Lets start with Us Senate Majority leader, Chuck Schumer, has called for new elections in israel, saying the Prime Minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, is a major obstacle to peace and risked making israel a pariah. Senator schumer said it was a Grave Mistake for israel to reject a Two State Solution. The fourth major obstacle to peace is israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, who has all too frequently bowed to the demands of extremists like ministers smotrich and ben gvir and the settlers in the west bank. I have known Prime Minister netanyahu for a very long time. While we have vehemently disagreed on many occasions, i will always respect his extraordinary bravery for israel on the battlefield as a younger man. I believe in his heart he has his highest priority is the security of israel. However, i also believe Prime Minister netanyahu has lost his way by allowing his political survival to take precedence over the best interests of israel. Prime minister netanyahus party has responded
Been watching these pictures for the last few minutes. This is a protest, a number of people gathering their from the main square in tel aviv to the defence ministry. Holding up the signs of women hostages held in gaza. They are calling for their Immediate Release. We can hear the chanting there, and the posters in the pictures are just behind the cameras position there. Is itjust turns around again, you can see that Protest Calling for the immediate return of the hostages. We will get more on the humanitarian situation in gaza. Cancer patients say theyre being denied exit for Life Saving Treatment through the rafah crossing to egypt, despite their names appearing on authorised Evacuation Lists. In parallel, fees charged by an Egyptian Company arranging evacuations from gaza have rocketed during the war, the bbc s Lara Elgebaly has the story, which was also produced by haya al badarneh. Hopefully i will find my name there and be able to travel. God willing. Translation im on my way to
i m nick watt live in los angeles. ahead on cnn newsroom, israel released details of the deaths of three israeli hostages killed by idf soldiers but says operations in gaza will continue. thousands rally in the streets, calling for negotiations with hamas to resume to bring the remaining hostages home. the number of homeless americans has reached an all-time high. a 12% increase in just one year. we look into the how and the why. we begin in israel where the families of some hostages health in gaza are demanding a new plan to bring them home. prime minister benjamin netanyahu appears to suggest that talks could be under way in an effort to get more hostages released. translator: without the military pressure, we would not have succeeded in creating an outline that led to the release of 110 hostages and only continued military pressure will lead to the releases of all of our hostages. my directive to the negotiating team is based on this pressure withouout which wewe
Staff to evacuate gaza. Our coverage continues now in The 11th Hour with stephanie ruhle. Good evening, once again, im stephanie ruhle. There is a major news break out of congress today, where Steve Scalise has dropped out of the race for speaker after being nominated by his fellow republicans. Well have much more on the chaos in the house in just a moment. But first, lets begin our broadcast with israel. Who is continuing its she siege on got a. Launch more airstrikes six days after the hamas terror attacks. The bombing is intensifying, as israel is building up its military forces along the border with gaza for a potential Ground Invasion. At least 1300 people have been killed in israel, and at least 1500 have been killed in gaza. Today, Secretary Of State Antony Blinken was in israel meeting with both Prime Minister netanyahu and israelis who survived the terror attacks. We get more from my colleague, lester holt, in tel aviv. Tonight, israeli airstrikes relentlessly Bombarding Gaza
Secretary of state, and he became the first jewish Secretary Of State when he was sworn in in 1973. When meeting with israels Prime Minister, golden mayer, Secretary Kissinger said, quote, you must remember that first i am an american, second im Secretary Of State, and third i am a jew. 50 years after the Senate Confirmed Henry Kissinger as the first jewish Secretary Of State, Secretary Of State Anthony Blinken said this today in israel. I come before you, not only as the United States Secretary Of State, but also as a jew. My grandfather, maurice blinken, fled programs in russia. My stepfather, samuel ps are, survive concentration camps, auschwitz, that how, so Prime Minister, i understand, on a personal level, the harrowing echoes that hamass massacres carry for israeli jews, indeed, for jews everywhere. I also come before you as a husband and father of young children. Its impossible for me to look at the photos of families killed such as the mother, father, and three small children