Im Boris Sanchez with Brianna Keilar live in washington, d. C. Anderson cooper is in tel aviv where sirens are going off. Anderson . Yeah. These Air Raid Sirens have started 30 seconds before we came on air. We saw one interceptor going up from iron dome. We have not seen heard any explosion and now it seems like sirens are down. It would seem whatever it was, was either intercepted at a greater distance or its done. Oh. That was an interception. Just took a while, perhaps, for the sound to reach us. Theres low cloud cover so its a little hard to see exactly all the rockets when they come, they come from that direction, obviously, the direction of the gaza strip. Today Secretary Of State Antony Blinken was back here in tel aviv meeting with israels Defense Minister and newly formed cabinet. Thats one of the big developments that occurred on the ground today in israel as the Military Gears up for the next phase of the war. Fighter jets struck hezbollah targets in lebanon as well. Cnns N
The Breaking News continues right here on cnn. Im wolf blitzer in washington. Our special coverage of Israel At War continues. Were following the very dangerous race to evacuate parts of gaza right now. The State Department telling u. S. Citizens in gaza they may want to move closer to the critical rafa Border Crossing in the southern part of gaza thats closer to egypt, because there may be very little notice if that rafa opening does open. This comes amid reports that egypt was not allowing u. S. Citizens to enter the country at that crossing. More than a million civilians in gaza are under israeli orders to try to flee to the south. An Idf Spokesman told me gazans should press on with the evacuation even after the Safe Passage Deadline expired. President netanyahu visiting front line soldiers today near gaza, telling them to be ready for the next stage of this war as Israeli Forces pound the territory from the air and amass huge numbers of Ground Troops near the border with gaza. The
Has updated its list of vetted organizations that you can trust. Go to cnn. Com impact, or text relief to 707070 to donate. So grateful to those who reached out. Thank you for joining us on this incredibly busy week. Cnn newsnight with abby phillip starts right now. In just moments, israels 24hour deadline expires for civilians to evacuate ahead of a possible Ground Invasion of Northern Gaza. And the anger and panic there is intensifying tonight. Civilians who are in the line of fire have nowhere to go. Im abby phillip. This is newsnight. Im actually terrified. Im trying not to show it. I dont even know if im going to live through the next minute. Translator new years no water for us to drink, no water for us to wash ourselves with so that we can pray. They bombed our schools. Many people have been killed. Its not fair for children like us. Why is this happening to us . Hamas, which launched the horrific attacks that began this conflict, is telling civilians to ignore the Evacuation Wa
Ten tooth brushes, something so specific and personal. It raises the reality that such an intense outpouring of daily generosity is both incredible and not infinite. And that means the world watches to see what israel will do in these coming days. Thank you so much for joining us. Us. Ac 360 begins now. Captions by vitac www. Vitac. Com it is 3 00 a. M. Here in tel aviv, israel, and there are signs all around us today that a much wider and deadly phase of the war may soon take place. This was the scene just a few hours ago, while i was reporting on air. Sirens are going off, which has not occurred here for really today certainly or the last several days. Theyre quite extensive sirens. You hear them all over tel aviv right now. This just started about 15 seconds, maybe 30 seconds ago. So, it remains to be seen if rockets do come, generally they come from that direction. That sounded like iron dome interception. That was a rather large explosion. That is something we have not heard very