Israeli troops conduct local raids as Gaza braces for possible ground incursion

Anderson Cooper 360

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🗓️ 14 October 2023

⏱️ 53 minutes

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The Israel Defense Forces said troops have carried out local raids over the past day in Gaza as they search for hostages and collect evidence in hopes of finding the people taken by Hamas. Israel’s military warned 1.1 million people living in northern Gaza to evacuate their homes ahead of an expected Israeli military incursion. CNN Chief International Correspondent Clarissa Ward tells Anderson Cooper what the situation is like in Northern Gaza and the uncertainty of where to go. Plus, Golan Abitbul tells Anderson Cooper how he and his family survived when Hamas fighters invaded their kibbutz, trying to kill anyone in sight. For daily information on the Israel-Gaza conflict, check out CNN’s podcast ‘Tug of War: Attack on Israel’ here: https://link.chtbl.com/-lB8n-bJ To learn more about how CNN protects listener privacy, visit cnn.com/privacy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	It is 3 a.m. here in Tel Aviv, Israel and there are signs all around us today that are
0:06.2	much wider and more deadly phased than the war may soon take place.
0:10.2	This was the scene just a few hours ago while I was reporting on air.
0:15.9	Sirens are going off which has not occurred here for really today, certainly or the last
0:21.6	several days.
0:22.6	They're quite extensive sirens.
0:23.6	You hear them all over Tel Aviv right now.
0:26.3	This just started about 15 seconds, maybe 30 seconds ago, so it remains to be seen.
0:32.9	If rockets do come, generally they come from that direction.
0:38.4	That sounded like iron dome interception.
0:45.8	That was a rather large explosion.
0:48.9	That is something we have not heard very much here in Tel Aviv.
0:54.8	Yesterday the death toll from Saturday's attack rose yet again to more than 1300.
0:59.4	It has been almost exactly one week since that attack and there is a sense here in these
1:04.0	early morning hours that Israel is preparing to strike back with the type of force we haven't
1:08.8	yet seen.
1:10.2	This is video of airstrikes along the Gaza Strip that we received just moments ago.
1:14.5	The country's Prime Minister Benjamin Nanyahu said today that the near constant airstrikes
1:19.0	on Gaza are, quote, only the beginning.
1:22.2	We've already seen incursions into Gaza today and more on that in a moment.
1:26.0	So what is next based on the artillery and troop massing at the border would be a significant
1:30.5	ground invasion.
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