this is cnn breaking news. >> welcome to all of you watching us here in the united states, canada and all around the world. i'm kim brunhuber with breaking news of israel at war. the israeli military says it will allow people in gaza to safe passage . united nations is slamming israel for ordering the mass evacuation of palestinians from northern sgagaza and allowing te people so little time to get out. one called it outrageous and says it defies the rules of war and basic humanity. tens of thousands have already fled south but many others are staying put. a sudden surge into southern gaza has put a lot of pressure

on the border crossing into egypt. gaza hasn't closed it on its side but it's unclear due israeli airstrikes on the other side. thank you for being with us. so the u.n. spoke yesterday of a 24-hour deadline to evacuate gaza city which has long passed. how long do those in gaza city have to evacuate? >> so, first of all, the residents in gaza city are a priority for the state of israel. unfortunately, they are not a priority for the hamas terror organization. hamas, we should be asking them, what are your concontingency pl. what did you think we would do snan of course we did see that they assume we would, of course, like any normal country, come back and try to completely

annihilate their efforts. they left their civilians as hostages. they took all of them. 2 million civilians are hostages of hamas and gaza right now. we are the only ones that are actually trying to save these people by opening a humanitarian corridor. we know it's going to take time. we did create and ask for it to be done within 24 hours, but we're doing everything we can, including taking operational risks so those people can make it to safety. >> the u.n. secretary-general, as i said in the intro, they said the order to evacuate is, quote, extremely dangerous and in some cases not, simply not possible. how would you respond to that? >> i think, again, there was no early warning for the israeli civilians that were slaughtered on israel's communities. many families of which are still dealing with hostages and so much difficulty. it is reasonable to ask people to move a few miles past wad eye

gaza i wadi gaza. hamas is trying to keep civilians in gaza there. we are the israel defense forces. we're here to defend our civilians. hamas is the opposite. they use their civilians to defend them. so we're doing everything we can. but i think these really need to be questions addressed to hamas, which is the authority in the gaza strip. >> you've announced this safe corridor that extends for the next five hours or so. what happens after that? >> again, operationally speaking, we are at war with hamas. we are going to do everything we can to completely degrade this efforts of this ever happening again. this includes targeting the main force from gaza that came in, was trained to take over and slaughter. they actually had plans to occupy much of southern israel and supplies. they took back our hostages,

they are our main target, including their leader who is the evil on top of all the evil. we are moving forward with that objective. at the same time, we are urging people gaza, gaza city, there's not a single person in gaza city that does not know that they need to move out of way so we can move forward with our operations. >> the u.n. is also calling for humanitarian access to allow gaza to get fuel, food and water, to reach those in need. are you planning to do this at all? >> look, for years, for years israel has been providing gaza with enormous amounts of humanitarian aid, with gasoline, electricity and power. the very first thing that hamas did when they launched this attack on us is went to the crossing which is the humanitarian aid crossing used by 20,000 gazans who cross into israel every day to work. humanitarian aid truck, doctors and nurses.

many people from gaza that we took into israel for special surgeries. they attacked the military force patrolling that area and bombed the crossing. hamas bombed their own humanitarian crossing. they claim that they are the protectrate. and what they do is a blockage in the only way to bring humanitarian supplies there. we really have to understand how evil hamas is, despite all of, this as soon as it's feeible to provide humanitarian aid to gaza, israel doesn't want to see the people of isgaza suffer. >> the search for hostages, collecting evidence to find the people taken by hamas, what more can you tell us about the search for the 120 hostages? >> so we are compiling additional intelligence and creating a very clear platform of the identities, the where

about th abouts and how they are using them. they ran back into gaza and barricaded themselves in tunnels safely underneath buildings. at the same time, they told this wives and children. i know your viewers, any sane person can't imagine this. they said to their wives and children, go to sleep above us in the apartment buildings, we assume also that the hostages, they would be using them for the same cynical purposes. we are working operationally on the ground in many, many ways to try, of course, and free our hostages, but statemat the same it leads clearly to hostages, nothing is going to save frut dedication of the state of israel which has declared war to anae h annihilate any capabilities they have in the future. >> at least one journalist was

killed and six others injured in southern lebanon by israel artillery fire. can you explain what happened there? >> first of all, we have not confirmed that this reuters journalist was killed by israeli crossfire. this is being investigated as i speak with you. what i can tell you is it's a tragedy if any journalist loses their life. these are brave journalists on the front lines. from that area, we have to understand hezbollah launched an attack on israel. israel was responding to an attack from hezbollah. we have said from the beginning it is absolutely not in your interest to enter into this conflict. we want them to lay down interesttheir arms and stay out of what's happening. this is a war against hamas. we are completely allayed on the northern border. israel is ready for any threat in anyplace. we are not looking for this to develop in other areas.

>> ill illi'll have to leave it. thank you so much. we heard from theiv idf. lots of points of interest, what stood out to you. >> we're a talking about an estimated 1.1 million citizens in northern gaza told to evacuate. this is going to take a long time. and while the idf has acknowledged that this will take time, for those who have been told to flee, this will be a difficult, deeply traumatic process, this is the message we've been hearing from human rights organizations and ngos on the ground in gaza. the idea has outlined two key areas that they say, two routes they say will be safe between a six-hour window. of course this has been disputed by palestinian authorities inside gaza. we heard from the palestinian ministry of health yesterday, they said civilians were

targeted as they attempted to flee northern gaza and move southwards. entire family also been killed family also been killed in airstrikes. they did release a video. and it is distressing and graphic. take a look. now the u.n. says tens of thousands of palestinians have already fled, but thatsa small portion of those citizens residing in northern gaza.

as we've heard from human rights organizations on the ground, there are many people in northern gaza who will not be able to evacuate, for many reasons. some are disabled. some are in hospital, some are elderly. they will not be able to leave and therefore could fall victim to continued airstrikes that are ongoing. there is a huge amount of concern amongst the palestinian population in northern gaza. they will be evacuated southwards but won't be able to return to their homes. many have spoken. we've heard them in their social media posts. many have spoken to teams on the ground that they are afraid they will be refugees and won't be able to return home. this is a deeply distressing population. the vast majority of the population are descendant palestinians forcibly displaced during the 1947 conflict. this is at the forefront of their minds. we have to remember that gaza is still under a blockade. a land, sea and air blockade

enforced since 2007 and now currently under a complete siege. that means no food, no water, no electricity and no fuel is getting in. hospitals are running on just a few hours of electricity each day. so the u.n. itself has warned now that the humanitarian situation is dire. this could be a humanitarian catastrophe. >> appreciate it. u.s. president joe biden says his administration is working like hell to get americans taken by hamas out of gaza. he spoke about them in an address on friday. here he is. >> they're going through agony, not knowing what the status of their sons, daughters, wives, children are. it's gut-wrenching. i assured them my personal commitment to do everything possible, everything possible to return every missing american to their families. >> one israeli-american citizen

who's been missing since his kibbutz was invaded last saturday, his father was on the call with biden and talked to cnn about it. >> what i can say about president biden who spent about 45 minutes with us. there were about 20 representatives of 20 families there. as american citizen, as an israeli citizen, as someone whose beloved son, we are sure, is being held alive, dead, wounded, we don't know. i could not possibly ask for more than president biden expressed about the united states' commitment to getting these people, not just the american hostages, but all of the israeli hostages, and that he and the administration are in this for the long haul. as crazy as this must sound, at that moment, as proud as i am to be an israeli, i was no less proud to be an american, as a result of that phone call, and

honestly, most of the time, he was listening to people's stories and their desires for his action. and his answers were inspiring. not that khouhe could give information. i don't think there's information to give right now. but his willingness to listen, i found it extraordinary and to empathize with people. >> the biden administration emphasized its support for israel. he vowed unwavering solidarity. jeremy diamond has the latest from israel. >> reporter: u.s. support for israel looks like this. a hulking u.s. military plane landing at the air base. where cnn secured sclexclusive

access. this plane just landed in southern israel bringing fresh u.s. weapons and ammunition for israel's fight against hamas. today the secretary of defense lloyd austin coming here to inspect the shipment, vowing that u.s. military support for israel will continue to flow at the speed of war. >> i know how hard you've been working. you've been hustling to get this here as quickly as you could. >> reporter: this was the second shipment of military equipment to israel just this week. delivering precision-guide munitions and iron dome missiles which helps protect against hamas rockets. >> it is not just a show of support. it is support. it's the leading edge of more to come. >> reporter: what kind of assurances do you have from the israelis about how they'll use these munitions? >> this is a professional force

that's well-led. they'll do the right thing. >> reporter: israeli airstrikes have killed more than 1900 people in gaza this week. including at least 614 children. according to the palestinian ministry of health. palestinian leaders accuse israel of deliberately targeting civilian infrastructure. israeli officials blame hamas for firing rockets from civilian areas and using civilians as human shields. even as he made clear the u.s. stands with israel -- >> i am here in person to make something crystal clear. america's support for israel is iro ironclad.

democrat at democracies like ours are stronger and more secure when we uphold the laws of war. >> reporter: jeremy diamond, cnn. fighting in gaza possibly pushing other parts of the volatile region over the edge. tensions grow in the west bank, amid concerns they could escalate into far more serious violence. plus new york city on high alert as rallies over the israeli-hamas war have been taking place. we'll hear from intelligence officials next. stay with us.

diplomats are concerned the violence in gaza could inflame the other palestinian enclave, the west bank. 12 more paleste killed there and east jerusalem on friday bringing the total death toll to 47 according to palestinian officials. hundreds of others have been injured in clashes with troops and settlers in the region. some incidents were caught on camera. we want to warn you some of the images in the report are disturbing. >> reporter: a disturbing sight. an israeli settler shooting a

palestinian point-blank in the south hebron hills. although the man who was shot in this video did survive, others involved in the violence recently have not. cnn has reached out to israel's police for comment on this shooting but has not received a response. nearly a week into the war between hamas and israel, at least 47 palestinians have wibeen killed in the west bank by settlers and israeli forces, with hundreds ofs injured. fears that the violence would spill over into this area are beginning to feel very real. at the heart of the conflict, this place, al-aqsa mosque. usually filled with tens of thousands of worshippers gathered for friday prayers. today almost empty. israeli police restricting access to the compound, only letting in the elderly this

57-year-old says seeing the compound so empty is upsetting. the atmosphere was so tense. it was difficult getting in she says. we are just going there to pray. we not going there to fight. we are not going to war. what is a worshipper expected to do. meanwhile, piles of prayer mats as younger palestinians were forced to worship on the street. abas was one of them. he says this feels like an inflection point in this decades decades-long conflict. this feels different. they have seen clashes between palestinians and israeli police. and today stun grenades and skunk water used to disperse

worshippers. his shelf u said his uncle was attacked by israeli police as he tried to pray close to his home after being barred from al-aqsa. like mm civilians here, qassem feels for his family's safety. what's happening is very ugly. i can't explain it to my kids. i'm trying to distract them so they don't get scared qassem says. so many people here scared about what happens next. they robbed us of our homeland, and now they punish us here in al-aqsa and punish the people of gaza. they annihilated this small, tight space. why? why do they sdeserve that, she says. becky anderson, cnn, east jerusalem. around the world, demonstrators are taking to the streets to voice their support for people on both sides of the war.

thousands of people have turned out in sydney, australia, standing in solidarity with israel. protesters took to the streets of cape town in support of the palestinian people. nelson mandela's grandson encouraged south africans to stand with palestinians because tpalestinians. here in the u.s., politicians and religious leaders gathered in washington to show their support for israel. and hundred of people waving palestinian flags gathered in new york's time square. new york city is putting more police on the streets as rallies over the israel-hamas conflict have been taking place. the city's mayor says there are currently no credible threats but is urging people to remain vigilant. jon miller reports. >> reporter: in the morning, at the world trade center, a show of force. counter terrorism teams have

been placed around the city. nypd chief john hart. >> the strategy is one to show reassurance to the community that there is a police presence out there. that's that's probably the foremost idea. secondly, we want to be fluid. we want to be moving around. we're hitting just in the counter terrorism realm, over 400 locations a day. >> reporter: at nypd's headquarters, a morning intelligence briefing is tracking the threat stream. >> so we continue to see public statements from hamas, palestinian islamic jihad and other affiliated palestinian militant groups, claiming credit for ongoing strikes, ongoing rocket attacks, et cetera. we sls seealso have seen public statements from al qaeda and isis and other like-minded extremists online. >> reporter: rebecca weiner is

with counter terrorism. >> everything found ainds a way coming back to new york city. it's an incredibly diverse environment with large communities from everywhere where a conflict might emerge. in this case, a large jewish population and palestinian population. >> reporter: they have been briefing police departments as part of operation shield, a global intelligence-sharing network. national jewish organizations are also on high alert as they monitor extremist chat rooms and propaganda channels, including a worldwide call for people to show anger on friday. the messaging caught the attention of people like mitch sylber. >> there are going to be extra precautions that we're going to advise institutions take as kids

are getting out of school on friday, people going synagogue friday night and sunday morning. in regular touch with nypd, requesting extra patrols in jewish areas. we asked the center on extremism to take us inside the threat scheme. >> not only are we seeing those who are apologists for hamas, those who glorify the messages, but we are seeing people on the far right that have traditionally engaged in violence against the jewish community full-throatedly supporting those activities. anti-semitism is always the thing that brings extremist groups groups across the ideological spectrum together. >> reporter: the adl and others say the events in israel and gaza are driving a tsunami of

threats. >> in the last 36 hours, we have seen a 1000% increase in non-specific threats against jews and israelis by groups we track in the united states. >> reporter: and new york has seen the results of propaganda turned into blood shed. the series of bombings in 2016. in 2017, a ramming attack that killed eight people on a bike path, and an attempted suicide bomber in the city's busiest subway station. and many more plots that have been prevented, which is what they are counting on. jon miller, cnn, new york. still ahead, thousands of gazan residents evacuated.

nil welcome back. i'm kim brunhuber. this is "cnn newsroom." right now there are less than five hours remaining in a safe-passage window announced by the israeli military for civilians to move to southern gaza. tens of thousands of people have fled their homes over the past day or so after israel warned residents to leave, in addition to the 400,000 palestinians who were also displaced by the conflict. civilians who were able to, crammed possessions into cars and trucks. those without possessions walked, carrying what they could.

they call the order outrageous. earlier, the israel defense forces explained why it called for people to leave. >> anybody who wants to prioritize prio prioritize his safety should go south of the gaza river. this is the situation that we find ourselves in, and we are doing our best in order to minimize civilian kcasualties. that's why we're calling on them to leave out of a concern for their safety. >> all right, let's go live to israel and a professor of political science at the hebrew university of jerusalem. i want to start with what we heard there with the aftermath of this horrific attack by hamas and the effect it's now having on so many civilians in gaza. is israel and the idf doing what they should to protect the innocent here?

>> well, i think they are. but, let's draw a clear parallel. a week ago, when hamas attacked purposefully, israel's civilian population, we're not talking about the disputed territories. we're talking about israel proper. we're not talking about military targets. we're talking about civilians, they did not spread leaflets. they did not go on cnn and tell the civilian population they should clear out. they targeted them. t butchered them. they massacred people. there is a clear difference and yes, regretfully, there will be collateral damage, because that is what hamas has brought upon its own population. i think israel's doing the best that it can. but this is a horrible situation, and under these circumstances, no good is going to come of it. >> well, the violence has been

spreading. there have been clashes and deaths in the west bank and lebanon. what are the risks of this becoming a war on several fronts? >> well, i think the risks, and i hate to say something that i might have to regret soon. i think the risks are diminishing with time. because now that the israeli army is fully mobilized, if hezbollah up forth north is goi take some sort of cue to join, they should have done it by now. so let us hope that this can be localized. the palestinian population in the west bank is, of course, unhappy about what is happening in gaza. it is regrettable to see them supporting a terrorist organization that have butchered over 1300 people in israel. but let's also look for the silver lining in the cloud. and that is that the israeli arab population, 20% of israel

are israeli areas. tarabs. they have not joined at all. four out of five are opposed to what has been done. only 5% said they show any support for hamas' actions. so let's hope that this can indeed be contained, even after the ground operation begins. and we rid this region of hamas. >> well, it's interesting. now you've said that hamas took advantage of the political turmoil in israel to launch these attacks. so right now we're seeing, of k course, much more unity in the aftermath. how effective do you think will this new emergency government be in carrying out this war? and also the immediate aftermath of the war? >> well, i think that hamas trained for this for quite some time. the intelligence will come out

after. this took at least a year, if not two. in other words, the domestic turmoil in israel over the government's horrible judicial reform proposals. this was something that hamas could capitalize on, but they didn't know that this was going happen before they began training. so their goal was israel. their goal was killing israelis. right now i think hamas is a bit scared. they have managed to israel isunify israel as we haven't been in years. it will give legitimacy to whatever actions the government takes. but more important, if you look at the on snigs ispposition in . they're voting with the government. so what hamas has managed to do is create wall-to-wall support in israel, that we cannot live here, whether we are on the far right or on the far left,

whether we oppose palestinian statehood or support palestinian statehood, we cannot live here with hamas. and, kim, if i may, let's make the clear distinction between the palestinians' national struggle for legitimate rights and a two-state solution on the one hand and hamas on the other hand. hamas is not part of the palestinian national struggle. they do not want a two-state solution. they want israel destroyed. they want jews killed, and they are willing to sacrifice their own civilian population in order to get to that. this is not part of the arab-israeli or palestinian conflict. this is sheer evil and needs to be eradicated. >> since you touched on it. let me ask you about the future, i guess, netanyahu has promised to crush hamas. benny gantz said they would change the security and strategic reality. but what will that reality look

like? and if fundamental issues aren't addressed, won't it just happen again? as it has done repeatedly? >> i agree with you. i think that what we are witnessing now is an attempt to undo part of hamas. we cannot destroy hamas completely. hamas is also a religious organization. hamas is also a social organization. that we cannot do unless we walk back into gaza and reoccupy it. and that is not what israel is doing. but hamas' military capability, its ability to butcher israeli civilians in their homes, that cannot exist anymore. and yes, hopefully this emergency government will realize that once the fight something over we need to have a horizon. we need to have an ability to move forward and hopefully this is not just an israeli-palestinian issue. this has to bring the whole region in. we have to have the egyptians as part of this. we have to have the jordanians

as part of this. and hopefully, we will get back to normalization talks with important countries like saudi arabia and have them a part of it as well. but you're right. this conflict cannot be solved militarily, but hamas needs to be destroyed militarily. >> we'll have to leave it there, but really appreciate your analysis, thank you so much. >> thank you for having me. all right, we'll get back to our top story in joiust a minut. but the house republicans are heading home for the weekend after nominating jim jordan for house speaker. at this point it looks unlikely that they'll be able to reach an agreement. >> reporter: republicans are still in a state of turmoil after a decision by eight republican whose joined with democrats to vote out the sitting speaker almost two weeks ago. when kevin mccarthy was ousted in that historic vote, becoming the first speaker ever to be

kicked out of that position by his own colleagues. since then, the house has been paralyzed. no legislation can be acted upon until a speaker is elected. account republicans get behind a consensus candidate? so far the answer is no. steve scalise was elevated as the nominee for their party to become the next speaker of the house, but he decided to withdraw, because he did not have the votes to move forward. you need 21vo7 votes. you can't afford to lose more than four votes. jim jordan was nominated to be the next speaker of the house, but this is his problem. when he put the question no his conference saying how many of you would vote against me? 55 of them said they would. so they're going to spend the next couple days off the weekend to convince 55 members to somehow come to his side. if they can't then they have to confront this issue all over again. this comes as there are fresh

concerns from a wide range of members about how this reflects on the gop and whether this can affect their ability to hang onto the house in next year's elections. >> we have a very small group of people that they have to have everything their way. >> how does it make you look? >> makes us look like a bunch of idiots. >> i'm angry on behalf of our troops. >> we had five individuals who said they would only vote for jim and not steve. many of us feel like that's awarding bad behavior if we do that. >> this is a continuation of a pretty, pretty dysfunctional disease of the 118th. we have a lot of members who just feel like that they will let perfect be the enemy of the good. that is not how any functional government or any functional marriage or any functional business works. >> reporter: now the question is what's what's next for the gop. they're still trying to assess if a vote can go forward.

we'll see if it happens. if jordan pulls out, then they have to figure out if another candidate emerges or if that person can get 217 votes on the ho house floor or prop up the interim speaker. because at the moment, aid to israel cannot be acted upon. aid to ukraine cannot be acted on. all hugely-significant issues with many proponents in congress to deal with it, but no legislation can be acted upon until they figure it out because of the republican dysfunction. they have not been able to, but these are the questions over the next few days. can they resolve it? can they move ahead? unclear if they will be able to do so. these days, social media is flooded with disinformation and many posts that claim to be about the conflict between israel and hamas are false. we'll talk about fighting misinformation online. stay with us.

the european commission has launched an investigation into elon musk's social media site x over disinformation about the israel-h israel-hamas war. x claims it has removed hundreds of hamas-related attacks. take a look at this account. it's a celebration in algeria. hours after the hamas attack, this document began circulating on social media. a fake white house memo falsely claiming the u.s. was sending billions of dollars in new aid to israel. all right, joining me now is executive director of fake reporter, an israeli organization that monitors disinformation and hate speech. thanks for being here with us.

first, how widespread is the disinformation about this conflict that you're seeing out there? >> hi, everyone. yeah, so the disinformation is quite huge. we need to understand that with the attack, a void of information has occurred as well. inside that void, endless interest group have entered and attacked the public that was confused, sad and very much afraid from the situation itself. >> mm, all right. soy wa so i want to show our viewers some examples you flagged to us. this one claims hamas wasn't targeting civilians, that the idf were shooting at hamas from the crowd of civilians, obviously not true. but it got more than 4 million views, i understand. the person behind it, from what can i see, seemed to be a russian journalist. so, in general, who's behind much of this misinformation? is it just people with an agenda

to advance? or are there state actors involved here? >> so we have everyone, everything. both foreign entities trying to use the current events to promote their agenda. it can be iran and hamas that are trying to moralize and praise their own acts, or on the other side you can see russians trying to promote their own interests, and we see that happening both in information war but also inauthentic behavior, and in all kind of automated machines, on the social platform, promoting their agenda and messages. >> all right, so lots of bots out there as well doing this. i want to show another example, a recurring meme, it seems, children in cages. the first example we're showing on the left claims the children are palestinians. and someone else using the same photo claiming the kids are kidnapped israeli children.

overall it seems misinformation on social media t was, it was a happening, but now it's faster and more believable as well. >> yeah, everyone are very confused of the and we need to understand that people are trying to complete the information that miss in their mind with their own narratives. so as can you see, both claims from both sides that these are the others, the other like, the palestinian or israelis in cages, nor is true. but we see this circulated all around the internet. some people are refusing to take off these content, because they think it promotes their narrative. we are fighting it, because we think lies are always hurting people. >> yeah. this is happening across platforms of course, but a lot on x which just happened to lay off so many moderators. are we seeing the effect of that now? >> yes, unfortunately, we see that x has been a target for

attack by hamas and others. we need to understand the terrorists are going to war, not just with weapon, but also with phones, charged, ready to show the horrific scenes that we see now online, all over. the platforms don't do enough to moderate that, but doi wi do wa say we see a concentrated effort in the last few days to tackle that, and this effort with all of us and the big tech companies to push against that horrific content will result with some decrease in the harmful content that we see online and some safety to people and families. >> yeah, listen, 20 seconds left, but i feel it's important to ask this. what advice do you have for people monitoring social media? how can they tell what's true and what's not? >> many times you can't. but you know, the most important

thing. think twice before you push something forward. critical thinking is so important. and second, soon we're going to publish a link that will be one link for everyone to report on horrific content on any disinformation. report to us, and we'll make sure it will be removed by the tech companies. and in general, keep everyone safe around you. and i'm sending lots of love and support to people at home and to the people of israel, and also to the people on the other side that are suffering. and i hope that peace will be for all as soon as we can. >> an important message. all right, we'll have to leave it there. thank you so much for talking to us. we'll be right back.

israeli military says a six-our window is now open to allow safe passage for civilians in gaza to move to the southern part of the territory. the u.n. is criticizing the order for civilians to evacuate from gaza city saying it defies the rules of war and basic humanitarian. that wraps this hour of "cnn newsroom." i'll be back with more news in just a moment. r

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