welcome to our viewers joining us in the united states and around the world. >> it is friday, october 13, 9:00 a.m. in london, 11:00 a.m. in gaza city where everybody is being told to head south. the clearest signal yet that the military plans to specify their operations in gaza. israeli military says hamas terrorists are hiding in tunnels and under houses using people as human shields. they struck targets overnight hitting tunnel, weapons, storage warehouses and homes of senior terrorist operatives. >> america's top diplomat is in

jordan for talks with king abdullah and mahmoud abbas. antony blinken is trying to arrange a humanitarian cory dr to get food and medical supplies into gaza and get civilians out. in israel thursday, he met with benjamin netanyahu to reaffirm u.s. support, but he also urged israel to be cautious in its approach to gaza. blink spoke with the families of americans killed or taken hostage in saturday's hamas terror attacks. u.s. defense secretary lloyd austin is visiting israel today. >> for more on the call for civilians to leave gaza, let's bring in elliott gotkine. so tell us about the deadline and what we know about which area of gaza is expected to go. >> so the warning was handed by israel to the united nations at around about 5:00 p.m. eastern time. so that is around about midnight israel and gaza time. so it is due to run out, if you like, the clock will run out at midnight tonight on friday.

so we are talking in -- it is 11:00 now in israel, so about 13 hours until that deadline expires. what israel has said, civilians of sgazgaza city, evacuate soutd distance yourself from terrorists who are using you as human shields. we've spoken with a couple of idf spokespeople this morning and the initial warning seemed to be suggesting the whole northern part of gaza, so about 10 kilometres in. and then the spokesman seemed to be saying it just applies to gaza city. but even if it is in the full 1.1 million people that united nations says will be affected, it would still be around about 600,000 people, the population of gaza city, which is almost a third of the entire population of the gaza strip having to move south over the other side to get out of harm's way. the idf is saying clearly we

want to minimize civilian skasskashl i casualties, so presumably once that happens, israel's bombardment and likelihood of a ground invasion will draw nearer. >> overnight the intense bombardment continued in gaza. what do we know about the impact that has had on civilians in gaza and potentially hostages that have been taken from israel? >> in terms of the humanitarian situation, we've already heard hospitals saying it is a calamitous situation. and if this many people -- in their words it is impossible for thoo that many people to evacuate south without humanitarian consequences. refugee agency has already moved their operations south. and in terms of the israeli hostages, we know there are between 100 and 150 hostages being held by hamas since they

abducted them saturday morning. according to hamas, they are now saying in the last few minutes that 13 hostages have been killed by israel's own strikes on the gaza strip. we don't have independent verification of that clearly. obviously it is in hamas' interests to either say for psychological reasons or to imply that the deaths of these hostages is due to israeli strikes but that is what they are saying and clearly this will add to the pain of the families who are waiting for news on their loved ones. >> and you know the geography. how workable do you really think the evacuation is in 13 hours? >> it is hard to say. i'm not there on the ground in gaza to see, you know -- there has been a lot of bombardment of buildings and roads. there are probably unexploded ordinances around. there could be elderly or young people that may not be as mobile. the idf says it will factor into its calculations of the strikes

the fact that the people are going to be on the move. i should also note hamas has said to residents of gaza don't pay any attention to what the israelis are saying. neither the statement nor it seems voice notes that have been left on mobile phones of residents of the gaza strip. one can only assume that residents will err on the side of caution and move to the south of where they are right now from gaza city in order to move out of harm's way and reduce the likelihood that they are added to those growing statistics of civilian casualties. >> stay with us. we're speaking to the idf next. >> yes, joining us is colonel peter lerner. good to have you on the program again. talk us through this latest evacuation order and if you could be extremely specific about the areas. because there has been some cross communication about that.

>> i'm not aware of any cross communication. our announcement has been very clear. people in the north of the gaza strip need to evacuate beyond the gaza valley for their own safety. the steps are in anticipation like we ourselves evacuated the people from the southern communities in surrounding areas of the gaza strip in order to keep people out of harm's way, we're encouraging them to leave. and unfortunately what we have seen is hamas is telling people no, stay and sacrifice yourself. the situation on the ground is as such the military is expanding its operations in order to strike hamas and prevent them from ever being able to attack us again. we are still buryingered by ham. there are about 200 funerals a day and he we're still burying them and still bodies in the field itself that we're having

difficulty getting to because of the situation on the ground. so i would say, yes, people who care for their lives need to listen very carefully to what the idf is saying. people of gaza are not our enemy. and they should listen when we say we are very serious about destroying hamas' capability to ever inflict such terrorism on our people ever again. >> it is not even a week since this terrible trauma was inflicted on your nation. but in terms of the communication bianca was referring to, one of your colleagues suggested it was just gaza city that is being evac evacuated, not the whole of northern gaza. and you said it was all of northern sggaza. you can explain which areas? >> i just want to confirm the situation is that the announcement was more than gaza. so i want to confirm that. and i'll update you.

if you had told me that before hand, maybe i could have -- i wasn't aware of that. >> there is so much going on and a lot of coordination that needs to be done. just if i could ask you in your heart of heart, do you really think this evacuation is workable? i'm just thinking of one example, someone in hospital in gaza city, you are expecting them to somehow find an ambulance with fuel, already impossible, get past bombed out roads and immense amounts of traffic and also avoiding airstrikes. how is that, would workable and really think it is? >> it is not what i think. we have -- as i said, the situation is a realization of what hamas has done. and they need to take care of the people of gaza. but what have they done, they have jeopardized them. of course it will be difficult in the 24 hours and it might take longer than 24 hours.

but we're pushing people to take action and take care of themselves immediately because we need to prevent hamas from doing this again. so yeah, the situation and as you are reporting, of course there is a very dire situation developing on the ground, but it is all in the making of hamas that has miserably let down the people of gaza. and so people need to listen to the idf. we are serious in our actions and we're telling people evacuate, we're telling hamas don't eight them, don't tell them to stay, don't sacrifice your people any further. leave there and make them move to the south of the gaza valley. >> just before you joined us, our journalist that we have in studio, elliott, was telling us

that hamas has claimed had 13 hostages have been killed this israeli bombardment of gaza. obviously that hasn't been verified and elliott pointed out that it is in hamas' psychological strategic efforts to claim that. but give us any update about the status of hostages in gaza? >> i saw that as well circulating on social media. i'm very cautious in believing anything hamas says to begin with. so i hope that is not the situation. our chief staff yesterday said very clearly that the influence of the hostages, abductees, the men, women and children, are at the top of our priorities and we'll do everything to bring them home. and it is in hamas' interests that they come home alive. it is their responsibility for their well-being and they need to release them immediately.

>> will there be some sort of cease fire to allow this evacuation and what happens if you don't see an evacuation? >> there is no expected ceasefire at this time because we can't permit hamas to regroup to conduct more attacks against us. the situation on the ground is developing and we're pursuing those that conducted the attacks by us. they were so clever in circulating extensive footage on social media of themselves doing this butchery that we were able to actually identify them, seek them out and hunt them down. >> i'm wondering if there is any level of humanitarian toll or collateral damage that you would not be able to stomach in your position or on behalf of the israeli people in retaliation for the terror that hamas perpetrated in israel.

>> our retaliation is not against the people of gaza. our reletaliation is against hamas. those are our targets. they have intentionally and strategically embedded themselves deeply within the civilian population. and that is specifically why we're telling civilian population keep away from hamas, move away from their facilities, try to keep away from them for your own well-being because they don't care about you. so we are doing what we can in order to limit the civilian casualties or limit the civilian influence on the arena. but hamas is doing everything it can in order to make that worse, to exasperate the situation. we need to understand that hamas cannot be committed to rule the gaza strip and attack israel the way it did ever again. >> if this evacuation is successful, what happens afterwards?

obviously it makes a ground invasion more likely, or the grounds for a ground invasion are there. but also after that, are people going to be allowed back in? because the big fear of many gazans is that they won't be allowed back in. >> indeed the call for evacuation is indeed to enable us to be first of all differentiate between hamas and civilians. on one hand. and that eks pxplicitly explainy hamas is calling for them to stay. but there is a potential of a ground invasion and that obviously would make it more feasible. but i also emphasize if we do receive the instructions to mobilize on the ground, then we need to be prepared to face whatever comes to us. so it would not be a condition for us to mobilize if that is the question. i think that we need to be

prepared for every eventuality. we've recruited 300,000 reservists in the aftermath of the terrorist attack precisely to restore security and safety to the people of israel. >> okay. colonel, thank you so much for your time today. we know how busy you are. and if you can clarify the cities that are being evacuated. >> just gaza city. >> thank you so much. appreciate that. >> thank you. ist officials are scrambling to get americans stranded in israel back home safely. the biden administration says it will start chartering flights today to destinations in europe. ? >> travelers will then be ferried home on u.s. based and other dariers. united, delta and american airlines all stopped flying two and from israel over safety concerns. off countries have already been pulling out their sits.

germany's first evacuation flight landed in frankfurt thursday. many received an emotional welcome by their friends and families. officials say around 950 german citizens are being evacuated by air, land and sea. >> canadians are also getting out landing in athens on the first military plane september by the government. some evacuees say they have lived under lockdown for days before they were allowed to leave. >> we tried to leave on the day the war started and we were about 45 minutes from gaza. and we were in a lockdown situation. we could not leave. we were in and out of bomb shelter for six days and we were finally evacuated today. >> my wife is canadian and she was able to contact the canadian government and they were very responsive in providing an alternative, i guess evacuation flights which we took advantage

of. >> more than 1600 canadian citizens and permanent residents need help to leave that region. in all the conflict over the years, there has been and still is one constant. civilians always suffer from the violence. the war's toll on gaza's children, coming up next. plus cnn looks into where hamas militants trained for the incursion. and it is not too far from israeli troops and in plain sight as well.

welcome back. if you were watching before the break, you would have seen the interview with the idf ahead of the deadline for people to get out of gaza city that was directed by the idf. there has been some miscommunication over this. of course it is a war situation so there will be that. but what did you learn from the interview? >> i think three things. first and perhaps most important, as you asked for peter lerner to clarify, is it the northern part or just gaza city as one of his colleagues had said earlier on cnn. and it is now clear that it is

gaza city residents. so we are talking around about 600,000 people. that is almost a third of the entire population of the gaza strip. the idea of telling to evacuate in order to get out of harm's way and so that they minimize the number of civilian casualties. worth reiterating ithat hamas hs said don't pay attention to any of these warnings to evacuate, to move out of harm's way. that is the first thing. the second thing is, he said it may take longer than 24 hours. the clock started ticking at midnight local time, so we're talking 5:00 p.m. is when the clock started ticking. it was supposed to expire tonight at midnight. it seems that there will be some flexibility as far as the israelis go in allowing the people of gaza city to vacate. and i suppose the other thing is that he stressed, and this was not stressed earlier, that there

will be no cease fire. so although his colleague said earlier that they will factor in to consideration that there are going to be large numbers of people evacuating gaza city to get out of harm's way, in in other words they will try to ensure that they are not targeted and not hit, but at the same time, there will not be a ceasefire because they don't want to give hamas militants a chance to regroup and carry out further attacks whether rocket launches to israel or plan any other attacks that they might be wanting to do. >> what a journey for anyone trying to leave. >> and all ngos are calling for a ceasefire in order to try to stabilize the situation there. and we did ask as well about the level of collateral damage and civilian devastation and death that he would accept. he gave the same as soon as that we've been hearing all week. but now that the u.s. and other

partners are urging caution in israel's retaliation to hamas attacks, would you expect to see any change of messaging or more crucially change in terms of them being more discriminating in their targets that they choose? >> no is the short answer. the gloves are off this time. israel has repeatedly said israel is so shocked and angry, disgusted and heartbroken about everything that has happened since saturday morning. and they have said repeatedly whether it is from the prime minister, the defense minister or the spokespeople from the idf, that there will be a price to pay. their goal in the past was to restore quiet. and this time, and in one really knows if they will be able to achieve this, but their aim is simple throw destroy hamas and ensure that it can never again even come close to reeking the same rhee brutality and savagery

and death on israel that it did in that initial attack in the early hours of saturday morning. >> thank you so much for joining us. relief groups calling for protection of civilians as the humanitarian crisis worsens by the hour. ministry of health says more than 1500 people have been killed in gaza since the airstrikes began, 500 of those are children. >> and a warning now some of the images you are about to see in the next report are graphic and heartbreaking including one of a baby girl who was rushed through the streets to awaiting ambulance by her uncle but ultimately didn't make it. the stories and images are g gut-wrenching but important to hear and see. nada bashir has this report. >> reporter: gripped by grief, and a loss of unfathomable scale, gaza's death toll and the number of civilians wounded is rising with each and every

airstrike. in this refugee camp men dig with their bare hands, desperate to rescue loved ones from beneath the rubble of what was were their homes. he begins to list the names of the children killed in the latest strike. among them, his niece. she was just a few months old, now one of more than 440 children gaza's health ministry says has been killed by israeli airstrikes so far. israel says it is striking hamas targets. authorities here say medical facilities, schools, residential areas have been impacted. our neighbor said that the israelis had called and told them to evacuate the area around our home. so we came to stay with relatives here, he says. but the next morning when we woke up to pray at dawn, the airstrike happened. there was no warning.densely pop

which is under blockade since 2007 is home to more than 2 million people. around 47% of them are children. so far at least 340,000 people have been displaced within gaza. many are now forced to take shelter in u.n.-run schools like this one. but civilians here are also now facing what the israeli government has described as a complete siege on gaza. there is no water for us to drink, no water for us to wash ourselves with so that we can pray, she says. they bombed oued schools. many killed. it is not fair for children like us, why is this happening to us? life under a blockade is and i will that the children of gaza have ever known. for some like 13-year-old nadine, it is hard to emergency a future beyond that relentless

conflict. >> last couple of nights have been the worse i've ever lived in my life. this is not living. this is existing. we're not planning our futures anymore. we're just trying to sur slive. >> re >> reporter: but survival is becoming more and more difficult by the day. humanitarian situation is rapidly detear tterioratideteri. and while the u.n. condemned as what they describe as at unlawful blockade on gaza and in-doctor indiscriminate nature of airstrikes, there is little hope that the bloodshed ends here. nada bashir, cnn. >> and let's go live now to a political analyst and human rights lawyer. thank you for joining us this morning. your reaction first and foremost to the impending humanitarian catastrophe. indeed it already exists but it is worsening by the hour. >> it is indeed already a humanitarian disaster. look, just to give you a sense

of what gaza is like, it is 40 kilometers long, 20 kilometers wide, the most densely populate the place on earth. it has been besieged for decades by land, sea and air. nothing can get in without israel or nothing can get out without israel permission. and now they are bombing gaza strip. this is a effectively a large refugee camp with no place for people to go. israel has already projected and indicated that it plans to carry out mass atrocities and indeed we've already seen them. just in the past through days alone, israel has dropped more bombs on gaza than dropped in an entire year by the united states in afghanistan. if that is not creating a humanitarian disaster, i don't know what is. but the worst part is that everybody is remaining silent and that the united states is in lock step, complicit with the war crimes being perpetrated against a refugee child

population. >> what are you hearing from palestinians this gaza today? because it strikes me they are in an impossible situation. we were just speaking to the idf, they are saying there won't be a ceasefire, but they are -- they do want people to evacuate gaza city. a lot of people -- how are they going to get out? are they going to stay and see if they can survive or will they go? >> this is a talking point on the part of the israelis. they say evacuate, but to where? israel has an only gbligation a occupier and it is not fulfilling that obligation but instead telling people to flee. but flee to where? there is no place to go. it has to provide them with that opportunity and people don't want to go. piece are people who have survived the 1975 mass expulsion ethnic cleansing of palestinian and they are not about to go

anywhere right now. but in terms of what people are feeling, i used to live in gaza and my friends are sending me messages that this might be the last time that we message one another, that they love me and they are telling me to just keep telling the world about what is happening to them. because this is not only humanitarian disaster, but these are massive war crimes. it is not the first time that israel has done it, it keeps doing it over and over again and it is the result of 56 years of military occupation, denial of freedom. it is time for the world to step up and stop israel rather than give this blank check and allow it to continue to go ahead. >> diana, we're so sorry for the situation that your friends are in and clearly out heartbreaking this is for you as well. based on what you just said, would you characterize the calls from the idf for evacuation as restore hetorical cover, you do believe it is a sincere hope to

evacuate people before they take this any further? >> there is no way to evacuate 600,000 people within a short period of time particularly given that they haven't given them the means to do so. remember, they have cut off fuel and electricity and food supplies. the water is contaminated. it has been for many years. so, no, this is just simply rhetoric designed to get people to somehow think that israel is being humane. there are rules that israel is supposed to be engaging in and it is not. and israel must be held to task and abide by those rules. this is why all of the humanitarian agencies have been calling for israel to stop this bombing campaign. it is bombing a refugee camp. >> what about the responsibility of hamas here because we've got on the one hand israel saying evacuate. we've got countries like the uk government saying to their citizens in gaza to evacuate, to take israel's advice.

and a mahamas saying stay put, ignore the advice. >> it is not just hamas. others are saying that as well. the question is how. how do they evacuate these people, where are they supposed to go to. first couple of days when people fled to go to rafah, israel bombed rafah. so there is nowhere for people to go. instead it will just lead to mass chaos in the streets of people trying to flee within this short window of time. it is like israel is as the saying goes shooting fish in a barrel. that is what they have been doing. they have been carpetbombing parts of gaza, mass bombing parts of gaza and all with the complicity and support of the united states and other countries around the world. this is not a solution. what does a win look like for israel, what does israel look like after all of this is done, what does gaza look like after all of this is said and done?

nobody has an answer because the sole intention is simply to wipe out out gaza. it is not hamas, it is to wipe out gaza. and that is why we see almost half the people chikilled with children and women. half of the number that it killed in the bombing attack that it carried out in 2014 which lasted 50 days, it shows you the scale of the attack. there is no place for anybody to go. >> and one final point of claire if indication. when you say it is not just hamas that people in gaza stay put, who else are you referring for? >>are u.n. agencies saying that israel must stop bombing. they are not telling people leave your homes and flee. instead they are saying stay. this is what i've heard from people so far, they are telling people stay. we've heard only that the u.n.

has said they are evacuating their staff to the southern part of gaza and they said that -- they warn israel that there are people sheltering in u.n. schools and that these up .n. schools must not be attacked. >> that is a big thing you are saying there, that the u.n. is advising people in gaza city to stay while other governments, israelis, are saying -- we need to clarify which agency is saying that because we haven't had that from them. >> word came out earlier this morning with a statement indicating that their u.n. staff are being evacuated to the south, but they have indicated that israel should not be bombing u.n. schools. >> that is not the question. the question is, is the u.n. telling palestinians to stay in gaza city when there is an evacuation order? they haven't said that, have they? >> you're going to have to ask the u.n. from what i read into is that statement when you see people

are sheltering in a school in place and hehe israelis are indicating that they will bomb, they are saying the schools must be protected and these schools are serving as shelter for palestinians. >> all right. we'll do that. thank you so much, diana, for joining us. with so many of you watching, feeling compelled to help with this humanitarian relief effort, cnn is compiling resources for you. go to cnn.com/impact>> tre you f vetted organizations responding on the ground and as max just said, that is cnn.com/impact. with israel seemingly ready to escalate military operations, the ugs is looking to get thousands of stranded americans the country. what we know that plan, just ahead.

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welcome back. i'm bianca nobilo. >> i'm max foster. in the war, israelis are telling all citizens in gaza city to leave their homes today and head south. >> they say hamas terrorists are hiding in tunnels under houses and using people as human shields. clearest sign yet that they will be trying to rescue the hostages believed to be in gaza. >> and secretary of state antony blinken is hoping to around a humanitarian corridor to gaza. >> and in a further show of solidarity, u.s. defense secretary lloyd austin arrived in tel aviv a short time ago and he will be meeting with the prime minister and defense minister. >> the biden administration says it is working with israel and egypt to get safe passage out of

gaza for american civilians. >> also trying to get u.s.s out locate those still missing. kayla tausche has more. >> reporter: the biden administration says 27 americans have been killed in violence in the region, 14 remain unaccounted for. and there is still a handful of americans being held hostage, though officials say their condition is not known. there are also thousands of americans who just in recent days have registered their interest in being evacuated from israel. that is why the state department is now chartering flights beginning friday to destinations across europe and that is a sdee part chur from its previous strategy which was to direct travelers to commercially available options. but the white house remainsed a today manhattan and says it is israel's preference to that there be no american boots on the ground in the country. and the administration is also continuing to walk a very fine line when it describes iran's

sponsorship of hamas. it is all part of the challenge that president biden and his team are now facing, present a show of force in the region, but also don't draw other rogue actors into the conflict. the president also deeply affected by what he has seen there, trying to channel and harness widespread outrage for the atrocities that hamas has committed there. but president biden raised some eyebrows this week when he described some images of babies that have been beheaded which the white house later clarified he was referencing unconfirmed reports and comments from israeli officials. but when asked about the importance of accuracy and proliferation of misinformation among this war, john kirby, spokesman for the national security council, told reporters that it is important to focus on the bigger picture. >> it is obvious what hamas has proven willing to do to innocent

israeli citizens. we're going to -- we're not going to shy away from talking about the grotesque nature here of what these terrorists have done. but i also think that it is important that we all, and i'm not -- i don't mean this in a chastising way, but we all have to keep the larger picture in mind here of what is going on and how important it is for israel to be able to eliminate this very real, very tangible, very demonstrable threat to the lives of their citizens. >> reporter: and benjamin netanyahu sharing some of those images with antony blinken this week. and kirby telling reporters and everyone watching to steel ourselves for more gruesome images to come out of israel. kayla tausche, cnn, the white house. well, some of the hamas

training for last week's deadly rampage is done in plain sight and not far from the border with gaza. >> and that is according to an's analysis of two years worth of propaganda videos released by hamas. they show at least six training camps in gaza including two that were only about a mile from israel's most heavily patrolled section of the border. >> some of the videos show training on parra gliders who were used during the attack. findings raise more questions about why israel was caught flat footed by hamas. salma is here. and that debate will go on and on and on. so you spent a huge amount of time in gaza. when i hear the idea of telling gaza city to evacuate, give us the play of the land. >> just in the last week people have evacuated from the north. if you remember there were

orders to evacuate from the authority of gaza. so you already have people who have been displaced. i think more than 400,000. they have moved to gaz city. some in u.n. shelters. the u.n. says this is an impossible order, you are giving us hours to evacuate potentially 1.1 million people with very little -- >> they have clarified now it is just gaza city. >> but again imagine being on the ground. you are hearing 1.1 million, whole 6 the authority. the north was asked to being evacuated days ago. now you are hearing maybe just gaza city. families -- from my experience being there, yes, some go to u.n. shelters, many go into homes with other families. so you have five or six families, extended families in one building. just imagine the depth of people there really, just the density of people there. >> and some are elderly. >> some elderly. and remember we have a complete siege here. so access to food, fuel, water, how does that get carried out.

now, the order is to move south. that is extremely vague. where is that? can the u.n. set up in a matter of hours to accommodate anywhere from 600,000 to 1.1 million pe people. is there a hope that there is a deal with egypt, is there a political will in cairo for that to take place? it is extremely difficult for those families on the ground to ascertain where is safe. and you even heard stories in nada bashir's package with families saying we were told to evacuate, we left from that place and came to this place only to be struck here. >> you know these minds. when they get the messages and hamas says stay put, what are they going to do? >> i can't speak on behalf of 2 milli

million gazans, but i can speak on behalf of one family saying where do we stay safe. because israeli -- hamas says don't fall for it, it is a trap. we hear from people who say we did move and that place was not safe either. so there is a sense of mistrust and should we believe that this is the correct safe place to go to. and can there even be a safe place and what does it mean to go south. where is that. you are talking about a place that is being constantly bombarded. how do you move southwards safely in what way, with what transportation, and to where. >> without a ceasefire. salma, thank you very much. in a week without a leader and the top contender just said forget it, the u.s. house will remain at a standstill until republicans can agree on a new speaker. that is coming up next.

u.s. house republicans are expected to meet behind closed doors on friday morning hoping to find some way to agree on a new leader. house majority leader steve scalise pulled out of the running for the top position late on thursday after it became clear his fractured party would not come together to support him. >> if you look at over the last few weeks, there is still work to be done. our conference still has to come together and is not there. there are still people that have their own agendas. and i was very clear, we have to have even put their agendas on the side and focus on what this country needs. >> friday will be the ninth day the u.s. house republicans have operated without a leader since kevin mccarthy banl the first speaker of the house in history to be ousted by his party. protesters take to the streets of europe voicing

support for both israel and palestinian people. some of those scenes just ahead.

protestors across europe have been taking to the streets voicing their opposition to the war between israel and hamas. in brussels, hundreds of demonstrate ors came to show their support for the palestinian people. >> and pro palestinian rallies triggered a police response. and there were scuffle s in johannesburg. >> and in paris, pro palestinian demonstrators with met with tear gas and water cannons. president macron issued a ban on these protests. but we want to end the hour with a bit of joy and happiness. baby abdullah born thursday in the maternity ward at a hospital in gaza is city. >> his father is a journalist covering the airstrikes, after

maths and funerals. and now he is a father of five. abdullah was not the only newborn in the ward thursday. a baby girl born to a woman who says that she risked her life going to the hospital to give birth. >> what a world they are growing up in. >> yeah, i was having the same thought. >> thanks for joining us. >> i'm bianca nobilo. this is max foster. cnn's coverage of israel at war continues after a quick break.