debora. norah. >> norah: charlie d'agata, thank you.te house is increasing pressure on israel to allow more humanitarian aid into gaza as the situation worsens by the hour. the u.n. saying today conditions will make it impossible to operate in the besieged territory. cbs's debora patta reports civilians are desperate for food and clean water. [gunfire] >> reporter: this woman has been waiting for hours and she is panicking. "i just want some flour, she screams. i need to feed my children." supplies of basic human necessities are running out. it's become so desperate that residents broke into several united nations warehouses. underneath gaza, hamas is dug into a maze of tunnels where it's believed the been stockpiling enough food to last for months. but for palestinians who've already endured 16 years of israeli blockade, daily life revolves around scrounging for anything they can find. and that's if they survive another night. cbs news producer marwan al ghoul drove through what is left of the northern part of gaza city. >> suddenly ma

. >> debora patta, thank you. >>> there's also a troubling rise in anti-semitism back here in the u.s. now the fbi is investigating disturbing and hate-filled threats against jewish students at cornell university. cbs's nancy cordes reports from the white house, where the biden administration today announced new steps to combat the problem. >> reporter: a war being waged a half a world away is inflaming campuses here at home. >> if hamas is worse than isis, then israel is worse than nazi germany. >> reporter: at cooper union college in new york city, a group of jewish students huddled inside a locked library during a pro-palestinian protest a few days ago. >> for approximately ten minutes, they were bangin on the doors of the library. >> reporter: at cornell university, jewish students were advised to avoid the kosher dining hall out of an abundance of caution due to online threats. new york governor kathy hochul. >> no one should be afraid to walk from their dorm or their dining hall to a classroom. >> reporter: but jewish students at columbia said today they are afraid in a way they

we were on the phone with debora as she was killed. we were on the phone the entire day with our son -- our grandson, rotim, as he lay first under her body and then found a place to escape under a blanket in a laundry. in other words, we live in an age of cell phones. we all knew, most of israel knew what was going on. we had contact with -- and have contact with our loved ones, our husbands, our children, our family members, our friends, our neighbors. we were participants in what can only be called a pogrum. this is not a military event. this is not a military strike. the historic interpretation or explanation of a pogrum is when a military strikes at civilians. and this attack was rehearsed, well rehearsed, well planned, carried out. and if you look at what they're doing, they're taking hostages from infants to senior citizens, people older than i am, denying them their rights. i wonder if they're giving them their medications. if they're giving them visitation, they're allowing them to communicate? in short, this is a human rights

cbs's debora patta reports on the crisis in gaza. >> reporter: it's hard to imagine just how bad thingshen already for the past three weeks, the images have shown one health scape after another. gaza is fast running out of fuel, water, and medicine. today aid trucks crossed into the territory, a drop in the ocean compared to the 500 that used to enter gaza every single day. i'm the united nations now warning of possible war crimes, saying it's deeply concerned about the collective punishment of the people of gaza following the atrocious attack by hamas which it has also labele a war crime. >> massive destruction. >> reporter: our cbs producer marwan al ghoul who has been reporting inside gaza sends this message. >> more death and more victims. everybody knows that this area's high population. maybe the most high population all over the world. >> reporter: day after day, israel's bombardment of gaza has been relentless. amidst the ash and the dust, gut-wrenching grief is everywhere. this man lost his wife and four children. the grief so raw as he rocks his baby boy, he was just two and a

cbs's debora patta is in northern israel. >> reporter: we'd just arrived in the border town of kiryatwhen we were ducking for cover. the air raid sirens were followed within seconds by a loud blast. what you've just been hearing is exactly why authorities want the last few thousand people left in this town to evacuate to safety. less than a mile from here, this house had been hit by a mortar. inside, a mother and her young children. the crossfire between israel and lebanon's iranian-backed hezbollah has picked up over the past two weeks amid growing fears it could kick-start a regional conflict. >> reporter: back in gaza, the death toll has now soared to more than 5,000, hamas says, with thousands of children among the dead. amid growing international condemnation of the civilian deaths, the israeli military released graphic video of the massacre that unfolded here just over two weeks ago. dash cam video said to be from a civilian car shows gunmen approaching the car and opening fire. a body cam recovered from one of the attackers shows a hail of gunfire. [ sound of gunfire ] the bodi

14 americans killed over the weekend, when it hamas gunmen launched a surprise attack , including debora mathias, an american citizen who lived in israel. gunmen also shot and killed her husband when they broke into her home. americans are also among the more than 100 hostages currently being held by hamas. some of their loved one held a news conference in tel aviv today. some families say they are not worried about the larger conflict right now. >> just trying to use my voice to make sure the american people understand this is not political, it is humanitarian. these are civilians being terrorized, we want them brought home. the last thing i want is more loss of life on either side. >> and this is video this morning from tel aviv. san francisco business owner manny yacatillo has been there since before the fighting broke out. he says he was on his way home to some family members to date when the city's sirens went off again. >> there were people running out of their cars in the middle of the street and finding cover . there were missiles exploding above me , the sirens were going off. s

debora mathias was an american citizen who lived in israel . her father says she was shot and killed by hamas gunmen , shielding her teenage son from bullets. the gunmen also killed her husband. another american with dual israeli citizenship died at the hands of hamas hiding in a closet with his neighbor. today, president biden highlighted the brutality of these attacks, calling them a sheer act of evil, and vowing to stand with israel. >> parents butchered , using her body to try to protect their children. stomach-turning reports of babies being killed . entire families slain. let there be no doubt, the united states has israel's back , and will make sure that the jewish and democratic state of israel can defend itself today, and tomorrow, as we always have. >> and the president said the u.s. is sharing intelligence to help recover the hostages. at least 20 americans are missing, and some may be among those held captive by hamas. family members of the missing spoke out today, taking for help. >> these are civilians. these are farmers , teacher

cbs's debora patta is in northern israel. >> reporter: we just arrived at the border town to film the we were ducking for cover. air raid sirens were followed within seconds by a loud blast. what you've just been hearing is exactly why authorities from the last few thousand people left in this town to evacuate to safety. this little mile from this house had been hit by a porter inside, a mother and her young children. the cross fire from israel and iranian backed has bilal has picked up over the past few weeks amid growing fears it could kick-start a regional conflict. >> reporter: back in gaza, the death flow has soared to over 5,000, hamas says with thousands of children among the dead. amid growing international condemnation of the civilian deaths. the israeli military release graphic video of the massacre that unfolded here just over two weeks ago. dashcam video said to be from a the civilian car shows gunman approaching the car and opening fire. a body cam recovered from one of the attacker shows a hail of gunfire. [gunshots] the bodies of the two victim slumped over shot dead. [

. >> that was debora patta reporting from israel.che of lawsuits could wind up changing the face of the internet. dozens of states and washington, d.c. allege that meta, which owns facebook and instagram knowingly created apps that are addictive and harmful to minors. they claim meta aims content at children under 13 to illegally collect their data without parental consent. jo ling kent reports. >> reporter: bipartisan attorneys general from 33 states joined forces to take on tech titan with a federal lawsuit, accusing meta of programing addictive social media apps that harm children's mental health. court filings say meta's algorithm, photo filter, push alerts and the endless ability to scroll through platform feeds all contribute to the harmful effects on young user, especially teen girls. >> they know what they are doing, the harm it causes, and they know they can change their practices. >> reporter: california attorney general rob bonta. >> there has been anxiety and depression. there has been suicidal ideation and harm. body ima

we get the latest from debora patta in jerusalem. >> reporter: the days blur together.devastation in gaza. payback is how the israeli military described it as fireballs lit up the night sky over the weekend. but for the families of the more than 200 hostages, being held in gaza, this only exacerbates the excruciating uncertainty over the fate of their loved ones. the strikes in gaza have been merciless, decimating whole neighborhoods with entire families often crushed beneath the ruins of residential buildings. communication networks have been knocked down, cutting off people from each other and the outside world. those paying the biggest price, children. according to the gaza-based ministry of health, thousands have been killed, thousands more injured or fanned. this little boy screams for his mother as doctors try to treat his wounds. while this little girl can't believe her mother is dead. bodies are piling up at a staggering rate, overwhelming morgues. those who make it out alive seek shelter wherever they can find it, waiting to see if they will survive another nig