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We will have plenty of time israelis will have plenty o ever time to look into that. The focus now is making sure israel has what it needs to deal with the attack and making sure its citizens are safe and secured. That was u. S. Secretary of state Antony Blinken on Meet The Press sidestepping the deadly attacks. Well have the latest on the escalating conflict in just a moment. Plus, a look at how chaos in the house with the republicans scrambling to find a new speaker could impact support for israel. And some candidates are spreading misinformation blaming a deal with the Biden Administration. Well explain that straight ahead. Good morning and welcome to Way Too Early on this monday, october 9th. Im ali vitali in for jonathan lemire. And we begin with the israe ....
good morning. welcome to cnn this morning. sunday, december 3rd. i m victor blackwell. i m isabel rosales in for amara walker. the israel defense sources say they struck multiple targets in gaza including tunnel shafts, command centers and weapons storage facilities. hamas also launched a barrage of rockets towards tel aviv. those rockets were intercepted by the iron dome. israel recalled its team of negotiators from qatar after negotiations broke down saturday. israel insists that the group of women and hostages that hamas refaces to release must be returned. hamas blames israel and the u.s. for the resumption of hostilities and said there will be no hostage negotiations with israel until there is ceasefire in gaza. ben wedeman is in jerusalem and camilla is in at the white house. ben, let s start with you. what s the latest on the fighting this morning? reporter: well, what we ve seen is another series of strikes. northern gaza as well as s southern gaza. in the ....
some of the october 7 attack. you are watching fox and friends first, on tuesday, i m todd piro. carley: i m carley shimkus. greg palkot is on the border of lebanon. we begin with jonathan hunt. jonathan: israeli defense sources consider this to be one of the most significant gets since war was declared on october 7. they took out a commander in hamas northern brigade. they say he was responsible for directing some of the attacks of october 7 that were launched from the northern part of the gaza strip and they say in taking him out, they believe they have significantly reduced hamas s ability to disrupt the idf ground operation in the northern end of the gaza strip. they believe he was a big player in hamas northern gaza command. ground operation continue and what the idf appear to be trying to do is encircle gaza city in the gaza strip. they have gone down the western side of gaza and coming from the north00 east and appear to be trying to encircle entirety of ga ....
happening now, breaking news, we re learning new details about closing arguments in donald trump s historic but criminal trial. as both sides prepared to make their final pitches to jurors tomorrow. also tonight, us reaction to be israeli airstrike that killed dozens of civilians in rafah. as prime minister benjamin netanyahu is now calling it a tragic mistake standby for new reporting on behind the scenes conversations in the biden administration and breaking news as multiple states are reeling from severe weather, the tornado threat extending to the east coast with millions on alert right now, including writing here in the nation s capital. welcome to our viewers in the united states and around the world. wolf blitzer is off today. i, boris sanchez and you are in the situation the skis cnn, breaking news. let s get right to the breaking news on what to expect during tomatoes closing arguments in donald trump s hush money trial, sources revealing some of the ke ....