Hello and welcome, everyone. I appreciate your company. Im Michael Holmes with our continuing coverage of israel at war. And we begin with new remarks from the u. S. President joe biden, who is warning that israel should not try to occupy gaza, as an Israeli Ground invasion seems all but inevitable. Mr. Biden says he believes israel has to respond to the hamas attacks that killed 1400 people, but issued a call for restraint. I think it would be a big mistake. Look, what happened in gaza, in my view is hamas and the extreme elements of hamas dont represent all the palestinian people, and i think that it would be a mistake to for israel to occupy gaza again. But to go in and taking out the extremists, the hezbollah is up north, but hamas down south is a necessary requirement. Do you believe that hamas must be eliminated entirely . Yes, i do. But there needs to be a Palestinian Authority. There needs to be a path to a palestinian state. Now those comments as Tens Of Thousands of palestini
Hello and welcome, everyone. Im michael holmes, continuing our coverage of israel at war. And we begin this hour with the latest on the war between israel and hamas. Diplomatic efforts now under way to try to contain the humanitarian crisis intensifying by the hour in gaza. Aid workers say the situation there has descended into what they describe as complete chaos. Tens of thousands fleeing after israel told residents to leave Northern Gaza, where more than a Million People leave, as it gears up for its next stage of its war with hamas. And palestinian Officials Say the death toll has surpasses 2,600. That includes 700 children. We do want to warn you the next video youre about to see might be disturbing. Handout videos like this showing small children on ventilators in a hospital in Northern Gaza as the u. N. Is calling for urgent humanitarian access into the strip. Meanwhile, americas top diplomat has been meeting regional leaders including those from egypt where he once again called
Captions by vitac www. Vitac. Com we want to welcome our viewers in the United States and around the world to cnns coverage of israel at war. Im Anderson Cooper. And im kaitlan collins. President biden is warning he does not believe israel should try to reoccupy gaza, though he is adding, to 60 minutes that israel has to respond to that hamas assault that has killed 1,400 people in israel. He also says the suffering of Palestinian Civilians that is happening right now can be managed. Im confident that israel is going to act under the measures of the rules of war. There are standards that Democratic Institutions and countries go by. And so im confident that theres going to be an ability for the innocents in gaza to be able to have access to medicine and food and water. Of course the president has had multiple conversations with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. Tonight we have also learned from the State Department that the death toll in israel now includes 30 americans. All of this is
We are live in the cnn newsroom. Im jim acosta in washington. Good evening. We begin with Breaking News for the First Time Since that barbaric Terror Attack in israel. The president of the Palestinian Authority is condemning the killing saying, quote, the actions of hamas do not represent the Palestinian People. In the meantime, the death toll has now risen to over 1,400, including 30 americans. Sources now tell cnn that israeli Prime Minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, who has invited President Biden to visit, even as Israeli Forces prepare for a massive ground offensive. At this hour, troops continue their suffocatiing blockade of the gaza strip. Israeli Defense Forces say they have killed one hamas defender today amid a barrage of some 250 strikes across gaza. You can see much of the rubble there. We are hunting hamas comm commanders everybody from the butcher, the political leader, and everybody down from him, are dead men walking. Weve been able to kill quite a few hamas commanders, som