. these steps will save lives. at the same time, much more needs to be done. protect civilians and to make sure that the humanitarian assistance reaches them. far too many palestinians have been killed. far too many have suffered these past weeks. and we want to do everything possible to prevent harm to them and to maximize the assistance that gets to them. and that secretary of state antony blinken this morning. right now, israeli military is giving civilians in northern gaza a six-hour window to evacuate south. it comes after israeli officials have agreed to daily humanitarian pauses after facing pressure from the white house. this morning, we have been seeing thousands of palestinians, including families with small children, streaming through gaza city as they make their way south. the window to get out is about to close in an hour. the footing has not stopped everywhere. new video shows israeli tanks at a hospital in northern gaza. you hear the sound of explosion, hea
good morning, everyone, and welcome to cnn this morning. it is sunday, november 5. i m amara walker. i m victor blackwell. thank you for joining us. new developments out of the middle east. secretary of state antony blinken just wrapped up an unannounced visit to ramallah as violence escalates in the west bank. details on his meeting with palestinian president mahmoud abbas and what we re learning about another explosion near a refugee camp. donald trump s feud with ron desantis takes center stage, literally, as the former president parades husband new supporters on stage at a republican gathering in florida. we ll tell you ron desantis response and why chris christie was booed on the stage. trump will spend monday in a new york courtroom. he is scheduled to several in the civil fraud trial against his company. what we heard from his kids on t the stand and the role they played in that company. in the west bank, secretary of state antony blinken has met with the p
are you live in the cnn newsroom. i m jim acosta in washington. good evening. we are following a number of new developments in the israel-hamas war. u.s. secretary of state antony blinken has wrapped up his meeting with arab leader in jordan. blinken stressed support for israel to implement humanitarian pauses, as he s calling them, in the fighting in gaza. short of a cease-fire demanded by arab countries and international aid agencies. the u.s. official says hamas is blocking foreign nationals from leaving gaza for egypt through the rafah crossing. hamas is demanding that israel guarantee that ambulances from gaza, that they can reach that crossing. and egyptian source says more than 700 foreign nationals were expected to cross through rafah earlier today including 400 americans. free, free palestine! people around the world are marching and singing in rallies against the war today including this one here in washington. you can see the capitol in the background there.
good evening. for the first time since the october 7th attack on israel and the war in hamas that s followed, hundreds of foreign nationals were finally allowed to leave gaza today. many more still remain. two allowed to leave are u.s. citizens. both were aide workers. in a moment, we ll speak to the niece of one of those aide workers, a 71-year-old seattle resident, who s been helping to make prosthetics for children in gaza when she was there on october 7th. the state department estimates there are about 1,000 americans and 5,000 other foreign nationals in gaza who want to leave. president biden today said he expects more americans to depart, quote, over the coming days. in another first since the war began, palestinians were allowed to cross gaza s southern border into egypt. this is a hospital in north sinai where some were taken for treatment. signals shift in the conflict that for a second time in as many days saw israeli strike targets north of gaza, according to the u
years and then the best friend s family moved to israel and now that best friend is preparing to zbloin u join the israeli military. so it really, really hits home to the students. important piece. thank you. and cnn this morning continues right now. announcer: this is cnn breaking news. it is the top of the hour. we are following breaking news this morning. injured palestinians are now, as we speak, arriving in egypt one by one after a deal was reached to allow hundreds of foreign nationals and critically injured civilians to leave gaza after being trapped for weeks in the middle of the war zone according to the egyptian ministry of health. the u.s. government says americans are not expected to be in this first batch of people being allowed to cross into egypt today, but americans will be allowed to exit as early as tomorrow. sources tell cnn qatar brokered a deal with hamas, israel and egypt to allow up to 500 foreign nationals to cross into egypt with the pales