Atlanta alongside sara sidner in tel aviv. As we start a new hour, were following breaking news, israels Defense Minister announcing a short time ago that the idf has moved to a new phase of war against hamas. Israeli soldiers are now operating inside the gaza strip. Armored vehicles and tanks were on the move overnight, but it remains unclear if this is actually the beginning of israels anticipated major Ground Assault in gaza. Ahead of troops entering the enclave, overnight israel unleashed an onslaught of Aerial Bombardments that rocked gaza. The idf renewed its warnings for civilians in Northern Gaza to evacuate. Doctors say they treated hundreds of wounded overnight, but also there were many killed in the air strikes. The idf says the air strikes targeted 150 underground spaces and terror tunnels. They claim they killed one key hamas operative who, it says, carried out the deadly attacks on october 7th in israel. Were also watching israels border with lebanon. The idf and hezbolla
volkswagen. right now on ana cabrera reports, we are on top of breaking news in new york, donald trump back in court for a multimillion dollar fraud trial. for the first time in more than a month ahead of his return to the stand on monday. we re live at the courthouse. plus, the fourth and potentially final republican debate, we ll have the big moments and the clashes on that debate stage. this is the fourth debate, the fourth debate that you would be voted in the first 20 minutes as the most obnoxious blow hard in america. also ahead, breaking news in nevada, a gunman killing three people at unlv, what we know about the attack and the search for a motive. and breaking in texas this hour, a court hearing for a woman seeking permission to have an abortion. what makes this case the first of its kind since roe was decided in 1973. hello, and thank you so much for joining us on this busy thursday. it s 10:00 eastern. i m ana cabrera reporting from new york and donald tr
somewhere like ukraine like he s doing now. we ve seen other world leaders they they do believe he s already committed war crimes, including boris johnson, who said, yes, this constitutes a war crime. and ukrainian president zelenskyy has said so as well. as this goes on, as people fear putin could get more brutal in the tactics, i think this is going to be a big conversation for world leaders not just here in the united states but everywhere. kaitlan collins, appreciate it. perspective now from retired army lieutenant general mark hertling, also peter zwak, global fellow at the welter center. general hertling, let s start with you. you ve been watching this convoy north of kyiv several days now, still not making a lot of progress. american intelligence says it has stalled. how significant is this convoy in the grand scheme of russian troop movement? it s important because it is
arwa damon, cnn, poland. so much heartbreak and suffering. thank you, arwa. joining me now is retired army brigadier fellow peter zwak. general, is there any scenario at this point where putin would withdraw? good evening. the only scenario, and the ukrainians are not going to do it, is if the ukrainians were to lay down their arms. but they re not going to. in fact, the more i think about it, i think putin, regardless, would keep an occupying force. no, time is not on putin s side, actually. he did not expect the
images we are showing to you. before the break we spoke to a nuclear expert who called the situation very dangerous. but we should also emphasize we do not yet know about what is precisely happening there. i always think it s important to find out about situations, to not get freaked out because there s a lot we don t know. we re going to get perspective on that but also the larger battle in that part of ukraine and the larger russia campaign. joining us general james spider marshal, peter zwak. we heard nick paton walsh talk about ukrainian cities. can you just show us where those points are and where they re so important strategically for russia? absolutely. let me show you. that reporting is quite phenomenal. cnn needs to pat itself on the back frankly. this is absolutely up close. it s personal. it s real.