Welcome to our viewers joining us in the United States and Around The World. Im bianca nobilo. And im max foster. Israeli airstrikes on hamas targets this gaza seem to be getting more power it will by the day. The death toll on both sides of the border continues to climb. Israel now says that more than 1200 people were killed in the weekend attacks by hamas. Huge explosions have rocked gaza this morning where the Palestinian Health Ministry Says more than 5,000 have been wounded. Israeli naramilitary has cal up more than 300,000 reservists and evacuated near the border. The defensive against hamas may have started from the air, but it will also come on the ground. President herzog is worning against harming any hostages. Israel is committed to the security of its citizens, to their safety and wellbeing both when they are attacked by murderers and cruel Human Monsters and when they are kidnapped and taken prisoner by them. I would like to emphasize the full responsibility rests on the b
hi everyone. thanks for joining me. i m jessica dean in for fredricka whitfield. dramatic scene in the middle east today. defense official saying an american warship shot down two drones in the red sea and also responded after a ballistic missile attack on a commercial vessel. zach cohen and ivan watson are following the latest on this situation. let s start first with zach and talk about what more we know about this attack. reporter: u.s. official saying both of the drones belonged to iranian backed houthi rebels in yemen. first was shot down as it flew towards an american warship. at that very moment, u.s. officials saying that the warship s crew saw a ballistic missile launched and land in the vicinity of a commercial ship that was sailing nearby. as the american warship responded to the distress call of that commercial ship, u.s. officials say another drone flew toward both ships and subsequently shot down by an american destroyer. this is just the latest in a series of
fredericka witfield. israeli forces fire new strikes at gaza as fighting resumes following a weeklong truce between israel and hamas. those strikes include targets in southern gaza. it s an area that remained largely unscathed during israel s initial assault of northern gaza. talks of a new truce have reached, quote, a dead end, according to prime minister netanyahu s office. israel blames hamas for the breakdown in talks and accusing the terror group of not fulfilling its promise to return all women and children being held as hostages. the idf says there are still 136 hostages in gaza, including 17 women and children. 110 hostages were released during the week-long truce. let s turn to our team on the ground, ben wedeman in jerusalem, oren liebermann in tel aviv. tell us the latest on these negotiations to bring the remaining hostages home. reporter: the negotiations have all but collapsed at this point as benjamin netanyahu ordered the mossad to pull back its negotiations