[explosion] harris they are taking out the targets they want to hit. Israel steadily eliminating hamas terrorist leadership. Idf forces say they now have taken out a top naval commander and killed nearly two dozen senior hamas leaders since the start of the war which was only 19 days ago. And we are learning about this. A literal whos who of Terror Leaders had a meeting in beirut. Im Harris Faulkner and you are in the Faulkner Focus. A summit of hate i will call it. Top killers from hezbollah, hamas, Palestinian Islamic ji hard holding talks on achieving, quote, victory over israel. It is their first reported meeting since the war begin and cements concerns that analysts are having that the war is now getting wider and more intense and emboldening a host of The Middle Easts worst actors. Israeli forces striking syria after a Rocket Attack in israel, aleppos International Airport a target. State run media is claiming eight soldiers were killed. Secretary of state Antony Blinken confirms
To what extent is iran pulling the strings in gaza and lebanon . Hezbollah is a militant group. They have their own weapon, they have their own armies, and they have the sole decision that is basically coming from iran. And theyre acting upon that. And china, ten years after the belt and road initiative, is the worlds most impressive economy in danger of hitting the buffers . I think chinas got a big struggle to come, and the big struggle is going to come with its shrinking population. The appalling destruction at the Al Ahli Al Arabi Baptist Hospital in gaza, whoever may have been responsible for it, has overshadowed the hastily arranged visit to israel by president biden. Yes, he was there to offer americas total, wholehearted sympathy and support to israel in the wake of the 7th Of October raids. But he was also there to urge israel in the strongest way to use discretion and moderation if and when it invades gaza, and very likely also to attempt to persuade israel of the need for a
I think chinas got a big struggle to come, and the big struggle is going to come with its shrinking population. The appalling destruction at the Al Ahli Al Arabi Baptist Hospital in gaza, whoever may have been responsible for it, has overshadowed the hastily arranged visit to israel by president biden. Yes, he was there to offer americas total, wholehearted sympathy and support to israel in the wake of the 7th Of October raids. But he was also there to urge israel in the strongest way to use discretion and moderation if and when it invades gaza, and very likely also to attempt to persuade israel of the need for a humanitarian corridor to allow water, food and medicines into a waterless, poor and hugely overcrowded enclave. But what about the wider picture . Lyse doucet, the bbc s chief international correspondent, is in Southern Israel and we caught up with her in between showers of rain. In previous military operations, and i was there in gaza for the one in 2014, the Israeli Military
Lib, yemen, turkey and iran, warning this war will plunge the region into an unspeakable disaster. What does that mean . And did President Bidens meeting with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu help the situation or hurt it . Hes on his way back to the United States right now, and though his inperson meeting with the leaders of egypt, jordan and the west bank was cancelled after that Hospital Explosion, the white house says hes still going to be talking to those leaders. What u. S. Intelligence will he show them to try and prove the Hospital Explosion was not an israeli rocket. But a misfire from gazas Islamic Jihad as our intelligence in the u. S. Suggests it is. And will those leaders even believe it, and even if they do, is it going to matter to the arab street . Joining us now from israel is nbc news Foreign Correspondent, raf sanchez. I know there are Big Questions surrounding all of this. Let us start with what we know right now, what we can say right now. Reporter katy, its been
Happening now, breaking news, hamas launches a shocking raid on Israel Killit 200 people and wounding more than 1,000. The Surprise Attack from air, land, and sea catching Israels Defense Forces totally offguard as fighters stormed across the gaza border and rockets poured into major cities in israel including tel aviv and jerusalem. Prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu is vowing the Terrorist Group will pay what he calls a huge price for this deadly incursion. Welcome to our viewers here in the United States and around the world. Im wolf blitzer, and this is a Special Edition of the Situation Room israel at war. Lets get straight to the breaking news. The stunning deadly hamas raid on israel. Cnns Nic Robertson arrived in the country just a little while ago and was immediately forced to take cover even as soon as he got off the plane at the international airport. Watch this. Reporter just got off the plane here at the airport. The sirens have gone off. People are taking cover. We got off