The, air with Israeli Forces continuing to strike gaza today in retaliation for the massacre of civilians. Hamas carried out across the border in israel on saturday. The death toll from that massacre now stands at over 1200 people. The idf says they have carried out strikes against nearly 2700 targets across the gaza strip and have the interests Chief Of Staff said it was not on an unprecedented scale because what happened here is something that was never happened before. And it elevates beach Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu promised, quote, every member of hamas is a dead man. Netanyahu will all be joined by members of the Opposition Party in an emergency unity government, with a newly formed war cabinet. This comes amid the mobilization of hundreds of thousands of israeli troops, many of whom have been sent to bolster the southern border with gaza. The army says they are still battling isolated hamas Militants Hiding in the south, although they have secured the border. Concerns abo
is an ininvasion whihich may ma hamas s more populular. nothihing would b be a greae setback toto hamas thahan after this an israeli-saudi normalization. that is the strategic prize for israel. diplomatic and political progress in the middle east hahe often comeme in the afaftermath wars. when i was a young reporter it would have been very difficult to imagine that the spanish government and bask extremists could sit down together and work things out. that happened. it would have been very difficult to imagine n northern irelanand beining at peacece. and that h happened. i have thihis little rayay of h that it has happened elsewhere in the world. maybe somehow that can happen in gaza as well. in the days and weeks ahead there is so much at stake here and cnn will be here to cover it all. thanks for watching the whole story. i ll see you next sunday. [music playing] anderson cooper: welcome to the whole story. i m anderson cooper in tel aviv. one of the worst scenes
announcer: this is cnn breaking news. welcome to the lead, i m jake tapper. and i m standing on a rooftop looking out over tel aviv. it is just after 10:00 p.m. here and it is been 23 days since the horrific terrorist attacks that by hamas that caught this country and much of the world by surprise. we start today by this declaration from israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu, quote, this is a time for war. netanyahu said during an address a few hours ago. despite the humanitarian crisis in gaza, and the thousands of casualties, including an untold number of civilians and children, netanyahu dismissed calls by some for a cease-fire. although the united states is not among them. saying israel simply cannot stop its mission to target and destroy hamas. the government that sent invaders into israel to cruelly slaughter some 1400 israelis. the united states would not agree to a cease-fire after the bombing of pearl harbor. or after the terrorist attack of 9/11. israe
some fish bones or broth of fish bones. potential soap with, it is mostly water. solitary confinement there is basically consists a concrete room with a hole in the floor for a toilet. just really middle-aged looking stuff. and david, you ve expressed concern about your brother paul s health while in captivity in russia. what issues do you think he is having and that is what he s telling your parents in the almost daily calls. everything we get from paul these days is from the calls and he s lost about 20% of his weight from when he was arrested back in 2018. and as trevor described, it is not a great environment to be in, in the first place. the food is not nutrition and not meant to keep you healthy and with the sanctions the prison has cut back on what it serves the prisoners so they re