Strike in the west bank earlier today hitting a mosque. The idf said it thwarted an eminent terror attack. The Palestinian Authority calls it a dangerous escalation. Erin . Jim, the Israeli Military confirms that its troop had a class with hamas fighters. Its significant because this happened inside gauza. Theyre saying that there was fighting. Its just the second time that Israeli Forces have confirmed that they were operating inside gaza since the hamas terrorist attacks two weeks ago. Cnn journalist has witnessed at least 14 trucks crossing from egypt into gaza. Thats desperately needed humanitarian aid. Its a drop in the bucket, though, but it is something. And for almost two weeks, there had been nothing. An official at the main hospital says the deteriorating conditions there are catastrophic and other hospitals say they are simply overwhelmed by the number of dead and wounded from the intensifying bombardment. Israel saying they conducted dozens of strikes just today, jim. Erin,
Later on that story. Here is the live feed from gaza, nightfall, israel now estimates a number of civilian hostages are being held. Up to that number is 199. There may be a potential development on that front. We have more on that in the moments ahead. When you look at whats happening since the attack 11 days ago, you have a country still divided over Security Failures that led to the situation, the imagery of the many, many innocent civilians kidnapped as well as were tracking it is humanitarian crisis thats growing in gaza. As no those missing and kidnapped, their families continue to speak out. My aunt suffers from parkinsons. Shes 63. Every day without her medication is torture. Shes being tortured t. Israel has been detailing weapons that hamas used. Sky news says theyre still finding bondies of victims and what happened after the initial attack. Temples they are still finding the bodies of civilians in this cubs the soldiers have told us to stay in this area, because theres a dir
Im lauren taylor. Israel is marking memorial day, which honours its war dead as its offensive in gaza continues. Ceremonies are getting under way as we speak, right now, sirens are sounding across the country to honour Fallen Soldiers and victims of terror attack. Im not playing at santry because of Broadcasting Restrictions in the us. We are not playing at sound because of Broadcasting Restrictions in the us. This year, israelis are also commemorating the more than 1000 victims of the hamas attack on october seventh, which triggered the current war. Prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu is attending the main State Ceremony at mount herzl injerusalem, followed by another event in memory of victims of terror at 1pm local time. 0ther ministers are attending ceremonies taking place right now around the country, despite some bereaved families urging them to stay away. Politicians from across the spectrum have urged keeping the deep political divisions and heated discourse out of the memorial d
Focus and tactics. Hello, im matthew amroliwala. Donald trumps former personal lawyer has told a court in new york that he lied to getjobs done for his former boss, when required. Testifying at the former president s criminal trial, Michael Cohen also said that as part of his personal legal work he intimidated reporters whose coverage mr trump disliked. Mr cohen is being grilled by prosecutors about his role in paying a porn star, stormy daniels, so she wouldnt reveal her alleged affair with mr trump on the eve of the 2016 president ial election. Donald trump denies charges of falsifying Business Records to cover up reimbursing mr cohen. Lets speak to our correspondent, nada tawfik, who is live for us in new york. This is the star witness in this criminal trial, take me through some of the things hes been saying. Yeah, thats absolutely right, matthew. Prosecutors really need to pull together a few threads here to complete their case and convince jurors that all of this was done at Dona