Storytelling for all. Invited to a very special celebration. 100 years in the making. Building a better bay area moving forward, finding solutions. This is abc7 news. President ial plans. President biden will begin a trip to israel tomorrow. Good evening. Im ammodytes. And im dan ashley. Thanks for joining us. Tomorrow it will be ten days since hamas launched an attack on israel. Israeli Authorities Say at least 1400 people have died and 3400 others have been injured in israel, according to the Gaza Ministry of health, nearly 2800 people have been killed in retaliatory strikes from israel, with roughly 10,000 more injured. In gaza, the blockade of supplies into gaza continues, according to a spokeswoman for the United Nations relief and works agency. The pentagon has placed about 2000 american troops on a heightened state of readiness to possibly deploy to the middle east. Their purpose would be to serve as a deterrent and as we mentioned, President Biden will travel to israel. Hell le
Crisis. Here are tonights headlines. Thousands waiting to get out of gaza. Stuck at the border with egypt. Appeared to be u. N. Tonight warning that the middle latest is on the verge of the abyss. [speaking nonenglish language] norah to the north as raleys and 28 villages on the border of lebanon are ordered to evacuate. The ivf releases chilling new video of an attack on his an israeli kibbutz. And here from hamas. Here we have hand grenades, we have iuds. And here we have antitank missiles. This really is quite norah Israeli Defense minister warns of a long war. Charlie dagata is with israeli troops. When it comes to sheer firepower, there is no contest. Israel has one of the most advanced, wellequipped, and best trained armies in the region. Hamas may not have the firepower to access is really things like these, but the question is how useful heavy weapons will be on the tightly packed streets of gaza. Norah americas top diplomat returns to israel to secure the release of american h
Gasia mikaelian. And im andre senior. Thank you for joining us. We begin in vallejo where state attorney general rob bonta Just Announced a new agreement with the city to reform its Police Department at ktvu. Crime reporter henry lee is live at Vallejo City Hall with the details. Henry yeah, the attorney general says this agreement will improve accountability, reduce the unlawful use of force by officers and protect the civil rights of citizens of vallejo. Now, ag rob bonta did come to vallejo this morning to announce this agreement. Under this agreement, the department will address a number of issues as to how to improve its operations. Now, this includes ensuring that all stops, searches and seizures comply with the law. Theyll continue to review incidents when an officer points a gun at someone. And they will also address unreasonable uses of force. Now, this agreement comes after a number of high profile deadly shootings by officers, including the one that led to the death of sean
Cbs news bay area this is the afternoon edition. Israel preparing to invade at any moment. To fight hamas o its home turf. Thousands of civilians are trapped, desperat to escape as gaza is sealed off. Im elizabeth cook. Israel says they have not agreed to any kind of ceasefir to allow foreigner ins to escap gaza and it seems like a ground attack can happen at any time. This shows troops mobilizing closer to the gaza border, on the ground as it continues to hammer the area with air to ground missiles. A ground war will be bloody for the israeli army. Hamas propaganda video shows how the militants prepare using their web of underground tunnels. For its part the u. S. , including secretary of state blinken is pledging sup for israel. Showing the uss eisenhower deploying to the mediterranean. Meanwhile, palestinians are desperate to get out of gaza. Those with due citizenship hoped to get into egypt but they are trapped there. They are not being let in. I dont think this makes any sense. W