Recovered the bodies of six hostages In Gaza over the weekend. Whilst we have the first poll numbers following the Democratic National Convention what they say and where the candidates will be in the days ahead. And Pope Francis is getting ready to leave for asia. Details of his itinerary during the longest trip with his pants live from atlanta. This is cnn newsroom with Rosemarie Church thanks for joining. Us. A nationwide strike is now underway in israel as pressure mounts on the government to secure a Ceasefire And Hostage deal, Air Travelers were among the first to feel the impact as Ben Gurion Airport near Tel Aviv halted departures and arrivals of flights two hours ago the strike comes as Anger And Anguish build over the deaths of six hostages In Gaza. On sunday, this was the message from israels largest Labor Union i call on the people of israel to take to The Streets this evening tomorrow, leave the workplaces. I call on all economic organizations in the state of israel, everyo
Hello, thanks for joining me. I m alex marquardt part in this weekend for fredricka whitfield, we begin with breaking news. President biden has been briefed on the raid which injured seven u. S. Troops and killed 15 members of the radical group isis. The raid happened thursday in iraq two of the seven u. S. Troops were evacuated from the area for further treatment, u. S. Central command manages operations in the middle east. They said that the operation targeted i. S. I. S. Leaders in order to disrupt the group s ability to plan further attacks from where we have cnn s chief international purity correspondent, nick paton walsh, joining us from london. Nick, what do we know about this american operation yeah, alex more details from the iraqi military he referred to the two months that was spent gathering intelligence ahead of this operation. And the four hideouts were targeted that appeared to be consumed camouflage of some description which would suggest yes a sort of camp of some desc