Been killed by israeli airstrikes in gaza including 78 children. The israeli army also says more than 400 Palestinian Militants have been killed after infiltrating Southern Israel, with dozens more captured. Israel says its still trying to regain full control of eight of eight areas where hamas militants infiltrated. The number of israeli civilians and soldiers taken hostage has been put at 100 by the Israeli Embassy to the us, though some have been freed. In northern israel, hezbollah rockets targeted three military positions, with israel responding with barrages of artillery into southern lebanon. The United Nations Security Council is holding an Emergency Meeting to discuss the crisis. 0ur Correspondentjonathan Beale has the latest. I should warn you, his report has some distressing images. Israeli troops are still hunting down armed palestinians. More than 30 hours after their biggest and bloodiest break out from gaza into israel itself. One of the worlds most advanced militaries t
Concern for around 100 israeli civilians and soldiers taken hostage. Jonathan beal has the latest, and i should warn you his report has some distressing images. Israeli troops are still hunting down armed palestinians. More than 30 hours after their biggest and bloodiest breakout from gaza into israel itself. One of the worlds most advanced militaries taken by surprise. By hamas, a militant group kept behind barriers that were supposed to stop this happening. Their attack, as brutal as it was brazen. Hundreds killed. For israel, that has included scores of unarmed civilians as well as of soldiers. Already, the largest loss of life in decades. Here, the bodies of an israeli family shot dead waiting to be identified and buried. Hamas has taken dozens of hostages, too. Like this 85 year old grandmother, whisked away by militants in a golf cart. Families, too, among them this mans wife and their five year old and two year old daughters. He is left anxiously waiting for news and pleading fo
Rockets being fired on. Still fighting down south. People are still inside their home, their safe room, their Bomb Shelters and are forces are down there doing everything they can to get the terrorists to stop attacking our civilians. We want to welcome our viewers in the United States and around the world. Im wolf blitzer. This is a Special Edition of the situation room. Israel at war. Were following all the Breaking News in israel. Want to go to clarissa ward. She and her team have just made it into the city north of gaza. Tell our viewers what you are seeing there. Reporter its quiet right at this moment, wolf, but as we were driving into town about an hour and a half ago, it was a very different picture. I think you should be able to show our viewers some of that video. Just an extraordinary barrage of rockets. At least two we know made a direct impact. The iron dome activated, lighting up the night sky and really even by the standard of what we have been seeing over and over again