hello, and welcome to our viewers in the united states and all around the world. we have cnn's continuing coverage of the israel war. it's 4 a.m. in hong kong. 11 a.m. in israel. on sunday it announced its bombardment will become even more relentless than it already has been. hundreds of armored vehicles are ready to strike hamas at a moment's notice. on saturday the idf began

dropping over northern gaza warning them to evacuate stat or risk being considered a partner of hamas. elliott has the latest. >> reporter: just in the last minute or two, the chief spokesman for the idf has been giving a briefing and he says that overnight israeli military killed the detonator chief of hamas. so that's the latest and i suppose this is part of the ramping up of the airstrikes that the idf said it was going to do over the weekend paving the way for this very much expected and anticipated ground invasion. the chief of the general staff saying in no uncertain terms we will enter the gaza strip.

of course, it's not an easy move for the israelis to do. it's one that's been expected and one the israeli public is expecting after october the 7th. there is a danger to the israeli soldiers, to their lives, the potential of being taken prisoner and also for more loss of life of civilians in gaza strip. when speaking to the troops, they've been told bear in mind the 1400 people killed. think of the men, the women, the children, the babies and the like to help inspire them to destroy hamas's military capabilities and take out the infrastructure so it can never do again what we saw on the scale of october 2nd. >> elliott, israel has announced

plans to evacuate. do we have any end be case of what they're planning? >> yes. this is adding more villages and towns to others that have already been giving voluntary advice. if they leave they are being put into subsidized guest houses. this is both to protect their own lives and to give the idf more room to maneuver when it comes to the fighting in southern lebanon. we've seen hezbollah and the idf saying it struck militants just about to launch anti-tank missiles towards israel but it struck them first. we've seen this kind of happening on a daily basis. it's still simmering. it's not boiled over into a fully fledged northern front just yet but there are concerns that especially if israel -- if and when israel goes in on the

ground on the gaza strip that hezbollah will use that as a pretexts to start attacking the northern border for israel to kind of try to stretch the idf as much as possible. there's a big concern there and the idf says it is prepared on all fronts. anna? >> that is a very real fear. et yot joining us from london. many thanks. israeli forces acknowledge that think are preparing for a military front. >> this is the restricted area right now where thi military is macing. we have seen satellite images of tanks lining up, literally lining be up preparing to go. i can show you where that is. this is not privileged top secret information. those pictures were taken from up here. we can also assume there might be tanks preparing elsewhere in this restricted zone.

so, spyder, what are they doing now and getting ready to do? >> at this point they're doing what we call pre-combat checks. they're getting ready to go. this is business. nobody's messing around. they're also doing rehearsals. what's going to take place on the ground. they have a schema, maneuver. they're using what we call sand tables and they're trying to figure out what they're going to do. they're going to refine that. simultaneously they're doing intelligence collection. >> these tanks we see preparing to go in, when they do make that decision to go in, whether it's this week owned or a few days from now, what paths do you think they'll take? >> i think what's going to happen, it's more than tanks, these are combat arms teams. you have infantry, armored force, artillery, et cetera. it's going to be preceded by good intelligence. >> the river comes through here,

the wetlands. >> yeah. i think they would enter in from here. they would come in on multiple axis of advance. they have a navy. they have smaller attack ships. they have 45 patrol boats and they've got 10,000 sailors on active duty. i would anticipate activity that lax like this. what israel wants to do, you want to secure this combat zone. you want to secure the perimeter and then you go -- all these units will lichk up, go to the same place, link up. then you begin the operation to go after very specific targets. israeli defense forces insist they do not target palestinians with their airstrikes, but many human rights observers believe the country may be pursuing a strategy of collective

punishment. civilian casualties inside gaza is soaring and the scale of human suffering is frankly impossible to calculate. we were told what they think about israel's leaflet drops. >> i just hope that your viewers appreciate how unlawful all this is. you cannot tell civilians that if they don't leave a given area, if they do not abide by a mass evacuation order to where, north to south of gaza is being bombed. there is nowhere to go and there are sick people, elderly people, family with newborns, there is no fuel too move around. it is absolutely outrageous to

equate anyone who doesn't move with terror rais with terrerrorists. it's not fully appreciated by leaders in the west who continue to rally around israel and its right to defense. this is not right to defense, michael. we are far beyond what is -- with what could ever be allowed as a right to defense. any action must be proportionate and respect the proportion. there is nothing of it. >> aid organizations are calling for unrestrictrd access to gaza saying in a joint statement from the u.n. that time is running out to help the thousands in need of medical assistance. cnn shows us the dangers that come with this growing humanitarian crisis. her report includes disturbing

video. >> reporter: hospitals in gaza are crumbling. everything is running out, from surgical equipment to medicine. and the tiniest lives are left hanging in the balance. we need power, we need access to water. without basic services this will be a humanitarian catastrophe. already 7 hospitals and 21 primary care facilities are out of service according to palestinian officials because of shortages. after intense diplomatic efforts, prayers of relief at the rafah border crossing as a trickle of aid was allowed in from egypt. the 20 truck convoy is only a drop in the need of the ocean here. the equivalent of 3% of what entered prior to the conflict. more than 200 additional trucks of assistance remain stalled on

the egyptian side and every hour costs lives. so far no civilians can leave the enclave. 10-year-old palestinian american aiden is among those trapped. >> we have no place to go. all the streets are bombed. they're literally gone. how are we supposed to go out? how? it's all closed. >> reporter: even if people are allowed out, they will be given a number, most likely only those with foreign passports. some refuse to go, even if they could fearing israel intends to bomb and besiege them out of their homes never to return. even as machmoud burris his children, he will keep fighting just to exist here. we will still be patient. as long as we are alive on this

earth we will be patient. we will never leave this land. >> reporter: after the october 7th terror attacks when hamas killed 1400 people in israel in a brutal surprise incursion, israel vowed to wipe out hamas, but with hundreds of airstrikes pounding the densely populated enclave a day, innocent blood is being spilled. innocent children were struck down while they were sleeping, this woman shouts. what did they do? did they carry weapons? these are innocent children who know nothing. tell us, when will this end? there are calls for a cease-fire to get civilians out of the war zone and allow more aid into gaza, but the pleas fall on deaf ears so far. israel is preparing for the next phase of its operations, a potential ground incursion that can only bring more suffering. selma abdelaziz, cnn, london. nabeles if fas aack joins u

in the west bank. great to have you with us. aid distribution delivered saturday was a drop in the ocean. explain to us the situation that gazans are living under and the humanitarian catastrophe that is unfolding. >> so for the 16 day gaza has been under intense bombardment, homes, schools, hospitals. the situation in gaza is heartbreaking and overwhelming. it can't even be described. two million palestinians are stuck either in their homes or schools or even at hospital where they take shelter without having food, water and even without electricity. all those palestinian civilians are in urgent need for every

basic humanitarian need which is only food and water and this is literally what is happening. people now are spending days without having a piece of bread. as for the hospitals, unfortunately hospitals are overwhelmed. they are working at full capacity. they start running out of medicine and medical supplies as well as fuel, which is needed to have electricity because they are completely relying on backup generators to have electricity. on top of that, until the hospitals went out of service dow to the bombardment or because they run out of supplies as well as 24 medical centers went out of service. we have around 24 hospital now under the threat of being bombed at any second due to the israel am evacuation orders.

one of them is our hospital. up to yesterday -- >> neval, if i can just jump in -- >> 20 trucks -- >> neval, if i can just jump in there. you hit on a point that i want to ask you about. israel is calling on the evacuation of your hospital. it obviously treats hundreds of patients. you have lodged two appeals to no avail. what is going to happen? >> yes. as human shields, we have call on the international community for over a week to stop the evacuation orders simply because we don't have the means to evacuate our hospital. we have around 500 patients who are currently in the hospital. many in the infant sick care unit. most of the people in the intensive care unit, most of the patients are with critical

injuries. they are children who were bombed due to israeli bombardment. we don't have the means to evacuate them safely. if we are going to evacuate, that means the killing of the patient. evacuation orders for hospitals are impossible to implement and they constitute a death penalty for patients. that's why we still count on the international community to sbrerp convenient and stop the evacuation. that's why we count on the international community to take action. stop attacking medical care facilities and hospitals. hospitals should be -- >> neval, your organization --

if i can just interrupt. you said that humanity is on the line and you are appealing to the international community to stop obviously what will be an airstrike if the israelis are asking you to evacuate. why is the idf targeting your hospital? >> not only our hospital, it's around 24 hospitals in the targeted area where israelis have warned the people in gaza and the north to evacuate those sites to the south. it includes around 25 hospitals. israel has issued the evacuation orders forcing hospitals to be evacuated from gaza which the w.h.o. or international

organizations have said repeatedly, we don't have the means to evacuate hospitals. this is impossible. we'll risk the lives of our patients. take into consideration we have over 20,000 civilians, most of them are children and women. those who are unable to evacuate to the south due to continuous bombardment and there is no way for them to go because there is no way for them to go. they came into our hospital as a safe shelter for them, unfortunately this is not the case because now we are under cont cont continuo continuous threats. we can't even do it. as a humanitarian organization we can't put the lives of our

patients into danger. >> no, of course not. we certainly appreciate you joining us from ramala to explain to us what gazans are going through. we got a wire saying the egyptian red crescent is expecting more aid to come into gaza later today. thank you for your time. just ahead this hour an israeli woman talks to us about her loved ones held in gaza and the heartbreaking losses she's already sought.

a gaza crisis in summit ended on saturday because of, quote, differences. arab leaders gathered to try to thwart the growing escalation in gaza and to try to protect the civilians. israeli and u.s. senior officials were not at the summit. they said it was unfortunate that some of those attending, quote, had difficulty condemning terrorism.

>> translator: it's a conflict and tragedy causing so much tragedy and hardship. this is a tragedy and conflict that generates around the world beyond the region so much polarization, so much division, so much tension and our responsibility is to step up to our duty to make sure that we truly and seriously move forward in the path to peace, stability and security. >> hamas said they will reluce two more hostages. prime minister benjamin netanyahu's office says it will continue to do everything necessary to bring all of the hostages back home. two american hostages who were released friday have reunited with family members in israel. judith raanan and her 17-year-old daughter natali

spent two weeks in captivity. natali's father said she is expected to come home to illinois to celebrate her 18th birthday on tuesday. natali and her mother spoke on the phone with u.s. president joe biden after they were released. the white house posted video of the emotional call on social media. >> hey, judith. >> hello. >> i'm so glad you're home. not home. i'm glad you're out. >> thank you very, very much. >> hey, nat, how are you? god love you. >> i want to say thank you. >> look, that's been long serving. i'm glad we can get you out. we're going to get them all out god willing. i want to say i hope you're both not only feeling good but in good health as well. >> yes, sir. yes, weigh are. thank you very much. god bless you. >> god bless you guys.

now to an update on another family in israel torn apart by the hamas attack. five members of calderon's family were taken hostage including the children and their mother. >> translator: this is what for the past two years he has been fighting but now we will fate to do anything he can to return his entire family home that was kidnapped by hamas. >> that is roeten, a cancer survivor whose two siblings and father were kidnapped by hamas. she confirmed that her mother and niece have been killed and shared what she knows about her loved ones. >> we know they are hostage. don't know much.

no information. no nothing. we don't know if they are in a good situation, if they get food, water. we don't know. they didn't open aid for hostage. who's been abandoned? abandoned the first time the 7th of october for eight hours, nobody came to help us. they destroyed our people. this was first time. the second time is now. they don't think -- the main goal is to take children out. it's not the main goal for the

government. >> if you would like to help humanitarian relief efforts to israel and gaza, head to cnn.com/impact. you'll fanned a list of vetted organizations helping on the ground. that's at cnn.com/impact. we'll take a short break. when we return, a closer look at the vast tunnel network underneath gaza. stay with cnn.

welcome back. i'm anna koran live from hong kong. all eyes are on the israeli-gaza

border at this hour waiting for a possible ground incursion by the israelis to begin. the jewish state has been dropping leaflets on gaza warning them to head south or warning, what they say in their words, to be part of the organization. >> reporter: if there was any question whether israel intends to go in with troops, a ground invasion, those questions are being put to rest this evening by israel's military chief of staff. the top general saying, quote, we will enter the gaza strip. what he is also telling his troops is their mission and he says that it is to, quote, destroy hamas operatives and infrastructure. these comments add to others by the defense minister, by the israeli defense minister all making clear that a ground invasion is certainly approaching. as we were driving along the

gaza strip, within about 8 kilometers or so of the gaza strip what we found was not one, not two, but four different groupings of dozens of tanks, armored personnel carriers as well as d-9 bulldozers which the israeli military uses ahead to dig up and set off any potential ieds and any other obstacles that may be in the way of those forces. put together the four groupings that we saw in one square mile of an area represented hundreds of tanks and armored personnel carriers as well as those dull dozers. there were infantry troops positioned along the way. the only question is when the israeli military will move forward with this invasion. hamas seems to be dangling the possibility of additional hostages being released as one way to delay the ground invasion.

the israeli military said it will move forward at a time and place of its choosing. in line with that, israeli military officials say they're increasing their strikes. they're intensifying those strikes in order to try to minimize the risk to their own troops when they move in on the ground. the question of what will happen to gaza civilians, more than 1600 children are believed to have died according to the palestinian ministry of health, that question of civilian casualties still remains going forward. they have directed civilians to move out of the northern part of the gaza strip and to move south. when i spoke with a special forces commander just the other day, this commander said that civilians have been directed out of those areas. he said, quote, anyone who has chosen to stay there has chosen

a side, indicating to his troops that any person who remains in that area could potentially be an enemy and could potentially be a target. at the same time that commander said that his troops will still try and avoid civilian casualties. the comments be and broader spectre and how it's impacted civilians raises the possibility of a bloody time, bloody days, bloody weeks ahead. jeremy diamond, cnn. and the israeli ground incursion will have to deal with what the idf calls the gaza metro. it's a vast amount of tunnels bae nooet gaza. >> reporter: as much as we hear about the tunnels under gaza.

there aren't many photos or eye witness accounts on what they are. generally, many seem to be dug by hand, relatively small, reinforced with concrete so they can't be collapsed. how big is this network? gaza is 25 by 6 miles and yet the indication by some experts there may be more than 300 miles of tunnels underneath that, the depth unknown. maybe it's a few meters. maybe it's a whole lot more. possible uses, hiding command centers, hiding caches, secret movement of key hamas leaders. they might be in this area and move to this area. and they would represent a safe place in this small area, relatively safe in that a lot of conventional weapons would not

easily penetrate this. you mate have to bring in bunker buster bombs if somebody really wanted to be able to go through the reinforcement and all of that earth to get underneath. that's why this is a focus, not only for hamas but the israelis, too. tom foreman reporting. cnn has gained access to shockingly accurate materials. our matthew chance will have that report.

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welcome back. it's been two weeks since hamas launched its attack on israel. documents are revealing just how much hamas killers knew about the israeli communities where they slaughtered 1400 people. it has specific information about security in homes and even the best rooms to hold hostages. we caution you, some of the

images are graphic. cnn's matthew chance shows us the chilling evidence. >> reporter: cnn has gathered chilling details about the hamas assault inside israel including disturbing video as they rampaged through israeli homes killing on site. and then being killed. searches of their dead bodies include a trove of deadly battle plans. showing communities near gaza like gafa aza targeted. these were the terrifying scenes inside. this hamas gunman recorded themselves moving freely through the gardens of israeli homes.

code red, code red the israeli loud speaker blares in hebrew punctuating the sporadic gunfire. after the attack israeli first responders saw bullet holes and bloodstains in room after room. what looks like a coldly methodical killing spree but while hundreds of israelis were killed, some israeli communities managed to repel the hamas gunmen and save lives. at this kibbutz, residents pushed back the hamas attacks. disturbing, highly accurate killing. >> and armed guards there. regional defense force at least 20 residents and ten soldiers. >> the size of our security team.

they knew about three or four entrances to the kibbutz. >> sounds like they knew everything? >> they knew everything. where the generators are. they knew where the armory is. they knew about rural roads around the kibbutz. >> reporter: security footage shows how it killed an israeli outside. even with detailed intelligence on the targets, not every hamas objective was achieved. nearby kibbutz saad was attacked. the mass intended to inflict the maximum possible casualties there and to hold hostages. a highly detailed street shows individual buildings identified and assessed for their military value. the communal kitchen, for example, is described as the main place suitable for holding

hostages. inside the guard ram the soldiers must be neutralized, the hamas instructions say, while the kibbutz dental clinic is designated a place for first aid for both enemies and friends. israel residents of saad say they found that disturbing. >> shockingly, the details are very accurate. the map is a map of our kibbutz. it's very accurate. it's horribly accurate. >> if they'd of come to you, they would have known exactly where to go, exactly where to cause the most damage? >> yes. and we now see that their goal was to take children and advised them to kill anyone posing a threat or causing a distraction.

get captives away from arms by means of suicide and to use them as cannons. it is a dark term. even for a group parading before the attack. it symbolizes palestinian resistance and violence against israel. israeli officials say a document referencing isis and al qaeda which cnn has not been able to authenticate was found on one hamas gunman killed during this attack on a kibbutz. this document praises jihad against jews and crusaders. israeli officials say this is proof they are influenced, but in the wake of these

unprecedented brutality of these attacks, officials say the hamas threat may now be reassessed. matthew chance, cnn, israel. let's take a look at other news around the world now. the leader of a synagogue in detroit was found stabbed to death outside her home saturday morning according to police. they say samantha's death leaves many unanswered questions and they're still trying to figure out what happened. the police chief says a motive is not yet known. detroit's mayor says the death has left a huge hole in the community. the fbi and the michigan state police are helping with the investigation. well, now to the war in ukraine. official in kharkiv say a missile strike killed six people. russian forces fired two missiles in a building bae longing to a logistics company with employees inside. at least 16 people were injured

in the attack and search and rescue operations are underway. ukrainian special forces are launching raids on russian occupied crimea. they're using unconventional methods of throwing moscow off its guard. fred pleitgen explains. >> reporter: a brazen attack from the sea. iranian forces using jet skis to land in russian occupied crimea. the fighters speak by the call sign musician. he said the operation was successful but tough. while we were landing the sea was storming, he says. the waves were up to two meters hey. the russian forces were trying to destroy military gear before racing across the black sea.

musician said these missions are militarily necessary. we distract the enemy's attention towards us and the enemy is forced to relocate their personnel and vehicles to the crimean seaside. they are hitting the hq of moscow's black sea fleet, damaging a submarine and russian landing ship as well as hitting an airbase. they use drones and cruz missiles for some of the attacks but rely on a network of under cover partisan groups inside crime ae in a group. one group answered in writing only. we constantly monitor all facilities on the border with the help of agents and representatives who constantly inform us. there is a wide and consistent

gr group. the attacks have led to severe disruptions. vladimir putin vowing revenge. there will definitely be a response from russia, he said. the ministry of defense is preparing poe pose sals. for the ukrainians, missions like these are very important. we are fighting a trench war on the front lines and the armed forces success is not so obvious. special operations like this inspire and give energy to keep fighting. the fighters in the unit say their next infiltrations are already in the works but they won't say when, where or how. fred pleitgen, cnn, kyiv. influential voices inside israel are calling for restraint inside hamas.

a huge group of israeli soldiers takes position at the border. that's up ahead.

in spain thousands demonstrated in barcelona and madrid to show their support for palestinians amid the

israel-hamas war. they shouted in spanish, gaza is bleeding out and the world is watching. in tunisia, demonstrators waived palestinian flags. they said the world needs to wake up, stand up, speak up and stop the genocide. police in london say more than 100,000 people marched through the city to the prime minister's residence. as the world waits for the ground forces, some voices inside israel are calling for restraint. one is a journalist saying, quote, the reckoning must be with hamas, not with all gazans. he called on the israeli government to follow international law. he spoke earlier with my colleague, michael holmes. >> moral suffering of innocent people will not make israel more secure or will make israel more

peaceful, life will be more peaceful here. we have to follow certain restrictions and i'm not sure that while you bomb from the air and destroy all neighborhoods you really make the separation. look, what happened on saturday the 7th was a barbaric terroristic action by hamas. they deserve punishment. israel has the full right to crush hamas, but the question is first of all is it possible? and secondly, what will be the price. and thirdly, israel should keep some restraints even after this, israel does not want to be compared to hamas, i hope. >> to that point, i mean, how much of what's happening in gaza to the civilians, how much does that risk actually increase radicalization not just among

palestinians but among the region. a lot of them were turning away from hamas in a political sense. could this turn them back? >> much more than this. you know, the visions, the images are shown all over the world except in israel by the way. the israelis are exposed less and know less than anyone in the united states or europe about the agony there, but in any case, people who are exposed to those scenes cannot remain indifferent and cannot become israeli lovers. you can't -- you can't avoid anger to see those scenes and the scenes are horrible and they should stop. they should at least be minimized. i don't feel especially on the eve of this ground operation, which i'm not sure until this very moment if it is as very moment if it is a clever step, if it's not a hell of a

risk that can lead us to a much bigger catastrophe. >> wise words from israeli journalist speaking to my colleague michael holmes. we are keeping a close eye on israel's next stage on its war in hamas. in the last 24 hours the israeli defense forces saying they will ramp up their bombardment on hamas targets inside gaza as they ready for a ground operation. i'm anna coren in hong kong. we'll have the latest for you at the top of the hour. please stay with us.