This is cnn Breaking News. We are following Breaking News at this hour, israels military says its Ground Operation in gaza is expanding. Im Anderson Cooper in tel aviv. We are seeing live pictures out of gaza right now. Large explosions over the gaza strip, the idf says it is, quote, operating forcefully. Those are their words on all fronts and will continue striking gaza city and keep calling upon civilians to evacuate south. This comes as were learning more about Hostage Negotiations with hamas. U. S. Officials insisting Hostage Talks will continue even as the Israeli Military ramps up its air strikes and expanding its operation on the ground. Jeremy diamond is in ashelon for us. We have been hearing the ste steady thud of these intensified Bombardment Thes and Artillery Fire on the gaza strip. This has been the loudest and most intense, perhaps even the most sustained bombardment of the gaza strip that we have heard in three weeks of covering this war. All of this as the idf says it
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Whats happening between gaza and israel and what could happen here. So there is a lot of fear about that right now. Brings it home for so many. Wolf blitzer, thank you so much for being with us for this perspective for your reporting. We will see you tonight on the situation room. Thanks for joining us. We will see you back here tomorrow morning. Cnn news central continues our coverage. We begin with Breaking News for you this hour. The u. S. Is now in talks with israel and egypt to help Get Americans and other civilians out of gaza, but as thats happening there is fighting right now on two fronts. Israel is responding to air and ground attacks from its north and its south. Right now the idf says 300,000 israeli reservists have been called up to fight and are, quote, ready to execute the mission. This is as new rounds of israeli air strikes have been hitting critical hamas targets in gaza, but to the north israel is intensifying shelling inside lebanon, while at the same time preparing
mediated by qatar and egypt they re being taken to a medical centre south of tel aviv. the un says 137 trucks of goods entered gaza on friday carrying humanitarian aid. this makes it the biggest humanitarian convoy received since the war s start on october 7. israeli media says hamas has named 13 hostages for release on saturday. israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu says israel is working to get more hostages home. we have now completed the return of our first abducted children, their mothers, additional women. children, their mothers, additionalwomen. but children, their mothers, additional women. but i stress to you, the families, and you, citizens of israel, we are committed to returning all our people abducted. this is one of the goals of the war and we are committed to achieving all of the goals of the war. the us played a major part in securing the ceasefire deal and president biden says they won t stop until all the hostages are home. today has been the product
the un says 137 trucks of goods entered gaza on friday since the pause this makes it the biggest humanitarian convoy received since the war s start on 7 october. israeli media says hamas has named 13 hostages for release on saturday. senior international correspondent orla guerin has this report on the hostages homecoming. israeli pilots setting off for a key mission, to bring hostages home after almost 50 days in captivity. israel has been holding its breath for this. the journey began when a convoy of vehicles crossed from gaza into egypt. a glimpse of the hostages inside on the road to freedom. a number were neighbours in the same kibbutz. earlier, 72 year old adina moshe was helped from an ambulance in egypt, moving slowly but chatting and smiling. (applause) and this was the welcome as the hostages arrived tonight at an israeli airbase. there is collective relief here that at least some have been freed. these are the 13 israelis who came back today, spanning the gener