Eastern with live coverage from tel aviv. Until then aaonce again aa thanks for watching. Erin burnett, our front starts right now. [music] upfront next. Live from israel. The Breaking News is dramatic to me. Ramping Up Bombardment of gaza. One of the worlds top reporters in israel telling cnn thousands of soldiers are entering gaza in just the last few hours from israel. This is a new phase. What does it mean for the 200 Hostages Inside Gaza Tonight . And how will hamas retaliate . Plus the United States on tyler at this hour telling all americans to get out of lebanon as the pentagon announces that u. S. Troops in the region have been attacked 20 times just a few days. An hour of the breaking story this hour. The massive manhunt for their respective government who killed 18 innocent people in maine aathat search expanding to me as we are learning troubling new details about when investigators believe robert carr approached his gun. Lets go out front. Good evening and welcome to a Spe
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,