well, a hearty good morning to you at 5:30 in the eastern. i'm christi paul. >> i'm victor blackwell. five things you need to know for

your "new day." up first, new video from the u.s. military of the first u.s. air strikes in iraq. fighter jets hone in on an isis military unit there. then you see the explosion. those are the 500-pound laser-guided bombs unleashed on the terror group that forced thousands to run for their lives. we also have video of u.s. military planes dropping food. here it is. we've got water and also to iraqi minorities who have fled into the northern mountains. itsis has warned them to convert to radical islam or die. 36,000 meals have been deliver when i say radical islam, it's their brand. their type, their secretary of religion. i don't want to malign islam. the death of ronald reagan's former press secretary james brady has been ruled a homicide. the medical examiner said it was due to his wounds that he

sustained in 1981 when he was shot during an assassination attempt on president reagan. brady spent the rest of his life partially paralyzed in a wheelchair. number three, russia has arrested five ukrainian officers on suspicion of committing war crimes, that's according to a state-run news agency. ukraine denies claims that the officers are responsible for bombing civilians and shelling russia. meanwhile, russia denies allegations that it is arming pro-russian rebels. number four, palestinian officials say they're digging to retrieve the bodies of at least three people who died on an israeli air strike on a mosque. they say two others were killed in a separate strike. it was one of 30 targets hit in gaza today. five rockets have been fired from gaza. number five, starbucks is defending itself against a fast-moving boycott. it claims the coffee giant supports the occupation of palestine. well, a statement says neither

starbucks nor ceo howard schultz, provides, quote, aid to afghanistan or its army. all of its stores were closed more than a decade ago. in israel. back to the latest on the mideast now, since peace talks crumbled, gaza has once again, as we just said, become a bloody war zone. palestinian officials say at least five people there have been kid today. >> lieutenant colonel peter learned is a spokesperson for the israeli defense force. thank you, sir, for joining us again. good morning to you. >> did you agree with the numbers from gaza, here they are, five palestinians have been kid today. five before. i know there has been some disagreement, some discrepancy in the numbers that we're getting from gaza. and from palestinian officials. and those from israeli officials.

>> i'm not aware of those figures. i do know that just before i came on, we did strike a group of terrorists on a motorcycle in southern gaza strip. something we carried out a targeted strike. i know that happened. and what happened actually since the cease-fire broke down when hamas decided that the cease pooir is no longer good for them is the defense forces was forced into responding to that aggression. we had over 70 rockets come out in the last day and a half now. from gaza. and we've basically had no choice. we are striking this terrorist organization, this islamic extremist organization that is just trying to hold israel hostage with its rockets. that's what we're doing. >> lieutenant colonel, can you talk to us about the rockets that struck that mosque killing, we know, at least three people? was that intentional, that particular target? was there a misfire? >> i don't know the specifics.

again, i couldn't see what you were showing just as we came in. but what i do know that since the beginning of this conflict, at least 170 instances of rockets being launched from around mosques indeed, we did strike a position rocket launcher adjacent to a mosque in the early hours of this morning. that i can confirm. what it goes to show, really, is that hamas has strategically positioned these type of weapons, weapons caches, rocket launchers in and around these types of positions. we're not intentionally, i would say, singling out mosques but indeed when a rocket launcher or weapons are being stored in these type of places, then they are a legitimate target. i would ask hamas why are they placing these type of things in and around these mosques? >> lieutenant colonel i want to talk about something you said a moment ago. you said right before you came on, you confirmed there was a strike against several people on

a motorcycle. you can be more specific about where that was? >> i don't have the specifics, again i was just coming online. i saw a quick message just for my information that there was a strike. these are the type of things that we do. we are striking hamas and other terrorist organizations that are attacking israel so that the individuals are pursued. that the organization is paralyzed. and so that they can't feel free to operate against us. this is exactly the situation we're facing. where people think they can use gaza as a springboard for carrying out attacks. if they want to use gaza as a launching pad, if they want to get from "a" to "b," they have to realize they won't be able to move freely, there will be a target. or if they're planning on carrying out these attacks or they're carrying out these attacks personally or instructing other people to carry out the attacks then they are under our scope, we will take them out. >> the taliban have been a point

of contention for you and certainly a target. cow know how much ground you've gained in terms of dismantling the tunnels? >> well in the early hours of the cease-fire, just as a cease-fire was coming in, we have completed the destruction and neutralization of 32 tunnels. those tunnels indeed were intended to strike into the communities of southern israel to enable them to have easy access to the community so they could carry out multiple attacks simultaneously with tens of terrorists inside israel. i'm happy to report that is no longer a major threat as it was beforehand. there is a possibility there are some tunnels that we cannot find that they could utilize, but definitely not on the scale they had intended. this would have been a huge threat that was basically the reason why we had to go in with

the ground forces. that is why we mobilized in the peripheral areas of the gaza strip. see, we couldn't deal with the tunnels, the way they were built, we couldn't deal with them from the fair or afar. we needed had to take them out. we had to demolish them along the whole length of them. they will like arteries with many veins coming out from them. if you trike the artery, they would continue to use the vein to build israel. we really needed to deal with them in its complete form so they no longer pose a threat. it's a good thing they no longer have that ease access at multiple access points. >> lieutenant colonel, i quickly want to get to this idf tweet from yesterday, we have it on the screen. this is from the idf, every rocket fired by hamas is meant to kill israeli civilians. every rocket is a war crime. the palestinian authorities in the west bank are saying that israel committed war crimes during this military operation and should be brought before the

international criminal court. there's also jeffrey knights, one of the world's most renown war crimes prosecutors involved in many trials there, he told cnn it is possible that israel could face war crimes charges. what's your response to that? >> well, first of all, we carry out our actions with explicit care in order to limit the civilian impact. we are faced with a terrorist organization that is indiscriminate lly launching rockets into our civilians. we don't want to go into gaza. we just don't have a choice. you can imagine in the u.s., three quarters of the united states was covered with rockets on a daily basis, how would you feel? what would you do? what would you expect your military to do? indeed, this is a huge challenge

for the military. when we're going in striking against hamas and terrorists, islamic terrorist organizations, that are using the gaza strip as this staging ground, as an area where they neutralize schools, ambulances, you mentioned the mosques, this is where they're operating. it's a huge challenge for the military even with precision equipment. we have no intention in striking civilians. we have -- i would say we also accompany every strike that we carry out with legal counsel. we discuss it. we think through it very thoroughly. in order to minimize the civilian impact. indeed, we are faced with a huge challenge. >> all right. lieutenant colonel peter learner, we appreciate you taking time with us today. thank you, sir. >> let's go to gaza where cnn's john vause is monitoring developments on the ground there. john, i'm sure you heard, listen

in the on the lieutenant colonel not wanting to have the civilian deaths but even by the best estimate, 50%, and those were the numbers from israel. 70% from the u.n., 80% from palestinian authorities are civilians. also this new information about a strike of militants on a motorcycle. i guess we're expecting, of course, today, the death toll to increase. >> reporter: yeah. let's just be clear about the israeli numbers as well. what they are saying is that during the course of this operation, their soldiers, their troops, their air strikes have killed 900 militant. now, you're making the assumption that the israelis agreed with the overall death toll of 1900. at this point, i'm not sure they do. they are not putting the figure on the number of civilians killed. that has always been the contention. the israelis saying they killed far more militants than

civilians than what is claimed by the palestinians and also claimed by the united nations. you do have to be very, very careful with those number us. the reason we report those numbers basically are because they're the only ones we get at this point. we report those numbers to the palestinian officials and the united nations. but, yeah, as you say, the death toll continues to rise. there have been a number of strikes here in gaza, especially in gaza city. air strikes just a few moments ago. right now, we do know, as of today, five more people have been killed he ed here as israe continues with the military offensive. and it seems since friday, israelis are mainly using air power to go after the targets. victor. >> john, what do we know about the peace talks that are supposed to be going on in egypt? >> reporter: yeah.

well, as far as the israelis are concerned those peace talks are just not happening. they've made it very, very clear there can be no talk of peace while they are coming under hostile fire. but there is something which is interesting happening today. and to be honest, we don't really know what it means but we'll share it with you anyway. since the cease-fire ended all of the rocket fire coming out of gaza has been claimed by another militant group. they're called islamic jihad. they're rivals to hamas. they're a smaller group. sometimes, they work with hamas. sometimes, they work against hamas. right now they're represented at the peace talks in cairo as well. they're the only ones claiming rocket fire coming out of gaza. hamas is not. so what that means at this point, does it mean that hamas is looking to de-escalate this conflict in some way, we don't know. but it is unusual, christi.

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we continue the coverage now of the american military action in iraq. two air strikes on key isis targets. more of them may be coming, trying to stem the militant group and the growth in iraq, of course. >> this is the first time the u.s. has embarked on direct military action in iraq since 2011. jim acosta is joining from us the white house now with the administration's response to this growing terror threat. good morning, jim. >> reporter: victor and christi, president obama is receiving regular updates on the damage done by the strikes on isis. in the meantime, aides to the president are hinting there could be more air strikes in the coming days. after multiple rounds of u.s. air strikes on isis targets in iraq this is all we could see of the president, commander in chief on the phone with king abdullah of jordan discussing

what's next. agents will be limited. protect military advisers and diplomats in erbil and end the seeing of minorities driven in the mountains by fighters. >> the president has not laid out a specific end date. >> reporter: that prospect of open-ended engagement is a far cry from the president's initial reluctance to deal with isis two months ago. as well as his preference for diplomatic solutions in ukraine and syria. after ending the war in iraq nearly three years ago. >> america's war in iraq will be over. >> reporter: mr. obama is now the fourth u.s. president in a row to launch military action in iraq. >> was he reluctant to make this decision? >> i think the president was determined to use military action to protect american personnel who are in harm's way in iraq. he was determined to use american military assets to try to address an urgent humanitarian situation. >> reporter: isis is just as determined. as one of its fighters told vice

news, we will raise the flag of allah at the white house. monsters the president apparently brushed off back in january when he said to the new yorker if a jv puts on lakers uniforms that didn't make them kobe bryant. they're not the jv 234i78. >> do remain concerned by the military displayed by isil. >> reporter: john boehner society i am dismayed by the ongoing absence of a strategy for countering the grave threat isis poses to the region. >> i want to make sure when i turn the keys over to the next president, that they have the ability, that he or she has the capability to make some

decisions with a relatively clean slate. >> and white house officials insist the president will stay on top of this crisis during his family vacation in martha's vineyards key members will be making the trip. >> jim acosta, we'll be talking about that trip throughout the show. we have brand-new video of u.s. air strikes in iraq. the next round. >> yeah, we also want to till about the video we have. we want to show it coming up. the new night vision video, the supply drop to hundreds trapped in the mountains there. we'll have it after the break. n. totally delectabowl. real silky smooth or creamy broths. everything she's been waiting for. carefully crafted with real seafood, real veggies, and never any by-products or fillers. wow!

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take a nice deep breath. it's saturday. we need it with all that's going on. i'm christi paul. >> i'm victor blackwell. 6:00 here in the east. this is "new day saturday." welcome to the u.s. and around the world. we continue the coverage of two major stories in the mideast. u.s. air strikes and the conflict. and the isis fighters. >> these videos show f/a-18 fighter jets keying in on an isis military unit and then the explosion. there it is. >> those are 500-pound laser-guided bombs that let on the iraqis. latest a u.s. drone targeted a isis position and