As the Prime Minister and i discussed, how israel does this matters. Just as isis was crushed, so, too, will hamas be crushed. And hamas should be treated exactly the way isis was treated. Thank you, america. For standing with israel. Today, tomorrow, and always. And this all comes as israel continues to strike gaza with artillery and those airstrikes. Also cutting off supplies to food, power and water until the hostages are released. Secretary of state Antony Blinken urging netanyahu to take every precaution to prevent harm to interior civilians in gaza and the humanitarian crisis in gaza is growing more dire. Up to 150 hostages including Americans Still being held captive. Erin Burnett Jones us in ashkelon. What can you tell us . Reporter we understand, obviously, those hostages right now, whereabouts unknown, status of any negotiations unknown. We know that the Israeli Defense forces are telling us that they believe that those hostages are being kept in various locations, most likel
Air dropped munitions Western Military is hard and capable of wiping out multiple buildings at the same time. Israels argument for having those as it needs to attack hamas below and above ground but they have been at the heart of complaints, of criticism and controversy raised by human Rights Groups when they have looked at the catastrophic high numbers of civilians killed by the israelis in gaza because of the Destructive Force of these weapons. The americans specifically have said that it is the past use of those munitions in gaza by israel that means they are holding back on this consignment because what The Americans are doing here is firing a warning shot across the bowels of the israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu as part of their stated position that they do not believe israel should carry out a full scale Ground Offensive into the city of rafah in gaza. The israeli Prime Minister has said that that will happen regardless of whether or not there is a Ceasefire Agreement he
Martha good afternoon. Im Martha Maccallum in new york. Theres 22 americans who have been killed so far. We hope that number will not go higher at this point. We also now know that there are 17 confirmed missing americans and the white house now confirms that a number of them are hostages which raises a number of questions about the back and forth and the understanding that those individuals are indeed being held by hamas. So hamas is using at least 100 people as Human Shields or leverage for their cause inside of gaza city. These are the terrified Family Members of those that are kidnapped and those who are defined as missing. Watch this. Theyre not part of this war. Citizens and civilians should not be taken. The number 1 message were trying to convey is that time is critical. She was shouting, mommy, they shout at us. Were all wounded. Theyre taking children, women, back to gaza to use as Human Shields. Its appalling. The world be has to step up and get these hostages out. Martha th
Its army today said the killing of seven aid workers in air strikes this week was a grave mistake due to mistaken identification, errors in Decision Making and a serious violation of army procedures. The convoy, belonging to the charity, World Central Kitchen, was struck in central gaza late on monday night, survivors running between the remaining vehicles before being hit again and then again. The army said its forces had mistaken the bag one passenger was carrying for a gun, after Spotting Gunmen at the warehouse earlier. It was a visual confirmation of a gunman, first of all, on one of the trucks that then conducted shooting from one of the trucks. And when they, indeed, reached the hangars, there were more gunmen identified on the location and it led, basically, to the entire miscalculation, misidentification and the failure of what shouldve happened. Israels army said the aid was picked up by lorry at 10pm. The armed figure was then Spotted Firing from one of the trucks, before th
Gaza late on monday night. Survivors running between the remaining vehicles before being hit again and then again. The army said its forces had mistaken the bag one passenger was carrying for a gun after Spotting Gunmen at the warehouse earlier. It was a visual confirmation of a gunman, first of all, on one of the trucks that then conducted shooting from one of the trucks. And when they indeed reached the hangars, there were more gunmen identified on the location. And it led basically to the entire miscalculation, misidentification and the failure of what should have happened. Israels army said the aid was picked up by lorry atiopm. The armed figure was then Spotted Firing from one of the trucks before the convoy moved on with other vehicles to an Inland Warehouse where Drone Footage showed more gunmen getting out of one car. That vehicle later moved north to another warehouse while the three cars from world Central Kitchen turned back to the coast where they were hit in separate air s