gaza, i m looking out over tel aviv. it s been 22 days since the terrorist attacks by hamas caught this country, israel, and frankly much of the world, by surprise. tonight a new phase of the war against hamas rages. listen to israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu earlier this evening. translator: the war inside gaza is going to be long. this is our second independence war. we ve got to save our country. we re going fight in the air, ground, and sea. i m pamela brown in washington. we are also following breaking news back in the united states. this hour, we bring you the harrowing personal stories of war. a mounting death toll and increasingly unsurvivable conditions in gaza and what we know about does s military plans include israel s matter plans including reporting on which hamas leaders israel says have already been eliminated. first we re going to start with the massive ground operation in gaza. cnn s nic robertson is live for us in sderot, israel. you ve witne
a warm welcome to this hour s coverage of israel at war. i m richard quest live from abu dhabi and you re most welcome if you re watching in the united states or indeed from wherever you re a watching around the world. it is 10:00 on sunday morning in gaza. and idf helicopters have already been seen flying along the israeli coastline in ashkelon earlier today. the city is only 20 kilometers from gaza, where the idf says hamas is holding 230 hostages. now, in gaza, we are waiting to see the latest images of damage from overnight, and of course, receive the reports on possible casualties. overnight, the reports of near total communications blackout, internet, telephone, mobile phones and the like, is believed to be, that has now eased up, but it was an extremely dangerous and busy night. israel says it s been targeting hamas tunnels and underground spaces. and again, warning people to go south. this is the israeli prime minister. our heroic fighters have one supreme goal, to
welcome to the programme. israel s prime minister benjamin netanyahu says the war in gaza has entered a second phase, warning it will be long and difficult. speaking at a joint news conference with his defence minister, yoav gallant, and emergency war cabinet member benny gantz, mr netanyahu described the conflict as israel s second war of independence. he declared israel would win the war and make every effort to bring the hostages home. in his first comments since the war began on seven october, hamas s leader in the gaza strip has offered to release all hostages being held in gaza in return for the release of all hamas prisoners in israeli jails. in a statement, yahya sinwar says: we are ready for an immediate exchange deal that includes the release of all prisoners. of all prisoners in the prisons of the zionist enemy in exchange for the release of all prisoners with the resistance. it comes 2a hours after israel stepped up its bombardment of gaza. israel said the
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