and welcome to all of you watching us here in the united states, canada and all around the world. i m kim brunhuber, with the latest on the coverage of the israel, hamas war. another night of heavy air strikes across the enclave. israel says it s been hitting hamas targets including tunnels and underground combat spaces. the idf is again urging folks to head south as it expands forces inside gaza, in response to the mack aceres of october 7th. israel believes the group is holding 230 hostages. inside gaza there is fear for what happens next. internet and cellular functions have been partially restored. there s not enough fuel water medicine to go around and very little coming in from egypt. scott what are you seeing from gaza and hearing from israel? reporter: hey kim, yes it is difficult to know precisely where we re at with the fighting in gaza given the limitations there. yesterday the israeli artillery did not stop. he also said gun fire could be heard from the easter
we continue here at cnn, our coverage of israel at war. you re most welcome, wherever in the world you re joining us from. i m richard quest in abu dhabi. here the time is 1:00 p.m. it s a few hours earlier in gaza, 11:00. they re two hours behind in gaza. and idf helicopters have been seen flying along the israeli coastline. these are pictures from ashkelon earlier today. now, ashkelon is only 20 kilometers from gaza. it is there, of course, that the idf says hamas has been is holding 230 hostage. and it is there where israeli military says it s hit more than 450 targets in the last day. israel says it includes hamas command centers, observation posts, and missile launch sites. first, let me update you with events overnight. these are the pictures israel says it s been targeting hamas tunnels and underground spaces, continues to urge everyone to go further south. in gaza itself, the near-total communications blackout apparently is easing, hospitals resume to be overwhelm
. good day to you. if you re watching in united states. or wherever in the world. you re most welcome. cnn s coverage as we continue to cover the israel at war. i m richard quest live. it is 9:00 on sunday morning in gaza. and in the next hour, we ll see just how much damage the idf did overnight. we ll receive reports on possible casualties. near total communications blackout gun to ease. before we get too much more detail. look at the scene overnight. israel says it s being hitting hamas targets and that includes tunnels and underground combat spaces. the idf said it s aware of 230 hostages and urging people to head south as it expands operations inside gaza. all of this as hundreds of thousands of israeli forces prepare for an expected incursion in response to the massacre of october 7th. the idf said it s aware of 230 hostages hamas is holding but israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu said this on saturday. our heroic fighters one supreme goal to destroy the murde
announcer: this is cnn breaking news. and we are back with that breaking news just in to cnn. actor matthew perry has died at the age of 54. the los angeles times, quoting law enforcement sources is reporting the friends star was found dead about 4:00 p.m. this afternoon in a hot tub at his los angeles home. daily times reports that sources speaking on the condition of anonymity did not cite the cause of death. the paper reports there was no sign of foul play but robbery, homicide detectives from the los angeles police department are investigating the death as would be routine in a situation like this. as you probably know, perry appeared in countless other tv shows but he is best known for his role of chandler bing in friends. the sitcom ran for ten seasons. so many of us learned with his memoir that in many episodes he was struggling with addiction. his battle with alcohol and drugs, specifically painkillers, was well known. he wrote about that addiction in his memo
than 450 hamas targets in just the last day. the targets, command centers, observation posts and missile launch sites. israel s ground offensive marches on. israeli troops appear to have advanced over two miles into gaza, according to a cnn analysis, a video published by an israeli media outlet. iran s president says that iran has, quote, crossed the red lines, end quote. earlier today, president biden spoke with the israeli prime minister, benjamin netanyahu. their phone conversation comes amid a very stark warning from the president s national security adviser, jake sullivan. he says that there is an evaluated risk, his words, evaluated risk of this conflict expanding across the region and quoting him once again now, the risk, he says, is real. and we are now seeing this new remarkable video from the southern russian republic of dagestan. russian authorities say a crowd, some waving palestinian flags, forced their way into an airport after a flight from tel aviv landed ea