family ought to exist. thank you so much for joining us. ac 360 starts now. good evening. major developments in israel s fight with hamas as international pressure grows to curb civilian casualties. i m john king in for anderson. we ll have the latest on the ground in just a moment. first, breaking news here in the states. a federal appeals courtsiding with the former president on that limited gag order issued against him in the special counsel s election interference case. let s get straight to our chief legal affairs correspondent, paula reid. exactly what did this appeals court do? reporter: they put this gag order on hold, then in a little over two weeks, a three-judge panel will hear arguments about whether this gag order is constitutional. judge tanya chut kin, the federal judge overseeing the election subversion case in washington, imposed a broader set of restrictions on former president trump at the request of prosecutors. those restrictions bar him from ta
joining us. erin will be back tomorrow. i ll be back here live tomorrow in tel aviv starting at 4:00 p.m. eastern. also for the situation room starting at 5:00 p.m. eastern tomorrow. ac 360 starts right now. good evening. this is the aftermath of an israeli strike today in the densely populated jabalia refugee camp. the u.n. says it s the largest such camp in gaza. one eyewitness described the scene to cnn as horrific and said, quote, children were carrying other injured children. we warn you, the next video is disturbing. many of the wounded and dead were taken here, the hospital closest to the camp. witnesses telling cnn they believe a large number were killed, but we can t independently verify the actual number. the idf confirmed the strike and said they were targeting and killed a top commander of hamas in gaza. hamas denies the commander was even there. we ll have more on that in a moment in a conversation with the representative from the idf. israel also said toda
thank you for being back with us for our second hour of chris jansing reports. we start with breaking news. a moment of much needed hope right now for the families of the hundreds of hostages being held captive by hamas. israel says it has freed a female soldier during a ground operation. the idf says it s doing everything it can to release the others. but for those living in gaza, the military is doubling down on its calls for the civilians in the north to move south saying that warning is now, quote, urgent. where is safe to go? one 14-year-old pulled from the rubble told nbc news she had fled south to they are aunt s house and that the home was bombed while they were baking bread. she heartbreakingly told our nbc news crew, quote, i wish we can live safely like all children of the world. israel continues to pound gaza as tensions are mounting on the ground. with the united nations agency there saying thousands of palestinians, quote, broke into several u.n. rwa warehouse
diane sawyer about going to open houses to steal prescription drugs from strangers medicine cabinets, and matthew perry in his own words. how he wanted to be remembered. kayna whitworth in los angeles with late reporting. the other major headline overseas. protesters in russia surround a flight from tel aviv, shouting anti-semitic slogans. it comes as israel says it s expanding ground operations inside gaza, releasing images of tanks and troops across the border. gaza now on the verge of a humanitarian catastrophe. hundreds storming u.n. warehouses in desperate need of basic supplies. matt rivers standing by in israel. here at home, new reporting on the suspected gunman who went on that massacre in maine. were there missed warning signs? abc news is now learning he tried to buy a gun silencer months prior. trevor ault from maine. the horror on the ice. what a hockey team is calling a freak accident that claimed the life of a former nhl player. weather whiplash sweeping