cbs' debora patta leads us off tonight in east jerusalem. and a warning -- some of the images we're about to show you are very hard to watch. >> reporter: good evening. today marks 37 days since those hostages were kidnapped by hamas. now president biden's senior middle east advisor brett mcgurk will be traveling to the region to focus on efforts to release them. they came in their thousands chanting "now, now." israelis demanding the immediate release of the nearly 240 loved ones abducted by hamas on october 7th. a reminder, when it comes to pain, there are no winners. after more than five weeks of war. in gaza city, fierce street to street battles around several hospitals, including the largest, al shifa, now a front line. hollow-eyed doctors and nurses work in torchlight in a health system that is on its knees. no medicine, no beds. this little boy struggling to breathe. treated on the floor where he lay. our colleague, cbs producer marwan al ghoul, in gaza spoke to a doctor inside al shifa hospital. >> who told me the smell of death is e

. >> debora patta, thank you. >>> we're learning some new details about a phone call between president biden and prime minister benjamin netanyahu today. we're told that the two discussed the possibility of tactical pauses to get civilians out, help get aid in, and to allow the possibility of a hostage release. also tonight, cbs's david martin is taking a closer look at the weapons that israel is using as the white house is urging the israelis to protect civilians. >> reporter: president biden called israeli prime minister netanyahu again this morning, telling him it is imperative to reduce civilian casualties in gaza, which by u.s. count, are skyrocketing. >> many, many thousands have been killed, and many more injured and/or wounded. >> reporter: u.s. officials say the majority of bombs israel has dropped on gaza are unguided, so-called dumb bombs, which are accurate but less precise than satellite-guided weapons. these officials say the primary cause of civilian casualties is not the misses but israel's willingness to strike targets hamas located in civilian neighborhoods. >> this i

debora patta has our exclusive report on the use of child labor in the harvesting of cocoa for candynt mars used in products like m&ms and snickers. >> reporter: laboring in the blistering heat, as young as 6, slicing the grass with lethal ease, their machetes nearly as long as the smallest among them. these ghanaian children are harvesting the cocoa that aims up in america's best loved chocolates. instead of going to school, they are learning that sharp blades cut deep, and big corporations make promises they seldom keep. we traveled across ghana's remote cocoa belt, visiting small subsistence farms that supply u.s. chocolate giant mars and found children working on every one of them. mars did over $45 billion in annual sales last year, in large part from selling chocolates like m&ms and snickers. its owners are the third wealthiest family in the u.s. the company vowed to have systems in place to eradicate child labor from its supply chain by 2025. even boasting about rescuing thousands of children who are listed as beneficiaries of what mars calls their robust monitoring system to

cbs's debora patta will start us off tonight from east jerusalem. ning, debora. >> reporter: good evening, norah. tonight we are learning that medical staff from doctors without borders won't leave al shifa hospital before their 600 or so patients have been evacuated, and they want guarantees that there is a safe corridor to do so. and we should warn that some of the images you're about to see are hard to watch. a sanctuary turned cemetery. at al shifa hospital, there is no room left in the morgue for those who could not be saved. gaza's health system is on its knees. exhausted staff work in the dark with no medicine, no equipment, no hope. this doctor sent out this desperate message. >> they hit the hospital many times. we are nearly sure that we are alone now. no one hears us. >> reporter: the israeli military says this footage shows their soldiers delivering 80 gallons of fuel to al shifa, which they claim hamas refused. hamas denies this, saying it wouldn't last longer than 30 minutes anyway. doctors there say already at least three newborn babie

cbs's debora patta has the very latest in the war, and she will start us off tonight from east jerusalemter: good evening, norah. the united nations warning tonight that the protection of hospitals and the delivery of life-saving medical supplies is an obligation under the laws of war and both, it says, are needed in gaza right now. and we should warn that some of the images you are about to see are hard to watch. >> [shouting] >> reporter: a massive strike at the al-shifa hospital grounds, gaza's largest medical facility. israel insists hamas is using hospitals to coordinate attacks and hide its commanders. but sheltering at al-shifa, thousands of civilians. their one place of refuge now a blood-soaked battleground. reeling in stunned disbelief, this man shouts, "they bombed the hospitals!" nearby, a young girl breaks down crying hysterically: "my mom, my father, my brother." inside, doctors and nurses fight another war, the battle to keep the injured alive with virtually every critical medical supply running out. today, at least five hospitals have been caught up in the fighting, inclu

cbs's debora patta will start us off tonight from east jerusalem. . >> reporter: good evening. national security councils john kirby said today that the u.s. did not give the green light to israel's raid on off to see if which began with fiery clashes outside the complex, which the military sai. the target, al-shifa. the decision to send troops into the hospital marking an escalation in israel's offensive in gaza. when israeli soldiers finally entered, not a single shot was fired. >> there is an ak-47. >> reporter: but they say they found proof that hamas was operating there, showing this as evidence. >> these weapons have absolutely no business being inside a hospital. >> reporter: what they did not show where any hamas fighters, and they made no mention of the tunnels they have repeatedly said double up as the groups command center underneath the complex. also inside the besieged hospital, civilians seeking refuge and critically ill patients, their presence fueling international calls for a a place of healing turned into a battle zone. >> continuou

debora patta, thank you. time in more than six months, it is time for lights, camera, action. the hollywood actors strike has finally come to an end after after their union reached a tentative billion-dollar deal with studios and streaming companies. cbs's carter evans reports on productions coming back to life and when you can expect to see new episodes of your favorite tv shows. >> reporter: it's a celebration 118 days in the making as word of a deal spread quickly through hollywood. >> we just heard moments ago, the strike is over. >> it's amazing! >> reporter: sag-aftra president fran drescher says the new contract is worth more than a billion dollars over three years for working actors. when do you think we will see cameras rolling again? >> today! this was really one for the ages. >> reporter: the deal includes wage increases up to 11%, performance-related pavements for streaming shows. also protections for actors from the threat of ai and studios potentially using their likeness without their consen. >

cbs's debora patta reports tonight from jerusalem. >> reporter: bilal salah was collecting olives fromand with his family last saturday. his olie grove in the west bank is surrounded by illegal israeli settlements regarded as a flagrant violation of international law. this footage captured four israeli settlers approaching salah's land, wearing white, one with a gun slung across his shoulder. a shot rings out. moments later, his relatives find him lying dead on the ground. he was buried that same day. we met his grieving widow at a family home. >> interpreter: he was taken from his children. what will our children understand after seeing their father murdered on his land? >> reporter: since the brutal hamas attack on october 7, violence against palestinians living in the israeli-occupied west bank has escalated with over 120 people killed, at least eight by settlers who are well armed and well-trained and say human rights activists increasingly encroaching on palestinian land. jerusalem's deputy mayor and settler aryeh king says salah was a terrorist and the shooter acted in self-defen

cbs' debora patta will start us off tonight from east jerusalem. . >> good evening. national security council's john kirby said today that the u.s. did not give the green light to israel's raid on al-shifa hospital, which began with fiery clashes outside the complex, which the military says killed four hamas fighters. the target, al-shifa. the decision to send troops in to the hospital marking an escalation in israel's offensive in gaza. when israeli soldiers finally entered, not a single shot was fired. >> there is an ak-47. >> reporter: but they say they found proof that hamas was operating there, showing this as evidence. >> these weapons have absolutely no business being inside a hospital. >> reporter: what they did not show were any hamas fighters, and they made no mention of the tunnels they've repeatedly said double up as the group's command center underneath the complex. also inside the besieged hospital, civilians seeking refuge, and critically ill patients, their presence fueling international calls for a ceasefire. a place of healing turn

cbs's debora patta has our exclusive report on the use of child labor in the harvesting of cocoa, the mars used in its iconic products like m&ms and snickers. >> reporter: laboring in the blistering heat, here as young as six, slicing the grass with legalese, their machetes nearlyt among them. these ghanaian children are harvesting the cocoa that ends up in america's best loved chocolates. instead of going to school, they are learning that sharp blades cut deep and big corporations make promises they seldom keep. we traveled across ghana's remote cocoa belt, visiting small subsistence farms that supply u.s. chocolate giant mars. and found children working on every one of them. mars did over $45 billion in annual sales last year, in large part from selling chocolates like m&ms and snickers. its owners are the third wealthiest family in the u.s. the company vowed to have systems in place to eradicate child labor from its supply chain by 2025. even boasting about rescuing thousands of children who are listed as beneficiaries of what mars calls their robust monitoring system to keep them

cbs's debora patta reports tonight on how the past 24 hours have sen some of the most intense air strikesar began. >> reporter: day after day, israel's fiery bombardment of gaza continues. as calls for a cease-fire grow louder, with people around the world horrified at the staggering civilian death toll. secretary of state antony blinken wrapped up his diplomatic tour of the region today after facing open hostility in turkey with an attempted storming of the u.s. turkish military base yesterday. and protests in the west bank during his meeting with palestinian authority president mahmoud abbas. there is growing anger against the united states here in ramallah in the west bank, with crowds chanting "blinken, you've got blood on your hands." israel defense forces say dave circled gaza city, splitting the enclave in two, and claim they have taken control of a hamas military compound that contains underground tunnels. hundreds of thousands of civilians remain in the north, unwilling or unable to leave. when they do, this is what they are running from. 1.5 million palestinians have been intern

cbs's debora patta leads us off tonight in east jerusalem.nd a warning, some of the images we're about to show you are very hard to watch. >> reporter: good evening. today marks 37 days since those hostages were kidnapped by hamas, and now president biden's senior middle east adviser, brett mcgurk, will be traveling to the region this week to focus on efforts to release them. they came in their thousands, chanting "now, now." israelis demanding the immediate release of the nearly 240 loved ones abducted by hamas on october 7th. a reminder when it comes to pain, there are no winners. after more than five weeks of war. in gaza city, fierce street-to-street battles around several hospitals, including the largest, al shifa, now a front line. hollow-eyed doctors and nurses work in torchlight in a health system that is on its knees. no medicine, no beds. this little boy struggling to breathe, treated on the floor where he lay. our colleague, cbs producer marwan al ghoul spoke to a doctor inside al shifa hospital. >> who told me that smell of death

here is cbs' debora patta in east jerusalem. >> reporter: tonight, the first glimpse of hostages sincein this video, their captives claim to be ready to release both 77-year-old hannah katzir, and 12-year-old yagil yaakov kidnapped from the nearby kibbutz. they're just two of the roughly 240 hostages still in captivity. we will not run the video, or what appears to be scripted recorded messages praising their captors. on the ground in gaza, heavy battles rage. this israeli military footage shows soldiers walking into a building they say is a hamas weapons manufacturing site. and from the air, israel's fiery bombardment blazed across the night sky, striking right next to this hospital. fleeing the embattled north, a torrent of people. tens of thousands attempting the perilous journey along an evacuation corridor. but refuge is hard to find. this was supposed to be a safe zone. our cbs news producer raced to the scene of the destruction, arriving to find battered bodies and bloodied faces. >> tens of people were killed here, and the people are trying now by their bare hands to pull out t

with all of the biggest developments tonight, we're going to start with cbs's debora patta in east jerusalemorter: with every bomb, every strike, families of the more than 200 hostages abducted by hamas on october 7th are reminded that nearly six weeks on, their loved ones are still being held in gaza. tonight, more agony. the body of 65-year-old grandmother yehudit weiss, abducted last month, found in a building near al shifa hospital. the israeli military continues to search that hospital, where today it found more proof, it says, that hamas was using this as a command center, including a tunnel shaft and a vehicle with weapons. >> as you can see, they were very well prepared, and where they're hiding all of this equipment is in a hospital, a place that's supposed to be for humanitarian aid. >> reporter: al shifa can no longer receive new patients, and so they flee in their thousands, streaming southwards, setting up temporary shelter, only to be told today by israeli soldiers that they must evacuate again. but if they stay, they risk becoming part of the soaring death toll, which the hama

with all of the biggest developments tonight, we are going to with cbs's debora patta who is in eastem. >> reporter: with every bomb, every strike, families of the more than 200 hostages abducted by hamas on october 7th are reminded that nearly six weeks on, their loved ones are still being held in gaza. tonight, more agony. the body of 65 year old grandmother yehudit waiss, abducted last month, found in a building near al-shifa hospital. the israeli military continues to search that hospital, where today it found more proof, it says, that hamas was using this as a command center. including a tunnel shaft and a vehicle with weapons. >> as you can see, they were very well prepared and where they are hiding all of this equipment is in a hospital, a place that is supposed to be for humanitarian aid. >> reporter: al-shifa can no longer receive new patients, and so they flee, in their thousands, streaming southwards, setting up temporary shelter, only to be told today by israeli soldiers that they must evacuate again. but if they stay, they risk becoming part of the soaring death toll, wh

cbs's debora patta will start us off from east jerusalem.eborah. >> reporter: good evening, norah. and tonight we are learning that medical staff from doctors without borders won't leave al shifa hospital before their 600 or so patients have been evacuated, and they want guarantees that there is a safe cooridoor to do so. we should warn that some of the images you are about to see are hard to watch. a century turned cemetery. at al shifa hospital, there is no room left in the morgue for those who could not be saved. gaza's health system is on its knees. exhausted staff work in the dark with no medicine, no equipment, no hope. al shifa doctor mohammed obeid sent out this desperate message. >> we are out of beds, we are alone now. no one will aid us. >> reporter: the israeli military says this footage shows their soldiers delivering 80 gallons of fuel to al shifa which they claim hamas refused. hamas denies this saying that it would not last longer than 30 minutes anyway. doctors say there is already at least three newborn babies have died. do

debora patta has one family's story. >> reporter: bilal saleh was collecting olives from his ancestral his family last saturday. his olive grove in the west bank is surrounded by illegal israeli settlements in flagrant violation of international law. this footage captured four israeli settlers approaching saleh's land wearing white. one with a gun slung across his shoulder. [ gunshot ] a shot rings out. moments later his traumatized relatives find him lying dead on the ground. saleh was buried that very same day. we met his widow iqlas at their family home overlooking their ancient olive grove. when you heard the gunshot, you had witnessed your husband being murdered. what did you tell your children? >> translator: they've been told he was wounded. but when everyone saw me crying, they knew their father was dead. >> reporter: this man has been arrested in connection with the killing, claiming self-defense. since the brutal hamas attack on october 7th, violence against palestinians living in the israeli occupied west bank has escalated. with over 100 people killed, at least five by sett

cbs news' debora patta traveled to ghana to look into it.ou may be very surprised at what she found out. >>> also, lily gladstone is going to be here today. she's generating big, big oscar buzz for her work in "killers of the flower moon." she'll be in studio to talk about starring in the epic. martin scorcese says she's the heart and soul of this movie. >>> and anthony mason. the tables have done turned. and our never too late series, anthony writes his own song with the help of some grammy winners. i can't wait. wait for you to guys the hear it. because it's anthony you know it's good. so we'll see you at 7:00 a little overeaten minutes from now. back to you, nicole. >> absolutely. thank you gayle. >>> the ice used to cool down drinks is being elevated with the wave of creativity. carefully sculpted chunks are being promoted as alternatives to the traditional old ice cube. the designer ice includes spheres, imprints, holiday inspired shapes, and fruit infused concoctions. one writer and educator who focuses on cocktails and spirits says ru

debora patta has the story from jerusalem. >> reporter: even in war, there is time for play.r for these children of gaza amid all they have lost and seen. mothers and fathers running, desperate to protect them. the grief that overwhelms those who cannot save the ones they love. each death not just a number. like tiny little mariam al masry, her parents' whole world. "how will i go home without you, my beloved?" her mother, implores. "how will i go home without you?" so many young lives barely lived. this man prays for them. he's been a grave digger for 30 years. he told cbs news this cemetery used to bury two or three people a month before the war. now it's received over 6,000 bodies. more than half are children. [ speaking in a global language ] "let them kill hamas. i have no problem with that," he raged. "but why are they killing innocent children sleeping in their homes?" the true cost of this war countered in the lives of children killed or broken. but even here, it doesn't always kill resilience and hope. the children of gaza are experiencing extreme symptoms of trauma,