet. in an hour, it will be the slightly larger security cabinet, but the critical meeting is the full cabinet, which will be at 1:00 p.m. eastern. that s where we expect the israeli government will vote to approve this tentative deal. jose, as you said, knowledge is time until -ized, but you expectation is the israeli government, having negotiated this tentative agreement will now approve at the full cabinet. there are a number of far-right members of benjamin netanyahu s government who might vote against it, but it s bel
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aviv. happening now, breaking news. israel appears to unleash a massive new air assault on northern gaza. flares lighting up the sky while rockets fly and explosions boom. cnn of course is on the ground as this powerful new israeli offensive unfolds. also breaking an ominous new warning from hamas as the israeli military says it has gaza city completely surrounded. a hamas political leader saying dozens of hostages are subject to the same, quote, death and destruction as others in gaza. welcome to our viewers in the united states and around the world. i m wolf blitzer reporting live from israel, and you re in the situation room. announcer: this is cnn breaking news. we re following the breaking news. we re live here in the middle east on a night of intense warfare in israel s battle against hamas in gaza. our cameras capturing truly extraordinary images in gaza as we follow this breaking story with our team of correspondents. first let s go right to nic robertson. he
luis rubiales is banned from all football related activities for three years after kissing a player on the lips out at the women s world cup final. good afternoon. this is the bbc news from jerusalem. israel says it s expanding its ground offensive in the gaza strip. it says it hit a further 600 hamas targets in gaza in the past 2a hours, killing dozens of fighters barricaded in buildings and tunnels. witnesses say an israeli tank and armoured vehicle briefly cut a key road from the north to the south of the gaza strip, entering close to gaza city. israel has been bombing gaza since the attacks on october 7th by hamas designated as a terror group by the uk that killed 1,400 people and saw over 200 people taken as hostages. meanwhile, the un agency for palestinian refugees says hundreds of patients are stuck in hospitals in the north of gaza. it comes after doctors say israel told staff to evacuate the hospital on sunday, but, with many patients in intensive care includi