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you re live in the cnn newsroom. i m jim acosta in washington. welcome to our continuing breaking news coverage of israel at war. prime minister benjamin netanyahu saying the second stage of its war, the ground war, has begun. the goal, to destroy the military and government, he says, of hamas. translator: our heroic fighters have one goal, to destroy this enemy and to make sure the existence in our country. never again, never again is now. at this hour, the conflict is escalating. this is new cnn video from a cnn producer in gaza capturing rockets being fired into israel. [ sirens ] and cnn s sara sidner and her team captured this video of rocket barrage over tel aviv earlier today. israel s iron dome defense system intercepted those incoming rockets. civilianness northern gaza say they endured the heaviest last night. cnn s nic robertson joins us live from sderot, israel. what are you seeing right now? reporter: relentless, jim. absolutely relentless barrage ....
viewers joining us from the united states, all around the, world i am paula newton. we begin in maine or police are in the second night of hunting for the suspect in two back-to-back shootings that killed 18 people and wounded more than a dozen others. law enforcement descended on the suspects last known, addressed just a few hours, go authorities were later heard shouting you are under, arrest had come out with your hands up. though it appears, at the suspect was not there at the time. police are searching officials are staying vigilant, remaining, inside and lock their doors as this war as they plan to investigate in the coming hours. now schools and government properties will again be closed on friday, while the suspect is still on the loose. hundreds of local, state, and federal agents are involved in the, search and that investigation into wednesday s massacre. this is the deadliest mass shooting in the states this year, it took place that two locations wednesd ....
new u.s. intel jligence and complex tunnel system under gaza. more lost and legal blows to come. mark meadows has been granted immunity to testify in the federal subversion case. meadows reported there was no evidence of fraud, telling prosecutors trump was dishonest. and there s more. trump s former attorney is back on the stand soon. this is for the civil trial against him. former president expected to be there again. i m kate baldwin with john be berman. this is cnn news central. this morning, is the fifth time a charm? we re seeing if mike johnson from louisiana will end up as speaker of the house in the next few hours. this could unfold before our eyes after a chaotic three weeks that saw kevin mccarthy booted from the speaker s chair. steve scalise get the no, ma am nalgs and drop out before a full house vote. jim jordan get the nomination but lose several house votes. tom emmer, he got the nomination and lasted four hours. it s mike johnson s turn. he may be ....
the idf saying it has kill a senior ma ma a hamas commander in an overnight airstrike, ramping up attacks with troops and is heavy armor on stand job by. joey: the idf also dropping leaflets over northern gaza that read your presence north of gaza puts your life in danger. whoever chooses not to leave north gaza a to the south might be identified as an an accomplice in a terrorist organization. pete: israeli forces also carrying out strikes and raids in the west bank capturing another 27 hamas terrorists. rachel: this comes as the pentagon notifies more u.s. troops to be ready to deploy. defend secretary austin also announcing additional missile defense systems that are being sent to the region. joey: and the idf hitting several terror hubs overnight near the lebanon border as more than a dozen communities across northern israel are now under evacuation orders. pete: hezbollah saying it is right in the heart of the battle alongside hamas. hamas officials have warned if ....
mr sunak is expected to meet his israeli counterpart benjamin netanyahu and israeli president isaac herzog for what he said, on arrival here, he hoped would be productive meetings. this, after urging regional leaders to avoid further dangerous escalation . in gaza, meanwhile, egypt has agreed to let humanitarian supplies in via the rafah crossing. an initial convoy of 20 trucks of aid are expected to enter gaza after a deal announced by president biden and the earliest is tomorrow. announcing the agreement, the us president warned that the aid convoys would be stopped if any supplies were confiscated by hamas, which governs gaza and is regarded as a terrorist organisation by the uk and us. we can bring you live pictures of gaza. it isjust after 11:00 in the morning. israel s military says it hit hundreds of sites in gaza over the last 2a hours targeting, it says, hamas infrustrauctre. with the latest, here s our correspondent wyre davies. as trucks carrying aid q ....