is baking as fires rip through europe and temperatures soar across the u.s. we re live in rome and the cnn weather center for the latest. announcer: live from cnn center, this is cnn newsroom with kim brunhuber. we begin in ukraine where emergency crews are on the scene following a barrage of russian missile strikes. officials say 13 missiles struck a city north of mykolaiv this morning leaving a number of people injured or killed. the targets were reportedly a military airfield and railway city. meanwhile, the major says his city was also rocked by powerful explosions. meanwhile, four more high rocket launchers are part of a new batch of u.s. military aid announced friday. the european union is pledging more than half a billion dollars in new security assistance. and american weapons are already making a mark on the battlefield, according to a senior u.s. defense official. ukrainians have destroyed more than 100 high-valued targets in recent weeks partly due to u.s
Its suspending Food Distribution operations in gaza after the air strike. The Israeli Military says its conducting a thorough review of what it called a tragic incident. World central kitchen says those killed are from the united kingdom, australia, poland, a dual us canadian citizen, as well as palestinians. In a statement, it said the convoy was hit as it was leaving the Deir Al Balah warehouse after unloading aid, and that it had co ordinated movements with the Israeli Military. It said. The australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese confirmed lord cameron has just posted lord Cameron Hasjust posted on x. He said. That the British Foreign secretary posting in the last few minutes. Our first report this hour is from our correspondent graham satchell. The bodies of aid workers being taken to a hospital in central gaza. They worked with the Charity World central kitchen. They were travelling in armoured cars, branded with their charity logo, when they were hit by an israeli air strike.
Destruction still raging today. Later this afternoon President Biden will hold his first News Conference since hamas carried out the Terror Attacks and escalating threats from iran target u. S. Forces in the region. A bunch of things moving on that front as we say hello. Im bill hemmer. Here we go today. Dana im dana perino and this is americas newsroom. Hamas terrorists also trying to infiltrate israel from the Mediterranean Sea and foiled by the israeli navy. A whos who of top officials of hezbollah, hamas and Islamic Jihad holding talks how to achieve total victory over israel. The pentagon revealing more than 14 attacks, one more than yesterday against u. S. Forces based in the middle east in the last week. The white house trying to connect the dots saying all these militia and all these Terror Groups are working hand in glove with tehran. Iran is certainly complicit here. Without them there is no hamas or hezbollah, without them there is no Militia Groups firing rockets at our tro
Happening now, israel formally declares war on hamas and the Palestinian Terrorist groups strikes back. Breaking news. Hamas has just fired a new barrage of rockets at israel tonight. And were learning that there has been a direct strike on the city of ash. We welcome our viewers here in the United States and Around The World. And im wolf blitzer and this is a Special Edition of the situation room. Israel at war. Announcer this is cnn Breaking News. And were following all of the Breaking News, our correspondents are positioned in israel and indeed Around The World to bring you all of the latet developments in this escalating crisis right now. Raising enorm ow fears of a major war in the middle east. Lets begin with Nic Robertson, youre not far away from the border with gaza. What more do we know about the new round of attacks that is underway right now . Reporter weve been able to see a couple of things from this location, wolf. Were seeing rockets taking off that are not intercepted q
Rockets being fired on. Still fighting down south. People are still inside their home, their safe room, their Bomb Shelters and are forces are down there doing everything they can to get the terrorists to stop attacking our civilians. We want to welcome our viewers in the United States and around the world. Im wolf blitzer. This is a Special Edition of the situation room. Israel at war. Were following all the Breaking News in israel. Want to go to clarissa ward. She and her team have just made it into the city north of gaza. Tell our viewers what you are seeing there. Reporter its quiet right at this moment, wolf, but as we were driving into town about an hour and a half ago, it was a very different picture. I think you should be able to show our viewers some of that video. Just an extraordinary barrage of rockets. At least two we know made a direct impact. The iron dome activated, lighting up the night sky and really even by the standard of what we have been seeing over and over again