Soldiers are surrounding the borders of gaza in the air, on the ground and in the sea. Gaza residents tell cnn that these air strikes are the most intense they have witnessed since the beginning of this conflict. Almost three weeks ago. Phone service that connects gaza to the outside world has now apparently been completely cut off because of the intense bombardment. These are live pictures were bringing you of the Skyline Over Gaza where we have been seeing explosions all day. This operation coming hours after israels Minister Of Defense told me and some other reporters that israel was, quote, waiting for the best conditions to start its Ground Operation, unquote, exactly what those conditions were, he would not make clear, earlier today sources told cnn that a breakthrough had been made in Hostage Negotiations as 229 people according to the idf are still being held by hamas. Kidnapped on october 7th. The idf says the talk of a breakthrough was, however, only rumors, so now what, of c
An escalation in gaza in the wake of that Terror Attack that left 1,400 israelis dead. Youre looking at live pictures. Widespread reports of sirens and exploegs. The Israeli Defense forces saying today they are stepping up their Ground Operations. Take a listen. Their Ground Forces are expanding their ground up aerations. Idf is operating at all dimensions in order to achieve the goals of the war. We will continue to attack in gaza and its surrounding, and we keep calling upon the People Living in gaza and iran that south from there the idf did not say troops have entered gaza though its worth noting israeli tanks have temporarily entered gaza over the last two days. All of this while the fate of the 200 hostages held by gaza is unknown. Back channel negotiations are ongoing in the midst of the conflict. Just a few hours ago repeated explosions were seen in the israelgaza border. A few miles away on the ground in gaza near total darkness that was interrupted only by flashes from the ai
Everyone, sandra smith along with harold ford jr. , judge Jeanine Pirro, Jesse Watters, and will cain. Its 5 00 in New York City and this is the five. Fox news alert, two major stories happening at this hour. Israeli forces are currently inside the gaza strip as the idf expands operations there. Multiple bombings, explosions, and Tank Fire Lighting up the night sky for several hours now. There is also breaking news out of maine in the search for the mass shooter robert card. Police are expected to give an update any moment now on the manhunt and we will bring you there live when that begins. But first, to the breaking news out of israel, the idf Striking Gaza in the biggest offensive yet. 21 days this has been going on. Lets go straight to trey yingst on the ground in southern is israel, and trey, you told us a short time ago, this is the most you have seen, the biggest escalation in this war to date. Absolutely. Over the past several hours, we have been watching as the Israeli Air For
That means hamas gets away with murdering, butchering 1400 of our citizens, security isnt returned to this country, we have next to no deterrence power, we have a very, very tough neighborhood. Michael, thank you. Always. Cnns coverage in israel continues. With Ckaitlin Collins starts now. Welcome to the source. We start with Breaking News tonight. Because what were monitoring as we come on the air right now are two active Shooter Events that have happened in lewiston, maine. Were still gathering more details tonight. But what we have heard from the Sheriffs Office here, they released this image of a suspect whos still at large, encouraging all local businesses to lock down and for people to stay inside their homes as theyre continuing to investigate and search for this shooter. Athena, whats the latest we know about these separate locations that were hearing about from authorities. Reporter we know this all began to unfold just after 7 00 p. M. Authorities talking about multiple peopl
Philadelphia, again, you can see the lights on the cars glistening off the roadway. Its wet on 95 to the expansion of 95 throughout philadelphia. Be aware of that. Also were watching the incident in lower moreland. Pine road is closed near red lion road and shoemaker road because of the downed utility pole. All right, katy. Were following breaking news out of the Port Richmond section of philadelphia. Two teenagers are under arrest and police say they robbed and raped a woman overnight. Nbc 10s matt delucia is live there with police finding the suspects pretty quickly but they are not done right . Thats right. Investigators do have that positive i. D. But are still looking for Surveillance Video from the factories that are nearby. So the fairly Industrial Areas as i step out of the way here by richmond and lewis streets, police are just holding the scene. It is just down the path next to the train tracks. Heres video just past 11 00 where someone reported a person screaming in this are