Rachel welcome back. Were going straight to a fox news alert. Right now smoke is rising over gaza city after a major blast rocked the hamas terrorist hub, and the idf made sweeping arrests in the west bank capturing at least 68 Hamas Terrorists. Yeah jee and hours ago, aid trucks being the rafah Border Crossing to deliver humanitarian aid to gaza saw. Its its unclear if standed foreigners are being allowed to get out. Pete on the heels of hamas releasing Two American Hostages on friday. The idf says the release is simply a delay tactic as the israelis prepare for a major Ground Invasion. An Idf Spokesman joined us earlier on this program and says theyre in a battle of good versus evil. The unfathomable barbarism of this terrorist organization is really, really beyond any understanding of human nature. And it shocks the souls of e any decent human being. Rachel now lets go to trey yingst live on the ground in southern israel. Trey . Whats the latest . Reporter yeah, hey, guys, good morn
[national anthem] [national anthem] [national anthem] pete straight to the a fox news alert this morning, right now the the rafah Border Crossing between egypt and gaza is reportedly closed again after a limited amount of socalled humanitarian aid was allowed in. Thats according to egyptian media. Rachel the gate briefly opened about three hours ago, and 20 the trucks i hauling food, water and medicine made it into Southern Gaza which has gone without power or Running Water for days. The u. S. Warning stranded americans to expect, quote, a potentially chaotic and disorderly environment on both sides of the crossing. Its unclear if any of the foreigners were allowed out. Joey this comes on the heels of hamas releasing two american hostages late last night, Judith And Natalie were taken to an Israeli Military base after being abduct canned two weeks ago by the terror group. I havent been sleeping for two weeks. Tonight im going to sleep good. I spoke with my daughter earlier today. She s
Killed hundreds of innocent civilians. Officials in gaza claim it was an israeli airstrike. The Israeli Military insists it was a Misfire Rocket launched by Palestinian Militants near the hospital. Cnn geolocated this video, this is the moment of blast. This morning President Biden appearing to take israels side. Listen to the president. Deeply saddened and outraged by the explosion at the hospital in gaza yesterday. And based on what i have seen, it appears as though it was done by the other team, not you. But there is a lot of people out there who are not sure. So we have to overcome a lot of things. Shortly before President Biden landed in israel, the Israeli Military laid out evidence blaming the explosion on the Islamic Jihad militant group, including intercepted audio of hamas operatives alleged by talking about the misfired rocket. Despite israels denials, a wave of protests have erupted across the middle east. Lebanon hundreds tried to break through Security Barriers near the u
All right. The break news over just the last several minutes. New israeli air strikes in Northern Gaza, and you can see the smoke rising over that part of the region, and now if you are looking at gaza, this is where the air strikes have been taking place, but here, down to The Rafah Crossing in the extreme southern border of gaza and egypt, our cameraman has been seeing the critical aid crossing from egypt into gaza. Six u. N. Fuel trucks entering at that border, and that is a major development. Southern gaza is also where israel has told more than 1 million palestinians to move from Northern Gaza into Southern Gaza, and this is where israel says they will be safer, kate. It is happening as the u. S. Secretary of state tony blinken is back in israel today. He has been in the region traveling all throughout the region for days now, and we are standing by to see if blinken is going to speak to reporters now, and the critical update given the news that we are giving, and this and the sob
Thanks for joining us. Im dana bash in washington. And im sara sidner in tel aviv with cnns breaking News Coverage of israel at war. A complete catastrophe, that is how one official is describing conditions in gaza today. The situation there is becoming more dire by the minute as Tens Of Thousands of innocent civilians are fleeing their homes in response to the barrage of attacks from israel from the sky. Gaza is running out of food and clean Drinking Water after being cut off by israel. Today israel claims to have turned the water back on in Southern Gaza, but palestinians say they come in the confirm the supply due to lack of electricity at the water stations. Israel is now working on setting up a humanitarian safe zone in Southern Gaza so when evacuees get there, they will have access to food, water and any other assistance that they might need. Antony blinken says that the Rafah Crossing in the south of gaza will be open later today. Weve seen a surge of people trying to get out of