Hello and welcome to our viewers joining us here in the United States and all around the world. We continue our coverage of israel at war. Im rosemary church. Israels mar 300 targets were hit overnight by air strikes in gaza. According to the idf, tunnels and Operational Command centers belonging to hamas and Islamic Jihad were targeted. They targeted sites for the forces preparing for grounds operations. Meech meantime, a senior israeli official tells cnn from will be no ceasefire, saying humanitarian efforts cannot interfere with the mission to dismantle hamas. The countrys Defense Minister says hamas will cease to exist soon. Translator this needs to be the last maneuvering inside gaza, given the simple reason that hamas will cease to exist. It might take a month, two. But eventually, there will be no hamas. Journalist Elliot Gotkine is joining me now. Were seeing air strikes in gaza. Whats the latest on that . And what are you learning about the imminent Ground Incursion . Reporter
Hello and welcome, everyone. Im Michael Holmes with the latest on the israelhamas war. And Israeli Forces stepping up air strikes in gaza, ahead of what theyre calling the next stage of israels war on hamas, the idea of targeted and carried out dozens of air strikes in the last few hours. It appears to be the most sustained bombardment in Northern Gaza since the start of the conflict. An official telling cnn there will be no Ceasefire Talks amid the hostage crisis, saying humanitarian efforts cant interfere with the mission to dismantle hamas. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu meeting with the nations War Cabinet On Sunday to discuss security, among other things. Saying it is likely the invasion of gaza needs to be israels last moves inside the region, vowing hamas wont be around for long. This needs to be the last maneuvering inside gaza due to the simple reason that hamas will cease to exist. It might take a month, two, but eventually, there will be no hamas. Journalist Ellio
And so over and over and over again, this entire city is hearing these thunderous booms from the sky. This is reality for People Living here, and then the response often is airstrikes in gaza. Now though things seem to be a bit different because as israel prepares for a Ground Incursion, it just has been more quiet in gaza than we have seen right now. We have seen a bit of black smoke coming from gaza today, but in the very beginning, i mean, it was fearsome, it was terrifying with the airstrikes happening in gaza for the residents there. 700 children have already been killed there. But you remember this all started, this time around, with hamas and its Surprise Attack on civilians just trying to enjoy their lives. I do want to give you some sound of what happened earlier. I think we have a little bit of that for you now. So lets go to that. Our photographer is here with us. Lawrence is also with us as well as my fantastic producer, seb. So youre hearing in english, now you can go back
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on msnbc. it s time for american voices with alecia menendez. thank you so much. hello everyone. we start with the release of 20 more hostages in gaza. 13 are israeli detainees and seven are foreign nationals. this is the second group of hostages to be released as a part of a cease-fire deal between hamas and israel. hamas delayed the release of this group for hours claiming israel violated the terms of the agreement. ey arrived in israel a short while ago. the alleged violations include continued attacks on civilians in gaza by israeli forces and mitions in aid from gaza. the white house has working with qatar, egypt and israel in implementation of the deal. the cease-fi is supposed to last for four days. the truth started yesterday after the four-day period, israel plans to resume ground attacks on gaza for at least the next two months. the health ministry in gaza said israel has already killed an estimated 14,500 civilians 5000 of which, were children. tell us how this d