There was so much sorrow here, for those who have missing loved ones or witnessed their abduction. We crossed the rubicon in terms of being uncharted territory, never having seen anything like this. Reporter blood on the walls. Bullet holes in the walls. They just went in there and shot these innocent people. They shot him. And i was saved. He absorbed all the bullets. We dont know if shes alive, if shes hiding. I cannot describe the pain i feel. I dont even want to connect to my own emotions because i know that i will fall apart. I dont know if someone invented a word to describe what happened there. It was planned, well designed. We have never seen atrocities like this time. The images of the devastation and destruction are just the beginning. Were working every hour with israeli officials on these americans where they are and how they are. The things that survivors saw are things they will never forget. The world needs to see this. And the world is watching as we begin this hour. Ag
Announcer this is cnn Breaking News. And we do begin with our Breaking News. Were glad youre with us. Its 6 00 a. M. Here in new york city. Its 1 00 p. M. In israel. Here is the Breaking News that developed overnight. Israel pounding gaza with another wave of air strikes despite threats from hamas to execute hostages. Benjamin netanyahu says the strikes are just the beginning of israels attack. 150 hostages are believed to be inside of gaza right now. Hamas is threatening to kill them on camera in retaliation of the strikes. Israeli troops and tanks have been massing near the border. Military spokesman tells Cnn A Ground Offensive could be necessary to stamp out the Hamas Terrorists. At this stage, we continue to strike from the air. And there are plans to, of course, expand that. And the troops, the reserves, and the regular units that are amassing along the southern border, are readying for their tasks. And we want to go straight to Nic Robertson who is live on the ground. Nic, right
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a humanitarian pause in gaza that would advance several priorities including getting more aid in and getting hamas hostages out. following my conversations with the prime minister and with the israeli government, this is a process. israel s raised important questions about how humanitarian pauses would work. we ve got to answer those questions. we re working on exactly that. in fact, we agreed that our teams would get together and they re doing just that, including today, to work through the specifics of the practicalities of of these pauses. second, it s important that the pause advance a number of things. one of them is hostages. we are intensely focused the united states, israel, every other country that has one of its citizens being held hostage by hamas to bring them home. now, it s important that as we re engaged in pursuing humanitarian pause, this can be something that advances the prospect of getting the hostages back. it can also advance other things that we re