breaking news. welcome to the lead, i m jake tapper. i m standing on a rooftop looking out over tel aviv. it is just after 10:00 p.m. here and it is been 24 days since the horrific terrorist attacks by hamas caught this country and frankly much of the world by surprise. we start with breaking news. israel said it is behind an enormous explosion at a refugee camp on the gaza strip. this was the aftermath of the blast at the camp which the united nations said is the largest refugee camp in gaza. israel s military said it killed a top hamas commander in its air strike. a man they say was one of the leaders of the october 7th attack. and was hiding amongst civilians inside of the refugee camp. israel also claims to have killed around 50 hamas terrorists in that strike. it is not clear how many people were killed or injured. but the director of a hospital in the homeas controlled area said he has seen hundreds of dead bodies and wounded patients. he described it as a, quote, s
rubble. some were burned. israel s attack on hamas in the refugee camp is part of its expanded offensive inside gaza where overnight hamas underground tunnels came under fire. israeli forces saying they struck about 300 hamas targets that includes the idf says military compounds inside those underground tunnels. at the same time, a new threat to israel is emerging from iran. iran-backed houthi militants in yemen claimed responsibility for targeting israel with drones and missiles near the red sea in the south. israel saying it thwarted that attack. israel also facing incessant rocket fire rockets at us here in tel aviv, intercepted by the iron dome just a couple of hours ago. [ siren ] that s the intercepting missiles going up. and earlier today, here is what my team and i witnessed when we were driving north of tel aviv. we heard an explosion to the west, and every car on the highway pulled over. we all got out, and we ran into a ditch that was built there. we re drivin