has resumed in full force. and there s no word from mediator qatar that another extension might still be possible. it s a major setback in an eight week global effort to stop the violence in the middle east, a brutal conflict that has already cost thousands of lives and left many more homeless. the cease fire ended two hours ago despite frantic last minute efforts by an international team of negotiators to extend the peace by at least two more days. us secretary of state antony blinken also met thursday with israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu, who and other top officials on his third visit to the region since the start of the war. two months ago, blinken expressed hope for another truce, but he reminded netanyahu that should israel resume its attacks on hamas, it must comply with international humanitarian laws . global support for israel has been waning in view of the suffering palestinian civilians there enduring. shortly after the truce ended, israel s military reig
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
now looking at the skyline over gaza. the sun will set in an hour. the truce is over. the fighting has resumed between israel and hamas. we ll watch that story throughout the morning and we ll try to learn more as we go forward on the fate of the hostages who are still there. so stand by for more on that. meanwhile from last night, did you see this? yes it s a danger to the country. he has no business running for president. gavin newsom agrees with that. that s why he is running his shadow campaign. he should not be running, he is not up to the job. and it is dangerous for this country. i tell you why i m here. i m here to tell the truth about the biden/harris record and compare and contrast ron desantis s record and the public party s record as a point of contrast that s as different as daylight and darkness. you want to bring us back to a pre-1960s world. america in reverse. bill: it was blue state and red state. it was punch, counter punch last night. really somethin
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