gaza city, as thousands of palestinians escape south. here are tonight s headlines. we are inside gaza tonight. the israeli military takes us further inside the territory than any other journalists. the commander here told us there were about a thousand hamas militants here to begin with. now there are a few dozen. norah: as israeli soldiers advance, thousands of palestinians flee, as the world health organization says the level of death is hard to fathom. the military objective here has always been to destroy hamas, but there is growing international outrage that means destroying everything. norah: breaking news. a man is in custody, accused of having an assault style rifle near the u.s. capitol. the new details. did you have a gun? norah: a jewish man dies after israeli and palestinian protesters clashed. what investigators say tonight. investigators not ruled out the possibility of a hate crime and this is being investigated as a homicide. norah: ameri
1400 israelis, and now israeli forces are in the heart of gaza city, as thousands of palestinians escaped south. here are tonight s headlines. we are inside gaza tonight, the israeli military takes us further inside the territory then any other journalists. speak with the commander here told us there are about a thousand hamas militants here tn with. now there are a few dozen. norah: as israeli soldiers advanced, thousands of palestinians flee, as the world health organization says the level of death is hard to fa fathom. the military objective has been to destroy hamas, but there is growing international outrage that means destroying everything here it s beer and breaking news. a man is in custody, accused of having a self-style rifle near the u.s. capitol. the new details. did you have a gun? norah: a jewish man dies after israeli and palestinian coprotesters clashed. what investigators say tonight. investigators not ruled out the possibility of a hate crime a
wherever you are around the, world cnn ongoing coverage of israel s war with hamas, i m john vause in atlanta where it is now one a.m., and seven a.m. in gaza, which is now divided into by israeli ground forces battling hamas militants in the north. for weeks, israeli officials urged palestinians to evacuate relative safety in the, south ahead of a major ground incursion. and as dawn now, breaks the israeli troops have gaza city completely surrounded according to senior idf commanders. in the past few hours, cnn crews reported flares and explosions, lighting up the night sky over northern gaza around the not far from the israeli border. so far, 23 israeli soldiers have beeeen killed dururing this military o offensive, whwhich is fofocused on locatating and destroying hamas t tunnel netwo, as well as senior hamas leaders. our soldiers have been operating in gaza city for the past few, days surrounding it from several directions, deepening the operation. our forces are in
good morning. i m phil mattingly with erica hill in new york. poppy is a off today. right now secretary of state antony blinken is back in a war zone in israel. diplomatic source telling cnn he is pushing for a pause in the fighting to allow mediation as civilian deaths and suffering mount in gaza. he spoke moments ago before his meeting with israel s president. we stand strongly for the proposition that israel has not only the right, but the obligation to defend itself and to do everything possible to make sure that this october 7th can never happen again. how israel does this matters, and it is very important that when it comes to the protection of civilians who are caught in a crossfire of hamas making, that everything be done to protect them and to bring assistance to those who so desperately need it. the israeli president in those comments also insisted israel has followed international law and that went through the numbers even in terms of the warnings that had bee
. hello and welcome to our viewers in the united states and all around the world. i m bianca nobilo. max foster has been on assignment. and we begin with the israel-hamas war. it is s friday, novembmber 3 3, a.m. in london, 10:00 a.m. in gaza where the israeaeli milita says it has gaza city cut off and surrounded. idf says the primary goal is to locate and destroy hamas tunnels and eliminate explosives and other objecstacles. 23 soldiers have died in the operation. secretary of state antony blinken returned to israel and is expected to meet this hour with benjamin netanyahu. the secretary says the u.s. is increasingly concerned by the rising civilian death toll in gaza which palestinian officials say is more than 9,000 people. more than a dozen u.s. democratic senators are now calling for a short term pause in the fighting in order to deliver more aid and to focus to getting hostages released. scott mclean is covering these angels for us. what is blinken hoping to accomplis