here are the top stories we re covering this hour. israel says its war effort to eliminate hamas is entering a new phase with the new year. but is it going to reduce civilian casualties as the question has been questioning. this as prime minister netanyahu suffers a major political setback from his country s supreme court. i ll teak to ambassador mark regev and the democratic senator. and in tokyo, a five-man crew of air national guard claimed dead but all 400 on board a wide-body passenger plane escaping safely in just minutes after their plane exploded on the runway. and we ll look at the surge of respiratory illnesses over the holiday season. as flu, covid and rsv give families a rough start to 2024. and good day, everyone. i m andrea mitchell in washington. israel is starting the new year by launching intense attacks against central and southern gaza, even as the idf begins the process, it says, of bringing the first several thousand of its troops home. that includ
Youre live in the cnn newsroom. Im jim acosta in washington. Welcome to our continuing breaking News Coverage of israel at war. Prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu saying the second stage of its war, the ground war, has begun. The goal, to destroy the military and government, he says, of hamas. Translator our heroic fighters have one goal, to destroy this enemy and to make sure the existence in our country. Never again, never again is now. At this hour, the conflict is escalating. This is new cnn video from a cnn producer In Gaza Capturing Rockets being fired into israel. [ sirens ] and cnns sara sidner and her team captured this video of Rocket Barrage over tel aviv earlier today. Israels iron dome Defense System intercepted those incoming rockets. Civilianness northern gaza say they endured the heaviest last night. Cnns Nic Robertson joins us live from sderot, israel. What are you seeing right now . Reporter relentless, jim. Absolutely relentless barrages of artillery fire, aircraft st
Hello, im Brianna Keilar In Washington. Jake tapper is in tel aviv, and israel is widening its offensive against hamas. Launching a series of overnight strikes at the gaza strip. Taking aim at hezbollah in lebanon. In gaza alone, the idf hit 320 Terror Targets overnight including tunnels and dozens of hamas command centers. A spokesperson said hundreds were killed. A warning now that the video youre about to see is graphic. You see there, one of the smallest victims, a toddler, pulled from the rubble in rafah, in southern gaza. We do not know the condition of that little boy. Also sources telling cnn the Biden Administration has Presseds Ream to delay its imminent Ground Invasion of gaza to allow for the release of more hostages and to get more aid into gaza. Jake. Just a trickle of these critical supplies have come through. 30 some trucks so far. Cnn has calculated that gaza is 7200 truckloads short of supplies. Receiving half of the 1 of the aid it normally received before the hamas
Mitchell reports humanitarian aid is finally rolling into gaza from egypt but the death toll is increasing. This as nbc is reporting the Biden Administration has been urging israel leaders to delay their Ground Offensive in order to gain better intelligence, to clear military objectives and more time for negotiators to secure the release of hostages. What i can speak to is our icessant efforts from day one to try to get people home, to try to get them out of gaza back with their families and loved ones. That is continuing as we speak. This is something were engaged in virtually around the clock. Plus nine new candidates for House Speaker making their pitches at a private conference, the Conference Meeting this evening after a week of Public Feuding that is frustrating party insiders. This is not a time to play games. This is this is embarrassing for the Republican Party, its embarrassing for the nation and we need to look at one another and solve the problem. Good day, everyone, im And
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