[sirens] intense rocket fire over the gaza strip. Is really, prepare for massive ground assault. We are pounding enemies with unprecedented force. I stress this is only the beginning. Irans Foreign Minister met with hamas leader in qatar tod today. The Hamas Terror Organization is financially backed by irans government. These are truly evil people. We saw one range rockets coming off the gaza strip streaming through the night sky and our producer is telling me there are Air Raid Sirens sounding in tel aviv and joppa. Moving in position along the gaza strip, drones overhead, Artillery Vendors into the nig night. Welcome to the special two hour edition of one nation, thanks for being here recovering the war in israel, i am brian kilmeade. Fox news alert, his risk Ground Invasion delayed until next week due to Severe Weather, three senior it was really officials who spoke to the New York Times. Iran threatening to intervene if israel goes through with a Ground Attack which they are going
saying not without the hostages being returned. sandra: and the hezbollah leader is threatening further escalation against israel and the united states, warning that our warships stationed off the coast of israel will do nothing to deter the iran-backed proxy. john: joint exercises in the mediterranean sea with more than 11,000 u.s. troops participating. sandra: complete coverage for you now, and idf spokesperson is moments away with the latest from the battlefield. john: alex hogan live in tel aviv. what s the reaction been there to blinken s comments about the pause today? john, sandra, there was a lot of concern for residents here worried about the potential for a ceasefire but israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu shut down that possibility. we also heard from u.s. secretary of state antony blinken saying the u.s. goals for this conflict, really four of them. the first would be to prevent the conflict from spilling out into other countries, that s something
public remarks on the war in israel. hezbollah is backed by iran. attacking israel from across the northern border out of lebanon. the violence stoking fears of a larger regional conference. the u.s. and israel watching it as well. we ll bring news as we get it. also at the hour of 9:00 a.m. eastern the u.s. calling for humanitarian pause, israel a pushing forward. secretary of state antony blinken with the israeli prime minister back in tel aviv today. we expect to hear from him soon as well. a lot of moving pieces. i m bill hemmer. welcome to friday in new york city. dana: i m dana perino and america s newsroom. we ll take you through all the news. secretary blinken met with netanyahu and his war cabinet. earlier this morning he spoke with israeli president herzog. they reiterated israel s right to defend itself and urging palestinians in gaza to let s talk about new protests erupting in the west bank. good morning, to you. a real sense of tension hanging in the air
hello, i m brianna keilar with boris sanchez here in washington. we have wolf blitzer in tel aviv and you are watching cnn s special live coverage of israel at war. today we are tracking several major developments from the battlefield, just a short time ago the idf confirming one of their soldiers who was kidnapped by hamas on october 7th has been released or is now in their custody. private ori megidish who is seen here, said to be doing well and has been reunited with her family. we re also hearing directly from some of the other 230 plus hostages held by hamas, the terror group release ago short video showing three women held captive. cnn is not showing that footage but in it one of the hostages who may obviously be under duress speaks directly to israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu, pleading for freedom. the prime minister spoke just moments ago about the need not only to rescue the hostages but also for israel to continue this war for the sake of its own surv
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