All right. The break news over just the last several minutes. New israeli air strikes in Northern Gaza, and you can see the smoke rising over that part of the region, and now if you are looking at gaza, this is where the air strikes have been taking place, but here, down to The Rafah Crossing in the extreme southern border of gaza and egypt, our cameraman has been seeing the critical aid crossing from egypt into gaza. Six u. N. Fuel trucks entering at that border, and that is a major development. Southern gaza is also where israel has told more than 1 million palestinians to move from Northern Gaza into Southern Gaza, and this is where israel says they will be safer, kate. It is happening as the u. S. Secretary of state tony blinken is back in israel today. He has been in the region traveling all throughout the region for days now, and we are standing by to see if blinken is going to speak to reporters now, and the critical update given the news that we are giving, and this and the sob
Israelhamas war. This morning, the Jewish Sabbath also known as chabot, in hebrew. It is a day meant for us, but there is no rest. Today marks one week since the brutal Surprise Attack and massacre in israel, led by the terrorist group, hamas. The death toll is still rising. According to the Israeli Defense forces, at least 1300 people were killed, and 3300 wounded in israel, the Palestinian Ministry of Health Reports more than 2215 have been killed in gaza, and 8714 wounded. Now, at any moment, the Israeli Military could be beginning e Ground Invasion in Northern Gaza. As palestinians scramble to evacuate after receiving just 24 hours notice. They Israels Defense Forces also referred to as the idf, will allow movement on to gaza streets for residents to head south, until 9 am eastern. Were going to begin our live rich coverage with nbc news correspondent kelly, who is reporting on the ground in jerusalem. Kelly, good to see you this morning. Its been about 24 hours since israel ordere
Ceasefire talks in cairo. The good news is that they are happening and that five nations, orfive parties, are at least all there in cairo. So thats hamas, israel, the us, qatar and egypt. The not so good news is that israel has only sent a fairly low level team theyre not there to negotiate, theyre there to study what hope there is of trying to bridge the gap between what is acceptable to israel and what is acceptable to hamas, and that gap is still pretty wide. The main Sticking Point, as my colleague yolande referred to there, is over how this ends. So the fundamentals of the deal are largely intact, theyre largely agreed. They can agree this that it will start with a 42 day period of calm, a truce essentially, during which hamas will give up 33 hostages. Theres a bit of dispute about whether they would be alive or dead, but 33 hostages. In return, a much larger number of Palestinians Prisoners would be released from israeli jails and palestinians who had been moved south into rafah
Israel launches a new siege of gaza, as hamas threatens to kill hostages. The bloodshed continues after a deadly weekend, taking the lives of hundreds of israelis and palestinians. Our Holly Williams is near the front lines. Weve been hearing incoming rocket fire, forcing our team to scramble for cover just minutes ago. Norah the horror at a Music Festival. Overtaken by terror. More than 200 People Killed by hamas militants. Others taken hostage at gunpoint. I lost, like, two liters of blood. I was really sure that thats it. Im going to die. The u. S. Begins airlifting weapons and munitions to israel as u. S. Warships move into position off israels coast. And an american professor tells us he was on the phone with his daughter when she was killed. My heart go back to my country, to my people. Killers, murderers. Protests from both sides. One side yelling free palestine. The other shouting terrorists. Norah you are inside with your kids and youre all huddled together. Yes. Norah and whe
S sanchez live in washington, d. C. Youre watching cnn news central. Bone chilling. Thats how a u. N. Humanitarian envoy described the scale and speed of the violence in israel and gaza. U. S. And israeli officials are characterizing the terror attacks carried out by hamas as isis levels of evil. One of those massacres was at a rural xhurncommunity, or kibbut southern israel. Israeli Defense Forces say they discovered women, children and elderly people who were, quote, butchered by hamas fighters. Elsewhere, hour after hour were seeing israeli airstrikes Pounding Gaza and hamas Rockets Streaking across the sky toward israel. This is the backdrop as we await remarks from President Biden at the white house at any moment, remarks that the entire world no doubt will be watching. Lets get started with cnns ben wedeman, whos live for us in jerusalem. Ben, what is the scene where you are . Reporter jerusalem is relatively quiet, but certainly the area around gaza and the israeli cities just t