It is, he said, depravity beyond what you could imagine. The United States says it will stand with israel in the fight against hamas. And is warning others not to get involved. But it is a fine balance, supporting the israeli blockade of gaza without escalating this conflict further. Well get the thoughts on that tonight from our Panel Thejournalist and broadcaster, Jenny Kleeman and the former Communications Director for the trump campaign, brian lanza. There will be no resolution on israeli in Congress Unless the republicans can find a speaker. We will keep you updated on the vote tonight, which is soon to begin. And we will focus too on the hostages. 17 british people missing, 14 americans. Well hear from the former commander of an Israeli Special ops team on how difficult this is going to be. The Israeli Prime Ministers Office published three photos today purporting to show Babies Murdered And Burned by hamas. The photos were posted with a Graphic Content Warning on the social medi
The Uns World Food Programme says the situation in gaza is dire with food and water running out, as israel continues a siege of the territory. This is a live shot of the gaza skyline tonight as residents there brace for more strikes. People are relying on their own generators, solar power, and we have seen a number of the number of buildings lit up decrease. It is darkness now. Meanwhile, the Israeli Defence chief has admitted failures in the military s duty to uphold security and protect israeli citizens. A short time ago i spoke with our International Editor jeremy bowen for his assessment of where the war stands. Well, where we are is that the Israeli Military build up is continuing apace on the border with gaza. And also theyve moved a lot of troops and heavy weapons up to the northern border with lebanon because there are concerns that his brother which is the powerful iran backed militia in lebanon, avowed enemies of israel, might get involved. There have already been some incre
Hello welcome to our viewers in the United States and around the world, im john vause at the cnn center in atlanta with cnns breaking News Coverage of israels war with hamas. And there has been no letup in israeli airstrikes which continue to pound gaza. More than 1000 targets have now been hit according to the idf. All of them linked to hamas, the gaza base militant group it carried out a Surprise Attack over the weekend. The deadliest on israeli soil in 15 years. This is the beginning of an israeli response which Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has warned will resonate for generations. As explosions lit up the night sky over gaza, the Israeli Defense minister ordered a complete siege, cutting off electricity and water from israel as well as food, fuel, and other supplies. [sound of artillery] rocket fire from gaza has continued overnight, mostly targeting southern israel. Right now, dozens of hostages are being held by hamas somewhere in gaza with a spokesperson for the military wi
Tonight. We have been discussing this hour this report from reuters that the nation of qatar has been trying to organize a sort of hostages, prisoner swap, trying to arrange some sort of Diplomatic Initiative to get wome hostages and children who are being held by Hamas Terrorist Group exchange for female prisoners who are being held in israeli jails. Reuters have actually reported that not only is qatar working on that. They are working on it in coordination with u. S. Government. We have been trying to get confirmation that the u. S. Government is involved in any such effort to try to arrange such kind as walk. I dont have an answer for you on that. But i do have this from an msnbc spokesperson just tonight on the air. Weve been working excuse me, we are working around the clock to confirm missing u. S. Citizens whereabouts, and would be relentless in our efforts to secure their freedom. If confirmed, they are held by hamas, but we will not comment about diplomatic implications. So,
Prime minister rishi sunak is due to speak to his israeli counterpart Benjamin Netanyahu today to urge restraint after irans unprecedented missile and drone attack on israel on saturday night. Lets go live tojerusalem for the very latest and our chief International Correspondent lyse doucet. Two days after the skies of israel was killed by iranian cruise and Ballistic Missiles as well as suicide drones, israel is making it clear that it will hit back. The question still is, how and when will it retaliate . What seems clear now is it will, at least it hopes, take many forms. This morning, israels Foreign Minister has said he is leading a political war against iran. He has written to dozens of countries urging them to sanction irans irg sea to isolate iran. We have heard from the military officials as well. Yesterday the israeli Chief Of Staff visited the airbase which was struck by several iranian missiles. Israel says it suffered limited damage but he took that occasion to say that isr