Welcome to the PDB Situation Report.

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

Let's get briefed.

Tensions are high, as the fragile Gaza ceasefire deal

inches closer to its expiration on Saturday. With no agreement yet on the fate of the remaining

hostages, will Israel and Hamas return to the negotiating table or miss another round of war imminent?

Former deputy assistant to the president, Robert Greenway, joins us to break

it all down. Later in the show, President Trump is pushing to expand energy exploration and production

to secure America's energy independence. But what does this mean for the country's national security?

Well, Daniel Turner, executive director of Power the Future,

he'll join us to discuss. But first, today's situation report spotlight. The fragile Gaza ceasefire deal.

It's set to expire this weekend with no agreement yet on a second phase to secure the release

of the remaining hostages.

Now, over the past six weeks, as I'm sure you know from following the PDB,

Hamas has freed 33 Israeli hostages and five Thai nationals.

That's an initial step that mediators hoped would lead to lasting peace.

But since January, both sides have accused each other of violating the deal,

and negotiations have stalled. Hamas is demanding a full Israeli withdrawal from Gaza,

and that's a condition that Israel refuses to accept, particularly with reports that Hamas is busy

recruiting and training new fighters. That leaves 28 Israeli

hostages still believed to be alive with their fate hanging in the balance. Beyond the ceasefire,

the question of who will govern post-war Gaza, well, that remains unanswered. As Israel insists

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