In the south and west. For the rest of us it will be fairly cloudy with sunny spells. But the wind will strengthen widely throughout the day. Details later in the programme. Good morning. Its wednesday, 18th october. Theres been International Condemnation after an explosion at a hospital in gaza is reported to have killed at least 500 people. The blast has raised the diplomatic stakes for President Biden, whos currently flying to israel to try to prevent the violence spreading elsewhere in the middle east. Hamas a group designated as a Terror Organisation by many western governments says the Al Ahli Hospital was hit by an israeli air strike. But israel has blamed the palestinian group, islamichhad, but its denied any involvement, describing the accusations as lies. Wyre davies has the latest. Pictures from Gaza Last Night showed scenes of utter chaos. Bloodied, wounded casualties from the partially destroyed al ahli arab hospital. Videos many too graphic to broadcast showed the broken
News not with any phillip starts now. The horror of war takes a dramatic turn, suddenly changes the american president s trip to a dangerous and unpredictable war zone. Thats tonight on news night. Good evening, im abby philip. We begin with another Tipping Point and an already volatile crisis in the middle east. Hundreds of reported dead after a hospital was bombed in gaza. The number of casualties is not yet clear and neithers responsibility. Hamas and palestinian officials accuse israel of carrying out an airstrike. The israelis say they have evidence to prove that it was that misfired rocket from a terror group. Im going to take a moment to show you the video from the scene. It is extremely graphic. But its important to see that reality on the ground. [speaking in a nonenglish language] as fingers point, whats clear is that innocent civilians and children, you saw them there, are caught in this cross fire of a conflict that we have to remind you, began with a devastating attack on
Northern gaza to evacuate south. That means more than 1 Million People have been asked to leave their homes before Israeli Forces start hunting down hamas militants and attempt to rescue hostages in gaza. The idf announced today it would establish a second route to help gazans flee to southern gaza. Hamas Officials Say israeli airstrikes killed 70 people, friday, as they tried to leave gaza city. Those killed were mostly women and children. This mad dash comes as the u. S. Workecure a Safe Border Exit for american citizens trapped in gaza. The United States, israel, and egypt, reaching an agreement to allow citizens to cross to egypt via the rafah crossing. The window for that has come and gone. It is unclear, at this time, whether any americans were able to cross. Meantime, nbc news exclusively obtaining documents that show hamas militants intentionally planned to target children. These documents were top secret, in arabic, highlighting plans for two highly trained hamas units to surr
The east coast. Eight pm as Night Falls On Israel and gaza. We begin with the Breaking News of ongoing battles in the streets of Southern Israel, and in the skies over gaza. We have just seen and heard some new explosions. Hamas released a new video of drones used in their ongoing attack against israel, and some new video showing the soundtrack of life in the Palestinian Territories for the foreseeable future. [sound of artillery] there you hear that, for challenger air strikes by israel, destroying several residential buildings in gaza, sending surviving occupant scurrying to safety. New fears and israel of a broader conflict today, with a brief exchange of strikes with lebanons military group. Israeli Prime Minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, securing cabinet today, officially declaring the country at war. A staggering 600 people have been killed in israel. This is according to the foreign ministry. Relatives of the missing of spent the day submitted dna samples of their loved ones to help
Video by people caught in the crossfire. [ gunfire ] [ sirens ]. U. S. Secretary of state Antony Blinken says the u. S. Is trying to confirm reports that americans are among those killed. Americans are also believed to be among the scores of hostages who were snatched and might be held in gaza. I think its scores of hostages. I can tell you theres also american hostages as part of that number as well. I dont want to get into a specific number, but these are women, children, elderly, theyre holocaust survivors. This is sick. Cnns Anderson Cooper is with me now in tel aviv. Anderson. Fredicka, the taking of the hostages, it is sick and it is something which has just struck a deep, deep cord of disgust, horror here in israel, understandably, All Around The World to see holocaust survivors, an elderly lady sandwiched between who hamas thugs on a motor bike being taken into gaza, to see a persons body being paraded through the streets. Obviously these are things which have horrified people