our journalist ibrahim dahman has sent us new video about life right now inside the strip and his fears about dying. [ speaking in a global language ] we're going to have more from ibrahim coming up this hour. but first nic robertson is "outfront" live along the israel/gaza border. what is the latest that you're hearing on the ground tonight? >> reporter: yeah. we're hearing from israeli prime minister laying out why the country is at war, why the world should stand behind israel, why he won't have a ceasefire. the strikes into gaza have been very heavy in the last few hours. but this glimmer of hope that we're seeing further potential for more hostages to be released from captivity rescued from captivity. that hope really came alive today for the first time. >> reporter: for a moment they feared might never come. private ori megidish hugs her grandmother, reunited with her family, rescued by the idf after more than three weeks held hostage by hamas. a moment of hope, too, for families of other hostages. >> in some way, they are listening to us right now. please, please stay strong. >>

ibrahim dahman is a cnn journalist who lives in northern gaza with his wife. they have two boys and -- is pregnant with their third child, but abraham and his family, like so many others, was forced to leave on a dangerous journey south. [speaking in a non-english language] [speaking in a non-english language] [speaking in a non-english language] [speaking in a non-english language] [speaking in a non-english language] [speaking in a non-english language] [speaking in a non-english language] [speaking in a non-english language] speaking in a non-english language] [speaking in a non-english language] [speaking in a non-english language] [speaking in a non-english language] [speaking in a non-english language] [speaking in a non-english language] [speaking in a non-english language] [speaking in a non-english language] [speaking in a non-english language] [speaking in a non-english language] >> that very personal report from our cnn journalist, ibrahim dahman. the deepening humanitarian crisis in gaza is especially dire for children with the supplies of basic ne

. >>> and a new dispatch from cnn's producer ibrahim dahman. tonight, he shares really, really hard images of what he and his family are witnessing as they desperately try to get out of gaza. we're going to show them to you. >>> plus, the breaking news. trump's former chief of staff mark meadows cooperates and is now providing testimony about the 2020 election in exchange for immunity. you're probably not easily persuaded to switch mobile providers for your business. but what if we told you it's possible that comcast business mobile can save you up to 75% a year on your wireless bill versus the big three carriers? have we piqued your interest? you can get two unlimited lines for just $30 each a month. there are no term contracts or line activation fees. and you can bring your own device. oh, and all on the most reliable 5g mobile network nationwide. wireless that works for you. it's not just possible. >>> u.s. intelligence officials saying tonight that the deadly blast at a hospital in gaza believed to have killed hundreds was caused by a rocke

you obviously heard from ibrahim dahman on there. you heard from that doctor. i know that there have been strikes there. it is south of the original evacuation point that the idf had urged all gazans to go past for their own safety. obviously, though, there have been strikes there. is that something that's going to continue, is that now an open strike zone as far as the idf sees it? >> hello again, erin. thank you for having me. what's happening all over the gaza strip is that we continue to target hamas, whereas, of course, we are aware of the enhanced presence of civilians in various areas, and we are careful not to strike them. as i also think that your producer insinuated. but we continue to hunt hamas commanders. we continue to actively search and use the intelligence that we have available to create new targets in order to strike hamas wherever they are. that is ongoing. and we have to be clear. we never said to anybody, in no language, not in arabic, not in english, that we are not going to strike south of that area. we just said that northern part of ga

[ speaking in a global language ] >>> that very personal report is from our journalist there ibrahim dahmannd i cannot thank him enough and his family as they go through the hellscape as they try to stay alive to get the information out to world. and cnn is in constant with ibrahim, and keeping up with him and other civilians in gaza. >> thank you, sara. we will get back to tel aviv shortly. thank you, sara. >>> and now, there are hundreds of thousands of f -- hundreds o families trying to find out information about their family members who was taken hostage. t wi we will speak to a man whose brother was taken hostage and his wife and two young children survived the attack by hamas, but his condition is unknown. >>> since the hamas terror attack, we have come to know how the kibbutz in southern israel near the gaza border has become the site of a horrible tragedy and massacre. the hamas tear ing through the kibbutz early saturday morning kidnapping and killing others and lighting the kibbutz on fire. one family torn apart in this is the family of the lavies, and they were home when the hama

right now, residents of gas have to drink water from the toilet, says american cnn producer ibrahim dahmana journalist, but the kpprofact leading to egypt is closed. tzahal continues to strike, so the checkpoint. are we going to die today? this is what, my son asks me, after we left gaza, khan yunisi’s life is very difficult. we live together with other 150 families who were displaced north of the gaza strip, eating just enough to not die of hunger. we while away the time watching air raids, filling the tanks with water, it's like drinking toilet water. our children drink water from the toilet, due to the fact that there is no electricity, my children do not see the horror that is happening on the internet, instead they play with other children. over the weekend we were told to go to the rafah checkpoint, so we piled into the car to try to escape again. along the way we saw a lot of destruction, there were many families at the checkpoint, everyone was hoping to leave here, but these hopes were soon destined to collapse. we were hoping to get to the egyptian side, but the crossing was close