And we will discuss where the conflict goes next. As israel plans its response, to last weeks ballistic missile attacks from iran. A year ago today, at 6 29 in the morning, the hamas rockets began to Rain Down on southern israel. Just 20 minutes later, the hamas fighters had broken the Border Fence thousands of them rampaging through israeli communities, the Army Bases and the nova music festival. Nearly 1200 people were killed hundreds more were taken hostage. Israel had been shaken to its roots. Disoriented by the catastrophe, shamed by its failure to foresee it. But unanimous in their conviction that hamas would pay the price. At exactly 6 29 this morning the flags were lowered to Half Mast outside the knesset, to mark the moment the first hamas rockets were fired a year ago. And at the site of the nova music festival, where more than 350 people were murdered, president Isaac Herzog joined the families to mourn. All around them, The Sound of the war, the drones hovering over gaza, t
viewers joining us here in the united states and all around the world. i m rosemary church. just ahead, a u.s. official says israel was responsible for the strike in lebanon that killed a senior hamas leader. donald trump appeals the decision to remove him from maine s presidential primary ballot, accusing the state s top election official of bias. and investigators begin their search into what caused that fiery runway collision in japan. live from atlanta, this is cnn newsroom with rosemary church. thanks for joinings us. a top hamas leader has been assassinated, and a u.s. official told cnn that israel carried out the hit. senior hamas leader saleh al arouri was killed in the suburbs of lebanon on tuesday. lebanese media report the strike targeted an office belonging to hamas, and several others were also killed, including leaders from the hamas military wing. earlier, an israeli government spokesperson issued this statement about the incident. israel has not taken
removal from the republican primary ballot in maine. the secretary of state who made the decision to ban trump joins us with her reaction this hour. also breaking, another federal indictment of senator bob menendez, accusing the democrat of accepting bribes from a second foreign country. stand by for details on the new charges tied to an alleged corruption scheme that prosecutors say lasted for years. plus there s new audio of air traffic controllers giving instructions shortly before the fiery crash at a tokyo airport. what the recording reveals as the investigation gets under way. welcome to our viewers here in the united states and around the world. i m wolf blitzer. you re in the situation room. this is cnn breaking news. let s get right to the breaking news. donald trump formally challenging the to remove him from the primary pal lot in maine based on the 14th amendment s insurrectionist ban. we ll speak live with maine s secretary of state, shen that bellows,
he s already on the hook to pay nearly $150 million. the election workers attorney will be outfront. he was hired to find voter fraud. he s speaking out tonight right here. what did he find? let s go out front. good evening. hamas releasing new hostage video and this new video which the idf calls a criminal terror video shows three elderly men pleading for their release. one of the men is an 84-year-old man. i spoke to cooper s son last month shortly after his mother who had also been kidnapped was freed from hamas. we know that my father is alive. definitely, you know he s uninjured two weeks ago. and he knows that she was released. and yet he is still captive tonight. this video comes at a very perilous moment. the cia director met with israeli and qatari officials in an effort to try to free more hostages. there s talks that it could be constructive. the world saw the death of three hostages while raising white flags by israeli forces. they re death underscoring
revelations about the gunman who killed eight people at a texas mall, including three young children. the neo-nazi sympathizer appearing to post hateful rants on a social media site and pictures of the mall where he carried out that attack. the victims include a 3-year-old boy and his parents, leaving his 6-year-old brother, the family s sole survivor. a mall security guard who is emotionally remembered by an eyewitness to the shooting. he always walked by our store and just he would wave to us. if we didn t wave back, he wouldn t go away. we had to wave at him. he was such a loving guy, such a caring guy. and in the other texas tragedy, the driver who slammed his car into a group of migrants now facing eight counts of manslaughter. it is a tense time along the border with the covid era restriction known as title 42 set to end on thursday. and in just the last 72 hours alone, there have been more than 26,000 illegal crossings. we have live reports from texas and mexico.