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. , g, g, , been looking at the images released b the idf. , g, a, , by the idf. has said its gained operational - by the idf. the israeli army has l said its gained operational control of the gaza side of the rafah crossing here. the israelis say they've done this because mortars were fired from this area, killing four of their soldiers. we haven't verified this ourselves but we have verified this ourselves but we have verified several videos of israeli armoured vehicles circulating on social media, including this one which appeared online this morning. it shows a tank ramming into two palestinian flags at the crossing on the gaza side. the long shadows stretching on the ground from the west to the east suggest this was filmed early in the morning, and we've located it to hear by looking at pictures and satellite imagery of the crossing. 0vernight there was continuous israeli bombardment on the border city, and we verified this video, which was sent to the bbc by someone in khan younis, looking towards rafah, and you can see flares in the skies over rafah. israel

~ ., a, , a, a, idf? i think there already are, and talk about it _ idf? there already are, and talk about it in israel about - talk about it in israel about generals being silent arrest warrants, which is a mechanism the icc has, and there are preparations for it, something is really commanders take into consideration, and i have to say it is representative —— reprehensible. these allegations, he can talk about impunity and not being above the law, him bundling together democratically elected leaders and appointed ministers of a democracy pointed for its survival together with terrorists. he pointed for its survival together with terrorists.— pointed for its survival together with terrorists. he does not meet karen parsons — with terrorists. he does not meet karen parsons between _ with terrorists. he does not meet karen parsons between the - with terrorists. he does not meet karen parsons between the sides| with terrorists. he does not meet - karen parsons between the sidesjust karen parsons between the sides just to lay out the claim that they both comm

and people in rafah that the idf has reached the center of rafah, that there are is really tanks at a number of locations at the center of rafah. can you confirm that? >> i can confirm our intention is to take rafah, because that is where the last four battalions of hamas will exist, and we are going to take the last quarter strength size of hamas. it is essential to meet our war aims. caitriona: so you are confirming what i asked you about the idf being in the center of rafah as we speak. >> i can confirm that we used tanks to fight this genocidal organization -- caitriona: ok, we have to leave it there. thanks for joining us. before we move on, there has

the idf has expressed leaflets but _ border? the idf has expressed leaflets but it _ border?idf has expressed leaflets but it is also for the i border? the idf has expressed l leaflets but it is also for the last four months gazan civilians to actually clear and evaluate and start moving towards the north. there is clear passage and they can start moving up. the idf is also making specific phone calls to areas that we actually target where we know there is hamas points that we are about to attack and it is actually calling, phone calls, the entire area to evacuate. whether --eole entire area to evacuate. whether people trust _ entire area to evacuate. whether people trust in — entire area to evacuate. whether people trust in that _ entire area to evacuate. whether people trust in that passage i entire area to evacuate. whether i people trust in that passage remains to be seen, honestly, but the point unread has said they are running low on fuel and if they go to al—mawasi their operation. in three or four days because there is not sufficient fuel to run a humanitarian operati

that was the latest from the idf. - notified their families. that was the latest from the idf. i notified their families. that was| the latest from the idf. let's go straight to our correspondent who is injerusalem. pool, devastating news for all of those families and shocking news for all of the hostage families that await developments every single day. families that await developments every single day-— every single day. yes, this is exactly the _ every single day. yes, this is exactly the news _ every single day. yes, this is exactly the news that - every single day. yes, this is exactly the news that they i every single day. yes, this is - exactly the news that they dread hearing every day. it is also the kind of news which some of the families fear more and more as this war drags on, as the prospects for a negotiated release of further hostages seems to ebb and flow. right now there does not seem to be any meaningful conversation going on. when it comes to the people we were talking about today, we all knew that the german israeli citizen was dead because several months ag

for my idf brigadier general. _ israel to its citizens. for my idf brigadier general. brigadier general. thank you i israel to its citizens. for my idf| brigadier general. thank you for being with us and thank you for your patience while we reestablish the line to you. thank you. let's speak to our panelists. claire ainsley, director of the project of centre left renewal at the progressive policy institute, and bill scher, politics editor at washington monthly what you make of what is happening in the last 2a hours in gaza, more aid getting in but as we were hearing from the retired general, israel looks pretty intent on an all—out on rafah. —— attack on rafah. it all-out on rafah. -- attack on rafah. , ., , , rafah. it is good to see the roots of aid are flowing _ rafah. it is good to see the roots of aid are flowing through - rafah. it is good to see the roots of aid are flowing through a - rafah. it is good to see the roots of aid are flowing through a bit . of aid are flowing through a bit more easily thanks to the actions of the us and others. but as he heard, isr

they idf representatives have informed the families idf and shin bet sorry for this difficult time. i call the public, please do not spread rumors and keep the security of our forces listen to the idf messages. we will update with transparency. first of all, the families and then the public through the media the intensive war in the strip is going on and i'm mission to bring the hostages back. is the top priority of every commander and soldier we are putting a lot of intelligent and operational efforts and complicated and risky combats including this very time we will continue with all the tools we have in order to create the conditions, create the conditions to bring the hostages back home as quickly as possible. questions you have been touched them same and i can do we know where they were murdered on 7 october or later and also was there any opposition with a terrorist that were guarding the place where the bodies were found? >> i say it again. meet its hack and chandni with blessed memories, escaped from the nova festival. they celebrated life in nova and they escaped when murde

>> i can tell you categorically that the idf does not strike tents.ch israel bought and provided for palestinian civilians and gaza civilians, we do not strike tents. there have been incidents on sunday evening where rockets have been fired from us and only 45 meters away from this, the site that we struck on sunday evening, where we struck these two terrorists. of course, we go after terrorists and on after civilians. the only people keeping civilians safe right now in gaza is israel. it is not hamas. hamas wants to maximize civilians. caitriona: just on what israel is doing and the idf, we are hearing reports from the bbc and local journalists and people in rafah that the idf has reached the center of rafah, that there are is really tanks at a number of locations at the center of rafah. can you confirm that? >> i can confirm our intention is to take rafah, because that is where the last four battalions of hamas will exist, and we are going to take the last quarter strength size of hamas. it is essential to meet our war aims. caitriona: so you are co

given that the idf has now closed — frankly. given that the idf has now closed the _ frankly.rankly. given that the idf has now closed the rafah crossing and is occupying that, aid has granted almost to a halt in most of gaza. the conditions you are describing there, the effective malnutrition, how much longer can the people of gaza survive in those ways? it is a very good question and i think the malnutrition that is there now is already leading to a large number of excess deaths which will eventually well exceed the 35,000 odd people who have died from trauma. and this will only get worse. and the malnutrition is so severe now that it is not something that simple food can correct. they need acute medical care with medical nutrition and, of course, that is almost impossible to provide. in most of gaza, it is certainly impossible in northern gaza, middle gaza and with the invasion in rafah imminent and the loss of hospitals there, it will be difficult to provide there so i think this will get much worse and we will see a large number of deaths from, not exclusively malnutritio

idf sending text messages, phone calls and fliers telling civilians to operate saying idf is about toperate with force in the area you reside as idf has operated so far. anyone in the area puts themselves and their family members in danger. they released fliers saying idf will continue to fight the terror organization that use you as human shields, therefore gaza city is a dangerous fighting zone, avoid crossing. there is no time line for long civilians in rafah and how long they have to evacuate before military operations start in the city. we expect more details later this morning, todd. >> todd: this is developing minute by minute. bring in navy seal, jonathan gilliam. we have been waiting on this offensive for months based upon reporting and logic moving individuals to a humanitarian zone. it appears imminent, what do you make of the timing, why nowa? >> jonathan: it could be about the hostages still be be held and the 1000 hamas soldiers in the area and what they could be planning themselves. i think it is time. the tactics and the strategy that israel is trying to acco accomplis

the idf is telling people to move to an expanded humanitarian zone on the al-muwasi refugee camp. the idf is now saying that this zone will be expanded from the area where it is in the west of gaza and the south and west of gaza northwards and eastwards towards khan younis and deir al balah in the center of gaza, the idf is saying there are expanding this safe area, but what we've seen in previous military operations when the idf announces to the civilian populations that they need to get out of the way and avoid these military zones where there will be military operations underway civilians have invariably been caught up and killed in the targeting of sites where the idf says its going after hamas, we know overnight there were, there were 11 houses according to civilian authorities inside of gaza, 11 houses destroyed by israeli airstrikes. they say in rafah overnight about more than 20 people killed in strikes overnight, whether or not this amounts to a precursor for, for a military of wider military offensive is not clear, but last yesterday the hamas military brigades claimed r

the text of the flyers is available from the idf website.y call on residents of certain specified neighbourhoods to relocate to specified humanitarian safe zones, because the idf will be operating against the terrorist organisations in these areas. for their safety, the idf urges them to evacuate immediately to the expanded humanitarian area in the al—mawasi area. warnings have also been issued that gaza city is still a dangerous active combat zone, and to avoid returning north of wadi gaza. warnings have also been made to stay away from the eastern and southern security fences. 0ur middle east correspondent, yolande knell reports from jerusalem. wasting no time after israeli flyers were dropped ordering evacuations. many have already fled from the advance of israeli forces many times. people in eastern rafah could soon be seen packing up in the rain. now the israeli military says it is planning a limited operation in gaza's southernmost city. "i took my clothes and left. i didn't take anything else," this woman says. tens of thousands of ga

the idf are askin: happening in rafah? the idf are asking more _ happening in rafah?he idf are asking more people _ happening in rafah? the idf are asking more people to _ happening in rafah? the idf are asking more people to leave - asking more people to leave rafah, they asked last week that people in the eastern part of rafah to leave near khan younis. now they are expanding this area to a larger area to ask people to leave rafah, the ground of enzyme rafah, there are many warnings from the united states, from the uk, from the national agency that this widening area of fighting in rafah lots of humanitarian crisis, would cause lots of human casualties between civilians and the situation in rafah is getting really dangerous.— rafah is getting really dancerous. ., ., ., dangerous. for those who are movin: dangerous. for those who are moving again. _ dangerous. for those who are moving again, these - dangerous. for those who are moving again, these are - dangerous. for those who are l moving again, these are people and families who have been to many times now they are

before today, the idf mainly hit targets with airstrikes in rafah. israel claims the gaza side of the crossing was being used for terror activity. the idf says hamas fired mortars toward israel's border from the area of the crossing over the weekend. four idf soldiers were killed. several others got hurt. israel says the operation isn't over yet. on monday, israel started ordering evacuations for the estimated 100,000 people who live in this part of rafah. it also comes a day after hamas agreed to a proposed cease fire deal with israel. but israel claims the group agreed to a different proposal than what was crafted by israel, and says the terms accepted are, quote, far from meeting their demands. but israel says it will send a delegation to egypt for more talks. again, if you are just now tuning in. israel's military says it has taken over the gaza side of the rafah border. it's what connects the territory to egypt. and officials say the operation was limited in precise. of course, we will continue to monitor this and bring you developments as we le

when we speak about. difficulties within the idf, it will be for— difficulties within the idf, it willin the idf, it will be for the long or range. for tomorrow's war in gaza or lebanon if it happens. _ tomorrow's war in gaza or lebanon if it happens, that would not make any difference _ it happens, that would not make any difference. , it happens, that would not make any difference. . ~ it happens, that would not make any difference. . ,, ., , it happens, that would not make any difference. . ~ ., , , ., difference. this week has seen a fresh wave _ difference. this week has seen a fresh wave of _ difference. this week has seen a fresh wave of palestinians - difference. this week has seen a | fresh wave of palestinians fleeing the fighting, most have moved multiple times before, the war following wherever they go. some are going north searching for scraps of open ground often by the sea, places without any basic services. we take water from the sea for our children this woman says, there are no bathrooms, no food no tents. the children haven't had any breakfast orseen children haven't

now, due to the idf offensive, all humanitarian supplies in rafah suspended.a city where there are more than a million civilians, a military operation by the israeli army has begun. anton talpov, vladimir vepritsky, vladimir talyzin, ntv. the ministry of defense reported the destruction of ukrainian strongholds near the border with the belgorod region. the fire on the dugouts containing ukrainian armed forces personnel led the crew of the t-80 tank to join the state border cover group. at some point, the enemy , using radio electronic warfare equipment , tried to influence our reconnaissance drone, which was adjusting the fire of the combat vehicle, but the drone operator managed to control it. and in the friendly zone in the donetsk direction, aerial reconnaissance detected enemy movements in one of the strong points, as well. approaching the line of combat contact of enemy equipment, the coordinators transmitted, the coordinates were transmitted to the command post of the army corps, when attempting to carry out a rotation, the enemy, equipment and personnel

killing to idf soldiers which is why they have been temporarily closed by the idf. protesting in this and creating a horrible humanitarian catastrophe, the moral blame limes with hamas. >> trace: it does. want to move on, some breaking news coming in, we have u.s. soldier, 35 euros gordon black now being held in russia, you once they only taught what week leave, to visit his steady girlfriend and then something happened, the question him for nine hours, he is now being held up! 's mother said the following to good morning america... >> i knew something was going to happen. it felt like he was being set up by her. you know, she started the argument, i started to fight and got him arrested. >> trace: shouldn't have been there but was he set up? >> i think he was that. ten, 15 years, the military getting training on social media on operational security. this is clearly a honey trap. he should not have been allowed -- well he's not allowed to go to russia, it's a category four country, it until anybody he was going that's on the fault of his commanding officer. but not

in khan younis, these are towns, cities rather that the idf has already had major operations and so he's telling us it's telling would un estimates to be about 100,000 palestinian civilians living in that eastern part of uh, raffa to evacuate a move to this safer area, it's not clear how long they have or when this military operation will begin. but the idf is telling them in these leaflets, in these announcements that they need to move immediately. you when officials talking about this to cnn in the past our also say that the area that the people are being evacuated to just not have sufficient to water does not have sufficient food at least one of the border crossings in the south was closed sunday when hamas fired rockets at an idf position just over the border inside of israel, three idf soldiers were killed in that the israeli foreign minister's office has just put out a statement saying, well, from the foreign minister saying that the fact that hamas fired rockets yesterday from the area of raffa isn't indication that they serious about ceasefire talks. this does have all the h

as we go to report right now, the idf from israel, the idf ground operation in rafah has begun.e'll hear from brian hook, former national security advise soar in the trump administration. meanwhile trump trial judge now threatening to throw the former president in jail, pure insanity. gregg jarrett will be here to talk about it. governor kristi noem right here on set to talk about her new book, no going back. liz peek, tammy bruce will opine pretty much everything else under the sun. first of all fox news's jeff paul live from tel aviv with the latest. jeff is there an idf invasion, is there movement what can you tell us? >> reporter: we're learning that the israeli war cabinet just unanimously voted to approve to continue its operation in rafah saying that it wants to keep putting pressure on hamas to eventually release the hostages but at the same time they also indicated in the statement that was released from the office of prime minister benjamin netanyahu that they're going to be sending a team of negotiators or mediators to continue to try to work out a deal that is accept

when it came to anchoring that pier into the beach, we used idf engineers trained by u.s., to help anchor that pier. there were no boots on the ground in the process. we feel really confident in our security position right now. caitrÍona: of course there would be no risk to american troops and there wouldn't be all of this expense if the aid could come in through land, if it could be driven to gaza. why hasn't the administration been able to convince the israelis to allow aid to come into their territory? sabrina: i think it's important to take a step back and remember that we are in this position because hamas brutally attacked, launched a brutal attack on october 7. now, the israelis have committed to going after and defeating hamas within gaza, and we are supportive of their efforts to defeat hamas. but of course we have seen a dire humanitarian situation get worse in gaza, and that is why you saw the u.s. military come to help. we have done air drops alongside other nations, and of course at the direction of the president and his stated the union he directed a maritime

number two, the idf released yesterday audio of a phone call between the idf and a family in rafah thathildren out and the guy said no we will not evacuate. we love death of the way you love life go ahead, kill us all. first of all when did the nazis college jews to warn them? they never do that to warn them out of time. the idf's goal is to kill the terrorists and protect the civilians and it's the terrace putting the civilians in harm's way. if you go to the ukraine right now and the russians are attacking the civilians are in the subways to protect them from the bombs. and the armed forces are at the top fighting the russians. in gaza it is the opposite. the terrorists are in the subways hiding from the bombs and they are punching the civilians up to take the bombs in the face. they are using them as human shields. these people are evil they have to be stopped. we should not be pressing israelis to withhold and pull back on the offensive. >> jacqui: you know the president did to his credit remind people of that fact that hamas could end this tomorrow. that hamas started this and that

the idf is conducting an investigation just last month, boris, the idf conducted a different investigation into a different attack that killed civilians the ends that time killing seven world central kitchen workers that were part of a convoy that was struck overnight, which the idf, in its preliminary investigation cold a grave mistake caused by thermal imaging that made some of the markings on those vans unidentifiable at night, but it was after that attack that the administration and became incredibly frustrated president biden in a phone call with prime minister netanyahu said that the us could begin conditioning aid to israel if it feels that they are in disagreement over the way that israel is prosecuting the war. and president biden laying out a carefully calibrated position on a potential military operation in rafah with cnn's erin burnett and saying that the administration could do more to restrict aid depending on how israel proceeded. here's what he said, just a few weeks ago they go into rafah. >> i'm not supplying the weapons that have been used historically to deal with rafah

the idf expressed condolences to the victims�* families.ur hearts go out to them, to the families, at this difficult time. we will leave no stone unturned. we will do everything in our power to find our hostages and bring them home. we will not rest until we do. meanwhile, lawyers for israel have told the international criminal court that south africa is making "a mockery of genocide". it comes after south africa asked the un's top court to order israel to stop its incursion in rafah, citing the genocide convention. now that both sides have presented arguments, it's up to the icj's judges to decide whether it is necessary to issue a ruling. from the hague, here's the bbc�*s anna holligan. israel describes south africa plasma case as an inversion of reality, divorced from facts, and accuse south africa of exploiting the genocide convention by presenting outlandish allegations. such as accusing israel of creating extermination zones, using language reminiscent of the holocaust, and comparing the situation in rafah to the genocide in srebrenic

the idf haven't put anyone up released. the idf haven't put anyone up to speak to us as yet.posted on that story as it develops. french president emmanuel macron has welcomed china's president during a rare visit to the elysee palace. it's xi jinping's first state visit to the region in five years. emmanuel macron greeted his chinese counterpart, before they both headed inside for talks. top of the agenda is expected to be the war in ukraine and trade relations with the eu. european commission president, ursula von der leyen, is also attending. the discussions come amid growing trade tensions. 0ur paris correspondent is hugh schofield. he has more on the wider tensions between china, france and the us. asi as i was saying, the europeans are increasingly aligned with the united states on china. they have accused europeans for being soft on china not waking up to the reality of the new china and that is exact what the europeans are doing. certainly president macron said last week, quite blatantly concerned about the rise of china and europe's naivety and unwillingness to see ch

it says shows idf troops in eastern rafah. the idf says it is conducted. tara or get it raids. they're killing at least at hamas members. meanwhile, palestinian say that there are no safe places left in gaza. scott mclean joined just now he's live and assemble for with more than situation. and scott also, we've heard from the idf revealing more details on the ground and it's ariel upper right patients inside gaza so what's the latest on the conflict he goes, yeah. >> so the idf says that the bombing campaign in the jabalya refugee camp in northern gaza continued to over the weekend, there was also artillery shelling in that area and it's been going on for about a week now, the last fully functioning hospital in that part of gaza says that there were dozens of bodies that came in and many more injured. but some of those wounded ended up dying because they say that they are running out of supplies. they simply do not have everything that they need the idf also says that it hit dozens of targets in and around the rafah area. we know of course that last word that there have been so

i will note that the idf released initial findings that point to the fire being caused by a secondaryxplosion, not the initial strike. i think this speaks clearly to the challenge of military airstrikes in densely populated areas of gaza including rafah because of the risk of civilian casualties, which of course happened terribly in this case. life. we are glad that the israeli defense forces are doing a full investigation, which we believe is going to be very important to try to prevent future mishaps. with that, i will take questions. >> thanks, admiral. can you explain how a strike in rafah does not cross the line the president had set many of you have repeated the operations be targeted and limited? >>y we still don't believe a major ground operation in rafah is warranted. we don't want to see the israelis smash into rafah with large units over large pieces of territory. we still believe that and we haven't seen that to this point. what we are going to be watching very closely. i want to end this answer by making it clear that regardless, every single loss of innocent life is trag

so let's start with a rafah, the idf ordering immediate evacuations of more neighborhoods. what more are we learning hey get the idf, insist it has the weapons to go ahead with this operation in rafah and that's exactly what they seem to be doing. >> this comes just a day after the israeli security cabinet approved an expansion of the physical operating area where they're approved to carry out operations. this essentially we just makes it easier for the three member of war cabinet to make decisions quicker on the fly about that approved area. it doesn't necessarily mean that things are going to be happening in italy, but perhaps there is that indication coming from the idf in this new ordering of people to evacuate from not only those neighborhoods in northern gaza that you mentioned, but also five other neighborhoods are camp areas in southern gaza, in the eastern rafah area, telling them to move to the al mawasi humanitarian zone as they're calling it along the coast. but as you rightly pointed out, there are plenty of concerns about the humanitarian conditions there with

on that same day, yesterday, there was also a deadly mortar attack on the crossing that the idf says fired from an area near the humanitarian zone in rafah. hamas claimed responsibility and, during a call with you and defense secretary lloyd austin, israel's defense minister said there is no choice left but to eventually conduct some sort of operation. he said it appears hamas is not serious about coming up with a new cease-fire deal. >> interpreter: we are recognizing worrying signals that hamas is not planning to accept any dealer agreement with us. the meaning of this operation in rafah and the entire gaza strip in the very near future. >> hamas released a statement a little earlier today saying any sort of ground operation into rafah would not be a "picnic," but we should mention the idf has not signaled this is the start of any sort of major ground operation there on the ground in rafah. we'll have to see is to keep our eyes peeled on the latest developments. back to you, kayleigh. >> kayleigh: keep us updated. jeff paul, thank you. i have here the president's white house readou

the idf has said _ particular is devastating. the idf has said the _ particular is devastating.cribed it as catastrophic. were it to be a full—scale operation on the ground there in rafah with so many vulnerable people trying to take some kind of shelter there, what could we see? i shelter there, what could we see? .�* shelter there, what could we see? ., �* ~ ., shelter there, what could we see? ~ ., ., shelter there, what could we see? ., �* ~ ., ., ., see? i don't know how to describe _ see? i don't know how to describe what _ see? i don't know how to describe what would - see? i don't know how to describe what would be l see? i don't know how to l describe what would be so see? i don't know how to - describe what would be so far beyond catastrophic. there is already dire lack of health services because the rafah crossing has been closed and because we cannot ring any food from the north down to the south even the little that is getting in. the south is now running out of food. there are thousands of children already being treated for malnutrition, there are already high rate

defence officials in gaza say israel has struck two areas in the southern city of rafah, where the idfas told civilians to leave. pictures show thick plumes of smoke rising over buildings as displaced palestinians carrying what's left of their belongings flee eastern rafah. around 100,000 people in areas closest to the israeli border are being urged to move to what the idf calls expanded humanitarian zones in the al—mawasi and khan younis areas. it says tents, food, water, and medication will be available. the israeli defence minister yoav gallant said military action against hamas in rafah is needed because of the group's refusal to negotiate the release of israeli hostages. a hamas official has described the move as a "dangerous escalation". the un and us have warned that an assault on the city, where more than a million displaced palestinians are sheltering, could have catastrophic consequences. 0ur security correspondent, frank gardner has more from jerusalem. you can break this down into three aspects — the humanitarian, the military and the political. 0n the humanitarian side, th

idf is carrying out a military offensive. believing it is hamas's last stronghold. the israeli military saying that as their troops approached, hamas emptied their ammunition and launched the rockets from an area with a civilian population, adding that they were launched from in between a mosque and a school. footage published by israeli media appeared to show minor damage. in the outskirts of tel aviv, an idf official telling me that the damage was limited, saying as the pressure on hamas increases, we expect this to happen. >> britt clennett, thank you. and back here in the u.s. a man from martha's vineyard is set to be arraigned tomorrow when a string of weekend attacks outside boston that sent six people to the hospital, including three young sisters, the mother of those girls say they're physically and emotionally scarred, they don't want to go to the movies ever again. >> this morning, the mother of three girls stabbed in what's being described as an unprovoked attack at this movie theater near boston is describing the

the idf denying they attacked a safe zone.t comes just two days after an israeli air strike ignited this firestorm at a different camp, killing dozens of civilians. facing international criticism, the idf tonight revealing results of a preliminary investigation, saying it used small bombs to target two hamas commanders, but that a secondary explosion started the enormous fire. >> our ammunition alone could not have ignited a fire of this size. >> reporter: the idf says hidden hamas weapons might have caused the blast, but offered no firm evidence. an israeli official earlier said a gas tank could have sparked the flames. meanwhile, nbc news has learned the u.s. military has been forced to halt aid deliveries into gaza by sea after three officials said bad weather damaged its temporary pier. this video showing part of the causeway floating away from the beach. it's the latest setback for the american aid effort after military boats washed up on the coast of israel and gaza over the weekend, while a u.s. service member remains i

the idf says about 300,000 people have already fled.hese evacuations following new deadly round of air strikes across gaza. cnn's scott mclean has more frederick, a new airstrikes in northern and central gaza have flooded hospitals with a new round of victims included amongst them, a journalist, his wife, and 12 son and the death toll may yet still rise as people search through the rubble of those airstrikes thanks with little more than their bare hands searching at this point for bodies. >> and the video of the aftermath and the chaotic hospitals that have taken in those victims is pretty hard to watch. many of the victims are children, some of them are very tiny infants the idf declined to comment on the strikes other than to say that it was working to dismantle hamas and insisting that it follows international law and takes measures to mitigate civilian harm. that is notable only because the us state department released a report yesterday saying that it is reasonable to assess that israel has not always followed internationally and t

idf has not said this is start of any major ground operation in the actual city.way to pressure hamas to return to negotiating table to figure out a ceasefire agreement. >> brian: all about getting hostages out and they want perm know nant and prime minister netanyahu does not. bring in anthony tata. second of state told prime minister netanyahu under no circumstances do we support invasion of rafah without an exit plan for civilians. they are doing it anyway, general, does it surprise you? >> it does not surprise me at all, prime minister netanyahu has been clear from out set he will defeat and destroy hamas and make it so they can't threaten israel again. blinken or secretary austin, like babies off a tank. the idf is taking great kaugsz here, warning through text and l leaflets and doing a search and being meticulous. where were the text and leaflets from hamas to israel on october 6? information war is overwhelming from the islamist-backed corporate media trying to message that somehow israel should not defend itself, should not pursue the hamas terrorists. >>

it was the third time the idf went there every time the idf went in, it went out, hamas came back why didn't come back? >> because the israeli government has refused until now to even have a discussion about whether there is an alternative, a governmental alternative that you can put in to those areas of gaza where hamas was defeated and because you don't do that every time you take the military out, hamas comes back in why is netanyahu so reticent to have that conversation? do you think? >> because there are only two kinds of forces that can govern gaza. it's either hamas or the remanence of the palestinian authority. and a ton you said publicly climbed high up on the tree and said the palestinian authority or anybody who's affiliated with the panel authorities will not govern. gaza, will not allow it. his radical right-wing coalition partners, ultra-nationalist ministers, itamar ben-gvir in battell. small church has basically put an automated that. if you put the pa back into gaza, we're leaving the coalition. so it's all about domestic politics and oh, minister of defense garland,

israel's war against hamas could escalate with the idf telling palestinians to leave rafah. we'll show it to you in a map coming up. hope you had a joyous weekend. we go on monday. i'm bill hemmer >> dana:. i'm dana perino and this is "america's newsroom." so we're also getting word that just moments ago, columbia university announced it will cancel its university-wide graduation ceremony after weeks of protests. activists causing chaos on campuses over israel's war on hamas that may escalate to another level. >> bill: cease-fire talks with hamas stalled over the weekend. israel launches retaliatory strikes against rafah after a hamas rocket attack from there yesterday killed four israeli soldiers. >> dana: keep in mind rafah is the last hamas stronghold in gaza. the fighting could be intense since the iranian-backed terror group hides its militants and weapons amongst the civilian population. jeff paul with the latest in tel aviv. breaking news this morning we're honored to have you on the show. >> the idf now is dropping flyers in eastern rafah urging civilians there to ev

the idf says most of the dead were hamas militants.eanwhile, nbc journalists found out that the united states continues to actively help israel. despite biden's recent statements about stopping arms sales. by according to media reports, a few days ago washington sent the idf both defensive and offensive weapons. the israeli army is now striking the southeast of gaza. during the latest attacks, according to the palestinian side, about ten more people were killed. the rafah communications station in rafah was reportedly attacked by israeli tanks. the hamas movement, in turn , continues to fire at idf soldiers and armored vehicles. a missile strike was also carried out on the israeli city of kiryachmona, and a strong fire started there. and now footage from afghanistan. there is devastating flooding, many houses are damaged, and 50 dead and more than 100 injured are reported. a large number of people have gone missing, residents have difficulty finding safe places and can barely move. and now we are transported to poland, warsaw, the road

we are not on the ground counting noses, so w rel, whether it is international organizations or the idf. roughly speaking, more than one million of refuge have fled rafah. e did they go? i can't tell you every tent compound they went to and who is running that. i just can't do it. but several hundred thousand we still believe are in rafah. i will take the question and see if we can get a better sense of the numbers for you. >> i juswa an earlier answer where you were asked by someone in the front row about condemnation of what happened in rafah. my transcription of what you said is we have been i think very strident in our

the idf says about 300 people have already fled the orders, come ahead of an anticipated idf ground offensive in an area more than 1 million palestinians where they are seeking refuge. this on the heels of a new report from the white house the biden administration says, it's reasonable to assess that american weapons have been used by israeli forces in gaza in ways he's inconsistent with international humanitarian law. cnn's scott mclean has more on these latest developments in gaza frederick a new airstrikes in northern and central gaza have flooded hospitals with a new round of victims included amongst them, a journalist, his wife, and 12-year-old son, and the death toll may yet still rise as people search through the rubble of those airstrikes with little more than their bare hands searching at this point for bodies. and the video of the aftermath and the chaotic hospitals that have taken in those victims is pretty hard to watch. >> many of the victims are children, some of them are tiny infants. the idf declined to comment on the strikes other than to say that it was working to dismantle

you've been pressing the idf for answers about the strike for two weeks they still can't locate thisific strike into records frankly understand this idea of statement raised more questions than it answered. the israeli military says, yes, there was a strike but that it wasn't at the time that we have provided based on the metadata from the phones, based on eyewitnesses, and they're not aware. they say of anyone being killed and nowhere in that statement anderson did they pledge to investigate this, to look into a strike that killed ten children? the evidence we've collected is now out there for the world to see. and i certainly hope that these really military will reconsider and investigate this. shahzad lujain yusuf and the seven other children who were killed in a strike. i think they certainly deserve that minimum. >> so they're not saying the israeli military is not saying there was a target in this area. and therefore, that's why they're strike they're just they're just not acknowledging that there was a strike at all they say that there was a strike at a different time in that

idf conducted a campaign that has a lower civilian enemy to combatants ratio than the u.s. military did in urban combat in iraq. the entire genocide in gaza narrative is a lie, for joe biden to say this is a problem in the buy demonstration pressuring israel is more u.s. politically facing then an actual reflection of the reality in the ground in gaza. neil: i'm curious what happens now, there had been help in the eye of the beholder that maybe this will bring hamas back to the negotiating table and the cease-fire can be put in place if you get a hostage exchange and all that that might be to sorted and all was perfectly planned but this would get benjamin netanyahu to back off a little bit on this, i don't see him backing off but what do you think. >> he can't and he should not. this is their chance and they need to do it. i do believe hamas has been negotiated in good faith, the problem that people want to ignore and it's a sad thing to consider more of the hostages are dead then anyone wants to believe in the ones that are still alive are going to be in a sorry state tha