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morning the number of people taken hostage by hamas is being raised to 222. and sources say that the u.s. is asking israel to delay a ground incursion into gaza to allow more time to get these hose tajs o -- hostages out. >> and nevertheless, there is a huge build up of military armor stationed around the enclave, and israeli sources say they are preparing for ground assaults even as it has conducted more intensified ache strikes overnight. our nic robertson who is stationed here in sderot says it is some of the most intense shelling that he has seen into gaza for some time. we go right to sara sidner who is here in tel aviv, and nic robertson is right there in

sderot. >> yes. i have come over to jerusalem which is an hour's drive from tel aviv. here, there is quiet in jerusalem honestly, but in the west bank, there is a lot of activity and protests in solidarity with those people who are they related to some of the palestinians and who they see being bombarded in gaza. there have also been dozens of arrests by the israeli military in west bank of palestinians, as well as other people who have been killed. the number is now standing at 92 people since that october 7th attack on therd boer. you were seeing 92 palestinians killed in the west bank, and mostly by the israeli territory, and settlers, and so unrest is happening everywhere in the region. there is news for the lebanese information telling russian state media, they don't want a war with israel, but here is the

k caveat, there are incursions to the lebanese far border, and some towns on the israel side that have evacuated because of the dangers there. the israeli prime minister has been very stern warning that lebanon will see the wrath of israel if it does begin a war, and if israel has to fight a war on two fronts, the prime minister says it certainly will. now to gaza where there is just devastation happening there. it has gone from the humanitarian crisis according to those on the ground to a humanitarian catastrophe. even though more trucks have been let in, so far, there are 34 trucks filled with aid who have been let in, and it is a fraction, and less than 4% of what normally comes in through the borders into gagaza.

so now we are seeing a situation where people are hungry and thirsty and need medical care, but those are suffering who are taking care of the injured and the sick. the doctors and the nurses. here is what the palestinian red crescent society is saying about the caretakers in gaza. >> a few days ago we didn't have food for our medical teams in the north. so we had to bring in our colleagues who risked their lives moving from al eunice in t al younis in the south, and who by the way, they have been working around the hour. they don't have shifts. there are no extra teams in order to have some of them to take a rest. and of course, the number of injuries are huge.

>> imagine that, the doctors don't have enough food, and there is no respite for those who are supposed to be taking care of the sick and the infirm and injured. okay. over the nic robertson who is over there on the border close to gaza in sderot where you have been watching the mass of the military might from the israel side getting themselves ready for what everyone says is going to be veneventually a ground wa what are you seeing today? >> yeah. the very heavy artillery and air strikes we are hearing over gaza late afternoon, and early this afternoon have abated to a degree, but we are hearing the heavy explosions coming from gaza, and a military helicopter not far awayk and it does not feel as if the tempo is up or feel that perhaps it is going to be coming up to the same tempo

in terms of the artillery or the missile strikes that we witnessed last night. it is early in the evening and that can change. the troops on the border are still in place, and the number of tanks and arsenal carriers and some of the mechanical diggers who are used to go as the spear head of the incursion is what they do is to go in and clear the path for the incursion to make sure there are no mines or traps, and then quickly, it goes into the urban environment which is the area where the troops know they will face some of the toughest challenges, but at the moment, they have not received the orders to goed for for forward, and that is where the forces are. however, we can see them, and they are significant numbers and a large force preparing for a

long operation as well. weeks and possibly longer than that possibly, sara. >> it is not going to be something that is fast and in and out of gaza. nic robertson, thank you and your team for all of the reporting you have been doing in a very dangerous spot. now, sending it back from jerusalem to kate in new york. >> thank you, sara. any moment, president biden is going to be returning to white house as sources are telling his administration to be asking israel behind the scenes to delay the possible ground incursion in gaza. it is a tactical decision that the white house is hoping to offer up more time to get the hostages released with the hundreds men, women and children kidnapped in the terror attack. arlette, what are you hearing from the white house today? >> well, kate, the white house

is saying that publicly any military operations into gaza is up to the israeli defense forces themselves, but we are learning that behind the scenes, the administration is pushing israel to delay a ground incursion into gaza in part for two reasons. to ensure that they can try to get more humanitarian aid in there, and to work to secure the release of more hostages. on the humanitarian aid front, there was progress to be made, and as the convoys were going into gaza to distribute supplies to the civilians friday, but that is a fraction of what the civilians say that the palestinians need as they are dealing with the dire circumstances within gaza. now, over the weekend, just yesterday, president biden spoke by phone with the israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu, and the two men continue to deal with a continuing flow of aid when it comes to the

humanitarian aid to the palestinians there, and then the issue of the hostages, and them on friday, the release of the two americans, and both the u.s. and the allies are hoping to have more hostages to be released as the conflict continues. and the president yesterday held a phone call with several european leaders, and canadian prime minister justin trudeau, and one of the needs they talked about is the concern to get the hostages released. and also, some of the americans in gaza, and they have been unable to leave, and that is some of the issues that the white house is trying to tackle before israel launches that ground incursion into gaza. >> arlette, thank you. john? >> with us is retired u.s. army major mike lyons, and major, we know that israel has the troops stationed all around gaza including armour all around gaza, and it should be said, but we have not focused on it, naval

forces stationed off of the coast of gaza, and talk to me about this paes that the united states has been pushing for. what would the impact be on all of the troops waiting to go in strategically? >> i don't think it is a pause, but it is deliberate on the israeli side to make sure that everything is in place to launch what is going to be a successful ground operation. they have to set up the logistical supplies and make sure that there is 10, 15, 20 days of resupply near the troops. so they will be reshaping the battlefield, and the air campaign is a top priority. >> talk to many, about shaping it from the air. and nic robertson here in sderot said that overnight, he has seen some of the most ferocious shelling there overnight. >> well, it appears they have cut the gaza in half, and the southern portion is where the civilians can gather, and call it a no fire zone, and the focus is on the tunnels, and the

command control centers, which you can use the air campaign for, and 30 or 35 days, that you are trying to get the enemy's heads so shaken that they can't function because they are so shocked. >> and now, on the border, we know that including right here, because it is south of that evacuation line, what do you think might be happening there? >> john, those are raids and done on purpose, and they go across the border a few miles to collect intelligence and kill as many fighters as they can, and find out how many in the tunnel group, and gain intel where the soldiers are. >> one weapon that is used in the fighting is the iron stinger steel which is an israeli mortar that we are looking at, and what does that mean and what is that intended to do? >> mortar is intended to do

battle over a close range. this is going to allow the troops on the ground the call in a fire mission is what it is called close in manner with the accuracy to the target. it is going to go right through the target, and fired with laser designation, and normally, fires are fire and forget. and aerial weapons and the like, and this is going to go after the tunnels. they will make with these issues are, and then laze and blaze them. >> this is some of the tunnel systems that occurred in 2021 and probably much more elaborate than now. and this is the pause they have to add in your car that actually the regions of iran or where

iran has proxies and where the u.s. has troops. >> yes, and while the iron dome protects israeli, the systems we bring in are going to be a theater to protect the patriot missile missiles and the thadd, and this is where the iranians should escalate to be able to fire from them with the ships that we have in the water. >> kate? >> a story of one marn in washington, and what he is hearing from his family in gaza, a how he is trying to help. plus, the secretary austin laying out the concerns of the process expanding through the middle east. and why he is sending more military assets to vent of where

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aid workers are warning that the situation in gaza has become a humanitarian catastrophe. shipments of the critical supplies are really trickling in, and nothing compared to what they need. trucks carrying food, medicine and medical supplies have entered gaza supply at the rafah

crossing at the egyptian border, but officials say it is not enough to meet the needs of the people. the hospital system is completely overwhelmed with the patients, and doctors are forced to operate without morphine or painkillers n. a cnn opinion piece, the next guest says that knowing that my family could be killed at any point, i feel that the moment that the phone risks is the news i fear worst joining us is a group that supports the usa palestinians, and he is joining us in a personal capacity, because as you heard, he has family in gaza. thank you so much for joining us. i know it is a terribly difficult time for be discussing p your first and foremost, have

you heard from your family today, and if so, how are they? >> yes. thank you for having me. i appreciate the opportunity, ands you can see, and you can imagine, things are not going great. the family is not in a good place. i immediate family and the foot is security and i worked over the weekend, and my sister sister-in-law. it is getting closer, and so difficult for those folks who have nothing to do with this. >> am so sorry about your sister and those who had nothing to do with this. and can you tell us did they have to evacuate to south gaza, and where are they?

how are you handling what they are experiencing here? what are they seeing? >> right. my family is northern e vacuatin to north israel, but the fact is that the family house was bombed, and system of the houses get bombed more than once, and so that is the cruel that the family we have lost, and they are actually about 10 minute drive from our house. and you can cross gaza west to east in ten minutes, and so it is a fairly tiny place. and the family does not have anybody in this area, and the schools are crowded, and they are doing a very good job to housing people, and trying to provide food, and aid, and your sthent a we had a few yesterday,

and a few more today. the issue is fuel and food. and we are hoping for the food today or tomorrow. and with the grocery store, the food was gone, but my mom is worried. there is a lot of people who nothing to do with this like the 50% under the age who didn't elect anything or have time to make a bad or good decision, because they are not in a good place. my family is hurting, and i have lost a journalist a day ago, and just over 29 staff members, and we are continuing to work under tough conditions, and providing

for application, and we do not feel that the u.n. flag is predicted anymore. i imagine that civilians like my family are praying hard and trying to keep in touch with them, but it is not getting easier. i know that you are about 15 minutes from them, because which tluz in the summer. i hope they are okay, and i wish that i was closer to them, but no matter what happens, we will be together. that seems cruel, but that is what myself is feeling, and my wife's closest is feeling with the family in gaza. >> hani almadhoun, and we have 'n the families who have suffered injuries and those who have been killed. and i am sorry about your f father's store being bombed and

the home, and i know that nobody in gaza feels that it is safe, and the ground war is imminent, and i just hope that your family and all of the civilians can make it out of this at least somehow make it out of this alive. hani, i am speechless to listen to horrific story. i hope that you continue to speak to them, and we will check in with you to see how the family is doing, and thank you for sharing the story. >> thank you for having me. from your lips to god's ears. >> all right. john. >> just into cnn an individual inside of the cockpit of an alaska airlines flight, and we are just getting the information in apparently attempted to turn off the engine of the plane. new details are just coming in. stay with us.

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we now have our hands on. this flight, the alaskan airlines flight operated by horizon airlines, a regional air flight, yesterday afternoon on the west coast from payne field to san francisco, an d apparently, the airline is calling it a serious in-flight incident, the pilot radioed air traffic control, the pilot riding in the jump seat which is a little seat riding in the front of the cockpit used by off-duty pilots to commute back and forth to different airports apparently tried to shut off the engines, and then they decided to divert to nearby portland where the plane made a safe landing, but in esessence, they are describing a plane jacking there by this off-duty person, and trying to come up with the name and the charging docudocum,

and we will see, because this pilot off duty arrested on the ground by the port of the portland police department, and other agencies are investigating this. the faa is aware of this, and the tsa and they are all sort of beaning into the investigation as well. but they are reporting that the pilot tried to tamper with the control, and something like this has not happened in decades. it reminds me of a fedex incident in 1976 where a pilot in the third seat attacked flight crew with a hammer and other weapons on board. they were able to safely land. but this is really an incredible case. we are still learning about this, john, and the details are coming in fast and furious, and really serious charge here, and

we need to learn more about what precipitated this and why the off duty pilot did this. >> it is very serious charge, because when you turn off the plane's engines, there is one thing that can happen here, and pete, any sense of when we will learn more about a possible motive or the identity of the person? >> there are names floating out there, right now, john, and we want to nail it down, and we want to be right and not first, and get through it first and get this name right and just so, but what we are hearing is off-duty pilot. the person was not necessarily a passenger, but a little bit of both. so they were a passenger in the cockpit, but this person was a certificated pilot, and legal to fly in front, and airline pilot off duty, and able to be up there in cob pith, but what is risk, is relatively easy access to the controls, and the other two pilots flying the airplane,

but it is arguing for the argument of two pilots in the plane, because if one is subdued by the off duty pilot, they could have continued to fly the airplane, and we know from the air traffic audio that the off duty pilot who is given this very serious charge, that if he was subdued and taken to the back of the airline, that the plane could have been flied, and then taken to the back, and then the pilot could be arrested a and this is what happened. >> and so, pete, we will let you take the phone, because this is extremely, extremely serious incident. pete muntean, thank you. >> absolutely. tonight, the house republicans are back behind the closed doors once again, to once again figure out how to get their act together. >> once again, one again. >> once again one again after having three failed house vots,

and so the house republicans say they don't want this job, but it is not clear if they have any of the votes to get the 217 votes to get the job. >> and joining us is margaret hoover and john avalon. and now, margaret, how great are the house republicans feeling about how great they are. >> they are looking in the mirror, and repeating this mantra, this is not my fault, it is not my fault, but it is all of their faults. that is a joke, but this is really bad. it is reflecting badly and the republican party, and reflects badly on the conference and they will go through the exercise tonight to look at the nine to see who can get to the 217, and the answer is none of them can. i continue the believe after all of the intrigue that you will hear from my husband over here on the right, that we are most lickly to have a caretaker speaker mchenry who is going to crack out a deal with hakeem

jeffries to fund the government for the next 90 days, and that is my position, and john avalon, take it. >> i appreciate the assist there. and look, in my aaron sorkin fantasy, that they will hold. i have spoken to the members of the conference who say, look, we are exhausted and no obvious way out, and emmer is the most logical person to do it, tom emmer, but he commited a sin of certifying election, and he is not an election denier, and that is making him donald trump's ire. so that makes him toxic. and mchenry as a caretaker, maybe, and that is going to have to hold, and meantime, it is self-inflicted. >> this is emmer on the weekend and he put out a letter to the colleagues, saying that he is seeking the speakership with the goal of historic change.

this is the unanswerable question and why i will not pose it, but what does that look like here? is that the kind of the pitch that can win enough support, and just historic change, and you are looking at historic mess, so you are in the middle of it. >> there is no sense that emmer is going to be not get to 217, but he will get the far right of the party, and he already voted to certify the election, and vote for gay marriage, and continuing resolution, and all of the things that the matt gaetz' crowd has said no to. >> and i don't know, promising a functioning federal government, and that is not terribly sexy to the people on the far right. >> and change is not a strategy, but it is a destination, and this is the we will be bold, and come with me on the promise of bold. >> but, i mean, what have they learned of three weeks of

nothingness, because apparently nothing, and the pitch needs to be, we need to put one foot in front of the other. >> this is the problem with the house on fire, and the world on fire, and this is self-inflicted, and it is not making party or the house look bad, but the country look bad, and democracy look bad, and they could rise above the petty squabbling to fund what needs to be funded, and in a time of crisis, but that is mission impossible, and here is the path to 217. >> but who is the they here? what role do democrats have? can they continue to just say, hey, it is not our problem, and call us when you come up with something? >> well wwell, we are getting c for the fact that this is getting closer, and he is trying very closely to 224 to use all of this to take the house of representatives back, and the they in this case, and frankly, for all of the shenanigans that we have been through, the base

of the republican party is not mad yet, and they are happy with the freedom caucus, and happy, and the base of the republican party, and let me repeat, not the ordinary republicans and people like me. so, the challenge here really is how do you reform the party so they reflect the majority of the americans who self-identify as republicans, because right now -- >> it is not going to happen before the republicans -- >> it is not going to happening before november 17th. >> and this is happening with a bipartisan conference. and you have some of structure remorse of knocking down kevin mccarthy, and it is the fault of a few folks who are arsonists on the far right, and the fact that jim jordan got less than before speaking to the trump folks being the maximum positions.

>> glad we could help you work through this. >> thank you. and why did secretary of defense lloyd austin say that the u.s. is concerned about the potential of escalation.

>> the u.s. secretary of defense lloyd austin is expressing fears that israel's war with hamas could lead to a even wider conflict. >> we are concerned about potential escalation. in fact, what we are seeing is the prospect of a significant escalation of attacks on our troops and our people throughout the region.

>> now, secretary austin's warning or concern really, is as he announced the additional deployment of missile systems, and additional deployment of troops order, and joining us is anchor christiane amanpour, and the message from secretary austin, and also from president biden is clear, "don't," and trying to put out a strong message of deterrence, and how right is he to be worried? >> i think that he is right to be worried from what we are seeing, and obviously, there is increased engagement between lebanese and hezbollah and the israelis on the front this weekend, and you have had hamas who is backed by hezbollah and iran, and the axis of resistance they call themselves, and saying that if the humanitarian situation in gaza gets worse than the situation is going to tip out of control. so it is a question of how much

the arab, and the moslem street can stand, and the pressure it takes on their leaders to get involved, and we have seen the retaliatory attacks to be run by iran-backed militia. and one of the measures is a marine-backed response that is headed to the persian gulf. so one of the things that is happening that they are concerned about it, and they should be concerned about it, because, you know, there is no situation which is calling for de-escalation. the west is not call for a de-escalation, and everyone assumes that israel will have a ground invasion, and already, if you are looking at the pictures of the flattening of the gaza neighborhoods, and the satellite imaging is graphic, and gaza health officials are saying that 1,590 children have been killed and thousands have been wound

and killed according to the health officials there in gaza. in the meantime, i thought that it would be a cautionary tale to look back at the reporting that i have had been into gaza after a previous ground war which is 2009 after the 2008-2009 war, and to see what this war does on the youngest, and those who survive essentially have been to hardened, and even at young, young ages, and they don't trust their parents or their teachers, and where do they turn? take a look. >> reporter: since this latest round of war, teachers have noticed, not just sadness, but ang anger. >> please put that down. >> reporter: hamza hits boy with a ball that we have given him. when an adult tells him to share, he makes an extraordinary threat. he wants to bring in the hamas

militia, and for him, they are the strongest authority. oh, my god. they tell me that their home was hit by missile twice. it is so frightened that their 90-year-old grandmother that she is sitting her days sitting outside in the dust. [ speaking in a global language ] >> unprompted, he goes into a tour of his home complete with sound effects. and that is a excerpt of some of the reporting that i have done, and who knows how militant they have become, and who knows what became of him, and is he a militant? is he still alive? who knows, because that is the hopelessness that begets violence.

>> multi generational impact to be sure. thank you, christiane amanpour. and now, police in detroit are search issing for a suspect and a motive in the stabbing death, and the synagogue le leader's investigation and what the police are saying about the investigation.

still asking the question why. the president of synagogue prominent member of the jewish community killed over the weekend, stabbed to death. police say they found a trail of blood leading to samantha wool's

home. >> the chief says so far, there is no everyday but they are looking for a suspect and motive. john miller is us with. where are they on this? >> we start off with an fbi bulletin that came out on the 18th just a few days ago saying, noting, the increase in physical assaults, bomb threats, calls for attacks against the jewish and muslim communities. so when you have the high profile president, when i say high profile, worked for a member of congress when she ran the renovation of the downtown synagogue, the mayor came to the opening. somebody who's a known entity larger than life in the jewish community. there's going to be this concern given the timing that this is connected. the watch word for police from the beginning in detroit is to keep an open mind on this case because the circumstances around the killing and what they tell them and what they don't tell

them. >> what's missing? what are they looking for now? they're clearly running at this hard to figure out one, why she was killed, who killed her. all of the above. >> so, those are the problems in that there are in clues and none of them point in a single direction yet. you've got a murder that happened inside the apartment apparently and a trail of blood that takes you outside. so that raises the questions, but no signs of forced entry. did she let someone in? was it someone known to her? did she come home from a wedding she attended the night before and find someone inside? was that someone known to her? was she stalked and followed? all of these questions are there. one sbinteresting tell is insid the apartment, law enforcement

sources tell me there was a large israeli flag hanging up. if this was to be a symbolic murder, that was left untouched apparently. so they're going at her cell phone. who was she in contact with? going at the video canvas in that housing complex. an upscale condominium that's just two blocks outside of a neighborhood that's been plagued with high crime. >> thank you. keep us posted on this. >> thank you. and thank you so much for joining us today. this is cnn news central. inside politics up next.

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