she was taken from her home in southern israel, beaten up and transported by motorbike into gaza. her daughter translated her story just hours after her release, at the hospital in tel aviv where she s being treated. my mum is saying that she was taken on the back of a motorbike with her body, with her legs on one side and her hide on another side. she was taken through the ploughed fields with the men in front on one side and a man behind her. and that whilst she was being taken, she was hit with sticks by shabaab? yes, shabaab people. until they reached the tunnels. there. there, they walked for a few kilometres on the wet ground. there are huge network of tunnels underneath, it looks like a spider web. ms lifschitz also described clean conditions and guards who treated her well and took care of every detail . this video, released by hamas, shows the moment she was released, and shook hands with one of the gunmen, saying in hebrew: peace peace. ms lifshitz was released alo
thanks to all of you for joining us as well. i m kasie hunt, don t go anywhere, cnn this morning starts right now. glad you re with us. i m pop bipy harlow and phil mattingly. overnight the israeli military launching raids and ramping up airstrikes on gaza. the idf says troops are preparing for the, quote, next phase of the war. take a look, this is video of the aftermath this morning. sources tell cnn the u.s. is urging israel to delay a ground assault in the hopes of getting more hostages out and humanitarian aid in for the millions of palestinians who are running out of food and water. but a senior israeli official tells cnn there will be no cease fire. the idf now says 222 people were kidnapped during the hamas attack and massacre just about two weeks ago. and israel s president is now claiming one of the militants who was killed was car carrying instructions on how to make chemical weapons. let s go to erin burnett. we ve seen rhetoric and escalation. what is the l
strike in the west bank earlier today hitting a mosque. the idf said it thwarted an eminent terror attack. the palestinian authority calls it a dangerous escalation. erin? jim, the israeli military confirms that its troop had a class with hamas fighters. it s significant because this happened inside gauza. they re saying that there was fighting. it s just the second time that israeli forces have confirmed that they were operating inside gaza since the hamas terrorist attacks two weeks ago. cnn journalist has witnessed at least 14 trucks crossing from egypt into gaza. that s desperately needed humanitarian aid. it s a drop in the bucket, though, but it is something. and for almost two weeks, there had been nothing. an official at the main hospital says the deteriorating conditions there are catastrophic and other hospitals say they are simply overwhelmed by the number of dead and wounded from the intensifying bombardment. israel saying they conducted dozens of strikes just t
pictures, ethical social media. it was a whole new world. she was excited. she goes, i think somebody is breaking into my facebook, i also think somebody is breaking into my house. i haven t heard from my daughter since tuesday. in the apartment, there is blood stains on the carpet and blood spatter on the wall. and she s missing. they find a note with i do have great pleasure tearing her part. i just went, oh my god, you ve got to look into this guy. he was so good at pretending. he s a monster. he said, do you have a suspect, i said, yes, he said, who, i said, you. hello and welcome to dateline. it can be very unsettling, the feeling you re being watched, followed, possibly stocks. lajoya mccoy suspected all of those things was happening to her, but who would threaten the hard-working mother of two? friends and family also sensed she was in trouble, but no one could predict what was about to happen. here is josh mankiewicz with, the dead of night.