confirmations were pushed through today. that means for the first time since july, the joint chiefs do have a full slate of senate-confirmed officers. that includes admiral lisa frank kennedy, tuberville saying he s standing by the block cade we means they will have to continue to do them one one. thank you foror joininin us, cnn news with abby phillips starts right now. the gaza skylights up with rockets and flarest risks losing the war of public opinion. that s tonight on news night. good evening, i m abby philip in washington. to want, the sights and sounds of war, caught on cnn s cameras, lighting up the sky in gaza, can the united states tell it s ally how to fight a war? and can the leader of the free world stitch together democrats viscerally torn apart by israel s campaign. just in, sources say that president biden and his administration are all warning israel that it has weeks, not months to uproot hamas from gaza. and that every image of a dead palestinian child
captions by vitac www.vitac.com good evening. this is the source and i m kaitlan collins. an extraordinary new israeli offensive is underway in the skies of gaza tonight. much of it is playing out right before our very eyes. cnn cameras captured these images that you re seeing here, scenes of flares raining down over the night sky in gaza. there appears to be a smoke screen that is covering the ground, potentially suggesting the possible movement of troops in that area. the israeli military says it has completely surrounded gaza city tonight. all of this is coming as prime minister benjamin netanyahu appeared with israeli troops earlier today saying and i m quoting him now nothing will stop us. that, despite the fact that secretary of state antony blinken is pflying over to isral right now in part to press for a pause, at least a brief one, in the fighting so that hostages can get out and aid can potentially get in. all this is coming as hamas is still firing on i