Organising aid In Beirut. Meanwhile, the Lebanese Army says, that two of its soldiers have been killed, by israel in separate incidents in Southern Lebanon. Lets speak to our correspondent nick beake, whos in northern israel. In Terms Of what you are seeing just bring me right up to date. We have seen more israeli tanks being taken towards the border with lebanon, that is the reflection of the way the israelis are intensifying this operation against hezbollah. I say operation, it is a mission now and they insist it is made up now and they insist it is made up of lots of separate targeted operations. Some teams going in and then in some cases retreating. But certainly it seems to be gathering pace. In Terms Of a snapshot of where we are, i think in Terms Of what we heard in the skies above us so far today that has been considerably less than yesterday. But of course that is just a snapshot of one particular location. The Israeli Army is saying its carried out a lot of strikes in the pas
That israel maintain a military presence in the philadelphi corridor. That s a small buffer zone between gaza and egypt s sinai desert. Mr netanyahu said israel is committed to destroying hamas and bringing the hostages home. He warned of the potential consequences should israel relieve its military pressure on hamas. Our middle east regional editor mike thomson has more on the prime minister s comments from jerusalem. Tonight, benjamin netanyahu double down on his insistence that israeli troops will not be withdrawn from the philadelphia corridor. That is the strip of land separating southern gaza from egypt. Is that it is absolutely vital that they stay that to stop hamas smuggling weapons from egypt into gaza. He said, if we let this happen, we could have another october the seventh all over again. Interestingly though, he had talked in the past about not moving for at least 42 years. This evening he was referring to 42 days early so they may be some wriggle room there. But he has s
Good friday morning, everybody. I am erica hill with rahel solomon. Poppy harlow is off today. Nice to be friday. Isnt it . We are here for that. Five things to know for this friday. June 2nd, the Debt Ceiling Bill on its way to President Bidens desk and once signed the threat of a u. S. Default is off the table until after the 2024 election. Also, new questions this morning about that partial Building Collapse in davenport, iowa. Just days before the wall came Crashing Down an Engineering Firm said, quote, bricks appear ready to fall imminently. You can see the gap in the new pictures. Three people are still missing. The former president now responding to reporting that they have him on tape. The Denver Nuggets one step closer to making franchise history after beating the miami heat, they are up taking the first game in the nba finals. An Eighth Grader crowned the new National Spelling bee champ. We will put him to the test when he joins us live on cnn this morning which starts right
good friday morning, everybody. i am erica hill with rahel solomon. poppy harlow is off today. nice to be friday. isn t it? we are here for that. five things to know for this friday. june 2nd, the debt ceiling bill on its way to president biden s desk and once signed the threat of a u.s. default is off the table until after the 2024 election. also, new questions this morning about that partial building collapse in davenport, iowa. just days before the wall came crashing down an engineering firm said, quote, bricks appear ready to fall imminently. you can see the gap in the new pictures. three people are still missing. the former president now responding to reporting that they have him on tape. the denver nuggets one step closer to making franchise history after beating the miami heat, they are up taking the first game in the nba finals. an eighth grader crowned the new national spelling bee champ. we will put him to the test when he joins us live on cnn this morni
out-of-control rage. we have details from investigators. kyiv is preparing for a major counter offensive as russia is facing more setbacks on the battlefield. four of its aircraft down in a single day. two of its understand commaers killed, as well. fighters also losing ground in the key eastern ukrainian town of bakhmut. and under investigation, a florida teacher says she might be in trouble for showing her students a disney move we a biracial and gay character. hear from the teacher and the parent who reported her ahead on cnn news central. we start this afternoon with breaking news. a violent attack at a congressman s office in virginia. police say a man with a baseball bat walked into the office of democrat jerry conley and assaulted two of his staff members, one of them an intern, her first day on the job. cnn s manu raju is here with the details. manu, walk us through what police say happened? yeah. this is a harrowing incident. in fact, i just got off the