This is cnn breaking news. Hello and welcome to viewers from the United States and Around The World. Im laila harrak. It is 10 00 a. M. In israel where israels war against hamas is now into its second day. The death toll on both sides has been staggering. At least 300 israeli deaths now confirmed, and palestinian Authorities Say more than 250 people in gaza have been killed. Thousands more wounded. Israel confirms many of its citizens have been abducted. The idf says up to 1,000 hamas militants poured across the border and into nearby israeli towns. Disturbing video shows civilians being rounded up in one of them, presumably to be taken to gaza as hostages. Joining me now, live from tel aviv, israel, is Lieutenant Colonel richard hecht. He is the International Spokesperson for the Israel Defense forces. Sir, good day. First, id like to ask you, can you give us an update on the latest situation on the ground . Are battles still under way within israel . So yes, we have still hi, laila,
at cost and benefit and we have to remember that in all the years we ve been flying, particularly jet aircraft, this is the first time we ve really gotten into this conundrum this deep into the game. air france 447, five days after the fact we had wreckage. i go back as far as 1957, there was a pan am clipper between san francisco and honolulu that went missing and two days later they found wreckage from that 100 miles north. so the fact that we found nothing over two weeks after the disappearance is a one off and the question is whether or not there is a cost benefit equation that will work for the airlines because it is very, very expensive to do this kind of transmission. i expect that that is going to be one. many questions that will be revisited in the aftermath of this incident. thank you, captain and paul