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. Im rosemary church. Israels 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 ceasefire, saying humanitarian efforts cannot interfere with the mission to dismantle hamas. The countrys 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. Were seeing air strikes in gaza. Whats the latest on that . And what are you learning about the imminent Ground Incursion . Reporter
Hello and welcome to our viewers joining us here in the United States and all around the world. As we continue our coverage of israel at war. Im rosemary church. Israeli forces are stepping up strikes in gaza, as they are calling the next stage of the war on hamas. Explosions and plumes of black smoke can be seen in gaza city. And fighters clashed with israeli troops inside gaza. Heres more from Benjamin Netanyahu. Translator you fought with heroism in gaza. Your stories are instragsal. This is difficult. We are fighting for our lives and our home. This is no exaggeration. We are at war. Were in a double battle. One battle is to block them here. The second battle is to win a Crushing Victory that will erase hamas. Mr. Netanyahu met with the nations war cabinet on sunday. And the Defense Minister says its likely invasion of gaza needs to be israels last move, inside the region, vowing hamas wont be around for long. The humanitarian crisis in gaza is becoming more desperate. A second con
essence, and what they re doing is, they are pounding areas into submission like mariupol, kyiv, they re trying to do that. although there s obviously some changes in the battle battle space around kyiv at the moment. but what they re what the russians are concerned about is they want to advance as much as they can. they really don t care how much they destroy. i think that s my biggest concern, that the infrastructure that existed in ukraine before the invasion is going to be severely damaged. of course, many people are going to lose their lives and that tragedy is something that the russians are going to have to answer for. so the loss of life, the loss of damage to property and the destruction to the ukrainian state are the main concerns that i see here, and the russians are not going to stop at anything until something or someone stops them. do you think it s potentially
interest bad to worse. civilians have been trapped in eastern hutha and now being pummeled. we would like to see this 30 day skis fire. bret: that s hopeful because this is, some people are calling it a holocaust in eastern syria. have you got an area in the suburbs of damascus, eastern huta where russian jets and syrian jets are pounding areas, leveling hospitals, residential buildings in an effort to erase, eradicate the opposition. it is a crisis situation. we are back with the panel. steve, we cover it all the time. it is not getting covered. 400 images in the next couple of days. there will be no serious 30 day cease-fire there will be no consequences for bashar al assad. seven days ago made a decision that he will be
pounding areas. all because of nor easter. over the weekend, most came in georgia and across the south, after 41 tornadoes hit the region. six people are missing in georgia tonight. gary tuchman is there with search and rescue teams and the survivors. reporter: it is, sadly, a life or death search. a 2-year-old boy missing after a tornado in south georgia. members of the u.s. civil air patrol, along with civilians, are looking for the boy. hoping and praying he might still be alive in these woods. it s my honor to be out here helping these people. reporter: the missing boy was with other family members when the powerful tornado plowed through a swath in georgia on sunday afternoon. unfortunately, the family hadn t evacuated their house next to those woods. his father. i ve been crying. i don t want to cry in front of the camera.