Overnight. Earlier, israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu met soldiers on the front lines, offering words of support and telling them to be prepared. The u. S. Is now sending a second Carrier Strike group to the eastern mediterranean, as a deterrent of hezbollah to stay out of the conflict, and u. S. Embassy who says americans who want to leave israel will be evacuated by sea on monday. Palestinian authorities in gaza say the death toll from israeli air strikes is now more than 2,300 people, including 300 in the past 24 hours. It follows the hamas Terrorist Attack on israel last saturday, which killed more than 1,300 people. Now, earlier, i spoke with Lieutenant Colonel peter lerner, a spokesperson for the Israel Defense forces and he reveals how the idf killed a Commander Overnight who led one of the attacks last week. Cannot be more unimpressed how israel goes around in investing in life and saving life, and this Iron Dome Defense Mechanism just one of those examples of the exten
Im Anderson Cooper in tel aviv with john berman in new york. Youre watching cnns Special Coverage of israel at war. Israel is promising that a new phase of its war in hamas is coming, just not clear when exactly that will be. Troops have been amassing for days now near the border with gaza getting ready for an expected Ground Operation. Israel pounded the territory again today with air strikes. Officials say hamas commander who played a key part in last saturdays attack was killed. Hundreds of thousands of civilians tried to heed the idfs warning to get out. U. N. Official warns such a large scale evacuation under siege could lead to a humanitarian disaster. Anderson, there is an Important Development tonight from the pentagon as well. We learned a second u. S. Carrier strike group led by uss dwight d. Eisenhower is sailing to the middle east, sailing to the mediterranean. It is designed to sell messages to israel and proxies including lebanon and hezbollah not to get involved. The Eis
Announcer this is cnn breaking news. Hello and welcome, everyone. Im michael holmes, and we continue our breaking News Coverage of israel at war. And there are growing signs this hour that an Israeli Military Ground Operation into gaza could get under way at any moment. After a week of air strikes and artillery aimed at hamas inside gaza and a hastily ordered evacuation of up to a million civilians from gaza city, israel declared on saturday that it is ready to open a new phase in te war with a focus on, quote, significant Ground Operations. Earlier israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu met soldiers on the front lines. You see him there offering words of support, telling them to be prepared. Also on saturday iran warned farreaching consequences if the israeli attacks dont stop. The Iranian Foreign minister met with a senior hamas official for the First Time Since the fighting began, and there is deep concern that iran and its proxies might try to escalate the conflict especially al
Because this order for people from gaza to evacuate south is a major statement, a major ask. It is a major Astatement Anda major ask and especially for the palestinians who are in gaza and they have nowhere the go at this point, and so the u. N. Sheltersing and i posed the question to the u. N. Who were already sheltering some 300,000, and 330,000 people. That is tough, but what is going on here, because i think that the protests that we are seeing are really significant at that point. Eight palestinians shot dead by Israeli Forces by the occupied west bank and jerusalem in support of gaza according to the health minister, and they shot up palestinian in ramallah, bethlehem, and in the town of khartoum in the past weeks in the occupied west bank in Eastern Jerusalem since the clashes began with the Israeli Forces, and it has been a tense week as the settlers are roaming the west Bank Shooting at passing vehicles. On thursday, a palestinian man and his son were shot dead as there were f
David cameron taking the lead. They published an oped in the New York Times. Western leaders are pressing russia to back off from the ukraine. Back to this oped whats the substance in this piece . Reporter it was long on lofty language about the need to confront isis but painfully short on how the u. S. And the u. K. Plan to do that, especially when it comes to military intervention. Many praised David Cameron for coming out swinging with words and actions to protect the british homeland. But the Prime Minister has yet to commit his country to military action. Yesterdays comments from president obama started tough on isis then seemed to walk his promised back. Manageable . Thats when you are closing a lane on the free way. Then you have got to go down the free way with three lanes instead of four. Reporter the politics continue. We were just two months away from the midterms. Even some democrats are distancing themselves from the president. Martha isis is one of the big topics at nato.