werther would be going on for the expected aid convoys to go through the erez crossing.ny preparations. there was a meeting between the idf and the world food program. they're friday, but we didn't see anything. but what we did here was heavy gunfire could hear heavy explosions in the distance this immediately tells you that for any humanitarian convoy going in it's going to be dangerous? no surprise. but it is also an indicative of the fact that the many hurdles that convoy is going through there will face like erez crossing principally a pedestrian crossing. it was where workers to gaza would come into israel every day and back out at the end of the day or at the end of the week. so it not really constructed for heavy goods vehicles, aid trucks to go through, but it can do it but the road structures, road networks beyond the erez border crossing many of those have been hit by a, by bombs, by missiles, by artillery. some of them were seen on satellite imagery. those roads completely impassable the tarmac is completely blown apart. >> so >> it's not clear how the aid con

meanwhile, the israeli government is now opening up new routes for aid deliveries into gaza — the erezing here in the north, and also the port of ashdod in israel. it follows a warning from us presidentjoe biden that israel must do more to help civilians in gaza. here's our diplomatic correspondent paul adams. the investigation�*s finding starstart, it should never have happened. the devastating attack on monday, a combination of mistaken identification and bad decision—making. the israeli army has been given more details about what they say happened on monday night —— been giving. half an hour after the convoy left gaza city, a gunman was seen boarding one of the tracks. after it arrived at its destination, point three on the map, the convoy appeared to split, one vehicle with clearly visible gunman on board, i headed to a nearby hangar. mistakenly believing hamas were in the other vehicles, they were in the other vehicles, they were hit one after the other in four terrifying minutes. the statement is clear, it was a grave mistake, stemming from a serious failure due to mistaken ident

but just this evening, anderson the white house, putting out a statement on the opening of that erez crossing and calling it a welcome step here, the township thanks so much coming next and to israeli signature from the diamond with more on the breaking news and how the netanyahu government is reacting to the biden administration's apparently tougher new lines. so what have you learned since that call >> well interest in these really prime minister's office isn't commenting on the call directly, but instead what they appear to be doing is letting the actions that these really government is taking speak in their place. and this evening, the israeli security cabinet, as you were just discussing, approving the opening of the erez crossing for the first time since october 7, also approving the use of the port of ashdod some 20 miles north of that very same crossing to be used to bring in additional humanitarian aid. now, this is significant for a few reasons. first of all, this will allow more aid to be brought directly into northern gaza where the looming famine is most acute more than

meanwhile the israeli government is opening up new routes for aid deliveries into gaza, the erez crossingere in the north, and the port of ashdod in israel. it follows a warning from us presidentjoe biden that israel must do more to help civilians in gaza. with more on this — here's our diplomatic correspondent, paul adams. the investigation�*s findings are stark — this should never have happened. monday's devastating attack, a combination of mistaken identification and bad decision—making. the israeli army has been giving more details about what they say happened on monday night. they say about half an hour after the convoy left the pier near gaza city, a gunman was seen boarding one of the aid trucks. after the aid arrived at its destination in deir al—balah, point three on the map, the convoy appeared to split — one vehicle, with clearly visible gunmen on board, headed to a nearby hangar, numberfour. mistakenly believing that hamas gunmen were inside the other three vehicles, all three were hit, one after the other, over the course of four terrifying minutes. the army's statement is cl

me he understood anderson, the israeli security cabinet, as we said, has approved the opening the erez with the gaza strip for the first time since october 7. in order to the lead humanitarian aid through, does the white house believed that there's a connection to today's phone call? >> yes. this official tells me that during the call netanyahu made specific pledges to open more humanitarian crossings and to announce some procedural changes. four the idf now of course, the white house's position is trust, but verify they're waiting to see some of these specific changes actually, not not just get announced, but go into effect, take place and produce results, but just this evening, anderson in the white house putting out a statement on the opening of that erez crossing and calling it a welcome step, get the township. >> thanks so much coming next and to israel is seen as jeremy diamond with more on the breaking news and how the netanyahu government is reacted with the biden administration' s apparently tougher new lines. so what have you learned since that call will interest in these rea

then you have the erez crossing.rs, that has been the main people crossing for gazans, for aid workers and diplomats and journalists going in and out of the gaza strip, but it was overrun on the 7th of october by hamas gunmen and ever since then it has been kept firmly shut. now we're told its going to be temporarily reopened for aid to enter, and of course this is important because if aid can come in through that route, going straight into the north of the gaza strip, this is where the threat of famine is the highest. and the other thing that diplomats have been telling me they've been pushing for is for an expansion of this route via jordan, bringing in shipments through southern israel, through the kerem shalom crossing, into the south of the gaza strip. so all of these moves are being welcomed, but you can also see why because there are lots of details still to emerge, the us has said it is waiting to see, really. it's going to assess if these moves go far enough. how significant is this, do you think, the fact t

and israeli official tells cnn that israel's cabinet has approved the reopening of the erez crossing into northern gaza >> for the first time since hamas is october 7, attack. this and cabinet approval to use the nearby port of ashdod would allow more humanitarian aid into the strip this comes after day that saw a big change. the biden administration's approach toward how israel is conducting the war apparently triggered by this week's deadly israeli strike on a world central kitchen food convoy. the president's aid discuss the attack with israel's prime minister or the white house, just tweeted out a photo of him on the call and speaking from brussels for the 75th anniversary of nato sectors state antony blinken underscored the line that the president laid down >> this week's horrific attack on the world central kitchen was not the first such incident it must be the last president biden spoke a short while ago with prime minister netanyahu for leaders discussed the situation in gaza the president emphasized that the strikes on humanitarian workers and the overall humanitarian situat

nic robertson, cnn, the erez border crossing. israel nic robertson, thanks so much and frustrations growing within israel tonight, on the eve of the war six month anniversary after thousands of protesters took to the streets across the country demanding the resignation of israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu. here's cnn's jeremy diamond with more from tel aviv on the eve of the sixth month anniversary of the october 7 attacks thousands of israelis have come here to tel aviv to protest the >> government's a call for new elections, trying to trigger benjamin netanyahu, israel's prime minister, trying to trigger his ouster. these israelis who we've been talking to tonight have been voicing discontent with the prime minister with his handling of the war. in some instances others have been protesting against him and his right-wing governments since before the war. going back to those judicial reform protest that took place for months right here in central tel aviv. now, the question is, what will all of this pressure actually lea

what might this opening of the erez border do?ning 1.1 million people in northern and central gaza are facing catastrophic food insecurity. 30% of children under the age of two of acute malnutrition famine is imminent according to the un. and the problem actually sarah is not enough crossings. one more crossing is only useful if the israeli government also in conjunction changes the arbitrary and onerous inspection process. i mean, there are thousands of trucks sitting at the crossings that are opening right now, waiting to get in and can't because of a process that according to my reporting, turns backs things like dates, if they have pits in them sleeping bags, if they're the color green scissors, if they're in a medical kit, so we can say that if the israeli committee upholds this, promised to open up another crossing and the report that would give them an opportunity to bring more allow more aid into northern gaza. but the truth is that this is a systemic problem according to every aid organization on the ground that goes far

also waiting this morning for word on when israel will reopen crossings two without aid into gaza the erez crossing crossing is one of them, american officials worried widespread destruction will prevent aid from reaching those in need camila dechalus is covering this for as can be look, good morning to you does the us have any first on this attack that they expect from iran, any specific intelligence about what they're expecting woke up well, good morning, victor amara, at this time, us officials tell us that an attack made by iran >> is inevitable. and even though we don't know now the specifics of when and exactly how they're planning to strike back. we know that he could come as early as next week. now, this issue was a major talking point. the last time president biden spoke on the phone with the israeli prime minister and both governments say that they are making preparations and preparing for the worst-case scenario. but the bigger picture here is that if a does strike back, then this could potentially escalate and become a wider regional conflict. and that is something that isn't a

nic the erez crossing into gaza is expected to open tomorrow to bring in much needed aid. do we know for how long it will be open, how much aid could possibly get in we don't we know it's gonna be under intense scrutiny by the white house, some by others, because president biden has put a lot of >> pressure on prime minister netanyahu to two get allow aid into northern gaza, aid gets into the south of gaza at the moment, but it's the people in the north who were cut off essentially by a military line that the idf has in the center of gaza the people were displaced from the north find it hard to get back to the north aid. typically, very little of it gets through to the north. so opening this aid border the crossing in the north at erez, crossing, it's hugely important issues you significant the expectation initially given to us by israel many government officials want said it would open sunday. we were there today, where at least close to the crossing because it's still a closed military area. we couldn't get direct access week couldn't see any level of big preparation. we

now, this port and the nearby erez crossing point have been prised open by a stinging us demand that routes to get aid safely into northern gaza or risk losing american support. israel says its war is with hamas, not gaza's civilians, that it's fighting one and feeding the other. but aid workers accuse israel of seeing them as targets and aid as a weapon of war. lucy williamson, bbc news, ashdod. let's get more now on the aid situation and those new routes opened up by israel. we can speak to unicef�*s communications specialist, tess ingram, whojoins us from gaza. thank you very much for coming on the programme. thank you very much for coming on the programme-— thank you very much for coming on the programme. thanks for having us. so “ust talk the programme. thanks for having us. so just talk poster _ the programme. thanks for having us. so just talk poster with _ the programme. thanks for having us. so just talk poster with the _ the programme. thanks for having us. so just talk poster with the impact - so just talk poster with the impact is of presidentjoe biden and the us demandin

thanks for being with us. >> thanks for having us and israeli official says the reopening of the erezssing for humanitarian aid has been delayed. it was set to open on sunday, but officials say they're still making what they call logistical preparations to ensure the checkpoint can accommodate truckloads of aid. despite the urgent need and us pressure, the israeli military agency in charge of aid deliveries says, it will announce the crossing's opening, quote, once a date is set, the world food programme's executive director cindy mccain, says a massive amount of much-needed food is just waiting to get into gaza. but she says it's important that the right kind of foods are getting in, especially for children who are in desperate need the aid of nutrients. here's what mccain told cnn on sunday >> yeah, bmp stands ready. we have right now amassed outside on the border food for 1.1 million people for three months we just need to get it in. that's why these crossings are so important and more crossings are needed as you know cnn has gathered a list of vetted organizations that are on the

save the children says no aid trucks have been able to enter gaza via the erez crossing.y, president biden urged israel to step up humanitarian aid to gaza. the u.s. continues to criticize prime minister benjamin netanyahu putting increased strain on israel and the u.s. relationship. some officials in the usc bidens pressure on israel is not enough. the bbc has exclusive reporting with current and former officials who say internal dissent in that government are groping -- growing. tom, tell us more about what you have found. >> it was nearly a week ago now that president biden had that really defining moment phone call with benjamin netanyahu, the israeli prime minister, after the israeli airstrike on those world central kitchen workers. mr. biden basically said, if you don't take drastic measures to reverse the catastrophic humanitarian situation on the ground in gaza, than the u.s. will reassess its policy toward israel. that was seen as really ramping up the pressure and it was within hours of that phone call that we had an announcement from the israelis that they woul

but today, we learned israel's plans to open the erez crossing has been delayed. so as you spell out some of those suggested conditions, do you feel like israel can be trusted? with the kinds of conditions that would be imposed by the biden administration or anyone. while also giving more military aid secretary of state blinken, use the word measurable so it's not about trust, it's gotta be measurable. >> we've >> got to be able to observe and measure the progress in massive humanitarian aid that has to flow to gaza. that has to be a condition on anything else we do and buttressing israeli capability militarily there is a humanitarian crisis, the likes of which the world has not seen since world war ii and that has to be addressed and addressed immediately. >> so >> those are those gates, those crossings have to be opened up and we have to use everything at our command to get food, water, medicine, a fuel, and other essential ingredients into gaza to save lives and stave off starvation the call between biden than yahoo last week was triggered in part by the israel

the erez gate will be temporarily opened his in the first time since the war.er through kerem shalom crossing. this was sent 78 workers were killed in an israeli austrac. among the dead three british citizens working to distribute food. israel said their deaths were tragic mistakes, for the families of the dead, it is a claim they do not accept. they were in the — claim they do not accept. they were in the conflicted - claim they do not accept. they were in the conflicted side, - were in the conflicted side, controlled by the idf stop they were following all the rules and procedures. which israel is laid out. they've never lost a person since opening their doors so we felt reasonably confident that he could accomplish the mission safely. i grew up without having a father... and now my grandson will grow up without having his father. ., ., , father. the united nations said 580 dru~s father. the united nations said 580 drugs will _ father. the united nations said 580 drugs will be _ father. the united nations said 580 drugs will be needed - father. the united nat

now, this port and the nearby erez crossing point have been prised open by a stinging us demand that new routes to get aid safely into northern gaza or risk losing american support. israel says its war is with hamas, not gaza's civilians, that it's fighting one and feeding the other. but aid workers accuse israel of seeing them as targets and aid as a weapon of war. lucy williamson, bbc news, ashdod. here in the us, there's growing pressure on presidentjoe biden over his handling of the conflict. some democrats criticise him for his unwavering support of israel. others on the left say he isn't doing enough to address the humanitarian crisis in gaza. most republicans, meanwhile, are more favourable toward sending military aid to israel. in a call thursday, president biden told the israeli prime minister he needed to do more to protect civilians or could face a shift in us policy. meanwhile, in the uk, pressure is growing on the government to stop weapons sales to israel, including from scotland's first minister humza yousaf. members of his wife's family live in gaza and at the beginni

we at wfp are grateful that there's consideration to open the erez border point and ashdod port.se things and more along with the airdrops, along with everything else that's going on, will help us get food in at scale. but it can't stop. it can no longer be a dribble of seven or eight trucks a day or seven or eight trucks a week. it has to be multitudes of trucks and quickly. there have been calls right up to the top of the united nations that, while welcoming these new moves, saying that all of the crossings should be open, and if not that it will still be difficult to get the amounts of aid in that are needed. is that also your view? that is absolutely our view. we would like every gate open. we need to get food in and get it in at scale. we can no longer wait to be considered or wait to see if our drivers are cleared or wait to see if the checkpoints are actually going to be open. we need to get in now. children are dying. as we speak, they are dying of hunger. that's why it is so important that we do what we do best, and that is take large amounts of food and feed those who a

it is finally opening the major erez crossing, attacked and ransacked by hamas gunmen on october 7th.here was a tense phone call between president biden and israel's benjamin netanyahu. future american support, the president warned, could depend on how israel responds. we welcome the steps announced by israel, opening erez as a new crossing point and shipments going directly from the ashdod port, maximising the route from jordan. these are positive developments, but the real test is results, and that is what we are looking to see in the coming days and weeks. as hunger and disease take hold in gaza, aid workers say things need to change quickly, food, medicine and personnel all needed to bring a desperate population back from the brink. paul adams, bbc news. lieutenant colonel peter lerner from the idf spoke to the bbc news channel a short while ago — he was asked what went wrong. the identification of the gunmen raised the red flags in the brigade level. the fire support officer raised the issue to his senior commanders asking for approval. he did not receive approval to strike becau

in the north of gaza, the erez crossing is due to reopen, and israel�*s nearby container port at ashdodand more aid will be delivered via the kerem shalom crossing in southern gaza. let�*s talk to our international editor jeremy bowen in jerusalem. jeremy, will this promised boost to aid deliveries be enough to quell the criticism of israel? clearly president biden got through to mr netanyahu in a way that he hasn�*t since the war started. they made that announcement about opening new routes in the middle of the night here injerusalem after they had their call. i think that while mr biden certainly is at a tipping point on this, is the war at a turning point? well, ithink it point on this, is the war at a turning point? well, i think it can be measured but it�*s going to take a few weeks. first of all, the numbers of palestinian civilians continuing to be killed by the israeli military, that�*s one measurement to see if things change. also the issue of hunger, acute malnutrition, and the imminent famine that was declared a month ago, and that has progressed to that degree of hunger. so

you have the erez crossing.that has been the main people crossing for gazans and aid workers and diplomats and journalists going in and out of the gaza strip but it was overrun on the 7th of october by hamas con and it has been shut since then. we have been told it will be temporarily reopened and it is important because if eight cancun into the north of the gaza strip where the threat of famine as high —— because if aid can come into the north. an expansion of the route via jordan into the south of the gaza strip... all of these moves are being welcomed, but you can also see why because there are lots of details still to emerge, the us has said it is waiting to see, it will assess if these moves go far enough. how significant is it, do you think of the fact it came after the call between netanyahu and biden? we have known this has been called for full some time, how significant is that it is now happening? == some time, how significant is that it is now happening?— it is now happening? -- for some time. it it i

>> nic robertson, israel near the erez crossing. thank you. stay safe. thank you for reporting on the ground. we are grateful >> all right. let's break this all down with cnn's melanie zanona zolan kanno-youngs of the new york times, and the washington post. leigh ann caldwell. good morning to you all. thanks for being here >> obviously, we have seen this shift in tone from the president. the question is, how much of the town impacting things and how his party will deal with it? and this is a real challenge for him he had this message to netanyahu and they had that phone call thursday called overall humanitarian situation unacceptable and said that there needs to be changes because us policy, we're only dictate how israel acts going forward. but the us is still supplying arms to israel. have we really seen any change inside the white house in his hand in its policy towards israel, or what is happening right now behind the scenes it seems limited to rhetoric thus far. for the most part, i mean, look going back to the state of the union, you remember what?

also waiting this morning for word on when israel will reopen crossings to allow aid into gaza the erez crossing is one of them. now american officials worried widespread destruction will prevent a from reaching those in need >> these are positive developments, but the real test is results. and that's what we're looking to see in the coming days. and in the coming weeks is the aid effectively reaching people who need it throughout gaza >> and we have teamed coverage this morning, we will get to camila dechalus in just a minute, but let's start with cnn's nic robertson, who is standing by live in israel nick, can you tell us okay. you know, we're we're actually gonna go to kamila first and kamila tell us more about the specific intelligence about an looming attack from iran well, at this point in time, us officials say they believe an attack against made by >> iran is inevitable. and even though we don't know exactly how or when they're planning to strike back. we know that he could come as early as next week. now, this has been a major talking good point when biden spoke to the israeli

are specifically for the erez border crossing to be opened and it and it hasn't happened since then, but under the extreme pressure of the events of last week of the world central kitchen seven workers being killed. my pressure in that phone call from president biden and prime minister netanyahu. there was an announcement that the border crossing will open. we understand that trucks will go across the border crossing tomorrow, sunday local time. it's not clear to us how many what will be on them where they'll go on how sustain this will be. we were at the border close the erez crossing today, this was typically a pedestrian crossing before it can obviously handle trucks, but a lot of the roads on the gaza side, or broken that tarmac completely destroyed on some of the roads in some places, we heard heavy machine gunfire around there today and the sound of heavy explosions not far away. so it's hard to know how safe and whether or not the vehicles will actually be able to get in. and do their job. we do know that the idf met friday with world food programme officials. we don't know th

aid is not flowing through the erez crossing into gaza? yes.says there are additional logistical preparations needed once a date has been set and israeli spokesperson says they will announce the crossing's opening negotiators for israel and hamas are still working on a potential hostage and ceasefire deal. but egyptian officials say there's been significant progress on many points and negotiations are expected to continue can you for the next 48 hours and ukrainian president volodymyr zelenskyy says, ukraine will lose the war with russia if the us congress doesn't approve military aid. lenski is warning comes as house speaker mike johnson faces mounting pressure to decide whether to move forward with an aid bill joining me now from vienna is france have gaiety and associate fellow of the international issues for strategic studies. i mean, it was very clear language, wasn't it from president zelenskyy, but it's the sort of argument has been made in washington for some time that all of those who feel that ukraine needs that money from the us i th

and now we're hearing that the erez crossing, which was part of that conversation, apparently has not been reopened, i guess, as promised, at the time in which it was promised. what does this say about the cooperation or lack thereof, even after a conversation involving the president and the prime minister about anyone imposing any kind of conditions on israel. as a result of the humanitarian crisis, continuing to grow grow. and we're i think the administration has certain metrics, opening crossing points is clearly one of those metrics score better coordination to say the >> least, to avoid that, a catastrophic attack by israeli drones against world kitchen central on and the deaths of seven aid workers, you know, err is the erez crossing where it was never a crossing point to facilitate the movement of large amounts of material and trucks. it was viewed as a crossing point for palestinian aid workers. excuse me, that was sitting workers working in israel. there was also a report today that 322 trucks need to confirm that went into gaza delivering humanitarian assistance, which is th

israel has said the erez crossing into the northern part of gaza will be opened for the first time sinceber 7th. and aid for gaza will also be allowed to flow through the israeli port of ashdod and then travel down to the erez crossing. israeli officials have also said they will increase the amount of aid moving through the kerem shalom crossing. but we don't have a timeline for when these three measures to ease the flow of aid will be implemented. joining me now is sir alan moses, a former lord justice of the court of appeal, who was one of the signatories of a letter this week from 600 lawyers, academics and retired seniorjudges warning that the uk government is breaching international law by continuing to arm israel. also, we have aleema shivji — oxfam gb's interim chief executive, and isaac zarfati — executive director of standwithus uk, an organisation which aims to educate and counter misinformation about israel in britain. welcome to you all. i want to start with you, aleema. how much difference do you think these new aid routes will actually make on the ground? i aid routes will

an important development in the humanitarian aid crisis in gaza israel is preparing to reopen the erez crossing in northern gaza, at least temporarily to bring in aid that move follows a meeting between president biden is israeli prime minister met navajo. this wig the backdrop to all of this tomorrow, mark six months since the hamas attack on israel sparked, which sparked the war in gaza. priscilla alvarez is in washington for us and nic robertson in jerusalem. priscilla, you first, how is the us preparing for this potential attack that were being warned about? >> well, the us and the israeli government is working around the clock to try to get in position ahead of any potential attack by iran. but both see it as inevitable. now they don't know how it would be carried out or when, but they're preparing for all possible scenarios of of an attack potentially in israel now, again, this was a major point of discussion between the president, joe biden and israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu in their phone call this week. and of course it stems from that israeli airstrike that you wer

there's gonna be the opening of this erez crossing. does that go far enough?ouse get enough out of the israelis after this terrible tragedy earlier this week i'm glad to see that president biden has gotten tougher with prime minister netanyahu and his cabinet and his administration. and the opening of that erez crossing is important for humanitarian assistance. but to your question about whether it goes far enough hey clearly doesn't and hit called early on in october for a ceasefire, october 17, myself, along with several others because both in classified and unclassified briefings, i saw it was becoming clear two things first, israel's actions were not leading to the release of hostages. in fact, that didn't happen until there was a temporary ceasefire. and so a ceasefire actually worked to get hostages released. but also, it was becoming clear that there was intentional denial of humanitarian aid and to put a greater point on it they were intentionally starving people and there was also what look like the development of indiscriminate targeting of palestini

i don't ethical gas, mahalia lotto cutting if coats the materials me and go brother, erez, spent 52 daysty. >> they saw things that chill lot supposed to see. >> how are they doing? now? >> we're afraid they're going to be kidding up again, and they were thinking that behind any door there is a terrorist in the house they don't feel safe. it's like it's like the basic safety of human is gone. >> the whole family has been in trauma therapy and erez has found comfort in playing the video game fortnite >> why do >> you like to play it? >> so how much? if i go back >> hadassah says the therapists have told her it's okay for him to play even though the game reminds him of the tunnels in gaza. >> let's watch it all. it was like a for-loop game. >> i hate this game. you know, what keep playing and i think maybe it's trying to process what's happened to him. it's like or maybe it trying to fill powerful so har has struggled with the absence of their father. ofer, who remains in captivity. >> they they worried fine. way missing him. they can't see their life without him. >> my lab sheet each anym

that's the erez crossing.ou see they're allowing humanitarian aid shipments directly into the territory. and this comes just days after biden demand and israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu improve the humanitarian situation and bacot immediate ceasefire the white house says us policy on gaza hinges on what israel does now. but as the war grinds on, biden remains under significant political pressure at home, as does netanyahu in israel. >> now >> cnn's nic robertson is live in southern israel near the gaza border. and nic, there have been developments in the war over the weekend. is that an indicator? you should all that this pressure campaign on netanyahu is working >> yeah, it certainly some indications, in some ways, look, we were expecting the erez border crossing to open for aid to go into the northern part of gaza. very significant. that's where the biggest level of starvation is among palestinians, 300,000 it's not an estimated that prime minister's office at indicated that that border crossing wou

meanwhile the israeli government is opening up new routes for aid deliveries into gaza, the erez crossing. it follows a warning from us presidentjoe biden that israel must do more to help civilians in gaza. with more on this — here's our diplomatic

for the first time since the start of the israel—gaza war, israel will temporarily reopen the erez crossing humanitarian deliveries and more aid trucks from jordan will be allowed to traverse israel to gaza. the call between biden and netanyahu was their first since an israeli air strike killed seven international aid workers from the charity group world central kitchen, sparking international outrage. the white house is urging israel to allow a "dramatic" increase of aid into gaza within "hours or days." in a statement released after the israeli ministers approved opening aid corridors, the white house national security council said:

it's like the basic safety of filming is gone. >> the whole family has been in trauma therapy and erez has found comfort in playing the video game fortnite >> why >> do you like to play it? >> so how much can hadassah says the therapists have >> told her it's okay for him to play even though the game reminds him of the tunnels in gaza. >> that's what it was like afforded game i hate this game. you know, what it keeps playing and i think maybe it's trying to possess what's happened to him. it's like, oh, maybe it's to feel powerful so har has struggled with the absence of their father, ofer, who reigns in captivity. >> they they worried for way missing him. they can't see their life without him. >> my lab sheet each again. >> in >> february after israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu dismissed a new hostage deal. >> we have carveout tissue and it's a whole lot. who are yaqiu? >> she spoke at a press conference beside four other former hostages. >> and i'm on yoga, but you should i not call a few today. no money but if it's needed we commissioned in touch him, think of that column wi

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for the first time since the start of the israel—gaza war, israel will temporarily reopen the erez crossingveries. and more aid trucks from jordan will be allowed to traverse israel to gaza. the call between biden and netanyahu was their first since an israeli air strike killed 7 international aid workers from the charity group world central kitchen — sparking international outrage. the white house is urging israel to allow a "dramatic" increase of aid into gaza within "hours or days." in a statement released after the israeli ministers approved opening aid corridors, the white house national security council said:

said and others have said if benjamin netanyahu, prime minister, were to order the idf at scale and erez one , two after hamas and making no provisions for civilians or for humanitarian aid, i would vote to condition aid to israel. i've never said that before. i've never been here before. >> when we talk about tradition, the bottom-line condition has to be full accommodation for the delivery of unitarian aid to the suffering people in palestine. >> yesterday, president biden and secretary of state antony blinken received a letter signed by more than three dozen house democrats urging them to reconsider the decision to authorize an arms package transfer to israel and to withhold future transfers until there is an investigation into the airstrike that killed those aid workers. my next test signed that letter. joining me now, democratic congress woman of pennsylvania, member of the house for committee. congresswoman dean, thank you for coming to the saturday show. what kind of israel ? >> it is good to be with you. obviously, this week, the egregious, precise attack on aid vehicles carrying

they show the gun and they said go out or we should har erez and their 50 three-year-old father. oh, fair. calderon were caught hadassah continues to speak out because while her children had been released to their father. oh, fair. remains among the 134 israeli hostages that remain in gaza. israel believes at least 30 of them are dead on sunday. you'll hear from hadassah and other families. i spoke with who are so desperate for a deal to be reached. so that they can see their loved ones. finally, come home fred >> much beonest, four report errors in the whole story with anderson cooper tomorrow at 8:00 p.m. eastern time hello again, everyone. thank you so much for joining me out for greek. a whitfield and we're following me developments in the crisis in the middle east. cnn learned a short time ago that house republicans plan to hold a vote next week on a pro israel resolution that would opposed calls for a ceasefire between israel and hamas. the very thing the biden administration has been working toward, the symbolic vote will put republicans at all as with not just the white h

border crossing that was reopened yeah >> the israeli government say that we're going to open the erez border crossing. this is hugely significant, something, secretary blinken was asking for back in february when he was here the erez crossing is in north of gaza and is close to the port of ashdod that the the, the cabinet, the war cabinet here says that they've agreed to open to import humanitarian aid that what's important here is that ashdod, the port is very, very close to the arrows crossing. so the potential here to really open up a quick and efficient humanitarian aid corridor into northern gaza. but this has stumbled. despite promises made like this in the past before. >> yeah >> glad we got your back there, nick. thank you so much for that report. appreciate it. now, i want to bring in cumbersome richie torres of new york, who just returned from israel. we are going to talk about that in a moment. but as i said, you are from new york, you are in new york. i understand that you felt the earthquake this morning, described i've that and what you're seeing and hearing from your co

city became a key battleground in the war, were also learning that israel's planned reopening of the erez border crossing in the north gaza is being delayed. it would have allowed for more aid to flow into gaza. today's developments follow a call last week between president biden and really prime minister benjamin netanyahu and sources tell cnn that during that call president biden gave netanyahu a list of things that he wanted to see done to ease the human suffering in gaza and it all comes as israel marks a grim milestone. it has been exactly six months today since hamas attacked we've got full coverage for you, priscilla alvarez is in washington. nic robertson and jerusalem and ben wedeman in beirut. priscilla, you first, what more we learning about the phone call between biden and netanyahu >> well, sources are sharing more about the pressure that was placed by president biden in this 30 minute call with the israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu. last week. of course, this was a call that came at a critical moment and was put on the books after the deaths of those world central ki

now this port and the nearby erez crossing point have been prized over by a stinging u.s.that the u.s. find new routes to get -- israel find a new routes to get aid into gaza or risk losing american support. israel says it's war is with hamas not because and civilians, that it is fighting one and feeding the other. aid workers accuse israel of seei them as targets. and aid as a weapon of war. lucy williamson bb two news -- bbc news ashdod. >> international pressure on israel continues to grow even after the country announced it would enable additional routes to get more aid into gaza. the u.s. secretary general antonio gutierrez rewed his appeal for an immediate cease-fire in gaza after visiting the rafah crossing that shares a border with egypt. he is calling for a release of israeli hostages and unimpeded delivery of aid to the region. the united nations rights office says attacks against aid workers more -- may amount to a war crime and backed a weapon and on israel because of its conduct. germany's foreign minister says there can be no more excuses about letting aid in

. >> so secretary blinken praise the move by netanyahu to open erez crossing, but he said, quote, the real test has results when do you expect your trucks will be able to move through the erez crossing. have you seen any tangible evidence yet on the ground that more aid is going to get in well, there are certainly meetings that have been had and i'm aware of some of them and i know that there's plenty more going on right now please remember this though. and so our viewers understand wfp stands ready, we have right now amassed outside on the border food for one million people, four three months, we just need to get it in. that's why these crossings are so important. and more crossings are needed as you know you've been sounding the alarm about this crisis, especially in northern gaza for months now. why do you think there has been such a hold-up getting the aid into gaza, is it because of security concerns that weapon it's might be smuggled in is a punitive because the october 7 attacks were so horrific, the hostages still remain in gaza what is the reason for the blockade as it's been

una de las vías será a través del puerto de ashdod y otra al norte por el cruce de erez. que el convoy humanitario. viajaban milicianos armados de hamás, catalogando el incidente como un grave error. problem is not you made the mistakes. pero el problema principal no es quién cometió el error, sino la estrategia militar y los procedimientos establecidos que permiten que esos errores se multipliquen una y otra vez. el secretario general de las naciones unidas, antonio guterres, dijo que está profundamente preocupado por los informes de que la campaña de bombardeos del ejército israelí incluye la inteligencia artificial como herramienta en la identificación de objetivos. ninguna parte de las decisiones de vida o muerte que afecten a familias enteras debe delegarse al frío. cálculo de los algoritmos la inteligencia artificial debe usarse como una fuerza para el bien en beneficio del mundo. no contribuir a librar una guerra a nivel industrial, desdibujando la rendición de cuentas. a todo esto, la policía israelí reforzó la seguridad en jerusalén antes de las oraciones de este