we begin in the middle east, where the israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu has vowed to go ahead with an offensive in gaza s southernmost most city rafah whatever happens in hostage negotiations. nearly 1.5 million palestinians are sheltering there. mr netanyahu s comments follow widespread reports that a framework for a pause in the fighting along with the release of hostages has been formulated by international mediators in paris. well, victory is within reach and you can t have victory until you eliminate hamas. how close is in reach? hamas is a terrorist organisation that once we begin the rafah operation, the intense phase of the fighting is weeks away from completion, not months, weeks away from completion. and that is.we ve already destroyed 18 out of the 2a hamas terrorist battalions. so we have..and four of them are concentrated in rafah. we can t leave the last hamas stronghold without taking care of it. obviously, we have to do it. but understand too th
all the guys aiming to be president can t stop mentioning in the hawkeye state today. food for thought. food fight on. welcome, everybody. i m neil cavuto. so glad to have you. how many times can you mention the name hunter biden in ten minutes? that s how much time each republican presidential candidate had to plead his or her case in des moines for tonight s big dinner. let s say if this were a drinking game and all you had to do is take a shot every time you heard someone mention hunter, you d be plowed before you re halfway in to your salad. just a thought. it s a game. i want to convey that to you. to bill melugin in des moines to set the table for us. bill? love the analysis right there, neil. a lot of republicans running for president in this cycle. all of them will be here tonight, september for chris christie. for those that do show up, it s going to be their very first time all being in the same room together with a chance of coming face to face with each other. w
by international mediators in paris. well, victory is within reach and you can t have victory until you eliminate hamas. how close is in reach? hamas is a terrorist organisation that once we begin the rafah operation, the intense phase of the fighting is weeks away from completion, not months, weeks away from completion. and that is.we ve already destroyed 18 out of the 2a hamas terrorist battalions. so we have. and four of them are concentrated in rafah. we can t leave the last hamas stronghold without taking care of it. obviously, we have to do it. but understand too that i ve asked the army to submit to me a double plan, first to evacuate, to enable the evacuation of the palestinian civilians in gaza and obviously, second, to destroy the remaining hamas battalions. that gets us a real, real distance towards the completion of our victory, and that, we re not going to give it up. if we have a deal, it ll be delayed somewhat, but it ll happen. if we don t have a deal, we ll d
whatever happens in hostage negotiations. nearly 1.5 million palestinians are sheltering there. mr netanyahu s comments follow widespread reports that a framework for a pause in the fighting along with the release of hostages has been formulated by international mediators in paris. our special correspondent, fergal keane, has been finding out what any ceasfire could mean for the palestinians sheltering in rafah. you may find some of his report distressing. well, victory is within reach and you can t have victory until you eliminate hamas. how close is in reach? hamas is a terrorist organisation that once we begin the rafah operation, the intense phase of the fighting is weeks away from completion, not months, weeks away from completion. and that is.we ve already destroyed 18 out of the 2a hamas terrorist battalions. so we have..and four of them are concentrated in rafah. we can t leave the last hamas stronghold without taking care of it. obviously, we have to do it. but u
hundreds of tractors have been placed on the streets. as eu agriculture ministers meet to discuss the ongoing concerns by farmers who are angry right across europe by what they say as unfair competition from outside the eu. we will keep an eye on those pictures and any developments coming from those. more now on gaza where the israeli military has reportedly put forward a plan to evacuate civilians from parts of the territory which have been affected by the conflict. no details have been made public and it s not clear if any palestinian groups have been consulted. it comes as charity groups are reporting difficulties in delivering aid to many parts of gaza and as talks continue to try to arrange a temporary ceasefire. in the last hour, the un secretary general antonio guterres has said that and israeli military assault on rafah, where many people have sought refuge, would be the final nail in the coffin for the un s aid programmes. let s speak to fawaz gerges, profess