Announcer this is cnn Breaking News. Welcome to the lead, im jake tapper. The war in The Middle East at this hour appears to be expanding as it steps up the gaza offensive. Israel has now formed an Emergency Wartime government in response to the hamas terror attacks that have killed at least 1200 people. 22 or more americans. The Israeli Government is accusing the Iranian Regime of giving the green light to hamas which is funded to carry out the attacks over the weekend. A statement that differs from sources familiar with u. S. Intelligence. If you thought this seriousness of this all, the deadliest day for the jewish people since the holocaust, a war that will cost countless innocent israeli and palestinian lives, risks of a regional conflict. If you thought this would motivate House Republicans to get their act together to elect a speaker, so the u. S. Legislative branch could function, well, you would be wrong. Behind closed doors today, the majority of House Republicans chose congr
the programme. hamas, regarded as a terrorist organisation by the uk, says more than 30 people have been killed in an israeli airstrike on a refugee camp in gaza. israel says it s investigating whether its forces were operating in the area at the time. heavy fighting is continuing in the north of the territory, with the united nations warning nearly 1.5 million gazans have now been displaced. our middle east correspondent mark lowen reports. night brings no peace to the purgatory of gaza. inferno is light the skies as israel pounds from the air. a listing that an israeli strike hit a refugee camp in central gaza late on saturday, killing at least 30. israel says it is looking into the reports. but night brings out anguish on the other side as well. in tel aviv, loved ones of the more than 240 hostages seized by hamas on the seventh of october demand there return. 0ne missing chairfor demand there return. 0ne missing chair for each demand there return. 0ne missing chairfor eac
hello and welcome to the lebanese capital beirut. this is the famous corniche, still farfrom recovered from the devastating explosion of 2020 and its economy and morale is as badly damaged as its infrastructure. and now it is deeply nervous about the possibility that it might get sucked into yet another war with israel if the present fighting in gaza spreads. but what are the chances that it will? it is tense, it is very volatile and that is the concern, that this could become a new front in this conflict. one crisis tends to wipe out the memory of previous ones. the collapse of western support for afghanistan, for instance, and the victory of the taliban in 2021. a million plus afghans fled illegally to pakistan and the pakistani government is now threatening to throw them out. the government of pakistan has built the narrative that terrorism acts in pakistan, there is always an afghan link. and artificial intelligence, can a conference based at the first home of electronic
hello and welcome to the lebanese capital beirut. this is the famous corniche, still farfrom recovered from the devastating explosion of 2020 and its economy and morale is as badly damaged as its infrastructure. and now it is deeply nervous about the possibility that it might get sucked into yet another war with israel if the present fighting in gaza spreads. but what are the chances that it will? it is tense, it is very volatile and that is the concern, that this could become a new front in this conflict. one crisis tends to wipe out the memory of previous ones. the collapse of western support for afghanistan, for instance, and the victory of the taliban in 2021. a million plus afghans fled illegally to pakistan and the pakistani government is now threatening to throw them out. the government of pakistan has built the narrative that terrorism acts in pakistan, there is always an afghan link. and artificial intelligence, can a conference based at the first home of electronic