captions by vitac www.vitac.com we want to welcome our viewers in the united states and around the world to cnn s coverage of israel at war. i m anderson cooper. and i m kaitlan collins. president biden is warning he does not believe israel should try to reoccupy gaza, though he is adding, to 60 minutes that israel has to respond to that hamas assault that has killed 1,400 people in israel. he also says the suffering of palestinian civilians that is happening right now can be managed. i m confident that israel is going to act under the measures of the rules of war. there are standards that democratic institutions and countries go by. and so i m confident that there s going to be an ability for the innocents in gaza to be able to have access to medicine and food and water. of course the president has had multiple conversations with prime minister benjamin netanyahu. tonight we have also learned from the state department that the death toll in israel now includes
this is cnn breaking news. hello and welcome to our viewers here in the united states and all around the world. i m lynda kinkade with cnn s breaking news coverage of israel at war. take your belongings and go south. that s the message from israel to the residents of northern gaza as it prepares to launch a military ground operation at any moment. the u.s. is sending a second carrier strike group to the eastern mediterranean, as well as additional fighter jets. the move is intended to deter iran, hezbollah, and others from entering the conflict. on saturday, israel declared it s ready to open a new phase in the war with a focus on significant ground operations. the idf says it struck more than 100 hamas targets in gaza overnight. a cnn team close to the northern gaza has been hearing heavy machine gunfire near the border fence as well as loud explosions. israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu met soldiers on the front lines offering words of support and telling them to
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yes, we re what does that mean? bret: i don t know. i m not sure. all right, thanks, guys. have a good night. good evening and welcome to washington. i m bret baier. breaking the only thing, protests worldwide during what hamas called a day of rage as israeli forces prepare for a likely ground invasion of gaza. hamas continues to fire rockets into israel in just the past few hours and israeli planes dropped hundreds of bombs in response and greg palkot reports, israeli commando units operating inside gaza. at least a few of them. israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu said his troops are fighting like lions and this is only the beginning. president biden says the u.s. is making sure israel has what it needs to respond to the hamas attacks. evacuation flights for americans in israel have begun. palestinians began a mass exodus from gaza after israel s military told a million people to evacuate from the southern part of the territory. we ll s show you later and mike
colleague and friend ana ca grar cabrera. right now, the unrelenting pounding of gaza city continues in response to the hamas terror attack. you re looking at live pictures where it is just 6:00 p.m. inside gaza. just outside that city israeli troops and tanks are continuing to mass at the board leading to a belief that a ground invasion is imminent. plus, secretary of state antony blinken is in tel aviv, affirming the united states s unwavering commitment to israel while standing along side israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu. the message that i bring to israel is this, you may be strong enough on your own to defend yourself, but as long as america exists, you will never, ever have to. we will always be there by your side. we begin this hour with our reporters there on the ground, in israel. let s get to nbc s ali velshi. tell us where you are and the latest. reporter: we re heading back to the border. we normally spend our afternoons and evenings into the ni