Im Anderson Cooper in tel aviv with john berman in new york. Youre watching cnns Special Coverage of israel at war. Israel is promising that a new phase of its war in hamas is coming, just not clear when exactly that will be. Troops have been amassing for days now near the border with gaza getting ready for an expected Ground Operation. Israel pounded the territory again today with air strikes. Officials say hamas commander who played a key part in last saturdays attack was killed. Hundreds of thousands of civilians tried to heed the idfs warning to get out. U. N. Official warns such a large scale evacuation under siege could lead to a humanitarian disaster. Anderson, there is an Important Development tonight from the pentagon as well. We learned a second u. S. Carrier strike group led by uss dwight d. Eisenhower is sailing to the middle east, sailing to the mediterranean. It is designed to sell messages to israel and proxies including lebanon and hezbollah not to get involved. The Eis
Straight to a fox news alert, just in, brandnew images from the west bank. This appears to be clashes likely between palestinians there and Israeli Defense forces. Just remember in the west bank there are various zones, area a, area b, area c, some are in Israeli Military control, others in palestinian military control. Multiple checkpoints you come in and out of controlled by the idf, depending on level of security. I have been in an area like that caught in crossfire. In a moment youth arabs can take on a checkpoint in the west bank. West bank is separate from what you see on your map in the gaza strip. Brian might plug in a map of the west bank. Ariana ound ainsley they are hours ahead of you. Fbi is warning americans to be vigilant, major cities are on alert, chicago, philadelphia, l. A. , in europe, they are feeling the same way. This guy, who they are saying is former hamas chief, they said he is still actively involved, asking protesters to take to the street to deliver message
Youre watching the context on bbc news. The republican partys search for a new House Speaker continues, with Steve Scalise nominated then dropping out of the race all in a day. Now itsjim jordans turn to try and win over the house. Welcome back. Alljournalists, cameramen and women know that they are putting themselves in grave danger, its a risk weve all taken in conflict zones. And today we saw the horrible consequences of that a videographer from the Reuters News Agency was killed earlier in the day in Southern Lebanon by an israeli rocket. The agency has confirmed the death and said that two of his colleagues have been injured, as well. Reuters said it is deeply saddened by the death and they are urgently investigating with the israeli authorities to understand what happened. Afp and aljazeera say the members of their staff who were in the same position were also injured and hospitalised in that same strike. I want to play you a clip from her International Editor jeremy bowen from t
I just dont know how theyre going to do it. I dont think they know it. Theyt dont. Which is worrisome. Thank you, my friend, for all the breakingy news. And thank you for joining on this continuing night of developments. In the last hour there has been unprecedented upheaval in congress specifically among the republican majority in the house. The partys nominee for Speaker Of The House, congressman Steve Scalise, has Just Announced that he is dropping out as a candidate. I just shared with my colleagues im dropping out as a candidate for speaker designee. If you look over the last few weeks and where where our conference is, theres still work to be done. Well have much more on that story in just a bit, but first we continue our coverage with the israelhamas war about to enter its seventh day of fighting. The number of dead has reached 2,800 people. Among that2, number israel repos at least 1,300 israeli lives lost including over 200 soldiers. And the Palestinian Health authority report
These developments will change by the hour. Sometimes literally. Stay with us. Sandra thanks very much for joining us. Im sandra smith. Im bill hemmer. The story starts right now. Heres mack that. Martha im martha maccallum. Its a dark day. In addition to the loss of life in israel, we have lost at least 27 american citizens as Hamas Terrorists hold an unknown number of americans hostage at this hour. Heres john kirby moments ago. We all need to be prepared for the fact that theres going to be additional gruesome images coming out. Theres going to be some pretty tough reports for all of us to swallow. This is not over. Martha pretty tough reports coming for all of us to swallow. We will find out what that means in the hours and days ahead. Every hour we see more of the evil that is hamas. A warning that these im my knowledges are graphic. The Kitchen Floors are stained with blood. People were home. It was early in the Morning Saturday when hamas militants stormed into their homes. In a