i'm amy goodman. israel and hamas have agreed to a four-day pause in fighting and to exchange 50 hostages held in gaza for 150 palestinians in israeli prisons. the short-term truce will also allow for the entry of humanitarian aid into gaza. the deal was mediated by qatar, egypt, and the united states. the temporary truce. prime minister benjamin netanyahu said it does not mean israel will end its war on gaza as it continued its deadly attacks on the besieged territory, including in khan younis in southern gaza. this man lost 15 members of his family, including children, in an israeli airstrike earlier today in a residential area of khan younis. >> the cease-fire deal will not bring the safety from israelis. if there's no real cease-fire that ends this, it is not worthy. >> aren't you optimistic? >> no, i am afraid it will be more fierce than before. amy: we'll have more on the truce deal after headlines. separately, an israeli drone strike killed at least five palestinians in the tulkarm camp in the

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i'm amy goodman.israel and hamas have agreed to pause fighting for an additional 48 hours after mediators secured a deal for both sides to release more captives. on monday, the red cross said it facilitated the release and transfer of 11 israeli hostages held in gaza. their release came as israel freed three palestinian women and 30 children from israeli prisons. it was the fourth exchange since the gaza truce came into effect last week. israeli attacks on gaza since october 7 have killed about 15,000 people, more than 6000 of them children. the world health organization warns more palestinians could soon die of preventable diseases than of israel's bombardment unless gaza's health system is rapidly repaired. on monday, british-palestinian surgeon dr. ghassan abu sitta spoke about his experiences in gaza hospitals. >> one of the most horrific scenes that i witnessed in al-shifa hospital was went after the air raid and the dead and wounded were brought in, members of the shifa medical staff and nursing

i'm amy goodman. dozens of palestinians have been killed in the 41st consecutive day of unrelenting attacks by israel's military on the gaza strip. overnight, israel's air force dropped leaflets over parts of the southern city of khan younis ordering people to leave their homes and shelters "for their own safety." many are being expelled for a second time after israel last month ordered more than a million palestinians to leave their homes in northern gaza. on wednesday, israeli authorities allowed the first shipment of fuel into the gaza strip since early october. the u.n.'s agency for palestinian refugees, unrwa, says just over 6000 gallons of fuel -- half a tanker truck's worth -- was allowed to cross from egypt. that's just 9% of what unrwa says is needed daily to sustain lifesaving activities. israel is not allowing the fuel to be used in hospitals or to power water and sewage pumps. the u.n.'s human rights chief volker turk said outbreaks of disease and hunger in gaza now appear inevitable. his

i'm amy goodman. israeli tanks have surrounded gaza's indonesian hospital after israel's military continues its relentless assault on the gaza strip's health infrastructure. israeli artillery fire killed at least 12 people earlier today inside the medical complex where about 700 others, including medical staff and injured people, remain besieged. egyptian television showed ambulances carrying sick and premature babies passing through the rougher border crossing to egypt after the u.n. assisted in moving 31 premature babies from gaza's al-shifa hospital to rafah on sunday. unicef warned the babies' conditions were incredibly fragile after the multiple moves in extremely dangerous conditions. other babies died as medical services collapsed at al-shifa. doctors say babies had to drink formula prepared with contaminated water, further endangering their survival. a number have infections. a world health organization team visited the al-shifa hospital, which it called a death zone, and lauded the heroic hea

i'm amy goodman. israel's unceasing bombardment of the gaza strip entered its seventh week with fresh attacks on the jabalia refugee camp that killed at least 18 people. on thursday, the main communications companies went out of service due to a lack of fuel for generators, plunging most of the besieged territory into another communications blackout. israeli troops occupied the al-shifa hospital for a third straight day were some 7000 trapped medical workers and patients face a worsening humanitarian crisis. an al-shifa doctor says 43 out of 63 intensive care patients who are on ventilators have died after supplies of oxygen and fuel ran out. a large number they say a premature babies have also died due to israel's siege on the hospital. on thursday, israeli and egyptian authorities allowed a handful of wounded palestinians through the rough a border crossing for treatment in egypt. this is a palestinian boy whose leg was amputated after he survived an israeli missile strike on his family's home. >> p

i'm amy goodman. gaza's two largest hospitals, al-shifa and al-quds, have closed as gaza's health system collapses under relentless israeli bombardment and blockades. at least six premature babies and nine other patients have died at al-shifa due to shortages of electricity. photos show premature babies removed from their incubators and placed together on a bed for warmth as the last remaining hospital workers are forced to resort to desperate measures. medical staff say israeli forces have entered hospitals and fired at patients and forced hundreds of others onto the streets. doctors and officials with the palestinian ministry of health pleaded with international actors to allow for the safe evacuation and treatment of patients. dr. muhammad qandil at al-shifa. >> [indiscernible] there is no service. we don't know what is going on. the communication was lost. they might be dead or alive. now al-shifa hospital, they cannot deal with the dead bodies. amy: nearly 200 medical workers have been reported k

i'm amy goodman. israeli tanks have surrounded hospitals in the gaza strip following a series of strikes on palestinian medical facilities. the world health organization reports al-shifa in gaza, the territories largest hospital, remains under heavy bombardment. thousands of palestinians left homeless by previous attacks have been sheltering under tents in the hospital's courtyard. the al-nasr children's hospital in gaza city reports it was attacked twice on thursday and nearly had to halt operations. and the al-rantisi children's hospital, home to gaza's only pediatric cancer ward, caught fire after an israeli strike. video shows patients and medical workers evacuating caring white flags and running in a panic at the sound of gunfire. at least six of gaza's hospitals have come under fire in the past 24 hours. the palestinian death toll is nearing 11,000, including 4400 children. on thursday, the white house said israel had agreed to posits assault on northern gaza for four up to six hours per day to

i'm amy goodman. israel said tuesday its forces are operating in the heart of gaza city and "tightening the nosose." an estimated 15,000 people fled northern gaza tuesday as the u.n. says 1.5 million people, more than half of gaza's population, have now been displaced. over 10,000 people have been killed, nearly half of them children. the international committee of the red cross says aid vehicles are being targeted as hospitals run out of lifesaving medical supplies. aerial bombardments throughout the gaza strip continue. this is a resident of khan younis, an area that was supposed to be safe, speaking after israeli airstrikes leveled homes and killed at least 23 people tuesday morning. >> it is a genocide. they strike the houses and don't care about children, women, elderly people, men. they don't care. no one cares about us and his whole world. i don't know why their silence, why the world is silent. we are not living. we need a solution. either kill us all or let us live. amy: doctors without borde

i'm amy goodman. tens of thousands of palestinians scrambled to flee northern gaza on foot wednesday after israel's military gave them a four-hour window to leave. israeli officials say some 100,000 civilians remain in northern gaza, down from more than a million a month ago. human rights groups say many seniors, pregnant people, parents of young children, and people with disabilities have been unable to heed israel's mass evacuation orders. this is ahmed mohammed, whose neighborhood near the al-shati refugee camp came under intense israeli bombardment. >> may allah protect us. those without resources will have to stay where they are. it is as if they have sentenced us to death. amy: the u.n. agency for palestinian refugees, unrwa, says 70% of gaza's residents are displaced. supermarkets have been swept clean of food and other essentials. israeli assaults have destroyed about a dozen of gaza's bakeries. with no clean drinking water, palestinians have been forced to bathe in the mediterranean sea, wher

i'm amy goodman. the palestinian health ministry says all hospitals in northern gaza are now out of service bid repeated assaults by israeli but also medical centers. the world health organization said it was evacuating remaining patients from al-shifa, the largest hospital in the besieged palestinian territory, along with two other hospitals. hundreds of patients, many injured in israeli strikes, remain trapped medical centers which effectively have ceased functioning. a who official in geneva said it is "robbing the entire population of the north of the means to seek healthcare." there has been no let up in israel's bombing campaign. in one of the latest attacks, at least 20 palestinians were killed when israeli forces bombed the nuseirat refugee camp in central gaza. palestinian officials say more than 13,300 palestinians have been killed by israeli strikes. over 5000 of them, children. on monday, the u.n. secretary-general marked worlds children's day, the u.n.'s annual day of action for children,

i'm amy goodman with juan gonzalez. to sudan, where fighting between rival military factions continues to tear apart the country. since april, the fighting has killed over 12,000 people and left over 6 million people displaced. earlier this month, human rights groups say members of the rapid support forces paramilitary group carried out a massacre of around 1300 masalit people over three days in sudan's west darfur region. survivors of the massacre say rsf fighters went from house to house looking for men to kill. >> if they see a black person, they call him a fighter and kill him. if a black person is just walking, they kill him. there are people inside the houses in fear. they broke in with weapons and killed everyone. some people try to flee. they were caught, tied, taken out to the street, killed and left dead. these are all civilians and not fighters. even the women and young unmarried girls were killed. i saw them. i just came from -- yesterday. amy: on tuesday, a top sudanese general accused the united arab emira

i'm amy goodman. israeli ground forces have raided gaza's largest medical facility al-shifa hospital, where hundreds of patients are still being treated and thousands have taken shelter. the idf has been interrogating displaced people and staff. medical workers were forced to move premature babies and other patients as the hospital was turned into a war zone, sending dangerous dust and debris into the air. >> it is the direct targeting. patients are being evacuated who were evacuated in the first case from the to secure to the hallways. amy: on tuesday, people trapped by israeli forces in al shifa hospital were forced to dig a mass grave within the hospital compound to bury the dead. israel's assault on gaza's collapsed health infrastructure has also targeted al-rantisi children's hospital, which, like almost all hospitals in gaza, was forced to shutter and evacuate all patients. >> the hospital was deceased by tanks and water. they were various targeting of the hospital. we were forced to evacuate th

i'm amy goodman. the united nations warns a tragedy of colossal proportions is underway in the gaza strip one month after israel laid siege to the palestinian territory and began a round-the-clock bombardment. on monday, u.n. secretary general antonio guterres renewed his urgent call for an immediate cease-fire, citing the more than 10,000 palestinians killed by israel strikes. over 4000 of the dead are children. >> gaza is becoming a graveyard for children. hundreds of girls and boys are reportedly being killed or injured every day. amy: earlier today, the israeli military ordered the immediate evacuation of al-rantisi children's hospital in gaza city. israel already shelled the hospital two days ago and is threatening to bomb the building. after headlines, we will speak to the president and founder of palestine children's relief fund, which established the only pediatric cancer center at that hospital. on monday come israel's military admitted it struck the convoy of ambulances outside al-shifa hosp

i'm amy goodman. united nations agency for palestinians for refugees has its help will grant to halt if there is no fuel. the warning from unwra came on the 30th consecutive day of relentless attacks on the besieged palestinian territory with dozens killed and wounded in the latest strikes on the southern city of khan younis. this, despite israel's order to gazans to evacuate to what israeli leaders have called a safe zone in the south. the united nations says more than 200,000 northern gaza residents have fled their homes over the past 10 days. this is an 80-year-old forced to march south on foot. >> we have no food or water and we are displaced from our home. our building was destroyed with our belongings inside. we are all without clothing and don't know what to do. what can we do? amy: president joe biden called monday on israel to scale back its attacks on civilian targets saying its military should take what he called less intrusive action at gaza's main medical center, the al-shifa hospital. bi

i'm amy goodman. officials in gaza say israeli air strikes have killed at least 195 palestinians in the jabalia refugee camp since tuesday. 120 palestinians are reported missing and feared to be buried under the rubble from three days of strikes, which leveled entire blocks of residential buildings inside gaza's largest refugee camp. earlier today, israel bombed a school at the refugee camp run by unrwa, the u.n. human rights office said in a statement, "we have serious concerns that these are disproportionate attacks that could amount to war crimes." one resident of jabalia, abdel kareem rayan, said the israeli air strikes killed 15 members of his family. >> i lost my whole family. they were innocent. what wrong do they do? my sister's house and her children, all my siblings -- no one left but me and my younger brother. 15 people. they are innocent and kind. it is literally a massacre. amy: on wednesday, gaza's only cancer treatment center, the turkish-palestinian friendship hospital, was forced to c

i'm amy goodman. officials in gaza say israeli air strikes have killed at least 195 palestinians in the jabalia refugee camp since tuesday. 120 palestinians are reported missing and feared to be buried under the rubble from three days of strikes, which leveled entire blocks of residential buildings inside gaza's largest refugee camp. earlier today, israel bombed a school at the refugee camp run by unrwa, the u.n. human rights office said in a statement, "we have serious concerns that these are disproportionate attacks that could amount to war crimes." one resident of jabalia, abdel kareem rayan, said the israeli air strikes killed 15 members of his family. >> i lost my whole family. they were innocent. what wrong do they do? my sister's house and her children, all my siblings -- no one left but me and my younger brother. 15 people. they are innocent and kind. it is literally a massacre. amy: on wednesday, gaza's only cancer treatment center, the turkish-palestinian friendship hospital, was forced to c

i'm amy goodman. officials in gaza say israeli air strikes have killed at least 195 palestinians in the jabalia refugee camp since tuesday. 120 palestinians are reported missing and feared to be buried under the rubble from three days of strikes, which leveled entire blocks of residential buildings inside gaza's largest refugee camp. earlier today, israel bombed a school at the refugee camp run by unrwa, the u.n. human rights office said in a statement, "we have serious concerns that these are disproportionate attacks that could amount to war crimes." one resident of jabalia, abdel kareem rayan, said the israeli air strikes killed 15 members of his family. >> i lost my whole family. they were innocent. what wrong do they do? my sister's house and her children, all my siblings -- no one left but me and my younger brother. 15 people. they are innocent and kind. it is literally a massacre. amy: on wednesday, gaza's only cancer treatment center, the turkish-palestinian friendship hospital, was forced to c

i'm amy goodman. in gaza, israel struck the densely populated jabalia refugee camp again today day , one after an israeli air attack killed at least 50 people and injured another 150. this is a doctor who treated victims of the attack at the indonesian hospital, where surgeons had to operate in the hallways as the facility was overrun with patients. >> a large number of injured have come to us after the large explosion that shook the entire jabalia refugee camp. hundreds of injuries. hundreds of martyrs. they were just sitting in their arms. children, all martyrs. children, women, elderly. we have no idea what to do. there are injured everywhere. amy: the world health organization is warning of an imminent public health catastrophe in gaza, with some surgeries performed without anesthesia due to the dire shortage of medical supplies. mohamed abu al-qumsan, an engineer with al jazeera's gaza bureau, lost 19 members of his family, including his father and two sisters, in israeli air raids on the jabalia

i'm here with ryan goodman. did we have section 268 that you were showing me? >> yes. >> i want to read something to you, secretary, and this is something from the ruling, ryan goodman just found this. section 298 consequently the court finds that petitioners have established that trump engaged in an insurrection on january 6, 2021, through incitement and that the first amendment does not protect trump 's speech. secretary, how significant is that line for you? it is, to me, pretty stunning, the whole concern, oh, well, it is hard to prove. the judge says in the ruling that they did establish that trump engaged in an insurrection. >> it's really powerful for the entire nation. i believe trump incited insur insurrection. there are questions whether it reached the level of disqualification and to find a court of law to determine, yes, he did incite the insurrection, i think is important for the entire country. regardless if trump is on the ballot or not, he is a danger to american democracy. he consistently lies to the american people, incited the insurrection, w