Atlanta alongside sara sidner in tel aviv. As we start a new hour, were following breaking news, israels Defense Minister announcing a short time ago that the idf has moved to a new phase of war against hamas. Israeli soldiers are now operating inside the gaza strip. Armored vehicles and tanks were on the move overnight, but it remains unclear if this is actually the beginning of israels anticipated major Ground Assault in gaza. Ahead of troops entering the enclave, overnight israel unleashed an onslaught of Aerial Bombardments that rocked gaza. The idf renewed its warnings for civilians in Northern Gaza to evacuate. Doctors say they treated hundreds of wounded overnight, but also there were many killed in the air strikes. The idf says the air strikes targeted 150 underground spaces and terror tunnels. They claim they killed one key hamas operative who, it says, carried out the deadly attacks on october 7th in israel. Were also watching israels border with lebanon. The idf and hezbolla
Were following Breaking News out of the middle east. Im Boris Sanchez with Brianna Keilar in washington, d. C. Were seeing live pictures now out of gaza where we have been watching explosions lighting up the sky. We want to bring in anchors jake tapper Anderson Cooper live for us in tel aviv. We are seeing an intensification of explosions over and in the gaza city, more than weve seen in recent days. The idf, Israel Defense forces v n , have not commented on what seems to be an uptick. They have not commented on their upscale of operations targeting hamas. On a day weve been learning more about Hostage Negotiations with hamas and the humanitarian crisis in gaza growing dire by the day. There had been a lot of anticipation about a potential breakthrough of sorts in the hostage crisis. That, obviously, is now overshadowed by this. We dont know what the developments are on the hostage front. This would seem to suggest its not going as desired. I mean, you wouldnt have an intensification o
Hit a residential building, a fire started, no casualties were reported, in tel aviv the air Defense System shot down five palestinian rockets. In the morning, the Israel Defense forces announced a largescale tank raid, its target, according to idf representatives, was the hamas infrastructure in the north of the gaza strip, while the jewish state continues massive bombing of the palestinian enclave, as reported by aljazeera tv channel, in the city of khan yunis alone, beyond at least thirty civilians have died in recent hours. In just 19 days of conflict, more than 7,000 were killed palestinians, almost 18,500 people were injured, the enclaves hospitals are overcrowded, and there is a critical shortage of medicine and drinking water. Bratislava will not provide military assistance to the kiev regime, the new Prime Minister of slovakia robert fitso announced this at a meeting with deputies, according to him, foreign assistance to kiev can only be humanitarian, the European Union must t
Only ruins remain, there may be dozens of people under them, by this hour two people are known to have died, rescuers are clearing the rubble, looking for survivors, as clergy report, hundreds of gaza residents who have lost their homes have been sheltering in the complex for several days, and they have been welcoming everyone there , regardless of religion. Mutual shelling between hamas and the israeli army does not stop; sirens are constantly sounding over tel aviv air raid, pro systems are working. Sahal, meanwhile, is preparing for a ground operation, this was confirmed by the commander of the Southern District of the Israel Defense forces. We are hitting them hard, and now we will take the war to their territory, and we will defeat them on their own territory. It will be hard, it will be long and it will be intense. The best commanders, the best soldiers of the Israel Defense forces, our best forces are you. I have complete confidence in you. I believe in strength, professionalism
And we certainly want to hear from manu and our colleagues who walk these halls every day. My understanding is its not going to happen right away. In fact, manu, let me go to you. I want to tell you this text that im getting is that youre probably hearing it from members who are coming off the floor right now. That manu, youre probably hearing from members saying that the jordan folks are very much lobbying many in the republican conference to hold off and not vote right now to empower Patrick Mchenry. So what is likely going to happen, and you telegraphed this earlier, is that once this vote is gavelled closed, theyre going to go back and talk again like they have done after every one of these, and that david joyce of ohio is going to try to make the case for why its time to move on for move on from jim jordan, and talk about giving Patrick Mchenry the functions of the United States government done at least in the short term. What are you hearing . Reporter yeah, i think we can expect