and that s what bank of america was for me. sandra: all right, 9:00 p.m. in the middle east and fighting is back on after a seven-day truce came to a close, signalling a new stage in this war. sirens are sounding across central and southern israel at this hour and the idf is striking further into gaza as we speak. the fate of roughly 130 hostages is still up in the air. welcome to our two, i m sandra smith here in new york. hi, john. john: good to be with you for a second hour, i m john roberts in washington and this is america reports . israel urging all civilians in gaza to evacuate as operations expand into the southern part of the strip. the biden administration warning israel to proceed with caution, raising concern more aid and support to our ally may be limited. so, what is the strategy going forward? sandra: we will put that question to mark regev, a senior adviser to benjamin netanyahu in moments. but first, to nate foy, he s live on the ground in northern isr
hostages out and aid in, red cross gets access. so again, we have one more day today, hopefully we can get this thing extended and we ll see. any other way they feel they can determine the condition of the hostages, especially the americans? that s why the red cross access is so important because it s eyes on, it s an independent view and look to see how these people are doing. and that s why it s so important, why we have been fighting for it. thank you, john. regarding the attack in jerusalem which hamas has taken credit, does the u.s. view the attack to be a violation of the ongoing truce between israel and hamas? i don t want to get i m not a lawyer here, this attack happened in jerusalem, the pause is in the fighting more specific to gaza. so simple as that. it wasn t therefore it didn t violate. didn t technically violate the deal in place but obviously it s a stark reminder of who they are facing and wa kind of enemy they are opposing. back to the pho
Top international diplomats discussed strategies for keeping the Gaza war from spreading beyond Israel and the Palestinian territories on Sunday, exactly three months after the start of the conflict, as Palestinian and Israel authorities claimed thousands of military and civilian deaths.US Secretary of State Antony Blinken and the European Union's top diplomat, Josep Borrell, were on separate trips to the region to try to quell spillover from the three-month-old war into Lebanon, the Israeli-occupied West Bank and Red Sea shipping lanes, Reuters said.Israel and Hezbollah often trade fire ac