this is cnn breaking news. we are following breaking news at this hour, israel s military says its ground operation in gaza is expanding. i m anderson cooper in tel aviv. we are seeing live pictures out of gaza right now. large explosions over the gaza strip, the idf says it is, quote, operating forcefully. those are their words on all fronts and will continue striking gaza city and keep calling upon civilians to evacuate south. this comes as we re learning more about hostage negotiations with hamas. u.s. officials insisting hostage talks will continue even as the israeli military ramps up its air strikes and expanding its operation on the ground. jeremy diamond is in ashelon for us. we have been hearing the ste steady thud of these intensified bombardment thes and artillery fire on the gaza strip. this has been the loudest and most intense, perhaps even the most sustained bombardment of the gaza strip that we have heard in three weeks of covering this war. all of this as
happening now. breaking news, the agonizing wait for the release of hostages from gaza just got a little bit longer. israel now says no captives will be returned before friday. the pause in hostilities with hamas also delayed. also breaking tonight, new york governor kathy hochul says there is no indication of terrorism after a vehicle explosion in a major u.s. border crossing with canada. we ll bring you all of the late-breaking developments and all of the details we re getting on the investigation. welcome to our viewers in the united states and around the world. i m wolf blitzer in tel aviv, israel, and you re in the situation room. this is cnn breaking news. first up this hour, the breaking news here in the middle east where an israeli truce with hamas and a long-await hostage release have both just been delayed. i want to bring in cnn s jeremy dimon. here joining us from sderot, israel, not far from the border with gaza. what else can you tell us about this del