hello i m abby phillip in washington. welcome to cnn newsroom we begin this hour in the middle east, where both violence and tensions are escalating. today israeli forces unleashed air strikes in southern lebanon and gaza and israel says it struck targets belonging to the palestinian militant group hamas. israel blames hamas for firing 34 rockets from lebanon yesterday and the latest barrage since the two countries were at war back in 20 in 2006. now that has raised fears of an escalating conflict across the region, and just overnight, we learned that israel has mobilized some of its military reserves. a short time ago, israel s defense minister ordered security bolstered across the country after two israeli women were shot to death in the west bank. israel has called it an act of terror. let s get straight to cnn s fred pleitgen, who is near the israeli gaza border, and scott mclean is in beirut, lebanon, for us as well. but let s start with you, fred. fred you did talk to t
washington. republicans are not opposed to any substance. i think it s a political move, and i think it s disgusting. it really is an ongoing crisis here at a scale that is almost unimaginable. you can see some of the garbage that is still over here. and you can actually see how high the water has come. this is what we do not want to see a flood watch. with more rain coming, we expect the water to rise even higher. you re live in the cnn newsroom. and we begin this hour with the passing of two legends who were both game-changers in their respective fields. basketball great bill russell led the boston celtics to 11 nba championships. his final two titles as the first black head coach in a major american sports league. and he was also a tireless champion for racial justice and civil rights, working alongside dr. martin luther king jr. and muhammed ali. in 2011, he was awarded the presidential medal of freedom. and we re also remembering nichelle nichols, who playe
Investigation so that we can establish the facts clearly of what happened yesterday and then appropriate actions can be taken. Not these even before the fighting broke out in two thousand and Fifteen Gehman was already on the poorest countries in the arab a people especially children have been suffering intensely tell us something about the situation that now. Twenty two Million People innocent civilians require some form of humanitarian assistance or protection in order to survive thats recorders of the entire population there is no other country in the world for three quarters of everyone who lives in that treat needs humanitarian assistance this is why the United Nations characterizes what is happening in yemen as the worst most of the earth humanitarian crisis locally its also why humanitarian everywhere are demanding insisting that all of the parties start political negotiations to end hostilities enough is enough the war has to stop and
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