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