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The heinous Terror Attack in israel that killed more than 1,400 people. The crisis that continues to threaten the innocent lives of hundreds of hostages and endanger the entire civilian population of gaza. In a spiraling humanitarian calamity. In the next hour President Joe Biden will depart for israel for what could be one of the most important trips of his presidency. His visit is of course a show of support for an ally grieving the murder of more jewish lives than at any time since the holocaust. But also bracing for a deadly and dangerous point in this conflict with hamas. It is also a high wire diplomatic endeavor with nothing less than the possibility of a major regional conflict breaking out looming over every fraught development and every development in the last few hours has been that, fraught. Its also added fuel to a volatile situation. There are reports of a Deadly Strike on a hospital in gaza. Now, the hospital was filled, of course, with the wounded and with palestinians
Thanks very much for joining us, im wolf blitzer, In Washington. We want to welcome our viewers here in the United States and around the world. This is cnn newsroom. Were following the major Breaking News out of israel this hour. Israel declaring it is at war, war with hamas. It follows an unprecedented attack on israeli soil by hamas. At least 70 israelis are now confirmed dead. More than 900 wounded. Numbers that are clearly expected to rise in the coming hours. The attack catching israel clearly by surprise. At sunrise, the Palestinian Militant Group launched their offensive by air, sea, and land. Hamas fighters infiltrating israeli towns launching more than 3,000 rockets into israel. Scenes of urban warfare, as gunfights unfolded features israeli and Palestinian Militants and just a short time ago, i spoke with the Israeli Military spokesman. When we target someone, we go for a military target. These terrorists came in this morning, they didnt go only for military targets. They wen
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washington tonight. the tiktok on 2024, that s the focus of tonight s angle. do you know who is influencing your kids online? well, through tiktok, which is ultimately controlled by communist china, they are watching nonstop pro-hamas, pro-terrorism, anti-israel propaganda. i m putting together a list of businesses and brands to boycott but i also want to have a very effective guide of brands that we can support. share the business that s know are pro-palestine. what is senator lankford s issue for not calling for a cease-fire? standing with israel means civilians are gonna die. you re killing children. i hope you re happy. if hamas had me probably comfort me, probably feed me and make sure i had medical attention. make sure i was doing okay. laura: all right. this campaign for the hearts and minds of americans, especially our young people, is real and it is profoundly disturbing. now, while a lot of what is on tiktok is kind of mindless dribble, a lot of juveni