Good day to our viewers in the United States and around the world. Im kasie hunt. It is tuesday , october 10. 5 00 a. M. Here in washington, Noon In Israel where the country is at war with hamas after militants waged coordinated attacks over the weekend killing at least 900 israelis including 11 americans and taking more than 100 hostages. In retaliation Israel Defense forces pounded gaza with airstrikes hitting more than 200 targets overnight. And sealed off the strip from food, fuel and supplies. Benjamin netanyahu says that this is just the beginning. Savage attacks that hamas perpetrated against innocent israelis are mind boggling. Slaughtering families in their homes, Massacring Hundreds of young people at an outdoor festival. Kidnapping scores of women, children and elderly. Even holocaust survivors. Hamas bombed, burned and executed children. They are savages. Gaza Health Ministry reports more than 680 have been killed. And they are threatening to execute hostages if israeli att
As you say rosemary, hundreds more are strikes by israel. Militant targets inside the gaza strip, including command post. Inside of mosques. On top of that, as you mentioned, there is a total block eight, a total siege of the gaza strip announced by the Defense Minister yesterday. No food, no fuel, no water, no electricity going from israel into the gaza strip and, i suppose the idea there is to get the civilian population to put pressure on to the militants of hamas to try to release the hostages. Now, a couple of things on that note, of, course if hamas is able to get weaponry, smuggle weapons, bulldozers, and other equipment into the gaza strip, one can only assume that they will be able to get fuel and other supplies in their. The, clearly not offset the kind of supplies that they usually get and it also seems unlikely, certainly at this stage, that there is going to be anything to sway hamas from its current position and it is holding on to as youve been speaking, weve watched the
Announcer this is cnn Breaking News. Welcome to the lead, im jake tapper. And we tart with our world lead and a vow from israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu that his countries response to the horrific Terrorist Attacks carried out by hamas over the weekend is just beginning. [ sound of gunfire ] this is just a glimpse of what that response from the Israeli Military has looked like over the last few hours. Explosion after explosion. Lighting up the night sky in gaza with very real consequences on the ground in gaza. As isreal launched what it is called wide scale strikes on hamas targets. The israeli army released video showing some of the strikes it carried out earlier today. You could see the buildings absolutely flattened. Hamas retaliated by firing more than 100 rockets at the coast. This is the scene in ashkellon after they intercepted most if not all of the rockets. Cars on fire, debris and littering in the streets. At least 900 people have been killed so far in israel by Ha
Our coverage continues with wolf blitzer. Happening now, Breaking News. Israel warns its punishing air strikes on gaza are just the beginning of its response to the unprecedented Surprise Attack by hamas. The death tolls on both Side S Climbing as the war is entering its fourth day. At least 11 americans are among those killed in this Terror Attack on israel and President Biden says some u. S. Citizens are likely being held hostage as hamas is now threatening to execute civilians it captures. All of this happening as the u. S. Congress is paralyzed by the fight to select a permanent speaker of the house after mccarthys ouster. Republican lawmakers are meeting behind closed doors this hour as the crisis in israel is escalating pressure on them to end their infighting. Welcome to our viewers in the United States and around the world. Im wolf blitzer. Youre in the situation room. This is cnn Breaking News. Lets get to the deadly attacks on both sides of the israel gaza border as Israeli F
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