Breaking news. Israel is unleashing intense new air strikes on gaza tonight as it is expanding its Ground Operations there as well. The war against hamas heating up. Nearly three full weeks after the surprise hamas Terror Attack on israel. Phone lines and other communications have been cut off. Civilians caught in the cr crossfire. The United States says it is in talks with israel about a humanitarian pause to try to allow the potential release of more hostages held by hamas. White house insisting negotiations aimed at freeing more captives is ongoing. Breaking in the United States, divers join the search for the Mass Shooting in maine. Sources tell cnn the gun apparently used was bought just days before. Welcome to our viewers in the United States and around the world. Im wolf blitzer in the situation room. We are witnessing here in the middle east, we are witnessing a clear escalation in the is israel hamas war. The Israeli Military declaring it is operating forcefully on all fronts,
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Not civilians. But air strikes have Hit Civilians , the Palestinian Health Ministry Says at least 51 people were killed on wednesday night. The World Food Programme has distributed some aid, but the un has warned that israel is in breach of International Law by denying civilians access to Essential Supplies of food, fuel and water. Ii of its own staff there have been killed since saturday. Bbc verify is continuing to monitor the impact of the strikes in gaza. One was on the Islamic University of gaza, targeted between tuesday and wednesday. Several videos, released by the Israel Defense forces have shown their attacks. Meanwhile, hamas fighters continue to fire rockets into israel. Many have been intercepted by the countrys iron dome defence system, but a few have broken through. The death toll in israel since hamas s attack on saturday has reached 1,200. More than 1,100 have died in gaza in israeli airstrikes. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has formed a unity government wit
Weve seen flashes over the skies of gaza, as israel continues to carry out airstrikes, saying it is targeting hamas fighters, not civilians. But air strikes have killed and injured civilians. The Palestinian Health Ministry Says at least 50 people were killed overnight. Doctors without borders says hospitals in gaza have only have a few days fuel left in their generators. The World Food Programme has distributed some aid, but the un has warned that israel is in breach of International Law by denying civilians access to Essential Supplies of food, fuel and water. Ii of its own staff there have been killed since saturday. Bbc verify is continuing to monitor the impact of the strikes in gaza. One was on the Islamic University of gaza, targeted between tuesday and wednesday. Several videos released by the Israel Defense forces have shown their attacks. Meanwhile, hamas fighters continue to fire rockets into israel. Many have been intercepted by the countrys iron dome defence system, but a
Pivotal moment. A group of swiss women have won the first ever climate case victory in the European Court of human rights. Here they are. The court found switzerland had violated some of their human rights by not taking sufficient action on Climate Change. Switzerlands efforts were called woefully inadequate. This ruling could influence the law in 46 other europen countries, including the uk. It comes after last month was officially declared the worlds warmest March On Record. We start with this report from climate editorjustin rowlatt. The swiss women arrived at the European Court ready to fight. There has been a violation of article 8 of the convention. And they won, persuading the judges that switzerlands failure to do enough to cut Planet Warming Emissions could help create heat waves that could threaten the lives of older people. I am so, well, shocked, positively shocked, so happy we could contribute to the future, to a Better Future for our children. Todays ruling is not only to