There, thanks for joining me. I m alex marquardt in this weekend for fredricka whitfield, and we begin with breaking news. We are learning that seven us troops were injured in a raid that killed 15 members of the islamic extremist group, i. S. I. S. That raid happening on thursday in iraq two of the seven were evacuated from the area for further medical treatment u. S. Central command says that the operation was targeting i. S. I. S. Leaders in order to disrupt the group s ability to plan for their attacks. Cnn s chief international security correspondent, nick paton walsh is joining me now. Live from london. So nick, what do we know about this operation? yeah alex, quite extraordinary development here. Essentially, because of the number of u. S troops injured in this instance, seven 75 of whom apparently during the operation to it seems from a fall separately related to that one of whom requiring followon care outside of theatre. Now we re getting a statement to iraqi military high co
group of hostages being held by hamas is expected to be released. wolf? 13 women and children are set to be freed in that first group. the israeli government says it has the list of names and has notified the families. but in advance of all of this, israel says it has conducted hundreds of strikes in gaza. cnn s jeremy diamond is a few miles from gaza right now. he s joining us from sterot and he just heard a bombardment last hour. we also have oren leiberman here with me in tel aviv. oren, let me go to you first. walk us through what we ll see on the ground. wolf, a few moving parts here and it all requires meticulous planning which is why we might have seen that delay last night. we ll see hundreds of aid trucks begin to enter gaza for that desperately needed humanitarian assistance there, then nine hours after that pause in fighting begins we ll begin to see the release of those 13 women and children, the first group of hostages. they ll go to the red cross from hamas,
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Children are being exaggerated, but several other states could soonon follow florida s lead. senior correspondent laura engel is taking a closer look tonight . good evening, laura . and education in schools has become more than just a hot h topic. los angeles county officials now stepping up their objections to florida s so-called don t say law banning staffers from official travel toro the sunshine state because of it. the l.a. county board of supervisors voted this week to bar staff members from taking any officialba trips to florida to send a message that they won t support what they call egregious behavior. the controversy over the parentaler rights and educatioy bill that was signed into law by florida governor ronda santos. it bans the discussion of gender identity in kindergarten through third grade, which some critics have blasted whi, calling it the don t say law. a spokesperson for governor desanto is reacting to the travel ban, calling the move political grandstanding, addin