Good morning, everyone. Welcome to cnn this morning. Its saturday, october 28th. Im amara walker. Im victor blackwell. Thank you for being with us. Police say the man who is accused of shooting 18 people is dead. What the police are looking into now. Israel says its warplanes hit 150 targets. Were live in the region with more on the escalating war and the concerns that the humanitarian crisis is going to get worse. And on the hostages that hamas still holds in gaza, what the white house is saying about the efforts to free them just ahead on cnn this morning. So after nearly two days, an intense manhunt for a mass shooter is now over. Im very happy to say the threat is over. Youre going to see people pull together. Theyll come together as a family and taking care of each other. Last night police found 40yearold robert cards body about ten miles from where Authorities Say he killed 18 people on wednesday. They believe he died of a selfinflicted gunshot wound. While his death brings some
Will we are following two major stories this morning, an update on the Mass Shooting in lewiston, maine. Robert card was found dead with a selfinflicted Gunshot Wound after a 48 hour manhunt. Our community can breathe a sigh of Relief Mister Card is deceased and no longer a threat to the community or any other community. They will continue to breathe and Law Enforcement officials worked tirelessly through the event to come to a good conclusion. Rachel card was found just miles from the crime scene accused of killing 18 people at a bar and Bowling Alley. Will is Relapse Military confirming one of its drones tried launching antitank missiles at the jewish state. The idf arresting a dozen operatives in the west bank as it continues to escalate Ground Operations in the area. The idf captured 700 Hamas Terrorists since october. Pete israeli officials confirming idf killed a senior military official. Taking out 150 Underground Hamas sites. Lets get to greg palkot with the latest on the expan
Tonight, knowing that robert card its no longer a threat to anyone. I know there are some people many people who share that sentiment, but i also know that his death may not bring solace to many. But now is a time to heal. And with this search concluded, i know that Law Enforcement continues to fully investigate all the facts, so we can bring what closure we can to the victims and their families. All 18 victims in wednesdays attack have now been identified. I want to begin with nbcs kathy park, who is at the Press Conference in lewiston tonight. Kathy, thank you for being there. When else you hear from officials . And how are you . This had to be an extraordinary few days. Yeah, and an extraordinary 12 hours, to be quite frank with you, stephanie. So, at 10 00 this morning we got an update as to how Law Enforcement was going to move forward with their investigation. They talked about the law Police Presence in the lisbon area, the boat launch in that area, that is where the suspect aba
Terror attacks by hamas forces against israeli civilians, men, women, children, 10 20 days ago. Hamas will pay for its crimes against humanity. Hamas will pay for slaughtering are people. And tonight, we are starting payback. We are bringing justice to this terrible despicable disgusting terrorist group. And they will pay for their crimes. And once again, not just israel will be better off afterwards, but the people of gaza will be better off without them as well. Those comments from Senior Adviser to israeli Prime Minister netanyahu. Heavy israeli pomerantz throughout the day in what appears to be an increase in coming days. Hundreds of charges in a short period of. Time idf is saying its a greeting is ground operation, including a target raid in Northern Gaza which it calls preparations for the next stages of combat. Part of the reason we do not know much is because we currently have no way at all to communicate with people on the ground in gaza, the 2 Million People that live in tha
Soldiers are surrounding the borders of gaza in the air, on the ground and in the sea. Gaza residents tell cnn that these air strikes are the most intense they have witnessed since the beginning of this conflict. Almost three weeks ago. Phone service that connects gaza to the outside world has now apparently been completely cut off because of the intense bombardment. These are live pictures were bringing you of the Skyline Over Gaza where we have been seeing explosions all day. This operation coming hours after israels Minister Of Defense told me and some other reporters that israel was, quote, waiting for the best conditions to start its Ground Operation, unquote, exactly what those conditions were, he would not make clear, earlier today sources told cnn that a breakthrough had been made in Hostage Negotiations as 229 people according to the idf are still being held by hamas. Kidnapped on october 7th. The idf says the talk of a breakthrough was, however, only rumors, so now what, of c