katie polglase live for us in london.ight groups have been warning of a imminent health crisis in gaza if supplies of water and fuel remain cut off. cnn's salma abdelaziz has more on the growing desperation inside gaza. a warning, some images in her report are graphic. >> this is what life looks like in places israel told families to flee towards for their safety. constant bombardment has reduced homes to rubble and wiped out entire families. survivors say, i lost all my relatives, 15 people, this man says, we were not on the frontline or anything, we were just sitting at home. what have we done wrong? the u. n. warns there are no safe places. about half 1 million people fled here to southern gaza, after invocation order from the israeli military. families, desperate for refuge are still trapped in the war zone. the dead and injured flooding and health care system on the brink. civilians are caught in the crossfire. the death toll mounting just over a quarter of those killed our children. according to palestinian official

katie polglase joining us live from london, many thanks. i want to bring in lieutenant colonel peter lerner from tel aviv, now he's a spokesperson for the israeli defense forces. we appreciate you joining us. >> good morning, rosemary. >> so, the palestinian interior ministry reports of israeli airstrikes have killed at least 28 people at the rafah border, in southern gaza early tuesday. why would israel bombed the very place it is telling palestinians to go? >> hamas interior ministry, that is part of hamas war machine, that is precisely what they want you to ask, rosemary. the reason why we are here is because hamas opened a war against israel. israel is now responding in kind, and i would say, and then some, and attention to change the game. when hamas butchered and abducted are civilians they have put themselves in jeopardy and they have, basically, intended in order to bring in the civilians of the gaza strip as the human shield. from our perspective, hamas is responsible for everything that is going on. the deaths and civilian reality

. >> katie polglase, thank you. >>> it is estimated half a million gaza residents are fled the north. now we'll share the harrowing story of one of our own cnn family members. he is a cnn journalist who lives in northern gaza with his wife. and they have two boys and she is pregnant with their third child. but he and his family like so many others were forced to leave on a dangerous journey south. [ speaking in a non-english language ] >>> and the deepening crisis in gaza is especially dire for children with supplies of basic necessities like water and medicine dwindling. and many families are seeking shelter at schools and other u.n. buildings. aid organizations are urging officials to take action saying children in gaza need life-saving support and every minute counts. >> secretary of state antony blinken says the u.s. and israel have agreed to develop a plan for humanitarian aid from donor nations and organizations to reach civilians in gaza. he tweeted on monday that it could include the possibility of creating areas to keep civilians out of harm's way. blinken says that he shares

. >>> and katie polglase is covering all of this for us and is joining us live. first tell us about the reaction from u.s. lawmakers to biden's request. was there unanimity and consensus or will it be problematic? >> it will definitely be quite problematic. and there is little unity right now in capitol hill. there is a leadership vacuum. there is no speaker in the house of representatives. so getting any funding through will be very challenging. and looking beyond capitol hill and the broader public opinion in the states because of course that is the key question here really, there is a divide as to whether or not funding should continue not only to israel but also to ukraine. and if you look at cnn polling in the last couple of months, there is clearly not much agreement as to how much funding there should be. ukraine, we did a poll back in august, already over half of americans are saying that the congress should no longer be giving opportunitying to ukraine. if you turn to israel, already this is very much the start of a war, there is clearly a lot of escalat