Good morning. Welcome to cnn this morning. Im victor blackwell. And im amara walker. Israels army appears to be entering a new phase of war. An Army Spokesperson from the idf confirmed to cnn that idf Ground Forces are in gaza right now. Infantry, artillery and other units moved into gaza from the north overnight. As troops march in the north, israel continues to fire missiles across the border. The idf have been launching heavy and continuous air strikes throughout the night into the morning. Idf reserve soldiers are calling it the most intense night of bombing of the conflict so far. Cnns jim sciutto is with us now from northern israel. So, israel promised a major Ground Offensive after the attacks by hamas on october 7th. Is it clear yet that this is the beginning of that . That we are seeing that Ground Incursion in a major way or is this potentially Something Else . Reporter well, victor, its the beginning of something. Thats no question. Because israel is now confirming the Idf S
The book. Would you like to start that way . Actually, at the end. At the end, okay. So then well plunge right in. Let me actually, let me just ask you since the term maroon is maybe not totally widely known, what exactly is a maroon . Yes. A maroon, actually, the term comes from the spanish cimarron, and at the beginning it was somewhat used for cattle which had wandered off the farms. And by extension it was used for runaway slaves. So cimarron in spanish, maron in french, and it becomes maroon in english. Now, what is interesting also is that even though the term is runaway, then it became really used for people who settled in the swamps, the woods, the mountains. But in the United States maroons was actually reserved for, you know, large maroon communities of surrey name and jamaica, and in the United States maroons were actually called runaways simply or outliers. But normally when we think of runaway slaves, we think of people coming up to north, getting to canada. But youre talk
Top stories allowed a 0 Security Forces in iran have confronted some of the thousands of people who traveled to the grave of missouri many protest as it been marking 40 days since her death. A 22 year old died while in custody of the so called morality police, for violating the strict dress codes for head coverings. Presses gathered at a cemetery in northwest in iran, where many was buried. Her death is spot wide spread demonstrations in iran and around the world. Dose jibari has more from the capital terror on. What we have heard over the past few hours is a number of sporadic and protested demonstrations taking place. Not only in the capital to her aunt, but across the country. And we have just heard recently that there has been a fatality that is, according to official semi official news agencies. A revolutionary guard Intelligence Officer has been shot dead in hammered on province, which borders kurdistan. Province in the western part of the country. In a separate incident, at leas
Small groups, families, large communities especially in the small swamp all over the south. In sheer numbers you know what to me is unique in that place in the resistance story is that they were unique in many ways. And even less underground. Also they added a special kind of a freedom. They raised their food and nobody else was. When they created a mentality to life in the white hegemony. When somebody would run away to the south which was two cities or when people would run away to the north to canada or for free blacks they all lived under the control segregated and discriminated against and there were things that they were not allowed to do. If only the maroons were and they created that alternative to life and the slavery south and in the free north. And what i conceive of that is also the fact that you know these ideals of voluntary separation, this is something that exists within the Africanamerican Community and you find that actually in many different forms whether its cultura