Towns and army bases. People in gaza celebrate. Prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu says israel is at war. President biden and other western leaders condemning the attacks. Let there be no mistake. The United States stands with the state of israel. Well have the latest. Also tonight, striking California Health care workers return to work with no deal, even as the job market booms. Plus, migrant message. New york citys mayor and Latin America warns his city has no more room as the crisis intensifying. Washingtons National Cathedral has a new view. The story behind this Stained Glass and the stain on history it replaced. Pretty brilliant. Pretty bright. Its glowing. This is the Cbs Weekend News from washington with adriana diaz. Good evening. Today israel battled to repel an invasion of its territory after Palestinian Militants launched highly coordinated attacks from gaza. Thousands of rockets were fired into israel as gunmen infiltrated several border towns and bases, Kidnapping Civilian
captions by vitac www.vitac.com i m kaitlan collins live in tel aviv, israel. this is a special edition of the source tonight because in just three hours from now, we expect to see the most significant break in the intense fighting that has been happening between israel and hamas in 47 days. a temporary pause is slated to begin at midnight eastern, 7:00 a.m. local here, following weeks of pain staking negotiations that have happened behind the scenes and a final burst of bombs flying across the border tonight. this carefully brokered deal that is happening, this agreement between israel and hamas is supposed to mean that at least 50 hostages, women and children, we are told, will be able to go home for the first time since the october 7th attacks. israel, in exchange has promised to free 150 palestinian prisoners, women and minors, who have been imprisoned in jails here in israel. there s another critical piece of this deal as well. that is humanitarian aid for gaza.
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border warning that israel is prepared for a military offensive into lebanon to restore security. now, the white house believes the best way to avoid a war in lebanon is to get a cease-fire in gaza saying tonight, the whole world should call on hamas to make a deal. lester. all right, raf, thank you. we want to turn to the terror arrest in paris. officials saying a ukrainian russian man is in custody after an explosive device detonated at a hotel near paris charles de gaulle airport. the blast leaving him and bombmaking investigators saying they found bombmaking materials in his room, and it s under investigation. president biden is in france tonight to mark the 80th anniversary of the d-day invasion tomorrow. kelly o donnell is in paris, and, kelly, the president also thinking about the war in ukraine. reporter: that s right, lester. the weight of history meets current crises for president biden who arrived here in