jonah kaplan, thank you. >>> well, tomorrow the u.n.'egality of israel's 57-year occupation of the west bank, land sought for a palestinian state. today in gaza there was new bloodshed and misery. cbs's holly williams is in tel aviv and has more. a warning, some of the images are graphic. >> reporter: at al aqsa hospital the race to save lives never stops. in gaza the bloodshed knows no age limits. israel has vowed to press ahead with a ground offensive in the city of rafah, where around 1.5 million palestinians are now living. most of them displaced and exhausted, many of them hungry. this young girl says she came to rafah after israeli tanks fired on a school where she was sheltering. israel says it will allow civilians to leave the battle zone, but the u.s. is warning against an assault without a credible plan to protect civilians. >> and now they're packed into rafah, exposed and vulnerable. they need to be protected. >> reporter: the u.s. is also pushing for a ceasefire, though negotiations seem to be stuck with israel calling hamas

cbs minnesota's jonah kaplan is there. >> i need an ambulance to 33rd avenue, and i need two additionalces. >> reporter: a call for backup and then a command to get back. >> medics. please back up. medics. back off and turn off lights. >> reporter: according to investigators a man barricaded himself inside a home, with 7 children, ages two to 15, after an hours long standoff on sunday the man opened fire killing two officers and the paramedic who tried to save them. >> several officers did return fire. i will note this individual had several guns and large amounts of ammunition. >> reporter: cbs news minnesota tonight confirming the suspect as 38-year-old shannon gooden. court documents reveal he was a convicted felon who could not legally own a gun. the attack killed burnsville pd officers paul elmstrand and matthew ruge, both 27. adam finseth, a fire department paramedic, was 40. the gunman also died but the children were physically unharmed. the shooting, a reminder of how domestic calls can turn deadly for first responders. >> we are heartbroken. we are heartbroken. we are going to

cbs minnesota's jonah kaplan is there. >> i need an ambulance to 30 third avenue and i need two additionalulances. >> reporter: a call for backup and then a command to get back. >> medics please back up. back up and turn off lights. >> reporter: according to investigators and then barricaded himself inside a home with ages two to 15, after an hour long santa fe on sunday the man opened fire killing two officers on the paramedic who tried to save them. >> several officers did return fire. i will know this individual had several guns and large amount of ammunition. >> reporter: cbs news minnesota tonight confirming the suspect as 38-year-old shannon gooden. court documents reveal he was a convicted felon who could not legally own a gun. they tackled burnsville pd officers paul elmstrand and matthew ruge, both 27. adam finseth, a paramedic, was 40. the gunmen also died but the children were physically unharmed. the shooting, reminder of how domestic calls can turn deadly for first responders." first responders. >> we are heartbroken. we are heartbroken. we are going to need time to be togethe

jonah kaplan of cbs news minnesota has the latest on the investigation. >>> i need an ambulance to -- stand by on the address. i need two additional ambulances. >> reporter: the call for paramedics came shortly after 5:00. minutes later dispatch ordered everyone to stay back. >> medics, please back off. medics, back off and turn off lights. >> reporter: first responders rushed to the home in burnsville, a suburb about 20 minutes outside minneapolis. >> they were very tense. >> reporter: they say an armed man was barricaded inside along with his family. as police arrived, the man opened fire. video shows at least one s.w.a.t. vehicle with its windshield nearly shattered by bullets. >> several officers did return fire. i'll note that this individual had several guns and large amounts of ammunition. >> reporter: two 27-year-old officers from the burnsville police department were struck and killed. a paramedic who rushed to the aid of one of them also died in the shootout. >> they have to give up their life sometime, and they do it anyway. >> reporter: state investigators confirm the susp

jonah kaplan of our minneapolis station wcco joins us now with the latest.d evening to you. >> reporter: good evening. it's now been almost 12 hours that officers are here in this neighborhood. you see behind me still a very active scene. investigators, detectives looking for answers about what led up to this shooting. >> i need an ambulance to -- stand by on the address. i need two ambulances. >> reporter: the call for paramedics came after five this morning. minutes later dispatch ordered everyone to stay back. >> medics, please back off. medics, back off and turn off lights. >> reporter: first responders rushed to the home in burnsville, a subway about 20 minutes outside minneapolis. >> they were tense. >> reporter: an armed man was barricaded inside along with his family. as police arrived the man opened fire. video shows at least one s.w.a.t. vehicle with its windshield nearly shattered by you bullets. >> several officers returned fire. i'll note this individual had several guns and ammunition. >> reporter: two 27-year-old officers from the burnsville p

cbs minnesota's jonah kaplan is there. >> we need that ambulance to 33rd avenue, and i need two additional> reporter: a call for backup. then a command to get back. >> medics, please back up. medics back off and turn off lights. >> reporter: according to investigators, a man barricaded himself inside a home with seven children, ages 2 to 15, after an hours-long standoff on sunday, the man opened fire, killing two officers and the paramedic who tried to save them. >> several officers did return fire, and we'll note that this individual had several guns and large amounts of ammunition. >> reporter: cbs news minnesota tonight confirming the suspect as 38-year-old shannon gooden. court documents reveal he was a convicted felon who could not legally own a gun. the attack killed burnsville p.d. officers, both 27. adam fin seth, a fire department paramedic, was 40. the gunman also died but the children were physically unharmed. the shooting a reminder of how domestic calls can turn deadly for first responders. >> we're heartbroken. we are heartbroken. we are going to need time to be together. >>

. >> i'm jonah kaplan in burnsville, minnesota. what we learned. >> the suspect also dead tonight. have the latest. >>> also tonight, bloodshed in gaza and protests in israel. >> i'm holly williams in tel aviv. israel's prime minister benjamin netanyahu is coming under pressure from both outside and inside the country.