And right now we are striking from the air every single day when we do not know where my cousin is, where we do not know where over 200 hostages are and we dont know if any of our bombs have killed them. Here in london, pro palestinian demonstrators, turn out in force. Protests are also taking place in other capital cities, with calls for a ceasefire. Fresh aid enters gaza, and the un tells the bbc theyve managed to re establish some contact with their teams on the ground. Israels defence minister says the intensifying bombardment of gaza showed the military has shifted into a new phase of the war and that its operation will continue until further notice. Israel says overnight air attacks hit 150 underground targets, killing several senior hamas commanders. The un Secretary General, antonio guterres, has called for an immediate humanitarian ceasefire, saying a humanitarian catastrophe is unfolding in front of our eyes. Israel has again warned people in the north of gaza to head south,
Announcer this is cnn Breaking News. Good morning, everyone. Welcome to cnn this morning im amara walker. Im victor blackwell. We begin with Breaking News out of israel. Prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu has declared israel is at war after gaza mill about thes earlier this morning. Netanyahu said the enemy will pay an unprecedented price. He concluded with this, we are at war and we will win it. Right now Israel Security cabinet is meeting to discuss the full scale of its response. Already the Israeli Military has begun mobilizing and calling up thousands of Reserve Forces. And we just learned that at least 22 people have died since the attacks began six hours ago. Lets go now to cnn hadas gold from jerusalem. Bring us up to speed on whats happening on the ground now and the fact that these were Surprise Attacks. I mean, how did israel not see this coming . Reporter thats a great question. This was an unprecedented Surprise Attack. Israel essentially saying they are in a state of war,
office is now reviewing the hostages slated for release by hamas today. this morning, an interview with kristen walker on and as somebody sees said the administration has, quote, reason to believe one american hostage will be released today. yesterday, hamas released 17 hostages, 13 israelis, four thai citizens. israel released 39 palestinian prisoners, according to the israeli prison authority. that exchange was delayed for several hours after hamas accused israel of violating the terms of that temporary truce. a diplomat telling nbc news a qatari operations team is located in tel aviv to ensure the deal continues to run smoothly. meanwhile, love much needed humanitarian aid trucks continue to enter into gaza. joining me now, nbc news correspondent, erin mclaughlin in tel aviv, israel. erin, good morning. national security adviser, jake sullivan, saying one american may be among those hostages released today. take a quick listen to his interview from earlier on meet the pr
debated over the last several hours, whether or not a deal to free the israeli hostages has been approved or not. we don t have that information for you quite yet. as we await the developments here, obviously very significant. thank you, matthew chance. thank you, all of you for joining us. ac 360 starts now. the waiting must be almost unbearable, but for at least some of the families whose loved ones have been held captive by terrorists for the last 46 days, the waiting could be closer to being over and their loved ones could be that much closer to coming home. john berman here in for anderson. just moments ago the israeli s full cabinet meeting ended with hamas. the cabinet meeting just ended. we do not know what they decided on. according to multiple sources, these are the proposed points of a possible agreement. hamas would free 50 women and children, mostly children, taken on october 7th. in exchange, israel would release 150 palestinians and take a four to five day
that s now my life. wolf blitzer, cnn, tel aviv, israel. and erin burnett outfront and erin burnett outfront starts right now. captions by vitac www.vitac.com outfront next, breaking news. new explosions in gaza as israeli troops surround hospitals that are already on the brink of collapse. why the u.s. is sounding its loudest alarm yet tonight. plus, more breaking news. the fbi seized new york mayor eric adams phones. agents approaching the mayor on the street to get the devices. the mayor of the country s largest city responding tonight. plus, the rock for president? dwayne johnson says both parties want him to run for president. and tonight outfront is learning he wasn t kidding. let s go outfront. good evening, i m brianna keilar in for erin burnett. outfront tonight, we have breaking news. new explosions over gaza, and this video of an intense fire fight, flares lighting up the sky, our nic robertson on the border with gaza telling us this