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office has released, and the prime minister here has shown the photographs to the ek is tear of state antonylinken who is here in tel aviv standing shoulder to shoulder with antony blinken earlier today, who was absolutely insisting that the u.s. stands in steadfast support of israel, he said, as long as america exist, it will be at israel's side through this. we heard prime minister benjamin netanyahu murdered an kd causin this mayhem and these taking of around 150 hostages, and they are described more as isis and terrorists and a difficult trip for antony blinken, and for lori gelbalm who survived that massacre on saturday morning, it is she who you are seeing speaking to the secretary of state there, and you can see how emotional she is as she recounts what happened to her, and why it is so important that he is here today. he is jewish and he has spoken about his emotional attachment to this country. and he is here as we understand it with three aims, trying to secure the hostages that are captive, and trying to actively release these hostages for exchange of palestinian women and teenage

us secretary of state antony blinken has arrived in tel aviv in a show of solidarity with israel after attacks by hamas stop in the next hour at mr blanc and is due to hold a news conference with the israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu. the united nations says nearly 340,000 palestinians have been left homeless as israel's bombardment of the gaza strip continues. there is growing pressure to get food, fuel and water into gaza as israel says the siege will not end until hostages are released. this is the scene live in gaza where the health ministry says more than 1200 people have been killed. hello and welcome. i'm sarah campbell. israel says no electricity, water or fuel will enter gaza until israeli hostages were released as america's top diplomat arrives in the region. us secretary of state antony blinken will meet israel's prime minister benjamin netanyahu to show solidarity and try to prevent a wider conflict erupting in the middle east. israeli media says the number of those at killed in attacks by hamas has risen to at least 1300. israeli air strikes on gaza have continued

cheering applause and there you have it, the us secretary of state antony blinken. ilies of some of those americans who we understand are being held hostage in light of saturday's attack and as part of the us secretary of state's visit, earlier, we hurt a meeting with the israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu, where he promised america's support to israel. he also said that he would offer as much defence and support as israel needed. this is part of a wider trip, and mr blinken will tomorrow, on friday, be meeting with leaders from the palestinian authority. just make that distinction, they of course control the west bank. and, let us now bring you the live from gaza. that is as israeli air strikes continue there. the latest figures that we have got from gaza's health ministry are that 1417 people have been killed in air strikes since the weekend. the latest from israel is that more than 1300 people were killed on those attacks on saturday by hamas. we will of course stay with that story and bring you all of the latest developments, including the very latest on u

secretary of state antony blinken visiting israel to show support said earlier that the u.s.s working to find safety for women, children, civilians in gaza. >> we did discuss ways to address the humanitarian needs of people living in gaza, to protect them from harm while israel conducts its security operations to defend itself from terrorism and to try to ensure this never happens again. we also talked about the possibilities for safe passage for civilians who want to leave or get out of the way in gaza. that's a conversation and a discussion we'll pursue in the coming days, include colluding some of the countries we'll be visiting. >> that may be very difficult to arraign. days after the massacre near the gaza border, israel is now allowing journalists to see the horrors there firsthand. the stories of survivors are tough to see. very disturbing. clarissa ward was among the journal ists allowed to enter. here's what she witnessed yesterday. >> it was 7:11 a.m. on saturday morning when the militants arrived. surveillance footage shows them lying in wait until a car arrives. t

secretary of state antony blinken has arrived in the region. clare sebastian is tracking the developments from london. what is the latest on the negotiations? >> reporter: good morning, u.s. side and certainly secretary blinken staying quiet about the negotiations under way. we're hearing similar from israeli official speaking to cnn's matthew chance. and this official flushed out a bit that there had been a proposal pult on the table that would allow any american citizen who could present their passport to exit to the south of the gaza strip into egypt. there was a proposal to allow limited amount of palestinian civilians 2,000 per day do the same. this is extremely complicated because of the bombardment, spiraling humanitarian crisis. time is of the essence because of the potential for a ground offensive. but obviously complicated for egypt because we're looking at a huge potential influx of refugees. egypt of course on the border with gaza. so talks apparently under way and likely focus of secretary blinken's time as he visits the region tod

secretary of state antony blinken is on the ground in israel right now and bringing with him a powerfulessage of totally support for israel. saying hamas brings to mind the worst of isis. blinken confirmed also there's at least 25 americans that have been killed. he said the biden administration is working closely with israel to locate and rescue the more than 100 hostages taken by hamas. >> on that front, secretary blinken met with israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu as israeli authorities say they believe the hostages are likely being held underground in gaza. blinken had this message for israel and the world. >> the message that i bring to israel is this. you may be strong enough on your own to defend yourself, but as long as america exists, you will never, ever have to. we continue to work closely with israel to rescue the people kidnapped by hamas. we'll be working to keep the conflict from spreading. there is no excuse, no justification for these atrocities. you heard the prime minister say it, this is -- this must be a moment for moral clarity. >> israel is amassing ground

we're told secretary of state antony blinken will be speaking. ick break kts we'll be right back. >>> so, again, we just want to remind you we're standing by for statements from the state department, secretary of state antony blinken giving remarks following the release of two american hostages. >>> we do want to get to some other news. jury selection under way at the fulton county courthouse when donald trump's codefendant took a plea deal in the election subversion case. >> that's right, nick valencia joining us with more at the courthouse. you had sidney powell, a member of the inner circle, another trump lawyer who took a similar deal yesterday. was this a surprise? >> reporter: this was stunning. stunning is an understatement. you'd be hard pressed to find anyone at the start of this week who could have predicted them not one, but two plea deals secured by the district attorney as they narrow their case on former president donald trump. ken cheseboro pleaded guilty to a conspiracy and as a result he'll have to pay $5,000, 100 hours of communi

. >> secretary of state antony blinken is on the ground in israel. you see him there meeting with prime minister benjamin netanyahu and set to speak in about 20 minutes and of course we'll bring you that live. they've set up the podiums and we're ready for the shot. >> first we're returning to trey yingst near the ground on the israeli gaza boarder and who knows when the encouragement officially begins. trey. reporter: hey, guys, good morning. rocket fire from the gaza strip continues this morning. overnight there was a lull in the fighting and the israelis continue their air strike on the northern and eastern part of the rocket fire. it stopped but started up here again is this morning. here in the city, you can see the rockets slamming into one of the sidewalks. in this shawn community that sits near the gaza strip. the wall in the city of strout if ma'am camera man can recollect if my camera man pans down, you'll see the blood on the sidewalk and that's the tragic scene all throughout the city. there's no end in sight and israelis say is this is t

secretary of state antony blinken is on the ground in ices. he's set to speak live now.ll take that live. what do you want to hear from him? >> continued message about how we're going to be there to support israel. hamas seeks to be embedded in all of this. hamas wants to be the dominant palestinian group in the region. that's what they want. to be the dominant faction for palestinians. they think that what they have carried out, the taking of hostages, the ability to exchange them in the future for certain concessions and the brutality that you see on television and cheered on in some parts of the world and country. increase their prestige and support for them. i think it's clearly important that they be destroyed. that israel do everything they can to destroy them. this is going to be very unpleasant. hamas hides behind civilians and uses them as shields. don't really care about people dying. they view death as a form of worship. it's a very disturbing situation. we don't need to be explicit. we need to make clear to israel's enemies that the united states will continu

expecting to have a press conference by the israeli premise to benjamin netanyahu and also antony blinken, us secretary of stateeen in discussions, we arejust in israel and has been in discussions, we are just waiting to hear now what has been said. it has been talked about as a message of solidarity, so we will hear what antony blinken and the israeli prime minister have to say. we will return when they start talking. let's go to gaza, remind you of the situation. we have been having our cameras they're looking at the skyline and, as you will know if you have been watching over the last couple of hours or so, of israeli air strikes, almost continuously for the skyline. talking about a constant haze in the area some 2 million people live, was correspondent lyse doucet. some of the other news. and people across the uk are being asked for their views on plans to reduce the number of teenagers and children using e—cigarettes. proposals include banning certain flavours, and making vapes more expensive. the scottish and welsh governments have already said they are opposed to single—use vapes. here's our health edito

secretary of state antony — you. thanks, everyone. secretary of state antony blinken _ you.secretary of state antony blinken given us - you. thanks, everyone. secretary of state antony blinken given us an . state antony blinken given us an update on their two cottages, judith and natalie raanan a work release this evening and are now with the israeli defence force at a central base in israel, seem to be handed over to the us embassy in israel where of course they will get all the care and attention they need. a couple of things to pull out of what we just heard from antony blinken. there are still ten americans unaccounted for. he called on hamas to release all american hostages and although he didn't go into detail about the conversations that are clearly going on in the background, it is clear to everyone by now that qatar which host hamas office in doha is key to this negotiation. cut in connection with israel still in contact with hamas about the other hostages, 201 still being held. a chink of light tonight that two of them had been released and hamas, there are reports

and on the diplomatic front, us secretary of state, antony blinken, has called for "calm and stability" in the west bank, during a call with palestinian president mahmoud abbas. and, israel's allies have shown their support through displays like this. here's berlin's brandenburg gate lit up in white and blue to show support for israel. let's show you live pictures from gaza now. and we've seen renewed israeli's airstrikes overnight, as we head towards dawn in the region. israel has responded to hamas�* attack with devastating air strikes — including in the last few hours. have a look at this new video coming in to the bbc. explosions. the latest developments come as prime minister benjamin netanyahu says his security cabinet has approved plans to destroy the military and governmental capabilities of hamas and islamichhad. netanyahu has said israel is, quote, �*at war�* after the hamas raid early saturday morning. israel's government says hamas launched more than 2,000 rockets into the country, killing more than 250 people and wounding over 1100 others. officials in the gaza strip say o

israel continues its bombardment of the gaza strip, with fighter and the us secretary of state antony blinken is to return to israel following talks in the region — he says that israel should take every precaution to avoid harming civilians. hello from the bbc sport centre. defending champions england have suffered a shock defeat at the cricket world cup, losing in delhi to afghanistan. who in turn have registered the most significant one day win in their history. afghanistan batted first and after more on all those stories coming up. but let's pause and take a look at today's sport. an opening stand of 108, eventually made 284, a total that proved too much for the holders. england lost wickets regularly throughout the chase and were bowled out for 215, 69 runs short, leaving them with two defeats out of their three games so far. at of their three games so far. no time when we were we at no time when we were batting did we think we were running away with the game. we had a decent total, but you he had to bowl well and feel welcome and the guys did that. it was very pleasing, and hopef

an unequivocal show of support from secretary of state antony blinken to israel. no daylight between the two countries, reminding the world that the united states stands side by side with israel in this moment and always. hearing from the prime minister benjamin netanyahu, deep gratitude for the support of the united states. and also making clear that hamas issistsist and should be wiped out, the same way as isis. an update as we bring in erin burnett. we also just heard from secretary of state antony blinken an update. 25 americans were killed in these attacks. >> reporter: 25 americans killed. there were 17 still accounted for as of this morning. that number could continue to rise. it's a somber reality that the death toll is still going up. interest whag you heard there. no daylight between them. one thing i know we all heard there echoed was when they described the actual attack itself, they both talked about young people being burned alive. they used those words. they talked about parents being executed in front of their children and children in front of their

secretary of state antony blinken, who was here today, says the u.s. is doing everything it can to secure their release i pressed him on when, when we spoke one-on-one all as the humanitarian crisis in gaza deepens a u.n. agency ns have been displaced as israel's estimates 340,000 palestinians have been displaced, as israel's air campaign intensifies. tonight, israeli air strikes relentlessly bombarding gaza, with ating here for six days now. a potential ground invasion looming, tensions escalating hostages during hamas' attack. here for six days now. this newly released body camera video from saturday shows israeli forces firing at militants and freeing hostages during hamas' attack but perhaps the most disturbing images of this war so far were released today by israeli prime minister will not show you. >> hamas has shown itself to be an enemy of civilization. benjamin netanyahu on social media photos of babies so horrifying that we will not show you. >> hamas has shown itself to be an enemy of civilization. >> netanyahu sharing those images with secr

that was the us secretary of state antony l us secretary of state antony blinken and speaking there inem soon after conducting meetings and setting up a big presidential visit to israel, as he said, president biden will visit on wednesday and, essentially, reiterating the us commitment and support for israel at this time and also talking about israel having to conduct its operations to ensure that there are minimum humanitarian issues there. that is a story that we will be looking at very closely and counting down to the us president visit as well. altering focus on the ground to what is happening in and outside gaza as we have been reporting, several videos and images are coming out to be analysed by the bbc, one appearing to show an air strike at the rafah crossing. thousands of people are waiting there to try and escape into egypt and our correspondent is in the area and updated us on the damage caused by the strike. the place has been bombed for the third time, according to the local authority here. they show me a footage from the crossing itself, cc camera. the damage is in the ex

this morning, the us secretary of state, antony blinken, arrived.ully backing israel but trying to stop a wider flare up in the middle east. and mr blinken spoke with israel's prime minister. hamas is isis. and just as isis was crushed, so too will hamas be crushed. and hamas should be treated exactly the way isis was treated. they should be spit out from the community of nations. no leader should meet them. no country should harbour them. and those that do should be sanctioned. as the ground offensive looms, this fighting is about to get much worse and the concerns will only grow over whether it can be contained. tom bateman, bbc news, jerusalem. let's hearfrom lyce doucet, our chief international correspondent. she gives an update from sderot. let's pick up on tom bateman�*s last point about the certainty of this war will get worse. we have been in the south for a few days and you can hear the military activity intensifying. we have been in this border town of sderot for a few hours, less than a mile at this point to the border with gaza and you c

the united states is sending a secretary of state antony blinken visits israel. how he is ready get americans out of the war zone. >>> there is a lot of this information on social media. the deadline given to tiktok to make sure the platform keeps a close eye on it. >>> bay area artists were promised a lot of money to show off their art that was previously exporting men. now they are stuck in las vegas. how the artists are trying to retrieve what is theirs. >>> news at 5:30 starts right now. >> the war between israel and hamas has entered its sixth day . >> israel continues to hammer the gaza strip. all signs seem to point to an imminent ground assault into gaza. israeli military have amassed tanks and troops at the border. people in gaza say the rails the military has been watching from the sky warning them that attacks are imminent and they should try to seek shelter. the war has claimed the lives of at least 1500 people in gaza and at least 1300 israel is among the dead at least 27 americans. >> a large member of congress have it on the steps of capitol hill f

secretary of state antony blinken is back in israel as erin was saying. as the country says hamas is holding more hostages than previously thought. israel announced overnight that number has increased to 199 people. we know hostages were taken from the nova music festival where hamas killed at least 260 people. and our next guest was there and a dear friend was murdered will. and another taken hostage. but she survived and escaped and last week she shared her devastating story with secretary blinken. she pleaded with him to help rescue her kidnapped friend. listen. >> we managed to escape. but there are a lot of friends that dwnt. didn't. and a lot of friends kept captive in gaza. and we were saved by a miracle, but there are friends that we love that weren't. >> and she is now joining me with her father. thank you so much for being here. i want to keep the picture of your friend up so everyone can see her face. i know that you have been pleading with the united states, with anyone who will listen to help. can you take me back to that conversation with th

secretary of state antony blinken and defense secretary lloyd austin shouted down while making the case for billions in federal aid to help israel and ukraine defend themselves. rachel scott live on the hill. >>> the halloween deep freeze, and the snow tonight. temperatures plunging overnight into the 20s and 30s from texas all the way up to the northeast. ginger zee is here. >>> our team with new reporting tonight on the missed warning signs before the horrific mass shooting in maine. abc news obtaining court documents that show what the gunman's own family had warned authorities months before the attack. >>> for the first time, the hair rogue body camera video, you'll see it. officers in maui trying to save families during those fires. and what's being done now to help prevent another disaster like this in the future. >>> tonight, the co-pilot here in the u.s. accused of pulling a gun on the captain in the cockpit while they were mid flight. tonight, the co-pilot charged. >>> the remarkable rescue in the everglades. the plane going down. the pilot waiting on the wing for help. >>> the

secretary of state antony blinken intensifies efforts to prevent a wider war. and protect civilians. >> none of us want to see suffering by civilians on any side. >>> in several cities, protests in support of palestinians. from london to washington, d.c. >>> also tonight, cbs's david martin reports on israel's prize defense system. >> israel's iron dome has intercepted hundreds of missiles, saving countless lives. >> oh my god! >> reporter: plus, a ring of fire darkened skies in several states. >> what's better than to take your picture with an eclipse in the background? >>> and later, this hispanic heritage month. we remember an artist larger than life with a passion for inflated form. >> when you see a voluptuous, rounded figure, everybody says it is a potato. >>> good evening. i'm robert costa. one week after israel suffered a deadly surprise attack by hamas militants from gaza, the sealed off territory is in turmoil. tonight, many palestinians are trying to flee from the north after israel ordered them to evacuate. and as bombardments from the air intense f

the american secretary of state antony blinken by the palestinian militant group hamas. there is a move to get essential aid into gaza and as you says seat will not end until hostages are released. —— this siege will not end. hostages are released. -- this siege will not end-— will not end. antony blinken has offered full _ will not end. antony blinken has offered full support _ will not end. antony blinken has offered full support as _ will not end. antony blinken has offered full support as real- will not end. antony blinken has offered full support as real in . will not end. antony blinken has| offered full support as real in his visit to tel aviv. the israelis say they are a number of people killed has risen to 1300 and 135a people have been killed in air strikes and the humanitarian situation is worsening in gaza as the israelis say that no fuel are what will be released until the hostages are released. joining me is our diplomatic correspondent, james landale. some breaking news that is common. syrian state tv says that an israeli attack has targeted damascus and a

and on the diplomatic front, us secretary of state, antony blinken, has called for "calm and stability" in the west bank, during a call with palestinian president mahmoud abbas. and, israel's allies have shown their support through displays like this. here's berlin's brandenburg gate lit up in white and blue to show support for israel. the conflict is also impacting air travel. the federal aviation administration is urging us airlines and pilots to use caution when flying in israeli airspace. the us air regulator's warning follows an earlier alert issued by the israeli government — and applies to planes flying at any altitude or flight path through israel. let's show you live pictures from gaza now. this comes as israeli troops are still, quote, "going house to house" to clear communities after the saturday assault. that's according to an israel defense forces spokesman. israel forces have struck several targets in gaza in retaliation for the attacks by hamas. we want to show you the moment, caught on camera by our bbc team, when a nearby building was hit by air strikes, take a look. e

secretary of state antony blinken flew back to israel to meet with prime minister benjamin netanyahurisscrossing the middle east where he met with several arab leaders to prevent the humanitarian crisis in gaza from plunging even further after israel blocked food, water, medical supplies, and fuel from entering the palestinian territory. the u.n. is warning gaza's hospitals, which are powered entirely by generators, will be out of gas within 24 hours as doctors warn hundreds of patients who desperately need surgery are being left untreated. >> there were more critically ill patients needing to go to the ors. these wounds are getting infected. >> reporter: including this little boy and his mother. after the israeli military announced today the number of people being held captive in gaza stands at 199, more than was previously known, tonight hamas has said there are 6,000 palestinian prisoners -- women and men who they want freed in exchange for the hostages. norah? >> imtiaz tyab, thank you. >>> back here in washington, president biden was invited by israel's prime minister, netanyahu

secretary of state antony blinken and the israeli prime minister were forced to search taking cover ina siren. in tel aviv. the secretary of state and the prime minister of israel had to seek shelter when the sirens went off. they were in a meeting and had to go into the bunker for about 5 minutes along with other participants in this meeting. they are now heading to the idf command center to continue their meeting. this is the latest update we have. president biden was just briefed on the escalating conflict here in washington, dc. he was informed by the team national security. image that the white house published on twitter. he was accompanied by vice president kamala haris. this is due to the fact that he postponed a planned trip to colorado in order to stay here at the white house to receive. the first session of the israeli parliament after the hamas attack was interrupted by an approaching siren. netanyahu acknowledged that the public was angry that the massacre could not be prevented. our goal is victory, a crushing victory over hamas, to overthrow its rule and eliminate its thr

secretary of state antony blinken will travel to israel in the coming days.let's go back to our international editor jeremy bowen earlier. he gave us the latest on the claims from the israeli military that what happened was a massacre with women and children and babies killed by hamas. jeremy: well, it seems pretty clear that there was a massacre because, as i said in the piece, the army didn't get -- the israeli army didn't even start trying to regain the area for 12 hours after hamas got in there. basically they were able to rampage around. the senior officers told me that the kibbutz civilian guard, which was composed of people with military experience, that they tried to fight back, but there weren't many of them and they got killed, and their bodies were among those being recovered today. outside, as you saw in the piece, there was a woman who was under a purple sleeping bag. one of the soldiers said to me that -- an officer said to me she had been beheaded. i have to say, i did not move the covering to see if he was telling the truth, but she was undoub

secretary of state antony blinken here, and he has been here this morning.ct, his cars have just driven past where we are in this hotel. but, look, have a look at the stories and lori gillbalm, a 24-year-old israeli american who survived that massacre at the music festival at the weekend, and she was hugged by antony blinken, and she related the story that she has lived through, and it is a story of a nightmare, isn't it? it is absolutely excruciating story of what happened at 6:30 in the morning on saturday, and absolute humanity as he was welcomed into the donation center and spoke to lori in person. earlier today, he was shoulder-to-shoulder with the israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu, and he absolutely insisted that america's support is unwavering, and he said that as long as america exist, israel will never stand alone in defending itself. this is what the iz raly prime minister had to say earlier. >> president biden was absolutely correct in calling this sheer evil. hamas is isis, and just as isis was crushed, so should hamas. they should be spi

meanwhile, us state secretary antony blinken has landed injordan to meet with palestinian president abbasand this is the scene live in gaza as the conflict enters a seventh day. you are watching bbc news with sarah campbell. you are watching bbc news with sarah campbell. in the last few hours, the israeli military has said that more than a million palestinians must leave the northern gaza strip within the next 2a hours ahead of an expected ground operation. in response, the un spokesman stephane dujarric said the united nations considers it impossible for such a movement to take place without devastating humanitarian consequences. the united nations strongly appeals for any such order, if confirmed, to be rescinded avoiding what could transform what is already a tragedy into a calamitous situation. that statement has sparked an angry reaction from israel. the country's ambassador to the united nations said israel is trying to minimise harm to gazans. he went on to say that for many years the un has turned a blind eye to the arming of hamas and the use of the civilian population and civili

this is the us secretary of state antony blinken.inken. let's take a listen. ~ . ., ~ ., listen. we are heading as you know to israel and _ listen. we are heading as you know to israel and i'm _ listen. we are heading as you know to israel and i'm going _ listen. we are heading as you know to israel and i'm going with - listen. we are heading as you know to israel and i'm going with a very i to israel and i'm going with a very simple and clear message on behalf of the president of the united states and the american people. that is that the united states has israel's back. we have their back today, we'll have it tomorrow, we will have it every day. we stand resolutely against terrorism. we've seen the almost undescribable acts committed by hamas against israeli men, women and children every day. we're learning more and it is simply heartbreaking. not since isis have we've seen this kind of depravity, and we will continue to stand very resolutely against it. when i'm israel, i'll have the opportunity to meet with prime minister netanya

will us secretary of state antony blinking, say as america stands with israel as it reels from the hall, must hear a tax during your visit to taylor v, blinking described images of alleged homeless atrocities as evidence of depravity and inhumanity. he's now arrived in jordan for talk speed palestinian president. the boss is around meantime is stepping up. it's response award cabinet formed in response to a terrorist attack that's become known as israel's $911.00 at the top of their agenda. the race to bring back around a $150.00 hostages. many of them civilians taken by how much of the government the piece of the horde done the money to. we're still working to locate those kidnapped was up. we need to bring in more special offices, forensics. we are receiving assistance from abroad to identify bodies to know who is alive, who is dead one on who is kidnapped and we will not lift up on this effort. we will not for less help on trying to bring them home a bite to an until a v, a high profile visitor. i came to israel bearing a simple message. united states stands with his room and with hi

secretary of state antony blinken meeting with the israeli minister.e will see if they say anything. >> mr. secretary, thank you for coming. >> mr. minister. >> we always knew that the united states is a great ally. but today, the people in israel and in the world see it with their own eyes that you are here, the second time in this week, the senior official of america here everyday. the american flag is sailing on the boat in mediterranean, and we know the meaning. so let me tell you, mr. secretary, this is going to be a long war. the price will be high. but we are going to win for israel, for the jewish people and for the values that both countries believe in. with your permission, in hebrew. >> yes. [ speaking in a global language ] >> that is the israeli defense minister speaking in hebrew, and they are in tel aviv having a meeting and it is blinken's second time in israel, and in just a few times, he left israel and did a whirlwind diplomatic tour with many countries in the region, and now back in tel aviv, and the defense minister also mentioned

so part of this meeting today with benjamin netanyahu on the part of the us secretary of state, antonysurances on behalf of the united states and some of its arab allies regarding the possible terms of that ground invasion, if you like, the creation of safe areas for palestinian civilians who obviously do not want to get involved in what's going to be happening there, and also some sort of means of getting humanitarian foreign aid into those who are not involved with hamas. speaking of that humanitarian aid... the united nations says israel's total siege of gaza — cutting off fuel, food and electricity supplies — is deepening the humanitarian crisis. it's warning more help is needed to support the hundreds of thousands of palestinians who've moved from the north of the territory, to the south. but there are those who are refusing to leave their homes, saying there's little support and aid for them if they do move. 0ur former gaza correspondent, jon donnison has more. much of the north of gaza looks unlivable. this is jabalia, once one of the world's most densely populated neighborhoods

us secretary of state antony blinken has arrived in a show of solidarity with israel. he will meet with israeli and palestinian leaders. this comes at israelis hold funerals for those killed in hamas attacks. the un says israel's bombardment of the gaza strip has now left nearly 340,000 palestinians homeless. there is growing diplomatic pressure to find ways to get food and other essential aid into gaza and civilians out. israel continues to bring troops to the boundary line with gaza but says no decision has been made on any ground incursion this is the scene live in gaza as the palestinian health ministry says the number of people who have been killed, has hit 1200. welcome. antony blinken has arrived in israel, in a show of us solidarity after the weekend's unprecedented attack by hamas militants, he will meet israel's prime minister netanyahu, as the us and other nations try to prevent a wider conflicter runs in the middle east. he will try to secure the release of hostages kidnapped by hamas, some of whom are americans. his visit comes amid growing diplomatic pres

secretary of state antony blinken already on the ground here tonight leading the push for a diplomatic resolution to the crisis meeting with prime minister benjamin netanyahu and his war cabinet, the group forced to take shelter twice after rocket alerts sounded the u.s. tonight also pushing for the opening of egypt's border crossing with gaza to allow americans and others to leave gaza and allow vital supplies into the territory with israel postured to wage a full-scale ground assault at any time in gaza, hamas has posted video of an israeli woman it claims is one of the hostages it holds and says it is prepared to release non-israeli hostages if conditions allow. in a moment part of my conversation with the man who successfully negotiated a prisoner release with hamas years ago. it's where we start tonight. tonight the first video of a hostage held inside gaza, released by hamas. in it 21-year-old mia schem asks to be brought home as soon as possible and says she's being given medical care it's unclear if she's being forced to make the statement. meanwhile, a hamas leader says non-is

us secretary of state antony blinken returns to israel as he tries to head—off a wider regional conflicthello, i'm sarah campbell, welcome to verified live, three hours of breaking stories and checking out the truth behind them. we start with the war in the middle east, where the crossing between gaza and egypt remains closed, though washington says it hopes it can be reopened for a few hours later today, as efforts to get aid into the territory intensify. let's just take a moment to look at the geography of gaza. the opening of the rafah crossing would also allow some foreigners, including us citizens, to leave. at the same time, hamas and israel have denied reports that they've agreed a truce in southern gaza. these are the latest pictures from the rafah crossing, showing the crowds there. we understand that un fuel trucks did make it across the border this morning. in the past couple of hours, america's top diplomat, antony blinken, is back in israel, from egypt, where he was trying to persuade officials to reopen the border point. egypt's foreign minister is reported as saying israel

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secretary of state antony blinken is showing solidarity with israel and liking the terror to the worst of isis. welcome to our viewers in the united states and around the world. i'm wolf blitzer. you're in the "situation room." >> this is cnn breaking news. >> our breaking news coverage begins this hour in the war zone as the israel hamas conflict grows increasingly deadly. and they're holding very critical talks. cnn at the front lines and other key locations getting new information what's happening on the ground right now and what may happen next. first, let's go to our chief international correspondent, elissa ward, you visited a cub but, now being used by the idf troops. what did you see? >> reporter: that's right. this is the place where some of the atrocities were perpetrated. it was interesting when we arrived on the scene it was taken over by a symbolic gesture by the israeli military and by the artillery brigade, we saw a lot of troops and hardware and artillery. there was no sense talking to the soldiers they were on super high alert or super high level of preparedness in ter

it is 11:00 in tel aviv where secretary of state antony blinken has just arrived. he is expected to meet with israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu today and palestinian president mahmoud abbas on friday. he spoke with reporters about his agenda before leaving the u.s. >> the united states has israel's back. we have the back of the israeli people. we have their back today, we'll have it tomorrow, we'll have it every day. we stand resolutely against terrorism. we've seen the almost undescribable acts committed by hamas against israeli men, women and children. we lost 22 americans. that number could still go up. and it probably will. at the same time, we have a number of americans who remain unaccounted. we are working very closely with the government of israel to determine their whereabouts and if they have been taken hostage by hamas to work to secure their release. >> israeli military is stepping up its airstrikes on hamas targets in gaza. the idea says it has been hitting weapon launchers today and reports ongoing clashes with militants inside israel. >> and

and the latest number is coming from secretary of state antony blinken meeting with israeli officialsis the number of americans taken hostage. >> as best we know, 17 americans are unaccounted for after the attack and some may have been taken buy back to gaza as hostages. but that the point, we don't know. second blinken is meeting with israeli officials to discuss the rescue of hostages. the weapons they may need and bravery of israelis. >> babies slaughtered. bodies desecrated. young people burned al live. parents executed. children executed. how are we even to understand this, to digest this? >> blinken will meet with officials from the palestinian authority tomorrow. to be clear, and to head off any misinformation, president biden voicing a bet of frustration as some of his political critics say he is not doing enough. we don't know what the white house is doing because we don't have top secret clearance. here is biden as he met with leaders yesterday afternoon. >> there is a lot we're doing. i have not given up hope on bringing the folks home. but the idea that i'll stand here and

tonight secretary of state antony blinken is in jordan.ing meeting with arab leaders in six nations. he returns to israel in just a few hours. today the nfl held a moment of silence at stadiums in solidarity with, quote, innocent civilians in the middle east. in london, where the titans and ravens played, free palestine chants could be heard. cbs' charlie d'agata is in tel aviv tonight and leads us off. charlie, good evening. >> reporter: good evening, jericka. israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu convened an emergency cabinet for the first time today, vowing to demolish hamas. while the israeli military said they're ready and waiting for the order to launch an invasion. under bombardment and under siege, ahead of a looming ground offensive, gaza is already edging ever-closer to a humanitarian catastrophe. authorities say more than 2,400 people have been killed, a quarter of them children, nearly 10,000 wounded. a situation so grim, they're using ice cream trucks as makeshift morgues. hundreds of thousands of residents fleeing south,

secretary of state antony blinken thursday. u.s.icials are scrambling to get americans back home sealy. the biden administration said it will start charters flights today to destinations in europe. infer rid home on u.s. base and other carriers, united, americans and delta airlines stopped flying to and from there this week over safety concerns. the white house confirmed the number of americans killed in the conflict is now 27. 14 u.s. nationals are still missing and we're learning their names and their stories. here's cnn erica hill. >> reporter: beaming smiles every day joy. now forever frozen in time. >> it's amazing. person. each and every within that met her loved her. she's done nothing wrong. >> his 25-year-old daughter daniel was born in california. she and her boyfriend recently moved to a new apartment. adopted a dog and building a life together. >> they went to a party to celebrate peace and love. >> danielle and noaa never made it home from the festival. >> told me in the last meeting that she and noah decided to get mar

we're also waiting to hear live from secretary of state antony blinken. he will be there any moment and we'll bring that update as it happens. negotiations for humanitarian corridor to get the civilians out of gaza are ongoing. we'll talk about why those discussions are so difficult, ahead.

secretary of state antony blinken.e could get clarity on what our cameraman saw at the rafah crossing between egypt and gaza. six he counted u.n. fuel trucks going into gaza, this would be the first aid getting into gaza since the terror attack more than one week ago. very significant. with us now is former nato supreme allied commander, europe retired u.s. air force general philip breedlove. in addition to that which is a significant development we want to talk about the other development this morning which is israel, the idf, saying that 199 hostages are being held in gaza right here. a small area, it's only 25 miles. how does that complicate the ground mission? what will the ground mission, therefore, look like from israel? >> well, thanks for having me. the ground mission is going to be hard no matter what, but these additional hostages are going to make it tougher. and we all know that hamas intends to use those hostages. hamas wants the world to see palestinians dying, they want the world to see israeli hostages

we have been hearing there from president biden and we saw secretary of state antony blinken standing during the address. secretary of state really has been reaching out to several leaders about the situation, speaking with egypt, leaders from turkey, qatar among others. what are we hearing about the efforts to reach out to regional partners there? they are trying to round up support for israel — at least try to understand what's going on inside israel's neighbours and in the neighbourhood. the biden administration had been involved in trying to forge a major landmark deal between saudi arabia and israel in which the saudis would recognise israel and they had hoped to achieve essentially major piece deal. clearly, what has happened here is it's going on the opposite direction, so they are trying to kind of gauge the temperature, round—up support and also prevent a bigger regional flare—up. support and also prevent a bigger regionalflare—up. there bigger regional flare—up. there are bigger regionalflare—up. there are a lot of worries that has full from lebanon to israel's north could l

we heard prime minister netanyahu repeating that yesterday when he met the us secretary of state antony standing by israel's right to defend itself is saying that loudly and clearly in so many ways, he also raised concern about the civilians suffering, that is certain to result from these military operations and promoting israel although israel doesn't need to be reminded that evenin doesn't need to be reminded that even in war there are rules. this order which came very late in the night here that gazans in the north of the gaza strip should leave within 2a hours to the south of the gaza strip, was because they want to intensify their attacks on the underground tunnels being used by hamas both to shelter themselves and their fighters, hamas both to shelter themselves and theirfighters, to hamas both to shelter themselves and their fighters, to also their military and other provisions, that they know they will need or what is certain to be a long and very, very painful, dangerous escalation by israeli forces, but the place where to smash those tunnels it will also have to destroy the ci

a short while ago, the us secretary of state antony blinken arrived in tel aviv.ried about hezbollah — another ally of iran's — getting involved. today he will talk "about the way forward," after several days of shuttle dipomacy between arab states and israel. this is what president biden has been saying about the situation in gaza. he warned israel off a long term incursion into the territory, and reaffirmed his commitment to a two—state solution. here is he is speaking to scott pelley from our partners at cbs news. would you support israeli occupation of gaza at this point? i think it'd be a big mistake. look, what happened in gaza, in my view, is hamas and the extreme elements of hamas don't represent all the palestinian people. and i think that... it would be a mistake to... for israel to occupy. ..gaza again. but going in but taking out the extremists, the hezbollah is up north but hamas down south. is a necessary requirement. do you believe that hamas must be eliminated entirely? yes, i do. but there needs to be a palestinian authority. there needs to be a p

the us secretary of state antony blinken has been touring arab nations.. how worrying is the possibility of other players getting involved? t possibility of other players getting involved? i definitely think there _ getting involved? i definitely think there is _ getting involved? i definitely think there is a _ getting involved? i definitely think there is a serious - getting involved? i definitely think there is a serious risk l think there is a serious risk of escalation based on what happens once the ground campaign kicks off, if not even from the strikes that have happened from the air over the past week, as other reports show that there is growing domestic unease about what's been happening over the past several days in gaza. that could also spill over domestically in all these different arab and muslim countries. and then there is the potential threat, what if hezbollah gets involved in the north? what if iran somehow tries to get involved, encouraging different proxies and groups it supports across the region? how would israel respond in these mul