You are watching sky news. The Breaking News of this morning, iran has launched more than 200 rounds as well as missiles to attack israel. Israels defense forces, the vast majority of the missiles fired by iran were intercepted by israel and its allies outside of israeli territory. President joe biden and Prime Minister Rishi Sunak Have condemned the attack and the strongest terms. Our Correspondent Song Table Interceptions over the city as Air Raid Siren sounded. The Ministry Of Defense is confirmed that raf jets have been involved in the defense of israel. And, israel released this image showing the israeli Prime Minister on the phone to u. S. President joe biden. The u. S. Said it has an ironclad commitment to israels security. Israels army spokesman, we are admiral Daniel Hagari says the few missiles that have landed have caused minor damage. Tonight, iran launched a largescale coordinated attack on israel. The regime in iran fired a massive swarm, over 200 killer drones, Cruise Mi
let s get more from our security correspondent, frank gardner. this is a potential route to further escalation of the israel hamas war. the hu theis, who have controlled much of yemen for the last nine years houthis, they control that course, they are backed by iran. time and again they have spoken of what they call their brothers, hamas. three ships have been attacked by their drones and missiles yesterday. the us navy missiles yesterday. the us navy missile guided destroyer that was the in area came to their aid. it is possible that came under fire as well. it is not clear if that was directed against the us warship as well. the us navy warship took defensive action and shot down two of the drones, but there were some hits on the ships. the reason why this is the risk of escalation is that the us has said that this is a threat to maritime security and commercial shipping, and that it was going to consider the appropriate response in conjunction with its allies and partne
the u.s. ship opening fire, shooting down multiple drones. israel intensifies its deadly assault from the air, and on the ground, israel confirms soldiers are fighting in southern gaza. hundreds reportedly killed in one of the deadliest bombardments since the cease-fire collapsed. victims buried under rubble, many of them children. tonight u.s. officials warn israel to protect civilian lives. and what we re learning from the newly-released hostages, what they endured in captivity. tom soufi burridge reports from israel. just weeks before christmas, paris on high alert after a deadly attack near the eiffel tower. police are investigating it as a possible terrorist attack. also tonight, dangerous winter storms on both coasts, as much as a foot of snow could pile up in parts of new england. in the west, several days of heavy rain and snow expected. our weather team times it out. the shocking crime scene in new york city, where police say a man went on a deadly stabbing r
. you are live in the cnn newsroom. my colleague kaitlan collins is in tel aviv. jim acosta is off tonight. thank you for being with us. we are continuing with our breaking news. emotions running high in israel tonight as a second group of hostages make its way back home. right now, these 13 israeli hostages ranging in age from 67 to just 3 years old are on their way to loved ones after being taken from their home by hamas seven weeks ago. at the same time, some 39 palestinian prisoners are returning to the west bank to large celebrations. you can see it there. up to the minute coverage of this second day of what is expected to be at least a four-day pause in the fighting between israel and hamas. kaitlan? reporter: yeah. it s all a major question as we saw tonight. it came down to the wire with the second phase of this agreement. it appeared for a moment that the deal might be off as there was a dispute between hamas and israel over whether or not israel was living up to