hostages held by hamas, who are expressing concern about the intensifying attacks on gaza. and right now we are striking from the air every single day when we do not know where my cousin is, where we do not know where over 200 hostages are and we don t know if any of our bombs have killed them. here in london, pro palestinian demonstrators turn out in force. these are live pictures. protests are also planned in other capital cities. fresh aid enters gaza and the un tells the bbc they ve managed to re establish some contact with their teams on the ground. hello and welcome to bbc news. israel s defence minister says the country s military has shifted phases in the war and that its operation will continue until further notice . his comments followed the intensification of the israeli military operation against hamas. it said air attacks overnight hit 150 underground targets, and killed several senior hamas commanders. hamas, which is a proscribed terror organisation by the u
will: we are following two major stories this morning, an update on the mass shooting in lewiston, maine. robert card was found dead with a self-inflicted gunshot wound after a 48 hour manhunt. our community can breathe a sigh of relief mister card is deceased and no longer a threat to the community or any other community. they will continue to breathe and law enforcement officials worked tirelessly through the event to come to a good conclusion. rachel: card was found just miles from the crime scene accused of killing 18 people at a bar and bowling alley. will: is relapse military confirming one of its drones tried launching antitank missiles at the jewish state. the idf arresting a dozen operatives in the west bank as it continues to escalate ground operations in the area. the idf captured 700 hamas terrorists since october. pete: israeli officials confirming idf killed a senior military official. taking out 150 underground hamas sites. let s get to greg palkot with the l
we re following breaking news out of the middle east. i m boris sanchez with brianna keilar in washington, d.c. we re seeing live pictures now out of gaza where we have been watching explosions lighting up the sky. we want to bring in anchors jake tapper anderson cooper live for us in tel aviv. we are seeing an intensification of explosions over and in the gaza city, more than we ve seen in recent days. the idf, israel defense forces v n , have not commented on what seems to be an uptick. they have not commented on their upscale of operations targeting hamas. on a day we ve been learning more about hostage negotiations with hamas and the humanitarian crisis in gaza growing dire by the day. there had been a lot of anticipation about a potential breakthrough of sorts in the hostage crisis. that, obviously, is now overshadowed by this. we don t know what the developments are on the hostage front. this would seem to suggest it s not going as desired. i mean, you wouldn t
this is cnn breaking news. we are following breaking news at this hour, israel s military says its ground operation in gaza is expanding. i m anderson cooper in tel aviv. we are seeing live pictures out of gaza right now. large explosions over the gaza strip, the idf says it is, quote, operating forcefully. those are their words on all fronts and will continue striking gaza city and keep calling upon civilians to evacuate south. this comes as we re learning more about hostage negotiations with hamas. u.s. officials insisting hostage talks will continue even as the israeli military ramps up its air strikes and expanding its operation on the ground. jeremy diamond is in ashelon for us. we have been hearing the ste steady thud of these intensified bombardment thes and artillery fire on the gaza strip. this has been the loudest and most intense, perhaps even the most sustained bombardment of the gaza strip that we have heard in three weeks of covering this war. all of this as
parent s feeling as they and their child were burning alive. the painful screaming of the love of their life was the last thing they heard, the last thing. do you not think it s unbelievable that this resolution here today and this session are not solely focused on the hamas atrocities? when reading this resolution, hamas seems to be missing in action. the drafters of the resolution claim to be concerned about peace, yet the depraved murderers who initiated this war are not even mentioned in the resolution, not even mentioned. they see each one of you as puppets. they write a resolution completely devoid of any content related to the situation. they assume that you have already forgotten who it is that is responsible for the inhumane violence, and ijust expect you to support it automatically. this resolution is a disgrace to your intelligence, a disgrace. they just expect you. it s unfathomable that this resolution, one that doesn t even mention hamas, could possibly be vo