And, israels allies have shown their support through displays like this. Heres berlins Brandenburg Gate lit up in white and blue to show support for israel. Lets show you live pictures from gaza now. And weve seen renewed israelis airstrikes overnight, as we head towards dawn in the region. Israel has responded to hamas attack with devastating air strikes including in the last few hours. Have a look at this new video coming in to the bbc. Explosions. The latest developments come as Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu says his Security Cabinet has approved plans to destroy the military and governmental capabilities of hamas and islamichhad. Netanyahu has said israel is, quote, at war after the hamas raid early saturday morning. Israels government says hamas launched more than 2,000 rockets into the country, killing more than 250 people and wounding over 1100 others. Officials in the gaza strip say over 230 people have been killed and over 1700 were injured in retaliatory strikes. The Un
The Early Morning assault began with a barrage of rocket fire from gaza just after dawn with explosions heard on the streets of ashkelon. Sderot, which is near gaza, is thought to have been infiltrated by militants. Heres the latest on what we know at this hour. Israels public broadcaster is reporting that after 18 hours, hostages being held in a dining room in kibbutz be eri have been released. Israel has also confirmed that the commander of the nahal brigade, coloneljonathan steinberg, was killed in fighting on saturday. Meanwhile, Major Airlines have cancelled dozens of flights to tel aviv. They include american airlines, air france, lufthansa, emirates, and ryanair, among others. Lets show you live pictures from gaza now. Were hearing that the israeli army has asked residents of seven different areas across the gaza strip which you can see there on your screens to leave their homes and move to the city centres or take refuge in shelters in preparation for Launching Attacks against
Thats according to israels public broadcaster. And on the diplomatic front, us secretary of state, antony blinken, has called for calm and stability in the west bank, during a call with palestinian president mahmoud abbas. And, israels allies have shown their support through displays like this. Heres berlins Brandenburg Gate lit up in white and blue to show support for israel. Lets show you live pictures from gaza now. Morning is breaking there. And weve seen renewed israelis air strikes overnight. It has responded to hamas attack with devastating air strikes including some in the last few hours. The United States is working with other governments to calm the situation and make sure the violence does not spread. Several middle eastern countries, including egypt, saudi arabia and jordan, have been in contact to coordinate efforts to contain the violence. The Un Security Council will discuss the crisis at an Emergency Meeting on sunday. Simonjones has the latest. What israel is describin
Announcer this is cnn Breaking News. Hello and welcome, everyone. Cnn brings you unparalleled coverage. Following major, major break news. On the ground. Four hours into the most serious threat to its security in modern memory perhaps ever. Live pictures now of gaza city, dawn just starting to break behind the skyline there. It is widely expected that a massive Israeli Military operation will soon engulf this palestinian enclave. Israel confirming a significant number of israelis including at least one soldier have been captured by hamas militants. You see one of them here being bundled into a car. A young woman. Their locations and fates are currently unknown. It is a shocking and unprecedented escalation in the regions long history of conflict. Israeli forces have been Hounding Hamas targets in gaza for much of the last 24 hours or so. The Prime Minister stating unequivocally that the country was at war. And since dawn on saturday, thousands of rockets have been fired from Gaza In Ra
Israel says it is still trying to regain full control of eight areas where hamas militants infiltrated following saturdays attack. The number of israeli civilians and soldiers taken hostage has been put at 100 by the Israeli Embassy to the us, though some have been freed. In Northern Israel, hezbollah rockets targeted three military positions, with israel responding with barrages of artillery into southern lebanon. The Un Security Council will meet later on sunday. President biden has vowed rock solid support for israel, and warned against other countries taking advantage of the situation. One british citizen, jake marlowe, is missing. He was working as security at an Outdoor Party near the gaza border when the attack happened. And in egypt, two israeli tourists and their egyptian tour guide were shot dead in alexandria, apparently by a policeman. Lets show you the scene live in gaza now. Israeli airstrikes are ongoing in response to hamas s attack, including some in the last few hours