in its war against hamas. we ll have the latest developments out of the middle east in just a moment. plus, what the new speaker of the house is saying about aid packages for israel and ukraine and how soon the funding could pass in the lower chamber. and also ahead, we ll look at the state of the republican presidential primary now that former vice president mike pence has bowed out of the race. good morning and welcome to way too early on this monday, october 30th. i m jonathan lemire. thanks for starting your day and week with us, and we ll begin this morning with israel, expanding its ground operation in gaza. on saturday, prime minister benjamin netanyahu announced that israel is in its second phase of its mission to destroy hamas. netanyahu described the assault as israel s second war for independence. the operation began overnight friday with an intense wave of air strikes and ground raids. at the same time, phone and internet service to the region was sev
israeli forces ramp up activity in the gaza saw strip, entering its second phase of the war. translator: we have two goals in this war, to destroy hamas and all its infrastructure and do everything that s possible to bring our hostages back home. will: we re learning more this morning as 230 israelis are still being held by hamas. the idf says they destroyed at least 450 terror sites in gaza over the weekend with a full scale invasion still looming. israeli officials are urgingen innocent civilians in gaza a to save themselves. civilians in northern gaza and gaza city should temporarily move south to a safer area where they can receive water, food and medicine. pete: in response to the latest strikes, iran s president says israel, quote, crossed the red lines which may force everyone to take action. let s now go to senior foreign affairs correspondent greg palkot live on the ground near the israel-lebanon border. greg. reporter: yeah, as we hear artillery rumbling in th
the devey with us. israel prime minister benjamin netanyahu says the ground operation in gaza is into the second phase winning the war with hamas will be long and difficult a news conference, defence minister war cabinet member, benjamin netanyahu to stop the conflict is israel s second war for independence. the conflict is israel s second war for make every effort to bring hostages home. also on saturday, his comments were pecan and hamas leader on the gaza strip has offered to release hostages being held in gaza for the return of spring of all hamas prisoners and israeli jails. they said israel stepped up its bombardment of gaza and israel says the night time attacks and watch for the targets have to at some key figures within hamas which has been designated as a terror group by western nations. benjamin then yahoo confirmed that israeli troops are inside gaza in the north and south. here s more of what he had to say during the conference. what he had to say during the con
difficult in speaking to joint news conference emergency war cabinet members, benjamin that now describes it as israel s second war for independence and they said that israel would win they said that israel would win the war and bring every effort to bring the hostages home and israel said it s to bring the hostages home and israel said its latest night time attacks hit one edge of 50 targets and killed some key figures within hamas which is designated as a tour group by the us and many other western nations. it first comments since the war began, hamas in the gaza strip is offered to release the hostages being held in gaza in return for the freeing of all hamas prisoners and israeli jails in the statement they say that we are ready for immediate exchange including the release of all prisoners and the zionist enemy in exchange for the released prisoners of the resistance. a member of israel foreign affairs and defence committee and he shared with the bbc is reaction to hamas
news alert. far left democrat squad lost a member. scandal-plagued congressman jamaal bowman has cost the new york democratic primary a seat. the left s divide over the israel/hamas war played big at the ballot box in what some call a litmus test for the party. a more moderate democrat then stepped in and took bowman s place. they will retain potentially that seat in the primary at least that s what will happen. we don t know what s happening as we move forward. we ll cover it all. i m harris faulkner and you are in the faulkner focus. jamaal bowman lost to george latimer. we already knew going into the day that it was a wide margin. look how it ended up. the pro-israel advocacy group aipac put in some big money. they wanted bowman out and bowman gave them plenty of help. in september he pulled a house building fire alarm and pleaded guilty, was scensure for it and paid a fine. against a house resolution condemning hamas terrorists and they were voting. he called reports of