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i'm kim brunhuber. this is cnn newsroom. israel is retaliating swiftly and with force against hamas at this hour, targeting sites in gaza and engaging on multiple fronts. as the prime minister said a short time ago, we are at war. this after an hour's long barrage of rockets took the country by surprise and set off sirens as far as tel aviv. numerous casualties have been reported. this is the 50th anniversary of the war of 1973. most alarming for israelis are confirmed reports of militants infiltrating israeli territory. sam kiley is standing by in london, but let's begin our coverage with our jerusalem correspondent. what's the latest? >> reporter: we are just getting updated numbers of casualties. this is according to emergency services. they say there's been more than 250 injuries. at least 22 of them are dead. these are not final numbers yeyet. these are high casualty numbers considering this just start ed t 6:30 a.m. this morning, which is this barrage of rocket fire coming from gaza towards israel. we know that thousan

i'm kim brunhuber. we begin in gaza where israel has been ratcheting up the military pressure with expanded ground operations. explosions were heard reverberating across the enclave through the night. the idf says it struck 150 underground targets overnight. this is said to be the most intense israeli bombardment since the war started. >> translator: in addition to offensive operations we carried out over the past few days, the idf ground forces are expanding their ground operation this evening. >> all communications, networks in gaza are reportedly out of service and have been for many hours. the mounting death toll led the u.n. general assembly to vote for an immediate cease-fire on friday. israel's foreign minister announced it as despicable. eleni, what more are we learning about israel's incursion into gaza in the last few hours? >> reporter: what we don't know is how many troops entered gaza, whether they're still there, and then what the next plan is. the ground operation, the idf says, is expand

i'm kim brunhuber. it's 5:00 a.m. here in atlanta, noon in gaza city, where an incursion by israeli ground forces now appears imminent. on saturday, israel declared it's ready to open a new phase in its war against hamas with a focus on significant ground operations. the idf says it struck more than 100 hamas targets in gaza

i'm kim brunhuber, we're following breaking news out of israel. where that country's military is now mobilizing, including its reserves, in response to this morning's surprise rocket attack from gaza. the security cabinet is expected to meet in the coming hours and israel's president says the country is facing a very difficult moment. the attacks kban early today as many people were still sleeping. hundreds of rocks have been fired into israel with no letup so far. israeli officials say there were multiple injuries, some serious, and at least one fatality. israel's defense minister just proclaimed israel will win this war. the number of militants have infiltrated israel from gaza. hadas gold joins us from jerusalem. the scale of the attacks is just extraordinary, what's the latest? >> reporter: this is completely unprecedented and this is war, kim, something that israel has not seen the likes of this sort of surprise coordinated attack, many people are comparing it to the yom kippur war which perhaps purposely is on its 50th anniversary as we spea

i'm kim brunhuber. this is "cnn newsroom." israeli defense forces are still fighting hamas militants in southern cities after the surprise attack. at least 350 of its citizens have been killed since the assault began on saturday. the country responded by launching a wave of strikes in gaza. it says hundreds of hamas targets have been hit including a com bound belonging to the intelligence chief. benjamin netanyahu says israel is facing a long and difficult war. here he is. >> translator: what happened today has never been seen in israel and i will make sure that it does not happen again. the entire government is behind this decision. the idf will immediately use all its strength to destroy hamas's capabilities. and we'll that mighty vengeance for this black day that they have forced on the state of israel and its citizens. all of the places which hamas is deployed, hiding and operating in, we will turn it into an island of ruins. i'm telling gaza people to leave those places now because we will take action everywhere. >> let's

i'm kim brunhuber. it's 5:00 a.m. here in atlanta, noon at gaza city where a safe passage corridor has been established for palestinians to evacuate to southern gaza as israel has ordered them to do. is rah i will military opened it about an hour ago and it will remain open another four hours. once they get to gaza, there's nowhere to go. meanwhile israel had announced it killed the senior hamas commander who's supposedly the mastermind in last week's terrorist attacks. an unknown number of americans are known to be with others in captivity. on friday president biden said the u.s. is doing everything to find their loved ones. >> i say we're going to to everev everything in our power to find them. i'm not going to go into detail on that, but we're working like hell on that. they have to know the united states of america cares deeply about what's happening, deeply. we have to indicate to the world this is critical. this is not even human behavior. it's pure barbarism. >>> earlier i spoke, asking how long they have to ge

i'm kim brunhuber, with the latest on the coverage of the israel, hamas war. another night of heavy air strikes across the enclave. israel says it's been hitting hamas targets including tunnels and underground combat spaces. the idf is again urging folks to head south as it expands forces inside gaza, in response to the mack aceres of october 7th. israel believes the group is holding 230 hostages. inside gaza there is fear for what happens next. internet and cellular functions have been partially restored. there's not enough fuel water medicine to go around and very little coming in from egypt. scott what are you seeing from gaza and hearing from israel? >> reporter: hey kim, yes it is difficult to know precisely where we're at with the fighting in gaza given the limitations there. yesterday the israeli artillery did not stop. he also said gun fire could be heard from the eastern part of the strip near t perimeter fenc. this is in central gaza showing up not with wounds from air strikes but woouns from air -- wounds from a artillery. none of this is helping th

i'm kim brunhuber with breaking news of israel at war. the israeli military says it will allow people in gaza to safe passage . united nations is slamming israel for ordering the mass evacuation of palestinians from northern sgagaza and allowing te people so little time to get out. one called it outrageous and says it defies the rules of war and basic humanity. tens of thousands have already fled south but many others are staying put. a sudden surge into southern gaza has put a lot of pressure on the border crossing into egypt. gaza hasn't closed it on its side but it's unclear due israeli airstrikes on the other side. thank you for being with us. so the u.n. spoke yesterday of a 24-hour deadline to evacuate gaza city which has long passed. how long do those in gaza city have to evacuate? >> so, first of all, the residents in gaza city are a priority for the state of israel. unfortunately, they are not a priority for the hamas terror organization. hamas, we should be asking them, what are your concontingency pl. what did you think we woul

i'm kim brunhuber. we're following two major stories on cnn newsroom. israel is wrapping up raids in gaza. we begin with an urgent manhunt for the suspect in two mass shootings in maine. law enforcement surrounded the suspect's last known order for hours on thursday. authorities were heard shouting, you're under arrest and come out with your hands out, but it appears the suspect wasn't there at the time. police are looking for this man, 40-year-old robert card. he is considered armed and dangerous. he is charged with multiple counts of murder. officials are telling residents in the areas around lewiston, maine, to stay vigilant, remain inside and lock their doors as they search for card. the suspect was seen carrying a high-powered assault-style rifle during the massacre. susan collins who represents maine says she supports a ban on high-capacity magazine but says that guns aren't necessarily the problem. here she is. >> we do have a second amendment in our country. maine, i would point out, has one of the highest rates of gun ownership in the country a

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i'm kim brunhuber. it's 5:00 a.m. here in atlanta, noon in gaza city, where an incursion by israeli ground forces now appears imminent. on saturday, israel declared it's ready to open a new phase in its war against hamas with a focus on significant ground operations. the idf says it struck more than 100 hamas targets in gaza overnight. earlier, israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu met soldiers on the front lines, offering words of support and telling them to be prepared. the u.s. is now sending a second carrier strike group to the eastern mediterranean, as a deterrent of hezbollah to stay out of the conflict, and u.s. embassy who says americans who want to leave israel will be evacuated by sea on monday. palestinian authorities in gaza say the death toll from israeli air strikes is now more than 2,300 people, including 300 in the past 24 hours. it follows the hamas terrorist attack on israel last saturday, which killed more than 1,300 people. now, earlier, i spoke with lieutenant colonel peter lern

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i'm kim brunhuber.e begin with a major development, israel is calling for all civilians in gaza city to -- commit day ahead. the u.n. spokesperson calls the request impossible, saying he could turn an already tragic situation into a calamity. now it is likely the clearest sign yet of his really plans to intensify its military operations in gaza following hamas's attack on israel which killed at least 1300 people. tens of thousands of his early troops, tanks, and other military vehicles -- meanwhile there is enormous and worsening suffering for the civilians in gaza. palestinian health ministry says there are more than 1500 people who have been killed by israeli airstrikes and shelling. without power and water, the health system is on the brink of collapse. your secretary of state anthony blinken is in georgia right now, with meeting schedule in qatar, saudi arabia, egypt, and the united air emirates. israel on thursday him with prime minister benjamin netanyahu. >> we encountered a nation that together

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back to all of you watching us here in the united states, canada and all around the world, i'm kim brunhuber. israel, announced it's expanding ground operation in gaza. cnn's alex marquart has the details. >> reporter: almost 230 hostages held in the gaza strip. israel stepped its operations up in the area. nearing the release of a large number of hostages. then after israel launched the expansion of their operations, u.s. officials insisted that the talks will continue. one u.s. official telling cnn quite firmly that there is no scenario in which until these hostages are free, that the u.s. would stop pursuing talks. the white house is saying they are having active conversations with israel about humanitarian pauses as they call them because the u.s. believes that those pauses could help get hostages out. while israel on the other hand has argued that more military pressure is what helps free hostages. now the growing israeli campaign will also make many people more desperate to get out of gaza, including hundreds of foreign nationals who have been trapped in gaza and are trying to escape.

earlier my colleague kim brunhuber spoke to dr. ze zeher zehu, a founder of -- helping with the dire medical needs there. here he is. >> with the blockade of -- and prevention of food and medicine and medical supplies, and water, clean water, the situation, i cannot imagine what's happening right now to the civilians in gaza. and now with the ground invasion that will complicate it further and going to cause more attacks on civilians, more bombs, more injuries, unfortunately, two-thirds of the injuries are women and children, very large number of children who were killed and injured. and also it will probably collapse what's left of the medical system has lost two-thirds of its capacity, consuming large number of medical supplies, every day during this crisis is consumed in the hospital worth of one month of consumption before the crisis. and add to it the lack of clean water, lack of electricity. many core functions of the hospitals will stop functioning, including ventilators, incubators, labs, dialysis units, 1,000 patients in d

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