To give its first formal response after they arrive in cairo. The cia director William Burns is reportedly in cairo and thats very important because us support for this deal has been crucial. Now, the Sticking Point in all of this is that hamas wants a commitment by israel that the fighting stops. Israel wont give that commitment, partly for political reasons and partly for political military reasons. It believes the remaining four Group Battalions of hamas are hiding out in buffer, probably below ground entitles and yahya sinwar, the leader of us, the military leader of us, the military leader and the architect the october seven massacre, is amongst them. Hiding out there, possibly even surrounded by hostages. So the Israeli Military want to go in and finish thejob. Now, a Ceasefire Deal would certainly postpone, if not shelved that rafah Military Operation altogether. But hamas are taking their time over responding and i think they will want some reassurance that they dont give up ho
Requested a tough response. We will have more on what impact those sanctions might have shortly, but first, lucy williamson, reports from jerusalem on what israel is considering as a response. Israels Prime Minister is weighing up the risks of another war before hes finished the existing one. Today, he told new army recruits that operations in gaza were just one part of a wider conflict. Translation its part of a bigger system. You can see it. Iran stands behind hamas, behind hezbollah, behind others. But we are determined to win there and defend ourselves in all arenas. New footage released by the army shows the moment the military focus here changed. The first interceptions of iranian missiles ordered from this control room. Israels ongoing conflicts with iranian backed groups have been pushed into the shadows by a direct attack from tehran. How israel responds could take the world down a much more dangerous path, and International Allies the uk among them have been lining up, urging
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Put aside restrictions on kids? 3% more likely than fully vaccinated adults? kids back in class should be our top priority. my focus remains on vaccinating the adults and 471 million americans eligible to be vaccinated. children are extremely low risk of severe infection and severe illness. we did see an increase in 32% of children who developed covid, do make up a quarter right now so they can get sick and spread the virus but the risk of severe illness is low. if you have a child at high risk that has an underlying medical condition, something to talk to your pediatrician about getting vaccinated but otherwise we focus on the older population at higher risk of severe illness and complication. benjamin: thank you for joining us.
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