that was sam kiley. so let's bring in head of the palestinian mission to the uk. welcome to the program. first and foremost, do you condemn what hamas did inside israel to israeli civilians? they're dead and there are hostages. >> first and foremost, the western media must abandon this framework that has gotten us to where we are today. >> i just want to know, do you support the killing of civilians? >> of course not, of course not. >> so you condemn that? >> the loss of civilian life is tragic on all sides and what is happening is extremely worrying and very tragic, as we speak the loss of life, you've counted 70, they believe there is more than 200 so far, more than 1,600 entire as compounds are being wiped out. this is a war crime. what is equally tragic is the blindness and the deafness of the world and the international community for so many years, of the warnings we have been saying that this was coming. israel knew this was coming their way. we, the national movement of palestine, the plo, have found a different path 30 years ago. we have committed to what

sam kiley, thank you for your analysis. we appreciate it. we'll be right back. >>> we want the to get become to our breaking news. israel is at at war after hamas launched a surprise attack early saturday. militants are claimed to have fired some 5,000 rockets targeting airports and military positions. israeli officials say 22 people have died. more than 250 have been injured. israel's military says it's carrying out strikes in gaza and thousands of rezeservists will mobilized. we'll have more on this breaking news story the at the opt top of the hour "cnn this morning." >>> turning now to news here in the u.s., president biden is facing criticism for moving forward with the the construction of new barriers at the southern border. the president's breaking a campaign promise to never build additional border walls. but biden couldn't stop the move because congress earmarked funds to construct the barriers, which will go up because of migrant crossings. >> the money was appropriated for the border wall. i tried to get them to redirect that mone

cnn's sam kiley has more on the animosity between israel and hamas and how hamas' military training is more sophisticated than ever. >> reporter: slick propaganda a blatant threat published last year, hamas gunmen training on motorized paragliders. they also showed meticulous planning for fighting in builtup areas, all a historic failure of israeli intelligence. hamas videos of the start of their results from gaza were published within hours of its launch malevolently bold in execution, hamas targeting israeli machine gun nests, command posts, knocked out israeli communications and crippled command and control. they swept into israeli territory and killed at least 900 people in the worst israeli setback in 50 years. once a branch of the muslim brotherhood, hamas' sunni movement won palestinian elections in 2006 on a platform of social reform and resistance to israel. driven by corruption and incompetence, rivals launched attacks immediately against the movement which denies the right of israel to exist at all. in the end, hamas won control of gaza and its grip on the enclave of around

sam kiley reporting in london. ank you so much, sam. >>> and we're going to shift our attention now. narges mohammadi, the winner of this year's nobel peace prize, may not yet be aware she's been recognized for her years of human rights activism in her native iran. that's because the 51-year-old woman is currently serving a lengthy prison sentence in iran's infamous evin prison. it's been eight years since she last saw her family, who now live in paris. after friday's announcement, french president emmanuel macron lauded mohammadi for her courage in standing up to the iranian authorities. >> translator: i think it is a very strong choice for a freedom fighter who has also faced up to the reality and cruelty of this regime, including enduring several years in prison and terrible sentences. >> in paris, mohammadi's teenage daughter said she was extremely proud of her mother for fighting for women's rights in iran, even at the cost of her own freedom. she had this message for her mom. >> translator: don't worry about t

sam kiley has more on the assault and the shadowy figure that may be behind it. the report has graphic content. >> reporter: a brazen political move. hamas demands that the u.s. negotiate the release of american hostages on russian tv. >> there are also prisoners in the u.s. hamas members sentenced to life in the u.s. we demand the u.s. frees our sons. the u.s. conducts prisoner swap. it did one with iran. why wouldn't it conduct one with us? >> reporter: confirmation of part of the intent behind the hamas assault in israel. they were enabled by a failure of israeli intelligence plotted by the shadowy hamas officer they call the guest. only two photographs exist of him who is nearly 60. he is known as el defe because he blitzes a different location every night. he is the master mind or monster behind the murder of more than a thousand in israel. and the kidnapping of about 150 hostages. >> from the beginning, he was very much interested in fighting. >> reporter: in the 1990s , he was believed to be behind a wave of atrocities in israel. in 2014, he is believed to

cnn's sam kiley has more on the assault, and the shadowy figure which may be behind it.he report contains graphic content. >> a brazen political move. hamas demands that the u.s. negotiate the release of american hostages on russian tv. >> there are also prisoners in the u.s., and we want, them of course. hamas members, sentenced to life in the u.s., and we demand that the u.s. freezer sons from prisons. it only recently have done one with iran. why wouldn't it conduct one with us? >> confirmation of part of the assault on israel. they were enabled by a failure of israeli intelligence. they plotted by the shadowy hamas officer that they call all deif, the guest. only to photograph muhammad who is nearly 60. he is known as that because he appears as a gaston from location every night. he is the mastermind, or monster, behind thousands in israel. it was 150 officers. >> in the beginning, he was very much a part -- >> in the mid 1990s, he was believed to be behind a wave of atrocities in israel. in 2014, there is the arm, and the lake in an israeli airstrike that aimed to k

sam kiley has more. >> reporter: slick propaganda published last year.amas gunman training on motorized paragliders. and they showed meticulous planning for fighting, all historic failure of israeli intelligence. hamas videos of the start of their assaults fros gaza were published within hours. and hamas sunni movement won palestinian elections in 2006 on a platform of social reform and resistance to iz rae. driven by corruption and incompetence, rivals launched attacks immediately against the movement which denies the right of israel to exist at all. in the end hamas won control of gaza. and its grip on the enclave of around 2 million people tighten ed, causing intense humanitarian problems. hamas responded with waves of rocket attacks against israel that got worse as the years went by. israel counterattacked from the air. and with ground assaults that left thousands dead and hamas still in charge. but iran's influence has been key to hamas' military power. >> iranians have trained palestinian engineers in how to establish rocket manufacturing in gaza.

sam kiley, cnn. >> live now to london, cnn's katie polglase is following developments for us.hat more do we know about biden's visit? this is a second trip to an active war zone this year, it comes at some personal risk for the president, but also he feels like he needs to do. >> good morning john, absolutely. that is clearly very evident from the decision here to provide him to go visit israel. there is a clear security risk, the white house has said that they have done their homework before deciding that biden will visit, clearly there have been some considerable preparations before this decision was made. but it also shows how seriously biden's administration think this issue is and how pressing it is to ensure that there is some de-escalation. now, if you look at his secretary of state anthony blinken's visit recently, all of this diplomacy that we've been talking about. the number of different state actors, the number of different countries that blinken met with really shows how many different countries are involved and how much concern there is for this conflict spreadin

cnn's sam kiley has more on the animosity between israel and hamas over the years. >> propaganda a blatant threat and published last year hamas gunman training they also showed meticulous planning for fighting in built-up areas all an historic failure of israeli intelligence. hamas videos were published within hours of its launch hamas targeted israeli machine gun nests and command post. the knocked out communications and crippled command and control they swept into israeli territory and launched a wave of atrocities, killing at least 900 people in the worst israeli setback in 50 years. once a branch of the muslim brotherhood, hamas's sunni movement won elections in 2006 on a platform of social reform and resistance to israel, ridden by corruption and incompetence, rival factions launched attacks immediately against the movement which denies the right of israel to exist at all. in the end, hamas won control of gaza. and its grip of the enclave of around 2 million people tightened as iran and egypt largely sealed it off causing intense humanitarian problems. hamas responded with waves of ro

i want to go to sam kiley to stay on this -- this thread, this question, of the israelis not know what they don't know. >> well, yes, dana. on top of that, all day, and nic and i have been in and out of the gaza strip, my case, for 25 years, i've never been into that strip or out of it, near it, without being within sight of an israeli helicopter. where were those gun ships? they have observation balloons. it is almost impossible to move anywhere in gaza without being observed, particularly now by israeli drones. and yet, we were witness to -- by video and by social media, an incursion from gaza into israeli territory, without any kind of aerial response from the israelis whatsoever. there's been no evidence whatsoever that they got an apache into the air and go after palestinian gunmen who were brazenly walking down the streets, opening fire on passing civilian vehicles, opening fire on police officers, overrunning two different small idf bases on the edge of the gaza strip. this is an absolutely extraordinary piece of planning by the gaza militants of hamas, but also, they could not

more now from cnn senior international correspondent sam kiley. a warning, his report contains some graphic video. [sirens] >> at stake, a widening war in the middle east. a humanitarian horror and floods of refugees. the conundrum israel faces is self defense versus collective punishment. still reeling from october 7th hamas attacks in which at least 1400 people were killed and most of the civilians, israel's prime minister has pledged to destroy hamas and called for international support. >> [speaking in a non-english language] >> he said just like the world united to destroy the not season destroy i.s.i.s., now the world must unite in order to defeat hamas. but at what cost? the u.s. secretary of state embarked on a frantic round of talks with israel ahead about why the anticipated ground assault on gaza. >> -- our deep commitment to israel's right, indeed, it's obligation, to defend itself, and defend its people. >> but there's also been a warning from the white house. >> i think that it would be a mistake for israel to occupy gaza again. >> h

sam kiley, cnn. >>> wow. max foster is live in london with more. max, just absolutely fascinating from our colleague samg kylie. and there is also this, we have a hamas official who is saying that the group prepared for this attack for two years. he says that we've been preparing for this for two years. we manufactured a lot. we have local factories for everything. none of our factions and even our allies did not know about the skzero hour of the attack i order to to preserve the secrecy of the battle. it is starting to look like the israelis were just looking in the wrong direction here. >> i mean, we talked about it before, this is the picture that we're gradually seeing being built, that hamas were preparing and they have spoken to it themselves as well that israel was distracted by events in the west bank and also within their own legal system and the domestic battle. and so this big operation was being built over two year, extraordinary to think that the israelis didn't pick up on this intelligence or indeed the americans. but also i thought w

cnn's sam kiley, with more, on the assault, and a shadowy figure who may be behind it. a warning, this report contains demanded the release of u.s. house to seize on russian tv. >> we're also prisoners in the u.s. we want them of course they're hamas sentences to life and u.s. we want them to free our sons from their prisons. u.s. connects prisoner swaps, only recently did one with iran, why would need to one with us? >> confirmation of part of the hamas assault in israel. they were enabled by a failure in israeli intelligence but blotted by a shadowy hamas officer, the guest. only two photographs exist of him who is nearly 60. he is known as el deif because he lives with it as a guest in a different location every night. is the mastermind, the monster behind the murder of the attack in israel and the kidnapping of 150 hostages. >> we [inaudible] >> in the mid 1990s whose be leave to be behind a wave of atrocities in israel. and in 2018's, believed to have lost an arm and leg in an israeli arm strike aimed it in the killed's wife and his daughter. for the last two years

cnn's sam kiley reports. >> israel wants this man dead. sinwar, the leader of a hamas in gaza. >> evil, in the end, it is yahya sinwar. that man is in our sights. all of us will team up and we will get to him. >> he was first convicted for the murder of 19 eight of two israeli soldiers and four palestinian suspected of collaboration with israel. and he spent two decades in an israeli prison studying his enemy. the founder of hamas internal security force, he had hunted alleged collaborators with zeal, and was among the movements biggest prizes went over 1000 palestinian prisoners were released in 2011 for an israeli soldier held hostage in gaza for five years. he said -- >> [speaking in a non-english language] >> there is no doubt that this is a nationalistic moment par excellence. it is one of the big strategic monuments in the history of our cause. he quickly became ahead of hamas ' military wing, and on election to the gaza leadership in 2017, effectively abolished its civilian branch. ostracized by egypt overt support for political isl

but as sam kiley reports, international reaction to the carnage is increasingly more divisive. and this report does contain very graphic video. >> reporter: at stake, a widening war in the middle east. humanitarian horror and floods of refugees. the conundrum israel faces is self-defense versus collective punishment. still reeling from the october 7 hamas attacks in which at least 1400 people were killed, and most of them civilians, israel's prime minister has pledged to destroy hamas and called for international support. he said just like the world united to destroy the nazis and destroy isis, now the world must unite in order to defeat hamas. but at what cost. the u.s. secretary of state embarked on a frantic round of talks with israel ahead of a widely anticipated ground assault on gaza. >> you know ouo israel's right, indeed its obligation, to defend itself and to defend its people. >> reporter: but there is also a warning from the white house. >> i think that it would be a mistake for israel to occupy gaza again. >> reporter: hamas is blamed for mounting civilian casualtie

sam kiley, thank you very much. we are also of course monitoring all of these late-breaking developments here in washington. in response to this unprecedented hamas attack against israel. i want to go back to our senior white house correspondent, mj lee. she is getting new information. what you are hearing now from the biden administration? >> reporter: wolf, we have just heard directly from president biden himself. he has released a statement after speaking with prime minister benjamin netanyahu. so let me read a part of that written statement. he says the united states unequivocally condemns this appalling assault against israel, by hamas terrorists, from gaza, and i made clear to prime minister netanyahu that we stand ready to offer all appropriate means of support to the government and people of israel. terrorism is never justified. israel has a right to defend itself. and its people. the united states warns against any other party hostile to israel taking advantage in this situation, and my administration's sup

cnn's sam kiley has more on the fallout from the hospital blast, this report contains some disturbings. >> a blast immediate strategic impact. jordan canceled a summit with the u.s. egypt and the palestinian authority as news of mass casualties in gaza emerged. >> now with the hamas controlled gaza health ministry saying the death toll is over 470 from an explosion in the courtyard of this church run hospital. >> there are protests around the world. >> [crowd chanting] >> and in this war the truth is unlikely to emerge quickly. the u.s. based on its own analysis of the evidence, including secret intelligence, has supported israel's version of events. >> based on information we have seen today it appears the result of an errant rocket fired by a terrorist group in gaza. >> israel blames hamas in these land jihad, arrival is the militant group. islamic jihad hamas and other palestinian groups say israel does it. >> cnn has gilles located videos and stills from the scene, and shown all the available authentic evidence to two weapons experts. they agree the explosion is likely not caused

. >> and sam kiley has more on the assault and shadowy figure who may be behind it. the report contains graphic content. >> reporter: a brazen political move. hamas demands that the u.s. negotiate the release of american hostages on russia tv. >> translator: there are also prisoners in the u.s. we want them of course. there are hamas members sentenced to life in the u.s. we demand the u.s. frees our sons from their prisons. they conduct prisoner swaps, why wouldn't they conduct one with us? >> reporter: confer nirmation o part of the intent of the attack. plotted by a shadowy hamas officer they call el deif, the guest. only two photographs exist of mohammed deif he will massry nearly 60. he is known as el deif because he is a guest at a different location every night. he is the monster behind the murder of more than 1,000 in israel. and the kidnapping of about 150 hostages. >> from the beginning of his life he was very much interested in fighting the occupation. >> reporter: in the mid 1990s, he was believed to be behind a wave of uatrocities in israel. and he is bel

sam kiley, cnn. >>> let's talk now about what happens in that long contested region. the gaza strip. if hamas is taken out. max foster is joining us live from london. max, good morning. thank you for being here. i think that some people may not understand the way that this relationship works or how -- i mean, hamas is functionally the government in gaza. and we saw some government officials, they were talking about the military arm trying to claim that there was some sort of disconnect, but the reality is that they are kind of one in the same. and we have a bit of news that just crossed from jeremy diamond who says that the idf is accusinging hamas of hiding behind the people of gaza refusing or telling them not to leave. this is a dire governance situation for these people. and can you help explain kind of how we got here? >> well, hamas is a militant group but also a political group with widespread support as a political group amongst palestinians. so that is what you've got here. we also have a situation where israel ntisn't just trying to suppress hamas, it is try

and, anderson, of course, if we wait to see what israel's next step is, i want to bring in cnn's sam kiley with a look at how all of this could play out, as israel is retaliating against hamas, what are they potentially face something do you believe that a full scale ground invasion of gaza is possible, and even likely here? >> well, it's certainly possible, and it is highly likely. the problem is it is so fraught with the obvious danger, danger to military personnel, danger to gaza's civilians population, and then danger of ignition. and this is precisely what hamas wants to see, ignition of a wider conflict, perhaps seeing an uprising on the west bank, an uprising involving israel's palestinian, ethnic palestinian population, and then potentially some kind of attack emanating from southern lebanon from hezbollah. not all of those things are certain. but they are much, much more likely the more violence is unleashed by israel in pursuit of not only revenge, but of the rescue of, as you rightly point out, not just 100 or plus hostages that hamas claims to have, but the 30 plus that the pal

i want to bring in cnn's sam kiley standing by in london. you've covered the region extensively. what do you make of the scale of these attacks, where they're happening and the means hamas is using here? >> kim, i think this is almost unprecedented. the previous level of frankly intelligence failure from israel would have been the yom kippur war 50 years ago ago almost today when the combined air -- launched a surprise attack against israel, and now we have a surprise attack using the cover of a claimed 5,000 missiles, the israelis say 2,000 missiles, but the missiles are still flying out of gaza. the idf has confirmed, that's the israeli defense forces, that palestinian militants then infiltrated or as part of this complex operation have infiltrated israeli -- from the sea and the air, using para gliders, motorized para gliders to get across the fence and defensive lines separating israel from gaza into israeli territory. the local media and indeed we've confirmed this, at least two -- infiltrated close to the gaza strip, israeli media is reporting gun battles ongoing in the big

cnn's sam kiley has our report. >> israel wants this man dead. the leader of hamas in gaza. >> in the face of diesel, at the end, that man is in our sights and. we will get him. >> he was first convicted in 1988 for the murder of two israeli soldiers and palestinians suspected of collaboration with israel. and he spent two decades in an israeli prison. studying. the leader of the hamas enter security for, as he hunted alleged collaborators with seal. and was among the movements 1000 palestinian prisoners released in 2011, and israeli soldier held hostage in gaza for five years. he said, there is no doubt that this is a nationalistic moment. it is one of the big, strategic monuments in the history of our cause. he quickly became head of hamas military wing. and an election to the gaza leadership in 2017, effectively abolished its civilian branch. ostracized by egypt over support for political islam, he repaired friendships with cairo. and build regional relationships that entrenched hamas power. >> it really needed to also have good relations with

and sam kiley is in london. this morning president biden is back in washington and getting ready to give a prime time address to the nation after returning from the war zone in israel. we're expect ing it to make a major push to aid to ukraine. the passing a an aid package, impossible on capitol hill right now. congress is paralyzed with no speaker. during his trip, president biden says he was able to strike a deal with egypt's president to allow some trucks with desperately needed humanitarian aid to start crossing into gaza as soon as tomorrow. civilians are stuck and running out of food, water and medicine. >> we have an opportunity to alleviate the pain, you should do it. period. if you don't, you're going to lose credibility worldwide. >> u.s. intelligence backs up the claim that a malfunctioning rocket fired by palestinian militants caused the deadly blast at a hospital in gaza instead of an iz relaty airstrike. new video emerged. it appears to show a rocket fired from gaza make a sudden and sharp turn bac

so, for some background, here's cnn's sam kiley. >> reporter: slick propaganda, a blatant threat in public last year, hamas gunmen training on motorized paragliders. they also showed meticulous planning for fighting in builtup areas, all historic failure of israeli intelligence. hamas videos of the start of their assaults from gaza were published within hour of their launch. once a branch of the brotherhood, won sunni -- platform of social reform and resistance to israel. riddled by corruption and incompetence, rival -- launched attacks immediately against the movement, which denies the right of israel to exist at all. in the end, hamas won control of gaza. and its grip on the enclave of around 2 million people tightened as israel and egypt largely sealed it off, causing intense humanitarian problems. hamas responded with waves of rocket attacks against israel that got worse as the years went by. israel, counterattack from the air. and with ground assaults that left thousands dead and hamas still in charge. but iran's influence has been key to hamas' military power. >> the iranians have tr

sam kiley also with us from london. let me begin with you, nic, there were roberts behind you. we spoke about a half hour ago. you had sort of a barrage, an assault coming in, which was fended off successfully by israel's iron dome missile defense system. what is happening now? >> reporter: yeah, since then we've heard a helicopter coming through the area again. heavy machine gun from the helicopter opened up. it appears to be supporting israeli defense force troops on the ground, still combating those hamas militants. this checkpoint behind me marks the area of what is considered safely controlled israeli territory, and beyond that an area where the israeli defense force does not have 100% certainty that it has full control. just over the hill to my left over this direction here, earlier on this evening we've learned that hamas tried to assault the beach there with a seven-man force to have another incursion after nightfall into this area of israel. that's a completely separate incursion to those that occurred this morning. now that was intercepted by israeli defense forces. t

. >>> i want to go to cnn senior international correspondent sam kiley. sam, what strikes you from what we've seen today? as you answer that, i'll give a little perspective. i'm hearing from people i know in tel aviv who are up and down, up and down to the bomb shelter because of the sirens going off. it speaks to what nick is talking about, this is an attack that initially happened in and around the border with gaza, horrific attack on civilians. it is continuing into the evening and it is continuing well into the other parts of is israel. >> reporter: i think this is the most constructive attack orchestrated by the palestinians since 1948. that was israel attacking israel surprising them over the holiday period. this has come almost from within, emanating from the gaza strip, using the heavy rocket bombardment as a cover, distraction for what israel had been worried about for many years, which is the use of tunnels to infiltrate israeli territory. being combined with air attacks. using para gliders to attack over the fence and even from the sea. hamas ab

sam kiley has more on the leader of hamas in gaza. >> reporter: israel wants this man dead, the leader of hamas in gaza. >> the face of evil in the end. >> reporter: he was first convicted in 1988 for the murder of two israeli soldiers and four palestinians suspected of collaboration with israel. and he spent two decades in an israeli prison studying his enemy. the founder of hamas internal security force, he had hunted alleged collaborators with zeal and was among the movement's biggest prizes when over a 1,000 palestinian prisoners were released in 2011 for an israeli soldier held hostage in gaza for five years. he said there is no doubt this is a nationalist par excellence. it is one of the big strategic monuments in the history of our cause. he quickly became head of hamas' military wing and on election to the gaza military leadership in 2017 effectively abolished its civilian branch. he repaired friendships with cairo and built regional relationships that entrenched hamas power. >> it really needed to have also good relations with the key arab state that also only shares the only

sam kiley, cnn. >>> let's get you live to london where we are following developments. elliot, that's what we know about the hospital blast. it has set up a contentious visit for president biden. the humanitarian situation, meantime, is getting worse. in all of this, there are 2.2 million palestinians in gaza. some half a million as we understand it have driven south. we hear anecdotedly, so many of those are actually going back north because they have nothing there in the south. no infrastructure. these are people with kids and families and they just decided, many people, that it is better to be in northern gaza at this point. we haven't yet seen a ground. where are we at? what are the key take aways from this point? >> we are still waiting for humanitarian assistance to be allowed through the crossing of the border between the gaza strip and egypt. one of the things president biden did achieve on his visit to israel, of course, a truncated visit given the cancellation of this summit that was due to take place in oman that was captured in the wake of that blast at the

senior international correspondent, sam kiley is joining me now. so, let's get the latest from what you know and some of the context, sam? >> reporter: christine, what we know of the death toll is the israelis are saying that they lost 70 people and nearly 1000 injured after this very complex attack that was launched completely unexpectedly by hamas outside of the gaza strip using rockets largely as cover for very complex series of infiltrations by land, by sea, and in the air. according to the israeli defense forces, gun battles are continuing, inside israeli territory and we also saw earlier in the day, the militants able to attack a police station or near a police station opening fire on civilians as well as attacking military bases, they been under attack, the idea that they had lost contact with one of those relatively small relative military bases on the other side of the gaza strip. the israelis also lost a tank and hamas is claimed to have taken a number of people hostage. these hostages have been confirmed by the israeli defense forces sayi

. >> and our thanks to sam kiley for that report. coming up, the painful reality for so many families right now. i'm going to talk to the loved one of a hostage. taken by hamas. stay with us. >>> we're back with our coverage of the war right now. hamas is warning it will execute the hofltages it kidnapped over the weekend if israel continues to retaliate in gaza. i wan to bring in shelly shamto, hamas kidnapped her 21-year-old son from the super nova music festival on saturday. they kidnapped him and took limb to gaza. when did you last hear from your son? >> i heard from my son on saturday morning at 8:00 when he was -- he called us that he was in panic. he told us that there are shooting guns and a big mess there. and he tried to escape with a friend's car, and my daughter told him to -- to send a -- a google live and he sent us the -- the google live and then we saw, he told us, i will talk with you, i will talk with you. and then we saw in the google live that he is going to -- to near the board and then we saw that he's moving i

sam kiley has more on the geopolitical fallout from the hospitals explosion. a warning, the report contains disturbing images. >> a blast of strategic impact. jordan canceled a summit with the u.s., egypt in palestinian authority. as news of mass casualties in gaza emerged. now, with the hamas controlled gaza health ministry, saying the death toll is over 470. from an explosion in a courtyard on this church around hospital. there are protests around the world. and in this war the truth is unlikely to emerge quickly. the u.s., based on its own analysis of the evidence. including secret intelligence. has supported israel's version of events. >> they saw information we've seen today, it appears the result of an errant rocket followed by the terror scoop in gaza. >> instrumental moss in the islamic jihad. a rival islamic militant group. islamic jihad has moss and other palestinian groups say israel did it. cnn has geolocated video and stills from the scene that shows available evidence to two weapons experts. and they agree the explosion is likely not caused by an

let's bring in cnn sam kiley. i really need to focus on this idea of these soldiers that have been, have been being held hostage by the hamas they say say. i think i heard israel is now confirming that. >> yes. christiane, that's exactly right. the idea has confirmed. they haven't gone into detail. they have said they believe that there are hostages now being held by hamas and that there are what they're calling prisoners of war. so it's unclear whether there are civilians and or military personnel. clearly from that video you just played, there are military personnel. we've seen authenticated video we'll bring to our viewing present of a female civilian or somebody, a woman in civilian clothes being looking rather bloodied, being what appears to be a captive israeli jeep by hamas militants inside the gaza strip. this will clearly be an extremely difficult problem for the israeli authority to deal with. if they've now got a hostage crisis on top of a desire to go into gaza and seek revenge and try to break the bac

sam kiley, thank you very much. we will stay very close touch with you.ant to bring in cnn senior reporter right now and j leon right now national security reporter, natasha bertram. natasha, let's start with you. give us the white house reaction. what has it been? what have they been saying this morning so far? >> reporter: wolf, this is the latest from the white house. we know that president biden was informed of the situation in israel. biden and his advisors early this morning, we are waiting on word that he is received the full briefing from his top officials. we know also that the president is also going to address the situation that is unfolding later today. we do not know exactly what and what format that addresses going to come, but whether it's a paper statement from the president or on camera remarks, we certainly expect that he is going to condemn the violence that is unfolding in the strongest possible terms as officials also tells the president biden is expected to speak with his israeli counterpart prime minister and netanyahu later today.