This is cnn Breaking News. We are following Breaking News at this hour, israels military says its Ground Operation in gaza is expanding. Im Anderson Cooper in tel aviv. We are seeing live pictures out of gaza right now. Large explosions over the gaza strip, the idf says it is, quote, operating forcefully. Those are their words on all fronts and will continue striking gaza city and keep calling upon civilians to evacuate south. This comes as were learning more about Hostage Negotiations with hamas. U. S. Officials insisting Hostage Talks will continue even as the Israeli Military ramps up its air strikes and expanding its operation on the ground. Jeremy diamond is in ashelon for us. We have been hearing the ste steady thud of these intensified Bombardment Thes and Artillery Fire on the gaza strip. This has been the loudest and most intense, perhaps even the most sustained bombardment of the gaza strip that we have heard in three weeks of covering this war. All of this as the idf says it
All right. The break news over just the last several minutes. New israeli air strikes in Northern Gaza, and you can see the smoke rising over that part of the region, and now if you are looking at gaza, this is where the air strikes have been taking place, but here, down to The Rafah Crossing in the extreme southern border of gaza and egypt, our cameraman has been seeing the critical aid crossing from egypt into gaza. Six u. N. Fuel trucks entering at that border, and that is a major development. Southern gaza is also where israel has told more than 1 million palestinians to move from Northern Gaza into Southern Gaza, and this is where israel says they will be safer, kate. It is happening as the u. S. Secretary of state tony blinken is back in israel today. He has been in the region traveling all throughout the region for days now, and we are standing by to see if blinken is going to speak to reporters now, and the critical update given the news that we are giving, and this and the sob
Good morning, everyone. Im phil the mattingly with poppy harlow in new york. Erin burnett is live neither gaza border. Its 7 00 a. M. On the east coast, 2 00 p. M. In tel aviv where Secretary Of State Antony Blinken is set to speak as the war between israel and hamass escalates. Hes meeting with Benjamin Netanyahu, as israel continues to pummel gaza with artillery and airstrikes. The humanitarian crisis is growing more dire by the hour. Hostages, including americans, are still being held captive. Israel issued a new ult imatum. Power and water and fuel will stay cut off to gaza until they return the hostages abducted in the surprise attack. Without power, fuel and water, the hospitals will turn into more as the elderly seriously at risk. We have Team Coverage across the region and here at home. Lets get straight to erin burnett live at at the hospital in ashkelon. It got hit in yesterdays strike. Also Street Trooeted more than 600 patients from saturdays attack s. At this point, what a
it is 3:00 a.m. in tel aviv. for hours we have been seeing and hearing signs that israel s campaign against hamas in gaza is in a new phase. strikes. people in gaza telling cnn that strikes now the most intense they have seen so far. in addition to this air and artillery bombardment that appears to be growing in tempo, israeli troops today launched what they are calling an expanded operation into gaza. an idf spokesman, rear admiral daniel ha garry says, quote, the military is expanding their ground operations. he dismissed reports of a possible deal to free more hostages and said that gaza s largest hospital, al shifa, was the site of a hamas command and control center. he offered everyday, cell phone intercept reported to be between two gazans discussing the site. admiral hangar ri also had a warning. quote, when medical facilities are used for terror purposes, they re liable to use their protection from attack in accordance with international law. meantime, at another hosp
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