>> thanks for joining us on cnn newsroom i'm michael holmes with our continuing coverage of the israel-hamas war. in a few hours from now the israeli military is expected to open a road corridor so people in gaza city can flee south, that's the plan. the idf is offering what it calls safe passage during the four hour window beginning at 10 am local time. but, it is unclear if people in gaza will even get the message, given the widespread power and communications outages throughout the war. or whether hamas will perhaps try to prevent them from leaving. meanwhile this was the scene overnight as fireballs light of northern gaza. as seen by cnn crews just across the board in israel. israel has not yet commented on the strikes. even as israeli forces say they are encircling the city hamas rockets continue to fire into israel, the idf says it intercepted six rockets near tel aviv so far no casualties reported. the idf also released video of the chief of staff just inside gaza on saturday, more than a week into the ground operation. and the israeli defense minister hot this message for the people of gaza who are bearing the brunt of this offensive. >> translator: we will get to him, we will eliminate him. i say here to the people of gaza if you get to them first, it will shorten this war. >> cnn was part of the first group of foreign media granted access to israeli forces inside gaza, journalism bedded with the idf and gaza operate under the observation of israeli commanders in the field, and were not permitted to move unaccompanied within the strip. as a condition to enter gaza under idf escorts, outlets had to submit all materials and footage to the israeli military for review, prior to publication. we wanted to tell you that cnn agree to those terms in order to provide a limited window into israel's operations there. cnn's jeremy diamond was there. >> at this israeli military post on the outskirts of gaza city, the fighting is fierce. >> it's okay, it's us. >> the center of the gaza strip, the idea of soldiers are fighting against the militants that are using all the things that they can in order to harm and get to the idf soldiers. >> one week into the ground offensive, israel's military says it hasn't circled gaza city from posts like this. we are at a post inside the gaza strip, about one kilometer inside of gaza. gaza city is just this way. as you can hear behind me, there is a lot of ongoing fighting between israeli forces and hamas militants. what they're trying to do right now is to flank the hamas positions, that's what the battalion commander just told me. and all of this intended to try to cut off gaza city from the southern part of the strip as israeli forces also move in from the north. >> cnn was part of a small group of reporters given access to israeli forces inside gaza for the first time since the outbreak of the war. entering gaza using the same roads hamas militants used to carry out their brutal attacks on october 7th. >> today we are going in the same roads, same neighborhoods, to their assembly areas, to their trucks in order to go there and be able to get them to pay the price, and to eliminate hamas organizations that held this attack on the state of israel. >> israeli military is in gaza, we are inside an armored personnel carrier, munir the southern point of gaza city. but still israeli forces face the danger of ambush from underground tunnels. >> over there, and over there and inside the neighborhood also -- >> so injustice area there are at least three tunnels? i believe at least. israel says many of the tunnels lie behind residential buildings, and it has relentlessly bombed those targets, killing and injuring thousands of civilians in the process. the forces here say they are working to secure a humanitarian corridor to help civilians flee the heaviest fighting. >> you objected for the brigade right here, the population would be able to go from the north to the south shore in order to get -- the militia hamas. >> for the soldiers achieving that goal may see them deployed deep into gaza city, where the prospect of deadly urban combat awaits. >> idf will be here as long as it takes, weeks, matters, until they mixes that israel is safe secured, for the long time period. if we need to attack gaza house by house, that is exactly what we will do. >> jeremy diamond, cnn, with israeli forces in gaza. >> cnn's ivan watson joins me now from hong kong with more. tell us more about what we know about this plan opening of the corridor to allow people from the north to evacuate south, ivan? >> michael, this was an announcement made by the defense forces by the arabic spokesperson saying that there's a window, local time from 10 am to two pm, and instructing civilians to move south on salah al-deen street and to move south of wadi gaza which is this wetland stream that cuts across gaza. laterally. there are some real concerns here though, there are widespread electricity outages in gaza after more than four weeks of war, telecommunication outages. the idf spokesperson posted this on twitter or x, a question about whether or not anybody can actually see this. because of the telecoms problem. we know of at least two cases where people tried to move down the very same road and have allegedly come under fire. just last week the director of the hospital told cnn that ambulances are trying to move south on salah al-deen street were targeted by artillery fire, and on october 14th, hamas said that is airstrikes hit convoys of evacuees also trying to move on celine street. the real question is about how safe this transit route could be for people moving south. in the meantime there is also the ongoing humanitarian catastrophe. we are hearing about the ominous drumbeat of warnings coming from the palestinian military of health in the west bank. they were talking about how the hospitals are under such pressure. this is something we've been hearing about four weeks. announcing that at least 150 health care professionals have been killed in this war in gaza since this started, that some 16 hospitals are out of service right now. there is an organization called mid-global based in the u.s., helping with medical care in gaza. they are saying that it's been getting messages from a pediatrician, for example saying that at the comal hospitals, surgeries have stopped and the departments are without electricity and water. and that a two year old girl died due to the dire situation there. we've been hearing repeated warnings about the lack of fuel, and the fact that hospitals cannot run their generators and they are being overwhelmed with casualties with the palestinian ministry of health saying that 24,000 people have been wounded in more than four weeks of fighting. at least 9425 people killed, that's as of saturday in gaza. in the meanwhile defense minister, he announced, we quintupled down on his decree that no fuel will be allowed into gaza to the israeli blockade. expect the situation in those hospitals to just get worse. >> we appreciate the update, ivan watson in hong kong for us. violence is also being escalated of course in the occupied west bank, and east jerusalem since israel declared its war on hamas. the palestinian minister of health says dozens have been killed, at least 150 wounded there, in the past few weeks, cnn's nada bashir reports and palestinians also say they are being forced off their land and attacked by jewish settlers. >> armed and threatening, this is the face of israeli settler violence in occupied west bank. it's these acts of aggression which are chasing palestinian families out of their homes. piece by piece the palestinians and the village -- pack their lives away, never to return. the settlers come at night when we are sleeping, they beat us and tried to kill us. trying to force us out of our homes. i can't sleep anymore i am too afraid. families in this village wants home to some 440 palestinians say that they have been left with no choice but to flee their homes. what is happening now is another catastrophe, i'm 60 years old, i've lived here my entire life. despite the fact that settlements in the occupied west bank are considered illegal in the international community, they continue to grow and expand with the backing of israeli authorities. we inherited this land from our forefathers, we've lived here for generations. now it is only getting worse. the war and gaza has only encouraged the settlers. according to israeli group, at least 15 palestinian farming communities have been forcibly displaced since october 7th. >> the real thing that is influencing the palestinians here is the outpost up there. >> and israeli human rights activist says encroachments of palestinian land are rapidly advancing. personal attacks in the occupied west bank have only intensified. >> the next stage is not only attacking palestinians when they're out in the field, going into the communities, into the homes, burning houses, slashing water tanks, beating up people, threatening women, children, elderly. the result, as we've seen in front of our eyes, entire communities packing up and leaving. settlers are taking advantage that all eyes are on gaza to accelerate their violence. there is no protection from the israeli army, no protection from the police, and in many cases israeli army, as a company, the settlers, and in many cases the settlers are the army. >> in a nearby village, a remote palestinian community, israel's military keeps a watchful eye. idf soldiers never too far away. >> yes, you need to go. >> why? >> because -- >> sorry? why are we not allowed to film? the village knows the price of settler violence all too well. palestinian here say they are attacks are edging closer each night. they come and threaten us, saying we have to leave where they will be back to target us. they are all armed, they never come here without weapons. >> in the last week alone, presidents here say israeli settlers have slashed the villages water tanks and cut through local powerlines. and effort, and geo workers say, to pressure palestinian families to leave the area. >> what we are seeing now is under the cloak of war that is happening now, the settler activities, settler violence is increasing tremendously over the last few weeks. >> this crisis is not new to the palestinian people. it's a crisis that is deepening. israel's bombardment of the gaza strip is set to be emboldening violent settlers. across the southern hills, there are feels that more palestinian villages could be next. but palestinians in this area, it is already too late. not a beshear, cnn in the occupied west bank. >> the senior fellow at the middle east institute where he directs the program on israel palestinian affairs, he joins us now and in washington. good to see you, sir. jordanian foreign minister on saturday said this quote, he said the whole region is sinking in a city of hatred that will define generations to come. a few days ago we heard the u.s. defense secretary lloyd austin, the lessons that the u.s. learned in counterterrorism is that actions could create quote a resistance to the actions that could result -- after its terror attack in israel, while trying to do that it will create more radicalization, not less? >> i think it's certainly on that path right now, the trajectory that the events are heading towards, certainly point in that direction. there is a real sense of anger across the world at the united states, in particular, and obviously israel, but the united states as israel's primary backer. militarily and otherwise. and, of course there is a lot of anger and rage among palestinians, certainly in gaza where there is no place that is safe for the two plus million people who live there. and across the palestinian territory, mainly in the west bank as well. so, it certainly looks like we are creating precisely the kind of conditions that will ultimately backfire. the enormity of the destruction in gaza is really unprecedented. >> you mention the u.s. israel is essentially ignoring or rejecting u.s. calls for a pause, let alone a cease-fire. there is a u.s. relationship with israel that is being dealt with. relationships with the arab world which seem fractured. we saw that play out on saturday. all while the dozens of ring and gaza grows by the minute. how precarious is the u.s. position as it balances all of those things? >> well it doesn't happen to be balancing those things at the moment. right now they are still very much openly hostile towards the idea of a cease-fire. they've only recently come around to the notion of a humanitarian pause. which is not really a legal concept, and once what that really means. and look to the extent that they are using their leverage with these rallies, it doesn't produce any results. we're constantly told by administration officials that they're expressing their concerns about civilian casualties, and the humanitarian catastrophe that's unfolding right now we're almost four weeks without water, fuel, and basic necessities of life. and there's, in addition to the bombardment, there is real humanitarian crisis going on. and the israelis are entirely unmoved. so we don't see whatever kind of pressure the united states might be applying and it doesn't move the needle at all. >> looking at the bigger picture, can we -- against groups by offering a alternative. the gaza strip is not hamas writ large. there are no longer any obvious answers to create a pathway for palestinian self rule, self determination of some sort of -- how putin is it that -- for a long term piece that the pathway returns? >> it's an inch extremely important it's precisely the absence of that political horizon or hope is precisely what led us to this crisis in the first place. the growing sense of despair among palestinians, and now of course it's been compounded infinitely. and the reality is, the brutal reality is, none of the israelis nor the americans have any clear idea of what an endgame would look like. so everyone is certain that they do want to go back to the status quo that existed before october. but no one has any idea of what will come next. other than a continuation of this assault on gaza. so what we're of looking at -- if the israelis are successful and receive removing hamas, we will have a combination of security and governing vacuum. plus enormous suffering and misery and destruction on the ground. and those are precisely the ingredients that you would expect for radical movements to emerge. >> it was good to have your analysis. thank you so much. >> thank you. >> searching for survivors in nepal after a major earthquake and into the middle of the night, flattening villages while people sleep. we'll be b back for momore. >> let's bring up to speed on the days of their new stories, hundreds of people were saved on migrant boats in the canary islands. and -- four of them died. spain says the number of migrants arriving in the canary islands has doubled in the past year as controls are being tightened in the mediterranean. ukraine says its air force carried out successful air strikes targeting a shipyard in the eastern port city of kherson in the russian occupied crimean peninsula on sunday. and -- cnn has been a unable to independently confirm a claim. volodymyr zelenskyy is concerned that the israel hamas war is taking the focus off the war in ukraine and taking -- he thinks that's exactly what russia wants adding that his country has been in the situation before and will, quote, overcome this challenge. rescuers, feverishly trying to get food and other supplies to remote areas of nepal after a powerful earthquake struck while people slept on friday night. some villages almost completely leveled. officials say 157 people are being killed but that number could rise. devastation all around in this village in northwestern nepal, not a single structure inside is still standing. survivors say a nighttime earthquake magnitude 5.6 shook them away. >> we were sleeping, the earthquake came when we were sleeping. the house was shaking, but we escaped and survived. there are three of us in the house, one got killed, and only two survived. >> rescue operations are underway or trying to find people trapped under a massive pause of bricks and would that were once homes. security forces have been deployed to assist in those efforts. napoli police insisted that 90% of houses in some villages were destroyed. the rocky terrain and remote location of the zone, some 500 kilometers west of kathmandu is slowing down some search and rescue teams. officials say they can't contact some of the hardest hit areas for about 190,000 people live in villages in the heels of the himalayan mountains. it's still unknown how badly some of those places were affected though injured people are packing local hospitals. others are sleeping outdoors in the cold without tents or gathering at shelters, some too frightened to go back to their homes. many without a home to return to. the country's prime minister visited the quake zone on saturday to offer his condolences and support both of which the country could need more of if the death toll rises as officials have warned. the quake is already the deadliest in nepal since 2015 when at least 9000 people were killed when two earthquake struck the country. >> i'm michael holmes, for our international viewers, the next frontier is coming up in for those in north america, our coverage on israel-hamas war is continuing. please stay with us. you're probably not easily persuaded to switch mobile providers for your business. but what if we told you it's possible that comcast business mobile can save you up to 75% a year on your wireless bill versus the big three carriers? have we piqued your interest? you can get two unlimited lines for just $30 each a month. there are no term contracts or line activation fees. and you can bring your own device. oh, and all on the most reliable 5g mobile network nationwide. wireless that works for you. it's not just possible. >> welcome, back it's around 6:30 a.m. on sunday in gaza right now. a scene -- on the b border in israel has seen major new explosions and gaza city saturdayay night, andd -- eighght rockets fired d and gaza into i israel. the ideaea says six rorockets we intercepted by t the iron dodome system. israeli police say no casualties were reported in the latest rocket attack. according to united nations agency assisting refugees in gaza, a school in the refugee camp in the north of the strip was hit by airstrikes on saturday. the u.n. ran school was serving as a shelter for displaced families. hamas run health industry says at least 15 people were killed, dozens wounded. u.s. secretary of state antony blinken heading to turkey on sunday. he was there on -- and other arab leaders who are calling for an immediate cease-fire in -- in his opposition to that idea. becky anderson has more on blinken's latest diplomatic tour. >> when u.s. secretary of state antony blinken met with key arab allies in oman on saturday, the message from saudi arabia, jordan, the uae, catch our, and egypt, clear and consistent. >> in the arab countries, we demand an immediate cease fire. >> the response from america's top diplomat also consisted. >> it's our view that a cease-fire now with simply leave hamas in place able to regroup and repeat what it did on october 7th. >> sharing the stage with lincoln, the jordanian and egyptian foreign ministers said israel has gone beyond a justified response. >> israel targeting innocent civilians and facilities, medical facilities, paramedics in addition to trying to force immigration for palestinians to leave their lands. this cannot be legitimate self-defense at all. >> while he was in a man, antony blinken made a point of stressing that the u.s. and his arab partners share the, quote, same fundamental interest and objective to end this war. and if he arrived in amman trying to share plans and build consensus for postwar future for gaza, he likely left disappointed. >> how can we even entertain -- we don't know what kind of gaza will be left after this. >> the message from arab leaders, no talk about what will happen the day after this conflict ends until all parties agree on what happens today. becky anderson, cnn, doha. >> the u.s. special envoy for the middle east and humanitarian issues david satterfield said early on saturday that the u.s. is looking into establishing field hospitals in southern gaza. he said it depends on whether guarantees can be made that staff will be able to enter and exit safely. the official also showed that israel's and conversations to bring hospital ships off the coast of gaza. this came after a day after the blast out of the hospital and as the palestinian death toll continues to soar nine and a half thousand now. the idf has repeatedly called on civilians to evacuate gaza city and northern gaza and move south as we've been reporting many are on the move. seeking shelter and where they can find. cnn obtained exclusive footage of one such makeshift shelter in -- northern gaza where thousands of displaced people are camped out. cnn's tom abdelaziz reports on their plight to warning that there are images in the report that are graphic. >> where do you go when the bombs won't stop? where do you shelter your family when the shelters are full? for many gazans, the answer is a hospital. the head doctor shows us around. >> all that separates the families in the icu is this door, he explains. these are not proper sterile conditions. some 12,000 displaced people are come to out in the hospital in northern gaza, and every single person you see here has been told by israel's army to leave and move south. and evacuation order the u.n. previously called inhumane. this is not a place for children to play, this is a disaster, the doctor says. look, these are sick people. how can a man on a walk or be evacuated? hospitals are protected under international law. israel claims hamas uses medical facilities as command centers. a group some palestinian officials deny these allegations. either way, this is still not a safe place. step outside the doors and this is what you face. israeli military and airstrikes. everyone here fear the explosions will get closer, but there's no one else to run. across the street, that's where people still basic supplies. the war in the suffocating siege is causing civil order to break down, the u.n. says. families cannot be expected to flee into this chaos, the father says. this is a war against our children, see how scared he is from the bombs? now we are alive but tomorrow we could be dead. please save us, he pleads. that's in a quarter mile away from the hospital, this is the aftermath of one of the strikes. residents pull people out of the rubble of their homes. they can depend only on each other. homes are down, no one can call an ambulance. just try carrying him out on your shoulder, so much shouts. are my mom and dad alive? the wounded asks. the sound of war never ceases. you can die trying to help the living. this is one neighborhood during one hour in gaza, a tiny glimpse into the horror. the human -- casualty of a war so many did not choose. some ultimately, cnn, london. >> i want to talk now about the particular plight of pregnant women in gaza with the claims that the health care system crumbling as they needed most. here to tell us about it is lila baker, the united nations population funds regional director for arab states. thanks so much for making the time. the numbers are staggering. -- every day, babies don't stop coming because as a war. on what are the conditions like for these women? >> good morning, i think you described it very well with one woman trying to give birth. in -- bombs continue when there's no place to flee, over 130 attacks on health civility facilities, and -- to deliver safely are gone. and not only are we subjected to the physical deprivation of good health care, but also the mental anguish of what will happen next, to me, to my baby, to my family. >> a doctor in one gaza hospital said that he's delivered babies by emergency c-section with no power using the light of a mobile phone. no anesthetic. a national birth would be difficult mounting in the situation but about those you need interventions, caesarean sections, surgery, and so on? >> we are critically concerned about the entire population of 2.2 million people living in gaza. but for those 5500 women who had to give birth, among them the ones who will have complicated labor like you were talking about, put yourself in the shoes of that woman and her family. she goes to a hospital and if she can find a qualified surgeon, someone who can help deliver her baby in the circumstances which is not a given anymore, we are working with one third of personnel after all the attacks in the last four weeks on gaza. she may have to make the choice i make in the delivery with no anesthesia. i can't imagine the trauma of the decision of those poor women to have to do that, for the surgeon to choose whether here or not will intervene and cause pain to a patient. and even if she could deliver safely at that moment, there's no water, there's no fuel, there is no transportation. no safety. we can feel the bombs, we know the babies feel that. men imagine the anguish and the anxiety of having to live with that even though you could deliver your baby safely? >> that's an extraordinary thought. when talking about women who get to hospitals, a lot of these women aren't able to get to hospitals. i was also going to ask you about the pregnant women not due for perhaps a few weeks or months. what are the challenges for them of getting the basics of nutrition, prenatal care, to keep their babies healthy? that can have an impact on the child going forward. >> of course it can. maybe i can just start with the story of a colleague of mine. who is in gaza. she's a professional woman who is simply displaced under the pretext of evacuation to what should've been a quote unquote safe site. she has a nine month old child who stopped for breastfeeding before maturity of time because she didn't have enough water, enough food, or enough safety for her to be able to breastfeed with any consistency this is a woman who has a life, a home in gaza. imagine for the other women? the -- to see if they could be a cease-fire if there's a humanitarian corridor. this is not about a pause. we need the complete situation of bombing of gaza. unhindered, unimpeded access to the population to be able not only to deliver to the civilian population 2.2 million, including the women who are pregnant right now. but also to be able to deliver it safely. health care facilities are not a target. you and personnel are not a target. humanitarian workers are not a target, and yet we've lost 75 personnel -- alone. that is the human law that we need -- for the left of these women that were so desperately concerned about. >> amid all the carnage and lost in gaza, the thought of 150 180 women having to give birth every day under those circumstances is bone chilling. leyla baker, thank you so much for coming to us from cairo. such an important part of the story. >> thank you so much for having me. >> think about that. think about that. still to come on the, program u.s. president joe biden losing support from a growing number of arab americans. we spoke to some voters who said they now regret casting their ballot for biden. >> the democratic party risks losing a generation of young voters. >> reporter: perhaps nowhere is this sen it pronounced than here in dearborn, called the arab capital of north america. we sat down with democrats who helped elect biden. >> i did vote for joe biden in 2020. >> do you plan to vote for him in 2024 this. >> i do not. >> i will gladly turn in an empty ballot. >> if the election was to be held today and president biden is on the ballot and we have to go out and vote today, i can't promise you that he will get five votes from arab americans in the city of dearborn. >> reporter: this palestinian american worked on the 2020 campaign as a biden fellow, doing outreach to the arab community. >> the man that i went out and knocked on doors for, i feel guilty. i absolutely do regret what i did on the biden campaign. which we thought he would be somebody who could lead with humanity and compassion, we were wrong. >> reporter: some prepared to boycott biden even if it means potentially handing the election to the current republican front-runner, former president donald trump. >> we're no longer going to consider the lesser of two evils. >> reporter: the white house has pointed to recent reach-outs with the palestinian and arab communities as well as the call for humanitarian pause. >> continue to work to get people out safely -- >> reporter: announcing an effort to combat islamophobia. >> that kind of hate has no place. >> reporter: efforts dismissed as damage control, adding the only way to maybe save their votes is by calling for an immediate cease-fire. >> enough is enough, we need to cease-fire. >> reporter: michigan is second only to california in residents that identify as middle eastern or north african, according to the sen does. in 2020 biden won the state by nearly 155,000 votes. a national organization dedicated to get abgetting out e muslim vote says democrats can no longer take his vote for granted. >> we're not here to prostitute ourselves to the lowested bier to be recognized and for our humanity to be seen. >> reporter: the biden campaign sent cnn a statement saying in part, president biden knows the importance of earning the trust of every community, of upholding the sacred dignity and rights of all americans. president biden continues to work closely and proudly with leaders in the muslim and palestinian communities in america to listen to them, stand up for them, and fight back against hate. but the people i spoke to in this community say if democrats think they'll forget by next november that they are wrong, this is not political for them, it is personal. these are their friends and family members they are talking about, not just something they're watching on television. their congresswoman, rashida tlaib, posting on friday night a video where she echoed their sentiments, writing at the end, "biden, support a cease-fire now or don't count on us in 2024." diane gallagher, cnn, deerararb mimichigan. negotiators were striking hollywood film and television actors reviewing what is being described as a best and final offer from the major hollywood studios. it's not clear yet that a deal will be reached. the union and studio executives have been meeting on and off since sag-aftra actors went on strike on july the 14th. they are asking for higher pay for streaming services, better benefits, and restrictions on the use of artificial intelligence. once a deal is reached, it would still need to be ratified by members of the 160,000-member union before going into effect. loved ones are being paying their final respects to the actor matthew perry, who died last weekend. "people" magazine reports his funeral took place friday in los angeles and that it was a true gathering of friends. all five of perry's costars from the hit tv show "friends" appeared. the l.a. fire department says the 54-year-old was found unconscious in a jacuzzi at his home last saturday. the cause of perry's death has not yet been officially determined. the los angeles county medical examiner's office is still investigating. i'm michael holmes. thanks for spending part of your day with me. i will be back with more coverage of the israel/hamas war after a quick break.