In the gaza strip. Israel will no doubt have some mapped out. Not all of them. Where were standing if and when this Ground Invasion comes, it will probably be worse than ones weve seen before in terms of casualties and the bitterness of fighting that we have in store. Kim . Appreciate it. Elliot in london. Thanks americas top diplomat is in jordan after spending thursday in israel, Antony Blinken is trying to prevent the conflict from spreading and hoping to secure the release of hostage, cnn Beckie Anderson has more. The war between israel and hamas kicking off a flurry of diplomatic activity across the east. U. S. Secretary of state Antony Blinken landed in tel aviv thursday to show washington solidarity with israel. The message that i bring to israel is this. You may be Strong Enough on your own to defend yourself. But as long as america exists, you will never have to. We will always be there. By your side. The Secretary Of State also tried to secure the release of hostages taken by
Clock warning United Nations staff to evacuate gaza. Our coverage continues now in The 11th Hour with stephanie ruhle. Good evening, once again, im stephanie ruhle. Of congress today, where Steve Scalise has dropped out of the race for speaker after being nominated by his fellow republicans. Well have much more on the chaos in the house in just a moment. But first, lets begin our broadcast with israel. Who is continuing its she siege on got a. Launch more airstrikes six days after the hamas terror attacks. The bombing is intensifying, as israel is building up its military forces along the border with gaza for a potential Ground Invasion. At least 1300 people have been killed in israel, and at least 1500 have been killed in gaza. Today, Secretary Of State Antony Blinken was in israel meeting with both Prime Minister netanyahu and israelis who survived the terror attacks. We get more from my colleague, lester holt, in tel aviv. Tonight, israeli airstrikes relentlessly Bombarding Gaza wit
That theyre defended. And that, again, this cant be allowed to continue. With regard to the second point, yes, this is something that were very focused on. We want to make sure that no other country or entity tries to take advantage of the situation. The president s been very, very clear about that. He said very starkly that any state or nonstate actor considering that, dont do it. Hes backed that up in a number of ways, including, as i mentioned the other day, deploying our largest Aircraft Carrier battle group to the area. So, thats clearly designed to help ensure that anyone contemplating getting engaged doesnt do it. But beyond that, a big part of my own conversations here throughout this trip, including today, following up the next couple days, is working with other countries to make sure theyre using their own contacts, their own influence, their own relationship to make that case, that no one else would be taking this moment to create chaos in some other place. I should mention,
But it is just, you know, just an awful none of us have ever been in a position of reporting some of the things were seeing right now. And it is just a hard assignment. Colleagues are Bearing Witness for sure. Wolf, thank you so much. Well see you in the situation. Cnn news central starts right now. Were tracking major developments on day seven of fighting in the middle east. Im Brianna Keilar In Washington with Boris Sanchez. We have Anderson Cooper on scene in israel. We do have Breaking News. Israeli troops conducting raids inside gaza, they have done this, the Israel Defense forces saying they targeted terror cells and searched for hostages here in the past day. Hamas is believed to have up to 150 hostages inside of gaza, including some u. S. Citizens. Last hour President Biden spoke with the families of 14 americans who are still unaccounted for since the weekend attacks. Earlier today, the idf dropped flyers on gaza. Youre seeing them there on the screen. The flyers tell people i
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