Military said no fuel will be allowed to enter the gaza strip because of concerns it will be stolen by hamas. Which controls the gaza strip. And that lack of fuel is already having serious consequences. The World Health Organization said that six hospitals have shut down due to a lack of power. The Israeli Military spokesperson was responding to a question about whether israel would consider allowing Fuel Deliveries in exchange for hostages. Out of approximately 222 people kidnapped by hamas, that day only four have been released and tonight one of those four is accusing the Israeli Defense forces and Israeli Intelligence service of failing failing at their jobs. Translator the lack of awareness by idf and shin bet did great damage to us. We were the scapegoat. We warned us. People came into the road and burnt our fields and they send iron balloons an the idf did not treat it seriously. That is 85yearold Yocheved Lipshitz, she was held captive for two weeks before being released last n
Overnight. Earlier, israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu met soldiers on the front lines, offering words of support and telling them to be prepared. The u. S. Is now sending a second Carrier Strike group to the eastern mediterranean, as a deterrent of hezbollah to stay out of the conflict, and u. S. Embassy who says americans who want to leave israel will be evacuated by sea on monday. Palestinian authorities in gaza say the death toll from israeli air strikes is now more than 2,300 people, including 300 in the past 24 hours. It follows the hamas Terrorist Attack on israel last saturday, which killed more than 1,300 people. Now, earlier, i spoke with Lieutenant Colonel peter lerner, a spokesperson for the Israel Defense forces and he reveals how the idf killed a Commander Overnight who led one of the attacks last week. Cannot be more unimpressed how israel goes around in investing in life and saving life, and this Iron Dome Defense Mechanism just one of those examples of the exten
Captions by vitac www. Vitac. Com tonight straight from the source, the race to escape. An urgent Evacuation Order to the residents of gaza, which aid groups the have deemed impossible. As netanyahu is warning hamas the recent strikes im quoting him now are just the beginning. Plus, israel hitting hundreds of new targets in gaza and lebanon, as members of the idf are carrying out raids in gaza looking for hostages held by hamas. House republicans tonight went home without a speaker. The chaos on capitol hill has real consequences for whats happening in israel. Im kaitlan collins, and this is the source. Right now, Israeli Forces are moving closer to the gaza border, striking more targets tonight is speculation of a Ground Invasion is growing, following saturdays deadly attack by hamas. Anderson cooper will join us live with his reporting from tel aviv in just a moment. This all comes, as there is a race against time for what could be the next phase of this war. Israel has issued an urg
Today on inside politics, the Story Written In The Sky of a fourday old war. You look up and see bursts of the fight. Rockets exploding as it looks like the iron dome is largely doing its job knocking down h hamas artillery before it can do harm. And in gaza, thick smoke, the aftermath of a furious israeli response. Today the Israeli Death toll crossed 1,000 lives. The true toll is largely greater. We believe that will be the case. And in many ways, it is immeasurable. Every corner of the small country of just 10 million is mobilizing. Israelis government Green Lit Callups running the total number of reservists drawn into the fight at 360,000. Im dana bash in washington. And im erin burnett in tel aviv. This hour the idf has been responding to gaza answering more rockets, hundreds of bombs of its own. I can tell you we can hear those thudding and you can feel it through your entire body. Those thuds, even one just a few seconds ago. Lets get straight to ashkelon, where theres been an o
Are. Thank you, guys. We will get back to you. And now, to give us more perspective on what we are seeing playing out this morning is major mike lion, and good to see you, major, and so tell us where clarissa and nic and what we are hearing, and this is the sderot and ashkelon, and why these areas to take fire now . Well, through the eyes of h hamas what they want to do is to fire the artillery as close as they can to the iron dome, and they want to survive themselves, and the mobile Rocket Launchers and low tech, but if they can get as close to the border, they can create the chaos and havoc there. The but as we saw, the iron dome was able to intercept it. At the same time, every Artillery Fire, and every rocket has a returned a dress. So as soon as it goes off, they are firing off the Rocket Artillery in that direction. So, again, the hamas militants are trying to survive and fire off the barrages and scoot out of there. The fact, that look, we had thousands of rockets coming from ha