Health to the amateurs. Choose doctors preferred im meteorologists Elisa Rafah on jekyll island, georgia, and this is cnn youre in the Cnn Newsroom. Im Jessica Dean in new york. And Tonight Id growing tensions in israel has spilled out into the streets. Heated and passionate protests seen across the country earlier tonight there in Tel Aviv organized theres estimating 550,000 people taking to the streets and these protesters are demanding prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu reach a Ceasefire And Hostage deal with hamas. The countrys largest Labor Union is joining that fight, vowing a nationwide general strike tomorrow. And the mounting anger coming after the tragic news. The idf recovered the bodies of six hostages including an american from a tunnel in Southern Gaza the israeli Health Ministry thank all six of these hostages were killed by short range shots, likely sometime between thursday and friday of this week as the idf was closing in cnns Nic Robertson is joining us live from Tel
Traveling with the trump campaign. And this is cnn this is cnn Breaking News and more now on the Breaking News from gaza, the israelI Military says it has recovered the bodies of six hostages from an underground tunnel in the Rafah Area On Saturday, the idf its now formally identified and named all six and their families have been notivated, notified you can see there arE Photographs there. They are Hersh Goldberg, polin eden, yerushalmi, Carmel Gat almog. So rusi alex lobanov, and Ore Dana obviously, their families having to deal with this terrible news now the White House put out a statement. I just want to read part of it to you, quote, it is as tragic as it is, reprehensible. Make no mistake. Hamas leaders will pay for these crimes and we will keep working around the clock for a deal to secure the release of the remaining hostages now, the news had led to renewed protests in israel calling for the israeli prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to agree to a Ceasefire And Hostage deal. T
News . Hello and welcome. Im Anna Coren in Hong Kong The Light is now on the Breaking News coming out of gaza the Israeli Military says it recovered the bodies of six hostages from an underground tunnel in the rougher area on saturday the idf has now identified all six saying their families have been notified. They are already dinio carmel gat hersh, goldberg, polin eden, yerushalmi, almog. So rusi and Alex Lobanov israels defensive minister. Defense minister says, and six were killed just before troops could reach them. According to the initial assessment at our disposal, they were brutally murdered by hamas terrorists a short while before we reach them. They were abducted alive on the morning of October 7 by the hamas terror organization. Sheva books well, the White House put out a statement that reads in part, it is as tragic as it is reprehensible. Make no mistake hamas leaders will pay for these crimes, and we will keep working around the clock for a deal to secure the release of
Bong. Getting ready for the new year restoration work on big ben will pause for one night only so its famous bongs can ring in the new decade in london. And later this hour, private eyes editor, ian hislopjoins the bbcs media editor amol rajan to look back on a fascinating year of front covers, cartoons and satire. The governor of new york, andrew cuomo, has called the knife attack at a jewish celebration in new york state domestic terrorism. Five people were injured, two of them critically, during a hanukkah gathering at the home of an orthodox rabbi. A man has been arrested. In recent weeks, police have stepped up patrols in jewish neighbourhoods, following a series of anti semitic hate crimes. Our washington correspondent, Chris Buckler, reports. Members of new yorks largejewish community had gathered to celebrate their religion, only to be attacked because of it. They were at the home of a rabbi in monsey to mark hannukah when a man forced his way into the house and started stabbin
The other mains stories this hour. The former england fast bowler and ashes hero bob willis has died aged 70. The impeachment inquiry into donald trump moves up a gear, as Thejudiciary Committee considers the charges lawmakers will vote on. Extinction rebellion activists dressed as bees target the lib dem battle bus in south london and confronted the party leader, jo swinson. And coming up, the spirit of christmas for the First Lady Melania Trump as she visits a Salvation Army centre in east london. Its 5 oclock our main story is that nato leaders have concluded their seventieth anniversary summit with a plan to defend the baltic states. Turkey had threatened a veto unless nato endorsed its belief that kurdish fighters in syria are terrorists. Leaders also discussed the rise of china and threats from Cyber Attacks and the militarisation of space. However, the two day summit has been overshadowed by President Trumps strained relationship with other world leaders. It included a spat over