Morning, everyone. Welcome to cnn thiS Morning it is sunday, september 1. Im amara walker. Im Victor Blackwell. Thank you for joining us. WerE Following Breaking News out of gaza thiS Morning. They israeli militarY Says it recovered the body hes up six hostages from an underground tunnel in gaza on saturday the idf has identified all six bodies which include israeli american Hersh Goldberg, polin the israeli Defense Minister, said the hostages were killed just before troops could reach them. Because you according to the initial assessment at our disposal, they were brutally murdered by hamas terrorists, a short while before we reach them they were abducted alive on the morning of October 7 by the Hamas Terror Organization hamas is blaming israel for the deaths of Hamas Spokesman said the hostages were killed by Israels Bombing of gaza without giving specifics. Now a group representing thE Families of israeli hostages as colleaguE For prime Minister Netanyahu to address the nation and q
It went on to say the family thanks you all for your Love And Support and asked for privacy. At this time, there was no immediate comment from the army or details about the other bodies found. The White House confirms the idf found six bodies in total in underground tunnels on saturday. Hamas militants took around 250 people during the October 7th Terror Attack on israel. An estimated 104 hostages remain in their custody. This news comes as Ceasefire And Hostage talks continue between israel and hamas. Thousands of protesters in israel continue Benjamin Netanyahu Reach A Deal. For more on all of this, lets bring in Heritage Foundation, national Security Vice President and former deputy national Security Advisor Victoria coates. Victoria, thanks for coming on with us. This morning. I just want your immediate thoughts on whats transpired. Well, of course, this is an awful day. I mean, for america as well as for israel. I mean, hersh was just an american kid going to a Music Festival whos
Armies. People use the Word Proxy a lot. They are iranian armies. If iran stops funding them, they disappear. So when the biden administration tells israel that it should not go Into Rafah, or that it should hold up or should pause or deescalate on rafah, that in hindsight, was exactly the wrong policy decision. Israel went Into Rafah. They were incredibly effective. There were very few civilian casualties, and they decapitated a lot of the hamas militant racist, bigoted capability. And they were they were extremely effective. Similarly, when iran went after some of hamas, im sorry, when israel went after some of hamas leaders in tehran, you know, the administration stood back and said, we had nothing to do about it. That sent iran a very, very strong message. And most importantly, last week, everyone was sitting on the edge of their seat wondering what would happen with hezbollah getting ready to attack israel and send in 6000 8000 rockets. Okay, so what did israel do . They did not l
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Did hehe say what is this s pla to watch your is now streaming exclusively on max hello thanks for joining me. I m alex marquardt in this weekend for fredricka whitfield, new details coming into cnn seven, u. S. Troops it s our recovering after they were hurt in a raid that killed at least 14 members of the radical group, i. S. I. S. That raid happening thursday in iraq. And according to u. S. Central command it targeted i. S. I. S. Leaders in order to disrupt the group s ability to plan future attacks. And you re looking at brand new images of the cache of weapons and other items that were seized in that raid in the anbar desert in western iraq, iraqi militia sorry, just releasing these pictures cnn s chief international security correspondent, nick paton walsh, is following these developments and has the latest from london will be hearing more details from the iraqi military as to exactly what s happened in frankly, the middle of the anbar desert in western iraq in the early hours of