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raf sanchez is in israel tonight raf, where do things stand right now? >> reporter: lester, both israel and hamas tonight pushing back on those comments from president biden that he hopes for a cease-fire deal by monday israeli officials say they were caught offguard by the president's remarks, while hamas is saying there are still major gaps between the two sides. but negotiations are ongoing, and right now, they're focused on a u.s. proposal that would pause the fighting in gaza for up to six weeks, with hamas releasing around 40 israeli hostages, including women, in exchange for israel freeing potentially hundreds of palestinian prisoners. lester >> okay, raf sanchez, thank you. >>> in georgia, a key witness back on the stand in a hearing that will determine if the top prosecutor i former president donald trump's election interference case will stay in place. senior legal correspondent laura jarrett reports. >> reporter: this is the man defense attorneys in the georgia election interference case were hoping would establish the timeline of the romantic

raf sanchez is in israel tonight. raf, where do things stand right now? >> lester, both israel and hamas tonight pushing back on those comments from president biden that he hopes for a ceasefire deal by monday. israeli officials say they were caught off guard by the president's remarks while hamas is saying there are still major gaps between the two sides, but negotiations are ongoing. and right now, they're focused on a u.s. proposal that would pause the fighting in gaza for up to six weeks with hamas releasing around 40 israeli hostages, including women in exchange for israel freeing potentially hundreds of palestinian prisoners. lester? >> okay, raf sanchez, thank you. >>> in georgia, a key witness back on the stand in a hearing that will determine if the top prosecutor and former president donald trump's election interference case will stay in place. senior legal correspondent laura jarrett reports. >> reporter: this is the man defense attorneys in the georgia election interference case were hoping would establish the timeline, of the romantic relatio

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hoda >> raf sanchez on the border raf, thank you >>> there are new and ominous signs from russia where the west nbc's chief international correspondent keir simmons has the latest on all of that. keir, good morning >> savannah, good morning to you. ksnia's appeal was held in private, in a russian court. this morning we learned she lost that appeal. she will remain in prison. the ballerina with dual american citizenship is accused of treason for donating money to ukraine, savannah, less than $52. the court set another deadline of april the 6th, but she's the latest u.s. citizen to be held in russia, and journalist evan gerchowitz, who has been in custody for almost a year, accused of espionage, his newspaper, the wall street, says that he is innocent and was doing his work as a reporter as you mentioned, savannah, at the same time, a menacing split screen president putin giving a keynote speech, highlighting recent advances in ukraine, though the battlefield there remains largely unchanged, saying he bows at the feet of russian, quote, heroes, calling for a minute of silence for soldier

let's bring in raf sanchez, he's in tel aviv, israel. raf what do we know about that hostage rescue mission? >> reporter: kate, the israeli military says special forces stormed into an apartment building in the southern gaza city of rafah at 1:49 a.m. local time, they used explosives to breach the door, they killed three hamas armed gunmen and rescued the two hostages you can see on your screen there. they were both kidnapped from the same kibbutz. they spent 129 days in captivity. inside of gaza. but earlier this morning, they were reunited with their families at a hospital here in the greater tel aviv area, they're said to be in good condition at this point. but the israeli military also launching a wave of air strikes in that city of rafah to cover the retreat of these special forces as they headed out with those two rescued hostages. hamas-run health ministry said at least 76 were killed. our team was in the hospital where doctors were just overwhelmed by the number of wounded being rushed in. as a result of those strikes. guys? >> r

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raf sanchez, nbc news, tel aviv >>> we'll take a break here coming up, we'll remember actor carl weathers known for his role as apollo creed in the "rocky" films and so much more >>> finally, he squared off with rocky as apollo creed and had so many memorable roles in movies and tv stephanie gosk now on the passing of carl weathers >> apollo creed! >> reporter: back in 1976, few guessed a movie about boxing would go on to shape a generation >> nobody goes the distance with me. >> reporter: carl weathers was apollo creed, the ultimate bad guy, who turned good guy. >> eye of the tiger. ♪ >> reporter: next to sylvester stallone, he became the face of the rocky franchise, the most successful sports movies ever made >> i'm going to stop this fight >> reporter: weathers died in his sleep thursday at the age of 76, his family said adding, carl was an exceptional human being who lived an extraordinary life he has left an indelible mark his acting career began after briefly playing linebacker in the nfl. weathers, it turned out, was a much better actor than football player in 1987 he had a role in

creating comment stability and so that the corridors could be open and crossing should be open like the rafational court of justice has also issued its ruling and it stresses an end to genocide and also paving the way for the dispatch of philanthropic aid, so practically this has not happened either, so the islamic republic of iran in its diplomatic efforts..." in the diplomatic shuttles and negotiations and conversations iran has had with the statesman and international bodies, iran has always stressed that the crimes of the zionist regime need to come to an end immediately, also politically speaking, iran believes that the people of palestine are capable of making coordinated. and post war issues and and situation the west bank, we do not accept those issues, this is something that has to do with the palestinian people, it's their bidding, it's their decision, it's up to them, palestinians need to decide about. the minister of international cooperation of qatar last night said that he was regretting to see the regime moves in gaza. 127 journalists have been killed by the zionist regime. i

raf sanchez has the story. >> reporter: secretary of state antony blinken insisting there's still a path to a deal to free israeli hostages, after israel's prime minister rejected a new list of demands from hamas >> clearly, there are things that hamas sent back that are absolute non-starters. but at the same time, we see in when was sent backspace to continue to pursue an agreement. >> reporter: hamas was responding to an american-backed proposal, saying it will free all its hostages in exchange for a four and a half-month cease-fire, leading to an end of the war. the release of thousands of palestinian prisoners and a total withdrawal of israeli forces from gaza prime minister benjamin netanyahu calling the hamas proposal delusional. giving in to hamas' bizarre demands not only won't bring the relieve hostages, it will just invite another massacre, he said in gaza, israeli strikes hitting the city of rafa mohamed stares at his hands, slaking uncontrollably in khan yunis, we fall troops deep underground into a tunnel that they say was for top commanders, and then a discovery. this was a

they say that he will not surrender and he will not allow himself to be taken alive. >> raf, what wed, our colleague confirmed was in that counteroffer from hamas was a demand for 1,500 palestinian prisoners, including some known convicted killers, in the first phase in exchange for the hostages, which israel and actually u.s. officials as well say is not a reasonable demand. >> reporter: yeah, that's right. you will remember during the last brief cease-fire deal, the ratio of palestinian prisoners released in exchange for every israeli hostage was three to one. every hostage that came out, three palestinian prisoners would be released. hamas in this new demand is saying they want on top of that another 1,500 palestinian prisoners released, including some 500 who are serving very long sentences for terrorism, for murder. netanyahu, who is under real pressure from the far right of his government not to make concessions to hamas, is indicating that that is a non-starter. every day that goes by without a deal is a day of agony for the families of the hostages here, the families of the s

lester >> raf sanchez, thanks. >>> here at home, a developing story in pennsylvania where two police officers were wounded by gunfire from a home that later caught fire. officials say the officers came under fire after being called to the home in a suburb of philadelphia on a report that an 11-year-old child had been shot. the officers are reported to be in stable condition >>> these have been desperate hours in the hills east of san diego after a missing marine corps helicopter was found but not its aircrew. officials say, five marines were aboard when it vanished from radar overnight. dana griffin reports >> reporter: tonight, the urgent search for five missing marines, their helicopter disappearing overnight in a remote area of san diego county during a routine training flight. >> our crews are out in this rugged terrain. it's slippery, it's muddy out. we have snow. >> reporter: military officials confirming the missing helo was located this morning, now a rescue effort for the five on board all assigned to the 3rd marine aircraft wing they were flying a ch-53e super stallion heli

lester >> raf sanchez, thank you. >>> in 60 seconds, a warning about a russian nuclear threat in space nbc news learning what it's capable of doing. >>> we're getting new details on that potential russian threat to the u.s. that members of congress have raised alarms about u.s. officials tell nbc news it's a russian nuclear-powered space asset. peter alexander is at the white house. >> reporter: tonight, the white house confirmed that it's monitoring russia's development of what it called a troubling anti-satellite capability, but cautioned it is not a threat to americans. >> we are not talking about a weapon that can be used to attack human beings or cause physical destruction here on earth. >> reporter: and tonight, nbc news has learned new details about that capability, that it's a russian nuclear-powered space asset that could be weaponized, according to a u.s. official, and the congressional official familiar with the intelligence it is not a nuclear bomb that russia is trying to send up in space. >> it is not an active capability, and it has not yet been deployed. >> reporter: ex

border, the raf bor, the guards at rafa border demand for 1000 us dollars from all those truck drivers, the protesters also slammed the us support for israel and its complicity in the onslot on gaza, they called for all members of organization of islamic cooperation to cut ties with washington, what we are expecting from the oic is that uh "they should go with all of their armies into the palestine and protect our people and that's the least we can do what we want is that's what we expect from them and what we want is we want they all of the ic members to combine their armies and go attack us why because us is the one who has started all of this monopoly in the region meanwhile the government of pakistan has also called on the united nations security council to..." fulfill its responsibility and impose sease fire to protect the people of gaza. pakistan also calls for the full implementation of icj's provisional judgement to uphold human. rights, dignity and identity of the palestinian people as per the un charter, relevant resolutions and international law. the implementation of these

raf sanchez reports now from tel aviv. >> reporter: tonight, the emotional reunion the families of two israeli hostages had been waiting for for months louis har and fernando marman back with their loved ones, freed from their hamas captors by israeli troops they're in good condition despite 129 days of captivity. hamas kidnapped them from a kibbutz during the october 7th terror attacks. >> it was very emotional to see them, to hug them, to feel them it feels almost unreal >> reporter: this new israeli drone footage shows the moment commandos stormed an apartment building in southern gaza, exchanging fire with hamas gunmen, and emerging with har and marman "do you want a blanket," an israeli navy s.e.a.l. asks "it's warm in our hearts," har replies the operation was launched at 1:49 a.m. in the heart of the city of rafah. the hostages held in a second-floor apartment by three armed hamas guards, israel says. >> we penetrated it with explosives. it was a clear and sweep operation, finding the hostages, bringing them both out. >> reporter: israel pounding the area with air strikes to cov

nbc news's raf sanchez has more from tel aviv. >> reporter: an israeli official tells nbc news there progress in talks over the weekend in paris involving the cia director, but there is still a long way to go towards a deal. negotiations right now focused on a proposal that would pause the fighting in gaza for several weeks, get more humanitarian aid into palestinian civilians, and lead to the release of israeli hostages beginning with women. but israel's prime minister benjamin netanyahu is saying deal or no deal. he will push ahead with an attack on the city of rafah in southern gaza. he says israel's military has drawn up a plan to move more than a million civilians out of the city before an attack begins, but humanitarian groups are saying there is simply nowhere safe in gaza for them to run to. meanwhile, in yemen, the u.s. and the uk carrying out another wave of strikes against iranian-backed houthi militants, hitting 18 targets. that's according to u.s. central command. but there is no sign at this point that these strikes are deterring the houthis from their continuing attack

lester. >> raf sanchez, thanks. >>> here at home a developing story in pennsylvania where two police officers were wounded by gunfire from a home that later caught fire. officials say the officers came under fire after being called to the home in a suburb of philadelphia on a report that an 11-year-old child had been shot. the officers are reported to be in stable condition. >>> these have been desperate hours in the hills east of san diego after a missing marine corps helicopter was found but not its aircrew. officials say five marines were aboard when it vanished from radar overnight. dana griffin reports. >> reporter: tonight, the urgent search for five missing marines, their helicopter disappearing overnight in a remote area of san diego county during a routine training flight. >> our crews are out in this rugged terrain. it's slippery, it's muddy out. we have snow. >> reporter: military officials confirming the missing helo was located this morning, now a rescue effort for the five on board all assigned to the 3rd marine aircraft wing flying a ch53e super stallion helicopter lik

raf sanchez now on the chilling sights inside. >> reporter: beneath the city of khan younis in gaza,darkness that feels it may never end. this tunnel just goes on and on and on. until you reach this, israeli troops showing us what they call a hamas dungeon. five cells with doors that lock from the outside and a single larger room. >> you lose the sense of direction, the sense of time. >> reporter: it was here israeli troops found these, drawings left behind by 5-year-old amelia aloni, who was kidnapped during the hamas attacks and held here with her mother danielle. >> the only sentence i could say, please god help us, please god help us. >> reporter: she told us how on october 7th they desperately ran into the safe room. hamas terrorists were outside setting the house on fire. >> i covered my daughter, i don't know why, because, of course, it didn't help, and i told her, i'm sorry, my love, but we are going to die here. >> reporter: their awful choice, better to go out and be shot than suffocate inside. >> we open the window, and i'm waiting for to get killed. >> reporter: instead t

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raf sanchez reports now from tel aviv. >> reporter: tonight the emotional reunion the families of two israeli hostages had been waiting for for months. louis har and fernando marman back with their loved ones, freed from their hamas captors by israeli troops. they're in good condition despite 129 days of captivity. hamas kidnapped them from a kibbutz during the october 7th terror attacks. >> it was very emotional to see them, to hug them, to feel them. it feels almost unreal. >> reporter: this new israeli drone footage shows the moment commandos stormed an apartment building in southern gaza, exchanging fire with hamas gunmen and emerging with har and marman. "do you want a blanket," an israeli navy s.e.a.l. asks. "it's warm in our hearts," har replies. the operation was launched at 1:49 a.m. in the heart of the city of rafah. the hostages held in a second-floor apartment by three armed hamas guards, israel says. >> we penetrated it with explosives. it was a clear and sweep operation. finding the hostages, bringing them both out. >> reporter: israel pounding the area with air strikes

>> raf sanchez, and nbc's keir simmons for us. former cia director and msnbc senior national security and intelligence analyst, john brennan. thank you for being with us. before we get into the specificity of these attacks, the response we are now hearing from iraq, i want to talk about the complexity of the decision that the biden administration had to make here. a need to respond balanced by and need to not be drawn into a larger war. >> well, the u.s. government, the biden administration, continues to support the presence of our troops in the area. the ones that were attacked in jordan have been there for many years, working with the jordanian government. when u.s. forces are attacked, the casualties, three dead and over 50 wounded, it was incumbent by the administration to respond appropriately, to take away the capabilities of these proxy groups. the biden administration is trying to decide exactly how to balance the need to respond to these attacks, the aggressive attacks on the part of iranian proxies, without triggering a

nbc's raf sanchez is reporting from tel aviv.with these negotiations, raf? >> reporter: well, chris, it leaves us with israel and hamas very far apart and both sides playing hardball. ten days ago cia director bill burns was in paris. he helped hammer out a broad framework of a deal. we are getting details of hamas's counter proposal to the framework. they are looking for a three-stage deal that ends with the war in gaza ending itself as part of the first stage of that deal they are looking for a 45-day pause in the fighting. they say they will release women, children, elderly and sick hostages. in return, they are looking for palestinian prisoners who fit into the same categories being released from israeli jails, and on top of that, they are looking for 1,500 more additional prisoners, a third of whom are serving lengthy sentences for terrorism, for murder, for other violent offenses. prime minister netanyahu tonight rejecting those demands as delusional and saying israel will fight on to what he calls total victory. take a lis

. >> raf, let's start with the death of that american citizen in the occupied west bank, what more do we know? >> reporter: so, he was 17 years old, he was going to high school in ramallah in the occupied west bank, buzz his family was originally from miami and they say around 4:30 p.m. local time on saturday he was out at a picnic, he was in a car with friends and he was killed by israeli forces who opened fire on that car. now we have reached o israeli military and we haven't yet heard back. but he's the second palestinian american teenager killed so far this year. one of more than 300 palestinians who have been killed in the west bank since october 7th. all eyes obviously on gaza. unprecedented levels of violence in the west bank also. >> raf the other big story today, negotiations over a possible cease-fire, possible hostage release, where does that stand in. >> reporter: so, kate, cia director bill burns in cairo meeting with his qatari, egyptian and also israeli counterparts and israelis is important, last night it wasn't clear whether israel was going to send a delegation to th

raf, let's talk about some of the obstacles that need to be resolved.amas demanding the redeployment of israeli troops, netanyahu taking a hard line. some say that's for show. it's a negotiating tactic of netanyahu. perhaps, perhaps not. there's hope from the u.s. side that these bridging negotiaing ideas at least came in paris perfect bill burns, the cia director, may have some weight with hamas and they may pull back back on demands for a larger ratio, and it could be down three to one. >> reporter: that's right. as your sources have been telling you, as israeli officials have been telling us on the ground, despite words of optimism from president biden last night about a potential deal as early as monday, there's still a daunting list of outstanding issues between israel and hamas. let's start with the one you mentioned, this question of how many palestinian prisoners israel is going to need to release from its jails in exchange for the hostages. the ratio, as you said, has been a big, big issue. when prime minister netanyahu talked about hamas' dema

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nbc's raf sanchez is following the developments from tel aviv.uch happening in the region right now, the u.s. strikes, israel-hamas fighting in gaza, hostage talks ongoing. describe this moment the secretary is walking into? >> reporter: the secretary probably described it best himself. he said this is the most dangerous moment in the middle east since the 1973 war between israel and its arab neighbors. this is the most intense shuttle diplomacy when we saw henry kissinger going from capital to capital in this region. the secretary, as we speak, is meeting with crown prince mohammed bin salman, the de facto leader, somebody who potentially has a very big role to play in funding the reconstruction of gaza on the other side of this war. as we have seen, we were in gaza over the weekend, it is absolutely devastated, by some analysis, more than half of the buildings in gaza partly or completely destroyed by israeli strikes. the secretary has two top priorities on this visit. one, preventing further escalation with iran. two, trying to clinch a deal t

raf sanchez is reporting from tel aviv. carol lee worked on that reporting. tell us more about what you learned? >> what we learned, chris, privately the president in recent weeks has been complaining about prime minister netanyahu, has been venting his frustrations he has with him including to donors at campaign fundraisers, and part of what the president is saying, according to people who have heard him make these comments, is that netanyahu is, quote, giving him hell, that he's impossible to deal with, that he's trying to get israel toward a cease-fire but netanyahu continues to be standing in the way of that. we're also told on at least three instances the president referred to netanyahu as an a-hole. that's according to three people who heard the president say that. all of that is happening behind the scenes while we've seen the president ramp up rhetoric towards israel's military operations in gaza, including last week, saying it was over the top. we have not seen, chris, any change in policy towards israel when it comes to decisions that the president

joining us from tel aviv, nbc news international correspondent raf sanchez. so raf, what happened?s giving two different accounts of what happened today. let me start by telling you what we know for sure. shortly before 4:00 a.m. this morning, crowds of palestinians gathered on al rasheed street, the coastal road in gaza city, and they were waiting for aid trucks to arrive with food and with flour. now, one eyewitness tells nbc news that part of that crowd was near an israeli check point, and that israeli forces started firing at the crowd. and they continued firing later on as those aid trucks arrived, as the crowd surged around those aid trucks. you can see on your screen there, footage from the israeli military of that crowd around the aid trucks. but the idf is giving a different story. they are saying most of the people who died today died in the stampede in the crush around those trucks, and they say they only opened fire later on at a specific group of people who approached that check point. now, i asked the israeli military, do you have any evidence to support your claim th

it has come at a huge cost, which is the second problem, to which you and raf just alluded, which isterrible humanitarian crisis right in front of all of us. then the other side of this is the need for the israelis to get their hostages and all the while defend to the north against hezbollah. very difficult package. i think they will end up going into rafah but not for some time to come. >> of course, the informal deadline on all of this is ramadan, which does start on march 10th. when you look at the situation, one of the reasons why they are hoping for a ramadan cease-fire, why this is why bill burns was pressing so hard, is that the last time in november when there was a cease-fire, temporary one, that all of the other iranian-backed militias also, without any notification, stopped attacking. excuse me. let me interrupt. we have to go to the senate floor with mitch mcconnell, the senate leader. we understand he is announcing he is stepping down. in november. >> at a young age, there's a certain introspection that accompanies the grieving process. perhaps it's god's way of remindin

where do things stand right now, raf? >> reporter: chris, secretary blinken just wrapped up a two-hour meeting with saudi crown prince mohammed bin salmon, very influential figure in the reach and someone who has a big role to play funding the reconstruction of gaza on the other side of the war. i was in gaza with the israeli military over the weekend. the scale of the devastation is just staggering. whole neighborhoods lying in ruins, according to some analysis, more than half of all the buildings in gaza, partly or completely destroyed at this .4 months in to the war. in terms of these hostage negotiations, chris, there is a framework that was hammered out in paris a little over a week ago at a meeting, including cia director bill burns. there are still big gaps at this point between israel and hamas in terms of getting to a final deal. hamas said over the weekend that they are studying this proposal that came out of paris, but they say that any agreement will need to lead to an end to the war in gaza and the release of

nbc's raf sanchez joins us now from tel aviv.ce is netanyahu to american concerns and criticisms and where does that leave a potential deal? >> translator: well, ana, no sign that netanyahu is taking on board america's warnings about a potential ground assault on rafa. in just the last few minutes, his office says he has given the israeli military the order to prepare for that attack. he is saying it is impossible for israel to achieve its war aims without going into rafa. he is calling it hamas's last stronghold in the gaza strip. but as you said, more than half of the civilian population in gaza is now concentrated in rafa. most of these people displaced from their homes further north than the strip. they fled to rafa in search of safety. they have the sealed egyptian border at their back, and netanyahu is saying that the military needs to take steps to move civilians out of harm's way, but ana, it is not clear where they can run to at this point. israel is not committing to allowing them to return to their homes up in the nort

joining us now, nbc news foreign correspondent raf sanchez.ident biden would use in term about prime minister benjamin netanyahu? >> reporter: well, katy, we have seen frustration in washington at the white house mounting over the last couple of weeks. day after day, prime minister netanyahu gets up and he says israel is preparing to launch a major ground assault on the city of rafah, the southern most city in gaza. netanyahu says it is hamas's last bastion, but it is also where more than half the population of gaza are sheltering and most of those people, most of those 1.4 million people have been displaced from their homes in the north already. they fled to rafah in search of safety. they have the sealed egyptian border to their south, israeli forces to their north, and the u.s. is saying there is no way to launch an attack on that city right now, at least. without causing major civilian casualties, and that is not something the u.s. would support. israel says it is going to develop a plan to get those civilians out of harm's way before the

>> peter alexander, courtney kube, raf sanchez and general barry mccaffrey, thank you very much. >>> up next, we'll play for you what president biden said this morning about where things stand with the border deal negotiations. plus, we'll ask california senator alex padilla what he must see in the bill in order to support it. senator, great to see you. we'll chat in 60 seconds. you're watching "jose diaz-balart reports" on msnbc. ds you're watching "jose diaz-balart reports" on msnbc. ♪♪ whoo! ♪♪ light work! ♪♪ next victims. ♪♪ you ready for this? ♪pump up the jam pump it up♪ >> woman: what's my safelite story? i see inspiration right through my glass. so when my windshield cracked, i chose safelite. they replaced the glass and recalibrated my safety system. that's service i can trust. >> singers: ♪ safelite repair, safelite replace. ♪ >>> we start on capitol hill where lawmakers are waiting for a bipartisan group of senators negotiating a border security deal to release the text of the agreement. president biden was asked about the deal as he arrived at the capitol for the national

british war planes taking off from raf akrotiri in cyprus, bound for the skies over yemen.ing merchant ships in the red sea. theyjoined us war planes taking off from this aircraft carrier in what was the fourth combined allied strike on houthi targets in yemen since january. and this was the consequence, explosions in the night sky over sanaa, the capital of yemen. the us said 18 targets in eight locations have been struck. the houthis have attacked more than 45 merchant vessels since november. these are pictures of its forces actually seizing a ship. the iranian—backed group which controls much of northern yemen claims it is supporting palestinians in gaza. the yemeni armed forces confirmed that they will confront the american british escalation with more qualitative military operation against all hostile targets in the red sea. the most recent pictures show the ship leaking oil. the attack last night had one specific aim. in a statement, the us, uk and six other countries said they wanted to disrupt and degrade the houthis ability to threaten global trade, navy vessels an

and raf sanchez is with us again from tel aviv, raf, i wonder how israel and others involved in the negotiations are reacting to president biden's comments. >> reporter: kate, we're definitely not hearing president biden's optimism reflected here in the middle east. israeli prime minister netanyahu released a short video statement earlier and in it he made no reference to a deal at all. he feels he has enough americans' support to continue israeli activity in gaza until what he calls total victory, a negative response from hamas, pouring cold water on president biden's comments. the framework that was hammered out in paris between the cia director and officials from qatar, paris and egypt, to save face and give netanyahu more time to prepare and attack on the southern city of rafah. qatar the key mediators were asked about the president's time line of a deal by monday earlier and at a press conference with the foreign ministry the spokesperson said, look, if we were on the verge of a breakthrough i would be a lot more cheerful than i am right now. in terms of what this deal could look like the f

raf sanchez is in tel aviv for us., raf, what are you learning? >> reporter: so ana, sinwar is not at the table for these negotiations on a cease fire in cairo. he is believed to be in the tunnels underneath southern gaza, but he looms very large over these talks, and there is an irony here that israel is indirectly negotiating with this man, and at the same time, trying to track him down and kill him. >> four months into this war, israel claims to have killed, captured, or wounded around half of hamas's 30,000 fighters in gaza. >> we've shattered 18 out of 24 hamas battalions, and we're mopping up the remaining with ongoing raids. >> reporter: but israel's number one target remains at large. yaya sinwar is the leader of hamas in gaza. the man who masterminded the october 7th massacre. sinwar has been in hiding since then. israel's military says this video shows him fleeing in a tunnel with his family three days after the attack. two former intelligence officers confirmed to us it shows sinwar. but despite a $400,000 b

over 27000 palestinian fighters and civilians have died so far over a 1000000 civilians crammed into raf or in the south of the gaza strip. their lives are at stake. ride nowadays wells threatening to move in to rafa. so this is real last minute high level diplomacy and they've been renewed from these really side. the demand has always been the release of all of the hostages taken by a moss. today the new york times published the report saying that more than a 5th of those hostages in gauze are now dead. has there been any reaction to that report? the families have been told about this, reportedly, and this is one of the agonizing things for his babies. but this information is be coming out bit by bit square over a 100 days into this war. and so many relatives just don't know what's happened to that to these hostages. so some of them may have been killed back on october 7, according to reports, way of being told, more than searching to of the remaining 136. hostages may be dead according to confidential intelligence from the village street. more than 20 more could be uh, on top of that n

palestinian kies actually climbed to 11 palestinian civilians over the last couple of hours, even in raf city, we are witnessing that the israeli war blanes are are are maintaining, hitting uh uh and attacking the city stanchly uh with the time, it's it's worth mentioning that over the over the last three days the israeli occupation forces intensify their attacks on the central area of gaza strip der balah city and rafa city. those areas, they were claimed by the israeli incubation forces as safe areas and they have been demanding the palestinian civilians to flee from gaza city and the northern bar of gaza city to those areas for uh three consecutive months since the very beginning of this brutal on gaza uh so uh generally when it comes to the israeli attacks we can see that the israeli attacks are covering areas of gaza strip, in the meantime we can see that the palestinian resistance on the ground uh still firing back relentlessly against the israeli occupation forces where al-qassami brigades announced that they have targeted several israeli tanks on the ground, particularly in ansar

. >> so i think firstly, take the raf and the navy . i think anyone raf and the navy.e engineering and the fuelling and the pilots who went there, would say that's not true , that you say that's not true, that you could do a seven hour flight from cyprus to deliver weapons onto the targets against the houthis. >> so the raf are part of the integrated air missile defence of europe. so not necessarily true about the raf. secondly hms diamond knocking drones and cruise missiles out of the sea. all the crew on that ship acting towards the common purpose. so we'd like a bigger navy. we'd like sea , but not like ships at sea, but not necessarily true in terms of the output and cohesion that you saw there. i do worry more about the army in terms of its capability rather than its diversity. so for, for example, at the moment, the enhanced forward presence in estonia, where we have a battlegroup , we'll call that battlegroup, we'll call that a thousand troops in 2022 at the nato summit there, we were supposed to have a brigade. we'll call that 4000 troops. and deployed. we have

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peter. >> raf in israel. thank you so much. >>> back here at home now, the fulton county district attorney overseeing the georgia election interference case speaking out since being accused of having a relationship with the special prosecutor on the case. blayne alexander has more. >> reporter: fani willis is breaking her silence. in the filing, she acknowledges a personal relationship with nathan wade. the special prosecutor to lead the georgia election case against former president trump. willis denies any financial benefit for conflict of interest writing, the allegations are salacious, they were designed to obtain, they do not provide basis to be removed from the base. accusing willis of benefitting from the relationship saying wade used money he earned from the d.a.'s office to pay for vacations together. in her response, willis provided her receipts saying travel was split between the two. writing, both are professionals with substantial income and arguing wade made more money than the other prosecutors