Hello and a warm welcome to our viewers joining us in the United States and all around the world. Im max foster, joining you live from london with the continuing coverage of israel at war. 9 00 a. M. Here in london. According to the idf, tunnels and Operational Command centers for hamas sand Islamic Jihad were impacted. Israeli sources they they also targeted sites for forces preparing for potential ground operation. These air strikes come ahead for what israel calls the next stage for the war on hamas. The Biden Administration is presses to delay any incursion into gaza, to allow for the release of more hostages and the flow of the enclave. A warning some images were about to show you may be disturbing. Patients overwhelming the Hospital System in gaza which is having to scale back on treatments in some locations. Fuel is so scarce, and doctors say infants on ventilators remain at risk without a dependable source of electricity. Elliott gotkine joins me here. Bring we up to date with
Terror in israel. A scramble to respond to a brutal attack by Hamas Terrorists against innocent civilians. We will win this war. But the price is unbearable. Could it tip the middle east into chaos. Isr isr israeli minister ron dermer is next. And the american president pledged support for israel. We will not ever fail to have their back. But how will it change this plans for a path forward in the middle east . And impasse . Chaos over the speakers gavel paralyzed a u. S. Congress ready and willing to aid israeli. Mike lawler is coming up. Announcer this is cnn breaking news. Hello, im dana bash In Washington where state of our yunon is praying for a quick end to a new car. We begin with breaking news. Israels ambassador to United States said dozens of americans are among the hamas hostages taken since the explosion of war in israel. The State Department is closely tracking those reports. Here is what the Secretary Of State Antony Blinken told me. We have reports that several americans
. happening now, tens of thousands of people are on the national mall here in d.c. to rally in support of israel and condemn anti-semitism. security is at the highest levels as tensions over the israel-hamas war surge. in the meantime president biden express something new optimism about the hostages that hamas is holding. he says a deal is going to happen. we have new details on the negotiations. and we know they throw insults, but now elbows? one congressman accusing former speaker mccarthy of that. all of this three days before the government shuts down. we are following these major developing stories and many more coming in right here to cnn news central. for 239 hostages being held in gaza, today is day 39 in captivity. a short time ago, president biden said a deal to release them is, quote, going to happen. a senior u.s. official telling cnn israel and hamas are moving closer to a deal for release, which could include a day s long pause in fighting. right now in