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This is the yearbook photo. Were told he was just 22 years old. Anderson . I want to begin this hour with Cnn International diplomatic editor nic robertson. Reporter the idf, anderson, has been talking about stepping up their air strikes and their artillery strikes on gaza ahead of a potential ground incursion. And late sunday, past few hours here into the early hours now, Monday Morning, we have been seeing perhaps some of the heaviest rounds ofg reverberati. But when it comes to those troops on the border, waiting for that incursion, theyre still not clear when its going to happen. Bristling with battleready troops, farmers fields north of gaza churn with the controlled fury of a nation readying for an incursion to strike hamas. Yet, they are waiting with no explanation why. It feels like the early rush for Battle Readiness has passed. The troops are deployed, standing by. The question is, how long can they be kept out here. According to former idf general, as long as as is needed. There are military gains. We are now improving our intelligence and our capacity of targets. Reporter but the political calculation here is more complicated. I think both in washington and in jerusalem they understand that the legit Mization Window is closing quickly. Reporter civilian losses in gaza are growing. More than a third of them children, according to Palestinian Health officials. Lengthy negotiations have led to two american hostages released. Theres a tiny amount of humanitarian aid has crossed into gaza that israel fears ends up in hamas hands. Prime minister Benjamin Netanyahus calculus of when to send in Ground Troops has never been so fraught, under pressure from the white house for more hostage releases. Netanyahu is in real problem. He cannot say no to biden, but he cannot say yes to the humanitarian aid that drifts into northern gaza. Reporter but he is also under pressure at home, too. Military and others hawkish for a decisive blow against hamas. We are finishing preparing, you know, the guard force because we have changed plans. We are going to for heavy maneuvering. Reporter netanyahus dilemma compounded by his dependence on american weapons. The pressure is from washington is real. Is real and strong and the Prime Minister says many times to his ministers, listen, we are getting from the United States more than you know. Reporter where less than a week ago, these fields were teaming with tanks, troops making lastminute repairs. Today, there are just tracks in the sand. Theres a soldiers jacket here, bread in a bag on the table. The question is, where have all the tanks gone . Forward for an incursion . Or back to base for a pause . Close to the front line in gaza these days, more questions than answers. An incursion still highly probable, but when . You know, that said, it really is hard to tell with so many things in the balance, could more hostages be released . Could more aid go into gaza . Could all of these things change the dynamic . But i think the overwhelming force at play here is really that domestic pressure on the Prime Minister to do something. And my guess is that really is going to outweigh whatever pressure comes from the white house, anderson. Nic robertson, thank you very much. For more on the impending Ground Operation, i want to go straight to our next guest, spokesman for the idf. Thanks very much for being with us again tonight. Nic robertson just reporting dozens of israeli troops ready at the southern border well, much more than dozens. We have yet to see a larger scale ground assault. Where do things stand tonight . Good evening. Thanks for having me or good morning shall i say. We are preparing ground activities, and apz we said before, all options are on the table and ready. And, until anything else happens, we continue to strike hamas. Were hunting the commanders, as we have said in the past. And were trying to strike the various targets that we have regarding to hamas. We are focussing a lot of intelligence sensors on the gaza strip, looking for new targets to emerge. When ever they do, we strike them. Just today we released footage of how hamas uses the very dangerous proximity to u. N. Facilities, schools, and even hospitals. We shared that with the media in order for everybody to understand that it is a very tense situation in gaza. Were targeting hamas, but hamas is hiding in or between different humanitarian positions. The israeli soldier that weve learned about that was killed on the northern border with lebanon, what more do you know about what happened . What i can say at this time is that the hezbollah continues to deploy mostly squads of antitank missiles. They have been firing them across the entire blue line, from the west, the coast, all the way up to mount dove in the east. And theyve been targeting both military positions and civilian locations. Unfortunately we have had casualties, and this is the most current one. This israeli soldier who now has been reported dead. And, what were doing in response is a very measured response so far. We are striking and defending ourselves against those antitank missile crews. Were using uavs in order to take them out, and now weve been able to in the last few hours to take out the few of those crews before they were able to launch any of their missiles. But its definitely an escalation on the side of hezbollah. They seem to be very focussed on escalating and worsening the situation, killing civilians and soldiers and really trying to drive lebanon into a very dangerous situation. Last night around this time you and i spoke about an operation that the idf conducted targeting, you said, a tunnel underneath a mosque. Palestinian officials today called that strike a dangerous escalation. Are there still you said it was a combined islam and jihad, hamas cell that youve been monitoring and that you found out about the tunnel in previous operations months before and this was to prevent an imminent attack. Are there operations that are on going in the west bank now . Yes. That strike, by the way, the imminent threat was information we had live and time sensitive that they were about to launch a strike using explosives. An attack using explosives against israeli targets. That is why we struck that infrastructure. We did it without causing the building to collapse. And we did it in order to strike against very legitimate military target. Unfortunately they were using a mosque to hide. Yes, there are operations on going in y judea and su maria. Israeli troops go in and look for and apprehend hamas, Islamic Jihad and other operatives that are either planning or preparing different types of attacks against israelis. We have rounded up more than 50 sorry, more than 450 hamas operatives in the Judea And Samaria since october 7th. It seems as if hamas is trying to destabilize that area as well. Were operating there and we definitely do not want to see an escalation there. So were trying to preempt any type of activity there that may set into motion more violence and more attacks against israelis. Obviously the idf has been asking and urging gaza residents to move to the south. We have been witnessing that, hundreds of thousands of people have. We have been talking about the increase in the trickle of humanitarian aid supply coming in trucks, 21 one day, 14 i believe it was today and the hope is by egyptian officials, humanitarian officials there would be more of that. In terms of people who have decided to stay in gaza, what are the Rules Of Engagement when a Ground Operation is taken, if a Ground Operation is taken. Obviously in any kind of Urban Combat Environment where you have a terror group and also civilians still, that is an extremely complex operation. We saw that in mosul. What are the Rules Of Engagement . What are they now . I have been reading that theyve been loosened in some ways. Is that accurate . No. The Rules Of Engagement are that we always distinguish between combatant and noncombatant, even in war. Definitely in routine operations, a civilian is a civilian until he acts different and becomes a combatant. And we try to distinguish between these two and target the militants or the combatants and not target the civilians. The people in northern gaza, gaza city, i think are making a very, very dangerous decision. They are jeopardizing themselves. They are playing into the hands of hamas. Hamas is just using them as cannon fodder, human shields. Hamas has no concern for their security. And i think that they should evacuate as soon as possible to go down south to a safer area. I think that the what were seeing, hamas kind of gravitating towards humanitarian facilities, specifically hospitals, is a very dangerous situation. Ive seen reports that the hamas isnt allowing the evacuation of hospitals. And actually keeping people in and disturbing the evacuation of hospitals. And i think were going to see very difficult situations if hamas indeed continues to prevent, and if remainders of palestinians in gaza city dont make the smart move and actually evacuate. We had an israeli politician on in the last hour who said that he believes hamas people in leadership positions have moved down south to hans unis, a city in the south. Is that accurate to your knowledge . Is there hamas leaders who moved further to the south . So, yes and no. On the yes part, we know that hamas definitely rank and file and others have a tendency to when ever things get tough blend in the civilian population and seek refuge within the civilian population. The no part is that theres a lot of underground infrastructure and important assets for hamas in gaza. It is their center of gravity. So, i cant go into detail intel analysis, but i can only say that we dont think that gaza city is void of terrorists. Lots and lots of Hamas Terrorists are in and under gaza city and they have very important infrastructure, hardware, weapons, communications and logistics there, so there may be some truth in what that official said. But the bottom line is that we see significant combat capabilities of hamas in gaza. Of course, we are trying to strike those capabilities and degrade them from the air. And we will see where the situation where and how the situation unfolds. Thank you. Coming up, here from an Israeli American volunteer called to action when the deadly attack took place. My next guest was on his way to a Family Wedding overseas but just days later he found himself collecting bodies, including the charred remains of children. Thats the story of israeliamerican when hamas launched its brutal attack against israel, he said he found himself called to action and took on a gruesome but necessary job, working with a civilian group to collect peoples bodies in one kibbutz before they were given to the military to be identified for their families. And we are joined now by tomar. Thank you for your time and sharing your story. Can you tell us about what you saw . Yeah. My first i did the operation of my team kibbutz deeri. We picked up anywhere from little babies, few months old all the way up to 90 plus years old. Burned bodies, cut people, body parts. The Worst Nightmare you can ever think of. Looks like the closest to it will be a video game, not even a movie close to it. Its i dont know how detailed you want me to go in. But horrific. Im sure. And you said you felt called to action. How did this all come agent . You were on your way to a Family Wedding and then you end up here, doing this. What was that like . Yeah. So, i was supposed to attend a wedding, and then obviously the wedding never happened. You know, everything started on saturday. On sunday i made some phone calls already. I wanted to help out because i realized, its a big deal. I called my friend, who is one of the heads. Its an organization basically collecting and picking up those dead bodies. He didnt like the idea at the beginning, but then on Monday Morning he picked me up and i showed up with his team. We were one of the first teams that showed up in the kibbutz be eri. I have no idea. I wanted to help somehow. I have no clue what im about to see. I had no idea what is it all about. I knew its crazy. I know its really bad. But they burned kids and women alive. So yeah. That must be terribly traumatic. I understand you have two young boys of your own. It must be very difficult to process all of this. Are you trying to can you make sense of any of what you witnessed and what you went through . I still cant process that. I do have three kids. I dont talk to them about that. I dont try to explain. I have no idea how to deal with that, to be honest with you. I dont know how i felt. I have no idea. Its i have never thought that i will have to see stuff like that, even though i feel very good about me helping. But i have no idea how bad is it. Yeah. And what do you want people to know about what you experienced, what you went through and what the people there in that kibbutz experienced what they went through . The worst movie you could ever think of, terrorists are the organization getting into a kibbutz, you can consider it as a village and just slaughtering everyone. And when they shoot someone, they dont shoot one bullet, they shoot 20, 30 on the same body. There is no animal that does stuff like that. I didnt even know that humans could do stuff like that. This is a monster, monster work. People have to know about that. There is no question about that. This is you see a lot of denying out there. Right. What do you say to those folks . They have to know about what happened. What is that . What do you say to those folks who are in denial about what happened . I dont really i dont get into arguments and stuff like that. I just im okay with talking in the media everywhere and tell people what ive seen in my eyes. Thats my goal to share it as much as i can. I really want to talk more about that. I want to tell more people about what ive seen because ive never seen anything or heard anything like that happen before. Yeah. Well, tommer peretz, we appreciate you taking the time to share your story. Its critical important that people hear from folks right there on the ground, witnessing this, saw it with their own eyes. Tomer, thank you for your time. Thank you for having me, jim. Thank you. Much more from israel after a quick break. Well be back. Tonight, how did hamas orchestrate their Massive Attack Ons Secretive And Dangerous Terror Group and what comes next. The whole story next on cnn. Nice footwork. Man, youre lucky, watching live sports never used to be this easy. Now you can stream all your games like its nothing. Yes [ cheers ] yeah woho running up and down that field looks tough. Its a pitch. Get way more into what youre into when you stream on the xfinity 10g network. President biden today speaking with a number of World Leaders in canada and europe. The pope and the israeli Prime Minister. Also today, sources tell cnn the white house is pressing israel to delay any Ground Invasion into gaza. The administration is citing progress on the Hostage Front Seat and the need to bring in additional humanitarian aid. Senior israeli official denied the report. Priscilla alvarez is live in delaware with detail miss ch what more do we know about these calls the president has been making . Reporter well, he has been working the phones over the course of the day as all of this continues to develop. And President Biden speaking to european and canadian leaders, but also notably talking again to Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. This is the eighth call the two have had since those Terror Attacks On October 7th. According to a readout by the white house, that conversation included developments discussing the developments of what is happening in gaza and israel as well as the president affirming that the flow of critical assistance to gaza and talking about those on going efforts to release hostages. Of course this slew of calls comes on the heels of President Bidens trip to israel and also amid those on going efforts to again, get aid to gaza as well as work on the release of hostages still held by hamas. Now, while here in rehoboth, delaware, the president was asked about whether the u. S. Was encouraging israel to delay the invasion into israel. And to that, the president simply said, that he was speaking to the israelis. And that continued to be the case today. The president also staying very close with his National Security team. Were learning the president was briefed by Secretary Of State Antony Blinken and also defense secretary lloyd austin among other senior officials. So the white House Keeping a very close eye on all of the developments. And anderson, one other issue that came up in that talk with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu was facilitating americans who are stuck in gaza, getting out of gaza. This has been an on going issue that still has on going resolution that with the Prime Minister among many World Leaders that the president spoke with today. Benjamin netanyahu met earlier this evening with his war cabinet and Senior Security officials. This is apprehension grows over hezbollah launching attacks from israels northern border. Lloyd austin warning the potential for escalation throughout the middle east. Joining us with more cnn Global Affairs analyst kim dozier and juliette kayyem. Lets talk about the northern border in lebanon, i was here for six weeks in 2006 and israels 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 israels 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 into hezbollah territory, possibly while simultaneously going into gaza. Juliette, in terms of the potential Ground Operations in gaza, look, there is obviously a lot of very understandable fury and shock and horror over the sickening attacks On October 7th that occurred here. Do you see that there has been planning for what may happen after even if its a Successful Operation in gaza. Right. Destroying hamas leadership, what happens in the power vacuum after that . Because certainly, the idf doesnt want to be on the ground in gaza for the next few years. Its interesting, anderson. Thats the question that senior white house officials have clearly been asking netanyahu and his war cabinet. And they are leaking at various times. Its pretty clear that there is no day to plan by the israelis. By the buildup that youre showing, this does not look like a strategic strike. This looks like a longterm investment or time in gaza, including the death of those living there, not just hamas. We have to believe israel would have us believe at this stage im just saying factually at this stage that an operational and Intelligence Failure that they experienced two weeks ago has somehow now completely turned 180 and now theyre ready to fight a strategic war that only gets to hamas leadership. Its just it defies sort of explanation at this time. So we know we simply know that there will be other fatalities not just humanitarian but hostages, civilians and others. And the question for israel is will that more radicalize people in gaza and in the outside muslim world, or will they be able to solve this issue . Because without a Government Structure in gaza you will have israelis getting killed. You cannot fight an urban war like this without israelis being vulnerable, especially given the intelligence setbacks that we know exist. We just cant deny them. They existed two weeks ago. Kim, its important to point out and i talked to a lot of israelis throughout the course of the days here. Theres a lot of concern number of intelligence officials, military officials, Security Officials have effectively apologized or accepted a level of responsibility for the failures that occurred that didnt catch the intelligence in the buildup to this sickening hamas Terror Attack and also on that day the failures that occurred. Benjamin netanyahu has not accepted any responsibility, has not apologized. His whole focus is on this operation in gaza. Is it clear to you that whatever those failures were have been in any way addressed that will help israel moving forward in whatever this Ground Operation . If there were failures in the military capabilities and the intelligence, and they havent been corrected, its understandable why some israelis would have be raising questions about a Ground Operation. Is this the best thing to do. Well, senior israeli official here confirmed that they believe that they were looking at the dots but not connecting them properly because they thought that hamas wanted to govern. They thought that giving hamas work permits for Something Like 15,000 gazans to come into israel had pacified hamas. These officials will tell you, yes, we saw them doing some training. We thought that was posturing to keep them popular inside gaza strip. We didnt understand it. Now we do. And now we have taken a different posture. That said with this potential Ground Invasion, you know, Special Forces teams train all the time. The kind of teams that would go in and try to effect hostage rescue, but the majority of the troops that would be sent into gaza, they are either young troops who have never seen battle or reservists who saw it a long time ago and only meet together a couple of times a year. Going into a complex environment where things are going to be booby trapped, there will be snipers as israeli officials have said, we know that hamas has been preparing for this. And they say thats even one of the reasons they have taken down some of the highrises to deny hamas snipers a place to shoot from. Still, theyre expecting casualties even though they believe that now theyre looking at the right threat and they understand whats against them. But once they do, the u. S. , israel, they all know that those hostages are likely going to be killed by their captors. So, i dont think israel israel doesnt want to look like its being pushed by the white house, but it doesnt seem to be rushing into a Ground Offensive either. This point that kim raises is so important. I raised it with a politician in the last hour. Not to take anything away from israeli forces. They have an extraordinary Military Machine here and incredibly lethal force. But i remember in 2006, i mean, theres a lot of young troops who are reservists who have come back and young soldiers who are doing their service. And the level of i assume they have been using the last few weeks to try to just refresh people in house to house, street to street combat because that is a very particular thing and one needs training in that. Right. Thats exactly right. And the training, though, isnt simply to protect yourself. It is also to try to empty places, get places where there may be hamas leadership but also civilian. So theres no amount of training can make an urban environment like this civilian death free. Lets put it that way. So we just have to be honest, there will be a certain level of civilian defts. Not everyone can leave. Theres a separate humanitarian issue because no one can get water or food. The question for israel is what kind of training, what is what is the plan after they claim or theyre able to get hamas leadership . Are you leaving . Well then what happens. Is the Palestinian Authority ready to go . Right. Because the Palestinian Authority doesnt is not going they have said were not going to be riding in on israeli tanks in order to rule gaza with backed up by israeli guns. Thats not a tenable situation. And just as we saw in iraq, with the campaign, theres a lot of people who then form an insurgency. Right. Thats exactly right. Look, we have we cant theres no example of a warfare like this. This doesnt create an insurgency even by those who were nonviolent at the moment of the original hamas attack. What does hamas want . Hamas wants this. Right. They want to ignite the middle east in a way that it hasnt been before and that we havent seen. So, this effort by the Biden Administration to at least slow down, to try to focus on at least not giving hamas the narrative that they want, which is the israelis come in, are killing civilians and humanitarians so thats what and yet, of course, israelis will point out that they have the right to respond and necessity to respond. That is impossible not to in some way respond to the atrocities. Were out of time. Juliette kayyem, kim dozer. Appreciate it. Up next a look inside one of the israeli communities that came under attack by hamas. The end of this week i got a chance to visit a kibbutz attacked by gunmen On October 7th. Because of security concerns it was the first time journalists were able to go there. Some of the visits were able to watch. This is what happened and the destruction left behind. This was one of the first kibbutz attacked On October 7th by hamas gunmen, Security Camer cameras recorded some of them entering. When we visited this week, the carnage was clear, no family, no home here was untouched by terror. Peoples possessions are strewn all around, left behind by men who looted and killed for more than seven hours. The silence now sounds sickening, a breeze blows through broken windows, flies buzz in the debris. The residence who survived are gone. Only some cats have returned. Every home it seems has been defiled. Family photos remain on the fridge. The people who lived here hid in their safe room. Lucky for them, the door held strong. You can tell gunmen tried to pry this door open. This handle is nearly been pulled off from tugging it. They werent able the lock held. It looks like they tried to pry open the door as well. You can fit your hand through here. They could just maybe look in but they couldnt actually breakthrough this door. Around back, we checked the window of the safe room. Inside the bed and sheets are soaked with blood. One member of the family who hid here was wounded but he and they survived. But according to the idf, about a quarter of the 400 people who lived are dead or missing. In another house in this kibbutz, gunmen broke in and murdered a woman. They not only killed her, they got access to her facebook account and they live streamed an image of her lying in a pool of blood on the ground so that her friends and family could see. This is 74yearold woman. Her neighbors were live we found their home completely torched. Dishes were still in the dishwasher. They hid in their safe room when the gunmen came. Her granddaughter says Idina Messaged their family they were okay. My grandmother was a very, very strong. She didnt want us to be panicked. Grandmother was worried about you in that moment. Yeah. Shes this kind of woman. She always take care of us. But inside the safe room, there was reason to panic. A pool of dried blood, evidence of what happened. David moshi was shot and killed here holding on to the door handle to prevent the gunmen from getting in. He was a hero. He was shot. So, there are three gunshots on the door. Their attackers draked her out through the safe room window. She later appeared in this video posted online, sandwiched between gunmen on a motorbike in gaza. Some of the missing have been found. The bodies of 80yearold caramela dan and her 13yearold granddaughter were identified this week. Her former soninlaw is still missing, as are two of his children. This video shows ares being dragged away by gunmen. One who appears to have blood on his hand. Gio locate d where the video wa shot. This is the last known location of ares. He was 12 years old, kidnapped by hamas gunmen and video taped as they were dragging him away in this direction. This is the fence to the kibbutz. Gaza is only about a mile and a half away. You can see an explosion thats just taken place in gaza off in the distance. So the gunmen didnt have far to take him in order to get him back into gaza. Theres video of sherry being kidnapped as well, clutching her two children ariel and kafar. Her husband is missing too. We talked to her cousin last week. I want my family back. Please, i want my family back. I try to be strong and stoic and speak clearly, but im dev im devastated. All of the families are devastated. David moshi was buried there this week. His granddaughter wanted us to see a video that was played at his funeral, from a celebration at the kibbutz earlier this year. Thats david singing. Hes then joined by other members of the kibbutz. Hes singing the first sentence. Time will fix all that breaks. Thats the message. Youre allowed to be afraid and youre allowed to be sad, but tomorrow we can rebuild and recover. Extraordinary to think of the 400 people who lived here, a quarter of them are dead or missing. Well be right back. Next, how did hamas orchestrate their Massive Attack on israel. Sara sidner explores the history of this secretive and dangerous terror group and what comes next. The whole story with Anderson Cooper next on cnn. Is it possible my network could take my business to the next level . It is with comcast business. Powering all your devices with gigspeed wifi. And you get fast downloads and uploads. Pick it up pick it up oh we got this because its powered by The Next Generation 10g network. More speed for your business . Its not just possible. Its happening. Get started for 59. 99 a month for 12 months. Plus, ask how to get an 800 prepaid card with a qualifying internet bundle. Comcast business, powering possibilities. Nine republicans have thrown their hats into the ring for the speakers gavel after the House Republican conference failed to elevate their last two nominees to the speakership. Cnns manu raju has a look at the chaos up on capitol hill and whats next for the house gop. Reporter House Republicans remain in turmoil almost three weeks after the unprecedented ouster of a sitting speaker. Kevin mccarthy was pushed out after eight republicans joined with democrats, initiated by House Republicans and they havent been able to coalesce around anyone to replace mccarthy yet. The house cant do any business until the speaker is elected. They have been unable to unite behind any candidate. First they nominated steve scalise. He was unable to get the votes to be elected speaker and bowed out before going to the floor. Jim jordan the House Judiciary Committee chairman was nominated to be the speaker of the house and did go to the floor three times and failed to win enough support. He could only afford to lose four republican votes on this party line vote. He lost 25 on his third bout. Ultimately he bowed to reality and stepped aside. Now nine republican candidates have filed to run for speaker. Unclear which of those nine will ultimately get the republican nomination and, more importantly, who can get the 217 votes that they would need on the floor of the house to be elected speaker. It is unclear if any of them can, given the sharp divisions within the ranks. Its the biggest f you to Republican Voters ive ever seen. This conference is absolutely broken. Americans are sick of it and most members of the house are sick of it. It is time for big boys and big girls to stop with the nonsense. The Swampy The Swamp gets. We need to get over it and get on with it. We have to get our act together. Im getting calls from my constituents saying what the hell is going on with you republicans . History will assign the blame in the right places. A bit about the timing. On monday evening, that is when House Republicans will meet Behind Closed Doors yet again. Those candidates will try to make their pitch to the conference, answer questions from the members, one by one, and see how that ultimately goes. Then Tuesday Morning is the significant vote. Behind closed doors republicans will have a secret ballot leadership election. That means a majority of their conference will vote to nominate the next speaker candidate. That person, there will be a secret ballot election so it is unclear who might emerge here but well see how close the person who gets the nomination is to the magic number on the house floor. 217 votes to be elected speaker. This is challenging for any republican candidate because in the narrowly divided house there are only 221 republicans and democrats will vote for Hakeem Jeffries the democratic leader. That means there must be a limit of defections in the ranks and it is unclear if any of them will be able to do that after weve seen republicans going after each other after mccarthy was pushed out, unable to get behind anyone. Unable to do the nations business and much business is waiting dealing with aid to israel, calls for aid to ukraine, avoiding a Government Shutdown by mid november. None of that can be dealt with. The republican agenda is completely stalled amid this gop lo leadership infighting. Can they get it resolved this week . It is a huge question and a possibility it could not be resolved into another week if they cant get their act together behind a nominee. Manu raju, cnn capitol hill. They took babies after they killed their parents. Something you cant imagine. There is still bombardment ongoing inside gaza. Humanitarian conditions there grow more dire. Are you hopeful still hezbollah will stay out of this war . In tel aviv with cnns breaking News Coverage of israel at war. This evening the New York Giants honored american hostages taken from israel. Secretary of state Antony Blinken said there are still ten americans unaccounted for some of whom are being held by hamas. The team honored these americans by Flying American Flags in the tenementy seats you see at metlife stadium. For more information how you can help humanitarian efforts in israel and gaza go to cnn. Com impact or text relief to 707070 to donate. Thank you very much for joining me here this evening. On behalf of my colleagues, im jim acosta. The whole story is next after a quick break. Welcome to the whole