Correspondent with decades of experience reporting from conflict zones around the world. Lets get to it. It has been an extraordinary day so far where you are. Just give me a sense of the mood over the last few hours. I of the mood over the last few hours. , ~. , hours. I dont know if the cuests hours. I dont know if the guests can hours. I dont know if the guests can hear hours. I dont know if the guests can hear the hours. I dont know if the guests can hear the ambulances around me. Its a terrible day in the country and we feel it in the country and we feel it in beirut. Hundreds of Air Strikes that took place in Southern Lebanon pushing hundreds of thousands of civilians out of their homes. The latest figures the Ministry Of Health have given is that over 120, 182 people have been killed including women and children and paramedics and more than 700 injured. These figures are likely to arise in the coming hours as the Rescue Operation is still ongoing and hospitals are running to re
hello, welcome to our viewers here in the united states and all around the world. ahead this hour on cnn, let s make a deal. israel agrees to pauses in fighting but only if hamas releases ten hostages each day in return. a pause in fighting reveals utter destruction across gaza by israel s military offensive, described by the u.n. as the deadliest urban campaign since world war ii. and, cnn s third annual called earth day. this year, our shared home raising environmental awareness worldwide. live from atlanta, this is cnn newsroom with john vause. hamas in israel have agreed to extend a four-day long truce for another two days in return for the release of 20 more hostages being held in gaza. on monday, 11 israelis with dual citizenship, nine children, and two women or released by hamas. all were taken to a medical center in tel aviv and then reunited with family. they were all taken hostage from the same kibbutz in southern israel on october 7th by hamas militants. for
if forces entered rafah s population centres or launched a major ground operation. hugo bachega has more. the remarks by the israeli national security adviser appeared to reject the idea that we could be near the end of the war in gaza. he said fighting might continue for at least the rest of the year although he didn t give details about how intense the conflict might be. now all eyes are on rafah, near the border with egypt. the israeli authorities say it is vital to enter the city because they believe four hamas battalions are still operating there. but israel is under a lot of international pressure to limit its operations in the city to minimise civilian casualties, and officials are describing what s happening there as a limited operation . still, scores of palestinians have been killed in recent days, and the un says more than one million people have fled rafah because they are concerned that the israeli military may launch a full scale operation. virtually everyo