Whats happening between gaza and israel and what could happen here. So there is a lot of fear about that right now. Brings it home for so many. Wolf blitzer, thank you so much for being with us for this perspective for your reporting. We will see you tonight on the situation room. Thanks for joining us. We will see you back here tomorrow morning. Cnn news central continues our coverage. We begin with Breaking News for you this hour. The u. S. Is now in talks with israel and egypt to help Get Americans and other civilians out of gaza, but as thats happening there is fighting right now on two fronts. Israel is responding to air and ground attacks from its north and its south. Right now the idf says 300,000 israeli reservists have been called up to fight and are, quote, ready to execute the mission. This is as new rounds of israeli air strikes have been hitting critical hamas targets in gaza, but to the north israel is intensifying shelling inside lebanon, while at the same time preparing
The state Department Spokesperson Matthew Miller briefed reporters on the war ahead of secretary of state Antony Blinkens Upcoming Trip to israel. He takes questions about israels retaliation and the tone of the Israeli Government officials in response to the attacks by hamas. Both President Biden and secretary blinken have made it clear we stand ready to offer means of support to the government and the people of israel. The Security Assistance is on its way and will arrive in the coming days. The secretary has been working the phones with us foreign counterparts to ensure that anyone who was lines of communication with parties to israel should use the chow channels to say now is not the time to take advantage of the situation. The president has made that point clear, he has conveyed that point clearly and forcefully. It is one that secretary blinken has reiterated. Third the secretary has been focused on securing the release of all hostages held in gaza. There are countries that can d
The Early Morning assault began with a barrage of rocket fire from gaza just after dawn with explosions heard on the streets of ashkelon. Sderot, which is near gaza, is thought to have been infiltrated by militants. Heres the latest on what we know at this hour. Israels public broadcaster is reporting that after 18 hours, hostages being held in a dining room in kibbutz be eri have been released. Israel has also confirmed that the commander of the nahal brigade, coloneljonathan steinberg, was killed in fighting on saturday. Meanwhile, Major Airlines have cancelled dozens of flights to tel aviv. They include american airlines, air france, lufthansa, emirates, and ryanair, among others. Lets show you live pictures from gaza now. Were hearing that the israeli army has asked residents of seven different areas across the gaza strip which you can see there on your screens to leave their homes and move to the city centres or take refuge in shelters in preparation for Launching Attacks against
Lets show you live pictures from gaza now. The israeli army has asked residents of several different areas across the gaza strip to leave their homes. Move to the city centres or take refuge in shelters in preparation for Launching Attacks against hamas targets. Witnesses told the bbc that dozens of families had started leaving their homes and were sheltering in un schools. This comes as israeli troops are still going house to house to clear communities after the saturday assault. We are hearing there is still fighting ongoing in Southern Israel at this hour. Lets get some reaction now from washington. Us Secretary Of State Antony Blinken spoke with several of his european counterparts. State Department Spokesperson Matthew Miller says they discussed and condemned the hamas attacks and underlined the us support for israels right to defend itself. Live now to elliot abrams, who served in the George W Bush and trump administrations. Welcome to you. Thank you for joining us. The Biden Adm
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