The casualties that we saw. Israel is at war. We didnt want this war. It was forced upon us. But though israel did not start this war, israel will finish it. That is the path to hell if we are in that zero sum place. Im, like, really in fear. Ijust have the thought of me dying in a bomb in gaza. How do you protect these civilians and also allow israel to respond. The way it wants to respond . This situation didnt come out of nowhere, though. Do i think the west could have done more . Yes. I think arab countries could have done more as well. Why is this happening now and what does it mean for the future of the entire middle east . This is one of the most complex and long running conflicts in human history. So how did we end up here . Hamas is an arabic acronym, its short for harakat al muqawamah al islamiyyah, meaning the Islamic Resistance movement. They are a Palestinian Islamist group dedicated to the destruction of israel. Elected to power in 2006 and fully taking control the follow
Government, unless he agrees to a far reaching plan for gaza with a deadline to do so in around three weeks time. Meanwhile, the United Nations says that more than 800,000 people have now fled rafah, in southern gaza. Many have been forced to head northwards, to areas which the un says have little clean Drinking Water or sanitation, as the Israeli Offensive continues. 0ur Diplomatic Correspondent paul adams sent this report. Street battles injabalia. Israeli forces have been fighting here for days. Gunfire hamas, they say, is back, and needs to be dealt with. This is dangerous urban warfare, at close quarters. The israelis were here months ago and moved on. These, some warn, early signs of an insurgency that could last for months. Israel has been attacking from the air too. Scenes today reminiscent of the war s terrifying early stages. Buildings flattened, bodies trapped under the rubble. Gunfire more Street Battles this time, in the south. The israeli army still advancing on rafah, th
Every turn this party it cant be like A John Of Adrenaline right to the heart youre in the cnn newsroom. Im Jessica Gene In Washington and we begin with Breaking News in the middle east. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu reject ding, a new ultimatum this time, from within his own war cabinet. Cabinet member and former Israeli Defense minister benny gantz is calling on netanyahu to agree on a war plan by june 8th. Thats about three weeks from now. Or he says hell withdraw from the government also breaking today, the Israeli Military saying its recovered the body of another hostage inside gaza. Officials saying ron benjamin was killed during the october 7 attacks has body taken into gaza by hamas on friday, the idf discovered the bodies of three additional hostages all of this unfolding as new humanitarian in aid arrives in gaza through a floating pier set up by the us military this week, Officials Say the goal here is to bring in 500 tons of aid daily, joining us now seen and po
Vetoed brazil as the rotating president of the Security Council. This resolution is considered the approved resolution of the Security Council with 12 positive votes been. It was supposed to force the zionist regime to stop attacks on the people of gaza and based on that, water, food, fuel and medicine would be delivered to the people of gaza, but it was removed from the agenda of the Security Council due to the american veto. He justified it as saying that since nothing was said about israels right to defend itself , it is rejected from our point of view. He also presented two amendments to this resolution to this Security Council meeting. But again america, england and france prevented its approval. In these amendments, the attacks of the zionist regime on hospitals, schools and Public Places were condemned and a complete ceasefire was requested. This the situation of the Security Council and the approach of the United States and its allies were criticized by russia and china. Russia
The us Secretary Of State, Antony Blinken, has warned an all out assault on rafah will provoke anarchy without actually eliminating hamas. In gaza, the fighting has returned to the north, where israel says it has seen signs of hamas regrouping. Good evening. When Michael Cohen informed donald trump in 2016 that a former adult film star, Stormy Daniels, was selling a story about an alleged sexual encounter, trump hit the roof. The Access Hollywood story was already hurting his campaign with female voters. Cohen said trump feared that if this got out, the women would hate him. Cohen testified today that trump wanted him to buy the rights to that story so it would not come out ahead of the election. According to cohen, trump didnt care much if the story came out after the election. He wasnt concerned about his wifes reaction to it, and there is the nub of the prosecutions case. They need to prove that trump was directly involved in the payment to daniels and wanted her story killed becaus