Cnn breaking news. Good morning. Welcome to cnn this morning. It is sunday, october 8th. Im amara walker. Im victor blackwell. Becky anderson is live in tel aviv as we continue to follow developments in israel. We will check back with becky in a moment. It is 1 00 p. M. In israel. 350 Israeli Citizens have been killed, for more wounded since the intense fighting between israel and hamas attack. That was yesterday morning. The focus for the Israel Defense forces is to take control of gaza. Retaliatory airstrikes against hamas targets have reportedly killed 310 people and injured 2,000 according palestinian authorities. In the past 24 hours. Israeli forces have struck 400 targets in gaza, including ten towers used by hamas. New video shows the moment an israeli Fighter Jet Hit A Compound belonging to the intelligence chief of hamas. Prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu of israel is vowing vengeance again hamas and warning citizens of gaza to get out while they can. Translator all the places which hamas is deployed, hiding and operating in, we will turn it into an island of ruins. I am telling gazas people to leave those places now because we will take action everywhere. In southern israel, police say they have neutralized a vehicle with a suspected Terrorist Squad on a main highway. They have also taken back a Police Station that was infiltrated by terrorists. Idf says more than 1,000 militants poured across the border early saturday and invaded nearby towns. They are still fighting to remove hamas fighters from eight areas inside the country. Hamas claims to have captured dozens of israelis, including children and soldiers. Disturbing video shows israeli civilians rounded up presumably taken into gaza. The idf is working to figure out how many Israeli Citizens have been taken hostage. All right. Lets go now to israel and Cnns Becky Anderson in tel aviv. We are talking about the second day the fighting has entered. We are seeing this exchange of missiles and Rocket Attacks between israel and hamas. What is the latest today . Well, lets be quite clear. This is unchartered territory as far as this region is concerned. At least 100 rockets fired on the israeli town. Sderot this morning according to the militant group. Israel has conducted strikes overnight on close to 500 targets in gaza now, according to israeli authorities. And Prime MinisterBenjamin Netanyahu vowing that this is a war that israel will win and saying that the enemy will pay an unprecedented price. Quite what that war looks like Going Forward and what the price will be in terms of further lives lost will only become apparent in the hours ahead. What is clear at this point is that there are dozens of israelis and the idea will not put a precise figure on it as they try to establish exact numbers, dozens of israelis, men, women, children, rounded up in israel and taken into gaza as hostages. And it is clear that that will massively complicate the israeli Defense Forces next moves as they consider how to quote Benjamin Netanyahu, they are going to win this war. About lets get to cnns Nic Robertson who is in southern israel, what is the latest where you are . Reporter yeah, becky, we are hearing the sound of multiple heavy explosions in the distance behind me towards gaza, which must be about 35 kilometers away. We were a couple of kilometers from the border with defense with gaza. We were able to see israeli drones in the sky early this morning when daylight came. We have Seen Movement of heavy battle tanks into the area, howitzers and armored personnel vehicles. Not huge numbers, but an indication perhaps of the amount of Military Equipment most people expect israel to move into the vicinity of gaza to secure that fence line, to make sure that no hamas militants can get into israel and thats what happened this morning between where we are now and where we were in the early hours of this morning, a small team infiltrated. They were stopped, thwarted by israeli Defense Forces in the town few cloms down the coast from here. So the area where we were last night was an active military area. Its still an area of Security Concern for israeli authorities and even here some 30 plus kilometers away from gaza, you can hear those multiple explosions. The streets are more or less deserted here. An elderly couple walked past before us. They were speaking french. Not sure if they were tourists. This would normally be a much busier spot here. A lot of people heeding the advice the government is giving them, which is staying close to their shelters, staying home, dont go out if you dont need to and be ready to take shelter if the sirens go off. Becky. Reporter lets pause for a moment and try to establish a sense of what has happened here because in terms of numbers, we have seen 350 israelis killed and as close to 2,000. Amongst those, 30 Israeli Soldiers killed. As we are reporting, you know, multiple dozens it seems of israelis having been rounded up and taken into gaza. As the million there have described, littered around the town which is, of course, incredibly tightly populated, which is going to make this offensive and we should discuss what that looks like much, much more difficult for the israelis. Lets be quite clear. On the palestinian side, some 300 People Killed and a couple of thousand people who have been injured. It is hard to underscore exactly how significant and shocking what we have seen in the last 30 hours is, nic. And the idea that these hostages, these israeli hostages now are littered around gaza city is going to be really, really tough for the idf. Explain. Reporter its also a political problem for Prime MinisterBenjamin Netanyahu. Hamas will absolutely have video of those hostages at some point. We can expect that. I think the Israeli Government will be bracing itself for the potential that if the idf has an incursion or this high Palestinian Death toll in gaza from israeli airstrikes, then they would expect hamas to try to put political pressure on the government of Prime MinisterBenjamin Netanyahu by putting hostages on camera, by putting them under duress and it goes without saying there is a potential for some of those hings to be can ild if the situation gets more extreme. So you have a political decision for the Prime Minister to decide how to handle that part of whats what happens, how he moves forward. But it is unprecedented that Israeli Defense force, the government of israel would be faced with a situation where hamas has got into israeli territory, that they have taken Hostages Into Gaza who can be used against the Israeli Defense force. Going back over a decade, those incursions by Israeli Ground troops are costly in terms of israeli troops, lives, but also very costly in terms of palestinian lives because, as you say, this is a densely populated Civilian Neighborhood and hamas hides out in those civilian areas. They have tunnels under houses. They live in those densely populated streets. They are very hard targets for israel to kill leaders of haup as they appear to be oug voug to do. This is an incredibly difficult situation. I think we are some way before an incursion because it will take time to put that force in order and make the political decisions. The higher the Palestinian Death toll and it goes high in previous incursions or airstrikes, then International Pressure grows on israel to find a peaceful solution. Nic robertsons on the ground. Thanks for joining us. After a call with the israeli Prime Minister netanyahu, President Biden said his Administration Support for israels security is, quote, rock solid and unwavering. In his remarks on saturday, biden warned other countries against exploiting israel during these attacks. Let my say this as clearly as i can. This is not a moment for any party hostel to israel to exploit these attacks to seek advantage. The world is watching. And biden went on to condemn hamas as a terrorist organization, calling their actions unconscionable. Cnns kevin lip tag is at the white house. Since joe biden last spoke, there is a significant concern about escalation here. We have been hearing about deadly clashes on the west bank, kevin, and the idf says it has been striking an area in lebanon after hez ball a took responsibility. What is the Biden Administrations plan at this point . Well, i can tell you officials are watching those developments very closely around the clock. What the plan right now is, is to really kind of determine the scope of israels needs as it responds to this crisis. You see this multichannel effort sort of up and down the Military Chain to try to determine what direct aid israel might need at this point in time. And i am told that that was a point of discussion between the two leaders, President Biden and Prime Minister netanyahu, when they got on the phone yesterday. One of the complicating factors there, you remember, becky, washington is in a state of dysfunction. There is no house speaker. White house officials have been candid they dont have a clear answer if congress would need to pass something for israel, some kind of Assistance Package for israel, they wouldnt be able to at this moment. But certainly President Biden very clear yesterday in his remarks that he condemned the attacks from hamas and he stood with israel. Listen to a little bit more of what he had to say. Hamas terrorists crossing in israel killing not only Israeli Soldiers but israeli civilians in the street and their homes, innocent people murdered, wounded, entire families taken hostage by hamas. Just days after the holiest of days in the jewish calendar. Its unconscionable. Reporter now, the other effort that you are seeing Behind The Scenes is the diplomatic effort in addition to Prime Minister netanyahu, the president spoke yesterday with the king of jordan, and so you really do start to see american officials calling their counterparts in the region in countries like egypt and like the united arab emirates, qatar, countries that could have leverage with the palestinians to lean on them to try to give fuse this crisis in any way they can, try to prevent it from spiraling out of control. So these efforts continuing into the day today, becky. Kevin liptak is at the white house. Thank you. Well, Secretary Of StateAntony Blinken is also condemning the attacks by hamas on israel. Blinken says he has been speaking with israeli officials as well as leaders in the surrounding countries and he has called his european and Middle Eastern counterparts to discuss the attacks. Natasha joins me now. Whats the latest from your perspective, natasha . Reporter well, the Secretary Of State has been extremely busy over the last 24 hours. He has been calling his counterparts in saudi arabia, egypt, jordan, turkey, as well as in the eu. Essentially, the message he is sending to them is, please try to use whatever leverage and influence you have to promote calm and peace in the region. Now, the Secretary Of State has repeatedly condemned these attacks and in his conversations with his counterparts he has expressed to them that the United States stands in solidarity, of course, with the israelis and that the u. S. Is working to determine what exactly the israelis need in the coming days and weeks in order to support their fight against hamas. But, you know, one of the Big Questions that the administration and that the officials in washington that we have been speaking to are asking now is what needs to be determined over the next few weeks about how this was missed. The Intelligence Failure here really was quite spectacular. And the officials are concerned that it this blind spot apparently that israel had could translate into more chaos. So the diplomatic efforts here are really intensifying and what we have heard as well from the Administration Officials is that they cannot say at this point whether iran played any role in this tattack. As we know, iran is a supporter of hamas and that is something that the administration is also trying to figure out at this point. But blinken, he has been, of course, pivotal in terms of this ongoing effort between the u. S. , saudi arabia and israel to normalize relations between israel and saudi arabia. Officials here in washington also saying that they believe it is premature to say those Normalization Efforts are going to be completely sidetracked and destroyed by this terror attack. Becky. Yeah, the evolve. Of hez ball a could signal a ratcheting up. There must be concern about that in washington. Analysts suggested that that Military Group has at its disposal Something Like 100 to 150,000 rockets. The group said it is in direct contact with hamas and other groups around the region and in contact with the Palestinian Resistance at home and abroad. Something that washington will be very aware of at this point. Natasha bertran, thank you. Coming up later this morning on state of the union, dana bash sits down with secretary of stat blinken at 9 00 a. M. Eastern on cnn and streaming on cnn max. And i will have a lot more coverage from here inside israel throughout the morning. For now, back to victor in atlanta. Joining us is brett bruin, president of the crisis communication agency, the Global Situation room, former director of Global Engagement under president obama. Good to see you. Let me pull a thread of what we heard from Natasha Bertrand on the question of intelligence. To what degree does this recalibrate the u. S. Confidence in the Israeli Intelligence capabilities . Well, i think we have got to go back to square one and start challenging assumptions and clearly both on the israeli side, on the u. S. Side, there has been an overconfidence, a belief, i think, that we have things under control, when, quite clearly, we were missing fundamental elements. We learned, victor, over the course of the last couple of decades in efforts in the war on terrorism that the adversaries adapt and they understand how we are collecting information and intelligence and, in this case, clearly hamas was successful in keeping this under wraps. I mentioned that the Global Situation room is a Crisis Communications agency. So lets talk about the crisis of freeing these hostages. The idf has, of course, begun their retaliatory strikes. What we learned from hamas is that they say they have dozens of israeli hostages, prisoners of war. Is there some nonmilitary approach, some diplomatic approach at this hour, as naive as that may sound, to free those hostages . Certainly there will be. And i think hamas has to be careful here because there has been a lot of international as well as domestic outrage against hamas for their attacks on civilians. The fact that they continue to hold families, children, civilians does not play well into the public support that they are attracting. So hamas, i think, is going to look at how do we negotiate a deal out of this. Israel, obviously, will very actively be pursuing the return of their citizens. And this may be, victor, a way in which we begin the process of negotiating on a broader set of issues because ultimately i think this is a challenge both for the palestinians, the israelis and, obviously, American Leadership to find a way forward here. This is a moment of momentous transformation. What it ultimately becomes will be decided in the next 24 to 27 hours. We covered the strain between President Biden and Prime Minister netanyahu over the judicial reforms in israel, that strain, decadeslong relationship. But is the u. S. In any different a position to, when the time comes, negotiate, mediate than it was several years ago in 2021 as it worked Behind The Scenes trying to negotiate a ceasefire . Well, this is the irony of hamas attack, is they have actually driven the Biden Administration<