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CNNW CNN July 3, 2024

Urgent needs that need to be met. First, of course, potentially more aid for israel. Phil. Poppy. Lauren fox, thank you. And cnn this morning continues right now. This is cnn Breaking News. It is the top of the hour. We continue to follow all of the Breaking News out of israel and gaza. Im poppy harlow with Phil Mattingly in new york. 8 00 a. M. Here on the east coast. 3 00 p. M. In tel aviv where defense secretary lloyd austin is on the ground. You heard him speaking as this war between israel and hamas intensifies with up to 150 hostages, including americans, believed held in gaza. We will continue to coordinate closely with israel to help secure the release of the innocent men, women, and children in the clutches of hamas. Including american citizens. Now, this is no time for neutrality or for false equivalence or for excuses for the inexcusable. There is never any justification for terrorism. This Morning Hamas is claiming that israels bombardment of gaza killed 13 hostages but the Israeli Military can not confirm that nor can the white house. Meanwhile, israel is warning more than 1 Million People need to evacuate immediately in gaza as Hundreds Of Thousands of israeli troops mass near the border. Thousands of leaflets were dropped over gaza city. Nic robertson joins us from sderot israel. You saw one of the largest plumes of smoke blasts you have seen in gaza city. Tell us about it. Reporter yeah, this is smoke you see behind me, rising out of the northern end of the gaza strip, just slightly to the north of gaza city itself. An area of deep concentration of people. Now, the Israeli Defense force say that last night there was very heavy shelling in the Northern Area of gaza. We were standing here through the night. We could hear it through the night, very heavy Missile Strikes and artillery strikes. Indeed, the Israel Defense forces say in the past six days they have targeted gaza and specifically hamas infrastructure, Military Command post, Military Command with 6,000 missiles. That, according to the idfs own figures, is already more than they launched in launched on gaza in the war in 2014 that lasted 50 days. So that gives you a sense of scale of the amount offard nantz thats being dropped. Huge plume of smoke right now. We dont know where thats coming from. The announcement this morning by the Israeli Defense force, that palestinians should move south of the gaza strip, move out of gaza city, initially appeared they were given a 24hour deadline. The u. N. Interpreted that way. They say that is impossible to do, it will create a humanitarian disaster on the ground. Indeed do, one u. N. Agency says more than 400,000 palestinians are displaced from their he has homes at the moment. The idf has clarified and says there is no 24hour deadline on that, but it is a very clear instruction for Palestinian Civilians to move south in the gaza strip. Hamas is telling them not to do that because they dont trust the israelis or their motives behind this. It is for the palestinians there, who are caught up at the end end of these missiles, a very, very testing and difficult time. One doctor cnn talked to said we literally live second by second. It is an impossible situation. He said Everyone Wants it to end immediately. Nic robertson for us, thank you. Now to erin burnett in israel. You are right near the egypt gaza border. This is a crucial position to be in, especially since that rafah crossing in the south is closed. Erin, what are you seeing, what are you hearing . Reporter yes. All right. So, poppy, right now we are along that border, gaza, egypt, Israel Border three miles from gaza, ten miles from the egyptian border in rafah, the only crossing between egypt and gaza which of course is closed right now. As you can see, these are tanks, we have seen an entire convoy of them. Okay. All right. Okay. Okay. All right. Poppy and we are going to pass it back to you. We have some idf troops coming over. I will send it back to you. Thank you. We will get back to you when we can. I think, phil, just shows how all of this is happening in real time as our reporters are trying to get to the most crucial places in this war to tell the story of exactly what is happening. And i think to take a step back, if we can, given its been very difficult just how fluid and fastmoving this story has been, the horrors that transpired six is days ago. Following the teams on the ground throughout our 24hour coverage, you realize how quickly they are moving to different places, what they are seeing, how quickly military personnel equipment, everything is happening as we are watching whats happening in gaza now that there has been an evacuation order. We have reporters and teams that have so much experience there. I think even they at this point have acknowledged that this is such a dynamic situation for them to follow. Absolutely. We will get back to erin as soon as we can. As we wait for her report from the south there, lets go to priscilla alvarez. She joins us from the white house. As we understand it, President Biden sat down for an interview with 60 minutes and part of the discussion about hostages, particularly americans believed potentially to be held. What can i tell us . Reporter thats right. Poppy. We learned that President Biden is expected to speak with the families of americans who are believed to be held hostage by hamas and his reasoning for that is to make clear to them that he, quote, deeply cares. Take a listen. Why do you feel so strongly about speaking to these families personally on zoom . Because i think they have to know that the president of the United States of america cares deeply about whats happened to them. Deeply. We have to communicate to the world, this is critical. This is not even human behavior. Its pure barre barism. We are going to get them home if we can find them. Reporter now, a source tells me this is call expected to happen later today. What we know from the white house is that there are 14 americans unaccounted for and they have characterized those held hostage as a handful. Very small number. And this is something that the white house and Administration Officials are working around the clock to wrap their arms around. You heard from National Security Spokesman John Kirby who said that they still dont have many details about the conditions of the hostages, where they may be held, and they are working hour by hour on this. But for now what we know is that today the president is expected to talk to some of those families and express his sympathies as well as what they may know so far. Poppy, phil. Certainly working around the clock. Thank you very much. And now to a cnn investigation that analyzes two years of hamas Propaganda Training Videos and it identified six Training Camps that the militant Terrorist Group and affiliates used to train for the attack over the weekend. Clarissa ward led this reporting. She joins us now. It is stunning what people are about to see. Walk us through it, clarissa. Reporter well, poppy, obviously, with all of this talk of an imminent ground offensive, the questions of the failures of Israeli Intelligence are front and center. And our own open source investigator paul murphy spent days pouring through years worth of Satellite Imagery, social media videos, trying to put together a picture of how hamas was able to train for last saturdays brutal attacks for years right under israels nose. Take a look. Propaganda videos put out by hamas reveal killing details about the years of preparations that went into saturdays bloody attacks right under israels nose. Analyzing metadata from the videos, a cnn investigation can reveal the presence of at least six training sites inside gaza. One just 720 meters from the most heavily fortified and patrolled part of israels border. In that camp, hamas recreated an israeli compound with elements of the nearby Border Crossing, including an insignia of the battalion. They practiced taking prisoners and zip tying their hands at the camp. Satellite imagery indicates the camp was constructed within the last year and a half. At two other locations in the southern part of gaza hamas trained for their Adaushs Paraglider assault, Rehearsing Takeoffs and landings. At all six sites, two years of Satellite Imagery reviewed by cnn shows no indication of offensive Israeli Military action. The imagery instead shows that in the last two years some camps even expanded into surrounding farmland and that there was activity in the last several months at the camps. The stunning revelations raise questions as it to how hamas was able to sttrain so openly, so close to the border, for so long, and why israeli officials were unable to pick up on and prevent the october 7th attack. So, of course, we have reached out to the Israeli Military to get some kind of response and we did get a comment. They said, we cannot provide answers to your questions since they relate to the complex analysis of intelligence. At the same time that we are fighti war. This topic together with numerous other issues will be investigated by the idf, the Israel Defense forces, at the end of the war. I think thats an attitude that you see broadly reflected here, poppy. There is a lot of anger among people you talk to. There are a lot of questions and people do want answers, but there is also a kind of acceptance that the priority right now is dealing with the more immediate and pressing concerns, particularly that hostage situation. Coming back full circle, these Intelligence Failures raise real questions about some of the challenges that israel might face if it does launch a ground incursion. 17 years hamas has held the gaza strip. So this would be a very challenging fight for israelis and a lot of people asking whether mistakes that have been made before or questions that are now being asked could contribute to that. Poppy, phil. Clarissa, just so everyone understands, those videos we saw throughout your report, those were publicly available on Different Social Media platforms . Is that right . Reporter thats right. These are hamas propaganda videos. I think whats interesting, is its not like they just released all of these videos after these attacks. Some of these videos were actually put out in the open space before the attacks happened. So anybody can watch these. And i should add, you know, paul murphy was the one who went through them laboriously, but israeli media have also been talking a lot about this issue. They have also been combing through these videos and they are quite shocked by what they have found, particularly that one camp, less than a colombia from the eras Border Crossing with a replica of the battalion insignia. There are questions here to be answered. Tied to this but stepping back a little bit, you have been in country, six days since a horrific attack. Is this issue is a peripheral issue . We have seen resolve, resiliency, pressing forward. How are people feeling right now . Reporter i think that when you talk to people, you know, i think everybody in israel right now and, obviously, i cant speak for the entire country, the vast majority of people i have spoken to agree that the most important issue right now dealing with the threat of hamas and dealing with the horrifying tragedy of these more than 100 hostages who are still being held. So that is the most pressing issue on everybodys minds. At the same time, you will often have conversations here with people where they are openly angry about what happened, where they feel there have been real failings on behalf of Israeli Intelligence, also on behalf of the Israeli Military. But there does seem to be some sort of consensus that that is a topic for broader conversation at a later date, that it merits deep investigation, those investigations are going to take weeks, if not months, and that the focus and the priority right now should be on dealing with these more pressing and immediate concerns. Of course, as i just mentioned before, the two do feed into each other, particularly when youre talking about a possible ground incursion. Absolutely. They definitely do. Clarissa, thank you for that. It is stunning and important to see for you and thanks to paul murphy, our colleague, as well, for that reporting. So heighten Security Concerns not just in the region, but around the globe as protesters take to the streets around the world. In the United States, major cities taking precautions. More on that ahead. Live pictures from baghdad. Cities around the Globe On High alert. These new pictures where Hundreds Of Thousands are gathering in a huge propalestinian protest. Joining us now bianna and john miller and Law Enforcement trainer aaron cohen. Guys, thanks for joining the table. I want to get into the kind of Law Enforcement elements of this in a minute. But we were talking about during the break, its really important to discuss, which is people are scared right now. People are furious. I am not talking about people in the region. I am talking about people here. You know, you had a tweet last night i think that caught my eye and i think kind of captured this to some degree about schools closing. Schools closing in new york. Can you explain to people who feel like this is something happening far away from us, why is this havinsuch a dramatic ef on american jew . Its not about me. I understand. I am not trying to make it its a situation you have to separate your day job from who you are as a person and the humanity and the lack of compassion a lot of people are feeling in terms of what this means for jew around the world, what we are seeing in israel for years, people have been conflating, there is israel, they are jews and israel is home to jewish people, right. When they see what happened, and we are not a week following the massacre, its hard to talk to kids about it, everyone getting letters from schools how to addre address. In 2023 in new york city when you get alerts maybe you should think about keeping your kids home and maybe shouldnt go to synagogue, its really troublesome. And i havent raised it with my kids. They are at school. But i think its an important reminder to not only check on our humanity, but also check on your jewish friends and neighbors. Its been a tough week for everyone. Thats right. From the Law Enforcement perspective, we have seen the preparations this morning on that. Also this not something that happened just now. The Antisemitic Task forces, the from the federal, state, local level, this has been accelerating to match an accelerating threat and rhetoric the last several years. Where are things right now . Well, new york is kind of unique in that regard in that we literally live on high alert as normal in the post9 11 world. The city went through a terrible mass murder, it went through a trauma, an Intelligence Failure. We have seen all of that. So we put more resources in new york city into the counterterrorism and intelligence venue of the Police Department than any other city probably on planet. That said, fear is fear. People are nervous. They are watching social media. Frankly, to be candid, they are reacting to rumors and speculation. But we also have to remind ourselves, fear is the oxygen that makes the flames of terrorism survive. This is what they are counting on. So it comes down to this personal question for people, which is do i actually have information that i should be worried about at a time when everybody is saying there is no specific credible threat, knowing that there is always some risk in the world, and am i going to give in to fear . When you inject, you know, the spector of children in that, it gets even more complicated emotionally for parents. But what officials are saying is, go about your business. Be vigilant. We are doing all we can. You are a part of that. Could i turn the topic to could i add to that . Sure. And this man has build Counter Terrorist programs for new york and los angeles, and i agree that the fear feeds the flame and its fine to go about your business. I am also a reserve deputy. I live in los angeles. Ill say this. Why feed the bear . And what i mean by that is, you go about your day and do your business. Regarding the synagogues, the jewish schools, there is real action thats happening right now. And lapd, lasd, Law Enforcement around the country, we dont know what actionable intelligence they have on potential sleeper cells. I am not trying to spark the flame. The question is, do you have security at your school . Are they trained . Are they armed . This man knows the average Response Time for lapd for beverly hills, for santa monica Police Department. I dont know new york as well. I know they get around pretty quickly. Are they trained in active shooter

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