hi everyone. thanks so much for joining me. i m jessica dean in for fredicka whitfield. the focus of israel s war in gaza has become al shifa hospital, israel long says that hamas uses that hospital to cover up what it says is an extensive terror network underground. israel believes it s building its case with the exposure of what it says is a tunnel shaft on the hospital s grounds. cnn s oren liebermann entered gaza with the israeli defense forces saturday night to see the tunnel shaft and what lies beneath. cnn reported from gaza under idf supervision. submitting footage to the israeli military for its review. reporter: we go in under cover of darkness. it s lights out. we switch into an armored personnel carrier for the final stretch. through a night vision screen you can see the magnitude of the destruction on the seats of gaza city. we offload at al shifa hospital. we have to keep our lights off most of the time or risk exposing our position. cnn reported from gaza und
president biden is doubling down on his support for israel. in an op-ed for the washington post, the president rejected mounting calls for a cease fire saying it will only give hamas more time to quote restart the killing by attacking innocence again. but the fighting continues in gaza city. doctors at al-shifa, gaza s largest hospital, say they were ordered to evacuate by the israeli military. the idf disputes that claim. it comes as israel defense forces are now vowing to advance anywhere hamas is found. and there are growing signs that a ground offensive into southern gaza could be imminent. let s go to nic robertson live in israel. give us the latest from where you are. still intense fire fights going on here in northern gaza. the idf said they re pushing from the coast in the washington post cost towards the west where we are here. we ve been able to see flares, heavy missile strikes from aircraft heavy tank rounds fired into the area. sometimes the skylights up br
good morning. welcome to cnn this morning. sunday, november 19. i m victor blackwell. i m amara walker. thank you for being with us. here s what we re watching for you. president biden is rejecting calls for a ceasefire in gaza. what israel s prime minister is saying about hostages being held by hamas. republican presidential i candidates, what they are saying about the president and each other. good news for people hitting the roads this thanksgiving holiday. gas prices are at their lowest levels in years and analysts say they are likely to drop even more. bad news if you are flying. a wet week ahead with several systems that could slow down travel across the country in the air. we ve got your holiday travel forecast. we begin this morning with reports out of gaza where there was an explosion at a u.n.-run school. we want to warn you. the video you re about to see is disturbing. video shows dozens of bodies, including women and children. the school was being used
welcome to all of you watching us here in the united states, canada, and all around the world. i m kim brunhuber. ahead on cnn newsroom. a u.n. team travels to gaza s hospital to witness its desperate conditions firsthand.. the scenes one of them describe as a death zone, ahead. residents of one kibbutz describe the moments of the terrorist attack and why they fear the israeli government could let them down again. plus, trump s return to iowa as the state s caucuses draw near, the former president ramps up attacks on president biden and some of his most explicit rhetoric yet. it s 4:00 a.m. here in atlanta, 11:00 a.m. in gaza, where we re expecting to learn new details about a large explosion at a u.n.-run school being used as a shelter. one u.n. official called the carnage horrifying. i have to warn you, the video is graphic. the source of the blast hasn t been determined and no confirmed casualty figures are yet available. the israeli military says that it is aware of
it was believed to be 260 people had been slaughtered. now 364 people were according to israel s channel 12. also according to that news channel, police also say that 40 festivalgoers were kidnapped and taken into gaza. israel s military announced today it recovered the second body of a hostage near the hospital. noa marciano was her name. she was 19, a corporal in the idf, and she had been kidnapped from a kibbutz. they recovered the mother of a 65-year-old grandmother, yehudit weiss yesterday. she was found near the hospital. president biden spoke with the leader of qatar, who brokered hamas has demanded israel stop any surveillance drones to track the movements of hamas. still hearing explosions. an hour or so though there were exchangeses of gun fire so we can see in this direction. in fact looking over there now i can see there s a glow in the sky that wasn t there before so that s clearly the aftermath of a blast there now. the fight is still going on. not as intense