Hello, and welcome to our viewers in the United States and all around the world. We have cnns continuing coverage of the israel war. Its 4 a. M. In hong kong. 11 a. M. In israel. On sunday it announced its bombardment will become even more relentless than it already has been. Hundreds of Armored Vehicles are ready to strike hamas at a moments notice. On saturday the idf began dropping over northern gaza warning them to evacuate stat or risk being considered a partner of hamas. Elliott has the latest. Reporter just in the last minute or two, the chief spokesman for the idf has been giving a briefing and he says that overnight Israeli Military killed the Detonator Chief of hamas. So thats the latest and i suppose this is part of the ramping up of the airstrikes that the idf said it was going to do over the weekend paving the way for this very much expected and anticipated Ground Invasion. The Chief Of The General staff saying in no Uncertain Terms we will enter the gaza strip. Of course,
Welcome to our viewers in the United States and watching Around The World to cnns continuing coverage of israel at war. Im Anderson Cooper in tel aviv. And im Kaitlan Collins in new york. Tonight, in a new interview, President Biden has just warned that israel should not try to reoccupy gaza, while adding that he does believe israel and im quoting the president now has to respond to the hamas assault that has killed 1,400 people, including, tonight, we are learning, 30 americans. All of this comes as President Biden is weighing whether to visit israel in the coming days, following an invitation by Prime Minister benjamin netanyahu. But first, we want to bring you the lathe on a number of developments unfolding here and in the region. A short time ago, the president of the Palestinian Authority issued his first public condemnation of the hamas attack. Mahmoud abbas, speaking with venezuelas president , called for an end to civilian casualties, the release of prisoners, and a rejection o
these are the latest pictures that we received of them arriving in a coach. we ll have more on this across the program. let s take a closer look at some of the hostages released by hamas today. amongst the group are sisters, dafna and ela elyakim. they were attacked at their home in kibbutz nir oz. the girls were part of a family group whose capture was live streamed by the attackers themselves. also for the first time, an american israeli citizen was released earlier today. abigail idan was just three at the time she was taken hostage she spent her fourth birthday in captivity. her parents were killed by hamas gunmen during the october seven attacks. her great aunt and cousin said they hoped and prayed today would come and expressed graititude to president biden, the qatari government and other parties involved in helping the release. they also said that today s release proves that we can all get all the hostages back home. that was in a statement they released just a shor
and the number of prisoners freed to 117. let s take a closer look at some of the hostages released by hamas today. among the group are sisters, dafna and ela elyakim. they were attacked at their home in kibbutz nir oz. the girls were part of a family group whose capture was live streamed by the attackers themselves. also for the first time, an american israeli citizen was released earlier today. abigail idan was just three at the time she was taken hostage she spent her fourth birthday in captivity. her parents were killed by hamas gunmen during the october seven attacks. her great aunt and cousin said they hoped and prayed today would come and expressed graititude to president biden, the qatari government and other parties involved in helping the release. they also said today s release proves that we can get all the hostages back home. the israel defense forces spokesman daniel hagari said the release of four year old abigail was proof this is a justified war, fighting a
truce with hamas, whilst 39 palestinian women and children were released from israeli prisons as a part of the hostage deal between israel and hamas. today s releases brings the total number of hostages released during the window to sa and the number of prisoners freed to 117. let s take a closer look at some of the hostages released by hamas today. among the group are sisters, dafna and ela elyakim. they were attacked at their home in kibbutz nir oz. the girls were part of a family group whose capture was live streamed by the hamas attackers themselves. also for the first time, an american israeli citizen was released earlier today. abigail idan was just three at the time she was taken hostage she spent her fourth birthday in captivity. her parents were killed by hamas gunmen during the october 7th attacks. her great aunt and cousin said they hoped and prayed today would come, and expressed graititude to president biden, the qatari government and other parties involved in