From anywhere in the world. Hello, welcome to have you here in the United States and all around the world. Cnns continuing coverage of israel at war. An Israeli Ground offensive into gaza now appears all but inevitable. Its bombardment of hamas targets will become even more frequent, more than 4300 palestinians have been killed in the past two weeks. Following the hamas Terror Attack in israel which killed more than 1400 people with around 200 others missing or captured. Hundreds of am mored vehicles with thousands ever israeli troops are now poised to strike at hamas in a moments notice. Saturday the staff repeated what they heard all week, we will go into gaza. Good to have you with us elliot. The Israeli Force has told residents in the north to head south, warning of significant combat. And at the same time, youve got the u. S. Stepping up its socalled deterrence in the region. What can you tell us . Linda, weve been talking about the likelihood, the eminence of a ground force in israel, after the attack on october cent. The Chief Of Staff telling troops they will will go in and keep in mind the images of october 7th of hamas killing and kidnapping people, men, women, children, babies and to keep those images in mind to kind of inspire them when they go on the ground. Open be top of that israel says it is going to be increasing air strikes. In the past minutes the idf put out a statement talking about how it hit dozens of hamas targets, some located in multistory buildings some that were for example operational war rooms it says that were operating out of mosques, weapon Storage Facilities and tunnels as well. So it has been ramping up those air strikes to pave the way to a Ground Invasion and minimize the effect to the troops. There is a large likelihood of casualties for Israeli Soldiers, the possibility of Israeli Soldiers being taken prisoner by hamas and on top of that the danger of civilian casualties, telling residents that if they do not evacuate, they might be considered partners to the terrorist organization. Israel wants those civilians to get out of the way to make its operations inside the gaza strip as and when it goes in easier and also to minimize the likelihood of more civilian casualties of course as that civilian casualty figure rises all the time in the gaza strip as well. Linda. And elliot, the Israeli Defense force is not just focused on gaza, its also got its eyes on the west bank. It attacked what it calls a Terrorist Compound which included a hamas cell. What are you learning . Thats right. The ids said i targeted in a strike a cell conducted by hamas, a hole in the side being broken open by this air strike, by the idf. It says that it did so to as i say forestall an imminent Terrorist Attack. I understand from the iddf that they discovered the location of this cell of this compound underneath the mosque in july when there was that major flare up, major clashes between the idf and militants in jenin, possibly the biggest clashes in 20 years that we saw then, thats when they seem to have discovered the location of this compound beneath the mosque and that is why they struck it because they say they had intelligence that a Terrorist Attack was due to the launched jointly by hamas and Islamic Jihad together. Linda. Elliot, thanks so much. As the situation continues to escalate in the middle east the u. S. Is taking additional steps to strengthen its posture in the region. The pentagon sending more Missile Defense systems and placing more u. S. Troops on prepare to deploy orders. U. S. Secretary of defense lloyd austin says the move comes after discussions with u. S. President joe biden. Nick ryan from the Australian Army can hes sure the conflict doesnt spill over between israel and gaza. What is possible is with israel very an sword in gaza, long stead actors in jun syria r iran, dont want to see a spillover of conflict. It is not just u. S. And israel but a range of countries have a deep interest in ensuring this conflict is restricted to israel and gaza at the moment. Major general ryan, the horrific attack in israel, we have seen backlash for the civilian deaths in gaza, israel cut off supplies of water, fuel of electricity. Israel has claimed that it has restarted the water supply but people in gaza say, without energy you cant pump the water. 2 million plus citizens. I think this is at the heart of President Bidens words last week when he said, you know, americans after 9 11 were enraged and heartbroken but we also made mistake. That was telegraphed to israel, you are enraged, but dont compromise a long Term Solution here. Others will be counseling them in the background that yes they need to take on hamas, yes they have the right to sovereign self defense but they shouldnt hopefully be doing things that will make the situation worse in the long time. Major general nick ryan this. Unrestricted access to gaza, saying in a joint statement, time is running out to help the thousands in need of medical assistance. A warning, report includes some disturbing video. Reporter hospitals in gaza are crumbling. Everything is running out from Surgical Equipment to medicine. And the tiniest lives are left hanging in the balance. We need power. We need access to clean water this doctor says. Without basic services this will be a humanitarian catastrophe. Already, seven hospitals and 21 primary Health Care Facilities here are out of service. According to palestinian officials because of shortages. After intense diplomatic efforts, prayers of relief at the rafah Border Crossing as a trickle of aid was allowed in from egypt but the Twri Truck Convoy is a trickle of an ocean of need. Prior to the conflict. More than 200 additional trucks of assistance remain stalled on the egyptian side according to the u. N. And every hour costs lives. And so far, no civilians can leave the enclave. Tenyearold Palestinian American adan is among those. All the streets are bombed. They are literally gone. How are we supposed to go out . How, its all closed. Reporter even if people are allowed out it will be a limited number. Most likely only those with foreign passports. Ceiling some two million others into this house scape. But some refuse to go. Even if they could. Fearing Israel Intends to bomb and besiege them out of their homes never to return. Even as mahmoud buries his children he says he will keep fighting just to exist here. We will still be patient, as long as we are alive on this earth we will be patient, he says, we will never leave this land. After the october 7th Terror Attacks when hamas killed more than 1400 people in israel in a brutal surprise incursion, israel vowed to wipe out hamas. But with hundreds of air strikes pounding the densely populated enclave a day, innocent blood is being spilled. Innocent children were struck down while they were sleeping. This woman shouts. What did they do, did they carry weapons . These are innocent children who know nothing. Tell us when will this end . There are calls for a cease fire to allow more aid into gaza but the pleas fall on deaf ears so far. Israel is preparing for the next phase of its operations, a potential ground nf curings that can only increase. We have an update on a bombing on a crowded hospital in gaza city. Strongly suggests that the blast was not caused by an israel air strike, what appears to be a rocket launched from within gaza. And Weapons Experts say its behavior is consistent with a malfunction. Should warn you, the moment of impact can be disturbing. Palestinian Authorities Say the blast killed hundreds of people. And quickly blamed israel. The two Weapons Experts who have reviewed the footage for cnn said the sound was not consistent with a high grade military explosive. But they cautioned doing firm conclusions based on cell phone audio. Eight weapons and explosive experts viewed the footage of the crater which measures about one square meter. They say it is much too small to be an aerial bomb which would have destroyed everything around it. Also leads them to say it is caused by an errant rocket. You can read the null story on cnn. Com. The gaza so say two officials, arab leaders is had gathered to try and fight a glowing escalation of the situation in gaza and to try and protect its civilians. Israel and senior u. S. Officials were not at that summit. It is unfortunate that some of those attending had, quote, difficulty condemning claimed it to be a war crime. All civilian lives matter. My friends, i am outraged and grieved by those acts of violence waged against innocent civilians in raza in the west bank and in israel. The relentless Bombing Campaign in reza as we speak is cruelty and unconscionable on every level. It is collective punishment of a besieged and helpless people. It is a playing ranlt violation of International Humanitarian law, it is a war crime. Still to come. Empty Place Settings representing the hostages kidnapped during the Terrorist Attack in israel. Well have the latest ton efforts to reunite families. Stay with us. Hello, minda kincaid, watching coverage of israel at war. The two American Hostages Release Ed On Friday from hamas, were Judith Tai Raanan and her daughter natalie, turned over to Israeli Forces in gaza. She is coming home to celebrate her 18th birthday on tuesday. The white house posted a video of that emotional call on social media. Hey judith. Hello, President Biden. Im so glad youre home. Not home, im glad youre out. Thank you so very, very much. Nat how are you . God love you. Thats been long said, im just dlieded we could get you out. We were working on you a long time, were going to get them all out god willing. I just want to say god willing i hope were not not only feeling but in good health as well. Yes, sir, yes we are. Thank you very much, god bless you. God bless you guys. Well, the release of the American Mother and her daughter taken hostage by hamas is a birth Sweet Development of the families of more than 200 others abducted by a terror group. A shabbat Place Setting was laid with 200 Place Settings, each one of them representing a hostage. Taken from the many nova music effectively, spoke with them about their son and the last time they spoke to him. From a phone call to another phone call, he sounded much more panic much more hysteric, and even in one of the phone call he say they are running away, they have a lot of friends but he started to run. He lost some of his friends and while he is running he say they are shooting all over and he say he see some dying people, and i love you, i love you. You must have been so panicked to hear your 21yearold son telling you its not just rockets, there is gun fire and people running and being killed. Yes yes. It was like we could understand from his voice that this is something that we cannot understand even what hes experienced over there. He told me was panicked. He was afraid. He said that they got into the car and they are trying to escape from there. My daughter told him send us a live location. He sent the live location and then the phone was stopped. And then we started to see that the point is moving like not in the right way. Not coming home. Not coming home at all. Its moving to the ward and my daughter start to cry and she told us listen, its not the way. Its not way. And i called him to say omer its not the way. And he didnt answer. The phone was ringing. And he didnt answer. And then we saw that hes getting into gaza. He was behind the border. And then in the evening we got a video that was published by the hamas that omer is hes an hostage over there. We saw omer and craft at the bottom of pickup. He was handcuffed in a truck. With his friend. They were alive, there was blood or something on his clothes and that was the only the only single signal that we got from him. And its been almost two weeks, tomorrow will have been two weeks. I mean what have these two weeks been like for both of you . We didnt we are not sleeping. We are not eating. We all of the things that we are doing now, its to shout All Over The World our pain. That no mother in all of the world needs to feel like mother and father needs to feel like we are feeling now. Imagine that your son is going to a party. And the next day, people murder, kidnapped him and you dont know if hes eating, sleeping, if they are beating him. The basic thing of a mother is to protect. To protect. Her son. And i cannot protect my son. And its driving me crazy and its im talking not only for myself. Im talking for a lot of families. You must understand that people were in the safe place at their home. They were sitting eating breakfast, some of them was sleeping. And then these terrorists came in through their house and murder and took them from their house, from the place that its the most safe place. And they took him, babies, children, teenage, mothers, fathers, grandmothers. And hes 21. But hes your baby. I mean what is he like . Whats his personality . What is he you say he kissing you three times on the cheek all the time. Hes an amazing guy. Hes a party guy. He is a dj, he likes all these music festivals. Very, very happy guy. Thats omer. Very very funny guy. We call him sunshine because like the sunshine everybody wants to be next to him. Next to him. The last time omers family saw him was at shabat dinner, two weeks ago. That night was the night he went to the nova music festival. The next time his parents heard from him was from a series of panicked phone calls that day, when the festival was being attacked by hamas. The huge table you see is for all the families who is loved ones wont be at shabat dinner tonight. Omers family is hoping that he will be back at their shabat dinner very soon. Can you show me the video . Amazing. And that was a picture of your family . Yes. How many times have you watched that video . Oh my god. I saw it, at the beginning when donna foes id, i saw it maybe 100 times and each time im crying and i get very emotionally, even now when i see it i get very emotionally. Also the song say you are going to get out from this. Dont be atrade from the fear. Yes, youre going to get out from it. If you could talk to him right now what would you say to him . Come back. Enough, enough, you did enough troubles. Come back. That i love him. That i miss him. That i want every every day whether he is going he is coming to me, hes telling hes hugging me telling me mom i love you. Hes kissing me three times. And hes going. So i want him back. I want i want to hug him. I want to hug him, to smell him. Thats what i want very much to hug him and smell him. It must have been a relief to hear what the idf said today that they do believe most of the hostages are still alive. You nor for us, its give maybe some light. But i any we dont see them. I want to Say Something about that. My son have asthma. He Cannot Breathe well. And i also, every day when im coming when im waking up and i dont have Cannot Breathe im taking my inhaler. And im thinking about omer, that he is there and he dont have his whatever you call it. And its the minimum thing that the monetary thing that they need to do. First of all. Its unbelievable. If you want to help we have the humanitarian relief efforts for israel and gaza. You can go to cnn. Com impact. Vetted organizations responding on the ground. Cnn. Com impact. Well take a break and then look at the vast Tunnel Network under gaza. Youre watching cnn. Nice footwork. Man, youre lucky, watching live sports never used to be this easy. Now you can stream all your games like its nothing. Yes [ cheers ] yeah woho running up and down that field looks tough. Its a pitch. Get way more into what youre into when you stream on the xfinity 10g network. Welcome back to our continuing coverage of israel at war. Im larned kincaid. Israeli forces say they are increasing and intensifying strikes in gaza to minimize the risk of its troops in the next stage of the war. It is clear that israel is paving the way for invasion of gaza. Shared their goals which is to eliminate hamas and its network of Underground Tunnels. Ilia john veer don talks about israels next steps. This is the restricted area right now where the Israeli Military is massing. We have seen Satellite Images of tanks lining up literally lining up here, preparing to go. I can show you where that is. This is not privileged, top secret information. The israelis have made quite clear this is happening. There might be tanks preparing elsewhere in this restricted zone so spider what are they doing now and what are they doing ready to do . At this particular point john what they are doing is what we call precombat checks. Individuals and teams are getting ready to go. There is a lot of silence, this is business nobodys missing around. Theyre also doing rehearsals. What is going to take place on the ground. They have a scheme of maneuver, sand tables, trying to figure out what they are going to do, they are going to re99 that but simultaneously they are doing intelligence collectio