Hello and welcome, everyone. I appreciate your company. Im Michael Holmes with our continuing coverage of israel at war. And we begin with new remarks from the u. S. President joe biden, who is warning that israel should not try to occupy gaza, as an Israeli Ground invasion seems all but inevitable. Mr. Biden says he believes israel has to respond to the hamas attacks that killed 1400 people, but issued a call for restraint. I think it would be a big mistake. Look, what happened in gaza, in my view is hamas and the extreme elements of hamas dont represent all the palestinian people, and i think that it would be a mistake to for israel to occupy gaza again. But to go in and taking out the extremists, the hezbollah is up north, but hamas down south is a necessary requirement. Do you believe that hamas must be eliminated entirely . Yes, i do. But there needs to be a Palestinian Authority. There needs to be a path to a palestinian state. Now those comments as Tens Of Thousands of palestini
Room. Happening now, Breaking News. New warnings that gaza is on the brink of complete catastrophe amid horrific scenes of destruction and increasingly dire shortages of lifesaving supplies. Civilians desperate to leave gaza, trapped, with a critical Border Crossing into egypt remaining closed this hour. Israeli forces declaring theyre ready to launch the next phase of their response to the hamas Terror Attacks with troops appearing poised for a fullscale Ground Invasion of gaza. Were tracking all the military humanitarian, and diplomatic moves, including new u. S. Efforts to prevent the conflict from exploding into a much wider middle east war. Here in the United States, President Biden says he is making the prevention of hate crimes against jewish, muslim, and arabamericans a priority. The newest target of violence, a 6yearold little Palestinian American Boy who was stabbed to death near chicago. Another major breaking story were following, House Republicans are set to meet this hour
Top hamas leader was killed in an air strike. The terror group with about 20,000 fighters in gaza. Many hiding in tunnels. The death tolls are rising in israel and gaza with the war about to enter its tenth day. 30 americans now among those killed. 13 still unaccounted for. Israel now says hamas is holding more than 150 hostages. Their fate a top concern. Matt gutman on the ground in israel. New images of the urgent humanitarian crisis in gaza. Israel is warning more than 1 Million People to evacuate the northern part of the strip, despite palestinians have nowhere to go and no way out. Hamas urging them to stay in their homes. The crossing to egypt now closed. At the same time, the Biden Administration is chartering planes to get americans out of israel. A new option for escape becoming available tomorrow. Ian pannell with new reporting. The u. S. Making a major show of force in the region. A second Carrier Strike group moving into position. The Biden Administration hopes to deter ira
welcome to the source source. i m jake tapper in tel aviv in for kaitlan collins. tonight israel is further attempting to defend the massive strike on the largest refugee camp in gaza, densely populated with slups. israel saying it was targeting a top hamas commander who was quote pivotal to the planning and execution of the october 7th terrorist attack on israel, someone, quote, actively coordinating and leading combat activities against israeli forces. israel says dozens of other hamas terrorists were also killed at the gentleman balance yeah camp. they don t know how many citizens were killed but palestinians were notified to leave. here is what a folks man polled wolf blitzer earlier today. this is the tragedy of war, wolf. i mean, we, as you know, have been saying for days, we are doing everything we can to minimize. i ll say it again. they are hiding themselves within. civilian population. you see a creator in the ground there. this comes as the fbi director in the un