Im Anderson Cooper live from tel aviv. Alongside Boris Sanchez and Alex Marquardt reporting from washington, d. C. Tonight the skies are still lit up in parts of israel as the Israeli Military carries out a fierce response in gaza. It is in retaliation they say for the unprecedented and coordinated Terror Offensive carried out by hamas on saturday that has continued for the last 48 hours. Israel says at least 900 people have been killed by hamas. Palestinian Officials Say over 500 people have been killed in gaza. It is not just the death toll, though, that is harrowing. The terror group says they are holding more than 100 israelis hostage. Israel has not confirmed the exact number. Hamas now threatening they will start executing hostages if attacks on gaza are launched without warning. We now know from two sources that the qatari government has been in talks with hamas about those hostages and u. S. Officials are Coordinatiing Wit the qataris. Were still awaiting remarks from israeli P
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coy, thank you. thanks to all of you for joining us. cnn this morning starts right now. good morning, everyone. so glad you re with us on this monday. this morning, we re watching growing threats of the israel/hamas war spreading to a much wider conflict, new overnight, israeli military ramping up air strikes after announcing it was expanding the ground assault to the entire gaza strip including in south, where so many civilians have fled, the idf say the strikes destroyed 20 on hamas targets. the u.s. navy destroyer came to the rescue of three commercial ships that were attacked by iran-backed houthi rebels. we re also keeping a close eye on israel s northern border with lebanon, where they ve been exchanging fire with hezbollah. three israeli soldiers were hurt by mortar shells fired from lebanon. we have team coverage. let s start with cnn s ben wedeman in jerusalem. expanding it to the entire gaza strip over the weekend, where the civilians who have moeftd to the sout
two drones in the sea. as israel defends itself it matters how. brutality and callousness across the gaza strip, nowhere is safe. donald trump tries to flip the script. joe biden is the destroyer of democracy. dictatorship in the united states. it s about who protecting your freedoms. six weeks from the iowa caucuses. nikki haley is the most underestimated politician. good morning, everyone. brand-few overnight the israeli military ramping up air strikes after announcing it would expand its ground operations to the entire gaza strip, that of course includes the south where many civilians have fled. we re tracking a growing threat of this war spreading into a wider regional conflict. in the red sea, the pentagon said an american destroyer came to the rescue of three commercial ships that were attacked by ballistic missiles. the destroyer shot down many drones. we re keeping a close eye on israel s northern border, with lebanon, where israeli forces have bee