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hello, again,e everyone, i' fredricka in atlanta alongside with jim sciutto. we're tracking new developments in gaza. just moments ago, israeli military officials said they now believe there are 239 hostages held captive by hamas. that update comes as israeli forces enter an expanded second phase of the war against hamas.

gunfire and explosions heard across gaza as israeli troops continue their advance. the idf said air strikes hit more than 450 hamas targets in just the last day including command centers, observation posts and missile launch sites. we're also seeing dramatic scenes from gaza's second large hospital. they said nearby israeli shelling has caused extensive damage even as 12,000 gaza civilians are currently sheltering there. today joe biden spoke with netanyahu. it it was their first conversation since israel launched the ground operation in gaza and it comes as u.s. national security adviser jake sullivan warns there is an elevated risk of the conflict expanding into other parts of the region. sources tell cnn that the u.n.

security council will hold an emergency meeting tomorrow about israel's ongoing ground invasion. meanwhile, more humanitarian aid is slowly making its way into gaza. today another ten aid trucks were able to pass through the rafah border crossing. while communications in gaza had been partially restored. our jim sciutto is watching the developments play out from northern israel. jim, to you? >> reporter: well, fred, in one measure of how this war is being felt across the country of israel, just in the last hour we heard the sound of our artillery fire just to the north of us here. we've since learned from the idf that there was fire coming into israel or aemt it-- attempting come into israel from syria and they responded to that with their own strikes. that is the back and forth we've witnessed all day today and throughout the day, the last several days cross fire from lebanon into israel, and israel into lebanon and also back and

forth in and to and from syria. as sign as to how this war could expand into another front. we're waving it closely up here as my colleague jeremy diamond is watching things closely from southern israel. and in ashkelon in gaza. what are you seeing and hearing tonight, jeremy? we're hearing reports of additional air strikes? >> well, jim, there certainly has been ongoing fighting inside of the gaza strip in northern gaza and tank divisions engaging in active fighting with hamas fighters inside of the gaza strip. but actually, this evening, jim, whereas as last two nights we heard the most intention, sustained bombardment of the gaza strip of the three weeks of war, this evening has been much, much quieter. in terms of, again, in terms of

aerial bombardment, there is still active fighting on the ground but there is a data point to note. but the idf is making it clear it will continue to expand operations in the gaza strip just one day after the prime minister made clear this war is now entering a new phrase as he tries to phrase it in existential terms calling this the second war of independence. over the last 24 hours israeli troops have targeted more than 450 targets in the gaza strip including hamas operational cent centers and fighters and underground tunnels and present a significant risk to israeli troops entering the city. one thing that is clear in listening to the idf spokesperson and other military analysts is that israeli troops are proceeding very cautiously as they enter the gaza strip. they are not going in and rolling into city after city. but rather trying to take out

some of the reinforced hamas positions at the entrance so some of the cities in northern gaza. a very deliberate approach that reflects what we have been hearing for weeks now, which is that if hamas prepared for this operation, this surprise attack on israel three weeks ago, as carefully as they did, then they certainly prepared for the possibility of an israeli ground invasion as well. now amid all of this, of course, we know that civilians inside of gaza are so often caught in the cross fire and the death toll in ga gaza risen to 8,000 according to the ministry of health, including combatants and noncombatants and the ministry of health saying three quarters of those killed in gaza are vulnerable populations. women, children, and the elderly. jim. >> reporter: we're taking a closer look at the plight of civilians in gaza in just a couple of moments.

jeremy diamond, thank you so much. before we get on to humanitarian side of this, i want to ask retired colonel cedrick layton to join me now to discuss what we know about the progress of military operations on the ground in gaza. colonel, when the israeli prime minister said that this is now entered a new phase, what does he mean exactly? >> so, jim, what he's talking about is the different types of military forces that are being brought to bear at this particular moment in time. so with phase one, it was basically an air campaign. and it was designed to soften up targets along with artillery that then would be prosecuted by idf ground forces. so once that phase is completed and they figured out the israelis figure out that they have taken out many of the targets that they thought they would need to eliminate, they move to phase two which is what

the prime minister announced yesterday. and that is involving the ground forces that are moving in with their tanks on the personnel carriers and other infantry fighting vehicles. that element is bringing the ground forces into the fight. it is still combined with air power and in this particular case, it is also apparently using naval power. they're using naval gunfire and potentially naval operations forces from the israeli military coming in on the coastal area. but primarily it is a land effort that is scentered on the north and northeast part of the gaza strip. >> let me ask you, colonel, because israeli and military officials use that term eliminate and the goal is to end hamas. i have wapped multiple military campaigns and there is similar language used.

the thing is that those centers, whether they be tunnels, command centers or rocket making factories, they may be eliminated but then built again and the leaders might be killed but then they're replaced and i wonder, as described, is theize r ra -- is the israeli military objective a credible one? >> it isn't. and you bring up a valid point because it is absolutely impossible to eliminate every single facet of hamas's military power. the reason for that is redundancy basically. they are redundant in terms of the tunnels that they've created. those tunnels have within them the capacity to regenerate rocket building and all of the different supply elements that a military force, whether it is a g gorilla force or a standing army, all of that that they

would need. and so you're seeing the ability to generate makes it impossible for these forces or these elements of hamas's military power to be actually eliminated and so the military objective that the israelis have is frankly speaking unrealistic. what they could do is neutralize, render impossible for them to use at least for a certain period of time and that is a much more workable -- i would argue at this point in time. >> listen, i am going back years, i went into gaza when israel had killed one hamas leader and met the new hamas leader and after i left, they were killed and another one followed an many more after. this is a problem that the u.s. saw with its own action against for instance isis, kill one leader and another replaces them. that said, u.s. military operations against isis in iraq and syria did significantly degrade the group for some time.

so i wonder, by what measures will be know if these israeli military operations, which by all accounts will be bigger and it seems more lasting, by ma measures will we know if they've achieved something new, something different? >> i think we'll know if they've achieved something new or different when the types of actions that we've repeatedly associated with hamas don't occur or don't occur with the frequency that they had in the past. and not just the spectacular october 7th but the october attacks that hamas has been able to do for years now against israel. so when that kind of thing stops, when those kind of actions stop or at least become far less frequent, that is a measure of success. the other thing of course, if the political leadership of hamas were to change or if that political leadership were to be eliminated to borrow the israeli

phrase, that would change the calculus on the ground as well. but i believe, as you said, that is something that is basically unrealistic because once you eliminate one leader, another one will pop up. the bench is pretty deep in hamas ranks and that is something that the israelis have to take into account. so the measure of success will be heightened security for the southern part of israel and for the entire country and noin ord to achieve that, we may not that they've achieved that success for sometime. things will be quite for a while and if they don't ramp up again, that may be a way to measure the success but it is not helpful from a political standpoint for any of the political leadership in israel or frankly even in the -- >> right. hezbollah has been showing its presence at least by firing across the border with regularity. many times a day. sometimes striking targets and

also missiles coming into this country from the north and from the south. that somehow get through iron dome. when you look at hezbollah, how do you judge their calculations here as to why they haven't come in more forcefully and opened una northern front or what might trigger them to do that. and if israel goes into gaza in numbers, hezbollah might open up a new front. >> yeah, this is going to be a very interesting -- to watch, jim, because hezbollah is looking at what is going on with hamas and hamas interestingly enough sent a message to hezbollah begging them to open that second front. it appears that at least for the moment it is content with just sending a few rockets into israel at certain moments where they think they could be somewhat supportive of hamas. they don't want hamas to fall. they don't want it to disappear. because it is a useful counterbalance to what they're doing.

but, it is also something where hezbollah believes that at a moment in time, they might feel it is advantageous for them to move for aggressively and we don't know whether that time is. but between iran and hezbollah, they'll make a decision saying that at this point they will make some specific attempts and conduct some specific attacks against israeli towns or perhaps israeli military installations and that might be the kind of thing to watch for. the other thing of course to watch for is attacks or continued attacks on u.s. installations or at least installations within our u.s. troops presence in the middle east. if that continues, then that opens up a whole other series of questions and potentially forces of actions where we really don't know what the end result will be. but they could -- they want to make clear that they don't go into something that results in a

reaction that is worse than their action and something that they can't recover from. they want to avoid that. >> right. and those proxies in iran and syria that have been attacking, they are iranian proxies taking their calls from tehran. cedrick layton, thank you so much as always. well we said this hour that we would take a look at the continuing plight of civilians in gaza and what is being done to try to help them and keep them safe and what can't be done given the difficulty of getting aid in there. our melissa bell look at the efforts and filed this story from cairo. >> a catastrophic failing according to the president of the international red cross, that is how he was speaking about the situation for civilians inside of the gaza strip. even as desperate efforts were made to try to get more aid trucks in. so far, the palestinian red

crescent said there have been 94 trucks that have managed to get through, an extra ten went through on sunday. that is a tiny proportion of what they should be getting through. we've also been hearing and seaing from inside of the gaza strip that those -- images of people desperately trying to get their hands on u.n. supplies in u.n. warehouses of wheat, flour and hygiene supplies and after the tightening of the seize and the bomb bartment and the ground operation that has gone and just how desperate the situation is for the civilians trapped inside. terrible images coming overnight from a refugee camp inside of gaza where overnight bombing saw the destruction of a mosque where many gaza from the north of the strip had been seeking refuge over the course of the last days. 13 dead and many injured and a dire situation with antonio

gutierrez warning that the clock is ticking and that history will judge us. melissa bell, cnn, cairo. yeah, raising questions there about is there any safe place in gaza for those residents to pflee to in the midst of the ongoing military came. we'll continue to watch this from that side of the border as well. i'm jim sciuiutto from norththe israel andnd we'e'll be backck after a short brbreak.

welcome back. today fans and friends of matthew perry are paying tribute to the actor who died yesterday at the age of 54. his career included numerous tv shows and movies, but it is his unforgettable role as chandler bing on the lhit show "friends" that made him a house hold name. >> i didn't read the box before i opened it and you can't return a box after you've opened the box. >> why not? >> because it is too delicious.

>> chandler, you stole this cheesecake. that is wrong. >> no, it is going to be okay, because mrs. braverman is going to send away for a freel one and we all win. the only losers are big cheesecake conglomerate momma's little bakery. i feel terrible. >> friends co-creators are remembering perry saying in a joint statement, we are shocked and deeply saddened by our beloved friend matthew's passing. all we could say is that we feel blessed to have had him as part of our lives. the l.a. times said perry was found unresponsive in his hot tub. an autopsy is pending. let's bring in camilla bernal who is covering this story for us. what are you learning? >> reporter: so we know that his body is now with the los angeles county medical examiner. and as you mentioned, the autopsy is pending.

this is an investigation being handled by the los angeles police department. but a source telling cnn that there is no foul play suspected here. the 911 call came in at 4:07 p.m. yesterday and it was for a water rescue emergency and then at 410 it was lapd who responded and characterized it as a death investigation. you mentioned the l.a. times, they are reporting that he was found unresponsive in his hot tub. but no official cause of death has been released and normally a complete autopsy could take several weeks. now his family did release a statement saying they are heartbroken by the tragic loss of their beloved brother and son. and then they went on to say in that statement that he brought joy to the world not just with his acting, but as a friend. and look, matthew perry was someone who wanted to be remembered as someone who helped people. he said he shared a lot of these struggles with addiction in order to help others, he

detailed them in his memoir released in november of 2022 but openly talking about it in interviews as he was emotional and discussing that he was willing to share these things to help others. he also said in interviews that he wanted to be remembered as someone who lived well, someone would loved well, who was a seeker but of course many of us remember him by liz acting career. he started out with small roles and then landed more prominent roles and it was chandler and friends that made him famous, who he was when he died. and so it was that very funny charismatic character and his facial expressions and the way he made people laugh that many are remembering today. the cast of friends very close on and off the screen. we have yet to hear from any of the cast members. but there are others in hollywood who are reacing saying they are devastating, that they are heartbroken. it was shocking for a lot of people because this is not the news they were expecting so we're seeing many fans paying

their tributes and posting them online and really saying that he will be missed. not just in hollywood, but by so many who often laughed as they watch friends and you know they're still watching it today because replays are available. so many are still able to laugh with the work that he has left behind, fred. >> very, very sad. all right, camilla bernal, thank you so much. coming up, israel said the fighter jets hit hezbollah infrastructure if southern lebanon as fears mount of a widening cononflict in the midd east. momore on thatat straight t ahe.

welcome back. i'm jim sciutto in northern israel. we learned a short time ago that a u.s. marine rapid response force is headed to the eastern mediterranean. this as the u.s. continues to warn its citizens to leave

lebanon, lebanon the home base of hezbollah. hezbollah has been firing rockets and artillery into northern israel, concern among u.s. officials about an expansion of this war on to israel's northern border perhaps involving hezbollah which is backed by iran. our ben wedeman is in beirut. i wonder, as this warning has gone out for a number of days now to u.s. citizens, are thee heeding that warning and what are the level of concern for the safety of u.s. citizens in that country? >> reporter: i think the immediate concern is that in the event there is an escalation of the situation and israel does a repeat of what it did in the beginning of the 2006 war, the airport will be struck by israeli aircraft and it will be out of actionmen and that is wh happened in 2006. the u.s. had to deal with evacuating thousands of americans. keep in mind that lebanon has

many dual lebanese u.s. nationals. tens of thousands, perhaps hundreds of thousands of them many living in south lebanon. now we know there have been people moving from the border area towards the northern part of the country which is believed to be safer but the concern is there and among people here, obviously there is concern. several airlines have stopped -- have canceled all of their flights to beirut. i flew in today so it is still possible to come and go. but the worry is that that might not last longer if the situation deteriorates. what we've seen, since the 8th of october, the day after that surprise attack by hamas on israel, is that there has been this daily back and forth between israel and hezbollah and other groups as well. operating in southern lebanon. the israelis have warn multiple times hezbollah and allies not to cross what they call the

threshold of escalation. it hasn't been crossed yet. but every day, as today, we've seen and you've seen yourself, there is cross-border fire. hezbollah concedes it has last nearly 50 of its fighters so far. there have been casualties, co combatants on the israeli side but neither side seems to go beyond this low level amount of cross border fire to a wider conflict yet. jim. >> yeah. you mentioned the dual nationals in lebanon. that is a factor we see in so many countries here. certainly true in the country of israel. also true in gaza. there are u.s. people there and that is been one struggle for u.s. officials, is getting them safe passage out of gaza, it hasn't happened yet. we heard jake sullivan speak being it today. but in lebanon, do you find that many or most or a small

percentage of american passport holders are heeding this call to leave the country? >> reporter: well we don't see any statistics being put out. but the airport today didn't seem any busier than it normally is. normally there is an influx of lebanese with other passports in the summer. now is the season where most who aren't living here permanently, so i think that the number would be reflected in the broader number of lebanese who have decided perhaps it is time to leave the country for a while. but at this point, it is not altogether clear. now the u.s. embassy just the other day did put out this message to american citizens to leave now. before there was somewhat more cautious wording, but now they're saying leave now. but there is no indication that there is some sort of mass

exodus of either lebanese or lebanese americans from this country, jim. >> and it does, as you menged, raise the possibility of things were to escalate and quickly the possibility of a sea evacuation, that one that took place in 2006 was a massive, massive operation. difficult to imagine once again. ben wedeman in beirut, thank you so much. well as we cover the war here, there are concerns about increasingly levels of hate at home. back in the u.s. coming up, we're going to speak with the head of the adl, that is right after this break. plplease do ststay with usus..

as war rages here in israel, there are concerns about rising hate, anti-jewish hate, and anti-semitic hate and phobia. president biden referred to them in his speech a number of days

ago. i'm joined by orren siegal, the vice president of the anti-defamation center. thank you for joining us tonight. >> thanks, jim. >> prior to this war, the fbi reported a 37% increase in anti-semitic hate crimes, that in 2022, now we're in a whole new phase of this and at least anecdotally we're seeing a number of incidents, threats around the country, specifically of anti-semitic hate and speech. i wonder, could you tell us what your level of concern is and do you have any way to quantify at this point the increase in that kind of incident? >> yeah, so we're very concerned about this significance by anti-semitic incidents that we've been tracking since october 7th. now i should note that already we were at all-time highs in this country. you mentioned the fbi hate crime

data and also adl audit of incidents revealed a 36% increase in 2022 over 3700 incidents of vandalism, harassment and assault which was an all-time high. so it is in that sort of time frame and with the vulnerability of the jewish community at an al time high that we've seen a 388% increase just since october 7th in comparison to the previous year. >> there has been increased security at synagogues, at jewish schools, of course there are so many of them in the u.s. that that is a task to imagine. can you not secure every location. does it provide some comfort, are those measures at all effective? >> so jewish community is used to having police cars in front of their institutions. this is not something that is new. in this time frame, i think it

is important to have that show of strength because we are seeing the normalization, not only of anti-semitism, but of the messages that we know animate violence. so over 400 halrallies have occurred in the united states that have featured the glorification and celebration and legitimate violence against children and the elderly and innocent in israel. and when you have people promoting those type of ideas and we already have this anti-semitic animus here, this is why it is important for law enforcement and other allies frankly to say we stand with you. >> yeah. speaking of allies, as you know, there has been a rise in anti-islamic hate as well. president biden spoke of this in his address to the nation. has there been any work between the groups? have you had any cooperation to

try to fight these two forms of hatred together in some way? >> so the sad fact is when we see a rise in anti-semitism, rises in islamophobia and other types of hate are not far behind. and in order to fight other forms of hatred, we have to come together and fight anti-semitism. at the end of the day, while so much the public discussion especially online is focused on dividing communities, we know that the only way to protect any community is for people to come together and reject hatred. because it is that hatred that actually at the end of the day does not discriminate and we need to do a much better job working together to fight them. >> and you're right, so often they come together, right. they're interwoven those forms of hatred. orren siegal, we appreciate you joining us tonight.

>> thanks, jim. well iran has been looming over this crisis since the beginning. of course it is long-term financial and military support for hamas but also its ties to other proxies in the region. hezbollah to the north, and proxies in iran, and in iraq and syria that have attacked u.s. forces as well. iran's president has said that israel has now crossed red lines in gaza co. coming up, we'll hear from b bianna golodryga's interview with the foreign minister. please stay with us.

iran's hand has been visible throughout this conflict. of course it is long-term support military and financial for hamas who carried out the horrible attacks on october 7th but also the deep influence with other proxies in the region. hezbollah to the north, which has been exchanging fire with israeli forces multiple times a day over the last several days. really since the october 7th attacks as well as iranian backed proxies that have taken shots at u.s. forces in iraq and in syria and iran-backed houthi rebels that launched missiles which the u.s. said were attempting to go to israel, intercepted by a u.s. destroyer offer the coast of yemen. in the midst of that bianna golodryga sat down with the iranian foreign minister hossein am mir abdullah to ask him his role in all of this. >> i want to talk about your time in new york. because you spoke at the u.n.

and i want to quote what you said for our viewers. >> i say to the american statesman we do not welcome expansion of the war in the region but i warn if genocide if gaza continues they will not be spared with this fire? is that a threat? the is iran prepared to go to war against the united states? >> translator: we don't want this war to spread out. >> but with all due respect, your actions don't seem to match your words. you say you are playing a constructive role in helping peace and security but according to the pentagon, groups affiliated with iran have targeted forces in the region at least 15 times now since october 17th injuring at least 20 u.s. military personnel and a u.s. carrier strike group shot down 15 drones and four cruise missiles in yemen that was aimed towards israel. president biden said this

yesterday, he said -- >> translator: any attack that is carried out in the region and if the u.s. interests are targeted by any group, linking it to the -- to iraq without offering any piece of proof is totally wrong. you see, two weeks ago, i was in iraq, also in syria and lebanon, i could see up close and personal that the people of the region, they are very sensitive about the developments in the palestine. they are angry. they are not receiving orders from us. they act according to their own interests. also, what happened, what was carried out by hamas, it was

palestinian. they decided to take responsibility for that. >> the iranian foreign minister saying that it does not control those groups which it is long backed in the region, those iranian proxies as they get involved to some degree in what appears to be an expanding conflict or at least has the danger to be so on so many fronts here. we'll continue to watch this front here in northern israel where hezbollah has been launching armt across the border int into israel and we've witnessed fire tonight from syria into israel as well. plooez do stay with us. i'm jim sciutto in northern israel and we'll be right back after a short break. to duckduckgo on all your devie

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communities in illinois and florida are reeling after a pair of shootings at separate halloween events left two dead and more than 30 injured. in chicago, on the west side people were shot. two are in critical condition. and in tampa, florida, police say a fight between two groups during halloween festivities resulted in two deaths. and 16 people hospitalized early this morning. police say at least two gunman opened fire as hundreds of people were out in the streets in that ybor area. just moments ago, police announced they arrested a 22-year-old suspect in the shooting. tyrell steven phillips has been charged with second-degree murder and police say that they

continue to look for more suspects. and in the wake of this week's deadly shooting in le lewiston, maine, the white house is dispatching a official within the gun violence prevention office to that state. the serene community is in mourning after 18 lives were lost in a mass shooting on wednesday and tonight a vigil will be held to honor the victims following saturday's candlelight vigil in nearby lisbon, another community in southern maine impacted by the terrifying ordeal. they were finally able to gather after a manhunt for the gunman ended when his body was found friday night with a self-i self-inflicted gunshot wound. >> our community has been under lockdown for a few days now. and helicopters and it felt like every police agency in the world was here. last night after the press conference, and you know them letting us know that there was a

start to some closure, the amount of relief that i felt, i knew everyone else in our community and our sister community of lewiston felt and i decided at that moment that we need to do something because i'm not the only one feeling this. i needed that sense of community, of family. now that this shared event was over. >> last wednesday four of the victims it was an ordinary night out. some playing in a corn hole tournament and among those killed a married couple and a father and son and members of the deaf community. and now that they are able to grief together, the communities could return to the focus being on their losted loved ones. jason carroll shares more about the lives they led before that tragedy. >> moments after the shooting began, at the bar and grill restaurant, there were those that sprang into action putting

themselves into harm's way to try to save others and stop the gunman. leroy walker sr. said his son joey grabbed a butcher's knife and went after the gunman when he was shot and killed. >> loved by many. loved by myself. and he would love back everybody. so i know he would do such a thing to try to save lives and not let somebody hurt the people that he loved. >> also killed at the bar, artie strout, he leaved behind five children, brian mcfar land was there too. he and other members of the deaf community had gathered at the bar for a corn hole tournament. his sister who is also deaf told me that the shooting has left her family and the deaf community with a deep sense of loss. >> you know, i want people to know how big this is impacting the deaf community.

that, you know, we've lost four community members, not only just brian, but we've lost three other friends as well from this tragedy. and this community, it is a huge loss. >> another tournament participant, 39-year-old pay lon brewer ross leaves behind a daughter who had just turned two. and joshua steal was therer to the tournament as well. >> we have been successful in mitigating covid. >> he was a interpreter and his employer pine tree society said he was a husband and father of four and a tireless advocate for the deaf community. a few miles away from the bar at the bowling alley, more victims and more reports of heroic acts. like that of michael deslaur ii, his father said his son and his son's friend since childhood tried to