Breaking news. Hello, everyone. Alongside Anderson Cooper in tel aviv, well get to him in a moment. Lets begin with this latest information, fighting in gaza continues following yesterdays terror attack. Were seeing pictures from earlier in the day. In gaza explosions have lit up the darkness there. Were also learning hamas is holding as many as 30 people captive in gaza. Residents in more than 20 israeli communities are being told to evacuate the hot spot of fighting continues to flair up. Video showing Israeli Border police rescuing civilians after an exchange of gunfire with hamas fighters on saturday. And Officials Say at least 600 israelis were killed in yesterdays terror attack. And this disturbing video shows dozens of body bags stocked stacked at the site of a musical festival where hamas fighters attacked concertgoers. U. S. Secretary of state Antony Blinken says the u. S. Is trying to confirm reports that americans are among those killed. Israel is striking back at targets in
Rockets being fired on. Still fighting down south. People are still inside their home, their safe room, their Bomb Shelters and are forces are down there doing everything they can to get the terrorists to stop attacking our civilians. We want to welcome our viewers in the United States and around the world. Im wolf blitzer. This is a Special Edition of the situation room. Israel at war. Were following all the Breaking News in israel. Want to go to clarissa ward. She and her team have just made it into the city north of gaza. Tell our viewers what you are seeing there. Reporter its quiet right at this moment, wolf, but as we were driving into town about an hour and a half ago, it was a very different picture. I think you should be able to show our viewers some of that video. Just an extraordinary barrage of rockets. At least two we know made a direct impact. The iron dome activated, lighting up the night sky and really even by the standard of what we have been seeing over and over again
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The former president. Speaking after day one of the trial, mr trump sought to cast doubt over the legitimacy of the court. Its a scam trial. If you read all of the legal comments, from all of the legal scholars today, theres not one that i see that said that this is a case that should be brought to trial. Its a scam. Its a political witchhunt. It continues for ever and we are not going to be given a fair trial and it is a very, very sad thing. Live now to new york to speak to our correspondent john sudworth. John, bring us up to date with what happened today . When Donald Trumps motorcade left the precinct here in a man well used to breaking the norms of political life hit another milestone, this time a legal one, becoming the first us president to face a criminal trial. When it did get under way, as is often the case, the business was pretty humdrum, procedural discussion, the defence raising a number of issues and discussions over the timing. Donald trump suggesting he needed a day o