moving back to northern gaza will be possible once the intense hostilities end. our life in danger by placing weapons and forces within civilian areas in gaza, including schools, mosques and hospitals. the impending idf operation is set to neutralise these threats of hamas with precision and intensity. humanity remains haunted by the massacre unleashed by hamas on october the 7th, a massacre of innocent lives — israeli men, women, children and babies were beheaded, executed, raped and burnt alive. we will not forget that. and the kidnapping of over 200 israelis, we will not forget. to the residents of northern gaza and gaza city, your window to act is closing. move south. for your own safety, move south. this is not a mere precaution, it is an urgent plea for the safety of the civilians in gaza. we can go live now to our diplomatic correspondent paul adams who's injerusalem. as we shift phases according to israel's military, your assessment of what we were just listening to? i think that's a note of urgency was very marked, wasn't it? i think it was the sternest,

as - in northern gaza. wyre davies, live from jerusalem, thank you. jerusalem, thank you. as we continue to watch those live pictures, you can really see the destruction on the gaza skyline. my colleague rushdi abualouf is following developments in southern gaza. israeli tanks control... and now the people in gaza city and the north, they don't have access in and out of that area, so, gaza is divided, the road which links gaza, the eastern border with israel, with the sea, so the tanks have moved, we are still not sure from where, from east to west, but tanks reach the middle, the tyler harding road is in the middle, it is the main road which links gaza from the very far north to the far south. so now in the middle tanks are controlling this road and it is closed. and it means divided. so, this is about looking kilometre advance, incursion, this is the biggest since 2008, when israel did... this corridor or this line. this is the second time since 2008. when you ask palestinians even in this so—called safe area, it is not really safe because in the la

and this is why i believe his plan is to annex northern gaza.orthern gaza, this is why it's so important that the people of northern gaza should not be forced out by the israelis because they will never be allowed back, never get back. this is another. nakba if they go, it's what i'm warning about, and it's interesting though that you say that israel is never going to be able to get rid of hamas as they would like to, at the same time, you've said what you've said, i mean if it can't do that, then uh, what is it doing right now? i believe that that plan is to try to remove hamas from northern gaza, force. hamas to concentrate in southern gaza, and then the israelis will gradually annex northern gaza. i mean, this is how israel has been created and how israel has grown over 75 years by step by step stealing a piece of palestinian land. they continue to use the same methods which have brought the... such success over the many years, so they already they tried one time to install israels in in gaza, but thanks to the efforts of the resistance, they

nations secretary general has criticized israel's order for palestinians to evacuate their homes in northern gaza. antonio guteres warns the... relocation of palestinians to southern gaza will be extremely dangerous. the israeli defense forces have ordered the palestinians in gaza city and its surroundings to move to the south of the territory. moving more than one million people across a densely populated war zone to a place with no food, water or accommodation, when the entire territory is under. sige is extremely dangerous and in some cases simply not possible. hospitals in the south of gaza are already at capacity and will not be able to accept thousands of new patients from the north. the health system is on the brink of collapse, morgs are overflowing, 11 healthcare staff have been killed while on duty and there have been 34 attacks on health facilities in the past few days. the entire territory. faces water crisis as infrastructure has been damaged and there is no electricity to power pumps and desalization plants. as part of its operation alaxa flood against israel. hamas has been firing

what the israeli military is saying that everyone living in northern gaza should relocate to the southern end in the next 2a hours. that's more than a million people about half the population of the entire gaza strip. with me is said shehata from bbc arabic. what you make a site of what we have heard from the united nations, from is real via united nations because it sounds like things could be escalating in the next 2a or so. it escalating in the next 24 or $0. ., ., ", " escalating in the next 24 or $0. " ., escalating in the next 24 or so. ~ ., , so. it looks like that because ou so. it looks like that because you look _ so. it looks like that because you look at — so. it looks like that because you look at the _ so. it looks like that because you look at the entity - so. it looks like that because you look at the entity of - so. it looks like that because you look at the entity of the l you look at the entity of the population in gaza, 2 million are leaving in 18 square miles. about 21,000. to move them to another part, it would be a crisis. it is going to have humanitarian consequenc

israel told more than 1 million residents in northern gaza to leave. hamas told them to stay. for those who wants to flee gaza completely, there is no way, israel won't let them in. the other neighbor, egypt, won't accept them. no humanitarian corridor and we know that 2 million live in gaza. about half are children. what happens to them as israel appears ready to launch a ground invasion? >> this is going to be a really terrible mess, i'm afraid, because of those facts that you cited. and the problem that you have is that as you said there is no humanitarian corridor. if there were peace keepers or some kind of u.n. cease fire or something like that. it would be a completely different issue. first of all, it's early in this conflict. and neither side is willing to accept a cease fire at this particular point in time. so the poor civilians are caught in the middle of all of this. were they're going to have to do if they want to avoid what's happening in the north they will have to move to the southern part of gaza near the crossing that goes into egypt. egypt, like you said has

israel has called on more than a million civilians to evacuate northern gaza for their safety. day the state department is urging palestinian americans in gaza to move closer to the rafah crossing into egypt. the reason, there may be little notice if the crossing opens but if israel's six-hour window for safe passage from northern gaza has expired lots of questions are going to be raised by that. as israel and hamas trade rocket fire today, the death toll in gaza claims, palestinian officials now say more than 2,000 people have died. ulk you can see some of these buildings being leveled throughout this operation carried out by the israelis. and israel says that includes a hamas commander who played a key part in last saturday's attack. cnn's crews are scattered around the world to bring you the latest in all of this. let's begin with cnn's jeremy dimon in jerusalem. really making it sound as though this is very imminent, what might this look like the next stage of all of this? >> reporter: yeah, that's right. israel's political leadership as well as its military leadership being

amid it all, tens of thousands of refugees are fleeing northern gaza any way they can and there is an all out effort by the u.s. government to get americans out, too. this is the scene at the rafa border, the exit from gaza into egypt, where some americans have been among those waiting for days to be let in. secretary of state antony blinken crisscrossing the region again today, in egypt pushing to secure that passage. we've also learned tonight that some americans will be leaving israel by sea, beginning tomorrow. tom llamas is here in tel aviv and starts us off tonight. >> reporter: tonight israel in clashes north and south of its borders. attacks from hezbollah in lebanon leading to retaliation strikes. while rockets launch in and out of gaza. the israeli military is amassing troops and equipment, along the border, for a ground invasion that everyone knows is coming, but few know when it will start. inside gaza, a dire humanitarian crisis is growing. water, food, fuel, and medical supplies are running out. civilians are trying to get to safety in the south while the bombardment con

belonging to hamas in the gaza strip. >> reporter: thursday night, the heaviest israeli strikes on northern gaza yet. but hamas is telling its residents to stay put. setting the scene for a potential blame game over the rising palestinian death toll. >> gaza gave a counter order telling palestinians in gaza to stay at home. why? because having human shields they think protects them. >> puts them in places where they will be in danger. puts them in places where they're used in effect to try to protect hamas officials or their equipment and infrastructure. >> all of this as israel's trooper build-up grows signalling a larger ground attack may be getting close. u.s. secretary of defense in country making sure the idf has what it needs. >> i'm here in-person to make something crystal clear. america's support for israel is iron clad. >> reporter: not just military support. eu leaders came close to gaza to see for themselves where some of hamas's most brutal murders were executed. but inside gaza, fears escalating about what the coming days will bring. >> time is running out to prevent a humanitarian

but we have seen out going l rockets from northern gaza.nt, _ rockets from northern gaza. what we see at the moment, a _ rockets from northern gaza. what we see at the moment, a curfew - see at the moment, a curfew everywhere, and a continuous for the last 11 days, continuous bombardment, shelling of innocent people. on top of the buildings are being destroyed, on top of the people. 30, 40, 50 people. 0k, we got used to that number, until we are faced with this biggest massacre in new century, in this century. 50 in new century, in this century. so ou in new century, in this century. 50 you have not in new century, in this century. so you have not seen any outgoing rockets? you've not seen, you've not seen then, any outgoing rockets from this part of gaza? ha. seen then, any outgoing rockets from this part of gaza?— this part of gaza? no. we see rockets coming _ this part of gaza? no. we see rockets coming out _ this part of gaza? no. we see rockets coming out of- this part of gaza? no. we see rockets coming out of gaza, l this part of gaza

from our vantage point today, it sounds as if that area in northern gaza continues to be hit. israel telling civilians move somewhere safer. hamas says don't move. >> this is gaza. this is the dividing line, israel asking people to move south of there, nick hearing some of the loudest most constant bombardment of northern gaza that he has seen. stay safe and keep us posted as to what you are seeing and hearing. >>> these are live pictures of huge protests being held against the strikes on gaza. this is a scene in yemen this hour. this is also as united states is showing once again its iron clad support of israel to defend itself now. what's the latest? >> reporter: there is no doubt the events of this past week have put palestinian issue front and center in minds of not only decision makers in the region but also the general public. today we have seen mass protests across this region in support of gaza. of course in iran's capitol. a lot heeding calls of getting in the streets and showing anger of what they perceive to be israeli crimes committed against palestinians. these wou

we left northern gaza where bombing was a lot more intense than southern gaza. we saw it came to what was supposed to be a safe zone in the gaza strip. rafah, we're ten minutes away from the border. as i mentioned the day before yesterday, there was a bombing and ab airstrike 100 meter was from house. this constant shelling, constant airstrikes, in the area we are, pretty much we're indoors all day. no power, power we rely on solar pams that last a couple hours at most. we try to charge a phone to stay in touch with the outside world. there's no internet. the entire center network has been taken down. so we try to rely on cell phone signals. we're fortunate that we have our u.s. number roaming with us to pick up different cell phone providers that allow me to speak to you right now. but others are living completely in the dark. my wife and i tried to calm each other down every night. there's been sleepless nights. my wife's biggest fear as well is trying to avoid footage on the tv. our biggest nightmare is our son would be potentially one of those children one d

we call from the israeli forces to move more thani million civilians living in northern gaza within 2as horrendous. this will only lead to unprecedented levels of misery and further push people in gaza into abyss. that is the statement from that organisation we are seeing right now, the un rwa. let's show you a map now to give you an idea of exactly what is being asked for here. this is the gaza strip that you can see. the yellow areas they are are the tightly densely populated areas. the israeli defence forces are asking people in and around gaza city, around 1.1 million people to leave their homes and to move south in 2a hours. we have also had reaction to that request from mahmoud abbas. he is not in control in the gaza strip. hamas are in control there. but mahmoud abbas is saying he has rejected the calls to move, he called it forced displacement of palestinians. but he did add the need for humanitarian corridors to get aid in, potentially one presumes people out. let's cross to our correspondent lyse doucet now. she is in sderot, southern israel. we have had plenty of reaction co

hundreds of thousands have left northern gaza. f they are lucky, they have been able to get to relatives and family south. many do not have that privilege. making temporary accommodations. they under constant bombardment, which seems more intense -- bombing of gaza taking place in the last 24 to 48 hours. there have been reports of people killed as they are taking a safe route out of gaza. the hospitals are operating on generators, which are running out of fuel. people are not resorting to water that is unfit for human consumption. there are people that have not been able to leave northern gaza because gaza's main hospital, people with disability, older people. they are terrified of what might come ahead. you have israeli officials who are signaling their intent to commit large-scale atrocities. so we really have a terrifying situation where people in guys are saying their goodbyes to the world. they are not sure whether or not they will make it to tomorrow morning. humanitarian situation come despite report, people are not being a

the united nations says tens of thousands of people have fled their homes in northern gaza over the past day or so after israel's military warned civilians to leave gaza city. that's in addition to the more than 400,000 palestinians who were already displaced by the conflict, forced out of their homes by this conflict. civilians who were able to on friday crammed possessions into cars and trucks in a rush towards the south. those without other options walked, carrying what they could. the u.s. has continued to press the egyptian and israeli governments on opening the rafa border crossing from gaza to egypt to allow people to get out and open a corridor for humanitarian aid to get in. meanwhile, israeli war planes kept up their bombardment of gaza and conducted raids inside the enslave, searching for perhaps as many as 150 hostages still held by hamas. the raids are the latest sign that israel is ramping up operations after hamas after the militant group's terror attacks inside israel one week ago. cnn's nic robertson reports. >> reporter: israeli troops inside gaza for the first time sin

wejust had its assault deeper into the northern gaza strip. t had a little earlier from an gaza strip. we just had a little earlierfrom an idf gaza strip. we just had a little earlier from an idf spokesperson reiterating that with artillery, with tanks and with ground troops, but also from ships in the sea and with missiles, they are continuing their operations in gaza. the stated aim of that, of course, as we have been told, is to prevent hamas from having capability of launching any further attacks on israel. but, of course, a lot of discussion right now around international law and the terms of use of military force. the director of the un agency for palestinian refugees in gaza, that is thomas white, has told the bbc that civilian sheltering in hospitals and un facilities like schools must be protected by all parties under international law. israel, for its part, and says that it is following the law and has a right to self—defence. well, let's talk now to the associate professor at rutgers university, legal scholar and human rights attorne

so, it's not like it could really hold the entire population of northern gaza even if everyone were to leave. i think to remember, as we are talking about this, is that the gaza strip is still entirely blockaded. we have seen less than 100 humanitarian aid trucks get into gaza. no one is able to leave, even if they want to. we know for nationals are trapped, but civilians who live in gaza -- palestinians -- if they wanted to leave to get out of what is a war zone, that is not an option for them right now. so, that is why everyone keep saying, you keep telling us to go to these places, you keep telling us there's going to be a bit of a lull. but how do we get there if there is only a lull on this main highway? also people don't entirely trust that there is going to be that lull because there had been some bombings on the designated safe route. and there has been some back and forth over whether not that was something by hamas or whether those were israeli airstrikes. there's been different agreement from the sides over that. a lot of people really feel like that pocket that has been ide

the united nations is criticizing israel's order for more than 1 million people to evacuate northern gaza saying it's impossible for that many people to move in such a short period of time. egypt has not yet opened its border with gaza because it reportedly wants israel to first send humanitarian aid in for any incoming refugees. cnn's wolf blitzer spoke with the egyptian foreign minister by phone to clarify why the border remains closed and what concerns he has about the flow of humanitarian aid. >> as of right now what you're saying and i just want to be precise, foreign minister. you're saying the border, the crossing is open as far as egypt is concerned. you're willing to accept these u.s. citizens and other citizens if they can get there, but you're saying near that border crossing in rafah because of bombing that's going on presumably by israelis, they can't get there? is that what you're saying? >> i'm saying the border crossing on the gaza side is inoperable because of the damage that's been afflicted and the procedure for those managing the border on the gaza side to verify the d

israel again thatitis receiving reports from israel again that it is again warning the residents of northern gazaza strip that they have to leave immediately and go to the south, to take refuge there. it seems to be a warning there military operations, which already include intense bombardment and those night air raids they have spoken of some days, that that could intensify. and yet we are still getting reports from gazans in the north saying they simply cannot move. what are you hearing? simply cannot move. what are you hearin: ? w , simply cannot move. what are you hearin- ? w , ., simply cannot move. what are you hearinu? , ., . simply cannot move. what are you hearinu? , . ~ ., ., hearing? exactly that. we have heard from the beginning _ hearing? exactly that. we have heard from the beginning since _ hearing? exactly that. we have heard from the beginning since the - hearing? exactly that. we have heard from the beginning since the israeli l from the beginning since the israeli military gave that evacuation order affecting i.i military gave that evacuation order affecting 1.1 million people,

and then it is a small area, so it's not like it could really hold the entire population of northern gaza, even if everyone were to leave. the thing to remember, as we're talking about this, is that the gaza strip is still entirely blockaded. we've seen less than 100 humanitarian aid trucks get into gaza. no one is able to leave, even if they want to. for nationals are trapped, but civilians who live in gaza, palestinians, if they wanted to leave, to get out of gaza, that's not an option for them right now. so that's why everyone keeps saying, you keep telling us to go to these places, you keep telling us it's gonna be a bit of a law, but how do we get there if there's only a lot on this main highway? also people don't trust that there's gonna be that law will, because there had been some bombings on the designated safe route. and there's been some back and forth over whether or not that something by hamas or whether those were israeli airstrikes. there's been disagreement on the sides on that. but a lot of people really feel like that pocket that is been identified as a space to get huma

this is real warns that people in northern gaza to get out. the u.s. orridor for u.s. citizens and gaza to leave. there are between 5 to 600 palestinian americans on the strip. they were told to go to the rafah border crossing during a certain timeframe earlier today. that time has come and gone, and no one it appears has been able to cross. more than 1 million people were told to leave their homes. one of those evacuees shares her story with nbc news. >> as you can see, all gaza citizens are just preparing themselves to leave, and no one has a place right now. we are just going. if you have a car, just run. no one knows where we are going, but we're all evacuating. >> all of my neighbors have left the neighborhood. no one is left but us, and we are ready to run. where? no one has any idea. we are going to the north of gaza, which isn't near at all, which isn't safe at all. just pray for us and hopefully we will come back home. we will come back home. >> the palestinian health ministry says convoys of people trying to evacuate were hit by israeli airstr

if you asked a million people to leave northern gaza, does that suggest there will be fewer air strikes on southern gaza? >> one would think this is the way it's going about to run forward because most of the targets the israelis are interested insofar have beenin in the north. this is going to tax the targeting process, plus hamas can move a lots of its activities to the central or southern part of gaza endangering the refugees when they go the back way. it's a difficult problem to solve. >>> still to come, the united states presents a united front with israel ahead of an anticipated ground offensive as tens of thousands of citizens in northern gaza flee after calls for an evacuation. we're going to talk with a doctor in gaza and find out the situation there. that's next. we're going to talk with a >>> two of america's top national figures are looking at the east. they both emphasized support for israel. >> behind the scenes a diplomatic challenge is brewing. how does the u.s. support israel while keeping the war from expanding to new fronts. joining us now is jennifer of washington d.

civilians in northern gaza are warned by israel once again to evacuate south or they might be consideredquote, a partner for the terrorist organization. >> the u.s. is also stepping up its defenses in the region. secretary of defense lloyd austin said the u.s. military will deploy additional missile defense systems to the middle east and place american troops on stand-by to deploy at a moment's notice. in southern gaza, egypt's red crescent said 17 trucks carrying food and medicine are prepared to enter gaza through the rafah border crossing. humanitarian workers are calling for aid to be let through. they say the 20 trucks that crossed saturday are not enough. cnn's scott mclean joins us from london. so we're hearing from the truck drivers on the egyptian side of that broorder crossing. >> my colleague had a chance to speak to them. they say that they are hopeful that they will be able to get in and be able to deliver the aid that they have in their cargo, but, frankly, this is something that is well beyond their control. you have to have the israelis and hamas and the egyptians all on

kiriatish monene as well as in bir sab in the south, so rockets had been fired at the same time from northern gazalate to netanyahu? well, i'm glad that there's already some dissention within the ranks of the us administration. two officials have already resigned. and i'm sure behind the scenes there's a lot of american officials who are saying to him that it's craziness to to not even acknowledge that there is a breaches of international law so he's trying he wants to be reelected of course and this is an electionaring using palestinian blood basically to to get some zionist support financial or votes in the us so... that's on the only reason he's in this, it has nothing to do with he believes is a scrrupulous guy who will sell his soul for the devil if he gets the right price, so i think what is happening is interesting and he is now trying to dance, but part of it is after he got tried to visit here and and there was israel kind of in your face. bomb the hospital and then he has to come out and continue to support israel because otherwise his chances of elections will go down dramatically, he's

israel's military dropped leaflets from the sky warning the 1.1 million civilians lirng in northern gaza to evacuate the area. that's nearly half the population of the entire gaza strip. hamas, which embeds itself within the palestinian population there, is telling the population to not go anywhere. the united nations says evacuations on that scale, 1.1 million, would be impossible to carry out, quote, without devastating humanitarian consequences and there are already questions, of course, about whether israel having cut off food, water, fuel, and other supplies to the entirety of gaza, constitutes a violation of international law. israel's done that, they say, until the hostages that hamas took are returned. u.s. defense secretary lloyd austin visited israel today where he was on hand to see a u.s. cargo plane delivering more u.s. weapons and munitions to support the israeli military. secretary austin also spoke to cnn exclusively. this was his answer when asked about assurances from the israeli military about avoiding palestinian civilian casualties. >> this is a professional force th

israeli officials warned the entire population of northern gaza to evacuate south, forcing more than embers is grim, humanitarian reports out of gaza frequently reported are saying that the humanitarian crisis there is worsening, hundreds of thousands of palestinians have fled their homes with nowhere to go, where is it to go if you're bombing everyone's homes and their in their uh towns and and uh denying them access even leave the the the space you know like it's an open air prison in ghaza there's no food no jobs um they deny access to everything protest been ongoing throughout the year in washington dc, however this demonstration is one of the largest, its intensity just as extraordinary as its size, they should pay attention because people are dying, nobody's left. they're killing every last one of them, the child, old man, old women, they taken killing babies. similar protest took place in other cities around the world. it is still undetermined when the assault on gaza will stop as the death toll there rises. colin camble, press tv, washington. renowned intellectuals, activists

israel has been dropping leaflets into northern gaza, telling people to leave. s has dismissed the israeli order as "psychological warfare". israel has deployed tanks on gaza's boundaries. in a statement released after a sixth night of air strikes, the israeli defence forces accused hamas of using civilians as human shields. there's tension too on israel's border with lebanon. after a meeting with iran's foreign minister, the deputy head of the powerful lebanese militant group hezbollah rejected calls to keep out of the conflict in gaza saying the group is fully prepared and ready to enter the war against israel, when the times comes. these when the times comes. are the live pictures from gaza. these are the live pictures from gaza. we have seen rockets being fired out of the gaza strip through the course of today already but it is pretty quiet as those israeli air strikes continue intermittently. let me show you pictures from ramallah in the west bank because it disturbances their and you can see some of the live pictures coming into us and are still people ther

i mean, are we looking at northern gaza overall, where israel, israel is a targeting at this point, or is it still a blanket bombing of all of gaza, if you can tell us that? no, it's not blanket bombing yet, but i know that's coming, what's happening right now, they moved half of the... the northern part of the ghaza strip south, this is what the israeli regime has done so far, but that does not mean they're not bombing here, they're bombing here, yesterday at 10 p.m. i walked about th miles from here to where my family is staying with relatives and as soon i don't know what happened, as soon as i got into the house, took off my clothes trying to get a shower or something, mean the bombing started and the bombing was so close, i had to to throw myself on the floor like 15 times, by quarter to midnight, by 15 to midnight nothing happened, i slept from midnight till 6 am, heard nothing, this is the first explosion hear from in this area, the one that has happened, and for example, the place where i was staying, the all close knit family like the cousins and distant cous so they had some

israel gave 1.1 million palestinians in northern gaza 24 hours to head south to save their lives. some heeded the order fleeing in vehicles, on foot, and horse drawn carts, but most have not left according to our contacts inside gaza many gazans are already refugees from previous wars, and they're determined not to be made refugees again, and they have nowhere to go. this woman, a 22-year-old dental student, is keeping a video journal. >> every time i close my eye, i either hear a bomb or see a light or hear a noise or hear a scream or hear a neighbor evacuating, so i'm, like, should i evacuate now, or should i just wait for my death in my own house? it's really confusing. this is my bed i have moved it several times this night trying to find the safest room to be with my family >> reporter: medical workers say they aren't leaving, but they can't abandon the wounded already flooding in. our local camera crew visited this hospital in gaza city and found it in a state of collapse with all the beds full, patients are treated on the floor sheets used for stretchers. israel says it's on

there's another staging area right across the road and that was near northern gaza. ssume that these attacks are going to happen, if the invasion happens, when it happens, it's going to happen at different points along that strip. in gaza, 300,000 reservists have been called up. that's just maybe a fraction of what's to come. >> norah: charlie d'agata. thank you. tonight the israeli military says it has notified the families of 120 hostages being held in gaza. cbs's holly williams takes a look at what it will take to find them and bring them home. >> reporter: new video today from israel's military claims to show special forces doing battle with hamas militants on saturday near the border with gaza. and rescuing around 250 hostages. on the other side of the border, there would be even greater risks. how difficult is it to rescue a hostage from the gaza strip? yohanan plesner is a former commando in israel's military. >> hamas has underground tunnels and basements. but they sure know how to torture and hide people and they have so many of them. so it will be extremely

hundreds of thousands have evacuated from northern gaza. people to leave but there are still hundreds of thousands that remained. to give you a sense, the biggest hospital and gaza is in gaza city, ship a hospital, a hospital that in normal times has the capacity of about 700 patients, it currently is overwhelmed with 5000 patients. you have like 45,000 displaced people gathered in and around the hospital grounds seeking shelter. that is according to the u.n. none of the aid coming in is getting to them. secondly, importantly, the aid coming in, none of it includes fuel. fuel is not been allowed to enter. fuel is crucial for so many things, perhaps most importantly, to rent generators. without fuel, lifesaving medical equipment like incubators, ventilators won't work. this is a death sentence for babies. one official has called this the aid coming in is more a diplomatic symbol than actual meeting any humanitarian needs. we have to see where this is going. juan: i wanted to ask you, first of all, on the water situation, is all water still c

israeli forces have called on residents in northern gaza to evacuate to southern gaza.are seeing a ground incursion appears to be imminent. can you tell us what the situation from your perspective looks like right now? >> it is a catastrophe upon a catastrophe. we new beginning last weekend there was a total sees on gaza with respect to the denial of food, water, fuel and electricity going into the strip. food was running out, bottled water was very hard to find. residents had initially three or four hours of power and now it seems most of gaza is in total darkness. now with this evacuation of half the population, over 1.1 million people from the biggest city, gaza city, and two for three of the biggest refugee camps in the new york -- in the area with no place to go. a vast majority of them are exceptionally poor, do not have cars. they have nothing other than donkeys or the ability to walk on foot for kilometers and kilometers to reach some kind of safe area. when they reach a safe area -- an open field, another refugee camp in the middle of gaza -- they are not prepa

confirmed that young children were among those killed in an air strike on a convoy of vehicles leaving northern gazaterday along a route designated by israel. our team at bbc verify analysed two videos of the strike on the vehicles heading towards southern gaza. both videos have been verified, these first images show a lorry carrying at least 30 civilians on the move, moments before it was hit. and these are still images taken from a subsequent video from the aftermath of the strike, too graphic to show in detail. the video shows men running to the lorry, trying to help those who've been hit. there are at least 12 visible dead bodies in the footage. just some of the moving images and still images. verified by our team at the bbc. we will bring you more on that as we get it. the un relief agency, unrwa, says hundreds of thousands of people have been displaced in the past 12 hours alone. and nearly a million, almost half the territory's population, in the past week. israel says those still in the north should leave as soon as possible, and it's specified two roads it says are safe for people heading s

gaza. hundreds of children in ladak union territory of northern india have throng the streets to condemn theem'sestern governments are complicit in israel's war crimes in the gaza strip. rallies have been held almost a daily basis. the demonstrations are being held despite bands on such protests in several european countries. for the third saturday in a row, pro-palestine demonstrators packed the streets of central london to condemn the uk government's unequivaleble support for israel. what government is cheering this on and supporting israel to carry on the massacre in gaza, so we want to try and stop that. so ashamed of our government that they are sanctioning what i think is just collective murder, and it really, really has to stop, it's awful, they should be listening to the protestors and demanding that there's an immediate and complete science fire that humanitarian aid is allowed through, from madrid to milan and beyond, even in germany, home to one of the largest muslim communities in the eu, where such protests have been restricted over what was described as anti-semitism concerns. desp

the israeli military says it carried out an airstrike in northern gaza. troops are engaging in hand-to-hand combat. we look at the story of a family with 11 members kidnapped by hamas. welcome. as israel steps up its ground air offensive, dozens of people have been killed in an attack on a refugee camp. the gaza health authority says at least 50 people are dead. the united nations is also with more than 3000 children have been killed so far. and with food, water and medical supplies still desperately short, there are growing because for a humanitarian cease-fire. >> gazans go through another day of explosions. at the death toll mouth, eight and a half 1000 people have died in gaza. many have lost entire families. >> we don't have anything. nothing. he was going out to find guests because we don't have any at home. he was looking for bread for the children. then they told me he was murdered. >> this is not a daily reality for the people of gaza. people clawing to get others out of the rubble. on monday, the un security council held an emergency meeting to

tens of thousands of people have fled their homes in northern gaza over the past day or so after israel'srned them to leave gaza city. that is in addition to the 430,000 palestinians already displaced by this conflict. teresa ward reports on this worsening humanitarian crisis. >> reporter: they grab whatever they possibly can and set off. many of them on foot, with no set destination. after six straight days of relentless bombardment, palestinians in northern gaza woke up to leaflets from israel's military ordering them to move to the south of the densely populated enclave, the deadline given to the u.n. was a 24 hours. but, there is nowhere for them to go. efforts to open the humanitarian car door through egypt have so far been fruitless, and shelters are completely overwhelmed. the head of the un's palestinian refugee agency called the order "verandas", and said that "the enclave was rapidly becoming a hellhole". they are ghost towns, however by strikes, those who remain, alone with their grief. >> translator: my sons, my daughters, my neighbors are gone. i only have one message to the

who's in northern gaza comes. uh good to see you. what do we know about this strikes so far? wow, should be in the city these houses realy belonging to the family and the family and another families. visa start resulted in $58.00 casualties and thousands of injuries. and the, the whole family of our own families. there that all of them are the know who that families are that i, i witness on my own eyes and she for a hospital that, you know, it was very, you know, our cars was delivering on a transfer to delivering these injuries and trying to pick them up from that place to the ship to the hospital because of this, this, this house is just next to the you know, of shelters. and as i told you, the tax it'd be where nobody feeling safe here in garza and the situation is really tough everywhere because the 5 hours they say that given to the civilians, to do things as usual, does it? where does it work? and they killed many people don't one uh the people in, in the houses before the, at the target to their houses and distortion here basically is basically just like a disaster. so

there is a huge amount of concern amongst the palestinian population in northern gaza. they will be evacuated southwards but won't be able to return to their homes. many have spoken. we've heard them in their social media posts. many have spoken to teams on the ground that they are afraid they will be refugees and won't be able to return home. this is a deeply distressing population. the vast majority of the population are descendant palestinians forcibly displaced during the 1947 conflict. this is at the forefront of their minds. we have to remember that gaza is still under a blockade. a land, sea and air blockade enforced since 2007 and now currently under a complete siege. that means no food, no water, no electricity and no fuel is getting in. hospitals are running on just a few hours of electricity each day. so the u.n. itself has warned now that the humanitarian situation is dire. this could be a humanitarian catastrophe. >> appreciate it. >>> u.s. president joe biden says his administration is working like hell to get americans taken by hamas out of gaza. he spoke

this nightmare comes after residents in northern gaza were warned by israel to evacuate southwards. but many simply cannot leave. and while israel denies carrying out collective punishment against the palestinian people, but scenes like this reflected across the gaza strip show that it is civilians that are paying the price. look, jake we have seen air strikes taking police like this one across northern gaza. we've heard that evacuation order from the idf. but there are simply so many people, including patients inside hospitals that cannot leave northern gaza, that cannot evacuate southwards. and while the south has been described as being a safe zone by the idf, what we have seen for more than three weeks now is that safe zone, that southern part of the gaza strip also coming under relentless bombardment by the idf. there is nowhere safe for people in gz to turn. >> nada bashir in jerusalem, thank you so much. i want to bring in cnn's jeremy diamond, who is in ashkelon israel, just north of gaza. jeremy, what is the official response from the idf about this strike on a refugee camp?

meantime, civilians in gaza are heating some of the ideas warnings to leave the northern end of the territory and head south. but united nations officials and other agencies one such a large scale evacuation more than a million people could lead to disaster. hospitals in gaza already say they are on the brink. also the -- today, an important development from the pentagon. it has sent a terrier strike group in a show of support for israel. and to deter others including the militant group hezbollah from getting involved. cnn's oren liebermann is at the pentagon for us. talk about the this u.s. carrier strike group. >> reporter: with no a second carrier strike group is headed to the eastern mediterranean. the first one as well as the accompanying destroyers and cruisers arrived earlier this week. a second one is by the uss dwight d eisenhower deployed and other bases on friday. it will take about two weeks to get there. we learned from defense secretary lloyd austin a statement he put out a couple of hours ago and from u.s. officials that the i could will head to the eastern met. is not intended

and time again, there is no safe place, it seems now mona that the lot of the people in north northern gaza has made the decision that they're not going to go anywhere, no matter what happens to them, if it's meant for them to die, they're going to die in their homes and not again as some of them say repeat 19. 48, yes exactly, israel has entered what it called yesterday, the second phase of its war against hamas, as they are saying there were against hamas, however, and today as you were saying the tanks, the troops extended their ground operations inside, they do of palestinian fighters, because of this incursion in the last two days. and today the the artillery strikes continue to had everything in presidential areas has been of hospitals hospital schools run has been had as well masks churches and today the israel through leaflets again in the northern agos demanding the people of gazash the northern areas to flee to the south saying that in order to make sure they want to to to to continue living, they want to stay alive, they have to leave the northern areas to southern, but as you ha

i understand you've been monitoring the evacuations in northern gaza. what's the latest?eah,hese are evacuations from gaza city effectively down into the gaza valley, and the u.n. is warning that the situation in gaza is, quote, a matter of life and death as 2 million people now risk running out of water completely. people are being forced to use dirty water from wells, and they say we need to truck fuel into gaza now. if not, they say people will start dying. as you report, there are sort of, quote, safe corridors for those who have tried to leave, but this is a monumental task and very late last night the u.n. was suggesting it's almost impossible. we're getting reports from hospitals, not the least of those run by msf saying how on earth are we to evacuate hospitals, the elderly, those at ill? they're getting the corridors established immediately on top of what is the safe zone is absolutely front and center here. getting aid into the rafah border crossing is also, you know, massively important, and i know that's being discussed by regional leaders as they talk to the

the world health organization has condemned israel's order for the evacuation of 22 hospitals in northern gazaincluding those in intensive care and new—borns in incubators — to relocate to southern gaza "could be tantamount to a death sentence". and president biden has spoken to the israeli and palestinian leaders — as the us steps up efforts to contain the escalating conflict. mr biden urged israel to provide safety for palestinian civilians and to issue a condemnation of hamas. and the us secretary of state, antony blinken, will visit egypt today as part of a tour of arab countries aimed at preventing the violence from spreading. the un, us, egypt, jordan and others in the region are working together to ensure innocent civilians have access to water, food, and medical care in gaza. rishi sunak will hold talks later with the king ofjordan, who is visiting several european countries to discuss the situation in gaza. king abdullah has said he is trying to rally international support to stop what he called "the war on gaza". with me now isjordan's foreign minister, ayman safadi. thank you very m

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for your immediate safety, we urge all residents of northern gaza and gaza city to temporarily relocate yourselves. >> gaza is almost under a complete blackout with internet and phone services cut this morning. the blackout plan by israeli bombardments. 14 people in israel have died, mostly in the october 7th attack by hamas. according to palestinian officials, some 7000 people including women and children have died in gaza since the war began. >>> even blocking part of a freeway for a well, demonstrators are calling for a cease-fire in the middle east. this afternoon an estimate of 15,000 people rallied in the perry building before rallying up market street. they rallied up 101, shutting down the freeway near the bridge. one of the demonstrators we spoke with says, his family still in gaza. he has not been able to speak with him for a few days. >> i think there should be a cease-fire now because there are reports coming out of gaza. thousands of people are being killed. and a great majority of them are children. >> other demonstrations were held today in l.a., new york, and washington,