Atlanta alongside sara sidner in tel aviv. As we start a new hour, were following breaking news, israels Defense Minister announcing a short time ago that the idf has moved to a new phase of war against hamas. Israeli soldiers are now operating inside the gaza strip. Armored vehicles and tanks were on the move overnight, but it remains unclear if this is actually the beginning of israels anticipated major Ground Assault in gaza. Ahead of troops entering the enclave, overnight israel unleashed an onslaught of Aerial Bombardments that rocked gaza. The idf renewed its warnings for civilians in Northern Gaza to evacuate. Doctors say they treated hundreds of wounded overnight, but also there were many killed in the air strikes. The idf says the air strikes targeted 150 underground spaces and terror tunnels. They claim they killed one key hamas operative who, it says, carried out the deadly attacks on october 7th in israel. Were also watching israels border with lebanon. The idf and hezbolla
Terror attacks by hamas forces against israeli civilians, men, women, children, 10 20 days ago. Hamas will pay for its crimes against humanity. Hamas will pay for slaughtering are people. And tonight, we are starting payback. We are bringing justice to this terrible despicable disgusting terrorist group. And they will pay for their crimes. And once again, not just israel will be better off afterwards, but the people of gaza will be better off without them as well. Those comments from Senior Adviser to israeli Prime Minister netanyahu. Heavy israeli pomerantz throughout the day in what appears to be an increase in coming days. Hundreds of charges in a short period of. Time idf is saying its a greeting is ground operation, including a target raid in Northern Gaza which it calls preparations for the next stages of combat. Part of the reason we do not know much is because we currently have no way at all to communicate with people on the ground in gaza, the 2 Million People that live in tha
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An escalation in gaza in the wake of that Terror Attack that left 1,400 israelis dead. Youre looking at live pictures. Widespread reports of sirens and exploegs. The Israeli Defense forces saying today they are stepping up their Ground Operations. Take a listen. Their Ground Forces are expanding their ground up aerations. Idf is operating at all dimensions in order to achieve the goals of the war. We will continue to attack in gaza and its surrounding, and we keep calling upon the People Living in gaza and iran that south from there the idf did not say troops have entered gaza though its worth noting israeli tanks have temporarily entered gaza over the last two days. All of this while the fate of the 200 hostages held by gaza is unknown. Back channel negotiations are ongoing in the midst of the conflict. Just a few hours ago repeated explosions were seen in the israelgaza border. A few miles away on the ground in gaza near total darkness that was interrupted only by flashes from the ai