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♪ hello and a warm welcome to our viewers joining us in the united states and all around the world. i'm max foster, joining you live from london with the continuing coverage of israel at war. 9:00 a.m. here in london. according to the idf, tunnels and operational command centers for hamas sand islamic jihad were impacted. israeli sources they they also targeted sites for forces preparing for potential ground operation. these air strikes come ahead for what israel calls the next stage for the war on hamas. the biden administration is presses to delay any incursion into gaza, to allow for the

release of more hostages and the flow of the enclave. a warning some images we're about to show you may be disturbing. patients overwhelming the hospital system in gaza which is having to scale back on treatments in some locations. fuel is so scarce, and doctors say infants on ventilators remain at risk without a dependable source of electricity. elliott gotkine joins me here. bring we up to date with what's happening. >> the strikes are most intense. israel said it's going to ramp up the air strikes on hamas targets and treated its words. 320 targets hit in the last day waiting for confirmation as to whether this is the most number of targets hit in a one-day period, certainly, our nic robertson down there in ne sder

who is there outside of gaza. this is the heaviest strikes he's heard since october 7th, hitting military posts and anti-missile shells. and preparing for the forces who are preparing for a ground invasion, so, it's just more evidence this is what they've been preparing for if we didn't already have enough evidence with all of the tanks amassing and armored personnel carriers on and the likes on the outside of the gaza strip. we still don't know when it's going to happen. we do understand that the idf doesn't want to give us any specifics. we had the chief of the staff telling us we are going into gaza. one of the things we saw over the weekend, the first clash inside the gaza strip on the ground between idf troops and militants from hamas, they fired an anti-tank missile at the

troops. one idf soldier was killed. three were injured. hamas has claimeded to have destroyed three bulldozers and a tank as well. that shows that wasn't necessarily the starting to the ground invasion, but this buildup seems to be building up and we do see accustomed now to the ground invasion as we have up in now. >> one spot, some aid trucks must get in from egypt, but not nearly enough? >> no, and the u.n. refugee agency for the palestinians saying that fuel is just as important as food and water. and israel doesn't want fuel to go inside, it's concerned it says, in the past, hamas militants have stolen the fuel and used it to help power the war machine and israelis don't want anything like that to happen. one of the reasons for the delays, israel is trying to assure that nothing gets into the gaza strip that could

perhaps have a dual use and help hamas while troops are there. and not preparing for a fight which of course, they're holding more than 200 hostages. two israeli-americans released. that's one of the reasons why we understand the u.s. is leaning on israel to delay this much expected ground invasion to help allow for more negotiations jointly, perhaps, with the qataris to try and get more of those 200-plus hostages released. >> what about the potentials to the front of the northern israel and the strikes we heard about in the west bank as well? >> no, in the west bank, we know that over the weekend, israel strung a command center being jointly run by hamas according to the idf, and the mosque, a big hole has been ripped inside of this mosque. rice el saying and islamic jihad from its position were planning

an imminent terrorist attack. this was an air strike, it's not unprecedented. you may remember back in july, a helicopter crash in jenin, and they discovered the presence of this compherndmand center. still, hezbollah firing rockets anti-tank missiles and the like towards israeli positions. israel retaliating. there have been clashes and israel also adding 14 more villages and towns to evacuate. telling them they're not on bliesed to evacuate, giving them advice to evacuate, it's voluntary at the moment and the government will pay to put them up in guest houses. it's a bit of an exodus do get out of harm's way and give the idf more wiggle room when it comes to attacks and counterattacks against hezbollah. >> elliott, and nic robertson is

in sderot, with the war in gaza, and has more on the next stages. war. >> reporter: bristling with battle-ready troops, farmers' fields north of gaza churn with the controlled fury of a nation redding for an incursion to strike hamas. yet, they are waiting with no explanation why. it feels like the early rush for battle readiness has past, the troops deployed standing by. the question is how long can they be kept out here, according to the former idf general, as long as needed. there are military games. >> we are now improving our intelligence in our capacity of targets. >> reporter: but the political calculation here is more complicated. >> i think both in washington and in jerusalem, they

understand that the nation, the legitimate window is closing quickly. >> reporter: civilian losses in gaza are growing, more than a third of them children, according to palestinian health officials. lengthy negotiations have led to two american hostages released. as a tiny amount of the humanitarian aid has crossed into gaza. but israel fears ends up in hamas' hands. prime minister benjamin netanyahu calculus of when to send in ground troops has never been so fraught, under pressure from the white house, for more hostage releases. >> netanyahu is in real problem. he cannot say no to biden. but he cannot say yes to the humanitarian aid that drifts into northern gaza. >> reporter: but he is also

under pressure at home, too. military and others hawkish for decisive blow against hamas. >> we are finishing preparing, you know, the gun force. because we've changed plans, we're going for heavy maneuvering. >> reporter: netanyahu's dilemma compounded by his dependence on american weapons. >> the pressure is from washington is real. is real, and strong and the prime minister says many times to his minister, listen, we are getting from the united states more than you know. >> reporter: where, less than a week ago, these fields were teeming with tanks. troops making last-minute repairs. today, there are just tracks in the sand, there's a soldier's

jacket here. bread on a bag on the table. the question is, where have all of the tanks gone? forward for an incursion or back to base for a pause? close to the front line in gaza these days, more questions than answers. an incursion still highly probable. but when. nic robertson, cnn, sderot, israel. >> a major general for the australian army, the author of "war transformed" he joins us from brisbane, australia, thank you for joining us. you know what the situations are like when you work with other countries on a mission. clearly, america leaning on them not to go in just yet. how will israel go on and balance that? >> well, i think it actually gives israel time to rethink its

position to the collecting intelligence and to prepare its logistics. but there are times on its side that doesn't lead to rushing in and compromise a political solution. >> also, i mean, we can't call the west bank another front. but there are again, tensions in the west bank, and they are linked to hamas. and how concerned are you about that being a distraction for the israelis if it blows up as well in terms of tension? >> well, there are several other fronts that israel needs to worry about. not all of the mobilized troops will be dedicated to gaza. so the west bank is certainly a potential problem but so is the gaza strip. israel has to balance these threats, as well as what's going on with iranian comments and syria as well. >> yeah, in the north, they've also been evacuating areas near

the border. what do you read into that? >> well, i think hezbollah is watching what will happen with the potential incursion. he's not going to do anything in israel have made some kind of decisive commitment. we've seen over a dozen attacks over the weekend. we've seen the evacuation of more than a dozen israel installments over the country. but they're watching what happens and wait to see what happens in gaza to make any commitment either way. >> with the idea of last week, it may suggest that any attack that came from hezbollah would be regarded as, you know, the lebanese government would be regards as culpable. so effectively, it would open a front not just with the hezbollah, but with the entire nation of lebanon, which is a major escalation, isn't it? >> well, it would be a significant escalation, we know how the israel invasion of lebanon ended up. i'm pretty sure the israeli

government does not want that second front to open up so it's doing everything they can and i'm sure the american partners are doing everything they can to deter that second front from opening up. >> and just a word on the aid situation. obviously, everyone desperate to get aid into gaza, the israelis refusing to force a cease-fire. and not providing fuel which is so essential for hospitals, for example, but of course does have a double use for hamas, which is what israelis are concerned about? >> well, certainly, that's the claim. but we're not talking about massive quantities here. it's also to see how food and water and electricity might be dual use here. but at the end of the day, as one of your reports just said, the moral legitimacy that israel has got the outcry that happened after 7th of october will drain away the more the foreign

audiences see the suffering go on in gaza. >> major general mick ryan in brisbane, thank you so much. >> thanks. still to come, the humanitarian crisis in gaza, officials are warning hospitals are overwhelmed and amid an acute shortage of food and fuel. plus, a second aid envoy crosses into gaza, but get say it's not enough. i'll speak to an official from doctors without borders about the deteriorating situation in the enclave.

aid workers are warning the situation in gaza has become a humanitarian catastrophe, the palestinian health industry says more than 2500 have been killed, and women and children. aid arrived but they don't include fuel, at least 14 humanitarian relief trucks sponsored by egyptian red crescent and the u.n. into gaza carrying food and medicine. but officials say it's not enough to meet the needs of the people. cnn's scott mclean has more on the situation in gaza. a warning, his report contains

graphic images. >> reporter: those who arrived at the hospital in gaza alive were the lucky ones. there are five air strikes at the hospital. the video shows the smoke rising nearby. 110 bodies were brought here overnight. this morning, one medical source tells cnn, the morgue is now full. the rest of the bodies wrapped in white sheets now lie outside in the heat of the day. relatives try to identify their loved ones. finding them can be their worst fears. inside the hospital, children including a toddler are among the dead. several of these victims were found with their names written on arabic on their legs. an increasingly common marking as parents try to make identification easier if they or their kids are killed. this hospital is located outside of the area of northern gaza that israel has been trying to get civilians to evacuate. on saturday, the idf dropped

leaflets, telling people that everyone who chose to not evacuate from the north of the strip to the south of wadi gaza, may be considered a partner for the organization. the idf confirmed it dropped the leaflets but says it has no intention to consider those evacuated from the affected area of the fighting as a member of the terrorist group. even those who managed to avoid the bombs are not at a danger. the trip of aid, 20 trucks w allowed to cross the rafah border crossing from egypt on saturday. but that's a tiny fraction of what is needs. >> 20 trucks into gaza will not change much. gaza has at least 500 trucks really of fuel, food, medicines and water. as a matter of fact, for 14 days, gaza not nothing. and the area besieged. and the immediate need now is

7,000 trucks. >> reporter: satellite images show dozens of trucks waiting at the border, and dozens more, a quarter mile down the road, all unable to get in, aid groups say that the number could skyrocket because of disease and hospitals that are overwhelmed and under supply. with no electricity or generator, this shop keepering in central gaza is keeping this store open by candlelight. the shelves look increasingly bare. the world food program said it's pushing gaza to the edge of the catastrophe. the idf says it killed dozens of terrorists overnight. but air strikes will only increase the expected ground operation. meanwhile, conditions for the people of gaza worsen by the hour. scott mclean, cnn, london. >> joining me from jerusalem, doctors without borders head of mission for palestine. thank you for joining us, some

positivity, i guess, over the weekend, we started seeing those aid trucks go into gaza. but, of course, it's not nearly enough, is it? >> no, not enough. i mean, the good sign for us, that the border has a place for a very short time, because 20 trucks, 17 more after just a drop in the ocean, for the needs of the operation that's increasing. >> what sort of medical supplies do you need? i presume it's everything, but are you getting the most vital ones in these trucks, do you think? >> we need a lot. we are in shortage for most of the medicines, what is extremely popular, all of the narcotics, and just currently, we have -- an operation without the correct of morphine, and pain management, it's not happening. so, we currently have people

being operated without being -- without having morphine. it just happens to even kids sometimes, we have a lot of kids, along with the wounded. and i was just discussing with one of our surgeon, he received a kid 10 years old yesterday, burned on 60% of the body and face, and i cannot tell you how this stressed health care worker is in this kind of situation. and there's no justification at all to block the essentials to the population and we need much, much more. >> yeah, it's a heartbreaking situation, isn't it. and the other big issue useful got is fuel, right? because you need fuel to run the generators and hospital. but fuel is not included in these aid deliveries, because the israels are concerned that may end up in the hands of

hamas. >> that's key, fuel is key. for the generation of the hospitals. and getting very close to the shortage. they're managing to the -- they managed to get fuel from other places and to rationalize the use of fuel. and some hospitals, some services are closed -- many of the services are closed because the fuel is redirected to the essential surgery and services. but some people who have, a large part of the population, they do not have access to normal health care, it's becoming worse. food is essential for hospitals. food is essential for water. and because all water needs fuel for water to disseminate water in gaza which is not drinkable. and then to take the water from the ground and if we don't have

fuel, we don't have water, we don't have quality water. and currently, what we see, what our team on the ground tell us that people drink nondrinkable water. we had like 40 cases of diarrhea just in this area. so we're very concerned about outbreaks that can occur because of the bad quality of the water that people are drinking. >> that's another huge concern, isn't it, the spread of disease as these supplies run out. also, we were hearing from scott mclean, a really tragic story that parents are writing the names of children's names on their legs in case they're killed. but actually, in a very sort of morbid way that's, i guess, useful for the hospitals. they're having a huge amount of casualties coming in, a huge amount of bodies come in. it does at least save time, doesn't it, you're able to identify them quickly enough. >> yeah. and from our colleagues, as they

told us, they all stick to the center because they all want to live together. in many cases, some of the family members died because one side of the house is being hit by the strike. so it's heartbreaking, i mean, what the people are living through now, it's unacceptable. and we are outraged by the in indiscriminate type of bodies happening now. even war has rules. and they can not just bomb civilians like this. we have too many children, too many women arriving in hospitals, it's not acceptable. the hospitals by themselves, the hospital where we have a team working, i was talking with him yesterday, he told me around 15,000 people, refugees in the

hospital. it's very difficult to work. idf on the outside are blocking the entrance. because people have nowhere safe to go, they take refugee in the hospital which makes it more difficult for the patient to manage. so, yeah, it's a catastrophic situation. we need to put a stop to this indiscriminate bombing we must need aid to enter in sufficient quantity. >> i appreciate your time. thank you for joining us. still to come, china's special envoy to the middle east will be making the rounds to the region this week. what beijing has achieved with this diplomatic push. to duckduckgo on all your devie

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♪ welcome back to our continuing coverage of israeli war. i'm max foster. a senior israeli official says there will be no cease-fire in gaza, amid u.s. and qatari efforts to free some 200 hostages held by hamas. u.s. president joe biden and prime minister benjamin netanyahu spoke on sunday and confirmed that humanitarian assistance will continue to flow into gaza.

at least 18 aid trucks passed into the rafah border crossing on sunday. at least 20 trucks through the same crossing on saturday. hamas says its political bureau chief spoke by foreign with iran's foreign minister on sunday. the two met face-to-face in qatar, just a week ago. a telegram post said on sunday, they discussed ways to stop israeli strikes in gaza and u.s. officials says there is no direct information linking iran to the october 7th attacks. they believe iran is broadly complicit. china's special envoy to the middle east say the situation in gaza is severe. and the risk of a large-scale ground conflict is rising significantly. according to chinese state media, zhai jun warned of an armed conflict spreading along israel's border with lebanon and syria. zhai is visiting the region to

push for peace talks and freedom as well. kristie lu stout joins me from hon hong kong. >> yeah, zhai jun says china is willing to do whatever is condeucon d con condeuceive to produce a cease-fire. and the odds of a risk of a large-scale ground conflict in gaza is significantly rising. look, china wants to present itself as a mediator, but has very little experience in mediating such a conflict. zhai has diplomatic interests in the east. half of oil imports come from arab states, which also happen to count for more than 20 votes at the u.n. over the weekend, zhai was in egypt and made remarks at the cairo summit for peace. he's visiting the uae, jordan,

other parts. china has provided and will continue to provide humanitarian aid to palestinians and that china is a two-state solution. in fact, according to a readout of the summit, it reads as follows, quote, to end the cycle of the conflict between palestine and israel it's especial to complete the two-state solution. establish palestinian and realize peaceful co-stiftence between palestine and israeli, unquote. this is exactly what we heard last week from chinese prime minister xi jinping. what we have not heard from xi or china, we have not heard any condemnation of hamas, china has not condemned hamas on that brutal attack. >> and the two sides are so caught up in direct conflict right now, but what is the debate within china, would you say? is it a big debate? how concerned are they concerned

about the hamas and israeli war? >> you can just look at what's taking place online, many people in china, following developments, posting and sharing their views on social media. on social media, there's a fierce debate between those who support israel and pro-palestinian voices. there are very strong palestinian voices inside of china. and there has also been a rise in more extreme anti-semitic views. those are views that are very powerful and have allowed to flow up and spread. and that has prompted a lot of concern of that translating into real world threats and dajes for israelis and jews. >> thank you. >> thank you. looking to restore unit between israel and the palestinians. her thoughts on the war so far when we return.

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the palestinian refugees says the people of gaza need fuel as urgent as food and water. the communication told cnn recent aid convoys that enter the territory will barely help the situation. but the u.n. agency says it will continue that at the border crossing. israel has previously said fuel won't be allowed into gaza. the idea told cnn, many shipments meant for those in need are often take by hamas fighters. palestinian author and journalist leila el hadas spoke about their situation. despite the danger, they decided to stay put. >> we keep trying to justify, explain to the world, why we, our children, are human beings, don't deserve to be killed.

the relatives we're the most concerned about are the ones in gaza city that have elected to remain. that have given this false choice of displacing themselves to transfer which is a crime against humanity. or else be an accomplice. accomplice to terror. they showed me the fliers referenced, they sent me a picture of it. so, i don't know what to say, they've lost all power, they had a little bit last week. my cousin's wife doesn't have any way to make formula for her infant twins. and yet, the children keep saying to me, you know, they have name, they have lives. i just want a rubiks cube when this is all over. that's all they keep saying. >> joining me an israeli peace activist who is palestinian. in the largest grassroots movement in israel. thank you so much for joining

us. we've been seeing how intransigent the two sides are. the chinese diplomat going into the region suggesting peace tox and, you know, cease-fire. these are things that a lot of people ideally want, but the atmosphere you're in, it isn't possible, is it? >> as a group of grassroots activists on the ground of palestinian and jewish israel, we have take what we have impact on, which is the people here, who live here. in israel. and you are right, in many ways, the israeli population right now are hurting we're seeing calls for revenge in gaza. we're seeing criminal agization

any expression of human concern over the people of gaza. we're seeing political persecutions of politicals in israel. we're seeing our activists being detained. our bilingual signs being confiscated. so it's very, from our point of view, on the field, on the ground, and it is very hard, with that being said, we're also seeing tens of thousands of people actually joining us, both the jewish and palestinians on the ground in israel on the ground trying to maintain a space for solidarity. some kind of space for jewish arab, you know, shared experience that is beyond signs and beyond this crazy binary and, you know, division. and actually understanding how we can experience this together. because, you know, we really think that the political will

from the israeli public is critical for a cease-fire. and it's critical in the future for also the reoccupation and peace. and that's what we're fighting for within israel. >> what israel went through with the terror attack, it's hard for anyone to imagine that hasn't been involved in that, and the collective trauma that came off the back of that. from outside the country, there's been a lot of talk how israelis want revenge for that. and speaking to the idf for that. just tell us about the people in israel that don't want this war. and how they're feeling right now. >> we're all hurting. we're all extremely afraid. we are all feeling the insecurity that this whole situation is bringing on us. we're devastated.

you know, such a small country. and literally, everyone that i know has been impacted by that attack. two weeks ago, i okaybviously w within a community has many palestinians like myself, and we are -- you know, us and our jewish partners are extremely, you know, devastated for what's happening in the gaza strip, as well as in the west bank right now. and we are concerned about the political persecution of palestinians here. we're trying to really understand what kind of food we can give the students or workers who have been fired or expelled for school from just, you know, expressing any solidarity with gaza. we're seeing a lot of people who are scared. who are afraid to even go out on the streets. we're seeing a massive distribution of arms for civil organized, arms, groups within mixed cities.

and it's extremely scary and we're trying to really understand how we can de-escalate the situation within israel as much as possible. honestly, the only hope i have and the only thing that's making me get up in the morning and keep working is these kind of organizations. and our work at standing together and see, you know, tense oftens of thousands of people who actually want a different kind of reality, who can contain the pain for both people, towards imagining a better future for both peoples on this land. and, you know, who understand just expanding and extreme proportional retaliation, completely undermining the hostages as well in gaza are completely dehumanizing the casual this, the palestinian casualties in gaza are just not

going to bring us any security here within israel. >> okay. >> that's what we're dealing with. >> sally, i appreciate your time, the military say they're prioritizing the safety of the hostages in this. there's just different ways of going about it, i guess. thank you for joining us. still to come, nine u.s. republicans have entered the high-stakes race for speaker of the house of representatives. the struggle as they struggle to elect a new speaker.

in washington, nine republicans have entered the race for the speaker of the house of representatives. they'll make their cases before the republican conference later today, after jim jordan failed three times to win a spot in the past week. the house has been paralyzed without a speaker for nearly three week which is ousted speaker kevin mccarthy which our manu raju has more, really, on this ongoing drama. >> reporter: house republicans remain in turmoil, almost three weeks after the unprecedented ouster of the sitting speaker kevin mccarthy was pushed out

after eight democrats joined the republicans and vote to oust him. they were initiated by house speaker and not been able to coalesce to replace kevin mccarthy. the house can't do any business, no legislating at all in the speaker is elected. first, they nominated steve scalise, the house majority leader, he was unable to get the votes for speaker. he bowed out before going to the floor. jim jordan, the house judiciary chairman was nominated to be the next speaker of the house. he did go to the floor three times and he failed to win over enough support. you can only afford to lose four republican votes on this party line vote. he lost 25 on the ballot. ultimately, hi bowed to reality and stepped aside. now, nine candidates have filed to run for speaker. unclear which of those nine there are ultimately get the republican nomination. and more importantly, who can get the 217 votes they will need on the floor of the house to be

elected speaker. it's unclear if any of them can, given the sharp division within the ranks. >> this is the biggest f-u to republican voters i've ever seen. >> this conference is absolutely broken. >> americans are sick of it. most members of the house are sick of it. it is time for big boys and big girls to stop with the nonsense. >> swampiest the swamp gets. >> we need to move on. >> we've got to get our act together because i'm getting calls from my constituents saying what the hell is going on with you republicans. >> i think history will sign it in the right places. >> reporter: a bit about monday, house republicans will meet behind closed doors yet again. those condates will make their. pitch. and they'll do that one by one and see how that ultimately goes. tuesday morning is a significant vote. behind closed doors republicans have a secret ballot election. that means that a majority of the conference will vote to

nominate the next speaker candidate. secret ballot election, it's unclear who exactly is the front-runner, who might emerge here, but we'll see how close that person who gets the nomination is to the magic number on the house floor. 217 votes to be elected speaker. this is challenging for any republican candidate. in a narrow divided house, 220 republicans, democrats are going to vote for a democratic leader. that means that nominee must limit defection in the ranks. it's unclear if any of them will be able to do that, after we've seen the republicans going after each other, after mccarthy was pushed out. unable to get behind anybody. unable to do the nation's business and much business is awaiting. none of that dealt with, the republicans' agenda is completely stalled within the gop infighting.

can they get it resolved this week leaves a huge question but a possibility it can still be stalled into another week if they can't get their act together behind the nominee. manu raju, cnn, capitol hill. the philippines have summoned the chinese ambassador over a ship collision in the china seas. both are blaming each other. the philippines said the chinese coast guard caused it carrying out maneuvers, while china says it took appropriate action. the philippines has ordered an investigation. in a statement, the u.s. state department said china violated law by conducting dangerous maneuvers. a 27-year-old american medic is heading to israel. she plans to work in hospitals and nursing homes while she's there. she spoke to cnn's national correspondent camila bernal.

>> reporter: camilla levine said going to israel say calling. after seeing what happened on october 7th, she was reminded of a feeling she had 6 years old at the time of the september 11th attack. she says as an american, going to israel is her way of pursuing justice. she says she will go to volunteer at a hospital. and is hoping to do so for as long as she's able to stay in israel. she also told me that she made peace with a number of possible scenarios, including death. she says she may not be able to return home to the united states, when she plans to in about a month, but is willing to risk her life, to leave everything behind at her home in fredericksburg, texas. will leave her family, job opportunities, to go and do what she described as a calling. something that she needed to do. here's what she told us. >> one of my ways of coping with this loss, this tragedy, what happened on october 7th, is to go to israel and help.

this is doing my part. and this is my values and who i am as a person and who i am as a nurse and as a medical professional. >> reporter: and we talked to her on her layover here in los angeles before going to israel. but she has texted us to say she's landed safely in israel. she plans to spend about one or two days with her grandmother before beginning her volunteer work. there are a number of organizations that we talked to here in the u.s. who say it is very difficult for civilians to travel to israel right now. there's limited space on charter flights that are normally prioritizing idf members. and in terms of commercial flights, it is expensive and it is limited. but there are many here in the u.s. that are wanting to travel to israel to help. camila bernal, cnn, los angeles. >> well, thank you for joining me here on "cnn newsroom."

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