Hello and welcome to our viewers. Im Michael Holmes with cnns breaking News Coverage of israel at war. It has been a day now since israel issued an ultimatum to evacuate Northern Gaza immediately, warning that increased Israeli Military activity against hamas would be imminent. Tens of thousands of palestinians were scene leaving their homes in gaza city throughout friday, carrying what they could, but many are deciding not to evacuate or simply dont have the means to do so. Most say they have no safe place to go and on top of that, hamas told them to stay in their homes. With so many people suddenly streaming into southern gaza, the only place to actually leave the strip is the rafa Border Crossing into egypt and that isnt open. Egypt says theyve not closed their side, but the status is unclear due to israeli air strikes on the gaza side. The Israeli Military says it carried out a limited raid in gaza primarily to seek out intelligence on the estimated 150 hostages. An unknown number
And the Biden Administrations efforts to find missing americans. Plus, well go through the new reporting on the massacre by Hamas Terrorists, that says the terror groups main backer may have been left in the dark. Well discuss how that aligns with previous reports. Also ahead, an update from capitol hill on the speakers race. Republicans have a nominee, but it is not clear if hes got the votes to get the gavel. I mean, willie, looks like more chaos. Rough timing. More chaos from republicans. We have, of course, just an existential challenge for the people of israel who are going to need support from congress. We have an existential challenge from ukraine. Yeah. And with all thats going on, i mean, you look and see what may be happening in taiwan, if, you know, one domino falls after another. We need congress and congress with a speaker. Steve scalise is the nominee, but nowhere in the neighborhood of having the votes he needs. Thats why they didnt hold a vote yesterday. They get in at
Welcome to bbc news. Im lukwesa burak. We start with the latest on the israel gaza war. Theres growing diplomatic pressure to find ways to get food and other essential aid into gaza and civilians out in the face of israeli bombardments in retaliation for the attacks by hamas. The group, which is designated as a Terror Organisation by many western governments including the uk, launched the assault on saturday. These are the main developments on day six of the conflict. The United Nations says more than 338,000 people have been forced to flee their homes in gaza, stressing essential food, fuel and water must reach the enclave. The israeli Prime Minister, benjamin netanyahu, has established a National Emergency government with Opposition Leader benny gantz. It comes as israel continues its mass mobilisation of troops. Hundreds of thousands are on the southern border with gaza. President biden says hes told mr netanyahu that israel must abide by the rules of war in its fight against hamas.
This is the scene live in gaza as israel continues to mass soldiers and hardware close to the border. Hello, im matthew amroliwala, welcome to verified live. We start with Breaking News from ashkelon, in Southern Israel, where a hospital has been hit by rockets fired out of gaza. Let me show you the live pictures. That, the hospital, as you can see, the camera crews and reporters already there and some of the damage. This apparently is a Child Development centre at this hospital in ashkelon. It suffered a direct hit, officials are saying, by a projectile from gaza, as the camera just arcs around. We have been reporting just a barrage of missiles being fired out of gaza in the last little while and we saw the pictures from gaza city a short time ago. You could see just the vapour from the latest rockets being fired from gaza, as we now enter their fifth day of the exchanges from gaza. 0f day of the exchanges from gaza. Of course, we have been seeing israel pounding different positions.
Americas strongest mideast ally is at war. Israel is striking back at Hamas Terrorists in response to a coordinated series of Terror Attacks resulting in the murder of more than 800 men, Women And Children. The u. S. Now confirming at least Nine Americans are among the dead. Good morning to you, im dana perino and bill is off today. Good morning, aishah. Aishah a very tough day as the world wakes up to this horrific attack. This is americas newsroom and here is where things stand at this hour. The combined death toll in israel and in gaza has now surpassed more than 1200 people. There are thousands more wounded and more than 100 israelis kidnapped behind enemy lines. Dana despite israels Retaliation Hamas is still attacking. They have now fired more than 3500 rockets into israel. Aishah the Wall Street Journal is reporting that iran was directly involved in all of this. The paper says tehran worked with hamas for weeks to plan the attacks. This directly after the u. S. Opened up 6 bill