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good morning, everyone. welcome to cnn this morning. it s saturday, october 28th. i m amara walker. i m victor blackwell. thank you for being with us. police say the man who is accused of shooting 18 people is dead. what the police are looking into now. israel says its warplanes hit 150 targets. we re live in the region with more on the escalating war and the concerns that the humanitarian crisis is going to get worse. and on the hostages that hamas still holds in gaza, what the white house is saying about the efforts to free them just ahead on cnn this morning. so after nearly two days, an intense manhunt for a mass shooter is now over. i m very happy to say the threat is over. you re going to see people pull together. they ll come together as a family and taking care of each other. last night police found 40-year-old robert card s body about ten miles from where authorities say he killed 18 people on wednesday. they believe he died of a self-inflic ....
you re live in the cnn newsroom. i m jim acosta in washington. welcome to our continuing breaking news coverage of israel at war. prime minister benjamin netanyahu saying the second stage of its war, the ground war, has begun. the goal, to destroy the military and government, he says, of hamas. translator: our heroic fighters have one goal, to destroy this enemy and to make sure the existence in our country. never again, never again is now. at this hour, the conflict is escalating. this is new cnn video from a cnn producer in gaza capturing rockets being fired into israel. [ sirens ] and cnn s sara sidner and her team captured this video of rocket barrage over tel aviv earlier today. israel s iron dome defense system intercepted those incoming rockets. civilianness northern gaza say they endured the heaviest last night. cnn s nic robertson joins us live from sderot, israel. what are you seeing right now? reporter: relentless, jim. absolutely relentless barrage ....
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good morning. welcome to cnn this morning. i m victor blackwell. and i m amara walker. israel s army appears to be entering a new phase of war. an army spokesperson from the idf confirmed to cnn that idf ground forces are in gaza right now. infantry, artillery and other units moved into gaza from the north overnight. as troops march in the north, israel continues to fire missiles across the border. the idf have been launching heavy and continuous air strikes throughout the night into the morning. idf reserve soldiers are calling it the most intense night of bombing of the conflict so far. cnn s jim sciutto is with us now from northern israel. so, israel promised a major ground offensive after the attacks by hamas on october 7th. is it clear yet that this is the beginning of that? that we are seeing that ground incursion in a major way or is this potentially something else? reporter: well, victor, it s the beginning of something. that s no question. because i ....
fast moving situation tonight. israel s military says it is stepping up its air and ground operations, huge explosions have already been seen over the gaza strip when israel appears to have ramped up its bombing. all internet and mobile phone services have been cut off in the strip, which has already been under total israeli siege for the last 18 days. the military has again called on residents of gaza city to move south. a spokesman said that israel is now prepared on all fronts to preserve israel s security and says it is committed to the task of returning the israeli and foreign hostages that are currently being held in gaza. hamas, which the uk and many other countries designate as a terror organisation, has called on the world to act immediately to stop the israeli bombardment. well, daniel hagari, the spokesperson for the israeli defense forces, talked about the defensive israel is launching on its targets in gaza. translation: launching on its targets in gaza. t ....