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
Here in the United States and Around The World. Im wolf blitzer. This is a Special Edition of the Situation Room, israel at war. We begin this hour with the Breaking News out of israel. Hamas militants pouring across the gaza border in a Surprise Attack. Listen to one israeli womans terrifying firsthand account of the raid. Translator suddenly out of nowhere shots are coming in. They started shooting in every direction and i took the car keys and just drove and started moving forward to get out of the shots. Out of the shots. And at some point, they overtook us. We were overtaken by the shooters. They started shooting at our vehicles. We got out of the vehicles. I didnt keep driving. We took cover. Nic robertson is on the ground for us right near the gaza border in israel. So far, what have you seen tonight . Reporter this is the point where that area of israel that the Defense Forces are still going through confronting the hamas militants is taking place. We can hear it. We can see it
a long track tornado cutting through neighborhoods just north of nashville. southern kentucky not spared either. more than 28 reported tornadoes spotted across the south. major cities in the northeast are now bracing for as much as six inches of rain and powerful wind gusts. that threat is expected to last through the night and into the monday morning commute. our team is on the ground in tennessee. and the latest on where that sprawling system is heading next. overseas in the war between israel and hamas, the new warning from qatar that the opportunity for a truce is narrowing as the idf intensifies its campaign, saying it struck 250 targets just in the past few days. the world health organization sounding the alarm with the health system on the verge of collapse. large crowds gathering desperate for food. our team is on the ground where families are fighting to stay warm and stay alive. james longman reports from israel. the woman challenging donald trump for the republ
a long track tornado cutting through neighborhoods just north of nashville. southern kentucky not spared either. more than 28 reported tornadoes spotted across the south. major cities in the northeast are now bracing for as much as six inches of rain and powerful wind gusts. that threat is expected to last through the night and into the monday morning commute. our team is on the ground in tennessee. and the latest on where that sprawling system is heading next. overseas in the war between israel and hamas, the new warning from qatar that the opportunity for a truce is narrowing as the idf intensifies its campaign, saying it struck 250 targets just in the past few days. the world health organization sounding the alarm with the health system on the verge of collapse. large crowds gathering desperate for food. our team is on the ground where families are fighting to stay warm and stay alive. james longman reports from israel. the woman challenging donald trump for the republ
it is 3:00 a.m. in tel aviv. for hours we have been seeing and hearing signs that israel s campaign against hamas in gaza is in a new phase. strikes. people in gaza telling cnn that strikes now the most intense they have seen so far. in addition to this air and artillery bombardment that appears to be growing in tempo, israeli troops today launched what they are calling an expanded operation into gaza. an idf spokesman, rear admiral daniel ha garry says, quote, the military is expanding their ground operations. he dismissed reports of a possible deal to free more hostages and said that gaza s largest hospital, al shifa, was the site of a hamas command and control center. he offered everyday, cell phone intercept reported to be between two gazans discussing the site. admiral hangar ri also had a warning. quote, when medical facilities are used for terror purposes, they re liable to use their protection from attack in accordance with international law. meantime, at another hosp