If they Go Into Rafah, they havent gone in rafah yet, if they go to rafah, i am not supplying the weapons used to deal with rafah, to deal with that problem. We will continue to make sure israel is secure in terms of iron dome and their Military Response to attacks that came out in The Middle East recently. For more on that, our North America Correspondent Will Vernon sent this update from washington. President biden said america would continue to give israel the weapons it needs to defend else, but he said the us wouldnt supply heavy weapons, bombs, Artillery Shells that could be used in a major assault on the city of rafah. And mr biden said it is these us supplied weapons that have already killed civilians in gaza stop human Rights Groups say these munitions are responsible for the utter devastation in gaza. Now, earlier we heard from us officials who confirmed that one shipment of heavy bombs was delayed last week and that other shipments were under review, and that was a hugely si
Good morning, everyone. Im phil the mattingly with poppy harlow in new york. Erin burnett is live neither gaza border. Its 7 00 a. M. On the east coast, 2 00 p. M. In tel aviv where Secretary Of State Antony Blinken is set to speak as the war between israel and hamass escalates. Hes meeting with Benjamin Netanyahu, as israel continues to pummel gaza with artillery and airstrikes. The humanitarian crisis is growing more dire by the hour. Hostages, including americans, are still being held captive. Israel issued a new ult imatum. Power and water and fuel will stay cut off to gaza until they return the hostages abducted in the surprise attack. Without power, fuel and water, the hospitals will turn into more as the elderly seriously at risk. We have Team Coverage across the region and here at home. Lets get straight to erin burnett live at at the hospital in ashkelon. It got hit in yesterdays strike. Also Street Trooeted more than 600 patients from saturdays attack s. At this point, what a
Number of americans murdered risen to at least 25. Many Airlines Canceling Flights to israel and several countries including the uk mounting Emergency Flights to evacuate the own citizens and the u. S. Is not one yet one of them. Now were hearing from syrian State Media Air Strikes earlier and aleppo and damaged runways and service and using airports to smuggle weapons to hezbollah and eventually make their way into lebanon. Dana Bob Gates Quarterback joining us in a moment. Bill first on the ground, trey yingst. If you want and feel comfortable, where are you and where are you going . Reporter ill tell you more about that location later today. It is certainly sensitive as it lies in the area where there is activity going on. This entire part of Southern Israel is bracing for days and days of fighting to come. Just to give you a sense of what its like here this morning, we saw earlier as a rocket came off the gaza strip. One rocket was intercepted by israels Missile Defense system, the
Mainly the church group and a few other civilians that were americans and not going to go home. Steve theres different places and Weapons Depot and underneat those piers and the intense over the last 48 hours and interesting the way they bracketed it out and thats the support that gaza controls and support under attack and maybe they felt as though theyd be safe and it comes to weapons and theyre targeted and i imagine defying drones all over the place and the thing is and the city is 100 surveilled and theyre trying to see movement and trying to see fighters and they dont gun down hamas and target civilians but theyre trying to shake the battlefield before the invasion. Steve according to the idf, the gaza border is still not secure and Hamas Terrorists are still trying to get into israel from the sea and so that could be the Point Of Departure right there. Listen, the israeli haves got eyes in the sky and they know exactly whats going on. In the meantime, theyve got about 100 tanks s
In rafah, lets hear from some of them. We are afraid of war and terrified of the storming of we are afraid of war and terrified of the rafa h. Rafah. We help the world will end in that we return to gaza. We feel very uncomfortable and we cannot be here any longer. This we cannot be here any longer. This is we cannot be here any longer. This is distressing for all of us we this is distressing for all of us we hope to warble in soon and us we hope to warble in soon and we us we hope to warble in soon and we can go home. People of lost sense and we can go home. People of lost sense of comfort and security lost sense of comfort and security and we are more scared at night security and we are more scared at night due to the bombardments. They kill everyone bombardments. They kill everyone without everyone without differentiating. Everyone without differentiating between children differentiating between children and differentiating between children and old differentiating betweenl children a