that does it for us here at 5:00. we'll see you back here at 6:00. >> for our local news that will continue streaming on cbs news ♪ tonight, ships attacked. a u.s. destroyer and commercial vessels come under fire in the red sea. this as israel intensifies its offensive in gaza to destroy hamas with no signs of another truce. the united states warning israel to protect civilians. again, i want to make it clear, the right number of civilian casualties is zero. >> we'll have the latest on the conflict. >> i'm chris livesay in

jerusalem where israel has renewed its efforts to destroy hamas. and a mounting cost to gazans. also tonight, palestinian prisoners. who did israel release from detention? why many are children not convicted of any crimes. plus, cross-country storms. avalanche warnings in the west, a washout in the east. forecast for the week ahead. out of the ashes. after notre dame's devastating fire, a familiar silhouette rising on the paris skyline. and later, under the sea and over the moon. >> hi. >> how a robot is helping children explore new depths from the safety of their hospital room. >> it makes it look so real. >> announcer: this is the "cbs weekend news" from new york with jericka duncan. good evening and thanks for joining us. we begin this sunday in the

middle east. tonight israel is widening its hunt for hamas leaders to southern gaza where the majority of the territory's population is now crowded. for civilians, there is no escape. there is panic and confusion, as you can imagine, as israel intensifies its air strikes across the territory and expands its ground offensive. this hospital overwhelmed by the dead and the wounded. elsewhere horrific scenes of destruction, casualties appear to be heaviest in the already hard hit north. these siblings mourning the death of their father and brother killed in an israeli air strike. also today, a u.s. november warship in the red sea responded to drone attacks against three separate commercial ships. cbs's chris livesay leads us off tonight from jerusalem. good evening. >> reporter: good evening. prime minister benjamin netanyahu says israel will continue to negotiate but will not let up in the ground war. insisting that gives israel more leverage to free the more than

130 hostages, including eight americans who remain in the clutches of hamas. it's been eight weeks since hamas took some 240 hostages. now for the first time, many of those freed describe their torment in detail, desperate for food and air in hamas's tunnels. we just slept and cried every day that passed was an eternity, recalls daniel aloni, things girls should not see. a horror film. a horror film that terrified their families at home. the first sentence they said to me when we met is, mommy, you're alive. mommy, we didn't know you were alive. but for now there are no more hostages being released but the cease-fire and the lives of gazans in shambles. in northern gaza, an air strike

led these boys screaming for their father amid the debris. the u.n. says some 75% of palestinians are now displaced in the strip. as israeli forces pushed south in their vow to destroy hamas, many gazans are fleeing to egypt with a makeshift shelter. they bombed the school where we were staying and we had to flee to khan younis, she told cbs news, and then they dropped bombs in khan younis and bombed us there. >> reporter: tonight tensions remain high in jerusalem as well as in the west bank, jericka, where over the weekend two palestinians were killed. one by israeli soldiers the other by israeli settlers. >> chris livesay in jerusalem, thank you. well, despite israeli leaders vowing to do all they can out of the cross-fire, the biden administration says they need to do more.

cbs's nicole sganga is at the white house with more. good evening. >> reporter: good evening, jericka. in some of his strongest remarks to date, secretary austen made what he called a personal push this weekend, urging israeli leaders to avoid civilian casualties in gaza. a stark warning delivered by the defense chief, a cautionary tale plucked from the four-star general's campaign against isis. >> it is kind of a fight. the center of gravity is the population. if you drive them into the arms of the enemy, you replace a technical victory with a strategic defeat. >> reporter: national security council spokesman john kirby told "face the nation's "margaret brennan that has been delivered privately. >> they have been receptive to those messages. the right number of civilian casualties is zero. clearly, many thousands have been killed and many more thousands have been wounded. now more than 1 million are internally displaced. >> reporter: but some republican

lawmakers are pushing back against those messages. >> secretary austen is telling israel things that are impossible to achieve. secretary austin, the reason palestinians are dying, gaza is so condensed, hamas has tunnels under apartments, under schools, under hospitals. >> reporter: still democratic critics have pressured the biden administration to draw brighter red lines, moderating u.s. support for israel. >> should there been brighter lines? >> we are having these discussions with our israeli counterparts every day about being careful, precise and deliberate in their targeting and trying to minimize civilian casualties to the maximum extent possible. >> nicole joins us from the white house. earlier we talked about the u.s. warship responding to several distress calls after an assault on three commercial ships in the red sea. t what more do we know who was behind that attack? >> reporter: yemeni rebels claimed responsibility for the hourslong onslaught.

in a statement issued moments ago u.s. central command called the strikes fully enabled by iran. >> nicole sganga for us at the white house, thank you. the hostage detainee exchanges between israel and hamas during the week-long pause in fighting is putting a sptlight on israel's controversial detention tactics. the united nations says between 500 and 1,000 palestinian children in the occupied west bank are in custody and not convicted of crimes. cbs's imtiaz tyab reports. >> reporter: israeli soldiers forcefully detain a group of palestinian children. across the occupied west bank, such detentions are well documented. this was filmed by the leading israeli human rights group in 2021. the youngest of the five children was just 8 years old at the time, accused of stealing parrots during the illegal jewish settlement, something the children denied. they were later released.

as palestinian prisoners freed in recent days, over 70 are children. faces of israel's decades of jailing palestinian kids through its military courts. the only developed country to systematically try minors as young as 12 through such a system. ahmed abu na'im was the first to be released. at 16 was arrested for stone throwing, the most common charge. along with, quote, throwing a bomb or incendiary device. charges he denies. he spent a total of 12 months behind bars. >> there were people there who were 12 years old. they treated us very badly after the war. >> reporter: how were they treated differently after the war? >> translator: whenever there was a new prisoner coming in, he looked beaten up. whenever we asked for medicine, they didn't bring it to us. they took our blankets and pillows. they took away our clothes. on cold days, they removed the

covers from the windows. >> reporter: research published by a child rights group says israel inflicts appalling abuse in the military detention system. it found 86% had been beaten, almost 70% strip searched and 60% held in solitary confinement. >> these children are being tried before military courts. >> reporter: tala nasir says children face conviction rate of 80%. >> there's a military prosecutor, no communication with families. they are blindfolded, tied with their hands and their feet. >> but these are children? >> yes, yes, they are. >> reporter: in a statement to cbs news, the israel prison service said, all prisoners are detained according to the provisions of law. and that all basic rights required by law are fully applied. and that any complaints will be fully examined.

you've been released from prison. what do you hope to do next? >> translator: i hope to work, build myself a house and carry on with my life. >> reporter: a young life forever changed. imtiaz tyab, cbs news in the occupied west bank. to new york city where four people were killed in a stabbing attack. two of the victims were children. investigators say a man went on a rampage and killed four family members and set a couch on fire inside the home. the suspect was shot and killed by police after he slashed two officers outside the home. today avalanche warnings were in effect for washington and oregon. storms hit the east and west coast with more to come this week. this video from utah shows the snow there in cottonwood canyons near salt lake city, and there's more snow on the way for many of us across the country. let's turn now to meteorologist lynette charles from our partners at the weather channel. good evening, lynette. >> good evening.

we do have more moisture on the way. we'll start you out in the northeast where we do have some light rain coming in, like albany, boston. the further to the north we go, that's where we're talking about the snow and we will add up snow in feet around new hampshire, vermont, the mountains there and even up into maine. let's head to the west because the west we'll start to add up the rain in feet. you can see the areas shaded in the red coloring. we have to watch out for burn scars across the area. mudslides, landslides and we do have all that rain that will lead to flash flooding through next week and working with temperatures warming up before it's all said and done. jericka, back to you. >> lynette charles with the weather channel, thank you. today parts of europe dug out after being paralyzed by a snowstorm there and bitter cold. in munich, germany, snowfall grounded flights and closed roads across poland and the czech republic. today in paris a centuries old landmark lost in the fire

that nearly destroyed notre dame cathedral in 2019 is taking shape on the city's skyline. cbs's elaine cobbe is there. >> reporter: for the first time in nearly five years the outline of a spire is again visible in the skyline above notre dame. workers on scaffolding on installing the new spire's wooden framework on the cathedral roof. the world looked on in horror as the spire, made of oak and metal, collapsed in the flames. teams of architects and artisans have been working tirelessly to rebuild the spire to its original 19th century design. architect axelle ponsonnet has been redecorating the spire. >> we are rebuilding such structures. what's amazing is we are really trying to be very specific in

the way we rebuilt it. >> reporter: workers continue to set the oak framework of the 300-foot spire in place, shaping the outline that's been missing from paris since the fire. the framework will be covered in a sheath of metal and the decorative finishings added. the cage of scaffolding will remain in place while that work is completed. then the spire will rise again over paris. work on the rest of the cathedral continues, too. the public authority overseeing the reconstruction says it is on track and the cathedral will be ready to reopen to the public a year from now. elaine cobbe, cbs news, paris. tonight new consolidation in the airline industry. alaska air is buying its pacific rival hawaiian airlines for $1.9 billion. the combined company plans to keep the identities of both brands, but the deal still has to be approved by federal

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we end tonight with a high-tech tour guide taking some children to new depths. here's cbs's mark strassmann. >> reporter: as tampa's florida aquarium, two guests charted new waters. this tour guide. and 9-year-old gavin benyon, in a hospital bed two miles away. >> want to say hi to my friend gavin? >> hi, gavin. >> reporter: the backstory, a shared inspiration. >> we see a robot, light bulb goes on. >> reporter: a partnership between roger germann and john couris, the ceos at the aquarium and the hospital. >> i imagine it's a chance to get the kid patient out of the hospital without ever leaving the room. >> that's exactly right.

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now at 6:00, the 49ers up against the biggest test of the season against the eagles and their first meeting with them since last year's championship game. street vendors crossing after san francisco leaders forced them from their usual spots. why some neighbors are unhappy with the new location. how a group of bay area seniors are determined to fight

back as they literally go on the defensive. live from the cbs studios in san francisco this sunday evening, i'm brian hackney. >> i'm andrea nakano. we start in san francisco where the drama surrounding vendors in the mission district continues with a new twist. banning vendors on mission street for 90 days. it's because the city is concerned about criminals who sell stolen goods are mixed in with the mom and pop vendors. that the vendors say does not have enough room. >> but this weekend, some of the small business vendors left that indoor facility to set up shop on 24th street between cap and south van ness. da lin has the report. >> reporter: about half a dozen vendors set up their tents on the sidewalk. they tell me this is the first weekend here. some neighbors worried this will get out of hand fast. >> i do feel