Blitzer in the situation room. I will see you tomorrow. Happening now, Breaking News. The United States just shared new details on its assessment that israel was not responsible for the deadly Hospital Explosion in gaza. U. S. Officials to intelligence indicating a failed palestinian Rocket Launch caused the blast but across the middle east right now, angry protester and some government leaders still insist government is to blame. Ratcheting wartime tensions even higher. This as President Biden is heading home from israel right now after showing support for Prime Minister netanyahu and the war against hamas. The white house Just Announced the president will discuss the u. S. War response during an address to the nation tomorrow night. Back in washington, u. S. House remains paralyzed at this critical moment after jim jordan lost a second vote to become speaker of the house. Jordan says the third vote is tomorrow. Even as he faces growing opposition within his own party. Welcome to our viewers in the United States and around the world. Im wolf blitzer. Youre in the situation room. This is cnn Breaking News. Were following the volatile and complicated aftermath of the deadly Hospital Explosion in gaza. The u. S. Offering a more detailed and definitive assessment that israel was not responsible. President biden just weighed in aboard Air Force One as he flies home from his high stakes trip to israel and prepares for a prime time address to the nation tomorrow. Correspondents are covering all the Breaking News in the middle east as well as here in the United States. First, lets go to chief c correspondent, kaitlan collins, from tel aviv. Tell us more about the president s address tomorrow night and what hes saying now about his trip to israel. Its notable what the white house said that President Biden is going to be talking about tomorrow night when he makes that value Office Address at 8 00 p. M. Of course, that is obviously a venue that is typically reserved for the most serious and somber of addresses that any u. S. President makes to a nation. They say he will not only be talking about the deadly attack from hamas on israel, of course, the center of the focus of his trip here to tel aviv today where he spent several hours on the ground. Hes also going to be talking about u. S. Support for ukraine. That is notable given what you heard President Biden say here today given that hes asking for an unprecedented aid package for israel from the u. S. Congress. What weve heard is this idea of tieing aid to israel to more funding for the war effort in ukraine as theres been a concern that after the attack happened here in israel, that ukraine would fall to the back burner. So it will be notable to see how the president ties these t together. The president just spent several hours in tel aviv where he was talking about where the blame went, where it should be placed for the explosion in gaza city yesterday. You saw some lawmakers criticize israel over it. It took about 24 hours or so before the president came out and cited his own intelligence, but said he felt confidence in that intelligence. This is what he torld reporters on Air Force One. I can why this circumstances, i can understand that. I would not, i dont say things like that unless i have faith in the source in which ive gotten. I dont know all the detail but i know the people at the Defense Department who i respect, Intelligence Community that i respect these highly it has been very explicit from the white house, wolf, they do not believe israel is behind this. Theyre not just citing what israel is saying. Theyre citing their own analysis from the pentagon. Wolf, you know from covering the white house how rare it is for president s to come back and speak to press on Air Force One. Its almost unprecedented for President Biden to do what he did. He did make other news. He had just gotten off the phone with the president of egypt, someone he was supposed to meet with in person. He said the president has agreed to open up the rafa crossing. The connection between egypt and gaza, to let up to 20 trucks full of humanitarian assistance into gaza. That is incredibly significant. Well be waiting to see when that happens, but it would be Ground Breaking if that assistance is allowed across, wolf. That would be so important. Thank you. And shell have much more on her show tonight, the source, at 9 00 p. M. Eastern. Israeli military is warning it will not be short but as israel and palestinians continue to trade blame for that deadly blast. Lets go to erin burnett whos also in tel aviv tonight. What more are we learning about the back and forth over whos behind the deadly Hospital Blast in gaza . Wolf, as you know, the Israeli Defense forces have put out detailed explanations of Signal Interceptions where members of Islamic Jihad discussed hitting the hospital. Theyre going to great lengths. They understand whats at stake. These are the trajectories. Theyre putting out a map of all the misfired rockets since this war began 12 days ago. Obviously, thats not going to convince people in the arab world about what happened but they obviously feel this is very crucial. Talking to sources in the idf, they have great frustration. They say when people talk about what happened to babies on october 7th, we had to put out the proof of what happened to those babies. What happens at the hospital, we have to put out the proof and they feel that the world believes hamas without question and that they are always forced to a double standard, but nonetheless, the Foreign Minister and cnn said the israeli war isnt responsible but trying to find someone who believe it. Interesting. There are still israeli families who do not know what happened to their kidnapped loved ones. Tell us about that. Wolf, we have been speaking to so many of these families. My greatest sadness is that only small parts of those conversations are able to air. These are people going through profound grief and loss and when youre with them as a parent, you truly cant imagine it. It is unbelievable. The anguish they are going through and tonight, i was with the parents of maya and etan. These two young people, 21 and 18, they were on vacation with their mother in mexico for three weeks. Got back on friday, october 6th. Around 11 00. They were so excited, they came back for the festival and got to borrow their parents car and drive to the festival through the night because they never get tired. They get there and then at 8 50 in the morning that their father received a call from maya. Heres part of the conversation i had with the parents. I thought she was dead. I thought both of them dead. My son. Both of my child in the car. They kill me, they kill me. I love you, pop, i love you, daddy. I think that this is, i have to bury the child. I want to know if theyre alive. Yes. This is more important for me now. We want to know our child. There are signs of life, something for us. You know, sitting there, it has a feeling of trespass to be there with such grief talking about someone they love as a reporter, but it is what they want. They want the world to hear it. When his daughter called, his phone, an android, he didnt realize this at the time but i was showing you the time stamps. It actually recorded part of the conversation and thats why you could hear her screaming. Which he replayed because he wants the world to hear. Those two children are missing. The idf has told the parents they believe the daughter is, they called and said she is a hostage. So they hold out hope and they say right now, the only thing that has brought them a smile since october 7th is the fact their children could be hostages of hamas and that is the level of anguish they feel. I think its so important just to remember, wolf, in every one of these stories, it all goes back to this moment and it is so far from resolved for these hundreds of families missing their loved ones tonight. Freeing those hostages is so critically important. Its heartbreaking to hear those stories. Erin will be back at the top of the hour for her program, erin burnett outfront. Now to the growing anger across the middle east after that gaza Hospital Blast. Ben wedeman is joining us from Southern Lebanon near the israel will border. Ben, weve seen protests erupt in much of the arab world right now. Whats the situation like now . Reporter well, its late at night so theres not much going on but certainly during the day we saw the second protest near the u. S. Embassy. Its north of beirut. Protesters were throwing rocks at the security forces. They were responding with tear gas and water cannon. Obviously, the situation in lebanon in particular because of the potentially explosive situation on the border with israel is sending jitters throughout the diplomatic community. The United States has authorized Family Members of the staff at the embassy in beirut as well as non Emergency Personnel to leave if they so desire. The United Kingdom has just put out an advisory to british subjects in lebanon saying that leave now if you, because perhaps you wont be able to get a flight out of hereaf after. Lets keep in mind that in 2006 when the war between hezbollah and lebanon began, one of the first things the israelis struck was beirut airport, knocking it out of operation until after the war was over more than 33 days later. So there seems to be a fear that even though the focus is on gaza that perhaps lebanon may be next in this war. All right, stay safe, ben wedeman in Southern Lebanon. Back here in the United States, u. S. Officials are putting out more detailed information about the Gaza Hospital attack and its assessment that israel was not responsible. Katie is digging into that. Take us through the new assessment from the u. S. Intelligence community. Theyve been analyzing overhead imagery, intercepts provided by israel, images of the blast site to analyze to try to determine what caused this explosion and theyve come to a pretty firm conclusion that the blast was caused by a misfired Palestinian Rocket rather than a missile from israel. Ill share with you a statement from the Security Council we got this afternoon. An official said that the u. S. Government now assesses that israel was not responsible for an expeloslosion that killed hundreds of civilians yesterday at a hospital. Our assessment is based on intelligence, Missile Activity and open source video and images of the incident. Intelligence indicates some mili militants believed it was caused the militants were still investigating what happened. Wolf, now, i think the important thing for the Biden Administration is to try to get this message out sort of as widely as they can in an effort to try to tamp down some of these anti israeli protests that have swung up across the middle east in response to the initial belief that this hospital was struck by an israeli missile wolf. Thank you. Just ahead, ill get reaction to all the Breaking News from one of President Bidens Top National Security advisers. Hes standing by live. Plus, a new cnn investigation into the extent of Intelligence Hamas carried ahead of its attack. New evidence revealing hamas gathered information before launching its attack. These images are disturbing. Matthew chance has a closer look. These were the terrifying scenes. This hamas gunman recorded themselves moving freely through the gardens of israeli homes. Code red, code red, the israeli loud speaker blares. Punctuating the sporadic gunfire. After the attack, israeli First Responders saw bullet holes and bloodstains in room after room. What looks like a coldly methodical killing spree. While hundreds of Is Israelis W killed, lives were saved. Residents pushed back a hamas attack and found documents on the bodies of the militants they killed with disturbing, highly accurate intelligence including precise numbers of armed guards there. Regional defense force, at least 20 residents, one document reads, and ten soldiers. We knew basically the size of our security team. They knew about other three or four entrances to the kibbutz. Sounds like they knew everything. They knew everything. Where the generators are and they knew where the armory is. They knew about rules around the kibbutz. Security footage shows how hamas gunman killed an israeli outside the Kibbutz Gates before being repelled. Even with detailed intelligence on their targets, not every objective was achieved. Nearby kibbutz wasnt even attacked though we now have Documentary Evidence that hamas intended to inflict the maximum possible Human Casualty there is and to hold hostages. A highly detailed street map found on another hamas gunman shows individual buildings identifying and assessed for their military value. The Community Kitchen for example is described as the main place suitable for holding hostages. Inside the guard room, the soldiers must be neutralized, the hamas instructions say. Hamas has designated a place for first aid for both enemies and friends. And Matthew Chance is joining us now live from northern israel. Matthew, what was the israeli reaction to Learning Hamas had gathered so many specific details on these israeli communities . It was shock and we showed the maps to one woman in particular from kibbutz side which youve just seen and she was astounding that a palestinian militant group, hamas, could have gathered that kind of detailed information about her home. And so thats one of the Big Questions in israel right now is how. How hamas gathered that kind of highly specific intelligence about israeli communities all around the south of the country. And those weve spoken to dont understand how it could have happened unless there had been help from inside so its a big m mystery. Thanks for that report. Very important. Coming up, another live report from on the ground in israel. Much more on all the Breaking News right after this. Is it possible my network could take my business to the next level . 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What i will say and i think its important to not immediately rush to judgment on receiving these reports. We believe that the severity of the incident and tragedy that unfolded that President Biden has been clear about is for the loss of innocent palestinian lives in this explosion merited a rigorous review, which is what we undertook overnight last night based on our intelligence holdings, conversations with hear partners and photos and videos shot at the scene and ultimate will i, the determination was made that israel was not responsible for that explosion and having a look at that information, i think we feel very comfortable with that assessment. Was Islamic Jihad responsible . We have not attributed this explosion to any particular group. This is an incident were still looking into but were not ready to make that call. How close are you to making a final determination who blew up that hospital . Look, what i will say, you know as well as i do, that war is a powerful force in making assessments in these sorts of inc incidents, in conflicts where we have more access to the situation on the ground than we do in gaza. So i dont want to put this on a specific timeline but we are going to continue to look into this and do a review. I want to get your reaction to something that jordans Foreign Minister said earlier today. Listen to this. Everybody here believes that israel is responsible for it. Israeli army saying its not but to be honest, try and find anybody whos going to believe it in this part of the world. People are used to this kind of denying things and admitting them. How big of a problem is it that so many people in the middle east, in the region, believe israel was responsible for that attack . How does israel change this perception . Look, there is going to be a significant challenge in this conflict with reporting Accurate Information because not only does the u. S. Government not have access to the situation on the ground in immediate and direct way, but neither frankly do Many International journalists and ngos that would normally be rushing to the scene to gather facts and Interview Witnesses and make the determination for themselves. So really, the imperative is on all of us not to rush to judgment. To do independent reporting and analysis to gather evidence and facts then to make a determination. Thats what the u. S. Government did overnight. Were going to be sharing our assessment with our key partners and allies including the governor of jordan then theyll make their decision. But this is going to be a conflict in which Accurate Information and the prospect of disinformation is real and were going to do our best to react only when we have gathered facts and can make an accurate statement about what happened. Has the reaction from so many in the arab world to this deadly Hospital Blast complicate israels upcoming full scale invasion of at least Northern Gaza . What i will say is that theres a common reaction, bereave the United States and israel and governments that this was a horrific tragedy. There was horrendous total in terms of loss of life and this conflict is one in which we are likely to see unfortunately that continue and that is something that the president has discussed quite directly with the government of israel, with other governments in the region and something thats going to be a key feature of our work going forward. We are very focused on not just solidarity with israel and the israeli people but on making sure that in this conflict there is the minimum possible loss of innocent civilian life. Israel now says it will allow humanitarian aid into gaza from egypt. During negotiations from this deal, a source says israel expressed concern over socalled dual use items like fuel. How much ability will israel have to deny the transfer of various specific items . Look, there are a basic set of items that are going to be necessary for the civilian population in gaza to survive and we are going to make a very strong case and the president did both today in his meetings in israel and many of his conversations with regional leaders that that material has to get into gaza. Medicine, food, and fuel. Fuel by the way is not just for the civilian population. It powers things like Desalination Plants that help provide water and there is significant amount of humanitarian supplies that have been deployed now to egypt and into the Sinai Peninsula and the major city thats closest to gaza and as the president said, we expect those supplies to start to move into gaza shortly. John, thanks so much for joining us. Thank you. Cnns Anderson Cooper is joining us from tel aviv. Its been a day of fast moving, significant developments. What are you hearing first of all about the humanitarian assistance the people in gaza so desperately need . Yeah. Listen, certainly that has been something that came out of President Bidens trip. Clearly pressure was put on israel to agree to that. To that demand. President biden said that the u. S. Had been given 100 million in humanitarian assistance but as you know, there are already trucks from a number of International Humanitarian organizations, the u. N. And others, waiting at the crossing point, waiting on the egyptian side ready to go in. Israel has you know, reaffirmed their concern about those supplies being used just for civilians and the u. S. Has said if theres any sign that those supplies are being taken by hamas or other groups or ending up in the hands of hamas, that there would be repercussions for that and a reassessment of how that aid is coming in or if its going to be coming in and how its going to be distributed. But certainly from a humanitarian and Military Standpoint in terms of israels interests, having as many civilians head south, that is something they have been urging and certainly from a Military Standpoint and a few civilians in the north in gaza city, the better when their Ground Operation begins to launch. We have seen hundreds of thousands as you know as youve been covering hundreds of thousands of people moving down into the south, conditions are incredibly overcrowded. I talked to a woman earlier today whos down with her family. Theres 57 or so People Living in one persons home. One bathroom. Sharing supplies. Sharing what food there is. So the situation in the south is dire in terms of getting food, medicine, supplies to people in need. I understand later tonight on 360, youre speaking to a mother and father about the search for their son who was kidnapped by hamas. Tell us about that. Yeah. This is a young man who they knew they had a still image of him in a bomb shelter near the super nova music festival. They knew his hand had been blown off somehow as grenades were tossed in. They had not seen video of him other than the still image inside the bomb shelter taken from an israeli inside the shelter. Theyve gotten more information. Were going to talk to them about what theyve learned. Thanks very much. Anderson will be back 8 00 p. M. Eastern for his program, Anderson Cooper 360. Well be watching. Thank you. Right now, i want to bring in mark, a Senior Adviser to the israeli Prime Minister, benjamin netanyahu. Thanks so much, mark, for joining us. What can you tell us about Prime Minister netanyahus meeting today with President Biden . It was behind closed doors. Are the Prime Minister and the president on the same page about israels war against hamas and its humanitarian responsibilities . My impression of the discussions is the americans do understand that hamas has to be dismantled. That there has to be a new reality in gaza. That the situation up until now is simply unsustainable. That we cannot expect israelis to live next to this Terrorist Enclave dominated by hamas. Who have exposed itself for all its brutality for everyone to see and as you reported a moment ago, and their plans to kill people in israel. At the same time, as we pursue this Relentless Campaign against hamas, we will be making distinction between hamas and its fighters and Terrorist Machine and between the civilian population of gaza. I think in the principles, were agreed with the americans and others and we are as anderson reported, are encouraging people to move south. To move out of the heavy fighting we expect to be in the north and at the same time, we understand those people moving to the south will require human humanitarian assistance and weve okayed that assistance come through the gaza crossing. There are of course issues. Fuel items and the fact hamas is quite possibly going to try to steal some of the aid for its own military mission. And its important to put in place or limit that. President biden said he got no pushback on his request that israel allow the aid freely into gaza. Will that aid enter gaza soon and in significant number . Weve agreed to the principle but sometimes, the devil is in the details. The president himself spoke about the fact we dont want to see hamas stealing aid thats directed towards the civilian population. And wolf, its a real problem. We had an exampler earlier this week. The six oil tankers entered gaza with fuel that was supposed to go to Gaza Hospitals to run the generators so they could have l electric power and there was clear evidence that hamas stole some of that fuel and that it was diverted to hamas military mission. Israel says its not responsible for the gaza Hospital Blast. That it was a failed rocket from Islamic Jihad. But the jordanian Prime Minister says no one in the arab world will believe otherwise. How does israel change that widespread perception . Im not sure we can. Because the evidence is overwhelming and the u. S. Government as we just heard has come out strongly in support of israels condition that it was a rocket that went stray at an Islamic Jihad rocket that was fired into israel, fell short. It was a malfunction in the rocket. Fell short. And it hit the hospital. The area of the hospital. This is not new. Weve seen this sort of malfunction in rockets before. There was a noted case in 2022 when there was a family that was killed in a refugee camp in gaza. Once again, a missile shot into israel, malfunctioning, and landing in gaza and killing people. A more important question, the truth is israel is of course not involved. But will people believe it . Of course, that is difficult. But i think and the governments know and what they can say. I believe arab governments to the west who are, have all sort of defense and security relationships with the United States, that they cant ignore reality. Whether they can say that publicly to their people, that i dont know but i think the evidence is overwhelming that israel was not involved and that evidence, i think in leaderships across the arab world, i think thats clear. Mark, thanks so much for joining us. My pleasure, wolf. Just ahead, an update from capitol hill as jim jordan once again falls short of the speakership in the house. 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This comes as republican frustration is going as they weigh a Fallback Option with potentially patrick mchenry. Something that has divided the republican conference as they struggle to figure out a way forward. Im getting calling from constituents saying what the hell is going on with republicans. Were dysfunctional right now. My question to those who started all of this, the eight who started this, what was your plan . Clearly you didnt have one and were in chaos and theyre talking hand handing our majority over to the democrats and thats unacceptable. Some have received Death Threats including meeks of iowa. She just put out a statement saying that she has received credible Death Threats and said she will not accept any bullying as these threats she said shes reported the Law Enforcement and is raising serious concernings about the aftermath of that vote. Well see what happens tomorrow. Thank you. Coming up, the Arab World Exploding Into Anger and protest as israels war against hamas escalates and the civilian toll grows. Well have more on the Breaking News right after this. Were getting new reaction to the rising tensions across the middle east amid protests and clashes following that deadly Hospital Attack in gaza. Were joined now by palestinian journalist. Thanks very much for joining us. Were seeing these protests across the middle east after this deadly Hospital Blast in gaza. Even though israel says it was not responsible and the u. S. Intelligence community currently says the same thing. Does the u. S. Assessment have any credibility in the arab world right now . No. And a lot of diplomats that ive been talking to, they point out to the Intelligence Failure that happened before the iraq war. They point out to wumd the claims that those were fantasies and then the ultimately the region paid the price in terms of radicalization, refugees, destabilization of the whole region. The region is on fire because they see america doing the same thing, and they think that this time the price will be even higher. The region is already weakened, be its already impoverished. But they see the tempt to establish the palestinian issue. Hamas is not in the occupied territories where the Palestinian Authority not only recognize israel cooperate with israel, yet they keep they are still under military occupation. And very often they are deported. Last year alone, 300 palestinians died. 60 of them only last week. So if we point to all of those evidence and the fact that there is no anything on the horizon in terms of political solution, they point to that also as theyre trying to cancel the palestinians. They actually interviewed some scholars, jewish scholars on Arab Television who say this is a Textbook Definition of ethnic cleansing. As you know, the leaders of egypt, jordan and the Palestinian Authority canceled their facetoface meeting with President Biden this week, who was supposed to be in amman, jordan. How significant is that especially from egypt and jordan, two major u. S. Allies in the region . Its very serious and it should be taken seriously. That means the region is now moving to consider this and americas war. Its not only an israeli war. Its americas war. And they are trying to distance themselves as possible because they understand they will be paying the ultimate price. Whats been asked of them if we follow the region, egypt is very poor and its already in a complicated situation. Jordan as well. So they fear that this will blow up against their regions. And the worst for that they will be blamed for the palestinians, which is ethnic cleansing. Thank you very, very much. Well continue this conversation down the road. And we have more news. Well be right back. Hamas has been using social media as part of its war against israel to spread propaganda and grow its audience. But social media is also being used to circulate misinformation about the conflict. Brian todd is on the story. Reporter militants rushing across the Israeli Border on october 7th, videotaping their assaults on their targets. A first glimpse of how hamas organized and carried out the attacks that day. This Video Geolocated and authenticated by cnn is propaganda produced by hamas and posted on social media to flaunt the success of their attack. Using propaganda to globalize that jihad against israel and jewish people and theyre succeeding because Social Media Platforms are giving them easy access to a tour that allows them to broadcast the billions. Reporter this clip in a hamas video seems to show hostages against a wall. This video released by hamas armed wing, the Al Qassam Brigades purports to show an attack near gaza on the Israeli Military post, dropping an ied on a remote controlled machine gun. Their social media following has ballooned since the war. Hamas following on social media since that attack, its increased two, three, four, even fivefold on a platform called telegram. Reporter telegram, a Free Speech Platform that its founder says has more than 800 million users around the world. Hamas is banned from Social Media Platforms like meta, google and x. But experts say telegram has lax rules and private encrypted messaging thats been very attractive to militants and extremists around the world. And hamas is using telegram in a very sophisticated manner to push its agenda against israel. Telegram has allowed them to shape a narrative thats allowed them to spread messaging to very large audiences. We have to remember the audience isnt just israel. Its not just gaza. The audience is the entire world. Reporter but analysts say theres also a huge amount of misinformation circulating on social media about this conflict, including old video, packaged to seem like its new. There was one video that claimed to show bombing and fire in gaza. But that video was actually from a few years ago of algerian Football Fans celebrating. It was fireworks. Reporter but hamas ability to use social media to stoke fear is all too real. Today a Top European Union if i remember says hes asked Social Media Platforms to prepare for the risk of hamas livestreaming executions of hostages. The New York Times citing interviews with israeli families and friends of hostages reports that hamas has seized the social media accounts of israelis who theyve kidnapped and posted on them videos of hostages in captivity and violent messages. Using them to taunt their families and the israeli government, and that is just the example of how they will use extreme tactics. Reporter analysts say the big Social Media Platforms are walking a fine line in the israel hamas war. As one analyst says theyre also caught in a demand dynamic where users want the latest most granular content about events on the ground including terrorist