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London, the headlines, Hezbollah commando leader assassinated in Israeli air strike.

London, the headlines, telegraph.

Israel pulls ground troops from Gaza, quote,

to prepare for future operations,

troops withdrawn from Khan Yunus in the South,

leaving just one battalion on the ground in war-torn enclave,

headline, very clearly London pointing that David Cameron meets Donald Trump at Maralago

reminding everyone in the United Kingdom at this point that there's a presidential contest and it could go to either party.

I welcome Jonathan Schanser.

He is a foundation for the defense of democracies. My guide on what we can view through very long range

about the situation for Israel surrounded by surrogates of the Iranian regime,

Hezbollah of the north, Hamas, in Gaza, the Houthis in Yemen,

and then on the West Bank of variety, a witch's brew of teams from Al-A-Oxa Brigade and from all the other bad actors.

Jonathan, a very good day to you. I begin with the headline about Israel pulling the

ground troops from Gaza. I believe it was one of their major divisions, the

98th, has been in continuous combat for six months.

The explanation so far is adequate to what we've got, a rotation out, and they're preparing

for the Rafa operation. Is that all there is to see here or it is this point to

that unknown of negotiations between the White House and Jerusalem? Good evening to you.

Good evening, John. The sense that I'm getting right now from folks that I'm talking to overseas is that the Israelis have been pressured by the White House that the president would not like to see a major ground operation in the town of Rafa, which is of course where the vast majority of the remaining Hamas fighters have been

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