jim sciutto is in the golan heights for us and kim dozier also joins us. we want to go first to you, jim, on the scene there. bring us up to speed on what happened with the strikes overnight and why the u.s. made this move. >> reporter: good morning, kasie. standing here in the golan, you can see syria behind me here. just a reminder that in the northern part of israel and when you get to the golan, you have in effect two international borders that israel is directing its tension at, certainly lebanon, where hezbollah is based, and also syria where you have iranian-backed militias as well. the significance of these u.s. strikes overnight is that it appears to be retaliation for strikes on u.s. forces by iran-backed forces in both syria and iraq. but notably this is a base that doesn't just have at times iranian-backed militias, it has actual iranian forces from the iran revolutionary guard core, the irgc. and it is not clear that the u.s. prior to these strikes was certain that there were no iranian personnel there. in other words, a risk there that these

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joining us now to discuss cedric leighton as well as security analyst kim dozier.hank you so much to both of you, cedric, look, i know there are people out there who think that there's just one easy answer that we can just share right now. but, obviously, in the situation like this, it's not that simple. go ahead. >> yeah, that's right, jake. one of the key problems that you have is, you know, what was being targeted. was this in fact an israeli air strike. and of course, that looks like that was really the case. and when you have a situation where there are a lot of civilians, it really complicates the targeting mechanism. and the whole targeting process. so, i would really like to know, you know from a military standpoint, what the israelis were targeting. did they think that there was a hamas entity in the hospital, and even with that, you know, what kind of justification would there be to do this kind of a strike. it's something is that, you know, really different from how we do the targeting process in the u.s. air force, at least it appears to be. and that is

cnn global affairs analyst kim dozier joins me now from washington. kim, i really appreciate you getting your insights on this, especially as we see developments on the ground in the past few hours. now, netanyahu was resolute israeli troops press on in the meantime. the prime minister now claims that the rescue of the idf soldier is proof that military pressure on hamas will, in equal, measure both safe hostages and destroy hamas. is that even possible? >> well, the families of the hostages certainly fear it is not. they think that if some of the hostages are saved it will be by luck and some skill, but they are really worried about collateral damage as the israeli defense forces push forward in circling gaza city. it looks like that is what they are doing and laying the siege for what looks like a long, urban warfare campaign. that is the kind of thing where you go block by block. the hostages are likely hidden in an underground tunnel network in different groups, so, perhaps they can get to some pockets of them in time, but every single tunnel that

kim dozier for us. thank you so much.ciated. >> things. >> now the unicef chief is issuing a stark warning saying that the lack of clean water in gaza is on the verge, becoming a catastrophe. and she said more than 2 million people are, of course, and our need of clean water in the enclave. and without, it they will suffer from dehydration and waterborne diseases. while they show us the gravity of the situation. >> in gaza, the fight for survival grows more desperate by the hour. civil order is breaking down with you an aid warehouses. the water shortage is so bad, that some are now turning to the sea for the supplies that they so desperately need. >> very difficult they are not set up for this the shelter, which we call shelter now is supposed to be a schools. so in a classroom that's supposed to have, 20, kids or 30 kids for schools every day you have more than 100 7200 people. we -- used to talk all the time, of all the time. all eyes are now on the rafah crossing. the last lifeline in and out of gaza. before the roll

kim dozier is in d.c. clarissa, a lot of israelis no doubt listening to what president biden had to say. how do you think they will feel about what they heard? >> -- say, right? usually historically there has always been the call for restraint in this situation, the call upon israel to exercise restraint in its response. we did not hear that. we heard a very, very staunch and solemn commitment by the u.s. to stand with its israeli partners. we heard specifics about where those efforts may lie going forward. he talked about supplying more ammunition, more interceptors to keep those iron domes running well. he talked about collaborating closely with israeli intelligence to try to do whatever can possibly be done to bring some of those hostages safely out of gaza. of course, he also said that there are, as we know, americans among those being held hostage in the gaza strip. but i also think, anderson, that this was a speech for americans too. right? and he talked about the importance of coming together, both

>>> with us now cnn global affairs analyst kim dozier.to start outside of israel with a meeting that took place in beirut over the last 24 hours and it involved hasa nasrallah, the head of hezbollah, the shia militant group that operates in lebanon and political leaders from hamas and islamic jihad. this was a meeting that was covered. they pub licized the picture there and they wanted the world to see. what message do they want to see? >> they're sending a message of a united front that if israel invades on the ground into gaza that israel could face military action from hezbollah in the north. at the same time current and former israeli officials i've spoken to believe that hezbollah is trying to look like it's supportive of what's going on in gaza without triggering a full-scale israeli invasion. they don't want to the have to go that far. they are aware of the fact that there is u.s. fire power now in the region that could help knock out some of their missiles if they start raining missiles down on to israel from the north. >> so talk

back with me is a peter bergen and kim dozier. peter, when you look at this stepping back there is the immediate almost knee-jerk reaction to say it is unprecedented and it went undetected, how could they have not anticipated it? is it that simple? >> we don't know yet, but after 9/11 you recall everybody said there was an intelligence failure. after the 9/11 commission was formed over a year later, much against the bush administration's attempts to make sure didn't happen, it became clear the cia was constantly warning the bush administration in the summer of 2001 about a possible attack, not clear where it was going to be, but the bush administration really did nothing during that time period. now, the netanyahu government is going to come under considerable pressure from israelis about how did this happen. my guess is that, because this usually happens, there is usually a lot of noise but when you look back there are a lot of signals that you missed. something this big surely there are signals that were missed and, surely, ther

also with me is kim dozier, cnn global affairs analyst. we got the news earlier this afternoon that israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu has invited the president to come to israel soon. what do you make of that? that is a very big gesture from the prime minister, who has sometimes been at odds with democratic administrations from time to time. >> i think what it shows is that president biden's speech embracing the israeli people and condemning the violence, it was watched widely across israel and it really hit home. it's a sign of appreciation for what the united states is doing in terms of sending those carrier groups and sending in ammunition, as needed. but i don't think president biden would -- secret service would not approve a trip like that at a time like now. >> yeah, i mean, i think that that's tbd, no question about it. general clark, let me ask you about what kim just mentioned a few moments ago about these two carrier strike groups moving into the region. you know, it is -- we've been saying this over and over again, this

. >>> joining me now rue tent colonel leighton and kim dozier. colonel leighton, let me start with you. we heard about the 20 trucks that just got in as we heard from clarissa ward that got in from the gaza side -- egyptian side from southern gaza. first off, why 20 trucks, and do you suspect a sustained humanitarian corridor to be opened? and, of course, the logistics surrounding that is going to be huge. >> yeah, it certainly will be. good morning to you. i think the reason for the initial trucks is to make sure they could do this and they had the logistical capability that the roads were open in the sense that they were able to handle the volume of trucks, the weight of the trucks. some of that may be just road construction issues based on the strikes that the israelis, you know, had done, the air strikes that they had done in that area. so i think 20 trucks, a very limited number, of course, but this is a truck -- hopefully a test run will be followed by a major movement of other trucks into the area. >> kimberly, clarissa raised a very good

kim dozier, we saw today one example of where u.s. pressure has worked to some degree. and that is allowing the restoration of communications or at least some communications out of gaza. do we have any sense as to what u.s. pressure on the israeli military to temper its military activities in gaza, to minimize or reduce civilian casualties? is there evidence that that pressure has made a difference on those operations? >> well, from the perspective that the arab world, there has been no letup in the constant bombing t from the perspective of military planners looking at this from the outside, you can see how israel, as it's doing a major ground incursion into gaza, which it did over the weekend, that it would want the communication shut down so that it could confuse the adversary and get as many of its people in as safely as possible. so, turning the coms back on a day later might not be militarily that destructive to their ultimate goal. but if you were just going to prosecute this all out, you would keep those communications off. you would keep the enemy in the dark.

joining us with more cnn global affairs analyst kim dozier and juliette kayyem.et's talk about the northern border in lebanon, i was here for six weeks in 2006 and israel's fight against hezbollah. that was a very, very tough fight. the weaponry of hezbollah has gotten a lot more sophisticated since then. >> this is one of the reasons that israel was expecting some sort of attack to come from the north, not from gaza because hezbollah has something like 150,000 missiles including sophisticated missiles that can reach just about all of israel and that is according to u.s. and israeli intelligence. but it seems like hezbollah has decided to just stay at the edges of this conflict. there had been harassing attacks, keeping israel's attention focussed up north, preserving the possibility of something more out, perhaps during an israeli ground offensive, but some i have spoken to do not think that iran wants hezbollah to get involved like that. neither to lebanese leaders who think that israel will follow through with its threats to strike back and have an incursion i

now here to discuss all of the developments on the ground, alex marquardt and kim dozier, thank you foring in. alex, you have some new reporting about what is happening about this possible incursion in gaza, the hostage situation. what are you learning? >> we've seen u.s. expressing solidarity from israel and what they plan to do in the gaza but there are major humanitarian concerns so the biden administration is pressing the israelis to slow down, to delay their incursion into gaza to allow for more time to make progress on the humanitarian fron on both the hostages and the aid. we've just seen this first batch of aid going into gaza. we know the u.s. wants that aid to be sustained. we've seen the first two american hostages coming out of gaza on friday. we know that the u.s., of course, wants all of the hostages to be released. so what i'm hearing is that there has been some pressing by the administration on the israelis to allow for more time for progress on both of those fronts. i should know, manu, that the israelis are denying this. i heard from a senior official this morning who

here with me now, cnn global analyst kim dozier who's reported extensively on the region and former cbsforeign correspondent dan lviv. it sends a -- even emit the great news that for i've already been released. but that moment that we have seen, i want to take a look for a second to that really emotional moment of seeing these two women be released. take a look at this. >> do we have? [speaking in a non-english language] [speaking in a non-english language] >> so, just watching this right now unfold. seeing the images of them cannot. these are older women. being hunted by the member of the paramedics. the emotional -- could be contemplated. when you think about that the, least and hamas feeling knew it would be taped in some way. what's the hold here? >> to drag this out as long as possible. hamas, we hear, has been wishing for fuel to be brought in now that they're humanitarian purposes for that. but the longer that they can keep the releases going on, the longer they hope to delay any sort of ground operation. that said, the israelis have been trying to make it work for, them continui

we appreciate it very much, kim dozier. thank you so much. >>> the breaking news continues.ext, we'll have a live report from israel when we come back. stay with us.

. >>> and here with me now to share their expertise, cnn global affairs analyst kim dozier and axios political rep reporter barack rafid. and you've been covering wars for several years, kim, and there is talk about sending carriers into the region, the second set of carriers and they are coming as iran is warning of the far-reaching consequences if this war doesn't end, hooezboll and israel has exchanged fire. how concerning is it at the moment for officials in the region and here in the u.s. that that could turn into a broader conflict? >> well the carriers are there to end is a signal to nonstate actors like lebanon and hezbollah and to factions within syria are armed with iranian missiles according to israeli officials, if they decide to get into the fight, they could face american fire power. it is also a message to iran itself not to think about taking advantage of this situation. but if hezbollah does get involved at the border, right now it seems to be hezbollah is just using mostly harassing attacks that engage the israeli military, making it concentrate on two different fron

kim dozier and norm eisen, thanks for coming on and offering your perspective.y friday. >>> still ahead, hunter biden now asking for a judge to dismiss his federal indictment on gun charges. what his attorneys are saying about the special counsel investigating the president's son. >>> a late night filing from hunter biden's legal team. his attorneys have told the judge they're going to ask that his case be dismissed. they say the special counsel was prohibited by a previous agreement from bringing the federal indictment on felony gun charges and that hunter cannot be charged. let's break this down with central bank's senior justice correspondent paula reid. let's take a step back. how did we get here? >> it's a great question. you have to understand the entire story here to understand what exactly is happening today. several months ago this case as well as some tax charges were all expected to be resolved with a plea deal. hunter had been under investigation for five years and it was expected that he would plead guilty to some tax charges and these gun-related c

israeli ambassador to the united states and also joining us this morning, cnn global affairs analyst kim dozierpreciate you being here very much. kim, your analysis was very helpful as we heard the president speak yesterday, not calling for restraint from israel. can you speak to what you see as a narrow window that israel has to fully respond here? >> reporter: well, they're already circling gaza with 300,000 troops. but reports are coming out as they pounded the area with air strikes, softening it up, taking out possible opposition before moving in that civilian casualties are growing. hospitals are reporting being overwhelmed with casualties, having supplies running out and also full of palestinian families that don't know where else to go, don't have bomb shelters, u.n. schools where they sheltered, those are all full. they can't get other the borders. so they're crowding into hospitals. those are the kind of photos, videos that are flooding the arab world and will eventually cause -- especially once an incursion happens, the more civilian casualties reported, that's going to cause internat

kim dozier, thank you very much for being with us this morning.lly appreciate your time. >> thanks. >>> coming up here, did the hamas attack sabotage a potential peace deal between the saudis and israel? we'll have the latest, ahead. ♪ the power goes out and we still have wifi to do our homework. and that's a good thing? great in my book! who are you? no power? no problem. introducing storm-ready wifi. now you can stay reliably connected through power outages with unlimited cellular data and up to 4 hours of battery back-up to keep you online. only from xfinity. home of the xfinity 10g network. ♪ >>> sirens blaring over incoming rockets in jerusalem and tel aviv in just the last few minutes. our becky anderson you may have seen scrambling to evacuate briefly. but she's back with us now. becky, walk us through what just happened. >> reporter: yeah, we heard a huge boom here. let me just let you know where we are, we are in tel aviv. and we're about 28 minutes from the airport here. and we got a colleague at the airport, and he just sent in some vid

and to the point she made let's bring in lieutenant general mark hertling and kim dozier. talk about what they laid out and can it be definitive proof. >> it only goes so far and erin is learning new things out here. every commander has this chart and this is how the iron dome works. the radar initially gets where the point of origin of a rocket occurs and use that, first of all, to conduct strikes on that area. you want to kill the enemy but it also shows you the trajectory of the round because that's how the iron dome works. you pick up this trajectory somewhere along its route to knock down the rocket. in this case they've got several rockets coming out of this area on several trajectory, one of them goes right out of the hospital. or right over the hospital. this is pretty goodest in and of itself but not enough. you have to take a look at the craters that they provided >> that's what the israelis pointed to right away. >> exactly, the first one is the point of origin and aim. this is their crater analysis. it hit in this parking lot. the hospital right here and you sa

. >>> joined now by cnn global affairs analyst kimberly dozier. kim, let me start first, good morning to you also managing editor of military times. we now have from hamas, they confirmed that they have captured israeli soldiers. add that to the pictures we're seeing the reports we're getting, and give us some perspective of the significance and the scope of this clash. >> i was there for the first and the second palestinian uprisings. i have never seen anything like this. as israelis are saying, they haven't seen anything like this in decades since the last major surprise attack on their country. we have had reports of the militants coming in from air, land and sea. and now multiple pockets of attacks throughout southern israel. the israeli defense forces are going to be mopping that up for days, but meanwhile, the reason i think you've seen the big call-up of reserve forces is, as haddas mentioned, israel long warned against an iranian-backed attack from multiple angles, from lebanon and syria as well. hezbollah has more than 100,000 rockets that ca