Thanks very much for watching. Im wolf blitzer in the situation room. Erin Burnett Outfront starts live from israel right now. Outfront next live from israel. Breaking news. The us navy intercepting drones. The pentagon Officials Say theyre potentially targeting israel. It comes as Officials Say the army has been given a green light to wipe out hamas. Plus, a new dispatch from inside gaza. Youre going to hear tonight from the brave cnn journalists who have been documenting what its like inside gaza. He says air strikes are intensifying where he is in Southern Gaza. And the incredible story of how a group of Volunteer Israeli Guards took on hamas and protecting an entire community from a massacre and what they found in the bodies of dead hamas gunmen more chilling. Youll see their story. Lets go outfront. And good evening. Welcome to a Special Edition of outfront. Im erin burnett from tel aviv. We begin with breaking news. Shot down. Cnn is learning that a u. S. Warship stationed In The
And we certainly want to hear from manu and our colleagues who walk these halls every day. My understanding is its not going to happen right away. In fact, manu, let me go to you. I want to tell you this text that im getting is that youre probably hearing it from members who are coming off the floor right now. That manu, youre probably hearing from members saying that the jordan folks are very much lobbying many in the republican conference to hold off and not vote right now to empower Patrick Mchenry. So what is likely going to happen, and you telegraphed this earlier, is that once this vote is gavelled closed, theyre going to go back and talk again like they have done after every one of these, and that david joyce of ohio is going to try to make the case for why its time to move on for move on from jim jordan, and talk about giving Patrick Mchenry the functions of the United States government done at least in the short term. What are you hearing . Reporter yeah, i think we can expect
Attacks. Wolf . Brian, thanks very much for that report. And to our viewers thanks very much for watching. Erin Burnett Outfront live erin Burnett Outfront live from israel starts right now. Captions by vitac www. Vitac. Com outfront next, Breaking News. New Video Tonight showing a rocket fired from gaza, Exploding High Above gaza city. The video was taken just before the explosion was seen at the hospital. And it comes as the United States has new intelligence assessments on that blast. Plus tonight, a chilling phone call. Im going to talk to the parents of two children who were taken from the Music Festival here. The daughter called her father frantically screaming as they were under attack. And youll hear her harrowing call. We have a Special Report of A Sprawling Underground Tunnel System in gaza. The idf calls it the gaza metro packed with explosives, some tunnels possibly 40 feet deep inside the ground. Lets go outfront. And good evening. Welcome to a very special edition of outf
And why so many palestinians are dying in this operation. So hamas has had a diabolical plan of embedding all of its infrastructure within the civilian arena. We are currently targeting their leaders, from ismail haniyeh, who is the Prime Minister of hamas, but is actually the mastermind of the massacre in the south, on october the 7th. From him, right up at the top, down all the way down to the terrorists that conducted the infiltration, we are gathering intelligence and seeking them out and destroying them. So wherever they are hiding, congregating, planning their next attack, that is a legitimate target and well within the realm of the laws of armed conflict. We will seek them out. We didnt start this war. We didnt choose to go to war with hamas. They chose it, but we will win it. Critics of israel will say that the thousands of people who have been killed, the Hundreds Of Thousands who have been displaced, they didnt choose this war either, what do you say to them . I would say tha
If the Rafah Crossing were reopened, that would allow desperately needed aid into the territory, and some foreigners including us citizens to leave. But, despite the reports, the crossing remains closed. Alos, hamas and israel have denied reports theyve agreed a truce in southern gaza. The us Secretary Of State who this morning returned to israel was In Cairo On Sunday to persuade egyptian officials to reopen the border point. But egypts Foreign Minister is reported as saying the Israeli Government was yet to take a stance that allowed the opening of the crossing. These are the latest pictures from the Rafah Crossing, showing the build up of crowds there. They are waiting for any news. I want to show you live pictures of garzo with smoke rising into the air as missile strikes into Gaza Continue from israel as they seek to destroy hamas, as is their committed aim i want to show you live pictures of gaza. They say they are targeting where hamas fighters are hiding all from where drone or