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thanks to all of you for joining us as well. i m kasie hunt, don t go anywhere, cnn this morning starts right now. glad you re with us. i m pop bipy harlow and phil mattingly. overnight the israeli military launching raids and ramping up airstrikes on gaza. the idf says troops are preparing for the, quote, next phase of the war. take a look, this is video of the aftermath this morning. sources tell cnn the u.s. is urging israel to delay a ground assault in the hopes of getting more hostages out and humanitarian aid in for the millions of palestinians who are running out of food and water. but a senior israeli official tells cnn there will be no cease fire. the idf now says 222 people were kidnapped during the hamas attack and massacre just about two weeks ago. and israel s president is now claiming one of the militants who was killed was car carrying instructions on how to make chemical weapons. let s go to erin burnett. we ve seen rhetoric and escalation. what is ....
ramping up its bombardment. and hunting commanders, looking for new targets to emerge. relentless bombing campaign under way is cruel. israel has to do everything it can to make sure this doesn t happen again. we re concerned about potential escalation. we ll try to minimize civilian casualties but has made will do the opposite. 200 plus people being held hostage. president biden made multiple calls to world leaders to keep the conflict from widening. they will continue to flow into gaza, a drop in the bucket of what will be needed on a daily basis. troops on the border waiting for that incursion, still not clear when it will happen. good morning, i m phil mattingly with poppy harlow in new york and erin burnett is in tel aviv. overnight israeli forces ramping up airstrikes on gaza and launching raids on the ground. the idf says troops are preparing for the next phase of the war against hamas. this is video of the aftermath of the strikes in gaza thi ....
hello and welcome to our viewers joining us here in the united states and all around the world. we continue our coverage of israel at war. i m rosemary church. israel s mar 300 targets were hit overnight by air strikes in gaza. according to the idf, tunnels and operational command centers belonging to hamas and islamic jihad were targeted. they targeted sites for the forces preparing for grounds operations. meech meantime, a senior israeli official tells cnn from will be no cease-fire, saying humanitarian efforts cannot interfere with the mission to dismantle hamas. the country s defense minister says hamas will cease to exist soon. translator: this needs to be the last maneuvering inside gaza, given the simple reason that hamas will cease to exist. it might take a month, two. but eventually, there will be no hamas. journalist elliot gotkine is joining me now. we re seeing air strikes in gaza. what s the latest on that? and what are you learning about the imminent g ....
i m happy to send you an email with the accomplishments. we have been working hard trying to get the middle east to be a more stable, prosperous region. obviously these attacks on october 7th were horrific, and the israelis have a right and responsibility to respond to those attacks. i think everybody understands that. and so we also understand that the focus of countries in the region, particularly israel, is going to be on that. it s our focus, too. but that doesn t mean we are going to give up. it doesn t mean we are going to walk away from it. we still believe in the promise of a two-state solution and still going to work for that. as a matter of fact, key to eventually getting a two-state solution and we are going t focus on that as well. the two-nation, i feel like enough to win the war knowing what the president was aiming to to bring normalization through two states, and that has been put down i just told you, sir. no change in our desire to see a two- ....
hello and welcome, everyone. i m michael holmes with the latest on the israel-hamas war. and israeli forces stepping up air strikes in gaza, ahead of what they re calling the next stage of israel s war on hamas, the idea of targeted and carried out dozens of air strikes in the last few hours. it appears to be the most sustained bombardment in northern gaza since the start of the conflict. an official telling cnn there will be no ceasefire talks amid the hostage crisis, saying humanitarian efforts can t interfere with the mission to dismantle hamas. israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu meeting with the nation s war cabinet on sunday to discuss security, among other things. saying it is likely the invasion of gaza needs to be israel s last moves inside the region, vowing hamas won t be around for long. this needs to be the last maneuvering inside gaza due to the simple reason that hamas will cease to exist. it might take a month, two, but eventually, there will be ....