restraining us here at the united states and all around the world as we continue our coverage of israel at war. i m paula newton, as israel steps up its ground offensive in gaza with the israeli prime minister says there will be no end to the war and no cease-fire until hamas is resigned, quote, to the dustbin of history. calls for a cease-fire are calls for israel to surrender to hamas, to surrender to terrorism. to surrender to barbarism. that will not happen. ladies and gentlemen the bible says that there is a time for peace and a time for war. this is a time for war. a war for our common future. benjamin netanyahu there rejected criticism over civilian casualties, insisting hamas with preventing people from moving into the safe zone in southern gaza. the israeli military says dozens of hamas fighters have been killed during the recent advance. meantime, hamas claims israel s attempts to enter gaza have not been successful. quote, except in some limited areas, but the
today on inside politics, israeli ground troops push deeper in gaza as air strikes kill a hamas director. we re learning gripping new details how israeli forces rescued an idf soldier. plus, the fbi director issued a stark warning that the war in the middle east may inspire extremists in the u.s. to carry out more attacks against americans. we have a brand new cnn poll out revealing the state of the race in a crucial primary state, south carolina. donald trump may be the front frontrunner, but how dedicated are his supporters and which candidate has surged into second place? i m dana bash, let s go inside politics. we start with israeli forces on the hunt for hamas terrorists and closing in on gaza city itself. the idf says their troops are facing anti-tank missiles and machine gunfire as the ground assault intensifies. air strikes are not letting up, continuing to attack hundreds of hamas targets, hitting more than 300 overnight. jeremy diamond is in southern isr
to increase the personal tax allowance for pensioners if they win the general election. they say the proposal would be worth £275 a year to each pensioner by the end of the decade. under the plans, the state pension would always remain below the tax free threshold. rishi sunak says the scheme shows the conservatives are on the side of pensioners but labour have called it desperate . rishi sunak will be out campaigning in the midlands today. let s get more on this with nick eardley. what do you love about it? how do you win over older voters? it s a question politicians ask themselves a lot. pensioners tend to get out and vote. so today, an offer from the conservatives, that the basic state pension will never be liable for income tax. the simple fact is that this tax change, this triple lock plus, will mean going forward that millions of pensioners, eight million pensioners, in fact, will be paying less tax than they would otherwise be paying. and that is clearly a tax cut
good to be with you, i m katy tur. we re watching a couple of stories, incoming an update from the governor of maine on the mass shooting last week. we re going to bring the news out of that. first, there are some major developments out of israel. the idf says it freed a hostage inside gaza. colonel yuri magadesh was e retrieved. she is said to be in good condition. as for the rest of the hostages, prime minister benjamin netanyahu today argued the ground incursion and intense bombardment are helpful. our common assessment of all of the not only cabinet members but the security forces and the military is that the ground action actually creates the possibility, not the certainty, but the possibility of getting our hostages out. because hamas will not do it unless they re under pressure. they simply will not do it. you ll notice netanyahu was speaking in english there. that was a press conference for foreign media, an acknowledgment that israel needs to convince the world t
to be continued. cnn this morning continues right now. well, good morning, everyone. i m phil mattingly with poppy harlow. it s 8:00 a.m. here in new york, 2:00 p.m. in gaza, where right now israel is ramping up its ground assault with tanks and infantry pushing deeper into the gaza strip. overnight, israeli forces are pushing deeper into gaza. heavier air strikes pound gaza as the fighting rages on the ground. iran is accusing israel of crossing red lines and the white house is warning there is a real risk of this war spreading into a wider conflict. and we, of course, are taking every measure necessary to protect our forces, to increase our vigilance, and to work with other countries in the region to try to keep this conflict that is currently in israel and gaza from spinning out into a regional conflict. the risk is real, and therefore our vigilance is high and the steps we are taking to deter that and prevent that are serious, systemic, and ongoing. meanwhile