Fighters are seen storming the main Border Crossing between the israel and the gaza strip. Fighters have infiltrated israeli cities and there have been gun battles in the street. Cnn teams are deployed Around The World to bring you all the latest developments. Cnns Nic Robertson has just landed in israel. He got off the plane at the Main International airport where sirens warned of possible incoming rockets. And before we get to you, nic, i want to show our viewers how it unfolded on the tarmac. [ sirens ] we literally just got off the plane here, the sirens have gone off. People are taking cover. We got off the bus, people are taking cover, and you can hear the intercept missiles banging in the air. Nothing incoming here. But everyone is taking cover. Theyve gotten down. A lot of concern about whats going to happen here this night. Again, nic, we just showed our viewers what happened when you and your team arrived at the airport in israel. You have now made your way to an area right o
Several multi storey buildings in the centre of gaza city. The barrage of rocket fire from gaza into israeli territory began just after dawn, with explosions heard on the streets of ashkelon. Sderot is one of the towns thought to have been infiltrated by militants. With the latest on this fast escalating conflict, heres our middle east correspondent yolande knell, and a warning that you may find some of her report upsetting. Israeli partygoers from an overnight rave running for their lives. Israels Nightmare Scenario armed Palestinian Militants at large in Southern Israel. It is thought that dozens entered, some cutting through the Perimeter Fence from the gaza strip. In the town of sderot, residents hid as fighters drove in. There was shooting and the israeli casualties began to mount. In a dramatic turn, videos were also shared of israelis being taken into gaza as hostages. The day had begun with intense barrages of palestinian rockets, some reaching as far asjerusalem. But the worst
Happening now, breaking news, hamas launches a shocking raid on Israel Killit 200 people and wounding more than 1,000. The Surprise Attack from air, land, and sea catching Israels Defense Forces totally offguard as fighters stormed across the gaza border and rockets poured into major cities in israel including tel aviv and jerusalem. Prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu is vowing the Terrorist Group will pay what he calls a huge price for this deadly incursion. Welcome to our viewers here in the United States and around the world. Im wolf blitzer, and this is a Special Edition of the Situation Room israel at war. Lets get straight to the breaking news. The stunning deadly hamas raid on israel. Cnns Nic Robertson arrived in the country just a little while ago and was immediately forced to take cover even as soon as he got off the plane at the international airport. Watch this. Reporter just got off the plane here at the airport. The sirens have gone off. People are taking cover. We got off
Thanks very much for joining us, im wolf blitzer, In Washington. We want to welcome our viewers here in the United States and around the world. This is cnn newsroom. Were following the major Breaking News out of israel this hour. Israel declaring it is at war, war with hamas. It follows an unprecedented attack on israeli soil by hamas. At least 70 israelis are now confirmed dead. More than 900 wounded. Numbers that are clearly expected to rise in the coming hours. The attack catching israel clearly by surprise. At sunrise, the Palestinian Militant Group launched their offensive by air, sea, and land. Hamas fighters infiltrating israeli towns launching more than 3,000 rockets into israel. Scenes of urban warfare, as gunfights unfolded features israeli and Palestinian Militants and just a short time ago, i spoke with the Israeli Military spokesman. When we target someone, we go for a military target. These terrorists came in this morning, they didnt go only for military targets. They wen
Neighbouring properties. Families of the missing and eyewitnesses have been speaking about their experiences. Translation we dont know anything. We are waiting for news to see whether some of our Family Members have come out alive. Translation i think we left 30 seconds or one minute before the alarms went off and all the lights went out, and there were screams saying there was a fire. I was in a place where i could get out, but five Family Members and two friends are still missing. Our correspondent in spain, guy hedgecoe, gave us this update a little earlier. Well, the death toll has just been increasing throughout the day. We are told there are still people who are missing and the big task now is to try and identify the bodies of those who were killed in the fire and whose bodies have been taken out of the nightclub. I should say there are actually three night clubs which were burned in this fire. It started in one and then the fire spread to two other nightclubs next door to it. Th