as you say rosemary, hundreds more are strikes by israel. militant targets inside the gaza strip, including command post. inside of mosques. on top of that, as you mentioned, there is a total block eight, a total siege of the gaza strip announced by the defense minister yesterday. no food, no fuel, no water, no electricity going from israel into the gaza strip and, i suppose the idea there is to get the civilian population to put pressure on to the militants of hamas to try to release the hostages. now, a couple of things on that note, of, course if hamas is able to get weaponry, smuggle weapons, bulldozers, and other equipment into the gaza strip, one can only assume that they will be able to get fuel and other supplies in their. the, clearly not offset the kind of supplies that they usually get and it also seems unlikely, certainly at this stage, that there is going to be anything to sway hamas from its current position and it is holding on to as you ve been speaking, we
this is cnn breaking news. hello everyone and thanks for joining us. i m christiane amanpour and london and we continue with our major breaking news, israel declaring its war with hamas following an unprecedented attack on israel where at least 70 people and maybe more according to officials , are dead, and 985 wounded, again, the numbers are probably already higher and expected to rise. the attack catching israel by surprise, at sunrise hamas launched their offensive by air, sea and land, the fighters infiltrated israeli towns and launched rockets. scenes of urban warfare as gunfights unfolded between israel and hamas. the israeli president reacted saying we saw the true face of hamas a terrorist army whose only goal is the cold-blooded murder of innocent men, women and children. i call upon the upon the family of nations, this war waged upon us mark a line in the sand. israel is watching airstrikes into gaza were palestinian say hundreds have been killed. new video shows
The pandemic. they rebooked us for a flight for tomorrow and now we re just trying to figure out if we want to go for a hotel or stay here at the airport. i was really panicking. you have to have patience. bring snacks. reporter: transportation secretary pete buttigieg is warning airlines that they must perform. last weekend alone airlines canceled 2,200 flights nationwide, the weekend before there were 3,200 cancellations. secretary buttigieg, what can be done to end these massive flight cancellations that keep happening? well, i was especially concerned before what we saw with the memorial day travel weekend. look, we are counting on airlines to deliver for passengers and to be able to service the tickets that they sell. we have a good representation of the airlines industry here, right here at the command center on the floor with us. reporter: here faa workers manage the flow of flights alongside representatives from airlines and industry groups.
The whole year was 1 is.7 million last year, we are already at is 1.5, we still have several months to go. the trend is showing we are going to blow last year s record-setting numbers right out of the water. back to you. arthel: bill, big difference. thanks, bill melugin, in texas. eric: have you tried to fly anywhere in the past few days? if relentless delays and cancellations at the airports across the country. some travelers getting worried about the their summer travel plans for the fourth of july holiday especially because of the crush. transportation secretary pete buttigieg is warning airlines that the government could step in if the air travel chaos is continuing. jonathan serrie is live at hartsfield-jackson airport in atlanta, one of the busiest airports in the world. if you want to go to heaven, you ve got to change at atl, but they ve been having delays there too. [laughter] reporter: that s right. at least if you re going on
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