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Infrastructure. New Drone Footage Shows what idf strikes have done so far, and for the roughly 2 million palestinians trapped in the enclave, half of whom are kids. Hunger is mounting. Israels complete resource blockade of the strip is now in day four. One woman sheltering with her husband and 2yearold told nbc news Over Whatsapp the only food that they have left are some chick peas, and that she says its not going to last more than a day. Officials in israel say the number of those kidnapped by...

We want to remind you of a major leader of isis, has been believed to have been killed in a raid. a source says special operations commandos carried out the raid. al baghdadi has been in hiding for the last five years. in 2014, he proclaimed an isis caliphate. u.s. president donald trump is expected to make an announcement in the coming hours. thats what weve been told. the administration official said that the speech he will deliver will be foreign policy-related. he did say and tweeted out, th...

Video here shows the middle operation near the turkish border. a witness described to cnn hearing several helicopters and war planes and gunfire about an hour last night. cnn cannot confirm this is, in fact, from saturdays raid that is recorded. iraqi state tv says this is video of the aftermath of the raid. a defense official saying it appears baghdadi detonated a suicide vest as special operations commandos closed in. >> we want to tell you more about the impact baghdadi has had on not just th...

So i would expect that theyll be more of these accesses by iranian hard-liners to say that its not -- things have not really changed. >> one other theory in addition to that, that theyre arresting more americans potentially to hold as some sort of swap bea think want iranians held in american jails to be released. they want to do a prisoner swap if they think they can get more americans under their, in their prison system, maybe they can -- publicly spoken about some sort of swap like this. mayb...

Pentagon uses, 5,000 militias, and tribes, and other groups fighting isis. and the u.s. says it understands who these people are, and they can work with them. so you will have to work for the special operations commandos from the u.s. to pair up with all of these groups. this is a good deal aware and fair distance away from where hezbollah or russians are fighting, but this battlefield, wolf, getting more complex by the day. >> it certainly is, and our senior international correspondent nick pat...

This is the kurdish region of northern iraq. the peshmerga operate here. mick was referring to them a moment ago. they are considered effective fighters. they have been close allies of u.s. forces. there are a lot of special operations commandos that operation in this area and have operated here for some time. and because of that close relationship, because the americans trust the kurds, because the kurds have been effective, in this case, when the kurds asked for american help to go and rescue ...

Fair assumption? >> reporter: a slow boat to justice indeed but justice the u.s. says there will be for ahmed abu khatallah. a senior law enforcement official now telling our own justice reporter evan perez that it was u.s. commandos along with the fbi that over the weekend actually got to the libyan coast by sea to set off this entire operation to get khatallah, that he was lured to a villa near benghazi, south of benghazi along the coast line, and thats when special operations commandos and th...

Possible deserter. as you look at that video, carol, u.s. officials have told us for the last couple days, all of the exchange procedures on that field had been carefully worked out and agreed to ahead of time. i dont think anybody was surprised it was filmed. the u.s. special operations commandos that got off the helicopter to get bergdahl had sunglasses, hats, beards, scarves. they had their faces well covered. they were very cautious. if you look at the video, they walk backwards, they dont t...

Down the road. u.s. officials will tell you that this really is the way they will be going after terrorist targets now, small, lethal, lightning raids by u.s. special operations commandos. kate. >> a key point. barbara, thank you so much. now that al qaeda operative is in custody, so what happens next to him? joe johns is following the legal angle from washington. what do you know, joe? >> kate, abu al ibi is being held on board a u.s. vessel. he is expected to be interrogated for several weeks ...

Escaped, and they are not free. whats going on? >> that is -- that could be good. i read the accounts of this, literally 1,000-plus prisoners out there. its a very different situation action to say the least. thats why the united states military, all the apparatus, every asset we have has got to be focused on capturing or killing those people who killed americans. i cant believe we have to have this debate of trying to encourage the obama administration to do this? this is a core responsibility ...