republican party, or the new speaker of the house talking about how he basically wants to govern through a religious doctrine. i am not sure what is worse out of all of those. i do not know, myself. but striking to me that they all happened in the same week. yeah, incredible. it says a lot about the state of our politics, and we are going to talk a little bit about that tonight. it s always good to see you, my friend. thank you. good evening and welcome to ayman tonight, breaking developments in the israel hamas war and benjamin netanyahu getting grilled by the press for his leadership failures. then house republicans unanimously supporting an election denier. the dangerous man who just became speaker of the house, plus, find and threaten, donald trump s gag order violations are having terrible consequences for the ex president. we are going to talk about that and more. i am ayman mohyeldin, let s get started. we start with news overseas. late breaking developments
doctrine. i am not sure what is worse out of all of those. i do not know, myself. but striking to me that they all happened in the same week. yeah, incredible. it says a lot about the state of our politics, and we are going to talk a little bit about that tonight. it s always good to see you, my friend. thank you. good evening and welcome to ayman tonight, breaking developments in the israel hamas war and benjamin netanyahu getting grilled by the press for his leadership failures. then house republicans unanimously supporting an election denier. the dangerous man who just became speaker of the house, plus, find and threaten, donald trump s gag order violations are having terrible consequences for the ex president. we are going to talk about that and more. i am ayman mohyeldin, let s get started. we start with news overseas. late breaking developments in the israel-hamas war. these really military has officially expanded its ground operations in the gaza strip. right
reporter: as i mentioned, doctors without borders saying so many people were shot in the legs. a lot of them could have been shot in head, but they were just injured. that means the beleaguered system is even more beleaguered caring for patients that need prosthetics and medical care for years to come. ayman? thank you for that report, matt. a dire situation there in gaza now. the trump administration has sanctioned the governor of iran central bank for allegedly funneling millions of dollars for activities of hezbollah. the treasury department designated them to disrupt the currency exchange system that
where dozens of palestinians were killed by israeli security forces. joining us live from the gaza strip, correspondent matt bradley. i know you had a chance to visit one of the hospitals, given the fact that the health infrastructure was on the verge of collapse, what did you see? reporter: ayman, thanks for having me on. the health system has been on the verge of collapse for some time, you know as a veteran of reporting in gaza. it has been a ten year blockade, first by israel, then by egypt. the problems here are more than what s happened in the last week. the real issue is some of the major technology that most hospitals use in the united states, even in greater israel we take for granted can t come in here or are restricted. a lot of movement of doctors is restricted. doctors that are well trained want to leave, they get out as soon as they can, find jobs in the emrats and elsewhere.
when there s a huge influx of trauma patients, it is difficult for them to handle. that s what we have seen not just monday but the past seven weeks of protest, thousands and thousands of people injured. doctors without borders says more than 90% of people shot were shot in the legs. that s because it is protocol for the israelis to shoot not to kill but shoot to disable someone so they stop rushing the border area. these shots were very accurate. when i was in the hospital, a lot of people complained they couldn t get the advanced surgery needed because they were waiting for it, there were not enough doctors and equipment. i spoke with the head of the emergency room at the main trauma center in the gaza strip. listen to that. challenge, big challenge to us as medical staff