Task of securing its borders and find any remaining hamas militants inside israel. Today is a different day and that the response that israel will deliver against hamas will be unlike anything that we have done in the past. For the very latest out of israel, lets turn right now to Foreign Correspondent trey yingst. Live live in ashdod. Treisman, covering this all day long. Youre up early for us now, trey. What can you tell us . What is the latest . Griff, good evening. Right now, israeli fighter jets are over the gaza strip and they are striking buildings and hamas targets. But we do not believe this is the full retaliation. This is just the beginning. As you noted, israel has called Up Hundreds Of Thousands of reserve troops. They are moving tanks to the border at this hour and they are moving military vehicles, putting them in place next to artillery. It appears the israelis are preparing for a ground operation into gaza in the coming hours and days. Will provide more clarity on that
Fighters are seen storming the main Border Crossing between the israel and the gaza strip. Fighters have infiltrated israeli cities and there have been gun battles in the street. Cnn teams are deployed Around The World to bring you all the latest developments. Cnns Nic Robertson has just landed in israel. He got off the plane at the Main International airport where sirens warned of possible incoming rockets. And before we get to you, nic, i want to show our viewers how it unfolded on the tarmac. [ sirens ] we literally just got off the plane here, the sirens have gone off. People are taking cover. We got off the bus, people are taking cover, and you can hear the intercept missiles banging in the air. Nothing incoming here. But everyone is taking cover. Theyve gotten down. A lot of concern about whats going to happen here this night. Again, nic, we just showed our viewers what happened when you and your team arrived at the airport in israel. You have now made your way to an area right o
good day. i m chris jansing in new york city. we are following the biggest diplomatic breakthrough in israel s war with hamas. after 49 days in captivity, we can now report that 13 israeli women and children have been reunited with their families. they are safely in israel. we know who four of them are. in the west bank, dozens of palestinians have been released from israeli prisons. we re covering this story from all angles with live reports from nbc correspondent across the region, with the latest on the identities of those hostages as we are learning them in real time now. from the white house, we have details on the biden administration s key role in getting this deal together. plus the tenuous nature of the cease-fire that appears to be holding as well as israel s new warning to palestinians to stay in south gaza as aid trucks begin to arrive as part of the deal. a lot to get to. we want to get you the latest this hour. we just learned, confirmed 13 israeli women and c
hey, everybody. good morning. good to see you. 11:00 a.m. in the east. 8:00 a.m. pacific. i m yasmin vossoughian in for jose diaz-balart. coming up, we re going to talk with an american pediatrician who was able to get out yesterday after spending nearly a month trapped there. meanwhile, the white house clarifying what president biden meant when he called for a humanitarian pause in israel as strikes continue against hamas. in new york city, donald trump jr. back on the stand in the civil fraud trial against his father. we ll tell you about the other trump expected to testify today. in acapulco, a desperate situation after hurricane otis hit the city. families wait outside the morgue as a funeral director says he cannot prepare bodies for burial until the electricity is turned back on. good to see everybody. we begin this busy hour with new comments from the white house on israel-hamas war. yesterday, a protester pushed president biden for a cease-fire. mr. president, do
to leave for their safety. images show craters and levelled buildings. the bbc can t verify most battlefield claims immediately but the idf say the target was ibrahim biari, a senior hamas battalion commander that the idf describes as pivotal to the planning of the october 7th attacks. jeremy bowen s report contains scenes you may find appalling. the israeli army says the strike killed a senior hamas commander. and some of his men. it said hamas was using these civilians as human shields in a cruel and brutal manner and that the air strikes caused the collapse of underground hamas bunkers. israel ordered civilians to leave this area. many did. many others did not. the un said some people even returned to their homes because conditions further south were so desperate. an unknown number of people are buried under the rubble. they were pulling out children. he says, oh, god, my three children are gone. three kids. i hope i can find one of them alive. i didn t bid them farewe