Amy israel has order to complete siege of gaza after fighters from hamas broke out of the blockaded gaza strip saturday to carry out an unprecedented attack by air, land, and see on israel. Over the past three days, at least teen hundred people have died, including over 800 inside israel and over 500 in gaza. Israel expects and demands political and military support while advancing goals letter fundamentally with International Legitimacy and consensus. Its policies are an assault on our humanity come on international law, on peace, and are a threat for its own people. Amy we will go to israel and gaza for the latest. All that and more, coming up. Welcome to democracy now , democracynow. Org, the war and peace report. Im amy goodman. The death toll across israel and gaza has topped 1300 as the bloody conflict stretches into its third day. Israel today announced a total blockade on gaza, including food, water, electricity, and fuel. On sunday, israel declared war on hamas after hamas fig
Serious collision. This happened about 12, 30 this afternoon as the car was headed down washington street approaching the intersection of taylor street. Thats in the hill neighborhood. Now, Officials Say 14 people on board that cable car have been evaluated. 6 of them went to the hospital and right now their injuries are considered to be minor. We did speak with a woman who explained what happened while and lets listen in. Were coming down the hill. And we could see in the middle of the intersection. There was a black prius. He was just like parked in the middle. Other cars around him. So as were coming down, the driver of the cable car starts to like ring a bell. It makes, i guess, with like their horn to make noise so that the guy would move the car would move and it wasnt moving. So were like literally getting closer. And he pulled, i guess, the emergency brake. I actually thought we hit the car because we all just flew to the front of the, you know, the trolley. And, you know, ever
Markets good morning. Back here u. S. Futures are moving lower, Energy Prices are ticking higher, investors continue to monitor events. In corporate news, nelson peltz putting that pressure on des any. Lets begin with the conflict overseas. Israel recovering after suffering the deadliest attack. Over the weekend immediately i dont know spoke out pledging support for israel. Today the people of israel are under attack orchestrated by a terrorist organization, hamas. In this moment of tragedy i want to say to them and to the world and to terrorists everywhere that the United States stands with israel. We will not ever fail to have her back. Well make sure that they have the help their citizens need and they can continue to defend themselves. So, jim, well watch the tape for headlines regarding lebanon and other places. Might widen the conflict. I feel terribly for great ally of the United States. I dont want to talk about debate, having to talk about what seems like profiteering on a day
Is really military and masses at the border with gaza ahead of what is expected to be a ground assault. The u. S. Markets as i said very close to session highs and if you look at a life picture of gaza city you can see fires burning near continuous missile strikes have been hitting the hotbed of hamas which is a terrorist group that attacked israel saturday night. Israel retaliating after the Palestinian Militant Group reigned 3000 rockets on the southern part of the country. The terrorist multipronged assault focused on the civilian population. 260 people celebrated at a festival near the gaza strip were slaughtered. 100 israelis and we are waiting on numbers of americans. Some have been taken hostage. Of the 1300 total confirmed dead nine are americans. Israel confirms the soldiers shot two armed militants that tried to cross into israel from lebanon. Maybe we can switch pictures so everybody can see the video that weve been showing, the new warfront, this is the question is it about
And whether anyone was hurt. Our crews are going to be live there at the scene and were going to bring you more details and well update you as soon as we learn more. Welcome to the four. Im claudine wong. And im alex savage. This afternoon, the fighting in the middle east rages on. Israeli Prime Minister benjamin netanyahu, who is vowing victory against hamas for its deadly attack over the weekend. Hamas will understand that by attacking us, they have made a mistake of historic proportions. We will exact a price that will be remembered by them and israels other enemies for decades to come. Newly released aerial images are showing the increasing airstrikes on the gaza strip by Israeli Military forces. One day after the country formally declared war. Israel Officials Say those bombings are targeting sites linked to hamas, while the terrorist group is threatening to execute civilian hostages if innocent palestinians are killed. Now, hamas claims to be holding more than 130 soldiers and ci