They should not occupy gaza. I think it would be a big mistake. We will destroy hamas. They opened this war. We will win it. The work to rescue hostages including americans is becoming more complicated. The president had no higher priority than getting americans back safe. Those are innocent civilians. They have rights. This is the closest thing to the holocaust weve seen. I dont have another land. Were on the edge of the abyss here. The slogan never again, it wasnt a suggestion. It is something we intend to act on. Good morning, everyone. Right now Secretary Of State Antony Blinken is also in israel meeting again with Benjamin Netanyahu. It is a dire humanitarian crisis escalating in gaza and Israeli Ground offensive appears to be imminent. Blinken said this morning the u. S. Is actively working to ensure humanitarian assistance like water, food and medicine can get into gaza. He also said yesterday a Safe Passage Way Into Egypt via The Rafah Crossing would be open as half a Million P
Welcome to the lead. Im jake tapper. This hour israels leaders are preparing for the next stage of their war against hamas. They say its a likely Ground Invasion of gaza. While israels military hasnt officially announced, three officials have told the New York Times will be to wipe out hamas top political and Military Hierarchy and capture gaza city. An incredibly risky Ground Invasion will likely feature bloody streetbystreet combat made more impossible by the miles long network of deep tunnels. Once and if the Israeli Military moves in, the United Nations warns further conflict would spiral into a, quote, abyss in the middle east as the conflict spills over borders, a fear echoed by irans Foreign Minister who says regional war could be unavoidable. To gazas north, israels military is exchanging fire with the Lebanese Group hezbollah which the u. S. Considers a terrorist group. There israel ordered the ak asian of 28 villages, and hezbollah, like hamas, is backed by the iranian govern
As an Israeli Ground operation into gaza appears imminent, the u. S. , the u. N. And others are scrambling to get palestinians out of harms way. Im Boris Sanchez alongside Brianna Keeler in washington. And today Secretary Of State tony blinken is in israel trying to help open the only viable option for palestinians to leave gaza which is the Rafah Crossing Into Egypt in the south. At the same time blinken stressed that israels obligation to defend itself after the hamas Terror Attack On October 7th that killed at least 1,400 people. You know, our deep commitment to israels right, indeed its obligation, to defend itself and to defend its people, and in that you have and will always have the support of the united. I want to go right now to Nic Robertson along the gaza border. Nic, what have you been seeing . Reporter yeah, literally two seconds ago three rockets coming out of gaza right on the horizon there. There was a couple of rockets, 30 seconds before that, coming over our heads, i
Massed on the southern border with gaza ahead of the expected Ground Incursion, which the Israeli Government says will be supported from the air and sea. Over 100 military targets were Hit Overnight and the idf said they have killed a Senior Commander involved in the attacks in israel last week. Meanwhile, hamas is continuing to fire rockets into israel, towards tel aviv and other areas in the south. The World Health Organization has has again called on israeli to rescind its Evacuation Order. The decision, they said, to force Hospital Patients to relocate would be a death sentence. President biden has spoken with the israeli prime minister, benjamin netanyahu, and urged him to provide a Human Corridor South for those civilians seeking to escape the bombardment. Humanitarian corridor. A diplomatic push is continuing to try to prevent the violence from spreading. The us secretary of state, antony blinken, has arrived in cairo. Hes expected to press egyptian officials to open the Rafah C
With the death toll mounting on all sides. 25 americans now confirmed dead along with nearly 1,300 israelis and more than 1,400 palestinians. Secretary of state Antony Blinken arriving in tel aviv today, delivering a fervent declaration supporting israel and endorsing its mission to remove hamas from gaza. I come before you not only as the United States Secretary Of State but also as a jew. I understand on a personal level the harrowing echos that hamas massacres carry for israeli jews, indeed for jews everywhere. Hamas has only one agenda, to destroy israel and to murder jews. The secretary later comforting survivors of the had a hamas attack. First priority are our friends and family that are in gaza. We are strong here now in tel aviv and everywhere. [ cheers and applause ] thank you very much. We are thinking of them and trying to do everything we can. In gaza, mounting Civilian Casualties and a growing humanitarian crisis with scant supplies of water, food, or fuel. A Health Syste