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atlanta alongside sara sidner in tel aviv. as we start a new hour, we re following breaking news, israel s defense minister announcing a short time ago that the idf has moved to a new phase of war against hamas. israeli soldiers are now operating inside the gaza strip. armored vehicles and tanks were on the move overnight, but it remains unclear if this is actually the beginning of israel s anticipated major ground assault in gaza. ahead of troops entering the enclave, overnight israel unleashed an onslaught of aerial bombardments that rocked gaza. the idf renewed its warnings for civilians in northern gaza to evacuate. doctors say they treated hundreds of wounded overnight, but also there were many killed in the air strikes. the idf says the air strikes targeted 150 underground spaces and terror tunnels. they claim they killed one key hamas operative who, it says, carried out the deadly attacks on october 7th in israel. we re also watching israel s border with lebanon. ....
put forward by arab countries calling for a humanitarian truce. hello, i m anna foster. this is bbc news. we re live in southern israel, near the gaza broder, where there s been a significant intensification of israeli airstrikes over gaza, with bright flashes and huge explosions overnight lighting up the night sky above the territory. it comes after the israeli army said that it was expanding its ground operations there. a spokesman for the israeli government would not confirm it has been a significant escalation overnight. through the night, we saw bright flashes and loud explosions lighting up the night sky over the territory and this can be heard all around southern israel and gaza. a spokesman for the israeli government would not confirm that this heralded the start of a much anticipated ground offensive against hamas. the armed wing of hamas which is a proscribed terror organisation by the uk and the usa has said it is involved in violent confrontations with i ....
kayleigh: explosions in the skies over israel right now. listen to that. idf continue to make preparation for a ground invasion go gaza. trey yingst in northern israel with the latest. trey. trey: kayleigh, good afternoon, we ve been following developments near to the gaza border. over the past three weeks, we ve heard nothing like we have heard tonight and seen nothing like we have seen tonight. effort by israeli military to strike targets in northern part of the gaza strip from the air and also the ground and the sea. we ve seen artillery units active here. hais fire going into gaza. we have seen 155 cluster rounds on northern part of the strip. the navy is shelling. i just want you to listen to that there, sense how heavy airstrikes are, they are shaking the ground near the gaza border. kayleigh: trey, no doubt, you said that is heaviest you have heard and certainly that we ve heard here on the couch. you spoke to the israeli defense minister and he said it is ....
an escalation in gaza in the wake of that terror attack that left 1,400 israelis dead. you re looking at live pictures. widespread reports of sirens and exploegs. the israeli defense forces saying today they are stepping up their ground operations. take a listen. their ground forces are expanding their ground up aerations. idf is operating at all dimensions in order to achieve the goals of the war. we will continue to attack in gaza and its surrounding, and we keep calling upon the people living in gaza and iran that south from there the idf did not say troops have entered gaza though it s worth noting israeli tanks have temporarily entered gaza over the last two days. all of this while the fate of the 200 hostages held by gaza is unknown. back channel negotiations are ongoing in the midst of the conflict. just a few hours ago repeated explosions were seen in the israel-gaza border. a few miles away on the ground in gaza near total darkness that was interrupted on ....
it s really the only time we get to see them. thank you so much for joining us. this is cnn news central. inside politics is up next. today on inside politics, a mass shoot is still on the loose. officials say they are now using divers to search the river close to where the killer s vehicle was found, but are they any closer to finding the armed and dangerous suspect? plus a potential breakthrough. sources tell cnn there s been significant progress on negotiations to release hostages kidnapped by hamas. this as israeli tanks conduct a second night of targeted raids field just got bigger, but this time it s another the democrat jumping in. congressman dean phillips says president biden is doing a spectacular job as president. so why is he trying to take his place? i m dana bash. let s go behind the headlines and inside politics. we begin with the state still gripped with fear as the manhunt continues for the 40 hours after the shooting rampage that killed 1 ....