Breaking this hour a monster once in a lifetime hurricane with winds now up to 180 miles an hour. Were going to take you inside the category five storm because there is no higher category thats headed straight for florida. Lets go out front. And good evening. Im erin burnett, live from Tel Aviv out front tonight. The Breaking News under attack in israel. The israeli military saying 190 projectiles have been fired at israel today, many at the very city that were standing in right now. The most missiles fired at Tel Aviv by iranian backed militias since the very earliest days of this war, an air raid, sirens blaring while we were on the air just a short time ago. There. Thats going up. Yeah, those interceptors are going up. I dont know if you guys can see those. Those interceptors are going up right now behind us. One, two, two different areas, three, three. These look like the high altitude for ballistic missiles. There you g. Yeah okay. So that was must have been very high. So now theyre theyre still going off. Yeah. Three four. And that was right behind where we are now according to the israeli military, those were just a few of the missiles fired here by hezbollah, which did claim responsibility the third time on this somber October 7th anniversary that the sirens in Tel Aviv sounded. This is what it looked like earlier here. The entire city lit up with warnings of incoming missiles. Missiles . In the case of this series of alerts all over the area, as you can see coming from houthi militias in yemen. And this morning, hamas Rockets Flying from gaza, israel today, theyre striking gaza as part of what they say is a major new front in northern gaza. Israel also striking beirut, where in this new video, you can see explosions lighting up tonight, the Night Sky in beirut, another night of Terror And Exhaustion in beirut, the war raging, raging even as today was a somber and painful day. Here in israel, one year since the hamas terror attack, when more than 1200 israelis were slaughtered, prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu vowing israel will continue to fight after the deadliest day in its history. Of the 250 people taken hostage, only about 150 have come home. Many are known to be dead, 97 taken hostage that day are still in captivity. And tonight we went to a memorial at whats called Hostage Square here in Tel Aviv, where thousands of people gathered to pay their respects, to grieve. But for the israeli government, the main focus is war. Tens of thousands of israeli forces are now on a new Front Line along the lebanon border. Israeli defense forces say theyre ready to go. Spokesperson for the idf, who will join me in just a moment, says israels forces are in position and could strike iran as early as tonight. We have seen israeli troops. They are energized on that northern Front Line. We saw no signs of fatigue. They want to win. But tonight, after Tens Of Thousands of dead in gaza, now death in lebanon and the horror of October 7th itself, massed Missile Attacks from iran to israel and back again, there is absolutely no clear sense of what winning actually means. Jim sciutto joins me live here in Tel Aviv. And jim, of course, in various places, as we were at memorials across this city today, ballistic missiles and rockets coming from iranian backed militias, hezbollah, hamas, the houthis, throughout this day, you know, just as you were listing all the places that israel is at war right now, there, it may be hard for people to keep up with, but you have gaza, you have lebanon, you have strikes in yemen, you have this contemplation now of the retaliation against iran. And of course, israel has struck in syria. And elsewhere. But also there are multiple Front Lines inside this country. Right. And we saw that today. Any memorial you or i or our team went to today, there were incoming Rocket And Missile warnings and incoming Rocket And Missile interceptions in the air above our heads. This is a multifront Conflict And Everybody is feeling it, right. Everybody is feeling under threat. Absolutely. And you know what youre looking at there as i said, that was just a bit ago here while we were all here watching those those were interceptors which appear to be from the david Slings Missile Defense system, which go way up higher for the ballistic missiles, which can be fired by hezbollah in that case. And they did claim responsibility earlier from the houthis, the iron dome, which i just saw in the north firing. Obviously, we you know, we see here more with gaza and all of this comes jim is now youre looking at 2 00 in the morning, another night where now the idf says, you know, very clear that theyre ready to go when they get that order to strike back at iran. And, and whether or not there is approval or buy in from the us. Right. I mean, theres been an effort. Ive heard this from u. S. Officials to and from israeli officials to get on the same page, right, as to what is the, you know, from the us side, whats proportional, what prevents this from being a broader war that has other potential consequences around the world, economic and otherwise. But also that, of course, satisfies israels need not just to retaliate and establish deterrence, reestablish deterrence, but also to really weaken iran. Right. I mean, that seems to be the goal. You constantly hear this phrase, the head of the octopus, right . But its not clear that the two sides will get on the same stage. It is clear to me that if they dont, israel will move forward as it sees fit. Yes, yes, it certainly seems that way. And i think theres questions, even among many in the us military command about who they would tell and when and if, because they know no matter what they do, ultimately the us will back them. On dealing with the consequences to defend. For sure. Absolutely. All right. Well, Jim Sciutto, thank you very much. As we are live here in Tel Aviv tonight. Out front now, the Israeli Defense Forces spokesman, Lieutenant Colonel Peter lerner. And colonel, i appreciate your time tonight. I know that israel is has still not responded to irans massive ballistic missile attack. Is the idf ready to strike tonight . If you get the order, the government will instruct the idf and we will act accordingly. Our role is to place on the table the scenarios, the options that the government can make, and the government will instruct us accordingly. The message has been very clear from all levels of government and the Defense Establishment that 181 ballistic missiles is unacceptable. I would add that one ballistic missile is unacceptable. So israel is preparing itself, and when the government gives us the instructions, we will operate. Of course, there was a ballistic missile fired today from yemen, which was intercepted. You know, and we obviously, you know, here, here explosions. Even now, the iranian supreme leader, ayatollah ali khamenei, said that the October 7th attack last year, though colonel, set israel back 70 years. Whats your response to him . So the islamic republic of iran tried with all its might, to create a ring of proxies around israel. All of those proxies are being defeated every single day. So i would say to iran to watch very, very cautiously. I think that there attempt to try and distance themselves and try and perhaps through this way, safeguard themselves is was has been very, very careless. The idf is fighting against all of these enemies and decapitating them and making them pay and not permitting them to try and conduct the nefarious intentions of the islamic republic of iran. Colonel lerner, Barak Ravid of axios reported just a bit ago that yahya sinwar, the chief of hamas, has resurfaced. There had been reports that he had been silent and perhaps was dead, that he has now been he has resurfaced. What do you know about his condition tonight, sir . So i dont know what barak has been reporting. We know that yahya sinwar, the arch terrorist, the Mastermind And Architect of the October 7th attack, is responsible and must be held accountable for his actions. First of all, we need to bring home the remaining 101 hostages. But yeah, as weve said, sinwar is a dead man walking, and i would very much urge him to release the hostages and that hamas should surrender. This is a year that has been going on far too long, and the reality needs to change for israelis and palestinians alike. Colonel, many of the families of the hostages that we saw today are angry, and theyre angry at the israeli government. Many of them believe that it is a choice that the government has made to fight the war in gaza, to now fight a war in lebanon, to fight a broadening war. When the government could have focused on bringing their Family Members home. 97 people who were taken hostage on October 7th are still in gaza, 101 hostages. Theyre still in total. We understand 36 of them are already dead. But there have been reports that that number could be as many as 50. Do you know the latest on this horrific number right now, aaron, i think the most important thing is to bring them home. The most important thing is to create the conditions to bring home the hostages. Weve watched throughout the day on cnn and elsewhere the pain that the families of the hostages are going through. We feel as the idf, that our mission is yet to be accomplished. Precisely because there are 101 remaining in the hands and clutches of hamas, many of them are, we understand, are alive. And some of them are indeed have been have been pronounced dead. So they need to come home. We need to do everything we can to bring them home. Its our obligation as the military. Its our responsibility also to israeli society. That is the ethos of the idf that we dont leave people behind. Colonel Peter Lerner with the idf. Thanks so much for your time tonight. We appreciate it. Good evening. Good day. And out front now, lieutenant general mark hertling, the former army commanding general for europe. And general, i appreciate your time. You heard Colonel Lerner there, and its obviously here and now, the early hours of October 8th saying the idf is ready whenever they get the order to strike. What do you expect israel will do . General. Outlining what their requirements are. Aaron. Theyre facing a three front war. Weve talked about this multiple times. They will continue their offensive into lebanon because they have to they keep being continue to continue to be attacked by hezbollah. Out of that country. They will continue their strikes in gaza because they havent completed that action yet. Their deterrence. I mean, i heard i heard the Word Deterrence used a little while ago. I would say that israel is more interested in escalation. Escalation, dominance. Can they strike inside of iran and not have this thing escalate to the point where it will be harmful to israel . So they are going to continue to attack in the north and in gaza. They are going to attack and establish retribution against the 181 ballistic missiles that were fired. The other night. The targets they will hit will be interesting to watch. Theres a list of them, but im not sure when they will attack. I would almost suggest that they have started their offensive operation against iran in a more covert way. You know, there will be explosions, there will be a kinetic attack. But there have been other things happening as well. Thats right. And of course, its hard to piece it all together. You know, as i mentioned, you know, here in Tel Aviv, youve got the October 7th and just the somber grief of it and those hostages just 40 miles away, their families dont know whether theyre dead or alive. And yet, on that day, one of the busiest days in terms of Missile Attacks on Tel Aviv by iranian backed militias since the very earliest days of the war. General. So you know, what does that say to you when you think of the fact that two thirds of gaza is leveled, Tens Of Thousands of people are dead there. And yet today there were sirens here. Hamas fired on Tel Aviv. We had ballistic missiles just about an hour and a half or two hours ago, come in from hezbollah. And in the late afternoon there were ballistic missiles intercepted coming from the houthis in yemen. What does it say . That after a year, all of that capability is still there . Well, its been thwarted to a degree, aaron, but its still going to happen. And interestingly enough, i was surprised by the launches of additional missions in additional missiles, rockets, primarily out of gaza. But the extent of what has been launched by lebanon, you mentioned earlier it was 190 today, and that seems to be the highest number in the last couple of months. But theyve averaged anywhere from 30 to 150 a day. They have been hit. But in having fought terrorist organizations, they want to show theyre still on the battlefield, no matter how much they are depleted, no matter how much they have deteriorated and are in a dysfunctional state. So you will continue to see rockets being launched out of lebanon, and youll continue to see iran trying to control those proxies, as you said. And Jim Sciutto reported earlier, there were launches from yemen as well that continues. So all of these fighting forces, they represent iran forward. Theyre going to continue to launch missiles because thats what they can do until the last one is destroyed. All right. General hertling, thank you very much. I appreciate your time. In the early hours now, here in Tel Aviv of October 8th, a new year beginning, and we await this possible strike. And next. Former President Trump going after migrants and their genetics. I believe this, its in their genes. And we got paid a lot of bad genes in our country right now. 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