aviv. happening now, breaking news. israel appears to unleash a massive new air assault on northern gaza. flares lighting up the sky while rockets fly and explosions boom. cnn of course is on the ground as this powerful new israeli offensive unfolds. also breaking an ominous new warning from hamas as the israeli military says it has gaza city completely surrounded. a hamas political leader saying dozens of hostages are subject to the same, quote, death and destruction as others in gaza. welcome to our viewers in the united states and around the world. i m wolf blitzer reporting live from israel, and you re in the situation room. announcer: this is cnn breaking news. we re following the breaking news. we re live here in the middle east on a night of intense warfare in israel s battle against hamas in gaza. our cameras capturing truly extraordinary images in gaza as we follow this breaking story with our team of correspondents. first let s go right to nic robertson. he
viewsers joining us. it is thursday, november 2. 10:00 a.m. in gaza where israeli airstrikes again lit up the skies overnight. israel s military says its forces have now reached the outskirts of gaza city. the idf say 17 of its sold engineers have been killed since the ground incursion began. in northern gaza, israeli airstrikes struck the refugee camp for the second time. at least 80 people were killed, most were women and children. unicef says more than 400 children have died each day in gaza since the war started. meanwhile we re waiting to see if more foreign nationals are able to cross the border into egypt today. people have been gathering there in hopes of getting through for the first time since the war began. the rafah border crossing opened wednesday to several hundred foreign nationals including aid workers who had been stuck at the border for days. clare sebastian is covering all of these angles for us. what are we hearing about what could happen today? the expe
hello. and welcome to our viewers joining us here in the united states and all around the world. i m paula newton. you are watching cnn s continuing coverage of israel at war. it is 3:00 a.m. here in atlanta. 9:00 a.m. in gaza. israeli air strikes, again, lit up the skies overnight. israel s military says its forces have reached the outskirts of gaza city, for the second time in as many days. israel hit the refugee camp in northern gaza with the devastating air strike on wednesday. local hospital officials say 80 people were killed. here s what an idf spokesperson told cnn earlier. you should have evacuated. you and your family, you shouldn t have been there. that doesn t mean that we wanted to kill anybody. it means that when we warn palestinians two weeks ago to evacuate that specific area, because there was going to be major combat operations, they should have heeded the warning and should have left. the sad reality that is unfolding now is that the civilians in gaza is
hello, and a very warm welcome to our viewers joining us here in the united states and as we continue our coverage of israel at war. i am paula newton. it is 28 here in atlanta, atm and gaza, while we are waiting to see if more foreign nationals are waiting to cross the border into egypt. for the first time since rafah border crossing opened wednesday to several hundred for nationals, including aid workers, who have been stuck at the border. the u.s. state department believes about 1000 americans and their families are still in gaza and trying to leave. here is u.s. president joe biden. we are in a situation we are safe passage for wounded palestinians and foreign nationals to exit gaza has started. american citizens are able to exit today as part of the first group of a little over 1000 who will see more of this process going on in the coming days. working nonstop to get americans out of gaza as soon as safely as possible. the agreement, brokered by qatar, also cal
my advice for everyone is to go with golo. it will release your fat and it will release you. good to be with you, i m katy tur. breaking news out of new york city. donald trump jr. just took the witness stand here to testify about the trump organization and decisions to inflate or deflate assets to lower taxes or secure bigger loans. joining us now, nbc news senior legal correspondent and coanchor of saturday today on nbc, laura jarrett. don jr., a defendant and now a witness. what s the expectation? the first of his siblings to testify. it s interesting, part of the structure around here is that the dad, former president, was running the show. but at least in the attorney general s telling of this, all of the kids were actually intimately involved. those were their words, intimately involved in how the business was operating. and when it comes to don jr., he s the one signing off on financial statements. that s the hook for them here. they have all of these pages. al