Civilians. Ive been lost of words. Really. Every hour, every day its getting worse. We know that the first days are the most important. Its okay. Take your time. I want my family. If by any chance theyre watching this, i want them to know that we love them and were doing everything we can to get them. I want them to be strong. And we are strong. We want this to end in the best way possible. Hours after we did that Interview Yifat sent us this picture that they just found online. It shows shiri, her cousin, shiris husband yarden with blood on his head and his hands seemingly in captivity. This photo that theyve seen now is the first Proof Of Life the family has got nen more than three days since he went missing. But they dont know his whereabouts right now. Cnns coverage from israel continues. This is the source. Im kaitlan collins. Tonight, americans are among those who have been taken hostage by hamas. A Disturbing Development that was confirmed by President Biden today, whos about as
Moment, jim jordan has indicated if he gets the votes to become nominated as speaker, he wants to ensure this wont go ballot after ballot after ballot that he can get 217 votes on the floor. Simply to get nominated by the conference, you need a majority of the 221 members. Jordan does not want to go to a situation like we saw with Speaker Mccarthy in january, 15 ballots, that messy process. Which why is theyre trying to sort this out Behind Closed Doors. The question is, can either jordan or scalise get there . The expectation is that they can. Well see if they ultimately can. Manu, thanks so much. Coverage continues with wolf blitzer and the situation. Happening now, Breaking News. Gaza under fire as israel unleashes new air strikes and says hamas Terror Attacks have killed at least 1,000 people in israel. The war taking a rising toll on both sides with at least 900 now reported dead in gaza. Hamas launching a new barrage of rockets toward israel as gruesome details emerge about the t
Netanyahu is about to address his nation. Were going to go there live once he begins. The situation in israel is changing by the hour. Here is a look at the gaza skyline right now. You can see smoke even though its very dark, and flames out there in the distance, from near continuous israeli strikes. The idf says thousands of targets have already been hit. Prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu has promised that this is only the start with more than 700 israelis dead, he says what is coming next will be painful. But what exactly can come next . There are those within the Israeli Government, including the former Defense Minister who told the bbc that the only choice is to eliminate hamas period, and there are others who say the only way to do that is to flatten gaza. But how do you do that without incurring major civilian losses. There are roughly 2 million civilians trapped in gaza, blockaded by both israel and egypt. The Israeli Government has told them to get out. Where exactly can they g
At least 1200 people are dead, 570 people in gaza, the west bank, 700 people in israel. Soldiers, civilians, children. The state Department Says nine americans are among those killed, and more may be missing. Around 150 taken hostage by hamas, and presently somewhere in gaza, the fates unknown. This afternoon. Hamas that is threatened to execute they. Now she says she has no idea her father, sister, cousin with special nines, grandmyowith demeantia. Another carried away to be used as a bargaining chip. Meanwhile, begging for the return of his wife and his daughters, ages 3 and 5. I tell them that be strong, hold on. Im thinking about you. Im working hard to try in order to get you back. Stay strong, trying to happy. Adopt be afraid. You know, its hard to say those things when i dont really know what conditions theyre being held in. Americans are believed to be among those kidnapped as the United States and the world plots the next moves. Nation scrambling to say their citizens out of a
We are at war. Those words from israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu after hamas launched a Surprise Attack on southern israel, Terror Striking by land, air and sea, widespread coordinated attack, standing communities on a jewish holiday 50 years and one day after the infamous surprise Yom Kippur War. There are reports of 200 israelis killed in the attack, the deadliest against israel in years leaving 1000 others wounded. At daybreak, hamas militants fired rockets from the gaza strip into israel. Fighters infiltrated the border using explosives to break blockades and an unknown number of idf soldiers and civilians hostage, israel responded, Killing 200 Palestinians and leaving hundreds more injured. Prime minister netanyahu promising the enemy will pay, quote, an unprecedented price. Eric trey yingst. Reporter Israeli Media is reporting 200 people are dead in the southern part of this country. There are scenes ongoing as we speak. We just got off of an Israeli Military briefing wh