terror attacks by hamas forces against israeli civilians, men, women, children, 10:20 days ago. hamas will pay for its crimes against humanity. hamas will pay for slaughtering are people. and tonight, we are starting payback. we are bringing justice to this terrible despicable disgusting terrorist group. and they will pay for their crimes. and once again, not just israel will be better off afterwards, but the people of gaza will be better off without them as well. those comments from senior adviser to israeli prime minister netanyahu. heavy israeli pomerantz throughout the day in what appears to be an increase in coming days. hundreds of charges in a short period of. time idf is saying it s a greeting is ground operation, including a target raid in northern gaza which it calls preparations for the next stages of combat. part of the reason we do not know much is because we currently have no way at all to communicate with people on the ground in gaza, the 2 million people t
tonight on the reidout i think that there will be certainly time for that policy discussion to take place. but that s not the place that we re in at this moment. i think with respect to any discussion of legislation, it s premature. there s an ongoing investigation. this is not the time to go back to the same tired saw over gun control. this is not the time to be talking about legislation. we re in the middle of that crisis right now. as the search continues for the lewiston, maine, killer, republicans continue to make excuses, including a familiar phrase used over the years after mass murders. now is not the time to fix the problem. and there are many other shocking but not surprising things that new speaker mike johnson has been saying since he took the gavel. and he s clearly not a big fan of the separation of church and state. plus, three weeks after the hamas terror attack, israel launches an intense new round of air strikes in gauze oz. there s tremend
welcome to the lead. i m jake tapper. live on a rooftop overlooking tel aviv, israel. it s just after 11:00 p.m. here. it s been 16 days since the horrific terrorist attacks by hamas caught this country and, frankly, much of the world by complete surprise. we ll start with breaking news. hamas has released two more of the hostages it kidnapped from israel during the october 7th terrorist attack. that s according to multiple sources who say the hostages are nurit cooper and yocheved lifshitz. the lifshitz family said in a statement the women were handed over to the red cross and will shortly return to israel. we happened to be at the time with israeli defense spokesperson jonathan con reek cass when the news came in. this is part of his reaction. they are differentiating, distinguishing between only israelis and double citizens or perhaps only foreigners which rings familiar for me as a jew and third generation holocaust survivor, rings familiar from other types in our h
good morning, everyone, and welcome to cnn this morning. sunday, october 22nd. i m amara walker. i m victor blackwell. we begin with the expected israeli ground offensive into gaza. saturday, the israeli military said would increase airstrikes on hamas targets ahead of any ground incursion. thousands of israeli troops and hundreds of armored vehicles are at the gaza border ready to strike hamas. israel defense forces dropped flyers into northern gaza warning civilians to once again evacuate to the south or they might be considered a partner for the terrorist organization. as fighting increases at the northern border with lebanon. defense production act said the u.s. malt said the u.s. is increasing readiness in the region, including deploying additional defense systems to the middle east and american troops on stand-by to deploy at a moment s notice. meanwhile, egypt s red crescent says 17 aid trucks carrying food and medicine are ready to enter gaza through the r
all of you watching in the united states and all around the world. i m in london with the ongoing coverage of israel at war. it is 10:00 a.m. here in london, noon in gaza, where the border crossing into egypt opened about two hours ago for the first time in weeks. then close d just minutes later. you re looking at live pictures. it was just enough time for 20 trucks with much-needed humanitarian aid to cross from egypt into gaza. hamas says the trucks were loaded with medicines, medical supplies and limited quantity of canned foods. so 20 trucks crossing over into gaza. what we have been hearing from officials is that many more are needed. more than 400 or so were making this trip on a daily basis prior to this conflict. we are starting to see the start of that aid going in. meanwhile, hamas took the unexpected step of releasing two american hostages on friday. a mother and daughter. judy and natal ira nai were tak. their father said he couldn t wait to see his daughter again