New images showing Israeli Forces hammering hamas targets. Explosions leveling buildings, black smoke filling the air. Hamas militants firing more rockets into israel. Israels iron dome fully activated. All of this ignited by the Surprise Attack by hamas by land, sea, and air. At least 1,000 hamas fighters crossing into israel. More than 900 dead here in israel. At least 11 americans among them. One of the first targets in israel, a Music Festival, where hamas militants opened fired on young people in the crowd. At least 260 bodies recovered from the scene. My interview tonight with a young man who ran for cover. He says several of his friends were shot and killed right in front of him. He was shot, too. He somehow survived. And tonight here, the young father whose wife and two little girls were kidnapped by hamas. The phone call with his wife when the call dropped out. The phone now pings in gaza. And then the video. He recognized his wife in video online showing militants beginning t
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
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Ill be back at 6 00 p. M. Eastern for our special coverage for israel at war. Thank you for watching. Im wolf blitzer. Special breaking News Coverage continues right now with erin burnett outfront. Good evening. Welcome to a Special Edition of outfront. Israel at war. The breaking developments, the death toll rising as the sound of sirens and explosions can be heard across southern and Central Israel after a Surprise Attack by hamas. An israeli official said at least 300 israelis have been killed. The former Prime Minister of israel Neftali Bennett telling me the ultimate death toll will be much higher. And tonight there are reports that gun battles are still taking place nearly 24 hours after militants first entered israel by land and sea and air, firing 2,200 rockets, according to israel. And this new video, which im going to show you now, shows heavily armed hamas fighters moving through one neighborhood. You can hear the scream as militants try to force their way into homes. Theyre
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