Collins. All eyes tonight are on gaza where there has been a significant Military Escalation tonight, the largest that we have seen since the start of this work almost exactly 3 weeks ago. Along with a relentless air bombardment, israel says it is expanding its Ground Operation in gaza, but wont yet precisely say whether this is the start of that highly anticipated fullscale ground offensive. Journalist barack notes tonight it is much more intensive than what we have seen in recent days with those minor incursions going into gaza with then Israeli Forces leaving. Right now, youre looking at video from the idf of these targeted raids that are being conducted tonight. Israeli forces say that hundreds of thousands of soldiers amassed on the border, in the air, on the ground, and in the sea. Of course, the hostages are still in gaza, they are still at the center of this. We are hearing from u. S. Officials who say the negotiations are going to continue, but there are major questions of how the actions we are seeing on the ground play out right now complicates that. Of course, 229 people still remain in captivity by hamas tonight but i want to get straight to Cnns Anderson Cooper who is live in tel aviv. Israel is expanding its Ground Operation tonight. How does that look different, how does that sound different from where you are, then what we have been seeing over the last three weeks . Reporter certainly, the level of bombardment has increased significantly for many hours now already. Even earlier today, this afternoon, first of all, the number of Rocket Attacks on tel aviv itself, there seemed to be an uptick. There were a number of Areas Simonson tel aviv which have not occurred over the last several days. But certainly all of us, we have been hearing and seeing significant artillery, significant munitions dropped in gaza, even here in tel aviv, you can hear some large detonations all the way in gaza from tel aviv. It is just a sign of the massive amount that is being put into place and dropped into gaza, but israel says it is targeting specific hamas Command Control centers, particularly leaders from hamas. We dont know the level of troops on the ground, exact locations, obviously, and whether they tend to stay there or come back across the border. We did see about two nights ago, the idf put out a video of a very limited encouragement of some holdovers and tanks going across the border, Literally Leveling Out Burns to make it easier for other tanks in the future to cross over into gaza. Also, according to the idf, taking out any reconnaissance of locations or ideas or explosive devices that may have been around in that area there have been a number of softening operations like that in the previous days, according to the idf. But this certainly seems to be a new phase. And of course, we are seeing how it is affecting gaza already. Cnn has been able to make some limited contact with people who are still inside the gaza strip, all of this just makes it difficult to know what the other side of this look like, what it looks like in gaza tonight, anderson. Reporter yeah, extremely difficult. Obviously, it is not a surprise that israel would try to knock out indications in gaza, you know, given they want to do everything they can to maximize their advantage, to not have hamas operated being able to communicate easily with one another. They want an element of surprise, as much as is possible, given the fact that hamas has spent two years preparing for the terror attack, for the slaughter that took place on october 7th, which also means they had been preparing for two years for the inevitable israeli response, which they wouldnt know exactly what it would be, but they could certainly anticipate it would involve a Ground Operation, given the scale and the scope of the massacre, the slaughter that took place, the brutality of it. So, it is a very dangerous situation, obviously for civilians on the ground, in gaza city, all throughout the gaza strip, and obviously for Israeli Forces heading into a battlefield, an urban comment battlefield that the forces they are going to be opposing is not only within a civilian population and also has a network of Underground Tunnels and more than 200 hostages, but it also has had a significant amount of time to think and prepare for this inevitable Ground Operation. Next Anderson Cooper in israel, think of a different perspective now, i want to bring in cnns Military Analyst and retired air force, colonel layton. Obviously gaza is a small, densely populated place, just about twice the size of washington, d. C. Where exactly are we seeing this new activity tonight and how close do you think that is where we believe this underground hamas Tunnel Network is . Yeah, kaitlan, good evening. The main area the israelis seem to be going for is the northern part of gaza. This is all of israel, this is the west bank, and this is gaza. We expect the israeli is basically to have their forces in this area, around the northern and central part of gaza. There are also reports that the immediate activity in the southern part of the border area between israel and gaza. So, all of these areas expected to be quite active. Now, as far as the tunnels are concerned, well first of all, lets take a look at the damage right here. This is the kind of damage that we have as of the 22nd of october. All of this area right here has been hit by the israelis. Offered here. You see the different impact points that you have here. Also in this area and in this area. These are all the different areas that have all been impacted by the kinds of air strikes that you see here. And then as far as the tunnels go, they are at a minimum described like this could be up to 300 miles of these tunnels, but they are all in this area right in here, particularly in the north and in the upper central part and there are also some here in the south. So, kaitlan, these are the areas where we can expect to find the Command Control for hamas, the hostages, and also resupply efforts, plus the walk ins. Colonel, given your experience in the air force, when we are trying to figure out what exactly israel is doing here, when do we know that the air campaign is done and around operation are in full effect, or do those things just overlap now Going Forward . Reporter they dont necessarily overlap. One of the things you can do is you can take a look at areas that are being targeted. This is a before picture of the place in gaza. You see a fairly extensively populated area right here, intact buildings, some high rises up here, and over this way. Now, that is the before picture. The after picture looks like this. This is october 21st. All of the areas right in here, all completely destroyed, obliterated. You have some damage in this area as well. So, all of these different areas are impacted in that way. And that is one aspect of this. What you do is you do what is known as a Battle Damage assessment. Here is another place that had a similar thing. A very agricultural area right over here, everything intact over here. Again, this was taken on may 10th. After october 21st, all of this completely gone, write in through here. And those areas that are standing, you can tell the buildings are basically uninhabitable, and that is the big idea. Once this is done, then that means that the other campaigns can start moving forward. Yeah, i mean, the before pictures and after pictures are just remarkable. Colonel layton, thank you for breaking all that down tonight for us. Also here tonight, a member of israels knesset and israels former ambassador to the united nations, danny. Ambassador, thank you for joining us back here. Can you give us some insight into what is going on now, is that that anticipated Ground Invasion . Ask kaitlan, we say that we will find them and we will hunt them down, that is exactly what we are doing now. And we explained the Ground Operation tonight, but we are continuing to use the air force, the navy, and we will not sit idly by. We still have 229 hostages, including 30 babies. We havent forgotten the massacre, the brutality, burning the kids alive. So, yes, we are now coming after hamas. We will use the force of the idf. We told the population of Northern Gaza to move to the south, they can still do that. And we will do whatever is necessary, how long it will take us, to find the territories and eliminate them. So, you are staying there still is time for Northern Gazans to leave. That signifies this is not the time for the Ground Invasion. Can you clarify . No, i cannot, i cannot go into specifics. But i am sending a message to the people in Northern Gaza today, they can still leave their homes. About 80 already did it, i would encourage the rest to leave, because it will be a war zone in Northern Gaza. Can i get you to standby for just one moment . This is a really important conversation, i do want to get back to this, but we had some Breaking News that has just happened here in the u. S. We have been following closely what has been happening in maine. Omar gimenez has been there covering the story as the manhunt has been underway for the suspect, over 48 hours now. Omar, what have you learned . Reporter yeah, kaitlan, over 48 hours in this manhunt and multiple sources are now telling cnn this suspect has been found dead in the woods, in a town over from where i am in the west end, which is where both of these Mass Shootings took place over 48 hours ago at this point. As we understand from sources, he was found dead due to a self inflicted Gunshot Wound to the head. He was found in the woods, as i mentioned, near lisbon, maine, the town over from here in the west end. They have been searching since the shootings took place. While obviously this is a Breaking News that is happening right now, there are indications or fears that he may have been found dead, because of the note that was found previously by Law Enforcement, indicating that he did not plan to be alive when that note was found. And clearly, this seems to be playing out now, according to these sources. To give you an idea of what the past few days have been like here, it has created a sense of fear, at the very least audience for the people here in this community, not knowing where this person was as they went to bed at night, as they locked their doors twice and they barricaded their doors, as some posted on social media. Again, unsure of what this person could be capable of. Now, earlier today, we got more details from police on how this attack unfolded, first at a Bowling Alley not too far from where i am right now, and then minutes later, came here to this location, to the restaurant behind me, and continued to open fire. At least 18 people were killed, 18 members of this community, and so many others are now trying to figure out how to put the pieces of their lives back together based on the actions of what police say was this man, 40yearold robert card, who has now been found dead according to multiple Law Enforcement sources, after eight more than 48 hour search. A Press Conference is scheduled for just about 50 minutes from now, where they will likely make that announcement officially, but also likely take us through some of the steps that led them to find it this particular body. I should also say that they were looking by the water, by air, by ground, and where this body was found, the lisbon area. While we dont know the exact, specific location in the woods, that has been a lot of the primary focus, of where investigators have been searching. They were combing through the woods, they were looking along the river, they even told us earlier today what they would be doing, even sending divers into the river to potentially look for evidence. And we are not sure exactly what part of that strategy need them get to this final hurdle, but this is a sigh of relief for so many people in this community, again, who were living in some cases in fear about where this person was. Yeah, so many areas still locked down. Omar, Breaking News there, that the suspected shooter in maine has been found dead, thank you for that, omar, back to you in a moment. For more on this, i want to bring in a cnn state Law Enforcement and intelligence, john, what have you been learning from your sources about how they found him, what this note apparently said . Well, the note was basically a list of account numbers, things to take care of, it was probably meant for his son in the event of his death as to how to handle affairs. Though it wasnt explicitly a suicide note, leaving it in the conspicuous place was an indicator that he wanted to put affairs in order. Now tonight, a search in an area that discovers robert card, only the Medical Examiner can make this determination, an apparent selfinflicted Gunshot Wound. I am told this is a wooded area near a Recycling Center. Why is that significant . Because in the order of events in his life, there was the Mental Health crisis he had in the National Guard that resulted in him being hospitalized under psychiatric observation. There was the loss of his job at that Recycling Center. And then the breakup with a woman he had been involved with. And those things had happened in fairly rapid succession, so, the symbolism of going back to places where he used to go with his girlfriend and opening fire on the people there, the symbolism of going back to the place where he had been fired, to that area, and killing himself, so he would be found nearby there, may speak to a lot of the issues that were driving him. Do we know anything else about how they actually found him . Because the amount of resources this Search Effort was expensive. Next we dont know, we will know at 10 00. But i think we can project that, eight, they have been searching wooded areas around their, almost pending going through a grade. Very challenging. But also, looking in areas that would be significant to him and the Recycling Center, a place where he had been working, and then been discharged from, would be significant to him. So, that is one other thing that is notable. We learned this today in our reporting on the story, which is, he bought the gun. Not just an ar15 rifle, but an ar 10, a highpowered rifle that uses a snipers bullet, it is used for longdistance shots and hunting big game. About january 6th. January 16th, the army calls the new york state police, the National Guard caused the state police and says he is out of control and they take him to the hospital and they referred him for treatment. And that those two things, buying the gun and essentially being put into a Psychiatric Ward for observation for a period of time, are in very close proximity. What we are trying to ask is did authorities from the National Guard ever pass that on to the National Guard in maine where he had access to weapons or received Weapons Training . To people in maine, Law Enforcement authorities, where he was a lawful possessor of many weapons, but clearly a person in crisis. And part of the struggle that they have had in identifying victims who were found at the two murder scenes were using this kind of weapon and that 308 around, this particularly large bullet made it hard to identify people, because the number of them were victims of what appeared to be a targeted head shots. So, taking all that together that is so hard to hear. Very difficult. And even speaks more to the type of weapon he bought. The type of round it carried. And then doing close range shooting of people from the very community that he has been with for most of his life. So, the idea that he has been discovered, that he is a different light of this tragedy, and that people can get back to trying to rebuild their lives and communities. As omar said, that starts now. Just to bring everyone up to speed if they are just tuning in, we were just on the ground in israel, now we are talking about what happened in maine, they have found the suspected shooter dead in the woods, an apparent selfinflicted gunshot went the gun you are referencing, the one that he bought a few days before he had that episode, is not the one that they found in the vehicle or was it with him on his person . So, that is an unusual gun. The one they found in the vehicle is the same make, it is the same caliber, that 308. So, they are waiting to process that through first dna, then fingerprints, and then the ballistics match, which will tell them for sure, but clearly he had another weapon, which he used to kill himself. The date he bought that gun, kaitlan, he bought a second gun, beretta 90 2f, a little bit of symbolism there, too. Has been the official gun of the u. S. Armed forces, it was the gun he was trained on as part of the military, and it may be, we dont know, but it may be the gun that he took for the second part of that set, after he took so many lives with the first one, he took his life as part of the second. Obviously there was the distance between the Bowling Alley and the restaurant that you went