Soldiers are surrounding the borders of gaza in the air, on the ground and in the sea. Gaza residents tell cnn that these air strikes are the most intense they have witnessed since the beginning of this conflict. Almost three weeks ago. Phone service that connects gaza to the outside world has now apparently been completely cut off because of the intense bombardment. These are live pictures were bringing you of the Skyline Over Gaza where we have been seeing explosions all day. This operation coming hours after israels Minister Of Defense told me and some other reporters that israel was, quote, waiting for the best conditions to start its Ground Operation, unquote, exactly what those conditions were, he would not make clear, earlier today sources told cnn that a breakthrough had been made in Hostage Negotiations as 229 people according to the idf are still being held by hamas. Kidnapped on october 7th. The idf says the talk of a breakthrough was, however, only rumors, so now what, of c
Everyone, sandra smith along with harold ford jr. , judge Jeanine Pirro, Jesse Watters, and will cain. Its 5 00 in New York City and this is the five. Fox news alert, two major stories happening at this hour. Israeli forces are currently inside the gaza strip as the idf expands operations there. Multiple bombings, explosions, and Tank Fire Lighting up the night sky for several hours now. There is also breaking news out of maine in the search for the mass shooter robert card. Police are expected to give an update any moment now on the manhunt and we will bring you there live when that begins. But first, to the breaking news out of israel, the idf Striking Gaza in the biggest offensive yet. 21 days this has been going on. Lets go straight to trey yingst on the ground in southern is israel, and trey, you told us a short time ago, this is the most you have seen, the biggest escalation in this war to date. Absolutely. Over the past several hours, we have been watching as the Israeli Air For
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