Watching us here in the United States, canada and all around the world, i am kim brunhuber. This hour on cnn newsroom, we are following developments in israel as the idea of launches raids in gaza and the humanitarian crisis worsens. But first, to the u. S. , where there is a man hunt underway right now in maine after two Mass Shootings. Law enforcement surrounded the suspects last known address for hours thursday night as several communities remain on lockdown and residents are on edge. I dont feel safe. It has been more than 31 hours since Police Responded to active Shooter Calls at multiple locations in the town of lewiston, maine. We now know that a gunman killed at least 18 people and wounded 13 others, first at a Bowling Alley and then a restaurant. Hours later authorities found the suspects car at a boat launched in a nearby town. With the suspect is still on the loose police are searching for this man, 40yearold robert card. He is considered armed and dangerous. He charged with
Im Victor Blackwell with amara walker in atlanta. It is 6 00 a. M. On the east coast. Sara sidner is in tel aviv where it is 1 00 p. M. Overnight the idf says Interior Minister struck 100 military targets in gaza. They also say they killed the hamas commander who engineered the slaughter of jews at a kibbutz. The window is quickly closing for Hundreds Of Thousands in the northern half of gaza to move south before an expected Israeli Ground offensive. For many there is quite literally no way out. The key Border Crossing into egypt still shuttered. There is unfolding humanitarian crises in gaza. Water is quickly disappearing. Israeli military stants f stands on the door of an invasion. Thousands of israeli troops are passed at the border and a report reveals details about israels war plan. Three sore Israeli Military officers are telling the New York Times objective number one is capture gaza city. Objective number two, weed out hamas. Both will likely require bloody block by Block Fire
And so over and over and over again, this entire city is hearing these thunderous booms from the sky. This is reality for People Living here, and then the response often is airstrikes in gaza. Now though things seem to be a bit different because as israel prepares for a Ground Incursion, it just has been more quiet in gaza than we have seen right now. We have seen a bit of black smoke coming from gaza today, but in the very beginning, i mean, it was fearsome, it was terrifying with the airstrikes happening in gaza for the residents there. 700 children have already been killed there. But you remember this all started, this time around, with hamas and its Surprise Attack on civilians just trying to enjoy their lives. I do want to give you some sound of what happened earlier. I think we have a little bit of that for you now. So lets go to that. Our photographer is here with us. Lawrence is also with us as well as my fantastic producer, seb. So youre hearing in english, now you can go back
Im Anderson Cooper in tel aviv with john berman in new york. Youre watching cnns Special Coverage of israel at war. Israel is promising that a new phase of its war in hamas is coming, just not clear when exactly that will be. Troops have been amassing for days now near the border with gaza getting ready for an expected Ground Operation. Israel pounded the territory again today with air strikes. Officials say hamas commander who played a key part in last saturdays attack was killed. Hundreds of thousands of civilians tried to heed the idfs warning to get out. U. N. Official warns such a large scale evacuation under siege could lead to a humanitarian disaster. Anderson, there is an Important Development tonight from the pentagon as well. We learned a second u. S. Carrier strike group led by uss dwight d. Eisenhower is sailing to the middle east, sailing to the mediterranean. It is designed to sell messages to israel and proxies including lebanon and hezbollah not to get involved. The Eis
Announcer this is cnn breaking news. Hello and welcome, everyone. Im michael holmes, and we continue our breaking News Coverage of israel at war. And there are growing signs this hour that an Israeli Military Ground Operation into gaza could get under way at any moment. After a week of air strikes and artillery aimed at hamas inside gaza and a hastily ordered evacuation of up to a million civilians from gaza city, israel declared on saturday that it is ready to open a new phase in te war with a focus on, quote, significant Ground Operations. Earlier israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu met soldiers on the front lines. You see him there offering words of support, telling them to be prepared. Also on saturday iran warned farreaching consequences if the israeli attacks dont stop. The Iranian Foreign minister met with a senior hamas official for the First Time Since the fighting began, and there is deep concern that iran and its proxies might try to escalate the conflict especially al