meanwhile a source telling cnn that israel's spy chief, david barnea, has now met with the prime ministereurope about talks of hostages. we're still waiting to get more details. but in israel, the deaths of those three hostages have created a political firestorm for mr. netanyahu, with protests continuing into the second day of saturday. elliott gotkine is monitoring developments. he joins us from london. elliott, we're going to start with the mossad meeting in qatar, how dangerous could that be, elliott. >> potentially dangerous, nick. he's the negotiations guy for the qataris and the qataris have been dealing with hamas. there's no direct contact, naturally, so the mossad chief has been speaking with doha. that which give a spark to the 121 hostages still to be held captive ever since they were abducted october 7 because there will be hopes that at least something is happening. but, of course, it was only last week, there were a few developments which was david barnea was expected to go to doha. we learned that trip was cancelled by the israeli government. we also heard by sources withi

meanwhile, a source tells cnn that israel's spy chief, mossad director david barnea, is expected to meetatar's foreign minister in europe and continue talks about hostages. it's unclear if that meeting has already happened. israeli military officials say they are retaliating against more deadly attacks from hezbollah. an israeli army spokesperson says two drones were launched from inside lebanon on saturday. one was intercepted, and the other struck israeli positions, killing one soldier and wounding two others. hezbollah claimed on social media that they targeted israeli soldiers in support of palestinians in gaza. israel's military says they responded by targeting hezbollah positions in southern lebanon. as israel's war against hamas rages on, iran-packed proxy groups like the houthi rebels in yemen are ramping up attacks against u.s. and israeli-linked targets in the region. cnn's katy bow lillis has the details. >> reporter: the u.s. navy ship shooting down 14 drones launched from houthi-controlled areas of yemen according to u.s. central command, the latest in a series of attacks on

we've also confirmed that there was a meeting between the head of mossad, david barnea, and the primeinister of qatar. they spoke directly with hamas. >> that was alex marquardt from t tel aviv. let's bring in cnn's max foster. max, good to see you. the events over the past three days, the shooting of the three sh hostages, and now benjamin netanyahu, raising pressure to save hostages and to save gaza civilians, what are the options right now? >> well there is no policy for the war, obviously with what happened on october 7th. but there's a huge amount of pressure coming from these two places. the one that alex was talking about there, people in israel concerned that this massive military campaign is making the hostages more vulnerable. we saw that in that mistaken identity and those hoch attaches that died. and internationally, huge concerns among the allies that too many civilians are dying. these are the two elements of pressure. and netanyahu is committed to destroying hamas. as long as he continues with this war, is in charge of a war cabinet, then it does put off a day of reckon

impasse in the negotiations and at the direction of prime minister binyamin netanyahu, mossad head david barneaanisation hamas did not fulfill its part of the agreement, which included the release of all children and women according to a list that was forwarded to hamas the head of the mossad thanks the head of the cia, the egyptian minister of intelligence and the prime minister of qatar for their partnership in the tremendous mediation efforts that led to the release of 84 children and women from the gaza strip, in addition to 2a foreign citizens." that does appear to contradict reports we were getting from reuters that the negotiations in qatar were continuing. 0ur international correspondent 0rla guerin reports on the latest bombardment of gaza. gaza awoke to this, a new day of israeli bombing. skies darkened by ash and debris. in rafah, survivors snatched from the rubble, a baby brought out alive. but palestinians say that 12 members of one family were killed here in their own home. in khan younis, frenzied digging with bare hands. israel says it is striking hamas in its strongholds, tell