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[bombing] it was obvious that we ll be back in war. hamas is not for peace. they do not want to co-exist. they want to be, for us to be eliminated. sorry, it s not gonna happen, ever. john: black smoke and explosions filling the skies over gaza as israel resumes the war against hamas. john roberts in washington. so begins a friday afternoon. sandra: good to be with you. sandra smith in new york. after a week-long truce which saw more than 100 hostages released, talks to extend that ceasefire collapsed after israel said hamas launched more rockets toward southern israel and failed to release all of the women and children that were part of the agreement. john: idf appearing to move the offensive to the southern part of the gaza strip, they claim many of the terrorist group senior leaders are alive and hiding in tunnels. strategy is facing opposition from the biden administration. sandra: we have complete coverage for you now. former national security councilmemb ....
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 northe ....
you re watching cnn news central. we begin with breaking news. two major stories we re following right now. one overseas and the other on capitol hill. any moment we expect to hear from secretary of state antony blinken after a series of key meetings during his high-stakes trip to israel. soon the house is expected to debate an expulsion resolution for george santos. santos lashed out at colleagues during a news conference, accusing them of bullying in the wake of the scathing house ethics committee report. the report says santos spent thousands of dollars on botox, personal vacations, paying off personal credit cards and luxury goods. lauren fox is live on capitol hill. lauren, as lawmakers weigh whether to boot santos, what are the chances he survives this vote tomorrow as he s done on two previous occasions? reporter: that is the key question and what we ll be watching in the hours and day ahead. we expect this expulsion vote will come to the floor tomorr ....
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 t ....
these are life pictures in tel aviv because we are expecting at any moment now that antony blinken, the us secretary of state, to come and speak to the world media there as and when we see him approach the microphones we would be crossing straight back to tel aviv there. back to the middle east and the war between israel and hamas. the mother of two of the final child hostages still held hostage in gaza has spoken of her ordeal. 16 year old aisha and 18 year old bilal, both muslims from southern israel s bedouin community, remain in captivity after being taken by hamas with their father and older brother on october seventh. our correspondent anna foster reports from rahat, in the negev desert aisha still hasn t come home yet. each day, as more hostage children are released, her name has been missing from the list. so too her brother, bilal. it s been 55 days of waiting. this is the last picture naeema saw of her sons from hamas s media channels, held prisoner. in this ....