Good morning. Welcome to cnn this morning. Its saturday, october 21st. Im victor blackwell. And im amara walker. For the first time in weeks asia has made its way into gaza. This morning the Rafah Boarder between egypt and israel has opened but not for long. 24 trucks made it through before it was closed again. The trucks were carrying medical supplies and canned food. Its been two weeks and now the idf says its preparing for the next stages of the war. Idf tanks are lined up near the border with gaza where the prospect of a Ground Incursion is looming. Now, in gaza, the hospital says israel has demanded the immediate evacuation of the building ahead of a possible strike. The World Health Organization said that would be impossible to carry out because it houses 12,000 displaced people plus hundreds of patients. Also, an American Woman and her teenaged daughter are free. 17yearold Natalie Rah Han who had just graduated high school and her mother judith are from illinois. They were visit
Good morning, everyone. Welcome to cnn this morning. Its saturday, october 14th. Im amara walker. Im victor blackwell. Thank you for joining us as we follow developments out of the middle east. First, the Israeli Defense forces say they have killed the senior hamas commander who was behind much of last weeks carnage. They killed the head of the hamas aerial system. These strikes come as the Israeli Military is warning the people of gaza to evacuate now. There are two hours left of israels sixhour Safe Passage Window. Thats allowing people to leave and head south. So far Tens Of Thousands have left, but the request is for 1. 1 million civilians to relocate, and leaders in the region are criticizing israel for ordering the rushed evacuation. Jordans minister said it would be a blatant violation of International Law and would amount to a war crime. Hamas says israel is still carrying out air strikes as theyre trying to evacuate. Theres an Evacuation Route south of gaza city. We want to wa
People from thailand, people from children missing. People from around the world. This is a humanitarian crisis and the world needs to get involved. It very much is a humanitarian tragedy on a global scale, as you just rightly pointed out. Isaac thomas, thank you for joining us, thank you for sharing your story with us. And thank you for watching, Laura Coates Live starts right now. Thank you abby, a very tough evening. Good evening everyone, this is Laura Coates Live. It is 6 00 in the morning in israel. Israelis are waking up not knowing what today is going to bring, but here is what at least we know so far. The Israeli Military is going on the offense against tomas with the Prime Minister benjamin yet neowho vows, will be, like never before. After a devastating Surprise Attack that left at least 900 people dead in israel. We have begun, and i emphasize, we only begun to strike at hamas. The images of the devastation and destruction from the hamas stronghold in gaza are just the begi
Im Boris Sanchez live in washington where at any moment President Biden will address the nation and the world on the escalating war between israel and hamas. We are going to bring that you speech live. A speech in which weve learned biden is not expected to urge israel to exercise restraint in a potential Ground Incursion into gaza, something that President Biden weve learned has not tried to dissuade Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu from carrying out. We want to take you live to israel with my Colleague Anderson who is on the group with us. Thanks very much. Today the bulk of the fighting has been in the skies here, israel air strikes, Hamas Rocket Attacks ra ramping up on this fourth day of blood shed. Here, take a look at the aftermath of air strikes on gaza, entire city blocks wiped out, the Israeli Defense forces say that they have hit hundreds of hamas targets. On the israeli side the scale of hamas atrocities is now just really fully coming into view. New video shows the scene
Speaker, theyre wrong. It is going to be a republican speaker and he was not suggesting that. Some of my some of my democratic colleagues have been pushing for, you know, four or five of us to vote for hakeem jefferies. Thats not happening. I understand that. Congressman mike lawler of new york. Thank you so much for joining me. Thank you. This is cnn Breaking News. It is the top of the hour. Im dana bash in washington where the State Of The Union is holding its collective breath. You are watching a special live hour of cnn Breaking News coverage. Israel at war. A top israeli official just told me more than 600 people are dead and more than 2,000 are injured after Hamas Terrorists swept into israel. Several americans are reportedly dead and an israeli official says dozens of americans are among of the hostages brought back to gaza. We are talking about hostages who are largely civilians. Mothers, father, children, grandmother, sisters, brothers. Now 36 hours later israel has formally d