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hostages. cnn's jeremy diamond is there. good to have you here, jeremy. as the death toll continues to soar, 20,000 now. the u.s. secretary of state is back in the region, meeting with leaders and diplomats, trying to prevent a further escalation. just explain what else is on his agenda. >> reporter: yeah, this multicountry stop tour that secretary blinken is undertaking is coming at a critical moment in his war in gaza as the humanitarian situation is worsening, as israel is maullin over its plans of the next phase of war, as well as escalating tensions. all of that is certainly on the agenda, as the secretary of state makes his way around the region, yesterday, meeting with the president of turkey, as well as the prime minister of greece. today, secretary blinken was in jordan, where we saw him go to a world food program warehouse. and also meet with jordan's king as well as its foreign minister.
war ends. israeli leaders have started to turn their attention to that. and certainly, the united states is going to be a critical part of that conversation as well. >> certainly, no consensus on that at this point in time. but, jeremy, israel has said that part of hamas is being dismantled. as this war enters its fourth month, what exactly does that mean? >> reporter: yeah. israeli defense forces spokesman daniel hagari claiming that hamas has been dismantled in northern gaza. this is the latest attempt by the israraeli military, the e israraeli defensnse e establish toto try to o show the k kind o progress t that theyey belieiev they're making, , trying to set the mileststones down,n, milile markers dodown, in o order t to the israraeli public as s well the amamerican partners in the world that they are, in fact, progreressing and d not remainit a standstitill in their fight i gaza. now exactly what that means in terms of hamas being dismantled in northern gaza. they say the hamas framework in northern gaza, its command
you know, from a military perspective as well as from the humanitarian and diplomatic perspective. >> what about the toll on journalists? can the israelis do something? can they prosecute this war in a way that does not have such a devastating effect on journalists working there? we're hearing this journalists getting killed, injured, families getting killed? >> it's very, very difficult like we saw in jeremy's report with the al-jazeera report, the very close quarters people are operating in in gaza, it's difficult to avoid hitting certain things for the israelis, there's no doubt about it. but the problem is they have to make every effort under international law as well as under normal military obligations to avoid killing journalists. that's something that i don't think they have done as thoroughly as they should because the way in which they've
struck more than 100 targets across gaza. officials said they were targeting operational command centers and military sites. with us now, we have cnn chief national security alex, and we also have cnn's jeremy diamond who is live for us in tel aviv. jeremy, starting with you here. the israeli defense minister has laid out a plan for the next phase of this military operation in gaza, and a plan for when the war eventually ends. tell us what he is saying. >> reporter: yeah, that's right. he is looking at the phase three and phase four of the war, phase three would be the next phase of the war, which he invasions as being split up between northern gaza, with the israeli military has really carried out the bulk of its operations in the initial weeks of the war, where they have largely routed hamas, although several key strongholds still remain. and so with this next phase of the war, he envisions that in the north, there will be a focus on special operations, on destroying hamas tunnels, and the final remaining stronghold
and so they will proceed, and keep going forward by one way or another. >> and can i get some props for the moot. a little lawyering language. and ano about a vexation litigant, and that is my small legal term, and i never went to law school, but thank god that you did, jeremy. thank you for explaining it. >> vexatious litigant? well, i can't wait for the break. and now, 25,000 people are facing a winter storm this weekend and how and when to prepare for heavy snow and treaeacherous icice.
>> alex marquardt. thank you for that report. let's bring in cnn,'s jeremy diamond, live for us from tel aviv. jeremy, what more can you tell us about this warning from the israeli defense minister on escalating tensions on the border with lebanon? >> well, there have been continued skirmishes between the israeli military and hezbollah forces on the lebanese side of the border. and amid all of, that there has been an intense round of diplomacy, american diplomacy where they are trying to prevent the skirmishes from turning into a wider conflict between israel and hezbollah. also to try to search for a longer term solution. that is indeed the message that israeli officials delivered to this envoy for president biden who arrived in israel today for these meetings to try to de-escalate the situation, both the defense minister as well as the israeli prime minister, benjamin netanyahu, both telling hochstein that they
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