Following the two week operation. Buildings are reduced to rubble the few remaining are little more than shells. These pictures obtained by Newsagency Reuters show what is left inside the complex. Israel has previously said it was carrying out precise operations against hamas and islamichhad fighters, and had killed 200 of them. Meanwhile, hundreds of israeli protesters have spent the night in tents outside Parliament Injerusalem to press their demand for Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to step down. Thousands of people rallied in jerusalem for what theyre calling the largest Anti Government protest since the war in the gaza strip began, nearly six months ago. On sunday, mr netanyahu had surgery for a hernia his office reporting it had been successful. Our middle east correspondent, yolande knell, is injerusalem and has the more on the situation at al shifa hospital. Videos are circulating on social media that show this vast medical complex now as a set of burnt out buildings. Many o
Said hed be back to work soon. Joe floater is a middle east bureau chief. He has this analysis on what Benjamin Netanyahu hoped to achieve. I think you are appearing as reassurance to his friends and critics that he was still in charge of government as he prepared to hand over the reins of power to his deputy and a warning to those converging on towns around israel particularly a few kilometres away outside the Israeli Parliament calling for new elections him to step down. Lets break out really are. Some groups of hostages with families and their supporters who believe he does not have the commitment to secure a Ceasefire Deal that would release their loved ones from gaza. Their Point Of View is that it has been four months since the last deal thats saw significant release of hostages and since then very little has happened in that regard. They have been joined happened in that regard. They have beenjoined by others happened in that regard. They have been joined by others who object to
Hello and. Welcome, to have you as joining us here in the United States around the world and streaming is on cnn, max im rosemarie church, just ahead. Benjamin netanyahu says he will not bend to us pressure when it comes to moving israels military into rafah. This as Officials Say, high level talks between the us and israel over the operation could take place in the hours ahead donald trump marks the Easter Holiday by lashing now that his political opponents, what he had to say and how such rhetoric is likely to be received by his base. And Britains King Charles back in the public eye, making his first major public appearance since hes Cancer Diagnosis live from redlands this is cnn newsroom with Rosemarie Good to. You without ps we begin in israel, where Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu says pressure from the us will not stop his forces from going ahead with a planned Military Ground Offensive in rafah up speaking at a News Conference on sunday, he said any delay. So far has nothing
The adf also put out a statement saying it is conducting a thorough review at the highest levels to understand the circumstances of this tragic incident, and that our gaza correspondent Rushdi Abualouf spent the last two months in the territory and has more. ,. ,. , , more. The information is still very small. More. The information is still very small, still more. The information is still very small, still emerging more. The information is still very small, still emerging as| very small, still emerging as we speak. But what we know so far is that a car was travelling from north to south and it was near an area in central gaza. It was hit by an air strike according to the hamas run health ministry. There was a big explosion and it took them by 45 minutes, according to a doctor in alex sarr hospital, which i spoke to this evening. He said it was about 45 minutes between the explosion and the bodies arriving at the hospital. Al aqsa hospital. There were three foreign nationals with bullet
3 00 a. M. On the u. S. East coast. The u. S. President says that he is not looking for a war with iran, but senior officials in Donald Trumps administration are refusing to take military action off the table. And that is raising concerns about the u. S. Strategy during a time of heightened tenses. The u. S. Secretary of state mike pompeo has just arrived in saudi arabia. He says he wants to build a Global Coalition against iran. And President Trump, well, he says that he is willing to hold talks with iran without preconditions, but he insists that tehran cannot have a nuclear weapon. And if there is a conflict, he says that it will be obliterated like youve never seen before. Lets go live to tehran. Our Senior International correspondent Fred Pleitgen is live there. And, fred, look, a lot of mixed messages for sure coming out of washington been but also varied reactions coming out of iran on this. What are you hearing . Reporter yeah. Youre absolutely right, george. And i think mixed