Thanks very much for watching. Im wolf blitzer in the situation room. Erin Burnett Outfront starts live from israel right now. Outfront next live from israel. Breaking news. The us navy intercepting drones. The pentagon Officials Say theyre potentially targeting israel. It comes as Officials Say the army has been given a green light to wipe out hamas. Plus, a new dispatch from inside gaza. Youre going to hear tonight from the brave cnn journalists who have been documenting what its like inside gaza. He says air strikes are intensifying where he is in Southern Gaza. And the incredible story of how a group of Volunteer Israeli Guards took on hamas and protecting an entire community from a massacre and what they found in the bodies of dead hamas gunmen more chilling. Youll see their story. Lets go outfront. And good evening. Welcome to a Special Edition of outfront. Im erin burnett from tel aviv. We begin with breaking news. Shot down. Cnn is learning that a u. S. Warship stationed In The
Im abby phillip, and this is news knnight. I want to begin by taking a moment to show you some of the horror of the war that has transpired in israel. Often, in terror and in war, its the children who are caught in the cross hairs. Their innocence taken away in just a moment. And in this conflict, it is no different. When hamas launched their brutal and deadly assault on the israeli people, its clear that they spared no one, the elderly, teenagers, toddlers, and babies. Not even the smallest, most defenseless victims were spared. I want to warn you that what im about to show you is horrific. It is graphic. But its the harsh, brutal reality of what happened. The israeli Prime Minister releasing this picture of a baby, an infant, no longer alive, covered in blood, tiny legs still in a diaper. Other pictures show others burned beyond recognition. Now, its a reminder that hamas, when they infiltrated those neighborhoods, homes, they did it to torture, to kidnap, and to execute their victim
Hello welcome to our viewers joining us here in the United States, and all around the world. We continue our breaking News Coverage from israel at war. This is what i am here on the east coast. Im john false. The death toll in israel continues to surge. More than 1200, mostly civilians now killed, with close to 1000 palestinians. Mostly civilians now dead in gaza according to the Palestinian Health ministry. Israeli airstrikes on gaza have been unrelenting, with more than 2000 hamas targets destroyed according to the idf. With no timeline at this point on the airstrikes will and, hamas fired another barrage of rockets and the Southern Israeli city of ashdod on tuesday, with three hamas militants also died and exchanging gunfire with israeli troops. More than 300,000 israeli reserves have now been called, up and civilians are towns and villages have been evacuated to safety. On tuesday, israels Defense Minister toured Southern Israel maintains that troops have been amassing for days, hu
This is cnn breaking news. Hello and welcome to our viewers joining us here in the United States and All Around The World as we continue our breaking News Coverage of israel at war. Im rosemary church. Well, the death toll from the hamas attacks has jumped to more than 1200 as israel steps up its punishing retaliation in gaza. The Palestinian Health ministry now says at least 950 people have been killed by israeli air strikes with more than 5,000 injured. Weve seen huge explosions within the past few hours. Its not clear what the target was in this instance, but in other areas, the idf says it has destroyed hamas systems that detect aircraft, as well as an underground tunnel, and a weapons storage facility. Israels military also says it hit naval targets, including docks used by hamas to launch attacks on the israeli coastline. The hamascontrolled government in gaza is warning that electricity will stop within hours, limiting the ability to provide the most basic services. Meanwhile, i
Civilians. Ive been lost of words. Really. Every hour, every day its getting worse. We know that the first days are the most important. Its okay. Take your time. I want my family. If by any chance theyre watching this, i want them to know that we love them and were doing everything we can to get them. I want them to be strong. And we are strong. We want this to end in the best way possible. Hours after we did that Interview Yifat sent us this picture that they just found online. It shows shiri, her cousin, shiris husband yarden with blood on his head and his hands seemingly in captivity. This photo that theyve seen now is the first Proof Of Life the family has got nen more than three days since he went missing. But they dont know his whereabouts right now. Cnns coverage from israel continues. This is the source. Im kaitlan collins. Tonight, americans are among those who have been taken hostage by hamas. A Disturbing Development that was confirmed by President Biden today, whos about as