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.