Israeli Security Forces and hamas fighters as israel is trying to regain control of all of its communities and bases. Israeli official says at least 300 israelis have been killed, but the former Prime Minister of israel, neftali bennett, tells me that number is much higher. Hell be with me in a moment. We have gruesome video in, though, now which appears to show Palestinian Militants opening fire on a civilian car. You hear the gunshots, the car crashes, and there are no signs of life inside. Dozens of israelis we know have been taken hostage, including this young woman who was kidnapped and taken away on a motorcycle. In a moment, im going to be speaking to her roommate this hour. Now hamas is warning anyone taken hostage is, quote, present in all axes of the gaza strip, beware of miscalculation. Meantime the Israeli Military is mobilizing tens of thousands of reservists, fighter jets, and drones carrying out strikes on hamas targets in gaza. The show of force, though, really coming o
This is cnn breaking news. Good morning. Welcome to cnn this morning. It is sunday, october 8th. Im victor blackwell. Im amara walker. Our colleague Becky Anderson is live in tel aviv as we continue to follow developments in israel. We will be checking in with her in just a moment. Fighting in israel and gaza is raging into a second day. At least 350 israelis are dead and more than 300 palestinians have been killed. And thousands of people on both sides of the border have been injured since the attack began 24 hours ago. Today hamas says it has fired at least 100 rockets into southern israel. Many of their fighters are still in the country after infiltrating the border yesterday. At this hour, Israeli Defense forces are still fighting to remove militants from eight different areas inside the country. In gaza, israel is striking back. Israeli forces are using drones to keep hamas militants from crossing the border to israel. Idf sent dozen of airstrikes into gaza. They say they have hit
Announcer this is cnn Breaking News. Good morning, everyone. Welcome to cnn this morning im amara walker. Im victor blackwell. We begin with Breaking News out of israel. Prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu has declared israel is at war after gaza mill about thes earlier this morning. Netanyahu said the enemy will pay an unprecedented price. He concluded with this, we are at war and we will win it. Right now Israel Security cabinet is meeting to discuss the full scale of its response. Already the Israeli Military has begun mobilizing and calling up thousands of Reserve Forces. And we just learned that at least 22 people have died since the attacks began six hours ago. Lets go now to cnn hadas gold from jerusalem. Bring us up to speed on whats happening on the ground now and the fact that these were Surprise Attacks. I mean, how did israel not see this coming . Reporter thats a great question. This was an unprecedented Surprise Attack. Israel essentially saying they are in a state of war,
Thanks very much for joining us, im wolf blitzer, In Washington. We want to welcome our viewers here in the United States and around the world. This is cnn newsroom. Were following the major Breaking News out of israel this hour. Israel declaring it is at war, war with hamas. It follows an unprecedented attack on israeli soil by hamas. At least 70 israelis are now confirmed dead. More than 900 wounded. Numbers that are clearly expected to rise in the coming hours. The attack catching israel clearly by surprise. At sunrise, the Palestinian Militant Group launched their offensive by air, sea, and land. Hamas fighters infiltrating israeli towns launching more than 3,000 rockets into israel. Scenes of urban warfare, as gunfights unfolded features israeli and Palestinian Militants and just a short time ago, i spoke with the Israeli Military spokesman. When we target someone, we go for a military target. These terrorists came in this morning, they didnt go only for military targets. They wen
This is cnn Breaking News. More breaking News Coverage and israel is striking back after hamas declared war. The country is now carrying out airstrikes on the gaza strip and we are seeing unprecedented fighting inside israel like they have not seen before. Guns gunfights Playing Out On The Streets of israel. Hamas fighters even captured on Video Shooting at this vehicle and also at civilians. And while people are locked in Bomb Shelters and barricaded in their homes we are getting reports that the fighters are now attempting to break into those homes. Hamas also claims to have captured several Israeli Soldiers near the border but the idf is not commenting. This is a quickly developing situation. We want to get right to cnns hadas gold who is in the location. Reporter we just heard israel is a state of war. Number one priority is to clear militants from communities near the southern border. We know of Something Like a dozen if not more villages, towns along the border including two army