Cnn breaking news. Good morning. Welcome to cnn this morning. It is sunday, october 8th. Im amara walker. Im victor blackwell. Becky anderson is live in tel aviv as we continue to follow developments in israel. We will check back with becky in a moment. It is 1 00 p. M. In israel. 350 Israeli Citizens have been killed, for more wounded since the intense fighting between israel and hamas attack. That was yesterday morning. The focus for the Israel Defense forces is to take control of gaza. Retaliatory airstrikes against hamas targets have reportedly killed 310 people and injured 2,000 according palestinian authorities. In the past 24 hours. Israeli forces have struck 400 targets in gaza, including ten towers used by hamas. New video shows the moment an israeli Fighter Jet Hit A Compound belonging to the intelligence chief of hamas. Prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu of israel is vowing vengeance again hamas and warning citizens of gaza to get out while they can. Translator all the places
Air, and see leading to hundreds of deaths, and israels military saying, hamas fires of taken civilians and soldiers hostage. Israel responding with strikes on targets in gaza, throughout the day. And into the night. This new video shows israeli rockets lighting up the sky above gaza city. Gazas Health Ministry says more than 200 people have died in the gaza strip. In washington, President Biden pledged unwavering support to israel, and sent this message to the rest of the world. Israel has the right to defend itself and its people. Full stop. Theres never justification for terrorist attacks. And my administration supports for security in is rocksolid and unwavering. Let me say this as clearly as i can. This is not a moment for any party hostile to israel to exploit these attacks to seek advantage. The world is watching. Whether be no mistake. The United States stands with the state of israel. We have from the moment the United States became the first nation to recognize israel 11 minu
Prime minister rishi sunak is due to speak to his israeli counterpart Benjamin Netanyahu today to urge restraint after irans unprecedented missile and drone attack on israel on saturday night. Lets go live tojerusalem for the very latest and our chief International Correspondent lyse doucet. Two days after the skies of israel was killed by iranian cruise and Ballistic Missiles as well as suicide drones, israel is making it clear that it will hit back. The question still is, how and when will it retaliate . What seems clear now is it will, at least it hopes, take many forms. This morning, israels Foreign Minister has said he is leading a political war against iran. He has written to dozens of countries urging them to sanction irans irg sea to isolate iran. We have heard from the military officials as well. Yesterday the israeli Chief Of Staff visited the airbase which was struck by several iranian missiles. Israel says it suffered limited damage but he took that occasion to say that isr
Israels military has provided a wide range of options to respond to the attack. Israels war cabinet ended without consensus. Middle east correspondent Yolande Knell has the latest. Israels air defences call to action. In the early hours on sunday, fighterjets battled waves of iranian drones and missiles fired at israeli targets. It marked the first time iran has attacked israel directly from its own soil. Explosions could be heard widely, Including Injerusalem and tel aviv. Israel says that 99 of more than 300 drones and missiles launched by iran were intercepted. Some of those that got through hit here in the sensitive Nevatim Air Force base in southern israel. Nearby, seven year old Amina Hassouna was seriously injured when a Missile Fragment struck her house. Translation the children were frightened and wanted to run away from home. And thats when the missile hit our house. The israeli war cabinet met yesterday to plan its next move. One of its members, benny gantz, said israel woul
Special coverage of this growing crisis between iran and israel, the Un Security Council meeting called last night, a special meeting in the wake of the rainy and unprecedented attack across israel, the un Secretary General sounded a warning. He says the region is on the brink. Like many World Leaders in the region and across the world he is calling for restraint, calling on israel not to retaliate. The top table, the security council, is one of the few places in iran and israel set in the same room and they use this opportunity, the israeli ambassador said iran had crossed every red redline. The top diplomats in iran said this was a legitimate act of self defence after the Israeli Attack on its consulate in Damascus On The 1st Of April which killed several of its senior revolutionary guards. In two hours time in israel the israeli war cabinet will meet and there are a range of options on the table. Last night we heard from benny gantz, a member of the war cabinet saying israel would r