Massed on the southern border with gaza ahead of the expected Ground Incursion, which the Israeli Government says will be supported from the air and sea. Over 100 military targets were Hit Overnight and the idf said they have killed a Senior Commander involved in the attacks in israel last week. Meanwhile, hamas is continuing to fire rockets into israel, towards tel aviv and other areas in the south. The World Health Organization has has again called on israeli to rescind its Evacuation Order. The decision, they said, to force Hospital Patients to relocate would be a death sentence. President biden has spoken with the israeli prime minister, benjamin netanyahu, and urged him to provide a Human Corridor South for those civilians seeking to escape the bombardment. Humanitarian corridor. A diplomatic push is continuing to try to prevent the violence from spreading. The us secretary of state, antony blinken, has arrived in cairo. Hes expected to press egyptian officials to open the Rafah C
And her efforts for promoting Human Rights And Freedom for all. Narges mohammadi has been arrested 13 times, convicted five times and sentenced to a total of 31 years in prison. The Committee Said her brave struggle, has come with tremendous personal cost. Caroline hawley reports. In iran last year, spearheaded by women, an extraordinary Rebellion Set off by the death in Police Custody of a young woman detained for allegedly not wearing her veil properly. The nobel Committee Said this award was for the hundreds of thousands of iranians who had stood up against a theocratic regimes policies of discrimination and oppression against women. Narges mohammadi is irans most prominent human rights activist. Here she was seven years ago, criticising the regime for forcing women to wear the hijab while allowing corruption to run rampant. She is currently serving a ten year sentence. Her brave struggle has come with tremendous personal cost. Altogether, the regime has arrested her 13 times, convi
Welcome to jerusalem welcome tojerusalem as a new chapter is being written in the turbulent history of the middle east. After decades of shadow wars and covert operations, iran and israel, long time archenemies, are now in direct confrontation. In the early hours of the morning here, iran launched hundreds of drones and missiles over israeli territory. Israel, backed by its allies, said almost all of the projectiles were shot down. It says the attack was foiled. This morning israel is still on high alert and the Israeli Army Says it is weighing its response. Lets look at this video of the events throughout the night in jerusalem and across israel. Sirens. What you can hear is the air raid sirens injerusalem. What you can see is israels Air Defence System, the iron dome, in operation. Flashes in Thejerusalem Sky as drones and missiles are shot down. A coalition of israels allies, including the us and uk, helped shoot down some iranian drones and missiles before they reached israeli terr
Was in relatiation for an air strike two weeks ago on one of its consulates in damascus, widely thought to have been carried out by israel. Speaking on Iranian State tv, the armed forces Chief Of Staff warned israel of a larger attack on its territory should it retaliate against the overnight drone and missile attack. Lets bring you up to date with the latest. Lets take a look at how events unfolded. Sirens. What you can hear is the air raid sirens injerusalem. What you can see is israels Air Defence System, the iron dome, in Operation Flashes in thejerusalem sky as drones and missiles are shot down. A coalition of israels allies, including the us and uk has helped shoot down some iranian drones and missiles before they reached israeli territory. This is footage of that happening overjordan. Similarly, this video is from the Skies Over Damascus in syria. You can see objects being hit in the sky. And again, in the skies over iraq. More drones and missiles being intercepted as they trave
Im Zachary Cohen in washington and this is cnn hello and welcome to her viewers here in the United States and Around The World. Im wolf blitzer in washington. And we start with Breaking News once again, any moment now, the United Nations Security Council is leaning in new york for an Emergency Meeting discussing the very volatile situation right now in the middle east, there is growing worry Around The World after iran launched. And the precedented attack on israel arrives firstever direct assault on israeli territory from directly inside iran Israel Defense versus say, they shut down almost all of the 350 rockets and missiles so fired of the country overnight. Many of those rockets and missiles were shot down by the us and the uk. Were getting a first look at the destruction, though. Take a look at this this is some israels never team airbase. A senior us military official says there was no significant damage throughout the country as a result of the air Defense System israel Presiden