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the southern gaza close to where an allergist team was reporting life. many of the people entered in the attack of being transferred to family functioning hospitals, including analogies. they are both cost engineer. often the days of the legs. the un security council is expected to vote on a resolution pointing for the suspension of hostilities. and we hear how music and story telling a housing policy and children living with the full amount of the 16 gmc, that's 6 pm and gaza as variety drawn strikes of targeted residential buildings near a hospital in the southern city of java that leads to 10 people killed and 60 injured in the strike. it happened just as we would live on and with our correspondence, had him a hold. the explosions from the attack happened right behind him, prompting crowds in the vicinity of the void hospital to flee the area. this is

what happened of the remaining population, the area it gets to be this place then, and this is the, the trash. it will be very striking, causing more problems and forcing more cala city and the displacement which can of course now the pressure on an healthcare facility as well as evacuation zone as we're, we're getting into the oh my god, did you hear that? the hospital that's the hospital. are you guys here in the us? are you guys here and they have all the debris and no, no,

i know i know i wake up its all gone. oh my gosh. no, no, no, no, this is really bad. this is back or you get fee and this this is right behind the house, but the right now oh my god. i'm gonna have you. okay. let me see. let me see. okay. are you gonna see? yeah, it says you see, this is a huge, huge dark cloud of smoke. this is what we were expecting for 5 days. this is wrong to not leave this sky of this area. why get a low level out of the what if it was marking a target, a more residential homes,

people are rushing to the side just to see if there are people. i guess this was the, we'll look at that a tragedy right now. it's causing okay us to see people are running away from from the side of, of explosion. here's where multiple massive air strikes, right at the vicinity of the q way, the hospital to see people are panicking. we can't even walk the this is really, really bad. this is, i is the people on the right should now down the road. this is, this is bank the multiple multiple residential homes and rates. we're hearing there . were there people inside the home said the word target in their hand. these were the way back to even displace palestinians at this particular location. more than if 3 residential homes completely destroyed the this is,

this is exactly what we've been talking about. there is no safe place in java. i don't know, safe place. they gotta know, plays more save than the other. even the vicinity of this hospital does a small sized hospital becomes became a target of those relentless areas tract. that's exactly what we described in reward describing these ears strikes be relentless, aggressive, a brutal the strong phone, residential thousands also happens near the car weight hospital, but also isn't southern gaza with israel toll pieces to go for their safety. hundreds of thousands of displays, palestinians from the north and central tots are currently in rough on i'll just say a general central cos engineer in laws most and was injured in that is trying, he's among schools of people taken to hospital. let's go to our correspondence side a couple of days and he's joining us live from delphi, and that event of the bombing wall patty was live one as seems so extraordinary to

us because it happened real time taught it. but this is what people in gaza have been enjoying every day. i do use the tax inside become so ordinary for palestinians. it's due to the fact that they are witnessing vast on the 2nd, the base as an every single hour or more s twice are conducted would move in terms of food and due to the is really expansion of the miniature ration also in the areas that supposed to be safe zone where the majority of governments have been urged elia to flee to into southern parts of the charge right now. and roughly a residential building. the fob lines and the most were, can see the level to the ground by the is very were planes where a non post palestinians have to report it kills at the strike. similarly took place in an area which considered to be very densely populated, added some iraq who, that i know more, that this number of people had been reports of killed them. and just as roughly in

general, is very densely area right now, due to the waves of evacuation that had been started earlier off thought the rupture of the war. now the situation on the southern parts of the church, we continued to be also on the relentless of bombings work in con, noticed that during the last a few hours around a $32.00 palestinians have been killed them, they have been transported to i'm also a medical complex that to distill operating in the area that is now tend to be a bottle of zones. now, these strikes support to be a very intensive during the last couple of hours. we're into value unblocked town in the know their contribution, treat, thirty's, house the and had been found killed off to the with the drill. one of the is very military forces or from some areas in that region as also confrontations. continue yet, what is happening in areas? what is happening and obviously the out cuz i'm inside to value. yeah. it's out of what is happening in giovanni. i because they were claims of counter claims about

who was exactly in control their a yes, devalue or refugee comes during the early days of to i've been a main focus of for the is very military to completely destroy as an, as complete neighborhoods of initial days of the war had been leveled to the ground . a tax were conducted games. uh, the united nation run showed his hospitals have been storms and doctors and medical workers had been arrested by the army during the last couple of hours. and also, yesterday, the intense rates of the east very bombing was so increasingly high, where did, because when the forces started to move, expand, expands and submitted to reparations. and we've holly more intensity in terms of the level of the abutment as, according to i was just from the ground, has informed us that they have been experiencing horrific destruction attacks for long hours without e stopping to be relentless, plumbing, as they are people taking shelter in,

you'd like to be sure around schools and in the vicinity of some hospitals now on the ground of fi exchange continues when get value refuge account as these really forces are trying to advance deeper into the terrace, into this small area and all that as the claim to the ground and to take the region. i thought again as we wait for that, the un security council that's going to be cooling for a suspension of hostilities. but as importantly, more humanitarian a to enter gaza. can you tell us what is the situation not just in gaza, but especially where you are in rough or with something like 1000000 thousands have fled to what do you see every day the right. why can the and it's really, as the palestinians are really suffering habits,

themes in every single day as you wait till we wake up with the sounds and things really minutes you to repeat. it keeps increasing on finding access to food. what was the basic necessities for the families to serve volleyball and the dues of the united nation distribution? the ocean clean a safe place to pass themselves as will be low. you know, our girls, young, young women tend to be people especially in areas which have tend to be evacuation, which you see me make shift tends where people are taking should take areas. now people are depending, mainly right now the thing i'm in that area is into entering, but there are 3 main. meanwhile, they are very limited and becoming fairly to palestinians too. too often, not some of these really destruction have no other option just one to suicide. any

is to negotiate issues or to reach which considered to be human materials, to read essentially, palestinians despite the fact that it's for me. i know for me or humanitarian aid to get to the church. people the one into the fight to the ground. that's the become tv to come back again to the house, has to return to their new life to be completely destroyed by these really ministry product. thank you very much for that. and i just thought it was in joining us. nice cut off on something doesn't and as will be mentioned in the un, security council is expected to vote and the coming our on a resolution quoting for the suspension of hostilities in gaza, the vote has already been delayed. twice this week is different amounts of b, negotiation but the united states on the wording of the resolution. earlier this month, washington veto to resolution quoting for a cease fire. the legs has draw schools on the policies of the conflict in gaza to comply with the obligations on the international regarding the protection of

civilians. it also cools urgent and extended humanitarian polls is. i'm carlos throughout the gaza strip for a sufficient number of days to enable full rapid phase and on handed humanitarian access. additionally, it calls for the immediate and unconditional release of all hostages. that's bringing our correspondence, gabriel, and he's on the he's joining us live from the un headquarters in new york and gave you the following. this boat that was supposed to take place 2 days ago. it was supposed to take place yesterday took us through why the delays and what we are expecting tonight. as the delays are basically due to the united states because the united states has not liked the wording in distract resolution. so they've been asking for changes in it, sometimes perhaps even demanding changes in it. we're changing the wording, changing the phrasing, but it comes down really to

a key thing here. and that's the wording of a suspension of hostilities. initially, the draft that 1st came out last friday more than 5 days ago called for association of hostilities, which essentially has a permanent tone to it almost like a cease fire. the us would not go for that. so the u. a. e, which is the main sponsor of this resolution. uh, yeah, they said listen, will work behind the scenes behind closed doors and they change some wording because they don't want. and i say they meaning the u a. e and the majority of the security council members that have already said they will vote for this resolution as it's written now. they don't want the us to veto it, quite frankly. and the us does have veto power. so this is why there's all these delays just because both sides, if you will, both sites the us clearly on one side and the majority of the security council on the other side, want to get something through. and that's why they have to make it a palatable, if you will, particularly to the united states, because they,

they will potentially use their veto power. they already have twice since october, 7th, and security council resolutions and to a diplomatic sources have told out to 0 that they believe that the u. s. has not taken off the table the potential to use the veto again. now when this vote happens and it could happen within the next hour or so, even sooner, perhaps it will just simply be up or down. vote. all it takes is 9 security council members to vote for it for it to pass. we believe most certainly there are more security council members will vote for it as written now for it to past. however, then it becomes up to the us what they abstain, then it would go into the past. but then the us could obviously use their veto power, a lot is writing on this resolution, and if it is poss gay, what difference would it make to the situation in gaza? well, number one,

a security council resolutions are binding under international law. that's the, not the case when it comes to general assembly resolutions that we saw more than a 150 countries pass a resolution calling for a humanitarian pause. but general assembly not legally binding security council resolutions are legally binding. so there's 2 issues here. number one is, is real, could still technically ignore it. they've done that in the past with other security council resolutions. that's just the reality. they. however, if the us does not veto it, that would put a lot of pressure on israel to abide by this resolution. because the us is basically the last defense, if you will, that basically votes for what is real wants in general. and generally speaking here, when it comes to the security council, secondarily, this resolution has

a monitoring monitoring mechanism built into it. so that means if it passes the resolution calls for aid to be brought into gaza with the oversight, not of israel, but of the united nations to help expedite a coming in according to the security council resolution as written now by air, land or sea. so it would have a big social, political, political impact, but also a real impact on the ground if it's past 4. right, gabe? thank you very much for that. that's gabriel. is on there, live at un headquarters in new york, or the head of a mazda is political bureau, is find him the a, as in the egypt and capital carver. and what could signal a new phase of possible seeds, fund negotiations alia handy, and met with the wrong foreign minister jose, i made up the law hand and don't ha, the missing in contracts. capital comes off to as well as president said, the government is open to another temporary pulls and fighting. earlier we spoke to

guys a home with a member of home office political bureau. he says it's probably or she is stopping to. i think, oh or vision is basically we love to still that russian was the war and go and the, because i think what's going to in the visit is a because the surveys a holo, pause is much destruction unless clinical people last semester goes. we want to stop this, this is our priority. know some people looking for a small pause, a pause here and there for one week, 2 weeks for the weeks, but i think that was directly. we want to ask the question, because i think who is i with take they, they call the hostages and dr. that'd be able to start a new order out of investigating done must have guns again to sort of people. i think we will not be disagreeing, but i think we want to still, and this will disagree and or people and the should, would. they were all the, all the come with big compromise for the did use for the produce another for the

hostages. but the priority we dealt with their just with the custody with different bus stop that vision in does, what does, what does is going to in go this big shame for the international community to keep sort of especially out of the discussion in do you do not assembling to go to to cancel that most of the countries 99 percent of the countries all over the world. the world since i did want to stop the war. so let's bring in our corresponding data. smith, he's joining us live from 10 of these. so how is radius feet about the possibility of another c 5, but then it is the momentum, the building for one it looks like what inching towards some sorts of attempt to reach and a new agreement between israel and how mass we know, of course, has already been a couple of meetings between most of the categories and the us and the last few

days. we know we're understanding from the reports in the washington post. the best time around is riley, is willing to offer a 2 week pause in fighting and return it once at least 40 captives free and particularly the women, the elderly, and the sick hum us, of course, wants to see a full cessation and fighting as you've just heard on the challenge between the negotiating policies will be to bring those 2 ideas together. at the less the cease fire broke down more than 2 weeks ago now, because how much says israel demanded uh, the older women be released and how much considered some of those women a soldiers. israel said that they can see slack last because how much refused to, to stick to the positive deal to release those women. so that is one area that they'll want to recover from. i want to address in these new negotiation. and then we've been hearing from palm and as to benjamin netanyahu,

who has fighting woods for him, us to yeah, well israel's site facing pressure from 2 sides really for internationally from the us who was expecting them in the next 3 or 4 weeks to move to a less than 10 stage of the fighting we've been talking about for the last few days, um, as intense domestic pressure to bring the hostages, the competence, how may come be contradictory, really admissions, but netanyahu has also finding this domestic survival ahead midst of security. this invasion by how much happened on his watch. so he's always talking talk about how much and saying that that will be no ceasefire. he says the guns not johannes is eliminates a home. i'm sure him but mean come off of the so the will will continue until we destroy him us until victory. and i mean this, he think we will see thought, which is not connected to reality. why should we also striking how must, with heavy fire every one else, including today us,

we also striking go to 8 home us, close or flaw every how much terrorist is best on that you every 2 options and a who does a rundown or size. now what netanyahu was saying that is not necessarily contradicting the demands for a sci fi, cuz israel is always set, there's not going to what they're not offering is a permanency spine. they're offering a truce to give time for the hostages to be found, because they don't necessarily all with how much they're supposed to be to be found . and to be released again, know how much won't stop permanency spot. this is what these negotiations will be able to back. all right then, and thank you very much for that. that's been, it's meant for the very latest live instead of a and that spring and what, how much that call me now? who is a professor of conflict resolution and diplomacy at george mason university. good to have you with us, missed a shot of call we. what do you think the is ways of trying to do here? because benjamin netanyahu has come out with these very severe threats from austin

. nothing you. he's made them since october the 7th, but to make them at this time a day after that is where the president said they're very open to new negotiations . when in fact we think negotiations are underway, was in every ottoman conflict. the logic, it boils down to some fight in short term for them, and then an open ended cycle of negotiation. this is the nature of, or global conflicts, however, and that's on the old things that he can have it both ways, that means human stains, the choice of, uh, the, so in the, in the nation or the or the cation of how most, regardless of all the all the missteps that he has taken in this war, namely the civilian the re station humanitarian crisis. and now do you and has said that officially guides us through is the most dangerous place on those julie and yeah, so, but, but do you think that nothing, y'all,

who views civilian casualties or the destruction of gaza as missteps? what i can't seem to his plan if we follow his logic that, that how mess stuck someone with the supplements on the 7th of october. and therefore he is reacting this is in a step against his enemy, for before this logic of the enmity system. if we evaluate the outcome of this conflict so far, nearly 20000 civilians have been killed and very severe humanitarian catastrophe is trying to book a book and it takes for tuition and go. so i would like from a very conflict perspective compared to the trajectory is what the military operation is leaving us versus how much decline on the humanitarian situation. and it goes on the can not find any correlation between the 2. therefore

nothing new thinks he can have this open ended the water. for example, if he has k was 20000 people in 2 months. he needs just to 100 in the months to can to millions. this is one to work over. no candidate. he is not for diplomacy, you do and he is no longer open for any mediation coming from cuz i don't want to swear he is not given all the stakeholders in all the choice but to photo his guy then his own studies. so i believe, as i said a long time ago, he has been trapped in the same logical phase gen elizabeth. we can conquer goes, we can remove this the place and then we can have it both ways. view as is given us and what are they going um but allowed the security council. yeah. and that will get to this what happens we continue even if these missteps the most produce in any of these ups. we've been the logic of nathaniel himself and what about the missteps

that have been carried out by the israeli army itself and killing its own captives in gaza? do you think that's something that's put real pressure on him to rethink the strategy? well, so far he has face tremendous pressure from the era aided themselves and the families of the hostages. and those who are, you know, have disappeared so far. but he hasn't shown any in a positive reaction, doesn't mean that it is hard to read into the logical from that. then you know, what is the driving force in his own daily tactics? is it hostage issue? is it the elimination of how much is it? what exactly, so i'm not sure that he knows he himself exactly how he can line up his brian. it is plus, i think he has a sort of to promote the fee of on,

especially on the 7th of october that the west has to come to a school visit. right. and then we have notice that the by then administration has photo this quote down to florida. we have in our problem, within the administration in washington, what is the strategies you over the americans? and we see the strategies changing, staffing with how they've worked at the un security council. but i think the by then has shown some good criticism toward and that then a hose, government, it is a very close of i, they have a very right, they can basically, and he had the nathaniel showed that equal instead of some of these decisions. so there was some hope that the by them states meant that have presented some, some pressure to own that. then you know, to take another school and to minimize the kidding of civilians. how ever them out between friday and now 5 days of negotiations over the world in of another

is the new ocean brass. this shows me that there is also a part. does it get an eagle delama? we've been washington. the buying an administration doesn't want to appear as if it has given to the international press, especially after the vote of the general assembly on october 12th, where 153 nations in the same to the size. so i think there is some correlation between how, but nothing new husband trump to interrupt in this strategy of his general with the, all the increment of the, by the end, the blank and was of, was a 440 when nothing else but kind of figured out exactly how the can protect that or more. i did a humanitarian best 15 as well as that, but is it gonna effectiveness and them release? all right, mr said call me thank you very much that as well. i'm gonna check out with george mason university. as far as the palestinians have interested in the occupied

westbank of defiance is confronted as rarely, troops carrying out more raids, the very military viruses and to the northern cities of janine and 2 baths. early on wednesday, 2 palestinians were reportedly injured and janine wilson, 300 palestinians, including children, had been killed by his riley forces and settlers in the occupied with facts. since the war on garza began island official has moved from tamala and the occupied westbank as well. another night, another series of raids, it could almost put a line from the north to the sides of the occupied westbank. i'd see the places that had been effected. they have become well known to viewers around the world. but perhaps the most serious incident was just a few hours ago in a place called bet noon, which is north of hebron. a 28 year old man who is a sales that for a pharmaceutical company was driving in that area. he made a left turn, not knowing that there would have been closed since october. the 7th. the israeli

soldiers apparently saw that as a threat and they opened fire. not the ambulance tried to get to the mind, but they were blocked by the is really army and he eventually passed away those on the ground and say it was a simple mistake. he, he was trying to tongue to take the road, realized his mistake, and it was at that point that these valleys opened up and started fighting. no, that is really army. how be not his highest they've conducted set tuesday a as well. and there was also an incident to, at a school and in southern nablus with the children were coming out after i had exam a series of exams and they were met with a bully of some good needs by these really ami quite what the strategic threat these children imagine from school paused to the israeli army. no one is entirely sure, but we are told by the local council head that at no one was actually injured. but

clearly it was pretty shocking to those children who thought the day at school was done. this is why it has launched as strikes on several positions and southern level and targeting has bola, the lebanese on groups of 6 functions were killed in the past 24 hours as well. then his bullet had been exchanging far along the border since the war and gaza began more than 2 months ago, saying a folder sent this update from southern lebanon. as of late as well, has increase the intensity the pace and the scope of its attacks against the lebanese armed group has belong. it is what it is. it says it is targeting, as well as infrastructure. and clearly the strikes are becoming more precise, scoring direct hits of the casualty told among hezbollah fighters is really testament to that in the past. the 24 hours, 6 men, the group last 6 men in the past week, 17 men. now that's quite the high number because this conflicts began along the

border 11 weeks ago. the group lost 113 men. now this is being blamed on technology that as well is a technologically advanced army. it has drones in the skies over southern 11 on 247, not just along the border, but in other has well as strong holds across the country. it is also tapping into telecommunications network. this is what we're also understanding at the beginning of the conflict as well are really concentrated. its attacks are focused on destroying surveillance towers belonging to these really army cameras along the border. it's wanted to blind the enemy, but there is only so much it can do with drones in the skies. now also asked the same time as well is stepping up the pressure. it is a negotiating tactic because it is looking for a diplomatic solution to end the conflict along the border. it's once has bullet to pull back from the border in order to allow tens of thousands of his radius to return to their homes in northern israel. now hezbollah says there will be no negotiations about the situation along the border until as well as

a tax on gaza on gauze a stop. but at the same time as well is a threatening, a full blown war. so the situation is dangerous, and that's really those were the words used by the head of the united nations peacekeeping mission in southern lebanon. the further i was was 0. so there 11 on this. take your knowledge, washington dc. now with a us secretary of state anthony, blinking is given his annual address at the state department and that's list. and then they know that supporting ukraine is vital to showing would be aggressors everywhere that we will stand up to those who seek to redraw borders by force. our support hasn't just helped ukrainians, 90 percent of the security assistance that we provided to you. frame has been spent here in the united states, benefiting american businesses, workers, communities, strengthening our nations defense, industrial base president putting his boasted in recent weeks that and i, quote,

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a force in the conflict between israel and the mos. we will continue to focus intensively on our 4 priorities. helping is real, ensure that what happened on october 7th can never happen again. bringing the cops which will end as quickly as possible on minimizing the loss of life and the sufferings of civilians getting the remaining hostages back home to their families . preventing the conflict from spreading and once and for all breaking the devastating cycle of violence and moving toward durable blasting piece. we continue to believe it is real, does not have to choose between removing the cider from us and minimizing the total on civilians and guys. it has an obligation to do both and it has a strategic interest to do both or more determine that effort to ensure that out of the terrific tragedy comes a moment. a possibility is, or at least for palestinians,

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steps we've taken. to build a stronger, more ad trial, a more diverse state department. there too. we continue the effort in 2023 in partnership with congress. and i know this department participated in a 106 hearings this year. which by our account is a record we secure new authorities to that. so we have been listening that the us secretary of state antony blank and he's giving his annual address at the state department in washington dc. he was talking about a number of global issues, including the role in ukraine, china and most importantly, the more on gaza listing into that. as i correspondent mike hannah. he's joining us live from washington, dc and mike anthony blinking very much reiterating the us position on the sofa, which is that as well, has a right to defeat him off. so the us supports as well,

and it's goals of the fees and come off. but at the same time that it must protect civilians and that it has an obligation to do so. it is indeed the secretary of state repeating what has been the mentor of the binding, the administration in recent weeks saying 1st of all that the us is helping israel ensure that what's happened on october. the 7th will not happen again. but the then speaks about ways in which to break the ongoing cycle of violence and insisting that the only long spring solution is a plan full piece, which would be based in the us view on a 2 state solution. it talks about what he calls a moment of possibility for the region to live as he puts it, a life of peace. so the secretary of state is taking out of what is happening in gaza and the occupied westbank as a possibility as a potential to be able to move forward. just some kind of lost in the agreement

within the region. this is something that the administration has been talking about, they've going the phrase, the day off to what is going to happen. often the current at time of conflict is resolved, but perhaps not concentrating enough on what is happening day of today, no mention from the secretary of state about international criticism in terms of continuing us provision of width and state as well to use and the operations and gone to the end, the occupied westbank, but he did speak about the us as role in the why the international community saying how in 2023, its strength and its alliances and global buddies like the g 7 and the, the nato. so once again, you saying that the us is central in terms of what is happening, the will, but no mention. and there might be in the questions coming out of the damage is that the ongoing us support for israel and question support is doing to it's

international reputation. all right, mike, thank you very much for that. that's mike hannah with the license live in washington dc. the the time for some actually i believe that we are going to go back to that a news conference by the us secretary of state and to the blinking human eyes world . so profoundly grateful to you for the words that you do. even if i don't always show it or is that probably just like some questions that you uh that. thank you mr. secretary. happy holidays. thank you. i know that this is intended to be a kind of $30000.00 for you year end during the review. but i, i have to ask you about 2 issues or the day pressing issues or the day one. what

can you tell us about the deal to this been struck with venezuela to release, detain americans and to um at the un security council will be right now if there isn't been another delay. ready but we're soon, there will be a vote on this cause a is real guys, a resolution. what will it take, or what does it matter? states need to see in such a resolution for it not to veto it. and if that can't be done and you end up be towing it, are you not concerned that the number 3 priority that you mentioned in your opening, the coalition building will be damaged very badly damaged. the u. s. is already isolated on the work of internationally on this issue and another veto. well, or are you not concerned that another retailer will will further isolate you. thanks matt. so, um, on that as well. let me see 1st this and you've heard me say this before. we have no higher,

higher priority than doing everything we possibly can to bring our fellow citizens out of harm's way to make sure that they're safe and secure if they get into trouble in one way or another overseas, including is there arbitrarily obtained. and as you know, we have secure the release over the past couple of years of nearly 3 dozen americans for arbitrarily obtained that this works. it continues every single day in any place around the world where americans are being wrongfully imprisoned or detained. so this has been a priority for us broadly, it's also been a priority when it comes to that as well. and we want to make sure that our fellow americans are released. we are also focused on political prisoners and then as well, and try to ensure their release. so what i can say in this moment is this. we have a lot of work going on on both of those runs right now. and we hope to have some

good news to share probably later today, but for now, that's share with you on the un security council, right? this is going on, as we gather here. we continue to engage extensively and constructively, with uh, with a number of countries to try to resolve some of the upstanding issues in this, in the security council. resolution. the purpose of the resolution, as stated by the countries and put it forward, it is to facilitate and help expand humanitarian assistance is getting into guys and we fully support that the united states from day one has i would argue that more than any other country to make sure that that could happen. so my 1st trip to israel into the region. after october 7th, we focused on getting an agreement to start getting a measuring assistance in 2000. and

a few days later that started with the opening of roughly that was necessary, but very much institution. we've been work together since to expand that just in the last couple of days you've seen again as a result of work that many of us have done over the last several weeks. dram shalom opening, so that not only are goods inspected and crunch along which increases the capacity of the ability of to get goods into gaza. but now goods are going directly from a and through commercial and the guys in additionally a commercial products going in, not just the manager and assistance. and we made sure that we have the sustain delivery of fuel at levels of female trying to be that he tells us are necessary to make sure that the salvation plants, sewage systems, telecom trucks, hospitals can be powered in function. and of course, we continue to work on this every day, for example, making sure that once the systems gets in the gaza, it can actually move around and be distributed safely and securely with predictable

roads times access. so we've been at the forefront of all of these efforts, and we want to make sure that the resolution, the units, so in what it costs for and requires actually advances that effort and doesn't do anything that could actually for the delivery of humanitarian assistance, make it more complicated, that's what we're focused on. when gauged, as i said in very good faith with other countries. we've been working this intentionally. i've been on the phones about this for the last the last couple of days when to thomas greenfield, of course in new york has been leading our efforts. so i hope we can get to a good place to the, to the last part of your question. let me say this, but what i have seen from day one is that countries throughout the region, as well as countries around the world want to work with us and are looking for

american leadership in this price. even countries that may disagree with us on certain issues that, that have come to the for that's been a common refrain. i've been um, not only in the region multiple times and travel to not just as real, but to virtually all of our, our partners and others, including turkey. we've been on the phones constantly including this week with all of our, our partners and the common refrain is they are looking for american leadership and we're working to provide that to mr. feldman. i'm show um what just real quickly on, on the guys uh how would you characterize the tax on a new hostage deal for a pause? is that imminent? um, are you making progress on that? and then more broadly, um, you know, we end this year without much of the world blaming us and israel for the or seen it as you,

america's war also is hurting america's image in the world. there's a still made and ukraine and no new aid package. the fighting goes on in sudan. i wonder if there's anywhere that you're rethinking strategy or have some ideas on, on how to change the dynamics on any of those concepts. the 1st show of the question of hostages that applause. this is something we'd very much like to see happen is, you know, we were instrumental in getting the 1st team out of train pause that facilitated the release of a 110 hostages. israel has been very clear, including as recently as today that it would welcome returning to a pause in the further release of hostages. the problem was and has, has been and remains. some us are there we made on commitments they made during the

1st pause for process releases. and the question is whether they are in fact willing to resume this, this effort. but certainly it's something that, that we would welcome. i know that is road welcome. and i think the world we want them, so we'll see what they, they choose to do. we remain very actively engaged and seeing if we can get a pause back on and hostages. moving out again, a guys that that's something we're on every single day. more broadly, i think what's important to always remember is that personally, none of the challenges we're dealing with are like flipping a light switch and you suddenly get total success in the course of a day, a week, a month, even a year. it's almost always a process and a constant effort to get to a better place. we're talking about, you'd write a short while ago,

very important to put this in context. as i said, of the answer. if you look at where we weren't february 2022, and where we are now. well, february 2022. what are the russians went in? most people are predicting that they make very quick work of ukraine and put what's exceeding this goal of rising it from the map of somebody, an interruption that has failed. and it's failed. first and foremost because of the cars, the training people, but also because of the leadership we provided in making sure with dozens of countries around the world that your brain had what it needed to succeed and repelling the russian aggression. and now we're engaged in an effort to help you frame stand on its own 2 feet democratically militarily, economically, not only dealing with the, the current challenge that russian continues to pose, but setting it up for the long term. and a lot of very important and good work has been done and continues to be done on

that. militarily, we have 30 countries around the world now that are helping, including united states that are helping you find, build a future force fund that can deter aggression and defend against it. if it comes in the future, we're extensively engaged on trying to bring much more private sector investment and activity into ukraine so that it can fry the comically. and we're having some real success there. and that creates a virtual cycle where investment comes in, the tax base goes up, and increasingly ukraine can pay for itself. and of course, we're working to deepen democratic reforms and help you create come back direction, which is necessary for getting that investment to flow. and also for you trying to be a strong democratic stay going forward. and as i mentioned, we just have the you opening session task. now, all of that takes time. all of that takes it takes effort, but we're in a place where not only have we help you train, we call this fresh regression. but as i said,

we're putting into place for can stand on its own stand strongly on its own and succeed and drive in the future when it comes to you mentioned to them we've been actively engaged there as well in trying to and the higher of the effect civil war between 2 military groups. a, yes, the say i from the r as f. and as recently is about a week ago, we helped get an agreement that the 2 leaders brought into many generals would meet and commit to a ceasefire. now is that still has to happen and we're pressing to make sure that it does. but this is the product of the day in day i work by our diplomats, as well as many others around the world, including the african union, e gad,

and other partners. we've talked about is really guys and let me just say this. we believe that as we said from the outset is real has not only right, but an obligation to defend itself. and to try and make sure that october 7th never happens again. any other country in the world faced with what is real suffered on october 7th. we'll do the same thing. we've also said, and we've been very clear that how is real, does it matters? it matters tremendous. and there to, we've been very deeply engaged with them to maximize protections for civilians to maximize the amount of training assistance to minimize harm to people in y'all's us. one of the things that striking to me is that understandably,

everyone would like to see this conflict and as quickly as possible. but if it ends with some us remaining in place and having the capacity and the stated intent to repeat october 7th again and again. and again, that's not in the interest of israel. it's not the interest of the region. it's not in the interest of the world. and what is striking to me is that even as again we hear many countries urging the into this conflict, which we would all like to see. i hear virtually no one's saying demanding from us that it stop hiding behind civilians, or that it lay down his arms that is surrendered. this is over tomorrow. if a mazda does that, this would have been over a month ago, 6 weeks ago. if a must have done that, and how could it be,

how can it be that there are no demands made of the aggressor and only demands made is evicted. so it would be good if there was a strong international voice pressing allow us to do what's necessary to end this. and again, that could be tomorrow. we are all very early. i was looking right there. thank you and i, i, i'm searching, it's just on this little bit. i mean, i know you've just given the answers, but the, i'm, you use your, you're very careful, obviously publicly up to what you say on the israel does a conference have us conference. you mentioned, you know, far too many palestinians have been killed. you've mentioned a gap between the ent. ready and the results and so i'm wondering at this point in

stage. ready or that gap appears to be at least order observers to be widening and as to what extent are you going on going to allow that to. why didn't you've been more? in other words, is there a red line for you in a sense regarding israel's response due to how much we are. what i say is, this is clear that the conflict will move that needs to move to a lower intensity phase. and we expect to see and want to see a shift to more targeted operations with a smaller number of forces that's really focused on dealing with the leadership of moss, the tunnel network and a few other critical things. and as that happens,

i think you'll see as well the harm done to, to civilians also decrease significantly. we've set all along and we have these conversations almost every day that it is vitally important. how is real, conduct a conduct this operations again will focus on protecting civilians minimizing hard to that maximizing assistance, getting to them and the last couple of months have been, god bless you. when you see the suffering of men, women, and especially children and godson, that affects each of us certain, well, let me speak for myself and it starts to be very, very deeply. which is why we're so intent on seeing this sort of completion.

unfortunately effectively and doing everything possible to minimize the harm to those who are caught in the crossfire from us is making and again, i come back to this basic proposition. there seems to be silence on the what i'm asking to should do must do if we want to uh and the suffering of innocent men, women and children as it would be good if the world could unite around that proposition as well for you. right. corny and you touch on this with respect to ukraine's there's, there's a growing, concerned internationally that further delays or outright denial of us and you assistance in creating could lead to a russian victory for us in 2024. and the ministration said that there are no additional funds to draw upon as

a congressional passage of the supplemental funding request. so realistically, i mean, how long can you crane hold out without it additional western support is weeks. is