Likely by the hour. Israel has told people in Northern Gaza, 1 Million People, we should note torsion get out. To evacuate to the south for their own safety. Even the United Nations has called it impossible and the humanitarian crisis in gaza is only getting worse. The United Nations says water is running out putting 2 Million People at risk. Palestinian officials now say more than 2,000 people have died so far. Israel says that includes a hamas commander who played a key part in last saturdays attack. And i want to bring in my colleague, erin burnett live in tel aviv. I know you have seen a lot. You have heard a lot. I guess all of our collective senses, theres much more to come in the hours and days ahead. Whats the latest on your end . Reporter absolutely there is. The silence here, the palpable sense of waiting. And waiting in an ominous way but waiting for something. A country that has been completely shut down. Meetings of officials going well into the night well past midnight ev
Ten tooth brushes, something so specific and personal. It raises the reality that such an intense outpouring of daily generosity is both incredible and not infinite. And that means the world watches to see what israel will do in these coming days. Thank you so much for joining us. Us. Ac 360 begins now. Captions by vitac www. Vitac. Com it is 3 00 a. M. Here in tel aviv, israel, and there are signs all around us today that a much wider and deadly phase of the war may soon take place. This was the scene just a few hours ago, while i was reporting on air. Sirens are going off, which has not occurred here for really today certainly or the last several days. Theyre quite extensive sirens. You hear them all over tel aviv right now. This just started about 15 seconds, maybe 30 seconds ago. So, it remains to be seen if rockets do come, generally they come from that direction. That sounded like iron dome interception. That was a rather large explosion. That is something we have not heard very
As the Prime Minister and i discussed, how israel does this matters. Just as isis was crushed, so, too, will hamas be crushed. And hamas should be treated exactly the way isis was treated. Thank you, america. For standing with israel. Today, tomorrow, and always. And this all comes as israel continues to strike gaza with artillery and those airstrikes. Also cutting off supplies to food, power and water until the hostages are released. Secretary of state Antony Blinken urging netanyahu to take every precaution to prevent harm to interior civilians in gaza and the humanitarian crisis in gaza is growing more dire. Up to 150 hostages including Americans Still being held captive. Erin Burnett Jones us in ashkelon. What can you tell us . Reporter we understand, obviously, those hostages right now, whereabouts unknown, status of any negotiations unknown. We know that the Israeli Defense forces are telling us that they believe that those hostages are being kept in various locations, most likel
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
to prepare for the pandemic. and the deepfake scam on fiona bruce. we look at how ai can be used to spread misinformation ahead of a major government summit on artificial intelligrance. 0n bbc london. a met firearms officer charged with murder of chris kaba in south london is to be named after a judge rules to lift an anonymity order. good evening from jerusalem where the israeli military have announced the first rescue of a hostage a soldier. she was kidnapped on october seven by hamas, classed as a terrorist organisation by the uk government. m00 people died in the attacks by hamas just over three weeks ago. she is private 0ri megidish she is said to be doing well and has been reunited with herfamily. no details have been given of the circumstances of her rescue. the families of three other hostages being held in gaza have spoken this evening, and called for every possible effort to be made to bring them home. we ll have more on those stories in a moment, but first th