hello. i m brianna keilar with boris sanchez, wolf blitzer is in tel aviv and we re tracking multiple developments in israel s war in hamas. rescue efforts under way following an israeli air strike, a strir strike the idf say was ordered to take out a hamas leader. reports are still coming in, dozens confirmed dead, many more injured. those numbers are expected to rise. officials in hamas controlled gaza say 0 h20 homes were destrd there. just moments ago, i spoke with an idf spokesperson who confirmed that israel was involved in the blast. listen to this. we ll be coming out in the next hour hopefully with more data. i can give you there was a senior hamas commander in that area. sadly he was hiding, again as they do, behind innocent civilians. that s all i can say. we ll be coming out with more and what happened there. can you confirm it was an israeli attack that destroyed a big chunk of the jabalia refugee camp? yes, i can. we were focused again on a target, a s
win, you will be their next target. that s why israel s victory will be your victory. but make no mistake, regardless of who stands with israel, israel will fight until this battle is won. israel will prevail. just part of a defiant speech yesterday from israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu, where he rejected calls for a cease-fire and his resignation. we ll have more of his comments and get a live report from the israel-gaza border straight ahead. meanwhile, aid for israel is a top priority on capitol hill, but the two chambers have very different plans for delivering it. we ll go through that potential funding fight. also ahead, an update on the expected testimony from donald trump and his three oldest children in his civil fraud trial. plus, why a tentative new deal for auto workers is a win for the union and president bide biden. and the continued support for actor matthew perry, with his friends, co-stars, releasing a statement following his passing. we ll r
. good day to you. if you re watching in united states. or wherever in the world. you re most welcome. cnn s coverage as we continue to cover the israel at war. i m richard quest live. it is 9:00 on sunday morning in gaza. and in the next hour, we ll see just how much damage the idf did overnight. we ll receive reports on possible casualties. near total communications blackout gun to ease. before we get too much more detail. look at the scene overnight. israel says it s being hitting hamas targets and that includes tunnels and underground combat spaces. the idf said it s aware of 230 hostages and urging people to head south as it expands operations inside gaza. all of this as hundreds of thousands of israeli forces prepare for an expected incursion in response to the massacre of october 7th. the idf said it s aware of 230 hostages hamas is holding but israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu said this on saturday. our heroic fighters one supreme goal to destroy the murde
a warm welcome to this hour s coverage of israel at war. i m richard quest live from abu dhabi and you re most welcome if you re watching in the united states or indeed from wherever you re a watching around the world. it is 10:00 on sunday morning in gaza. and idf helicopters have already been seen flying along the israeli coastline in ashkelon earlier today. the city is only 20 kilometers from gaza, where the idf says hamas is holding 230 hostages. now, in gaza, we are waiting to see the latest images of damage from overnight, and of course, receive the reports on possible casualties. overnight, the reports of near total communications blackout, internet, telephone, mobile phones and the like, is believed to be, that has now eased up, but it was an extremely dangerous and busy night. israel says it s been targeting hamas tunnels and underground spaces. and again, warning people to go south. this is the israeli prime minister. our heroic fighters have one supreme goal, to
reported to a guidance counselor that the suspect had discussed that they would get into a shootout with police. we brought these allegations to the school districts superintendent at a press conference yesterday, after repeatedly reaching out throughout the day. and the superintendent told us that this was news to him. so we are trying to get more details on if in fact a claim like this was made to the school, and what if any action they took about this. and that of course leads to questions about if there were potential warning signs missed in the suspect s past, which could have potentially avoided the tragedy of this week, yasmin. how is the community, jesse, coming together? yeah we ve seen people wearing blue throughout the community, in perry and there were counseling services available for students yesterday. but it s going to be days before students are back in school, for some of the school district, it s going to be at least until friday, for the high school there s no c