jim bittermann in paris. ever since israel declared war on hamas its forces in northern israel have been coming under sporadic fire from militants in neighboring lebanon. the idf says its fighter jets struck a hezbollah military compound and observation post on wednesday and southern lebanon. as a caution against the second front opening in northern israel, the -- evacuee from the region. cnn's jim sciutto spoke to one israeli soldier about the difficulty of asking people to leave their homes indefinitely. >> do you believe people will be able to come back to a town like mid to late again, or is it just too close to lebanon and -- hezbollah. >> -- make them feel protected and make them feel safe and to protect them if it's necessary in our own life. and -- -- as someone who backed his -- and still in his eyes and. see my own house. >> -- our guest is israel's volunteer rescue service were he springs into election in. october 7th a heeded the call and some paid the ultimate price. we want to warn you, some of

cnn's jim bittermann is live for us in paris, and has been following all of this. jim, when it struck me that an idea of spokesman told cnn a few hours, go in their estimation, the troops are actually eager to take on an invasion of gaza at this hour. >> well i would say, they may be, eager by some of the other countries in the world are not so eager. perhaps the french president macron just returned from a trip to the middle east where he was urging caution on the israeli. he was also expressing his support for their need to defend themselves but he was also pitching an idea that he's had for sometime now that to create some type of a multinational anti-terrorism force, and that the -- on the same plane as the coalition that was put together against i.s.i.s.. that included members of the european union, and also the arab league, and he was hoping to get some support for that. it does not seem like he got much for -- because he basically came home empty-handed. he did say us he returned that in fact francis going to send a lot of humanitarian aid, and -- going to th

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we go to cnn's jim bittermann, who's live for us in paris. it has nearly been three weeks now, jim. i think people are still wondering whether or not the israeli government is on the brink of a full scale ground invasion? >> in fact, i think you hear, there is a lot of wonder about that. the impression is that the steak of what's going on. with 35 citizens killed in the attacks on october 7th. there are nine still missing, or presumed to be among those hostages. so, yes, i think the french are concerned with what's going on. we heard president macron make a quick trip to the middle east, meeting with key leaders on both israel, egypt, and jordan and in palestinian territories. he was, basically, pitching a plan for, a, a cease-fire, but be, some kind of anti terror coalition. he used it as the nature of the ice this coalition those put together involving europeans, and some arab countries the. his ideas, however, the were not met with a lot of approval by the various leaders. in fact, it didn't seem to get much traction, in terms of getting this coalition together. so, we will see h

. >> jim bittermann, thank you. >>> a jury roomist has returned to work less that be 24 hours after an airstrike killed his family in gaza. the idf says it was targeting the hamas infrastructure in the area where the man's family was sheltering. warning, parts of the report are graphic. >> reporter: a journalist, some called the voice of gaza, mourns over the body of his teenage son. they are taking their rerevenge by killing our chirngs he cries. their bureau chief in gaza lost his wife, 15-year-old son, 7-year-old daughter and baby grandson. all killed in an israeli airstrike, the neshlg says. the reporter had moved his family south of gaza city after an evacuation order by the idf believing it would keep them safe. this conflict is take ing a seve toll on journalists with at least 24 killed so far, according to the committee to protect journalist. reporters are also facing threats, arrests and censorship. no one and nowhere in this enclave is spared, palestinians say. deaths and funerals are constant. anguish and inagony are on ever corner. every ten minutes, a child is killed, save

i was just talking to jim bittermann in paris about this today. all of the israeli allies have effectively obviously backed up israel's right to defend itself against hamas. they can't then be seen to call for a cease-fire because that would undermine that message so they're trying to find a way around the language. so france, the uk, for example, the u.s. now calling for a pause in the violence, but getting a cease-fire through the u.n. will be really difficult indeed. >> for sure. all right, max foster, thank you very much for being with us this morning. i really appreciate it. don't go far, just in case. thank you. >>> all right, coming up here, a former colleague says the suspect in the maine mass shooting is a skilled marksman and outdoorsman among the best shooters in his army reserve unit. how that impacts the ongoing manhunt. >>> good morning. thank you for being up early with us. it is just before 5:30 on the east coast. i'm kasie hunt. the big story we have been following, a massive manhunt expanding this morning for the suspect in a mas