Ac 360 with anderson also in israel tonight starts now. Good evening. It is 3 00 a. M. In israel where more evidence comes to light of the barbarity, the cruelty and depravity with which hamas began these Terror Attacks some four days ago. There is new video and accounts of what these killers inflicted up close on young and old, men, women, children, innocents. Youll hear from survivors tonight. President biden weighed in on it today and confirmed there are americans being held by hamas, and well by you that as well. But first, the latest on where things stand. Wee wre in about 19 or 20 mienls north of gaza. And its there in gaza within the last few minutes there were more strikes. And you can just hear a large thump of a distant explosion to the immediate south in ashkelon, essentially forces say they killed three militants overnight during a gun battle in the industrial area. Above ashkelon and throughout the day more incoming rockets for iron dome defenses to cope with. You see the
This is cnn breaking news. Hello and welcome to our viewers joining us from the United States and all around the world. Im laila harrak. Its 7 00 in the morning in israel. Youre looking at live pictures where the military says it is keeping up its strikes on gaza and on hamas militants after the groups large scale Surprise Attack over the weekend. Hamas also claiming to have launched a major Missile Attack on the southern israeli city of escalon hours ago, targeting their safe houses. And Israeli Police say the target attack made a direct hit on an apartment building. This all comes as hamas claims to be hold mortgage than 100 hostages in gaza, including highranking israeli officers. Inside israel, the death toll from hamas Multipronged Attack now climbing past 700. Since then Israeli Forces clashed on the ground with hamas fighters and responded by Pounding Gaza with their strikes. The Ministry Of Health says at least 413 palestinians have been killed, including 78 children. More dist
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joining us. erin will be back tomorrow. i ll be back here live tomorrow in tel aviv starting at 4:00 p.m. eastern. also for the situation room starting at 5:00 p.m. eastern tomorrow. ac 360 starts right now. good evening. this is the aftermath of an israeli strike today in the densely populated jabalia refugee camp. the u.n. says it s the largest such camp in gaza. one eyewitness described the scene to cnn as horrific and said, quote, children were carrying other injured children. we warn you, the next video is disturbing. many of the wounded and dead were taken here, the hospital closest to the camp. witnesses telling cnn they believe a large number were killed, but we can t independently verify the actual number. the idf confirmed the strike and said they were targeting and killed a top commander of hamas in gaza. hamas denies the commander was even there. we ll have more on that in a moment in a conversation with the representative from the idf. israel also said toda
later. thank you for joining us. i m kasie hunt. don t go anywhere. cnn this morning starts right now. good morning, everyone. glad you re with us. i m poppy harlow with phil mattingly in new york. the number of hostages believed to be in gaza has risen, 240. according to the israeli military. this comes as israeli soldiers and tanks push deeper into the gaza strip with prime minister benjamin netanyahu refusing to halt the ground and air assault on hamas. just as the united states would not agree to a cease fire after the bombing of pearl harbor or after the terrorist attack of 9/11, israel will not agree cessation with hamas after the horrific attacks on october 7th. calls for a cease fire are calls for israel to surrender to hamas. hamas has released a hostage video of these three israeli women being held captive. one of them begs netanyahu to secure their release. netanyahu called the video cruel propaganda. troops have been battling terrorist cells armed with