ongoing as palestinian extremists are still in the country, and this video made public by the israel defense forces. strikes against hamas militants israel claims that almost 2,500 hamas sites were hit in a day. meanwhile, hamas launched a series of rocket attacks on the city overnight on monday. ashkelon, in addition to the borders of the gas sector, has been drawn up by israeli forces, who have called up approximately 300,000 reservists and expect that israel may soon launch a ground operation there. the minister of defense of israel announced a complete blockade of the gas sector, no electricity, no food, no fuel - these are his words. but what will be with the hostages who were captured by the militants during the attack? powerful for. palestinian rockets flying from the gaza strip. israel strikes back, claiming that hamas will pay for its surprise attack. this is the deadliest day in the country's history. i am sorry that such a fate befell you. edodan shows correspondence in family whatsapp chat. his relatives live near gaza. last saturday, his cousin gerdas hid from hamas militants in

in buch , virpin, gostomel, ivanka borodyanka, is very similar to what happened in israel, i always admired how defense-capable israel is, i could, in our case in ukraine, yes, understand that the country was not ready, they did not have time to set up defenses on the border with belarus, then , yes, why did the russian troops come down so quickly and commit all these atrocities, that is, our defenses could not be oriented, because we are not a peaceful country, we have always been, but with regard to israel, i did not expect that this could happen at all, because there was always a defense here, at the highest level, and of course i am not an expert and i cannot say such things. but what i see, i can say that there may be elements of treason, that it happened that way, because, that, to what extent israel was involved in the defense of ukraine and the protection of the borders, and i have no explanation why, why this happened, well, here and for the experts it was also unexpected and for the world as well, mrs. victoria, and what recommendations are you currently receiving from the local authorities,

the israel defense forces said the missiles were aimed at eight hundred targets. the head of our middle east news bureau, sergey poshkov, will talk about the current situation in israel. once again, groups of trained hamas saboteurs are attacking israeli territory. a few hours ago, militants entered kibud from magena, and a fierce battle ensued. israelis tanks had to be brought up. jeeps of militants from zadilkasam moving towards the large port city of azhdot were discovered and neutralized on the highway. the sounds of air raid sirens sound continuously in the south across large cities, striking in powerful volleys, breaking through. air defense system. at the end of saturday, tel aviv and half a dozen other cities in central israel were covered in a new wave of fire. the air raid siren reported several powerful salvos from the gaza sector. the activated iron dome could not destroy all classes of rockets earth-earth. the municipalities of tel aviv, batyama, and reshon liziona reported hits in residential areas; eight people were injured. construction workers, re

kibbutz where we grew up. >> becky anderson, cnn, tel aviv. >> joining me now from tel aviv, israel defensespokesperson major jerome spielman. appreciate you talking with us. so, israel is now fighting on three fronts, the primary one of course being gaza, but now also syria and lebanon. bring us up to date on the very latest on gaza, and of course, targets hit there, but also those rocket launches from syria, what that may signal. >> so, as we know on the south of israel, this is the major front, as this was the location that hamas did in fact incur into israel, and commit the massacre four days ago. i will say that even myself, who's been in the army for 22 years, very recently visited -- kfar aza yesterday. and even for me to see the carnage of the men women and children, the strollers that have blood dripping down them, even for me and all my soldiers, the entire country is still enormously affected. and to answer your question, this is caused an absolute outpouring of support -- and we're having 100% voluntary rates in the army right now. i'm serving in a unit. there are men and women

israel defense forces say they have killed the heads of hamas's navy and air force. is is israel's second night of its bombardment of gaza less than a mile away. plumes billowed over gaza today, ominous signs that the lives of more than 2 million people have become hell on earth. israel defense forces waging their fiercest pummeling of the strip in memory after fire balls friday night lit up the skies in this new phase of the war. the military friday said fighter jets struck 150 targets underground while columns of israel tanks attacked from inside palestinian territory. he is in gaza. he's been our cbs news producer the past 20 years. he went to gaza's biggest hospital and said he hasn't seen devastation like this ever. >> i saw bodies everywhere around the hospital. when we leave the hospital i could hear fire discharging between the army and the palestinian fighters. >> reporter: gaza's civil defense said hundreds of buildings and houses were destroyed and thousands more damaged. israel also cut most power and cell phone signals in gaza to disrupt hamas communicati

disturbing picture of how hamas blew through israel defenses.hat video leaves out. >> a rocket propelled grenade launcher close at hand. as the sunrises over the gaza strip, he will be dead before night fall. cnn reviewed dozens of videos, israeli first responders have been releasing on social media. coordination and new methods used by hamas, the scope of the attack and how israel's military was so caught off guard. cnn obtained this booklet of weapons from the israeli government found on the body of a dead terrorist. images of video cameras, the words in arabic, showing how to freight a are gopro. >> how they were instructing terrorists ininvolved how to use a gopro speaks for itself. >> says the videos demonstrate a major escalation the type of attacks that hamas is capable of. >> this is not just surprising. orders of magnitude bigger than anything we have seen hamas do in the past. >> and that's evident in a series of videos that start in a southern gaza town. one group of terrorists gathers in a courtyard, mounting motorcycles, chanting pr

actions in the middle east, the israel defense forces carried out more than 200 strikes on the gaza stripvernight, and several hamas groups broke through the blockade in southern israel, they entered several populated areas using paragliders. at the same time, idf fighters entered the city of nablos and are already fighting in its center. the israel defense forces stated that 100% controls the southern border of the gas sector. there were no penetrations in this area today, the media note. the death toll since the beginning of the escalation of the conflict on both sides has reached 1,600 victims, over 6,000. israel has completely blocked the gas strip. previously , electricity, food, and fuel were no longer supplied there. all pipelines that carried water there were also turned off. local authorities say they will soon be left without medicines. hamas, meanwhile, said that the objectives of the operation had been achieved. the movement is open to dialogue. but the israeli prime minister noted that airstrikes are just the beginning. meanwhile, the white house, which cannot decide who to s

the israel defense forces releasing new video overnight of troops advancing ground operations in gazaidf says dozens of hamas operatives who barricaded themselves in tunnels were killed overnight. it says an area guarded by ground troops hit with militants inside. and also struck near a university where troops have identified armed terrorists and an anti-tank launching post. let's bring in cnn's rafael romo in tel aviv. raphael, cnn intelligence found that they advanced more than two miles into gaza, against hamas, what do you expect in the coming hours and days? >> reporter: yeah, what i can tell you is what the idf spokesman daniel hagari said just about 30 minutes ago. he said this is only going to intensify, they're going to bring in more troops, additional forces that will enter the gaza strip. and they did so overnight. and the activity will only grow -- grow more intense in the coming hours and days. let me read a statement of what he said. he said, we are operating on expanded ground operation, moving towards the terrorists, while the terrorists are more centralized and we att

the surprise attack from air, land, and sea catching israel's defense forces totally offguard as fighters stormed across the gaza border and rockets poured into major cities in israel including tel aviv and jerusalem. prime minister benjamin netanyahu is vowing the terrorist group will pay what he calls a huge price for this deadly incursion. >>> welcome to our viewers here in the united states and around the world. i'm wolf blitzer, and this is a special edition of "the situation room: israel at war." >>> let's get straight to the breaking news. the stunning deadly hamas raid on israel. cnn's nic robertson arrived in the country just a little while ago and was immediately forced to take cover even as soon as he got off the plane at the international airport. watch this. >> reporter: just got off the plane here at the airport. the sirens have gone off. people are taking cover. we got off the bus, people are taking cover. and you can hear the intercept missiles banging in the air. nothing incoming here, but everyone is taking cover. they've got down. lot of concern about what's going to ha

israel's defense minister telling israeli troops they will soon see gaza from the inside. tonight, israel's air strikes unrelenting. a target near a hospital struck twice overnight. and tonight, the urgent humanitarian need for palestinian civilians caught in the middle. president biden and egypt's president brokering a deal now to get desperately needed aid to palestinians in through egypt, into gaza. egyptian state-run tv tonight reporting the first trucks will get through tomorrow. but we begin tonight with the u.s. taking action after those missiles were fired in the direction of israel, and abc's martha raddatz leading us off again tonight from tel aviv. >> reporter: tonight, for the first time, the u.s. has taken military action in this war to defend israel. the "uss carney", a guided missile destroyer in the northen red sea, shooting down three land attack cruise missiles and several drones they say were launched from yemen. >> we cannot say for certain what these missiles and drones were targeting, but they were launched from yemen, heading north along the red sea,

israel and ukraine. and the u.s. firing its first shots in defense of israel. where the rockets were coming from. >>> also the new alert tonight for americans abroad. >>> and the other news this evening, authorities say natalee holloway's killer for the first time. the audio right here tonight. >>> but first tonight the "uss carney" taking down three cruise missiles and several drones along the red sea. the missiles launched from yemen in the direction of israel. the u.s. increasing its firepower in the region. president biden's address to the nation from the oval office just moments ago on israel and ukraine making the case for america's role. >>> also tonight the attacks against u.s. bases in iraq and syria in the past 24 hours as concern throughout the region grows. martha raddatz standing by in tel aviv. >>> tonight israel signaling its ground war into gaza may be imminent. the israeli defense minister telling troops they'll soon see gaza, quote, from the inside. ian pannell in israel on what's expected, what we know so far. >>> tonight, growing fear for th

i spoke to major libby weiss, spokesperson for the israel defense forces, and asked what are the latest updates three days after the hamas incursion into israel. >> we are now in the third day of this mass tragedy. the situation is very dynamic changing constantly. we are more than 900 israeli casualties from the attack saturday, thousands injured and dozens of hostages kidnapped into the gaza strip. the situation along the border with gaza in those civilian communities appears to be more controlled than in previous days, but, of course, the idf is working constantly to make sure there are no hamas terrorists still operating within israeli territory. >> israel faces a hostage crisis now, doesn't it, with the public calling on the government to get those hostages safely returned home? but how can that happen if israel is ordering a complete siege of gaza while hamas threatens to kill hostages if israel continues to bombard the palestinian territory without warning? how can you reconcile that? >> everyone in this country, we are all devastated by this hostage situation. our thoughts are w

we talk about the situation in gaza of course particularly now following the announcement by israel's defense minister that israel will be laying a complete siege on gaza, that means no food, no electricity, no fuel getting into gaza, this is a very small -- very busy enclave which has been under blockade since 2007, and that humanitarian impact will be dire. take a listen to these comments from the u.n. secretary-general antonio guterres. >> i'm deeply distressed by today's announcement that israel will initiate a complete seizure of the gaza strip, nothing allowed in, no electricity, food or fuel. the humanitarian situation in gaza was extremely vile before these hostilities and now it will only deteriorate exponentially. >> of course we have heard from european union officials and they said that that humanitarian aid for palestinians will not be suspended, that aid will continue so long as palestinians are in need of that aid. but of course as you mentioned, there is going to be a review of that aid package. but of course there is also concern about how far this situation could de tteriora

home of the xfinity 10g network. >>> the israel defense force continues launching around the clock airtrikes in gaza. reserve soldiered call last night's barrage the most oh intense wave of bombing in this conflicting so far. israel says the country has moved to a new phase. cnn's jeremy diamond is joining us from not far from the gaza border. what are you seeing and hearing right now? it seems to be so intense. >> reporter: no doubt about it, wolf. we are more than 24 hours now past israel officially expanding its ground operations inside gaza. there was a question last night as these operations were beginning. when we woke up in the morning with those tanks and troops went into gaza last night. throughout the day we have been hearing the constant thud of artillery heading out of israel and pounding gaza as well as aerial bombardments continuing. we could hear small arms fire, machine gunfire continuing, a clear indication that the fighting between hamas fighters inside gaza and israeli troops is very much still ongoing. we also learned what the intensity of those aerial bombardments

and it will soon move its powerful into the strip. israel's defense minister told troops messing on his border. oh my god, i promise you that whoever sees go. so now from a fall, we'll see it from the inside. good luck. and he's ready to ground operations will likely focus on the north, at least in the initial stages, with how much expected to put up face resistance. but by the confines of southern god, the may still prove a century of thoughts. now a limited number of trucks are expected to deliver humanitarian aid and to the besieged, gaza strip through egypt in the coming hours. following upon the 9th by us president joe biden. casa, is currently experiencing severe shores, which is a few food on medicines. israel launched air strikes and gaza and sealed the territory off from supplies after her. mazda militants entered israel almost 2 weeks ago, and killed at least 1400 people. the united nation says more than 2000000 are at the risk of dehydration on water born diseases. and gaza. c v with the same guys, a desperate need guard services and supplies. and for that we need the rep. if

so, israel's right to defense was supported by many countries, and israel's right defense was supportedin many countries, this was stated by the israeli ambassador to russia alexander benzvi, by the way, we are waiting for the ambassador on our live broadcast, literally in the next hour, we will ask him in more detail, as you know, the united states is our strategic partner, so moreover, we have a partnership in the field of, say, military assistance - the diplomat noted that the eu is also suspending the provision of... assistance to polinstina in the amount of 691 million euros, this is a message with reference to the european commission. the european union has announced a freeze on all aid to palestine in connection with aggression against israel. all projects under this assistance will be reviewed. let's see what else we have here. red wingx is ready to increase, if necessary , the number of flights from israel, as reported by the head of our middle east bureau , sergei pashkov. and those who can leave israel are now doing so, especially western ones, various companies are encouragi

the israel defense forces told gaskins to move south immediately. but it's a warning meaning may not receive. with almost full communications to the enclave, knocked out the bumping of the telecommunications infrastructure places the civilian population in grave danger, ambulances and civil defense teams are no longer able to locate the injured or thousands of people estimated to be still under the rubble and civilians are no longer able to receive updated information on where they can access through minutes here on release and where they may be in less danger. and as the destruction and gaza intensifies, those fleeing are running out of places to go. silver. i'm drawing people want to leave con eunice. they're afraid of the dire situation. the bombing is indiscriminate. neither children or adults are spared. the women or the elderly, no one the most lead, healthful socrates report more than 7700 people have died so far in the a text. a devastating toll which is likely to rise as well as millet tray pushes through the into godsa dw, correspond to re

quickly israel defense forces report fierce fighting deep in the gaza strip. quickly have been in constant bombardment in the gaza strip. there have been a lot of airstrikes and artillery tank fire. it became quite intense. they were going out toward the center of the country. we hear from the israeli army they are moving deeper and deeper inside gaza. that is the street that goes from one of the main streets in gaza to the south. we understand some of the ground forces are moving from the western side as well. also from the north and eastern side. heavy fighting has been going on. two israeli soldiers were killed. we also heard that they were involved in heavy fighting. the army keeps it very tight when it comes to information. also, where the location exactly are. this ground operation is going deeper and deeper inside gaza. >> a significant escalation. what are the long-term goals of the israeli government? what happens to the enclave after that? >> this is a very important question. the government has not given any answer to that. so far there want to erad

joining us is a spokesperson for the israel defense forces major libby weiss. ank you for coming up. i know you're in southern israel. could we first talk about the border with lebanon. what is happening at the northern israeli border with lebanon? >> hi. thank you for having me. you know, it is a situation that we are monitoring very, very closely. we have seen several isolated events in the last few days of mortar fire and infiltrations from lebanon. of course, though, we are sending a message as loud and clear as possible which is to tell any other terrorist organization or any state that harbors or sponsors them to not engage in this conflict and to not test us at this time. of course, we're monitoring what's happening there very, very closely. >> we do know that three idf soldiers were killed in clashes with hezbollah in the north, that was on monday. have more israeli soldiers been killed in the north since? because that is what hezbollah is claiming today. >> i don't have anything to add to what you -- to what you mentioned. of course, when we have, you k

israel's defense minister says the intensifying assaults will improve israel's chances of freeing all the hostages, more than 200. listen to this -- >> translator: we are making any effort in order to return them to us, to our country. it's very complicated effort. it's dealing with reality that we didn't know in the past. we are ready to do anything possible. this is not a secondary mission. this is a national priority. >> today the prime minister, benjamin netanyahu, met with the families of the israeli hostages being held in gaza. they told him they would only support a comprehensive deal that frees all the israeli hostages at the same time in exchange for palestinians held in israeli prisons. just minutes ago, a hamas spokesman said -- says hamas would accept that, would be ready to accept that for a full prisoner swap, meaning all of the palestinian prisoners being held in israel would have to be freed. cnn's nic robertson joining us live from sderot, israel, near the gaza border. nic, i understand you've been hearing and seeing explosions where you are throughout the day. what's

israel and egypt. thank you so much. you have secretary of defense and secretary of state in tandem in israel. they just detailed also the travels of tony blinken now. lloyd austin could not have been more clear today in the support for israel. what do you make of this show of force? >> you have three messages being under taken simultaneously by u.s. officials. number one, the president's message the other day that there is no distance between us and israel. we have their back. that will be reinforced in almost anything the administration says. number two, secretary of state as your reporters have indicated, is out there trying to avert humanitarian crisis by starting a deescalation of the conflict, seeing whether or not humanitarian distress can be relieved. and the secretary of defense correspond naturing with israel on what we might do militarily to deter hezbollah and iran from further escalating this conflict. it's a complicated set of policy activities. but it's good to see that there is this activity on the three different fronts. >> let's go through a little bit of these three fronts i

the israel defense forces, which is now clearing the territory of saboteurs, launched an air strike against them. we will learn about the current situation in israel from the chief of our middle east bureau, sergei pashkov. sergey, hello, how are things going? operation to eliminate hamas sabotage groups and how intense is the exchange of missile strikes now? the exchange of missile strikes has been continuing for the last few hours, although over the major central cities of israel, the hell alarm siren has not sounded for a whole day. mainly rocket salvoes, brigades from gaza. now they are covering sdyrot and nearby settlements to the gas sector, i must say that the long-suffering sdyrot is now still under siege, a message has arrived for city residents not to leave shelters, not to open at home, tanks have been brought to the city, it is quite possible that another sabotage group has penetrated there, it must be said that battles with militants from the zadimalkasam community continue in several settlements... points along the circumference of the border of the gas sector, for example, in

then colonel and jonathan can reach us spokesperson for the israel defense forces. thanks. thank you for helping me. it is rarely tanks and troops are advancing on gaza city as the military expands its ground operation. fears glasses were reported in northern gauze on israel says it fried a female soldier. we just heard about it who was being held hostage by him. us, the united nations is warning that israel's air strikes are getting closer to hospitals where thousands of palestinians are sheltering. the amounts run cause a health authority claims more than a 1000 people have been killed so far. and that's a figure that cannot be independently verified. video proposing to show the moments after and is raining rocket attack me out. goods, hospital and central gaza. the palestinian read prison sees is really bombardment a coming event closer to the hospital. the humanitarian group estimates 14000 people, a sheltering here. in addition to the patients, they are refusing is rails audits to evacuate the we don't have the means to evacuate outputs hospital. we have over 400 patien

returning to the israel defense forces raid, what did it achieve, did it bring israel's offensive against hamas in gaza closer, security expert, patrick bury, further. this operation seemed to me to be at the level of a company, or a squadron, at least that's how it looked at the base images, 8-12, maximum 16 tanks entered there. the israelis were probably most concerned about whether they could bring in tanks, how heavily and everywhere the area is mined, what anti-tank capabilities hamas has, and as far as we know, they haven't lost a single tank. so, it looks like the operation was relatively successful, they managed to penetrate some distance into the northern gas, and then retreated. it is obvious. was gathering information. it is also worth remembering that in the israeli army there are many reservists who do not have combat experience, and this is also a certain effective way to increase combat skills, morale, combat readiness and fighting capacity of the army. there is also, i think, a symbolic element: from the point of view that it was important for netanyahu to show that someth

and as israel intensifies its attacks on gaza, and prepares for a potential ground defensive, desperate families fear their loved ones could be caught in the cross fire. >>> the biden administration says military aid to both israel and ukraine are top priorities. but congress can't act until house republicans elect a new speaker. on wednesday, steve scalise was picked as the gop nominee for the top job over jim jordan, but scalise's chances of winning a floor vote are already in doubt. >> reporter: republicans are growing fearful that steve scalise's path to the speakership may be getting much smaller amid opposition from members of the hard right and others as well who are not yet sold on his nomination to be speaker of the house. it is a challenge for him at the moment. he needs to get 217 republicans to support him for the speakership. he won 113 votes and three of those votes were from nonvoting delegates. so he has essentially 110 members who vote on the house floor who need a lot more. we expect dozens of those who voted against scalise and jim jordan to support scalise on the flo

even with an act of self-defense , israel is bound by international humanitarian law. how can that be done under such extraordinary circumstances? >> is extremely challenging. the first move is to get them to displace as many as possible and take them out of the battlefield. that is complicated by the fact that hamas has tried to put up a human shield. hamas is putting their own civilians at risk. the first part is trying to get them out of the area as much as possible and then you can control which weapons you are trying to use. you try to do that with minimal destruction of damage as possible but if you look at other cities around the world, typically 90% of the structures can be destroyed in battle. instruction is just terrible. >> israel has vowed to crush hamas but what does that mean? even if the top brass and infrastructure work able to be wiped out? >> politically, it is nothing to say, that they will destroy hamas. that is something they have been trying to do for decades. some of the underlying root causes of the conflict, those are not just going to go away

that is the spokesperson for the israel defense forces. e pictures as we were hearing from him, there was a very loud bombardment happening just in the last couple of minutes from israel. you can hear it from israel across to gaza, these live pictures of the situation gaza at the we hear them here in southern israel as a head across to gaza and this is where you can see the impact they are having on the skyline in gaza. we managed to make contact aliir with our correspondent who lives and works in gaza and has done for many years. he has had to move with similar people south to gaza city —— from gaza city where he lives in the battlefield of the north of gaza. we managed to make contact with him and we asked him about the communications blackout, the cutting of the phone lines and lack of internet. since that is slowly coming back, iasked him what internet. since that is slowly coming back, i asked him what he managed to learn when those clean occasions were restored. the communication came back at 4am after being cut off a 30 hours. it was

israel's defense minister went to the area where tanks and troops amassing, said the offensive against hamas may have started from the air but it would also come from the ground. meantime, israel says rocket launch from syria in the north into territory fell in open areas. israel is also adding tens of thousands of troops to its northern border with limit on. in washington, president joe biden confirmed at least 14 americans were killed in the hamas attacks. the white house says 20 or more americans remain unaccounted for. >> this is an act of sheer evil. more than 1000 civilians slaughtered, stomach turning reports of babies being killed. entire families slain. young people massacred -- these blood serena brings to mind the worst, rampacious of ices. this is terrorism. >> the aircraft carrier uss -- has arrived in the eastern mediterranean, and the first plane to bring u.s. anomie nation has landed in israel. each passing day brings another heuristic a vamp of the wrist talladega of the massive tax. israel reporting 100 bodies in a kibbutz near gaza. >> in another nearby village his r

rich: as the war in israel escalates, defense secretary lloyd austin made clear or friday that the unitedg in their support for israel. gillian turner's live from the pentagon with the latest there. >> reporter: good afternoon, rich. secretary austin just back from israel, as you mentioned. he traveled to the country to offer direct support from the u.s.' highest levels of government. yesterday in a joint press conference with israel's defense minister the, he reiterated president biden's decision making the u.s. stance on israel. >> crystal clear. >> now, this is no time for knewalty -- neutrality or for false equivalents or for excuses for the inexcusebl. there is never any justification for terrorism. >> reporter: israel's defense minister impressedded on austin he views the recent hamas takes as an exist if ten, threat. existential threat. >> murder, rape, kid e napping, this is what we face in this world. this war. this is a war on the existence of israel as a -- state, as a democratic state the, as the homeland of the jewish people. >> reporter: u.s.-made small diameter bombs and mi

salm salma abdulaziz, cnn, london. >>> air strikes on gaza are just one phase of israel's defense. we'll have details on israel's lightning-fast reservation, the largest in history. the ground offense looking more and more likely. >>> we're showing you a live shot out of gaza city in the aftermath of another israeli air strike on the territory. we'll continue to follow this story, and of course as israel prepares for a potential ground incursion into gaza, it's called up more than 300,000 reservists in just 48 hours. and one of its largest mobilizations in history. cnn's jeremy diamond reports now from southern israel near the gaza border. >> reporter: three days after hundreds of hamas militants infiltrated israel, israeli forces are still fighting to eliminate the threat. >> we are here right outside of the israeli town where we have been hearing repeated exchanges of gunfire over the last ten minutes or so. these exchanges we haven't seen who exactly they're between, but we do know that israeli forces have been continuing to try and clear some of these israeli towns around the ga

country like united states space is what does it really mean when we say we, we stand up for israel's defense? we stand up for its existence. we will make sure that it continues to exist. what does that really mean we, we see that not only in the case of israel see the case of us commitments to taiwan us, commitments, ukraine, how far will the united states really go to make to you, to, to, to, to back it's words with deeds that is something we're very far from israel does have experience with fighting multi front doors. we saw that in 1967 we saw the 1973 in 1973, which was the greatest threats to is rarely to israel's continued existence. as a state of the united states did get very close to actually not maybe 20 boots on the ground, but, but very, very intense military support for israel in those 1st days of the surprise attack against israel on multiple friends when he's real, really was facing quite an x, a central crisis, that is not what we're facing right now, but the point remains what if the northern front from left but not from his blood becomes active. what if the rod does want to

note from a bbc colleague who has been an on the record briefing with a rear admiral from the israel defensed about this 1.1 million people, how that happens. he said in response that we understand it will take 24 hours, we will try to help them do it in a safe way, but it is a war zone. we understand the problem and the sad reality is it is hamas's responsibility. an indication of the complexity of the situation and is there a safe way to move that number of people, that is the question people are asking. there isn't. it is not going to happen, it's impossible. it is not going to happen within 24 hours. i have heard representatives asked about what about all the people injured in hospital, how do you move someone in intensive care? we are here and there are 50,000 pregnant women in gaza at the minute. all the injured people, how would you move them? it is not possible and it is not going to happen. what will be interesting is what is israel going to do when that 24—hour period is up, will it act or will it wait and say, well, we asked them to leave, they couldn't, we will hold fire. we will

the israel defense forces is not involved in the shelling of the hospital in the gaza strip, the primeter of the jewish state benjamin netanyahu wrote about this in his telegram, according to him, the following quote: the whole world should know that the attack on the hospital in the gaza strip was carried out by barbaric terrorists, not the tzahal, not the israel defense forces, the one who brutally kills our children, kills his own children, this is the end of the quote. but israeli president yitzhak herzok accused the islamic jihad group of attacking a hospital in the gaza strip. and in the press service of the israel defense forces stated that a re-check of available operational data confirmed the version that the hospital was fired upon by militants. according to the israeli side's comment, the hospital was hit as a result of a failed rocket launch by islamic jihad. you know, just thinking about hamas, how they are to us now, i think that it was definitely not an israeli missile, but let's wait there, everything can be checked, now it's not the stone age and it's not the 19th cent

the israel defense forces are saying that they are currently striking inside of lebanon. we are getting new reporting on that as israel is announcing a complete siege as the tanks are headed to the border. our cnn coverage continues after this. >>> there is more breaking news that we need to share with you this morning. the israeli defense forces are saying that the helicopters are striking in lebanese territory, and also this morning, the military said that it had fired on what they are calling the armed suspects that were coming out of lebanon into israel. sirens are also ringing out again in jerusalem and tel aviv, and those are rockets coming from gaza, the southern border. we will go back to hadas gold in jerusalem for more on this, and when you are hearing that there are helicopter striking parts of lebanon after seeing the militants coming over according to the idf, it makes one concerned that we may be headed into some sort of regional war here, and what is the latest? >> so what we are understanding from the israeli military is that earlier today, the sirens we ha

the israel defense forces recorded several rocket launches from syria over the country's territory. according to preliminary data, the rockets fell on the open areas of the dutch heights. to the tsahal military for artillery and mortar strikes in response, about it the israel defense forces said. as the associated press informs, the military did not accuse any side of the rocket attack. the syrian government did not comment on the incident. the united states of america will always support israel - said us president joe biden and warned third parties against interfering in the conflict and using the situation in their own interests. head of the white house. he also announced that his country will provide israel with military aid, ammunition and interceptors that will strengthen the iron dome system. joe biden recalled that the united states has strengthened its military presence in the region and transferred its largest aircraft carrier there. let there be no doubt, the united states supports israel. we will make sure that the jewish democratic state of israel. could defend herself t

and the passage of a gas pipeline from israel. through turkey, through the turkish shelf to europe, and the resumption of cooperation in the military and defenseere, well, of course , no one will go to israel now with a visit that was agreed in other circumstances, er, from a country in which the street also does not support this move, mass demonstrations of protest took place in turkey. of israeli policy, regarding the gas sector and also regarding the palestinians, and erdogan, who is facing parliamentary, sorry, regional elections, does not smile at all to quarrel with his leading, basic electorate, er, despite the fact that he makes such statements, who are very disliked in israel, whom everyone condemns and discusses , but...' at the same time, yako advised a part of the political leadership of hamas, which had been in turkey and northern cyprus for quite some time, to quietly go somewhere else, so that erdogan not was associated with them, mr. serhiy, i must apologize, because in that stream of information i mixed up the surnames, it was about ursula's conflict, not a conflict, but contradictions in the relationship between ursula... and

earlier i asked israel defense forces folks, person peter learner. if he's now satisfied that this won't happen, you know, there's a clearance done that there will be abuse of the age that goes in. we've seen in the past that from us has no problem stealing from the united nations, the fuel and spend medical supplies that happened just a few days ago. and one of the compounds where the un relief organization actually announced it themselves. it's close to human to turn age and a means to reach the people in dire need not the terraced organization that will but for babies in their bedrooms where you mention fuel. and it's clear that fuel is necessary to run the emergency generators at hospitals. for example, so will israel allow fuel to come through and the trucks because we understand that up to now no fuel has been allowed in? yeah, i understand the need to pursue the question of humanitarian assistance. that is not the idea goal. we are focused on destroying how mazda is capabilities. that is our mission. our goal regarding the humanitarian issue i

and israel's defense forces have continued intense bombing. all the gaza strip, ignoring international calls for humanitarian c spy. communications in guys that have been knocked out entirely in the un, says people, there are in grave danger. chasms taking the day of a station close by is rails heaviest attacks us on gazda bombardment, flashing more homes, destroying some of the last re fusions for families seeking safety from the violence. israel says it's troops and now on the ground and gaza. and it's a quote new phase and it's war on the is the most militant group home us the israel defense forces told gas and to move south immediately. but it's a warning meaning may not receive. with almost all communications to the enclave, knocked out the bumping of the telecommunications infrastructure places the civilian population in grave danger, ambulances and civil defense teams are no longer able to locate the injured or thousands of people estimated to be still under the rubble and civilians are no longer able to receive updated information on w

israel. the israeli defense forces are warning people to move south for their safety.ommunication networks have gone down in geiser -- gaza, meaning no one can be contacted. they say the emergency workers will now default to traditional ways of working to help address the unfolding humanitarian disaster in gaza. the hamas-run health ministry in gaza says 7000 people have died since israel started retaliatory strikes after hamas killed them -- attacked them, killing 1400 people. the u.n. general assembly adopted a resolution calling for an immediate humanitarian truce in gaza but that is not a legally binding resolution. israel estimates hamas is holding 229 hostages in gaza and it is not clear where they are being held. an adviser to the israeli prime minister netanyahu said hamas will feel our wrath tonight and the israeli defense forces had this to say about the operation. >> over the last few hours, we have intensified or airstrikes in gaza. the iaf has extensively carried out raids to underground targets in terror infrastructure in a some potential manner as a cont

you can reach us of the israel defense forces. let's take a look now at some of the other headlines connected to the israel, hamas conflict on the prime minister of cuts are says, there has been progress in negotiations to free. more is really hostages, held by him off. more than 200 hostages were taken by him aust, during its terror attacks on october 7th for people have been freed so far is real, it uses cuts are of helping to fund un. chief antonio gutierrez has rejected is really accusations, and he justified them off terrorist attacks on israel. he was criticized for telling the un security council that the attacks did not happen in a vacuum, and he called for an end to it inscribed as, quote, the collective punishment of palestinians to 2 resolutions on the conflict at the un security council. have both failed us call for so called humanitarian pauses to allow aid to reach gaza was vetoed by russia and china only 4 other countries. in fact, russia's own proposal for a full humanitarian ceasefire. israel as resisting calls to

that was an excerpt from my interview with lieutenant colonel jonathan con. reach us of the israel defense forces. let's take a look now at some of the other headlines connected to the israel, hamas conflict. the prime minister of cuts are says, there has been told there has been progress in negotiations to free more as really hostages held by him us more than 200 hostages were taken by him aust, during its terror attacks on october 7th or people have been freed so far is real accuses costs are of helping to fund from us or 2 separate united nations security council. reginald resolutions on the conflict and gaza have been rejected us proposal to create so called to mandatory and pauses was vetoed by china and russia . both said they would only support a full ceasefire. then a russian resolution calling for a cease fire failed with no votes by the us and u. k. because the measure did not mention him us for those of you and chief, i'm telling you it would tear us has rejected is really accusations minds, but he justified the most terrorist attacks on israel. he was criticized for telling the

hostages one by one in batches, so as to firstly delay the ground operation, the tzahal, the israel defense, and secondly, to call out to the world, to those countries whose hostages they now have gases in polona, ​​in the sector, to give them some hope for that it is possible to agree with them that it is possible to release their citizens, and that is why experts say that this is their tactic, the tactics of hamas, to release little by little, release these hostages and drag them away, the invasion of the idf into the gas sector. iryna, and lebanon threatens israel to open a second front in the north, are the israelis ready for such a challenge, because there are resort cities near lebanon, for example, haifa, where people have not felt acute for many years danger, there are not a large number of shelters there, as in zderot, which was often shelled before, well, just a few minutes ago , the press conference of the press secretary of the israel defense forces ended, he spoke about the situation in the north, i have not been to the north yet, there the situation is a little different, it i

when cnn reached out to the israel defense forces for comment, their international spokesman, lt.said there was nothing new about the findings, adding that hamas had many training sites, and the israeli military had targeted many training sites over the years. during various rounds of escalation. at the same time , information about problems within the israeli armed forces is increasingly appearing in the media. so several local publications immediately announced a shortage of high-quality uniforms, body armor and equipment. according to relatives of israel defense forces reservists, public fundraising is announced in order to recruit soldiers. at the same time, according to tshal, everything necessary is provided to reservists in full. varvara nevskaya, anton dadykin. news. an israeli ground operation in the gaza strip will result in a huge number of civilian casualties. the only way to a long-term solution to the conflict is the creation of a palestinian state - this was emphasized by vladimir putin. the president of russia answered questions from journalists following the cis s

the uk will always support israel's right to self-defense. ent in the region, iran, supported the actions. the adviser to the supreme leader of the islamic republic promised that tehran will stand with palestine - quote, until its complete liberation. saudi arabian foreign ministry, calling on both sides to put an end to the escalation, while recalling: riyadh has more than once drawn attention to provocations against the sacred. places for palestinians and warned that this is fraught with aggravation of the situation. the new york times notes that the escalation could derail the biden administration's efforts to normalize relations between saudi arabia and israel for a week. the ministry of foreign affairs holds israel responsible for the current escalation due to ongoing violations of the rights of the palestinian people, the latest of which is the repeated attack on the blessed the alyaksa mosque is under the control of the israeli police. the president of turkey promised to resist attempts to violate the historical and religious status of

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>> and yes, the israel defense ministry has ordered a complete siege of gaza. we are seeing the plumes of smoke as the aerial bombardment continues from israel to gaza after the attack of hamas and what happened in israel this weekend. we have video of the air strike hitting the refugee camp in gaza, and it is graphic video. we want to warn you before we play it. [ speaking in a global language ] >> we should be clear, this is one of the most densely populated cities in the world. so you are seeing the fallout there from the air strike at a refugee camp, and also, you are seeing the live pictures of the plumes of smoke, and we were watching as air strikes were happening, and that is a resultf more air strike, and as you heard kate say, more than 130 have been conducted and this is probably 15 minutes ago, and they are continuing to barrage. that is what is happening on the southern border with israel. we have seen the tanks rolling towards that area from israel. but we also now gotten reporting that the israel defense forces are saying that they have used a heli

they need to be involved in order to support what looks like increasingly weak and weakened uh israel defense forces as they call themselves uh so that's kind of that's really very interesting that the apparent inability of israel to defend itself without the aid of its major benefactor uh the... west and of course also what they have threatened is not uh is a complete siege of gaza you've been talking about the effects of that on gaza in terms of electricity in terms of hospitals and of course what the the the regime said was i call on everyone as benjamin netanyahu put it to leave gaza uh the rafer crossing is still open they said and they can leave of course what then happened was that they the the... stopped uh people coming through the rather crossing indeed they bombed it uh so it's quite clear that there's no humanitarian corridor, the international community is trying to open one the israelies have set their face against that and essentially they want to eliminate as many palestinians as possible through their air attacks, but the other thing which they have threatened of course is th

i went through now to listen to the israel's defense minister. this is what he has to say about what we may expect next month, the leading i ordered a total siege on guys a and we are fighting human animals and we act accordingly and deadly. the air rates continue and intensify. overall, since the beginning of is rose, i run swords operation on saturday. these really are forces have jump, 2000 in the nations. and in addition to that, $1000.00 tons of bombs have also been dropped on gaza in 24 hours alone. the idea of carried out for waves of air is price a games, gaza up to 65 projects have been taken part in every wave, and the army says that in any given moment, there are dozens offer fights address in the skies above guys. uh, what about the targets? the army says they are dozens of military infrastructure points of training size, and also personal residence, as all for her mazda and probably seen in as lubbock jihad, a leaders. and we now are receiving reports that one of the major segers and they have miles leadership has been also eliminate

where the israel defense forces are preparing for a ground invasion. nse of the mood on the ground. reporter: the south of israel looks like one huge military base. we were driving south and i saw a stream of a thousand tanks rolling and that was just one staging post the war has broken out in the middle of the biggest political crisis israel has seen and decades with thousands of people taking to the streets in protest against the government but that has all changed now. people are completely united. people everywhere donating to the soldiers saying that we are behind our troops. the other thing that has changed is the view of is really civilians. or a long time people disputed how to deal with the palestinian question. now you hear an unprecedented terrorist attack, this can never happen again and we need to hit gaza hard and now. it is us or now. amna: we are speaking now as president biden is preparing to address the nation later tonight from the oval office after his trip to israel in which he expressed solidarity with a key ally. we know what we e