Were following Breaking News out of the middle east. Im Boris Sanchez with Brianna Keilar in washington, d. C. Were seeing live pictures now out of gaza where we have been watching explosions lighting up the sky. We want to bring in anchors jake tapper Anderson Cooper live for us in tel aviv. We are seeing an intensification of explosions over and in the gaza city, more than weve seen in recent days. The idf, Israel Defense forces v n , have not commented on what seems to be an uptick. They have not commented on their upscale of operations targeting hamas. On a day weve been learning more about Hostage Negotiations with hamas and the humanitarian crisis in gaza growing dire by the day. There had been a lot of anticipation about a potential breakthrough of sorts in the hostage crisis. That, obviously, is now overshadowed by this. We dont know what the developments are on the hostage front. This would seem to suggest its not going as desired. I mean, you wouldnt have an intensification o
Inside gaza comes as the idea prepares for a Ground Invasion of the region already reeling from the response to the hamas attack on israel. Here on the israel was a border, were continuing the booms of israeli airstrikes coming into israel. You can see the smoke from a rocket which just fell in israeli territory. In gaza, the devastation growing by the hour, the death toll well over 4000. Nbc news captured this video inside gaza after a strike destroyed the building where a family was living. She watches rescue crews search in vain for her loved ones, walking two miles to the hospital, finding her mother, father, brother, his wife, and five children all killed. She says, what can i do know that they are gone . In a moment, im going to speak to a spokesman for the Israeli Military about the idea of soldier killed in gaza. Its coming amid new efforts to get aid into gaza. Antony blinken vows to continue to push for more help. When i was in israel and throughout the region, as you mention
Trump alone. Wow. Fascinating. Thank you. Cnn this morning continues right now pochlt. This is cnn breaking news. It is the top of the pour. Im poppy harlow with Phil Mattingly in new york. Monitoring two big stories right now. Jim jordan about to give a News Conference in minutes as he tries yet again to become House Speaker after failing multiple times. We are also following several big developments in israels war with hamas. Today President Biden is back from the war zone and calling on congress to approve a new Wartime Aid Package for israel and ukraine. In a prime tile oval always speech he called it vital for Americas National security. I know these conflicts can seem far away. Its natural to ask, why does this matter to america. When terrorists dont pay a price for their terror, when dictators dont pay a price for their aggression they cause more chaos and death and destruction. They keep going. The cost and threats to america and the world keep rising. Of course, congress is pa
Are still missing, most likely held in gaza. Well be hearing from the brother of one of them, inbar haiman, who was kidnapped from the supernova music festival. Whats the best chance of getting her and the others back home . Good evening. In the last hour there have been developments in the middle east which have sparked new concerns at the prospect of a widening conflict, directly drawing in actors from beyond the Borders Of Israel and gaza. Speaking in the pentagon, american officials confirmed they had shot down three missiles and several drones it said had been fired from yemen heading along the red sea, potentially towards israel. It is currently too soon to know for sure who fired the missiles, but of course yemen is the base for Houthi Rebels who are backed by iran and supportive of the palestinians. The Development Comes after another day of diplomacy, with rishi sunak visiting first israel and then saudi arabia as part of a two day trip. Well discuss the diplomatic efforts in
Captions by vitac www. Vitac. Com im jim acosta in washington. Welcome to our viewers here in the United States and around the world to cnns breaking News Coverage of israel at war. It is 11 00 p. M. Saturday night in israel one week after hamas slaughtered 1,300 people in a Terror Attack inside israel. Israels military said its preparing for the next stages of war, and israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu delivered that message himself to the front lines earlier today. This is video he posted online of that exchange. Along the border with gaza, more than 300,000 Israeli Soldiers with heavy equipment, you can see some of the tanks right there, are awaiting netanyahus orders of Ground Invasion into gaza. It could come at any time. Israel is ordering more than a million civilians to evacuate Northern Gaza for their safety. Today, the State Department is urging Palestinian Americans in gaza to move closer to the Rafah Crossing into egypt. Meanwhile, the humanitarian crisis in gaza gr