It's Tuesday, welcome to ever click in,

I'm not sure to do that.

I'm Mike Baker, your eyes and ears on the world stage.

All right. Let's get briefed.

First, and after recent reporting, this shouldn't be a surprise to you.

The ceasefire in Gaza has collapsed, and it collapsed on Tuesday morning as the Israel

Defense Forces, the IDF, launched dozens of strikes throughout Gaza, targeting Hamas leadership. We'll bring you

the latest news. Later in the show, after two days of violent clashes along the border of Syria and

Lebanon, Lebanese and Syrian defense officials have agreed to a ceasefire. But first, today's

afternoon spotlight. The war in Gaza has resumed as Israel unleashed a series of

air strikes overnight against Hamas assets across the enclave, after the terror group refused

the latest efforts to extend the fragile ceasefire. The extensive strikes targeted mid-level

Hamas commanders and some senior Hamas political

officials in Gaza and came as Israeli officials said that intelligence showed that both Hamas and the

Palestinian Islamic jihad were preparing to carry out new attacks against Israel and were taking

steps to rearm. Officials said that Hamas had returned to a fighting force

of some 25,000, while the Palestinian Islamic jihad had returned to a force of approximately

5,000, and that's according to a report from Axios. In a statement, Netanyahu's office said the

decision to resume strikes, quote, followed Hamas's repeated refusal

to release our hostages, as well as a rejection of all the proposals it's received from U.S.

Special Envoy to the Middle East, Steve Whitkoff, and also from the mediators. So far, we can confirm

that at least four senior Hamas officials were killed in the overnight

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