you re watching cnn news central. i m boris sanchez with brianna keilar in washington and wolf blitzer is live in tel aviv. in a few minutes prime minister netanyahu will speak to reporters as israel enters what they re describing as the second stage of their war on hamas. israeli defense forces as you can see on your screen intensifying air strikes and expanding operations on the ground in gaza where the idf says dozens of militants were killed over the weekend. today the terror group hamas released a short video that shows three women, it s believed, taken hostage on october 7th when hamas murdered more than 1,400 people. cnn is not showing this footage, but in it one of the captives who obviously may have been under duress speaks to netanyahu, pleading for freedom. wolf? in gaza civil order is beginning to collapse right now in the southern and central region according to u.n. officials. they say and i m quoting now thousands of people broke into warehouses and distr
hello, i m brianna keilar with boris sanchez here in washington. we have wolf blitzer in tel aviv and you are watching cnn s special live coverage of israel at war. today we are tracking several major developments from the battlefield, just a short time ago the idf confirming one of their soldiers who was kidnapped by hamas on october 7th has been released or is now in their custody. private ori megidish who is seen here, said to be doing well and has been reunited with her family. we re also hearing directly from some of the other 230 plus hostages held by hamas, the terror group release ago short video showing three women held captive. cnn is not showing that footage but in it one of the hostages who may obviously be under duress speaks directly to israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu, pleading for freedom. the prime minister spoke just moments ago about the need not only to rescue the hostages but also for israel to continue this war for the sake of its own surv