it is sunday, february 19th. welcome to our new home at 10 am. this is saint sofia church in kyiv, ukraine, the capital of this country. it is a beautiful night here. it s a mild night. it s not common to see the city lit up at night for various reasons, including the fact that it has been the target of air raids for almost an entire year now and because russia infrastructure has been hit. the city is lit a night. it s beautiful. it s 5 pm, 6 pm here in kyiv. on friday, we re going to mark one year since russia s unprovoked invasion. i was in ukraine last spring in lviv in the west of the country. they are now back to see what has changed what i stayed the same and what is next for this global fight for democracy. one thing, as you know, i keep saying this that remains the same as that russia continues to rain terror from the skies in the form of missiles and rockets and airstrikes and drones, even here in kyiv both in the battlefield and far away from it in places like i am
Northern gaza to evacuate south. That means more than 1 Million People have been asked to leave their homes before Israeli Forces start hunting down hamas militants and attempt to rescue hostages in gaza. The idf announced today it would establish a second route to help gazans flee to southern gaza. Hamas Officials Say israeli airstrikes killed 70 people, friday, as they tried to leave gaza city. Those killed were mostly women and children. This mad dash comes as the u. S. Workecure a Safe Border Exit for american citizens trapped in gaza. The United States, israel, and egypt, reaching an agreement to allow citizens to cross to egypt via the rafah crossing. The window for that has come and gone. It is unclear, at this time, whether any americans were able to cross. Meantime, nbc news exclusively obtaining documents that show hamas militants intentionally planned to target children. These documents were top secret, in arabic, highlighting plans for two highly trained hamas units to surr
In the gaza strip. Israel will no doubt have some mapped out. Not all of them. Where were standing if and when this Ground Invasion comes, it will probably be worse than ones weve seen before in terms of casualties and the bitterness of fighting that we have in store. Kim . Appreciate it. Elliot in london. Thanks americas top diplomat is in jordan after spending thursday in israel, Antony Blinken is trying to prevent the conflict from spreading and hoping to secure the release of hostage, cnn Beckie Anderson has more. The war between israel and hamas kicking off a flurry of diplomatic activity across the east. U. S. Secretary of state Antony Blinken landed in tel aviv thursday to show washington solidarity with israel. The message that i bring to israel is this. You may be Strong Enough on your own to defend yourself. But as long as america exists, you will never have to. We will always be there. By your side. The Secretary Of State also tried to secure the release of hostages taken by
This is cnn breaking news. Hello, welcome to our viewers here in the United States and around the world, i am john vause for cnns breaking News Coverage of israel at war. It is seven a. M. In gaza and already, thick plumes of smoke are rising about the city after yet another israeli ashtray. Soon, israels war with hamas could get dramatically worse. According to u. N. Officials, israel once more than 1 million palestinians in gaza to be relocated within the next 24 hours to the south of the enclave towards the border with egypt. The clearest indication yet that a Ground Incursion could be imminent. A u. S. Spokesperson has described the process impossible, warning that an already tragic situation can easily become a calamity. Israels assault on gaza is not into its seventh day. 6000 airstrikes in six days. On average, a dozen a day. The idf say that they have targeted hamas, but according to palestinian officials, more than 1500 people have been killed, and the widespread devastation i
Announcer this is cnn breaking news. And wellcome to the lead. Im jake tapper. And we start in the middle east where americas top diplomat delivered an inperson message to the israeli people who are grieving and wounded. He said the United States will never back down from its support of israel. Secretary of state Antony Blinken is on his way to meet with other u. S. Allies in the region. Saudi arabia, egypt, uae, qatar, and jordan after standing side by side with Benjamin Netanyahu today. The secretary also met with families of americans killed and taken hostage by hamas, a group the u. S. Has labeled terrorists. The white house says at least 27 americans have been killed and at least 14 others remain missing. In its efforts to eliminate hamas which brutally attacked israel last saturday, Israel Defense forces are currently pounding gaza with air strikes today. Since hamas embeds itself within the palestinian population, this is tragically resulting in hundreds of innocent palestinian