And welcome to cnn news rooms continuing coverage of israel at war, im michael holmes. Its 1 a. M. In atlanta, 8 a. M. In gaza where estimated one million more than that have been displaced by the war between israel and hamas but theres been a major news break regarding hostages. American woman and daughter undergoing medical evaluation in israel after being released by hamas on friday. Judith and her daughter were visiting family at a kibbutz when they were taken hostage by hamas two weeks ago. Lambs is believed to have holding 200 hostages. Idf spokesperson had there to say after the women were released. These are the first two and what we see and what we know is that hamas is trying to paint itself as a Human Rights Organization now by having given back two of the hostages. Rockets are raining down on israel as im speaking and lets get back all the hostages and then we can speak with them. Cnn katie joins me live from london with more on what was a surprising development. Katie tell
[sound of gunfire] [sirens] [chanting] [sound of gunfire] the Big Weekend Show begins with a Fox News Alert hello everyone im julie alongside Griff Jenkins katy and joey jones. Tonight a new message from israel. Ahead of its eminent growctd assault on hamas, the Israeli Military saying it will increase attacks on the gaza strip beginning right now to prepare for the next stage of the war. Tens of thousands of idf troops mounting near gaza strip as 210 hostages held by the terrorists. And israeli strikes well theyre striking back. After an Israeli American Reservist is killed by a hezbollah missile fired from lebanon take you to lebanon live and first to Lucas Tomlinson joins us live from telaviv. Lucas. Julie top general very blunt he says his forces will soon be entering gaza and ordered his men to prepare for ground combats. Were going to go into the gaza strip, we will embark on a professional Operational Mission to destroy hamas operatives and hamas infrastructure. We will have in
Time for a look at the weather across the uk with ben rich. And theres more bad weather on the way. Yes, for some things will get worse before they get better. Not least in the eastern dramatic developments tonight as hamas releases two americans a mother and daughter, judith and Natalie Ranaan into the care of the red cross after negotiations involving qatar. Hamas says it released the hostages on humanitarian grounds after President Biden decried them as inhumane. Two american hostages released so what does this mean for the fate of the nearly 200 that remain . Well hear from general david petreus, the former director of the cia. Will tonights hostage release impact israels plans for their offensive . Emir has been to the lebanese Israel Border where fighting there has intensified. What was that sound . This is the terrorist. What was that sound . This is the terrorist, the terrorists start the bombs well be speaking to professor lina khatib, the director of the soas middle eastern i
It is contingent upon how many people vote to a candidate by name. The number goes up and down depending on how many people are on the floor. During the weekend you have people go away. So maybe there would be a path for jim jordan to be elected if just the right number of people go away on the democratic side of the aisle. Hakeem jeffries said well have all our people here. The flip side of that. There is a danger for jim jordan if he forces these votes and just enough republicans disappear on that side of the aisle or people who support him because then you could be in a scenario where they do, in fact, elect Hakeem Jeffries if just the right mixture of people goes away. If they do that, as they say in the movies, they play a very dangerous game, mr. Bond. So this is kind of where we are right now. Republicans right now who are trying to figure out which is the direction to go. They dont know if they want to maybe put a resolution on the floor to empower Patrick Mchenry. Right now ji
Hello everyone, thank you for tuning in to press world news. Hundreds more palestinians have been killed and yet another israeli air strike this time a hospital in the besieg gaza strip pushing the death toll from ongoing war to nearly 3,500. Israeli air raid hit the ahli Arab Hospital in central gaz. The tuesday night, Palestinian Health Ministry Says at least 500 people were killed and many wounded in this attack. Thats the highest single day death hole in gaza since israel launched its war on october 7th. Hospital was packed with people who had fled from northern gaza following an israeli order to evacuate their homes. Israel has attributed the strike to misfired rocket launched by Palestinian Islamic jihad Resistance Movement, but the group along with another Resistance Movement hamas has denied the. Israeli allegation, soon after the strike on the hospital in gaza, and advisor to israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu admitted on social media that regimes air force is responsib