compromised this hour. the two largest al shifa and al-quds, have said they are suspending operations. staff claim israeli bombardment plus lack of fuel and medicine, mean patients including babies could die. israel s military said it has offered to evacuate newborn babies and claims hamas has command centres close to the hospitals. we ll have more detail in a moment. first this report from lucy williamson. the new map of gaza can t be trusted. safe places becoming empty spaces overnight. this was bani suheila near khan younis this morning in the south of gaza. our correspondent there heard people screaming for help under the rubble. israel has told people to move south, to avoid the fighting in the north. but the search for shelter here is still a deadly gamble of daily life. samira fled south from the bombardment at al shifa hospital in gaza city. translation: we thought the hospital was a safe place, but it wasn t. - if we had stayed there another five minutes, we would
israeli air strikes have continued across southern gaza today. our correspondent on the ground says there ve been eight air strikes in and around khan younis today, with 23 people killed and around 200 injured. israeli forces have repeatedly told palestinians to leave northern gaza for the south. the bbc s rushdi abualouf witnessed one of the air strikes while he was buying supplies for his children in the village of bani suhaila. four bombs fell around him in quick succession. he took these pictures, and says a block of about ten houses had been destroyed. rushdie told us he saw four dead bodies, and more than 100 injured people in that particular incident. it comes as the us national security adviser, jake sullivan, said washington does not want to see firefights in hospitals in gaza. conditions in the two biggest are said to be desperate with patients, staff and the displaced all trapped. one hospital, the al-quds medical centre, says it has now ran out of fuel and stopp
with 23 people killed and around 200 injured. israeli forces have repeatedly told palestinians to leave northern gaza for the south. the bbc s rushdi abualouf witnessed one of the air strikes while he was buying supplies for his children in the village of bani suhaila. four bombs fell around him in quick succession. he took these pictures, and says a block of about ten houses had been destroyed. rushdie told us he saw four dead bodies, and more than 100 injured people in that particular incident. it comes as hamas says the number killed in israel s bombing of gaza has now reached 11,180. it s also suspended talks on freeing the hostages seized during last month s attack on israel, saying this is because of israel s military action around gaza s largest hospital. israel says hamas has bases under the building. the us says it does not want to see firefights in hospitals in gaza. lucy williamson reports. the new map of gaza can t be trusted. safe places becoming empty spaces ove
you are live in the cnn newsroom. i m jim acosta in washington. we begin with breaking news. we just learned from the white house that one of the americans being held hftostage by hamas ia 3-year-old child, i repeat, a 3-year-old child. the child s parents were killed in the october 7th attacks and more on that in just a moment and meanwhile in gaza the health crisis is spiralling out of control at the hospital there and officials there say al shifa, gaza s biggest hospital is, and it has staff trapped inside and am wrablabses unable check the wounded and doctors say they expect to lose more infants each day as they face the risk of infections. israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu claims the hospital is being used as a xhancommand cen for hamas which officials deny and they re working to create safe corridors and our dana bash asked netanyahu for a days long pause for humanitarian aid and this is how the prime minister responded. that s not a pause. if you re
morning. thousands try to flee on foot, seeking safer zones. israel agrees to four-hour-long pauses or longer along two corridors. secretary of state blinken in india demanded longer pauses to prevent civilian casualties. there s more that can and should be done to minimize harm to palestinian civilians. i will talk to a top netanyahu advisor, a former ambassador. hostage families grasping for hope after u.s. and israeli intelligence chiefs met. bill burns of the cia goes to cairo, still trying to win release of more hostages. the hostages abducted during the october 7 hamas massacre. how one man is refusing to give up on his girlfriend who hamas drag across the border. joe manchin said he will not seek another senate term. that reshapes the fight for control of the senate. will he launch a run against joe biden? good day, everyone. i m andrea mitchell in washington. there s been intense strikes today near several gaza hospitals. we enforcing israel s insistence t