This is cnn Breaking News. Welcome to the lead. Im jake tapper. We start in the middle east with new stories of the horror, the terror that hamas inflicted on israel. Some of what i am about to describe to you will assuredly be disturbing. A spokesman for the israeli Prime Minister said today that hamas decapitated babies and toddlers. This was part of a brutal massacre that hamas carried out over the weekend. I should note that as of now, cnn has not been able to independently verify the claims. The Israeli Defense forces said hamas brutally butchered, in an isis way of action, women, children, toddlers, and the elderly. This comes as some israelis are also expressing a sense of frustration that their government is not doing enough. Here you can see individuals at hospitals yelling at israels environment minister, telling her that she is responsible, she should go home. Eventually, the crowd forced her to leave the building. As israel and the military continue to pound gaza with rocke
Captions by vitac www. Vitac. Com outfront next, live from israel. Breaking news, a major show of force from israel tonight signaling a Ground Invasion could come any time. 300,000 troops are now standing by. I will also show you what our own crew encountered in the city of ashkelon live on the air. Plus, an american killed by hamas. Ill speak to the father of a 25yearold woman from california killed at the Music Festival, along with her boyfriend, losing her life while trying to escape the brutal attack. And a story that we have been following here on this program. You now know yoni his wife and two young daughters taken hostage, their kidnapping posted on the internet. Im going to speak to the brave man whos looking for any sign of life, any sign of hope for his family. Lets go outfront. And, good evening, welcome to a Special Edition of outfront. I am erin burnett tonight live in tel aviv. This hour the Breaking News and the massive show of force along the Israeli Border with gaza.
Whats happening between gaza and israel and what could happen here. So there is a lot of fear about that right now. Brings it home for so many. Wolf blitzer, thank you so much for being with us for this perspective for your reporting. We will see you tonight on the situation room. Thanks for joining us. We will see you back here tomorrow morning. Cnn news central continues our coverage. We begin with Breaking News for you this hour. The u. S. Is now in talks with israel and egypt to help Get Americans and other civilians out of gaza, but as thats happening there is fighting right now on two fronts. Israel is responding to air and ground attacks from its north and its south. Right now the idf says 300,000 israeli reservists have been called up to fight and are, quote, ready to execute the mission. This is as new rounds of israeli air strikes have been hitting critical hamas targets in gaza, but to the north israel is intensifying shelling inside lebanon, while at the same time preparing
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