Hello and welcome to our viewers joining us here in the United States and all around the world. As we continue our coverage of israel at war. Im rosemary church. Israeli forces are stepping up strikes in gaza, as they are calling the next stage of the war on hamas. Explosions and plumes of black smoke can be seen in gaza city. And fighters clashed with israeli troops inside gaza. Heres more from Benjamin Netanyahu. Translator you fought with heroism in gaza. Your stories are instragsal. This is difficult. We are fighting for our lives and our home. This is no exaggeration. We are at war. Were in a double battle. One battle is to block them here. The second battle is to win a Crushing Victory that will erase hamas. Mr. Netanyahu met with the nations war cabinet on sunday. And the Defense Minister says its likely invasion of gaza needs to be israels last move, inside the region, vowing hamas wont be around for long. The humanitarian crisis in gaza is becoming more desperate. A second con
Join the millions of people taking back their privacy by Downloading Duckduckgo On Mobile and desktop today. Im Anderson Cooper in tel aviv with my colleague, jim acosta, in washington, d. C. This evening we begin this hour with the latest escalation of israels war with hamas. Israels military is ramping up its bombardment of gaza. A short time ago, israels military reported its conducted dozens of strikes on hamas in gaza in recent hours. They say theyve destroyed two hezbollah cells in lebanon according to an idf post. Israel carried out rare air strike in the west bank. They say they were targeting a Tunnel System under a mosque. The idf says it thwarted what they called an imminent Terror Attack. The Palestinian Authority called it a dangerous escalation. Anderson, israels military now confirms that its troops clashed with hamas fighters inside gaza earlier today. Its just the second time Israeli Forces have confirmed Operating Inside Gaza since the hamas Terror Attack two weeks ag
Story. I will see you next time. Hello and welcome, everyone. I Michael Homes with the latest on the israel hamas war. The conflict continues to escalate amid dozens of airstrikes carried out by the a df on sunday. They clashed with israeli troops inside gaza. Benjamin netanyahu spoke to troops in Northern Israel, reiterating the stakes of the current initiative. You fought with exemplary heroism in gaza. Your stories are inspirational. I know you lost comrades. This is very difficult, but we are fighting for our lives and our home. This is no exaggeration. This is war. We are in a double battle. One is here and the other is to win a Crushing Victory that will erase hamas. Mr. Netanyahu also met with the war cabinet sunday to discuss security and the Defense Minister of the country says it is likely that the invasion of gaza needs to be israels last moves inside the reason region, vowing hamas will not be around for long. A second convoy met with at least 14 aid trucks at the rafa Bord
Interview after the war we did not think even 1 percent the capture of the Israeli Soldiers would leave to a war at this time of magnitude. If i had known july 11 the operation with the two such a war . I would say no, absolutely not. Here today in tel aviv a bipartisan delegation came here to meet the counterparts with the hostages and have seen hostages of the hamas massacre. The following messages were sent to the terrorists in gaza. To hamas, if you are not a coward and give back every single hostage. You would fight like amen and fight i to i and not need Human Shields to do your job. Last night the Defense Secretary ordered Uss Eisenhower to proceed to the middle east not the eastern mediterranean. Coming to the Ground Assault it also predicted it would be a tougher fight for the ninemonth campaign against isis. Spirit this may be more difficult because of the underground network and the fact they have had a long time to prepare for a fight. I think you will see if i that is char
Sensitive site expiration is done. To be thanks very much, we appreciate it. Kristen oleary is the former director of Hostage Recovery for the United States. Hes a Senior Vice President of Global Affairs for the group. Coming up, donald trump continues to take a page out of the authoritarian playbook as his legal troubles grow. Ill speak with the woman who wrote the book on authoritarian leaders. Ruth joins me. Then, with israel and Hezbollah Trading Fire over lebanons threatens to spill over into the region. Well go to lebanon for the latest on the ground. Plus, lbj and by the former vice Prime Minister of israel, another hour of velshi begins right now. Good morning to you, it is sunday the 22nd. With wars regime between ukraine and russia, israel and hamas, and threatening to spill into other continents, Global Leadership is critical. Were facing our own crisis of democracy in her own home, one that is easy to overlook when the news of the worlds war. Legal peril facing the twice im