This is cnn Breaking News christiane hello everyone. Thanks for joining us, im Christiane Amanpour in london. Were following imagine Breaking News. Israel declares its at war with hamas, follows an unprecedented attack into israel today, where at least 70 are dead. 985 wounded. The attack caught israel by surprise at sunrise, the Palestinian Group hamas launched their offensive by air, sea and land. Hamas fighters infiltrating israeli towns and launching more than 3,000 rockets into israel. Scenes of urban war fair as gun fights unfolded between israel and hamas. Short time ago, cnn spoke with an Israeli Military spokesman. Target someone on their side, we go for a military target. These terrorists didnt go only for military targets went into communities, abducted grandmas, families, children. A very, very severe morning and well respond. Christiane indeed, earlier, israels president said today we saw the true face of hamas. A Terrorist Army whos only goal is the cold blooded murder of
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The occasion with a beer. We are just a few hours away from what is an historic event here in jerusalem. For the First Time Since the countrys founding, the u. S. Embassy will be located here. U. S. President donald trump making that decision late last year to recognize jerusalem as israels capital and move the embassy from tel aviv. A high level u. S. Delegation is now in town including the treasury secretary Steve Mnuchin and ivanka trump and Jared Kushner. Mr. Trump will appear in a prerecorded message, but not everybody here is celebrating the move. No, no, trump no, no, trump no, no, trump palestinians are planning a day of protests. Jerusalem is a holy city to them as well, and they say recognizing it as israels capital undermines their claim. They say the u. S. Decision disqualifies washington as an impartial broker in any Israeli Palestinian peace talks in the future. And they are getting support from turkeys president , Recep Tayyip Erdogan says, quote, jerusalem, especially E