Welcome to our viewers in the United States and around the world. Im wolf blitzer in washington with cnns breaking News Coverage of Israel At War. One week after the hamas Terror Attack that triggered this horrible conflict, the israeli Prime Minister netanyahu just posted video of his visit with troops positioned near the gaza border telling them and im quoting him now, the next stage is coming. Theres growing anticipation of a potential ground war as Israeli Forces keep Pounding Targets Inside Gaza from the air. This comes amid new setbacks for efforts to try to evacuate civilians including americans. Egyptian authorities reportedly are not allowing u. S. And other foreign nationals to enter the country from gaza. The United States has expressed hope the crossing might be open to americans today. Tens of thousands of gazans have fled their home after israel urged more than a million civilians in the northern part of gaza to move south. A new window given by israelis for safe passage
without those weapons. so it s making a difference as you look at the battlefield, how it s shaping up now. how do you see it developing over the next few days, weeks? are they beginning to fight each other to a standstill or are they beginning to push the russians back a little bit? no, i think it s going to be more brutal with a couple or three weeks ahead. it s russian doctrine to kind of have this slow, methodical approach encompass cities, pummel them into submission, starve the residents out and just the level you know, the, the buildings, etc. you chechnya in grozny, the capital city there is just a classic example of the russian approach. so most of the video footage we re seeing is from the ukrainian side that there is video and evidence hearing from the russian where they are parading captured us missiles. you know, these anti armor missiles, entire things that have been captured from