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the lead with jake tapper starts right now. announcer: this is cnn breaking news welcome to the lead. i m pamela brown in washington, d.c. in for jake tapper. and i m wolf blitzer. after the attacks and the israeli military now surrounding an inside significant areas gaza city and the bombardments continues to take a devastating stake on those inside. they cannot keep up with the amount of injured and sick cases. at least 9,000 people killed in israeli attacks on gaza according to the hamas-controlled health ministry. right now u.s. secretary of state antony blinken is headed to israel. here where i am in tel aviv, making his second wartime visit saying he will discuss concrete steps to minimize civilian casualties. israel has not only the right but the obligation to defend itself, and also to take steps to try to make sure this never happens again. we ve also said clearly and repeatedly how israel does this matters. right now i go to breaking news. lo ....