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Youre live in the cnn newsroom. Im jim acosta In Washington alongside erin burnett in tel aviv with our coverage. Several developments this evening. Today Israeli Defense forces raising the death toll to more than 1400 Israeli Armored vehicles are now staging near the border why gaza in anticipation of what they call significant Ground Operations. That invasion expected to happen at any moment. The idf confirms hamas has more than 150 hostages eight days their after attack. And israeli air strikes continue to pound Northern Gaza and idf shelled 250 targets today. Tens of thousands in gaza are still scrambling to find safe passage to the south. But the raffa Border Crossing in egypt is closed. Waiting for authorities to open the gate for days now. Today tony blinken promised that the border will open as the u. S. Appointed a new Special Envoy to coordinate aid into the gaza enclave. Let me go to erin burnett live on the ground in tel aviv. I understand you were able to catch up with a b
The Israel Military says its forces are increasing their operational readiness for the next stage of the war. The region bracing for a possible largescale Ground Invasion of gaza by the Israeli Military. The Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu rallying his front line troops today and pronouncing them ready for whats next. A short while ago i asked an israeli Opposition Leader about the battle ahead. I think were going to do everything that is necessary and probably an incursion is part of this in order to make sure hamas is gone from gaza. They have tried, as you very well know, wolf, we have tried to live next to them, and the result was beheaded babies. So now were going to go and do whatever is necessary to make sure hamas is no longer in gaza. Lets go back to sara right now. I understand there are sirens going off in tel aviv where you are. Theyre very loud, as you know. Weve experienced that. It is starting to rain and now we are starting to hear sirens. Im going to be quiet for a s
Good morning. Welcome to cnn this morning. Et im victor blackwell. And im amara walker. Were in the final window of the Safe Passage Window for people to evacuate to the south. Gazas Health Care Facilities in the north say they will not be evacuating, saying this warning is a Death Sentence for patients. The Israel Defense forces is accusing hamas of actively trying to stop people from leaving so that they can use them as, quote, human shields, but hamas says that israel is still carrying out air strikes. Now, cnn has verified videos from the scene of a large explosion along an Evacuation Route south of gaza city. We want to warn you this video is disturbing. Yeah. This was recorded friday before the Safe Passage Window was set up. Look closely here. Youll see the plumes of smoke, the cars burping. Hamas says 70 people were killed in this strike, 200 others were wounded. Cnn has reached out to the idf for comment on any air strikes in that area. Now, the sudden surge of people into Sou