Im Erin Burnett In Israel alongside My Friend John Berman in new york. The head of the Israeli Defense forces told his commanders tonight that, quote, well enter the gaza strip. Not a question. A definitive statement. A spokesperson for the idf saying they are increasing airstres to gaza to minimize risk to troops for the next stage of the war. Theyve been running on some days at more than 200 strikes and theyll increase that number. They saw dozens of tanks, personnel, carriers, as well as bulldozers massed at the border. And weve seen those bulldozers, massive military ones designed for an urban incursion they will be facing. This video represents just one of several grouping thats our team witnessed. Altogether, cnn saw hundreds of tanks and Armored Vehicles. This comes as the World Health Organization warns that the limited amount of supplies allowed to cross into gaza from egypt today is not enough. It was about 20 trucks. They say they need about 100 every day. The Director Gener
Have seen, we are told the first delivery is scheduled to be 20 or so trucks of that aid. But that is just a small drop in the bucket compared to the 100 trucks a day that the United Nations says gazans need. I want to thank you so much for joining us tonight and every night this week for this coverage here in tel aviv. Oftentimes it is difficult to watch, but it is so important. Thank you for watching. I want to turn it over to Cnn Newsnight with abby phillip right now. New signs that israel may be pushing pause on its Ground Invasion of gaza as the clock ticks on the fate of dozens of hostages and millions of civilians there. Thats tonight on newsnight. Good evening. Im abby phillip. As tanks, troops, and firepower line up at the border, israels impending Ground Invasion of gaza looks to be on hold after hamas freed two american hostages, a mother and daughter from chicago. Heres her father speaking just moments ago. Ive been waiting for this moment for a long time, two weeks. Ive no
All fronts, our reporters are on the ground in israel and lebanon this morning. To get the very latest on the state of war and the danger of the conflict expanding. And well tell you about the growing humanitarian disaster resulting from israels bombardment of gaza. Also talk about a way forward and out of this decades long conflict with an honest trial we, palestinian politician whos been at the Negotiating Table for peace before and former u. S. Deputy National Security adviser about the role america can and should play in trying to revive a enduring peace between israelis and palestinians. Then im gonna pull back the curtain and talk about how we govern this war including the complicated and difficult work of verifying images and facts from the frontlines, we begin this hour here in the Nations Capital with americas role in the world amid a growing leadership crisis, in our own house, a house that donald trump built. Velshi starts now. What good morning to, you saturday october the
Whether against muslims, jews or anyone. Propalestinian protests outside the white house gate, conflicts that have struck a cord here at home, not just overseas. It crosses the broader middle east. We have seen protests in almost every country. Aid trucks lined up as long as the eye can see, thats to go into gaza. Water is the issue right now. We dont have any utilities. Israels Defense Minister telling troops they would soon see gaza, quote, From The Inside. And as you can see, very Significant Developments overnight. Im poppy harlow with Phil Mattingly in new york. We have Team Coverage on the ground in israel, erin burnett in tel aviv, Matthew Chance on the border with lebanon. President biden back from the war zone, and today he is pushing congress to approve more war time aid for israel and ukraine. He made that case in a primetime oval office address. Hamas and putin represent different threats. But they share this in common. They both want to completely annihilate democracy. Whe
This hezbollah protest in beirut was held in solidarity for palestinians in gaza. There were strong words. And defiance. The speech here was full of anti american and anti israeli slogans. Its unlikely that its done anything to ease tensions that this country could be dragged into this conflict. For days, hezbollah and the israeli army have exchanged fire along the border. So far, the attacks have been contained. But what happens next is likely to be decided farfrom here in iran, hezbollah s main supporter. The tensions also threaten to deepen sectarian divisions. This is a sunni village by the border. This is my cousins house. Sabrina has left. It was too dangerous. She came back to inspect the damage caused by an israeli retaliatory strike. So youre angry that hezbollah has been using this place to attack israel . Yes, ok, im not against that. To start war, let them start from their own homeland, not from our houses. In a pro hezbollah town, different opinions. Im not going to leave