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here are the top stories we re covering this hour. israel says its war effort to eliminate hamas is entering a new phase with the new year. but is it going to reduce civilian casualties as the question has been questioning. this as prime minister netanyahu suffers a major political setback from his country s supreme court. i ll teak to ambassador mark regev and the democratic senator. and in tokyo, a five-man crew of air national guard claimed dead but all 400 on board a wide-body passenger plane escaping safely in just minutes after their plane exploded on the runway. and we ll look at the surge of respiratory illnesses over the holiday season. as flu, covid and rsv give families a rough start to 2024. and good day, everyone. i m andrea mitchell in washington. israel is starting the new year by launching intense attacks against central and southern gaza, even as the idf begins the process, it says, of bringing the first several thousand of its troops home. that ....
whoever did this is an attack on hamas. joining us now, michael crowley, james twitty and colin clark. deputy commander of the u.s. command and colin clark is director of research from the stefan group. the israeli-based bergman has written an entire book on the israeli successful records, started assassinations. the kills of the hamas official, who else besides israel would have done this? well, israel, there s no question about it, you can see regev s remarks in trying to skirt the line. yeah. this is a big strike. it sends a signal not only to hamas, but iran, with the ....
Making a big step in his recovery. we ll have his inspiring story. jenna: back now to our top story. fallout from the iran nuclear deal with israel s prime minister calling the agreement between iran and six world powers a quote, historic mistake for the world. benjamin netanyahu warning that lifting economic sanctions will give iran hundreds of billions of dollars to support its allies in the middle east raising concerns about iran s increased ability to fund terror groups. joining us a former fbi supervisory special agent. author of the black banners. chief executive officer of the stefan group. nice to have you on set. thank you, general in. jenna: looking at notes coming out of your group. one of the things you said this morning at least your group and organization in the sheet you put out on this the rhetoric on both sides is unduly dramatic. i think we need a little bit of a pause a couple hours after the news. would you believe that, that both sides are overly dramatic at this ....
Decades. as new secretary of state john kerry takes office especially when it means a deal when the israelis and palestinians. terrorist organizations like hamas are getting support from countries we now call our friends. our next guest says despite all of this, now is the moment where peace might be possible. daniel friedman is a chief strategy officer of the stefan group, a group who members led the most significant terrorist investigations in u.s. history. daniel, why this might be the among the chaos do you see opportunity? as part of the arab spring we saw a unique shift in the region. before arab spring iran was main patron of hamas. hamas is enemy of the united states. they didn t see hamas as anything but a tool to hit the u.s. and israel. jenna: hamas from gaza firing rocket into israel. israel is our own democratic ally in the region that is ....