israel defense forces site over the last few days, it 600 targets, and overnight, the idf says dozens of terrorists were killed in continued ground operations. according to cnn analysis of video published by israeli media, idf forces have advanced about three kilometers inside gaza. as a ground invasion expands, the united nations is warning of growing hunger and desperation in gaza, after people broke into warehouses to take survival essentials.

u.n. secretary-general says the situation there is growing more desperate by the hour. >> the world is witnessing a human catastrophe taking place before our eyes. more than 2 million people with nowhere safe to go are being denied essentials for life. food, water, shelter, and medical care, while being subjected to relentless bombardment. i urge all those with responsibility to step back from the brink. >> in the meantime, the palestinian red crescent society says israel is continuing to launch airstrikes, next to the hospital in gaza, where it reports extensive damage. scott mclean's following developments, and joins me in london. scott, what evidence do we have about the strikes in the vicinity were on the hospital, and the israelis justification for doing so? >> not on the hospital, bianca, but the palestinian red crescent

says very near to the hospital. some of the video you showed just there shows the aftermath. smoke billowing through the hallway, as well, they say there has been damage from the strikes, very nearby. this hospital, yesterday, said it got two phone calls from israel, warning them to evacuate. this is something that israel has been doing since the outset of the conflict him almost, telling people in the northern part of gaza to move south which includes hospitals and healthcare centers, many of which were pushed back, saying they simply cannot. but, the situation in the hospital more broadly is just one of gaza's problems but you saw there the looting of ate houses, the world food program says it is evidence of how desperate people have become, and how people are growing more and more hungry, and frankly, losing hope. when you look at the latest pictures from the ground it is easy to see why.

watch. >> reporter: there is not much left of the mosque in central gaza, flattened by an overnight israeli airstrike. people inside the neighboring apartment blocks weren't spared either. roofs were ripped off, everything now covered in a pale shade of gray. more than a dozen were killed and more injured, according to staff at the local hospital, where outside, the bodies of those killed are wrapped in white sheets and marked with their names. >> reporter: both of the idf and israeli prime minister have renewed calls for civilians to urgently evacuate northern gaza. apartment buildings next to the mosque were filled with people who heeded those warnings, believing central gaza would be safer. >> reporter: there were no warnings at all, the survivor says. the entire thing collapsed on us. we didn't know where it was, we started running to get our children out, it is a miracle

anyone survived. >> reporter: this man said there were no warnings. it was a strong airstrike, the people pulled us from underneath the rubble and took us to the hospitals. cnn has reached out to the idf for comment. israel said overnight, some 450 terror targets were hit, saying that some strikes were directed by troops now on the ground, inside gaza. >> reporter: this was the aftermath of one of those strikes on a family home in southern gaza. scrambling to move slabs of concrete, hoping to find survivors. instead, they found at least one body. >> reporter: by daybreak, the urgency has gone. the pile of rubble is all that is left. hospitals already at the breaking point are only getting more overwhelmed. doctors operated on this boy, on the floor. palestinian red crescent now says that israeli authoritie s

called to the hospital twice with a direct threat that the hospital must be evacuated at once, otherwise the red crescent hold responsibility for the lives of everyone inside. that amounts to hundreds of patients and thousands more taking shelter. israel says it called more than twice since the war began, and says that hamas is shielding themselves inside hospitals. foreign aid is entering gaza at a trickle. the desperation apparent in this video of evil ransacking a u.n. warehouse and carrying out bags of food. a temporary lyft lifeline, but the u.n. calls it worrying that civil order is breaking down. as the situation in gaza only gets worse. >> bianca, when it comes to those strikes nearby to the hospital, the second largest hospital in gaza, the

palestinian red crescent says it believes that israel's goal with the strikes is to essentially force the evacuation of this hospital. but look, the hospital director says it simply cannot evacuate. there are obviously sick and injured people there, including babies in incubators, there are also 12,000 civilians, uninjured, taking shelter there. he says the vast majority of them are women and children pretty also, very plainly denied the israeli accusation that this hospital and others like it are sheltering hamas. he said, at least when it comes to his own hospital, it does not allow anyone inside the building who is armed. >> scott, israel has said that they have conducted strikes on military infrastructure inside syria and lebanon, now. why, and it does this substantially increase the risk of regional spillover? >> reporter: yes, this is part of a pattern. we don't have a lot of

information on this latest is a israeli strike beyond israelis saying it was in response to rockets fired in its direction. a few days ago, israeli strikes on mortar positions, said rockets or mortars have been fired toward the goal on heights , a disputed area that israel effectively controls, largely but it is disputed by the israelis. you had a week ago, strikes on major airports in syria, damascus and aleppo which the israelis did not claim responsibility for. the list goes on and on. it is not uncommon, broadly speaking, for rockets fired from syria to be aimed at israel, especially when the israeli and palestinian conflict boils up. the difficulty now is that you have the u.s. getting involved. it says it sustained 20 or so attacks over the last two weeks , against seven bases in syria and iraq. it blames iranian backed militia groups in the area and

it has not been shy about striking back. the iranians, though, say look, there is no evidence that it is directing these groups, it says they are acting unilaterally in their own interest, but of course, all of this is feeding into fears about a wider conflict with the u.s. and iran both saying they don't want this to spread beyond israel. they don't want a wider conflict. but, you have the iranians issuing some threats against the americans and the americans moving aircraft carriers into the region, as a deterrent against hezbollah, and other similar iranian backed groups in the region, not to get involved in the situation at israel, but at this stage, beyond that, the jury is out as to whether or not that american tactic, here, is actually working. >> scott mclean, thank you very much. the humanitarian crisis is taking an especially heavy toll on gaza's children. cnn spoke with four children

and one adult at the refugee camp about their experiences, and living conditions, as this war continues. here are some of their stories. >> translator: this is the most difficult war for us, because we were going to school like any normal people but we heard the sound of rockets, so we went back home. this continued, so we went to our relatives in the city center. we went there, but the war continued and as a result, we came here. >> translator: we have come here to the schools. i don't know how to describe the schools. they are like this for the children. the elderly cannot go to the toilets but they walk on the stairs with difficulty. when they go to the toilets they find them dirty. didn't know what to do. i swear to god, i feel sorry for the children and elderly. there is no gas or food. we can't even sort it out for the children. this girl received the burns while we were escaping.

>> translator: we were not safe. we are not living like normal people. we would like to go back to our homes. the zionist occupation destroyed our life, destroyed our beautiful way of living. we have the right to play, we have the right to freedom. the simplest thing a child needs, we have been deprived of. >> translator: here, we queue up for a small barrel of water for 60 or 70 people. this barrel will only last for one day and it is impossible to last the second. we stand in the sun, the children stand from 1:00 to 4:00 to get this little bit of water. sometimes we push each other saying, we need water. it takes long to get the water in the sweltering heat. no toilets, no water. sheltering is difficult. life is difficult. there is no gas, we are effectively dead here, just existing, not living. >> translator: we have lost our right to education and lost our right to play. life here is not good.

water is scarce, bread is a scarce, everything is scarce. life here is no good and i wish we could go back. there is no water and no electricity. we can hardly get water. electro city doesn't come a lot. once per day. >> cnn conducted these interviews just days ago. the charity, save the children said the number of children reportedly killed in gaza in the past three weeks has surpassed the number of children killed in armed conflict globally since 2019. unicef spokesperson james elder x planes were children in gaza are now facing. >> what we are seeing with the ferocity, the relentlessness of these attacks and bombardments, then, when you hear the reports coming out from the ministry of health in gaza, while you have 1 million children over here, you have many thousands who are dying there.

it is impossible, now, to overstate the gravity of what they are endearing. they have no water, no medicines, no cease-fire, while we are hurtling towards this unimaginable horror. the difficult thing is that there is a way out. this is very clear and we've been saying this from the start, and it's actually not as complex as the rest of the world may see it. it is a cease-fire, to open those gates and get a massive amount of aid to boys and girls. otherwise, we are getting reports of literally hundreds of boys and girls being killed or injured every day. still to come, as israel wraps up its ground offensive in gaza, the un security council plans to meet in the hours ahead to address the growing crisis. persistent fears that the conflict could spread beyond gaza, as temperatureres continu toto flare on israelel's borord with l lebanon.

welcome back. diplomatic sources tell cnn the un security council will hold an emergency meeting on monday regarding israel's ground incursion into gaza. the united arab emirates is

expecting to seek a binding resolution from other security council members for an immediate humanitarian pause in the fighting. the uae is the only arab country that is currently a member of the security council. to date, the u.s. has vetoed a resolution at the security council calling for a cease- fire and voted against a similar resolution introduced by jordan at the general assembly, on friday. u.s. president joe biden stressed the need for humanitarian aid to get into gaza in calls with the leaders of egypt and israel. kevin has more on that. >> reporter: president biden spoke for the first time today with israeli prime minister benjamin at yahoo since israel expanded its assault on gaza. in that phone conversation, the president reiterated that israel had a right to defend itself but he also underscored the need to do so in a manner consistent with international humanitarian law, prioritizing the protection of civilians. that was from the white house summary of the call.

this is all illustrative of the fine line president biden is walking, as he navigates this growing crisis in the middle east. on the one hand, he is a staunch defender of israel and its right to protect itself, but he is also calling for protection of civilians, and calling on israel to adhere to international humanitarian law and avoid targeting civilians, certainly as the images out of gaza come to light, there will be pressure on president biden, certainly from the progressive left in the united states, but also from american and arab partners, to do more and say more to ease the humanitarian suffering, and in that phone call with matt nieto, president biden did say that there was a need to immediately, and significantly increase the flow of humanitarian assistance. we did learn more from the u.s. national security adviser, jake

sullivan, about negotiations to free hostages who are being held in gaza, among them, potentially americans but he said the expanded effort in gaza had not stopped those negotiations, but that so far, hamas had not been forthcoming in releasing the hostages. he also addressed efforts to get americans who are stuck in gaza, hundreds of them, out, across the border, into egypt. he did say that the egyptians are willing to accept foreign nationals, and that the israelis are also not putting up resistance, but that so far, hamas is making its own demands, and putting up resistance to opening that border. president biden certainly remains focused on the situation in the middle east. we also learned that he did speak to the egyptian president and with him discussed the humanitarian aid efforts and also the gaza offensive. interestingly, the two men also discussed the importance of

ensuring that palestinians in gaza are not displaced to egypt or any other nation. so, while the egyptians appear receptive to having foreign nationals cross the border into egypt, it does not appear as if they are receptive to having palestinians cross that border. cnn, wilmington, delaware. >> iran's president says iran has, quote, crossed redlines in gaza. the president says israel's response may force other nations to keep action. meanwhile, the shah's prime minister says he spoke with before and premised about the need for an immediate cease- fire. in a statement, he said the risk of violence spreading over into other regions will have, quote, dire consequences. tensions flaring along israel's northern border. israel says fighter jets struck hezbollah military infrastructure in southern lebanon on sunday in response

to shelling toward northern israel. it is the latest in a series of cross-border clashes over the past few weeks. as jim shooter reports. >> reporter: towns along israel's border with lebanon are mostly deserted, now. evacuated, due to fear of attacks by hezbollah. here is one of the few who stayed behind. from his roof, he shows us where hezbollah fighters attempted to cross the israeli border, just a few days ago. minutes after we arrived, we see that the threat is constant. hezbollah shells fired from across the border land on the hillside, just opposite us. >> reporter: we are in a border town with israel on the side and just beyond the fence is lebanon. as we have been standing here, you can see the smoke in the distance, that is the result of hezbollah artillery fire from lebanon, into israel. you can see smoke rising in the

distance. speaking to residents here, this is a regular event happening every day. >> reporter: the twins sent their families south for safety, but stayed behind, themselves, to protect their homes. the question for them and others like them, is how long before this area is safe again? >> reporter: does anybody talk about how long people will have to leave here? >> translator: he hopes that one month will be enough. >> reporter: as the shelling picks up, we head back south. minutes later, israeli soldiers block the road, warning of more incoming hezbollah fire. >> reporter: we are very close to the northern border in israel and soldiers have just blocked the road here in both directions. we cannot go either way. you can hear mortar and

artillery fire going out from israel towards lebanon. we have also heard artillery fire coming from lebanon. the concern is, the soldiers are telling us, that there are possible infiltrations across the border, from lebanon, presumably by hezbollah fighters, and that is why the level of concern is a great. >> reporter: the israeli military is focused on gaza, but the northern front now faces daily attacks. on sunday, a rocket fired from lebanon landed in the city, setting this home ablaze. hezbollah also blamed this strike on an israeli tank a few days ago, with the idf responding by targeting hezbollah positions in southern lebanon. all the while, the constant exchange of artillery fire rumbles across the frontier. the u.s. is moving forces to the eastern mediterranean, after classes by israel and hezbollah, which is backed by iran. we are told a marine rapid

response force is headed toward the area. while it does not have a specific missssion right now, one of the forces task is to conduduct civilian n evacuations. wiwidespread proro-palestiniana hezbollah rallies have erupted in lebanon in recent days, and hezbolollah has been trading rocket and artillery fire with israel across israel's northern border, two. u.s. officials say they want to be ready, should they need to evacuate american citizens. >> the u.s. is not sending that rapid response unit just to make the iranians think twice. as lieberman extends from the pentagon, it can also be used to help americans in the region. >> reporter: we have been watching very closely as the u.s. has sent considerable forces to the mideast. this includes not only the land forces, nearly 1000 troops, as well as patriot battalions and an air defense system, but of course, naval troops as well.

one carrier strike group with the gerald r ford aircraft carrier is in the eastern med, another group passed up the strait of gibraltar a few weeks ago and is on its way. we have also been watching an amphibious ready group, the uss baton, which is an assault ship and a marine rapid response force the 26th marine expeditionary unit. over the course of the past several weeks that have been operating in the waters of the middle east but according to u.s. officials they are now in the red sea, on their way to the eastern med. first, that is a tremendous show of u.s. power in the waters off the coast of israel and lebanon, a clear message to iran and iranian proxies not to get involved. that message sent exquisitely from president biden on down. the u.s. national security chain. the marine rapid response force also serves another purpose. it is special operations capable, which is notable and worth remembering, but it is also a critical force in eight noncombatant evacuation operation. that is one of its mission essential tasks. now, the u.s. said last week

that there was no execution for an evacuation right now, but john kirby, the national security council spokesperson said it would be irresponsible and imprudent not to plan for contingency operations, including an evacuation. since he has said that, the u.s. said the risk of the conflict spreading wider in the region is growing, and remained a serious consideration for the u.s. meanwhile, the u.s. state department, the embassy in beirut has advised americans to leave now, before a crisis has begun. there has been some contact between israel and hezbollah, along the lebanese border. it has not escalated too much but any exchange of fire on that border, which is already volatile, is certainly noteworthy. that is what the u.s. is watching to see if that escalates. if it does, those are the situations in which things can quickly get out of hand, and

the conflict in gaza can quickly and violently spread to the rest of the region. that is perhaps one of the reasons that marine rapid response force is there, in case the u.s. looks at the situation and the possibility or necessity of an evacuation if the material situation deteriorates. still ahead, chaos ensues at an airport in a russian republic when a flight arriving from tel aviv is swarmed by angry protesters. plus, families are asking benjamin that and yahoo to do more to bring hostages home. the israeli prime minister's promise to them, when we return.

welcome back. israeli officials said sunday they have ramped up operations in gaza that began this weekend, and will continue to intensify. israeli troops advanced three kilometers into gaza, according to cnn analysis of video published by in israeli media outlet. also, sunday, israel's military said it was increasing the urgency of their calls from people in northern gaza to flee south. humanitarian groups have criticized the demand, citing the difficulty of moving within gaza while it is under attack. now, some worrying images of how the conflict between israel and hamas is having ripple effect in other regions. >> this was the chaotic scene at an airport in the russian republic, a large crowd storming the airport, some of them making it onto the tarmac waving palestinian flags after

a plane arrived from tel aviv. images showed people within the crowd holding anti-semitic signs. the health ministry says at least 10 people were injured, two of them critically. authorities have closed the airport until tuesday and are investigating how to ensure it is safe, going forward. a local religious leader appealed for calm. >> translator: as for today's actions, i sincerely say you were mistaken. this issue cannot be resolved in this way. >> israel said it is working with russian authorities to secure the well-being of dues and israelis at the site. the u.s. is calling on russia to protect israelis after this incident. the families of hostages being held by hamas, the calling on israel's government to do more to help secure their release. families and crowds gathered in tel aviv over the weekend, demanding swift action from the government. it comes as prime minister benjamin that and yahoo faces mounting criticism from deleted

social media posts accusing top security officials are not warming warning him of an attack before it happened. families of hostages want the prime minister to trade all of israel's palestinian prisoners for all of hamas is hostages. and yahoo vowed to exhaust all options to secure the release of their loved ones. joining me now is boaz gaynor, founder of the international institute for counterterrorism. thank you for joining us. great to have you with us to share your thoughts on this. if you can remind us, from your perspective, the intention of hamas in taking these hostages, and how it continues to make israel's calculus more problematic as time goes on? >> we need to understand that this horrific attack that israel was facing, three weeks ago, was planned for more than a year.

it was planned by iran and hezbollah, and the executors were hamas terrorists. it started with a enormous massacre on a holiday, in the morning, 1300 israelis were butchered. but the attackers then returned to gaza with 259 hostages, babies, kids, women, the elderly, altogether. this is an unprecedented situation. we have probably never had this type of attack in the world. the reason hamas did that was that they knew that israel would retaliate against them and they want to use this hostages as human shields to protect them, there military facilities, headquarters, and so on and so forth.

in the second stage, they want to use them as in order to free all the convicted terrorists from jails in israel. >> i'm talking to you on a strategic level which can sometimes feel callous, given the humanitarian tragedy that is unfolding but it is really important, obviously, when we look at the and atomism anatomy of terrorism, the hydra is used as an analogy. take one terrorist out and to crop up in their place. do you think that israel's retaliation is playing right into hamas's hands? >> you know, israel did not really start the form of retaliation israel said it would. the ground operation is very limited. many are wondering why israel did not immediately retaliate against hamas, right? to save these hostages, kids, the babies and others, and to

get rid of the hamas terrorist regime in gaza, and the reason, i believe, is because israel was trying to give a chance for rapid negotiation with hamas, via qatar, egypt and others, in which they will free at least the humanitarian victims, they are still holding the soldiers they have and a few men, but in return for relieving the situation of that population in gaza and giving humanitarian aid to gaza. it seems that it is the is really understanding that this is why israel started some kind

of ground operation, remind you, mainly to pressure them to agree to a humanitarian deal sooner than later. >> interesting. i mean, from your perspective, theoretically, what is an effective counterterrorism response to the threat of hamas , and what hamas did to israel? we hear so many times over, the fact that hamas has used civilians as human shields. obviously, the israeli defense force is saying that they have bases of operations under areas like hospitals, and therefore israel uses that as justification for bombing civilian targets, what is an effective way of stamping out a terrorist group like that without inflicting devastating humanitarian catastrophe, and turning hearts and minds against israel?

>> well, you know, israeli leaders and the public at large refers to this situation as an accidental war for israel. one should wonder how come the other group of terrorists, huge group, 3000 terrorists butchered 1400 israeli civilians. clearly this is not an existential threat to israel, so how can we refer to it as such? because we need to understand the bigger picture, which is that hamas and palestine at large, are only a tool in the toolbox of the monster, which is iran. and from the day of establishing the iranian republic, they declared as an imperative goal, to exterminate israel. they are the only state in the

world that has an imperative goal to destroy another country. the first arm is the palestinian army, hamas, but this is hezbollah misusing -- excuse me, around misusing palestine. to have another arm, which is hezbollah. hezbollah is 10 times stronger than hamas and is not fully activated against israel, yet. whatever israel would do in retaliation to the palestinians is being learned by hezbollah. that israel does not make it clear to hamas that they actually played it wrong for their own interests, and would not force them to pay the price for the atrocity, the crime against humanity they have done three weeks ago, hezbollah, in no time, with interest infiltrates to the north of israel and cause 10 times more damage, and actually threatened, if simultaneous, threaten the existence of israel. this is why we refer to that

very seriously. we are fighting, as we feel, and existential war, against an enemy which is entrenched, intentionally, within civilian regions but we are calling on civilians to evacuate certain neighborhoods in gaza. they forced them to stay there because they want them to die within there military clashes between the two sides. that is the situation we are facing, and i think the international community should understand that they have a role, which is not just to stand on the fence and criticize both sides and have some lyrically correct statements. they have to call a spade a spade, say that israel was attacked, savagely, on a holiday, no reason for that, by

an iranian army. israel has all rights to defend itself under the rules of international law for believe me, we are trying to be more proportionate and distinctive than any other army under those conditions. >> thank you very much for joining us this morning. >> thank you. still ahead for you, this hour, former president trump is back on the campaign trail. what he is saying about his rivals and his lawyers, just ahead.

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>> mourners in the devastated community of lewiston, maine, held a prayer vigil, sunday evening, to honor the 18 people killed in wednesday's mass shooting. the tragedy marks the deadliest mass shooting in the u.s., so far this year. in the meantime, troubling you details shared with cnn reveal authorities were worried about the gunman weeks before the rampage. police tried to conduct a welfare check on robert card, after concerns he would, quote, snap and commit a mass shooting. the shooter had a history of mental health issues, and violence, and his family and the main national guard had shared disturbing details with law enforcement. former president trump is back on the campaign trail, where he is praising his current lawyers. he hit the stage at an event in iowa, on sunday, just a week after the third trump lawyer pleaded guilty at his criminal case in georgia. trump told the crowd his legal bills are costing $100 million, but said, at least he had good lawyers. cnn has more from iowa. >> reporter: with a little more

than two months until the iowa caucuses open in the republican nominating contest for 2024, the field is entering the week and he reshape passion. over the weekend, former vice president pence said he is leaving the race and it's not his time. he has been making his argument that republicans should not return the former president to the oval office, talking about his criminal indictments, as former president trump campaigned in iowa on sunday, he made no mention of his former vice president. instead, he spent his time mocking rivals florida governor ron desantis and former south carolina governor nikki haley. >> he's like a wounded bird falling from the sky. there he is. he's falling, falling beautifully from the sky, it's a beautiful thing to watch as i got him elected. does anybody know who birdbrain is?

you can have her. i will never run against our president. is one of the greatest residents we've ever had. i will not run against our president under any circumstances. >> reporter: his supporters inside the theater really responded to his criticism of his rivals. they did come alive to his attacks on president joe biden on his handling of the economy, inflation, immigration, and so much more. it is clear that the former president has a commanding lead of this race. it is also clear he is not taking his foot off the gas, at least until iowa caucuses on january 15th begin the presidential race. jeff zeleny, cnn, sioux city, iowa. in keswick stan, officials say at least 45 miners were killed in a fire at a coalminer the weekend. rescue crews are still searching for one missing person. more than 200 people were reportedly inside the mine when a methane explosion started the fire. a criminal investigation is now underway. 's extends president declared a

national day of mourning, and flags were flown at half mast on sunday. as accusations increase that both sides may have committed war crimes in the israel/hamas conflict, and international criminal court prosecutor was on the grouound susunday at the crosossing to egypypt, that's s cocoming up.

international aid organizations are pleading with israel to allow humanitarian goods and services to enter gaza . the director of the united nations relief agency in gaza, warning that right now, the very fabric of society is beginning to break down. he says people are losing aid warehouses in gaza and that a humanitarian cease-fire is critical. aid for gaza civilians is coming through the crossing at an extremely slow pace. the palestinian red crescent says they have received 10 trucks loaded with supplies sunday on the gaza side which raises the total number of trucks to pass through since the war began, to 94. also spotted at the gate, sunday, kareem khan, a prosecutor with the international criminal court.

he posted a video statement about the conditions he was seeing there, and then later on sunday, he sat down with our melissa bell in cairo to talk about possible war crimes in this conflict. >> there should be no doubt that every decision-maker from the head of government, to military advisers, to lawyers making decisions should be on clear notice that they will be required to justify every strike against every civilian object, whether it is a dwelling house or school or hospital, or a church or mosque, because they are protected unless they become military objectives, and that requires analysis and information, and this will be complex. the laws of war are complex because one has to see what is it is being used for and has it lost its protection, and then one has to look at, second, is it proportionate to the notary advantage. one must have a

forensic approach to this. >> could you give us an idea of some of the possible war crimes that you see committed over the last three weeks? >> i can't really comment on that. what i can say, clearly, is the willful killing and hostagetaking are great breaches of the geneva convention. it is a time to target civilian objects or civilians, it is a requirement of the geneva conventions to allow humanitarian assistance to civilians. it is a crime under the rome statute to deny that. i think that is a matter that needs urgent consideration by israel. and women and men, it beggars belief, the pictures we saw on cnn of kids covered in blood.

maybe there is a bit of a flicker of life, what kind of hope does that baby have, does that child have to medical care, if there is no antiseptic, or morphine or medicine. we must think that these are our children. >> given that israel -- how will any of those responsible for alleged war crimes be brought to account? >> the hard work is to apply the law to realize and i think it is not an academic pursuit. the icc can't be a jurisprudence factory to have the impact it should have. in the end, states acting in self interest can be determinative. i think this is why there is a glimmer of optimism after ukraine, because i think there are many wrongs over history, there are many instances of the selective application of the

law. i think, one hopes and prays, but time will tell, a moment of realization, but if we keep going down this trajectory, to ignore the law when it is in our short-term national political interest, the trajectory will be on a massive conflagration around the world. >> in his video statement from egypt, he describes the suffering of men, women, and children on both sides of the conflict as profound, adding, quote, these are the most tragic of days. thanks for being with me this morning. i will be back with more on the conflict at the top of the hour for you. i will see you then.