The Israel Military says its forces are increasing their operational readiness for the next stage of the war. The region bracing for a possible largescale Ground Invasion of gaza by the Israeli Military. The Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu rallying his front line troops today and pronouncing them ready for whats next. A short while ago i asked an israeli Opposition Leader about the battle ahead. I think were going to do everything that is necessary and probably an incursion is part of this in order to make sure hamas is gone from gaza. They have tried, as you very well know, wolf, we have tried to live next to them, and the result was beheaded babies. So now were going to go and do whatever is necessary to make sure hamas is no longer in gaza. Lets go back to sara right now. I understand there are sirens going off in tel aviv where you are. Theyre very loud, as you know. Weve experienced that. It is starting to rain and now we are starting to hear sirens. Im going to be quiet for a s
But it is just, you know, just an awful none of us have ever been in a position of reporting some of the things were seeing right now. And it is just a hard assignment. Colleagues are Bearing Witness for sure. Wolf, thank you so much. Well see you in the situation. Cnn news central starts right now. Were tracking major developments on day seven of fighting in the middle east. Im Brianna Keilar In Washington with Boris Sanchez. We have Anderson Cooper on scene in israel. We do have Breaking News. Israeli troops conducting raids inside gaza, they have done this, the Israel Defense forces saying they targeted terror cells and searched for hostages here in the past day. Hamas is believed to have up to 150 hostages inside of gaza, including some u. S. Citizens. Last hour President Biden spoke with the families of 14 americans who are still unaccounted for since the weekend attacks. Earlier today, the idf dropped flyers on gaza. Youre seeing them there on the screen. The flyers tell people i
Today as we come on air right now, its in washington, just after 7 00 in israel and gaza. On the israeli side, sirens are sounding, on the gaza side, the power supply is down. Cnn correspondents are on the front line of this war, miles from the gaza border, thats where Nick Robertson is right now, nick, what are you seeing there . Reporter we are hearing heavy detonations and gaza from Artillery Rounds that are being fired. Weve seen heavy artillery in placements, a few miles from here earlier on in the day. They were there yesterday but they are there today. These heavy rounds appear to be targeting the places where hamas might be trying to fire their rockets from but we are also hearing drone activity, we are seeing that behind me there. What you just heard was another one of those Artillery Rounds, impacting sorry to interrupt you. Nick, we just have to get to the president of the United States. He is speaking. This attack has brought to the surface this moment, we have to be crysta
As the idea continues to fight Hamas Inside Israel and they are still crossing into the country from gaza, but the idf says it is going door to door in towns near the Gaza Border Helping Survivors to safety. Our Rosemary Church spoke last hour with the Idf Spokesperson who gave us an update on the situation now. We know that Hamas Terrorists are still fighting Israeli Soldiers in a handful of civilian communities in israel along the gaza border and, of course, this is to be a long operation and were really in the early stages of beginning to mourn the horrific massacre we experienced two days ago, what is the biggest massacre of israelis since the establishment of the country. So it is a very tense and certainly dynamic time right now. The fighting continues here within israel as we speak. Israel doesnt have control of the border areas, but when might that happen, do you think . Of course, its a top priority for us. We know there are civilians there and civilians still held hostage by
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