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
These developments will change by the hour. Sometimes literally. Stay with us. Sandra thanks very much for joining us. Im sandra smith. Im bill hemmer. The story starts right now. Heres mack that. Martha im martha maccallum. Its a dark day. In addition to the loss of life in israel, we have lost at least 27 american citizens as Hamas Terrorists hold an unknown number of americans hostage at this hour. Heres john kirby moments ago. We all need to be prepared for the fact that theres going to be additional gruesome images coming out. Theres going to be some pretty tough reports for all of us to swallow. This is not over. Martha pretty tough reports coming for all of us to swallow. We will find out what that means in the hours and days ahead. Every hour we see more of the evil that is hamas. A warning that these im my knowledges are graphic. The Kitchen Floors are stained with blood. People were home. It was early in the Morning Saturday when hamas militants stormed into their homes. In a
thank you very much for your time. thank you for having me. of course. cnn this morning continues right now. it s okay. it s a fraud. it s election interference. it s keeping me here instead of iowa and new hampshire. i should be in iowa and new hampshire, south carolina. i should be sitting in a i shouldn t be sitting in a courthouse. and i don t have to sit here. i could just do whatever i want to do, but i want to make sure that you get the true story. good morning, everyone. thank you for joining us on this friday, the 2024 campaign trail is running straight through the courthouse, or courthouses. former president trump set to take the stand in his new york civil fraud trial monday. he chose to be in the courtroom yesterday rather than the campaign trail and in the federal election subversion case against him trump s legal team is working to delay the trial set to begin in march in the heat of the presidential election season. legal problems for the curren
week-long pause ended. israeli strikes have already killed at least 32 people in gaza this morning. an eyewitness tells cnn, trucks with that desperately needed humanitarian aid at this moment have stopped going into gaza. israel is accusing gaza of breaking the truce by firing rockets near the gaza strip. the big question, what happens now? this is a conflict, a region, a world at an inflection point. negotiations, they are still technically ongoing, according to the foreign ministry of qatar. but whether or not they can actually reach any type of resolution, whether or not they re engaged in a fullsome manner, it s unclear at this time. stakes could not be higher. the remaining hostages is a significant question across the world. israel says 137 are still believed to be in gaza. a senior u.s. official tells me before the truce fell apart, hamas claimed it did not have any more women or children hostages to exchange that s been critical to the deal up to this point. israel
announcer: this is cnn breaking news. good morning, everyone. glad you re with us. i m poppy harlow with phil mattingly in new york. the truce between israel and hamas is over. once again, explosions are rocking gaza and giant plumes of smoke are rising over that skyline. the fighting started just minutes after the seven-day truce expired at midnight eastern time. israel accused hamas of breaking the deal by firing a rocket. the hamas-controlled ministry of health in gaza says today s strikes have already killed at least 32 people. this is the aftermath of a strike in southern gaza this morning. so, what happens now? qatar s ministry of foreign affairs, the key intermediary says negotiations are under way to pause the fighting again. the stakes could not be higher? israel says 137 hostages are still mrooefd to be in gaza. a senior u.s. official says before the truce fell apart in the final hours last night, hamas is claiming it did not have any more women or children ho