Later tonight, us President Joe Biden will announces plans for the us military to construct a port in gaza to get more humanitarian aid into the territory by sea. Is this a sign of american frustration over israel boiling over . Well speak to a senior british diplomat and the relative of one of the israeli hostages still being held by hamas. Also tonight. Pressure grows on the science secretary Michelle Donelan to personally foot the bill for the legal damages that the uk taxpayer has picked up after she falsely accused an academic of promoting extremist ideologies. Well discuss with one of the academics on the same group that she had in her sights. And the woman who accused this man, christian homer, the boss of f1 team red bull, of Inapproprioate Behaviour is herself suspended. We will ask two female motorsport experts, does motor racing have a wider problem . Good evening. In his annual state of the Union Address in a few hours time, the us President Joe Biden will announce that the
This is cnn breaking news. Welcome to the lead. Im jake tapper. We start are breaking news. The United States is surging military aid to israel after the devastating surprise Terrorist Attack by hamas which killed at least 900 people, most of them civilians. We have also just learned that number includes at least 11 americans. This afternoon israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu vowed that israels response to the horrific attacks is just beginning. Youre looking now at images from gaza where were seeing the response play out as Israeli Forces have fired dozens if not hundreds of rockets into gaza. Hamas terrorists have taken an unknown number of innocent civilians as hostages today, threatening to broadcast their executions if israel strikes homes in gaza without warning. Were hearing continuing reports of rape. Were Hearing Reports of people dragged out of their cars and shot. Cnn crews witnessed mass excuse sites where innocent attendees of a Music Festival spent their last momen
for an extension in order to bring more hostages home. and in the last hour the palestinian foreign minister has warned that once the deal expires, it is important that innocent civilians are protected. hamas freed more hostages, including 14 israelis, in exchange for 39 palestinian prisoners on sunday. but both israel and hamas are reported to have raised concerns over the lists of hostages and prisoners set to be released today. qatari mediators are said to be working with both sides to resolve the problems. meanwhile tech billionaire elon musk is in israel to discuss tackling anti semitism online with prime minister benjamin netanyahu after a rise of hate speech on his platform x. also in the past hour, israeli government spokesperson eylon levy has given a press conference. he was asked what happens when the current four day pause ends. the campaign to end hamas and bring our hostages home will resume immediately with the end of the hostage release pause. i m not going to
near the university of vermont and ran away. two victims are us citizens and the third is a us the suspect jason eaton, the shooting comes amid a rise in anti islamic incidents reported around the us. the first of our reports comes from middle east correspondent hugo bachega. free again. 14 israeli hostages released by hamas head home after their long ordeal, along with three foreign nationals. among them were is year olds dafna and ela elyakim, eight, with about 180 people still in captivity in gaza, the painful wait of the families continues. earlier the bbc spoke to a man whose sister has been kidnapped by hamas, showers abducted along with her husband, her in laws and her daughter. gili roman told the bbc about her story and his optimism despite the fact that she has not yet been released. they were put inside a vehicle towards gaza, and just before the border, they decided they are going to jump out of the vehicle, try to escape and run for their life. so, my sister