Release by hamas are expected to speak at any moment now. The grandmother and her friend and neighbor are receiving medical care at a hospital in tel aviv. Im todd piro. Carley im carley shimkus. Israel continue to increase airstrike in hamas and gaza hitting 4000 targets over the past day and the pentagon is sending Military Advisors to the middle east before troops get the order to enter the gaza strip. Todd a u. S. Military base in syria came under attack yesterday, two drones successfully shot down. Trey yingst live on the ground in israel. Trey. Trey todd and carley, good morning. Israelis ramped up airstrikes striking 400 separate targets. Israelis were trying to hit a number of cells from hamas, take out militants into the strip. 18 days into the conflict, hamas and jihad continue rocket fire against communities in southern israel. Sirens were sounding this morning. Strikes destroyed a number of positions in northeastern and eastern part of gaza. Helicopters and fighter jets wer
Ramping up its bombardment. And hunting commanders, looking for new targets to emerge. Relentless Bombing Campaign under way is cruel. Israel has to do everything it can to make sure this doesnt happen again. Were concerned about potential escalation. Well try to minimize civilian casualties but has made will do the opposite. 200 plus people being held hostage. President biden made multiple calls to World Leaders to keep the conflict from widening. They will continue to flow into gaza, a drop in the bucket of what will be needed on a daily basis. Troops on the border waiting for that incursion, still not clear when it will happen. Good morning, im Phil Mattingly with poppy harlow in new york and erin burnett is in tel aviv. Overnight Israeli Forces ramping Up Airstrikes on gaza and launching raids on the ground. The idf says troops are preparing for the next phase of the war against hamas. This is video of the aftermath of the strikes in gaza this morning. Sources tell cnn the u. S. Is
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Hello and welcome, everyone. I appreciate your company. Im Michael Holmes with our continuing coverage of israel at war. And we begin with new remarks from the u. S. President joe biden, who is warning that israel should not try to occupy gaza, as an Israeli Ground invasion seems all but inevitable. Mr. Biden says he believes israel has to respond to the hamas attacks that killed 1400 people, but issued a call for restraint. I think it would be a big mistake. Look, what happened in gaza, in my view is hamas and the extreme elements of hamas dont represent all the palestinian people, and i think that it would be a mistake to for israel to occupy gaza again. But to go in and taking out the extremists, the hezbollah is up north, but hamas down south is a necessary requirement. Do you believe that hamas must be eliminated entirely . Yes, i do. But there needs to be a Palestinian Authority. There needs to be a path to a palestinian state. Now those comments as Tens Of Thousands of palestini
We are monitoring two major stories that are developins alen large. Explosions now have been heard hed seen over southern as israels Military Campaign Againss Israt Last Hamas Strongd In Rafah is now officially i underway. Now, this after Cease Fire Negotiations broke down with the terror group hamas, because theyre unwilling or unable dth return israeli and american hostages. Now, hamase to terrorists did td to bamboozle the world and the presos saying that they supported a deal, one that never existed and was neverit offered. It is important to note that the rafah operation i to bn underway, despite reports that Biden Unilateraspite rel ry put a hold on u. S. Weapons shipments to israel last week. Now, clearly, joe giving it to his radicalized Democratic Party base, New York City, by the way, you tonight is having protests all evening, as you can see on your screen see. Its been going on all night. Bidens national securityonal S Communications adviser, john kirby, could not confirm o