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Anderson Cooper 360 Degrees
• Now: Gaza Under Intense Bombardment; Blinken Arrives In Amman; Scalise Drops Bid For House Speaker; Israel Cuts Off Food, Water And Fuel To Gaza; Some 150 Hostages Thought To Be Held By Hamas; Parents Of American Serving In Israeli Military Abducted By Hamas Looking For Information On Him; Hamas Trained For Attacks At Camps Near Israel's Most Fortified Border With Gaza; Volunteer EMT On The Ground In Israel Describes What He Is Seeing. Aired 8-9p ET


Amanpour
• Interview With Senior Adviser To The Israeli Prime Minister Mark Regev; Interview With British-Palestinian Surgeon Ghassan Abu-Sittah; Interview With Israeli Author And Historian And Hebrew University Of Jerusalem Professor Yuval Noah Harari; Interview With The Rockefeller Foundation President And "Big Bets" Author Rajiv Shah. Aired 1-2p ET


The Lead with Jake Tapper
• Blinken Meets With Israeli PM Netanyahu In Tel Aviv; Israel To Hamas: No Electricity, Water, Or Fuel Until Hostages Are Returned; White House: 27 Americans Killed, 14 Still Missing After Hamas Attack; Protests Over Israel-Hamas War Erupt On U.S. Campuses. Aired 4-5p ET
• Israel To Hamas: No Electricity, Water, Or Fuel Until Hostages Are Returned; Trump Criticizes Netanyahu, Calls Hezbollah "Smart"; Israel: More Than 1,200 Killed In Hamas Attacks; THE LEAD Remembers Eli Ginsberg. Aired 5-6p ET


CNN NewsNight with Abby Phillip
• Children Caught In Crosshairs Of Terror, War; Israel Pounds Gaza As Ground Operation Appears Imminent; U.S. Scrambles For Plan To Save Hostages of Hamas; CNN Continues Its Breaking News Coverage On The War In Israel; Israel Strikes Gaza; Possibility Of A Land Invasion Of The Gaza Strip By Israeli Forces Gets Closer; CNN Investigation Shows That Hamas Militants Trained At Least Six Sites Across Gaza. Aired 10-11p ET


CNN News Central
• Blinken Meets with Netanyahu in Israel; More than 2,000 People Killed in Israel and Gaza; Israeli Reservists Amassed near Gaza Border; Rep. Mike Lawler (R-NY) is Interviewed about Congress. Aired 9-9:30a ET
• Rep. Mike Lawler (R-NY) is Interviewed about Congress; Israel Can't Confirm Some Atrocity Claims; Antony Blinken Meets with Survivors; Biden's Delima in Israel. Aired 9:30-10a ET
• Secretary of State Blinken in Israel as IDF Conducts Large- Scale Strike on Hamas Targets in Gaza; Officials Say, 1,200 Killed in Israel, 1,417 Killed in Gaza; Today, House GOP to Meet to Discuss Speaker Vote. Aired 10-10:30a ET
• War in Israel; Amid Israel War, Trump Calls Hezbollah "Very Smart"; Blinken Visits Israeli Donation Site, Delighting Aid Workers; Interview with Brother Omer Kidnapped by Hamas Amit Shem Tov; Rockets Deflected by Iron Dome Over Ashdod; Photos of "Babies Murdered and Burned" by Hamas Released by Netanyahu's Office; Interview with Family is in Gaza and Palestinian Journalist Laila El-Haddad; Friday's Meeting Between Blinken and Qatari Hostage Mediator. Aired 10:30-11a ET
• Secretary Of State Blinken In Israel; Netanyahu's Office Releases Photos Of "Babies Murdered And Burned" By Hamas; 1,200 People Killed In Israel And 1,417 People Killed In Gaza; Interview With Israel Defense Forces Spokesperson Lieutenant Colonel Peter Lerner; Journalists Visits Kibbutz Where 120-Plus People Massacred. Aired 11- 11:30a ET
• Today: House GOP To Meet To Discuss Speaker Vote; Soon: Secretary Of State Blinken To Speak In Israel; NYPD, Jewish Institutions Step Up Security After Ex-Hamas Leader Urges A Show Of "Anger" Friday. Aired 11:30a-12p ET
• White House Holds Press Briefing on Crisis in Israel; Secretary of State Antony Blinken in Israel. Aired 1-1:30p ET
• White House Gives Update On Israel Situation; Israel Fires Howitzers Near Gaza Border; Steve Scalise Still Lacks Votes To Win Speakership; Interview With Representative Ken Buck (R-CO) About House Speakership And Israel; Misinformation Spreading Amid Fighting In The Middle East. Aired 1:30-2p ET
• False Video Sparks Misinformation In Azerbaijan; Hamas Atrocities Escalate Amid Middle East War; Israel Warns Of Potential Ground Invasion; Gaza Faces Humanitarian Crisis: Fuel And Supplies Depleted; Secretary Blinken's Emotional Visit And Assurance; Scalise Struggles To Secure Votes For House Speaker; New Charges Against Senator Menendez; U.S. Intensifies Efforts To Recover Hostages In Gaza. Aired 2-2:30p ET
• Surveillance Video Shows Hamas Militants Entering Be'eri Kibbutz; Interview With Representative Mike Waltz (R-FL) About House Speakership And Israel Conflict; Biden's Dilemma In Israel Response. Aired 2:30-3p ET
• WH: 27 Americans Killed, 14 Still Missing After Hamas Attack; IDF: Israel "Conducting Large-Scale Strike" On Targets In Gaza; Daughter Remembers Mother Killed In Hamas Attack; GOP Meeting Ends; Will Meet Again Tonight After Scalise Speaks With Holdouts; UN: 300,000 Plus People Displaced In Gaza. Aired 3-3:30p ET
• IDF: Israel Conducting Large-Scale Strike On Targets In Gaza; UN: 330,000+ People Displaced In Gaza; Interview With Rep. Buddy Carter (R-GA): Speaker Race And Steve Scalise's Chance Of Winning; Hamas Attack Complicates Ties Between Russia And Israel. Aired 3:30-4p ET


CNN Newsroom
• Gaza's Only Power Station Out Of Fuel; Israel Forms Unity Government And War Cabinet; US Secretary Of State Heading To Middle East; Journalists Visit Kibbutz Where 100+ People Were Massacred; Palestinians: At Least 51 Killed, 280+ Injuries On Thursday; West Warning Hezbollah To Stay Out Of Conflict; Massive Israeli Military Buildup Underway Near Gaza; Israel: Hostages Are Likely Being Held Underground; Senior Advisor to Israeli PM Interviewed about War; Massive Israeli Military Build-up Underway Near Gaza; Israel Steps Up Gaza Offensive; U.S. Citizens Killed in Israel Remembered. Aired 12-1a ET
• Journalists Visit Kibbutz Where 120 Plus People Massacred; Hamas Official Claims Group Planned Attack For Two Years; Massive Israeli Military Buildup Underway Near Gaza. Aired 1-2a ET
• Israel: At Least 189 Soldiers Among 1200 Killed; Thousands Of Israel Soldiers, Tanks Massed Near Gaza; Israel Forms Emergency Government And War Cabinet; Gaza Faces New Destruction After Wave Of Airstrikes; Hamas Demands Prisoners Freed For Release Of US Hostages; Hamas Official Claims Group Planned Attack For Two Years; Concerns Hezbollah Could Widen Israel-Hamas Conflict; Volunteers Help Dig Graves For Victims Of Hamas Attacks; Survivor Of Hamas Attack On Music Festival Speaks To CNN. Aired 2-3a ET
• CNN's Continuing Coverage on the Israeli-Palestinian War in Gaza. Aired 3-4a ET
• CNN International: U.S. Secretary of State Blinken Visiting Middle East; Palestinians: Gaza Death Toll Tops 1,200 After Airstrikes; IDF: Conducting Large-Scale Strikes on Hamas in Gaza; Israeli Authorities Believe Up to 150 Hostages Held by Hamas; U.S. Intel Suggests Iran Surprised by Hamas Attack. Aired 4-4:30a ET
• CNN International: Officials: U.S. Intel Suggests Iran Surprised by Hamas Attack; Hamas Official Claims Group Attack for Two Years; Some GOP Hardliners Oppose Scalise as New House Speaker; Palestinians: Gaza Death Toll Tops 1,200 After Airstrikes; UN: Need Humanitarian Access to Gaza Now. Aired 4:30-5a ET
• CNN International: Did Not Air 8-8:30a ET


CNN This Morning
• Israel Preparing for 'Next Stage' of War; Gaza Official: Health System on Brink of Collapse; Israel Response Creates Dilemma for Biden; IDF: Hamas is Likely Holding Hostages Underground. Aired 6- 6:30a ET
• Aaron Cohen is Interviewed about Israel; Scalise's Chance for Speakership are Slim; Israel Preparing for Next Stage. Aired 6:30-7a ET
• Israel Says, No Power or Water to Gaza Until Hostages Freed; Happening Now, Secretary Blinken Speaks in Israel as IDF Conducts Large-Scale Attacks on Hamas Targets. Aired 7-7:30a ET
• Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu says, "Hamas is ISIS"; Blinken to Meet with Israeli and Palestinian Officials; Interview with IDF Spokesman Major Doron Spielman; Israel Prepares for "Next Stage of War"; Teen Recounts his Parents Being Killed by Hamas; Interview with Both Parents Killed in Hamas Attack Rotem Matias; Interview with Both Parents Killed in Hamas Attack Shir Matias; Interview with Both Parents Killed in Hamas Shakked Matias; Interview with Daughter and Son-in-Law Killed in Hamas Attack Ilan Troen; Blinken meets with Netanyahu to show U.S. support; Interview with Principal Deputy National Security Adviser Jon Finer; Israel has the Obligation to Defend Itself. Aired 7:30-8a ET
• IDF: Israel Preparing for "Next Stage" of War; CNN Team Reports as Howitzers Fire Barrage of Artillery into Gaza Strip; Potential Tactical Challenges of Urban Warfare in Gaza; Secretary of State Antony Blinken and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu Make Joint Statement Regarding Israel's Pending Invasion of Gaza to Destroy Hamas; Over 100 People Including Children Killed by Hamas in Israeli Kibbutz Near Gaza Border. Aired 8-8:30a ET
• John Bolton is Interviewed about Iran; Health System on Brink of Collapse; Tal Hartuv is Interviewed about Surviving Hamas Attack. Aired 8:30-9a ET


Connect the World
• Did Not Air 9-10a ET
• Did Not Air 10-11a ET


Erin Burnett Outfront
• Israeli Strikes Hammer Gaza, Ground Offensive Appears Imminent; Israel Releases Graphic Photos Of "Babies Murdered" By Hamas; Israel: No Food, No Fuel Into Gaza Until 150 Hostages Returned; U.S., Qatar to Block Iran's Access To $6 Billion For Now. Aired 7-8p ET


Early Start with John Berman and Zoraida Sambolin
• Secretary of State Blinken in Israel to Meet with Netanyahu; IDF: Hostages Could be "Underground in Scattered Locations"; IDF Targeting Hamas Leader Known as "The Guest". Aired 5-5:30a ET
• Interview with Jerusalem Post Editor-in-Chief; Avi Mayer; House Republicans Picked Congressman Steve Scalise as Their Nominee for Speaker; Secretary of State Blinken Meets with Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu; Hamas Attack has Unified Israeli Society; Blinken Expected to Speak in Israel; Death Toll Rises in Gaza to 1,354 People; U.S. in Talks with Israel and Egypt. Aired 5:30-6a ET


Inside Politics
• Palestian Officials: 1,400+ Killed, 6,000+ Inured In Gaza; Bombs Level Gaza As Israel Masses Troops On Border; Blinken Shares Emotional Moment With Survivor Of Music Festival; Crisis Deepens As U.S. Pledges Full Support For Israel; Netanyahu's Office Releases Photos Of "Babies Murdered And Burned" By Hamas; Protest At U.S. Colleges & Concerns Of Anti-Semitism Rising As Israel Responds To Hamas Terror Attacks; Blinken: "Unrelenting Agony" For Families Of Hostages Held By Hamas; Blinken: U.S. Stands "Shoulder-To-Shoulder" With Israel. Aired 12-12:30p ET
• Secretary Of State Blinken Speaks In Israel; U.S. Pushes Allies To Help Recover Hostages; U.S. In Talks With Egypt Over Civilian Corridor; NYPD, Jewish Institutions Step Up Security Amid Threat Call From Former Hamas Leader. Aired 12:30-1p ET


Isa Soares Tonight
• Did Not Air


Laura Coates Live
• Casualties Of Israel-Hamas War Rising; Israel Defense Forces Asks People To Leave Gaza; Students In U.S. Reacts To War In Israel; Families Held Captive By Hamas. Aired 11p-12a ET


One World with Zain Asher
• CNN Continues Its Coverage On The War In Israel; U.S. In Solidarity With Israel In Dealing With Hamas Terrorism; U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken Holds A Press Conference In Israel. Aired 12-1p ET


Quest Means Business
• Rights Groups Warn Of Catastrophe In Gaza; Blinken Visits Israel In Show Of Solidarity; Interview With Rep. Rich McCormick (R-GA); Netanyahu's Office Releases Photos Of "Babies Murdered And Burned" By Hamas; Blinken: U.S. Stands "Shoulder-To-Shoulder" With Israel; EU: Israel Must Follow International Law. Aired 3-4p ET


The Situation Room
• Israel Says, Unleashing Large-Scale Strike On Hamas Targets In Gaza; Gaza Crisis Deepens Amid Mounting Deaths, Widespread Destruction; Blinken In Israel Likens Hamas Brutality To The Worst Of ISIS; Former Hamas Leader Encourages Muslim World To "Show Anger"; Red Cross Warns Gaza Hospitals "Risk Turning Into Morgues". Aired 6-7p ET


The Source with Kaitlan Collins
• U.S. Secretary Of State: "Israel Will Never Be Alone"; Rep. Steve Scalise Drops Bid To Be Speaker Of The House; Axios: Israeli Intel Picked Up Signs Of Irregular Activity Before Attack. Aired 9-10p ET


State of the Race with Kasie Hunt
• Hamas Official Claims Group Planned Attack for Two Years; Netanyahu: Hamas should be "Crushed" Like ISIS; Official: U.S. not Contemplating Sending Troops to Gaza; Netanyahu's Office Releases Photos of "Babies Murdered and Burned" by Hamas; Trump Criticizes Netanyahu Over Hamas Attack; House Republicans Set to Meet as Scalise's Speakership Bid at Risk of Collapsing. Aired 11a-12p ET