Welcome to the lead. Im jake tapper. This hour israels leaders are preparing for the next stage of their war against hamas. They say its a likely Ground Invasion of gaza. While israels military hasnt officially announced, three officials have told the New York Times will be to wipe out hamas top political and Military Hierarchy and capture gaza city. An incredibly risky Ground Invasion will likely feature bloody streetbystreet combat made more impossible by the miles long network of deep tunnels. Once and if the Israeli Military moves in, the United Nations warns further conflict would spiral into a, quote, abyss in the middle east as the conflict spills over borders, a fear echoed by irans Foreign Minister who says regional war could be unavoidable. To gazas north, israels military is exchanging fire with the Lebanese Group hezbollah which the u. S. Considers a terrorist group. There israel ordered the ak asian of 28 villages, and hezbollah, like hamas, is backed by the iranian govern
Youre live in the cnn newsroom. Im jim acosta In Washington alongside erin burnett in tel aviv with our coverage. Several developments this evening. Today Israeli Defense forces raising the death toll to more than 1400 Israeli Armored vehicles are now staging near the border why gaza in anticipation of what they call significant Ground Operations. That invasion expected to happen at any moment. The idf confirms hamas has more than 150 hostages eight days their after attack. And israeli air strikes continue to pound Northern Gaza and idf shelled 250 targets today. Tens of thousands in gaza are still scrambling to find safe passage to the south. But the raffa Border Crossing in egypt is closed. Waiting for authorities to open the gate for days now. Today tony blinken promised that the border will open as the u. S. Appointed a new Special Envoy to coordinate aid into the gaza enclave. Let me go to erin burnett live on the ground in tel aviv. I understand you were able to catch up with a b
Include 30 americans among the more than 1400 killed. Israeli Prime Minister netanyahu has invited President Biden to visit israel as Israeli Forces prepare for a Ground Offensive and im joined now by erin burnett live in israel. Were here just after 1 00 in the morning in israel. And it is clear skies behind me. Weve been talking about the forecast for some extremely violent thunderstorms that could impact any possible plans, any kind of heavy rainfall obviously incredibly disruptive when you talk about the terrain in gaza sand along that border where 350,000 or so israeli troops are gathered right now. You mentioned 250 air strikes as we are looking at gaza, the air strikes just today. And they say another hamas Senior Commander was killed in those strikes today. The Idf Spokesperson just joins us saying they killed ten hamas members so far since the beginning of the war and there are many more to come. Still calling them Dead Men Walking and which reflects the still revenge and rage
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We are live in the cnn newsroom. Im jim acosta in washington. Good evening. We begin with Breaking News for the First Time Since that barbaric Terror Attack in israel. The president of the Palestinian Authority is condemning the killing saying, quote, the actions of hamas do not represent the Palestinian People. In the meantime, the death toll has now risen to over 1,400, including 30 americans. Sources now tell cnn that israeli Prime Minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, who has invited President Biden to visit, even as Israeli Forces prepare for a massive ground offensive. At this hour, troops continue their suffocatiing blockade of the gaza strip. Israeli Defense Forces say they have killed one hamas defender today amid a barrage of some 250 strikes across gaza. You can see much of the rubble there. We are hunting hamas comm commanders everybody from the butcher, the political leader, and everybody down from him, are dead men walking. Weve been able to kill quite a few hamas commanders, som