Welcome to our viewers joining us in the group and around the world. Im bianca nobilo. Im max foster. It is tuesday, october 17, 11 00 in israel and gaza. U. S. President biden will leave later today for an extraordinary wartime visit to israel. It is a strong show of support for the long time personal lie. T personal lie. Antony blinken has been on a Marathon Mission across the middle east. He is coming here at a critical moment for the region and for the world. The president will reaffirm the United States solidarity with israel and commitment to security. The president will hear what it needs to defend its people as we continue to work with congress to meet those needs. Also following major developments from Southern Gaza, the Palestinian Interior Ministry reports israeli airstrikes killed at least 21 people inkahn hunis. And a video shows a 21yearold talking about an arm injury that was that she was taken to gaza. Cnn decided not to show the video. It is unclear wit was taken or f
Border. Ground invasion appears to be imminent. Breaking news, State Department enlisting a help of a Royal Caribbean cruise ship to try to evacuate americans out of northern israel. We say good morning. We hope the weekend was good. Were back at it from new york. Good morning. Good to be with you. Im dana perino. It is day 10 war between israel and hamas. Israeli, palestinians and more than a dozen missing americans. Israel continues to strike the terrorists from the air. This Ground Invasion. Which could begin at any time. That expected Ground Assault is drawing a new warning from iran. The situation in gaza deteriorates. There are thousands gathering a at Border Crossing with egypt in the south. They are waiting for the border to open. Aide workers on the other side waiting to enter gaza so they can deliver food and water. The white house is watching this unfold. This morning President Biden canceling a trip to colorado to monitor the situation from the white house. Meanwhile, Secre
breaking news. and welcome back to our coverage of the israel-hamas war. i m wolf blitzer in tel aviv. we re learning that the third group of hostages has been released to the red cross. today 17 hostages are being delivered to freedom. the idf said the most recent group of hostages includes both israelis and foreigners. we have heard from american officials that they have hoped that one american would be among the latest transfer of those held in hamas captivity in gaza. we re watching all of these dramatic developments unfold. i want to start with oren liebermann here in tel aviv. i know we re being briefed. give us the latest. right now we re expecting the release of a total of 17, 14 israeli citizens and that includes ann israeli russian citizen and three foreign nationals. if we look at the first part of the agreement that we hope will be continued, it was for 50 israeli hostages. that means as of right now, we have 13, 13 and 14. so that is a total of 40 at this poi
menendez. we begin with heavy bombing underway right now as israel announces a new phase in its war against hamas. the past 24 hours, israeli forces have intensified ground attacks inside the gaza strip, and increased the already constant airstrikes. nbc news crew member in gaza says the situation is growing desperate for civilians, quote, no water, no food, no medicine, no fuel, no electricity, and the bombing does not stop. the palestinian health ministry reports more than 7500 people have died in gaza, 1400 have been killed in israel. protesters around the world today calling for a humanitarian cease-fire. it s real s prime minister, netanyahu, dismissing the criticism, and predicting a long war ahead. there are moments in which a nation faces two options. to exist or to seize. right now, this is the kind of test we are facing, i have no doubt how it will end. we will come out triumphant. we ve eradicated the infrastructure of terrorism, and it s only the beginning of th
retaliation. his american cousin, who was beaten and detained by israeli police, returned home to u.s. soil late wednesday. i m only 15, but i will never think about freedom in the same way as i did two months ago. i want to ask you all to please remember my cousin and the 36 kids that died in gaza. and over the past several days. they have names like mine. half a world away, the sudden deaths of 298 people on a malaysia airlines flight that took the most unfortunate of routes over ukraine. and the disbelief and anguish of their families. these are the stories of human tragedy, human loss, and it s important that we don t lose that point as we cover the political conflicts that caused all of the death and the destruction. it s tempting to get caught up in those political nuances or in the eternal partisanship that seeks someone in washington to