It's Tuesday, December 5th. They took over the north. Now they're coming for the rest of it.

We start here.

Israeli ground troops head into southern Gaza.

There is no safe place at all in Gaza.

What it means for these crammed cities and for the civilians once again trying to flee.

An American diplomat is arrested for spying. If this proves to be true,

Cuba had a one-stop-shopping guy. He was allegedly caught on tape calling the

U.S. the enemy, so how did he rise to power?

And they caught an alleged killer

by tracking every license plate in town.

We're not just stopping 10 random cars,

we're stopping the right car with the right person

and we're making the right arrest.

The potential dividing line between privacy and protection.

From ABC News, this is Start Here, I'm Brad Milkie. In theory, there could be another ceasefire in Gaza, but it's not likely.

When talks broke down about exchanging more hostages and prisoners, and rockets and missiles

started flying once again, this marked a breaking point in a lot of ways.

I want my son back.

For one, think about the hostages themselves, the ones still being held by Hamas.

The thinking had been that they would be kept alive, used as bargaining chips.

Well, if the bargaining is over, what happens to them?

We are working with the Israelis to see if we can keep it at that increased level that we achieved

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