This is cnn Breaking News. Welcome to the lead. Im jake tapper and im standing on a rooftop looking out over tel aviv. It is just over just after 11 00 p. M. Here. It is been 17 days since the horrific Terrorist Attacks by hamas caught this country and frankly most of the world by surprise. Setting off a cascade of responses and consequences. That now includes a humanitarian crisis in gaza. Tonight were hearing for the first time from one of the hostages kidnapped an just released by hamas about what she endured. Hamas held 85yearold Yocheved Lipshitz capured and she spoke in hebrew at a hospital here in tel aviv today she describes how hamas beat her as they forced her into gaza. Translator it was a painful act. They brought us into a hatch of a tunnel. On the way, i was lying on the side on the motorbike. Legs to one side. Body to the other. They were hitting me so it didnt break my ribs but it was making it difficult for me to breathe. Smaller groups and kept under close watch, her
Next, stage, israel air strikes ahead of the likely invasion as fears grow the region could be drawn into the c conflict. What is israels plan. Chairman of the House Intelligence Committee mike turner joins many he. And lifeline. More humanitarian trucks poised to enter gaza carrying desperately needed food and water and medical supplies. These trucks are not just trucks. They are a lifel line. But are conditions about to get much worse . Plus at odds. With future aid to israel on the line, the republicans are back to square one in the speakership as they plan for more votes could anyone unite the conference . Liz cheney is here for her first interview in more than a year. Hello, im jake tapper in washington where the tate of the union is grieving, so many pain and loss of life. This morning the Israeli Military is stepping up air strikes against hamas in gauze and the idf hit a mosque to prevent a imminent Terror Attack as we learn details about the brutality of the hamas Terrorist At