to keep you online. only from xfinity. home of the xfinity 10g network. wherever you are around the world, at this hour, you are watching cnn newsroom. ongoing coverage of his most war with hamas. i m john vause, just past midnight here in atlanta, and 60 am and gaza. it is now divided into by israeli ground forces battling militants in the north. president have been forced to evacuate to safety in the south, as dawn breaks, the israeli military says gaza city is completely surrounded. in the past two hours, cnn crews report flares and explosions lighting up the night sky over northern gaza. around the city of not far from the water with israel. so far, 20 israeli soldiers have been killed in a military ofoffensive, whihich is focusesn locateted anand destroyingng a t tunnels networks, and eliminating explplosives and other obstacles. our soldiers have been operating in gaza city for the past few days, surrounding it from several directions, deepening the operation. our
wherever you are around the, world cnn ongoing coverage of israel s war with hamas, i m john vause in atlanta where it is now one a.m., and seven a.m. in gaza, which is now divided into by israeli ground forces battling hamas militants in the north. for weeks, israeli officials urged palestinians to evacuate relative safety in the, south ahead of a major ground incursion. and as dawn now, breaks the israeli troops have gaza city completely surrounded according to senior idf commanders. in the past few hours, cnn crews reported flares and explosions, lighting up the night sky over northern gaza around the not far from the israeli border. so far, 23 israeli soldiers have beeeen killed dururing this military o offensive, whwhich is fofocused on locatating and destroying hamas t tunnel netwo, as well as senior hamas leaders. our soldiers have been operating in gaza city for the past few, days surrounding it from several directions, deepening the operation. our forces are in
hello and welcome to all of you watching us here in the united states, canada, and all around the world. everyone s dreaming assumption anand max as welell. i m kim brunhuber. our soldiers have been operating in gaza city for the past few days surrounding it from several directionss deepening the operation. our forces are in very significant areas of gaza city. the israeli military chief of staff there are, describing expended idf ground operations in gaza to keep up pressure on hamas. players overnight lit up north and gaza, and one of the most intense periods of his really bombardment since the e war began. the idf says 23 of its soldiers hahave died in t the gaza strip. primary objective now is located in and the tunnel network and locating explosives and other obstacles. the biden administration is increasingly concerned about the civilian death toll in gaza, and warns that could undermine international support for israel. secretary of state anthony blinken is due bac
on israel s roared on hamas. israel defending its strike on it densely populated refugee camp in northern gaza. it s too soon to know the casually can, or the two. a doctor to gaza hospital said they received hundreds of dead or wounded people from that attack there are multiple craters in the ground and huge piles of rubble israel s defense forces says it was targeting the top two mass candor involved in the october 7th rampage. they succeeded they claimed in taking. about dozens of hamas combatants were killed when underground tunnels beneath account collapsed. but innocent lives were also lost. israeli military says it s working to determine the number of civilian deaths. hamas folks person accused israel trying to justify what he got, a heinous crime. against civilians women and children. he denied that the leader claim to kill was even at the camp at the time of the strike. meantime the white house says that despite the blast there are quote indications israel is t
hello and welcome to our viewers joining us here in the united states and all around the world as we continue our coverage of israel at war. i m paula newton. and we begin with despair, outrage and arguments over a deadly airstrike on a densely packed refugee camp in gaza. and now a huge cloud of smoke can be seen from across the border in israel. israeli military has claimed responsibility for the attack saying that it was aiming for a top hamas commander and infect succeeded in killing him with gleams. the critics are asking at what cost? the scope of the devastation and the camp is not yet clear. the civilian casualty count appears to be significant. the impact of the explosion left huge craters in piles of debris that are being scoured for signs of life. one of them told cnn, quote, there were 78 huge hold in the ground full of killed people. body parts all over the place. it felt like the end of the world. and now earlier i spoke with the spokesman of the israeli defense