This is cnn breaking news. Good morning. Welcome to cnn this morning. It is sunday, october 8th. Im victor blackwell. Im amara walker. Our colleague Becky Anderson is live in tel aviv as we continue to follow developments in israel. We will be checking in with her in just a moment. Fighting in israel and gaza is raging into a second day. At least 350 israelis are dead and more than 300 palestinians have been killed. And thousands of people on both sides of the border have been injured since the attack began 24 hours ago. Today hamas says it has fired at least 100 rockets into southern israel. Many of their fighters are still in the country after infiltrating the border yesterday. At this hour, Israeli Defense forces are still fighting to remove militants from eight different areas inside the country. In gaza, israel is striking back. Israeli forces are using drones to keep hamas militants from crossing the border to israel. Idf sent dozen of airstrikes into gaza. They say they have hit
For years the Israeli border town of Sderot has been the target of Hamas rockets. With the town largely emptied since Hamas’ Oct. 7 attack, and rockets still flying despite Israel’s massive offensive, achieving safety appears a long way off.
For years the Israeli border town of Sderot has been the target of Hamas rockets. With the town largely emptied since Hamas’ Oct. 7 attack, and rockets still flying despite Israel’s massive offensive, achieving safety appears a long way off.
On Monday's CNN This Morning, the show gave Middle East analyst and pro-Palestinian advocate Omar Baddar a platform to make unfettered accusations against Israel and the Israel Defence Force, falsely suggesting they were engaged in committing "daily war crimes" and the "mass indiscriminate bombing of civilian areas," as he blamed "injustice" perpetrated by Israel for the weekend terrorist attack. All allowed with weak scrutiny from the liberal co-hosts. Co-host Phil Mattingly set up the segment by introducing a clip of the Palestinian observer to the United Nations: