Hit hundreds of targets in gaza and launched new raids on the ground. In all the idf says 320 sites were targeted. Now, the hamascontrolled Ministry Of Health in gaza says more than 400 people were killed. Here we are showing you pictures of some of the aftermath of those strikes. We also have an important update from the idf saying that they now believe 222 people were kidnapped by Hamas Terrorists in the october 7th attack. That new total is up, you will remember frrom 203 as more information came in and more detail was coming out. This morning the family of the first two hostages released, two americans, spoke out for the first time. We dont have the privilege to be happy or to celebrate. We dont have the privilege to mourn. We cannot put it aside. We cannot rest. This is getting judith and natalie back was not the end, its the beginning. All right. Again, some 222 hostages, as many as 222, this would be their 17th day in captivity. To give you a sense of what kate was talking about right there, some of these crossborder altercations are taking place right down here, this is in israeli kibbutz just across the border from there is where some of that activity, that Ground Activity has taken place. While that is happening there has been aid getting into gaza from egypt. This is egypt going across the border right here, The Rafah Crossing, you can see where some explosions took place before this aid started getting through and we have some video of the aid trucks. You can see right here, some 34 through the end of yesterday. The intention is to keep them trickling through over however long they can. Of course, there are Relief Officials who say the numbers that is getting in, as good as it is to have the border open, it is merely a trickle, a drop in the bucket of what is needed there. All right. We are everywhere on the ground that we need to be. Our sara sidner right here in jerusalem, Nic Robertson in sderot outside of gaza. Lets go first to sara sidner in jerusalem. Reporter yeah, look, here in jerusalem its been very quiet, eerily so. People are prepared for war and they know that a Ground Offensive is likely coming and they know that that is going to mean more deaths, more deaths to israelis, the soldiers, and more deaths to those who are in gaza. So it is a somber time but there are people going about their business as best they can here in jerusalem. We also heard overnight from several different people who are familiar with what is going on in gaza, and they talk about that aid that you mentioned, that there are mostly medical supplies, food and water that has been brought in, but if you look at the numbers, normally there are 7,200 trucks loads that go into gaza during normal times. There have only been 34 over the past couple of days and so it shows you just how much is coming in. It is just not enough for the population of 1. 3 or 1. 4 Million People who are in the part of gaza they were supposed to evacuate. Not all of them have evacuated because the hospitals, many of the people in the hospitals simply cant evacuate and the doctors are saying they will not evacuate unless their patients can. I want to go now to my colleague Nic Robertson where overnight and over the weekend we spoke quite a bit. Nic, you had said something that i hadnt heard you say before that overnight there was a bombing like you had never heard before, a bombardment in gaza. Can you give us some sense of what you are seeing today and what you saw overnight . Reporter weve heard some Artillery Shells being fired by the idf going into gaza, the odd missile explosion, but nothing on the scale of what we witnessed last night which was repetitive, sometimes ten missiles in ten minutes, multiple explosions, detonation so heavy perhaps because they were close to us that we could feel this building and hear the windows and doors shake here and i was listening to them on the buildings near us here shake as well with the percussions from those impacts. Today it is somewhat quieter. That said, just as we were coming on air we took cover because there was an incoming missile alert. Rockets were launched from gaza towards this town. The iron dome intercepted them as best we could hear. It was quite a short salvo, but it does seem to, again, indicate a cycle that weve seen in recent days that when the idf strikes drop off, then you can expect a salvo of rockets or more to come out of gaza on the days and the times when that bombing is very heavy, the strikes into gaza are very heavy, then you dont get any missiles being fired out by gaza by hamas, rather, or Palestinian Islamic jihad. And thats where we seem to be right now. Its a day where theres not as much idf fire going into gaza as last night. All right. I think it is remarkable just to let people know how huge and sustained that bombardment was where you can see and hear the rattling of some of the buildings on the other side of the border. I do want to ask you about timing here and what youre hearing about the Ground Offensive. We heard from the former israeli Prime Minister and former Defense Minister who talked to our Fareed Zakaria over the weekend and he said that he believed that that Ground Offensive was going to happen in the next few days, and said that he believed it could take weeks when the idf actually goes into gaza to do the job that they had planned to do, trying to rid gaza of hamas. Have you gotten any sense just from the troops on the ground that youre seeing or from any of your contacts as to when they think this Ground Offensive may happen . Reporter i think the decision on it is very fluid and thats because of the International Pressure. Theres, you know, a big and broad conversation thats going on about humanitarian aid in for the release of hostages. That seems to be the equation. But from an Israeli Government perspective when aid goes into gaza that goes and some of it ends up with hamas and strengthens their position at a time when israel is trying to effect a siege on gaza to weaken hamas. So theres that part of the equation. What we see in terms of troops along the border area, it seems very much that they are poised and could move to an Incursion Force Posture very, very quickly, talking to some of the soldiers, though, they describe a situation where theyve been told to be ready and then theyre told not now and then be ready again and not now. Again, people who have been through this before, veterans of the idf, say, look, weve experienced this sort of Hurry Up And Wait before and to a degree that is a soldiers life, follow orders, Hurry Up And Wait, but they say realistically they can wait a long time and while theyre waiting theyre doing drills, doing training, theyre prior pairing. But it is that International Pressure on israel that is growing to allow a humanitarian pause that is really going to be very, very difficult for Prime Minister netanyahu to come to that final conclusion about when to go for an incursion. To a degree were told its a Military Decision and thats why i say its fluid. The forces are there, it seems to me at the moment this is very, very likely, precisely when we dont know, and events on the ground play out. But theres always this perception that because hamas took so many hostages, they were always going to use the hostages as a leverage, however, they could, to prevent attacks on them and potentially thats also what were seeing play out here. Yeah, Nic Robertson, thank you so much for that view on the ground. You are very, very close to gaza in sderot, i think the closest point is only 2,700 feet from gaza. I appreciate all your reporting that youve been doing from there. I will toss it back to kate. All right. Share ration thank you so much. Sources tell cnn the white house Behind The Scenes is pushing for israel to delay that imminent Ground Incursion in gaza, hoping to get more hostages released ahead of time. Cnns Natasha Bertrand is at the pentagon with more reports on this. Lay out what youre hearing. An israeli official denied that the United States is seeking any delay but what are you hearing . Reporter what nic was laying out there, that International Pressure it is growing on israel. The r. We are told the u. S. Is urging israel to delay a Ground Incursion in gaza in order to give qatar and hamas the opportunity to potentially negotiate the release of even more hostages that are being held in gaza as well as allow more humanitarian aid including medical supplies and other equipment to flow into gaza before boots are actually put on the ground in gaza by the israelis. As you mentioned, the israelis are denying that the white house has been putting any kind of pressure on them. They told us in a statement that they have direct communications with the United States, including important consultations, but that the idea that the u. S. Is pressuring them in any way is not true. However, the u. S. Has said multiple times that they do want to see humanitarian aid flow into gaza, they want to see more Prisoners Released because of course there are several americans who are being held in gaza by hamas. So the u. S. Wants to see this process play out and what were told is that the qataris they have been a key intermediary with hamas to try to get the talks flowing. The hope is that of those, you know, 200 plus hostages that are now believed to be being held by hamas inside gaza, there could be some additional Forward Momentum in getting many of them released, if not all of them. That is the hope right now. A Ground Incursion could make that exceedingly difficult, kate. Natasha, thanks for the reporting. John . All right. With us now is retired u. S. Army major mike lyons. Major, another reason the u. S. May be pushing israel to delay you can see israel on the map right here is so the u. S. Can have more time to protect u. S. Interests, u. S. Troops in the region. Where are those u. S. Troops . U. S. Troops currently in the read sea on the destroyer and also we have Ground Troops inside of syria protecting some of our oil and also in the northern part of iraq. Weve seen them come under attack. Weve had to protect them, the drones the iranians are sending drones out to those so theyre fighting back. Thats why youre seeing the Carrier Strike groups and making sure the u. S. Troops are safe. We have a u. S. Carrier strike group, two headed right there and right there in the mediterranean. Another development overnight we learned there has been israeli raids, direct confrontation between israelis and hamas inside gaza right around here, this is a kibbutz and here in khan yunis. Somewhere between here there is that skirmish. Whats israel doing here . The mainline of effort remains the strikes but they are trying to catch any hamas fighters there, kill them, for example, and also go after the Tunnel System thats there. Gain intelligence on whats going on on the ground. Right now this is an area that israel hasnt focused on, it doesnt have knowledge about whats going on across the border. Strategically its going to cut gaza in half and going to shape the battlefield for this Ground Incursion and whats to come. I think theyre going to isolate the southern area, leave that for civilians, make that say a no fire zone and mainline of effort will be in this northern part of gaza. I want to talk about what theyre doing from the air right now. This is a map that shows some of the areas hit in gaza up until the 17th, actually, only as recently as one week ago, there have been more air strikes since then. What is israel doing from the air now and how does it coordinate with the Ground Operation . Israeli Defense Forces its reporting theyre going after tunnels, observation posts, antitank capabilities. They didnt have that prior. Hamas fighters have that Capability Rye now. Any known kpand and control centers. These are the spots if they can cut the Hamas Communications off i think there is no rush to start this Ground Incursion. I think they will continue to bomb from the sky. It wont solve the problem, wont cause the war to end but it will put them at such a disadvantage that they will be forced once the Ground Incursion comes in they will be in much better shape. Of course all of these areas where you can see have been intense targets you cant imagine they are connected to each other through this extensive Tunnel System. This was what the idf said the Tunnel System looked like in 2021, they periodically tried to destroy t it gets rebuilt, you can see how extensive it is. Thats the primary mission of that Ground Attack militarywise is to destroy that system. That will takes months overtime. They know hostages are potentially in there. Theyre not just fighting hamas, theres other palestinian militia forces using the Tunnel Systems as well. Part of that air platform, to break up all those command and control structures in the Tunnel Systems. One piece of information we got this morning, this is a new Weapons System israel is using, the steel sting or iron sting depending on the translation. And the idea is that its more lethal but more localized in what it can destroy. Why would that be important . It looks like its going to go deep targets. We know that the Tunnel System is underground. This is the kind of system that will allow them to focus on specifically just as Tunnel Systems when they see them. Part of those raids theyre figuring out where the entrants are. Major mike lyons, great to have you here. Thank you as always for your expertise. Coming up for us the idf has now updated the number of people it is believed that hamas kidnapped and took hostage on october 7th. Now believing the number is 222 people. Were going to speak to the father of one of those hostages next. Plus, aid is moving into gaza once again. Over the weekend more than 30 trucks were able to cross the rafah entrance, the rafah gate. The u. N. Relief agency, though, saying now the need for fuel is almost as urgent as the need for food and water in gaza. The latest on that humanitarian crisis is coming up. Back in the United States, congress has now reached a day 20 without a speaker of the house. After jim jordans attempt imploded, there are now nine republicans who want the job. The big moment for republicans going Behind Closed Doors once again today. We will have an update for you. This morning the idf release add new number for people who have been kidnapped inside israel. There could be as many as 222 hostages now inside gaza. This would be their 17th day in captivity. This number keeps on going up. Inside gaza itself the Palestinian Health ministry there which is run by hamas claims that 12 hospitals and 32 medical centers are out of service after israeli air strikes and because of fuel depletion. Now, some aid has been getting through through The Rafah Crossing, this is the road in, this is The Rafah Crossing right here, and there have been as many as 34 aid trucks. Here is some video of them. That have been getting through over the weekend and that aid is expected to continue. We dont have an update from today if any trucks have been through today but the expectation is there will be still even with these few trucks getting in it does not meet the need International Aid workers say. Cnns Salma Abdulaziz joins us with what is needed inside gaza. Reporter even if those trucks do come into gaza the strip is operating at a deficit. Dozens of trucks a day were going in before the conflict because a large portion of the gaza strip depends on humanitarian aid, that was the reality before this latest escalation. So all of that aid is going to be used up extremely quickly and its not even going to fill that huge gap, that huge ocean of need on the ground. You have to remember these trucks are supposed to distribute aid under extremely difficult circumstances, as you mentioned, 12 hospitals already out of service because there is no fuel. So how are they going to distribute that aid . How far into the gaza strip can they go without gas and as air strikes continue to rain down . The Israeli Military says it is intensifying air strikes on the gaza strip it says to target hamas but the reality, the horror that that spells out for the 2