of the southern city of khan younis. hamas says more than 20,000 people have died since the war began. meanwhile, israel has released footage of what it claims to be tunnels, dug by hamas under gaza city, in the north of the territory. it says the structures, which cover a large area, were used as a base by hamas leaders. 0ur middle east correspondent yolande knell told me more. so, this was this footage that has been brought out by the israeli military. we can t independently verify it, but they say it shows a very advanced tunnel network, which was under the heart of gaza city, and actually connected the homes of senior hamas officials in gaza, including yahya sinwar, thought to have masterminded the 7th of october attacks, and also came out with some shafts close to other key areas near the shifa hospital, for example. when you look at the footage here, you can see that the structures are well built, we are told they included blast doors, that they are connected to the ele
and the diplomatic effort to bring a pause to the fighting with negotiations continuing for a fourth day to attempt to secure a unanimous un security council vote on the suspension of hostilities in gaza. meanwhile separate talks are understood to be continuing to arrange another exchange of hostages held by hamas, for palestinian prisoners detained in israel. egypt and qatar are thought to be trying to broker a deal and the leader of hamas which is considered to be a terrorist organisation by the us and many other countries ismail haniyeh, has travelled to egypt, to meet the country s intelligence chief. he s already held talks in iran, which is one of the closest supporters of hamas. israel has released footage of what it claims to be tunnels dug by hamas under gaza city, in the north of the territory. it says the structures, which cover a large area, were used as a base by hamas leaders. the fighting continues inside gaza, where the un says israel has issued evacua
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congress is back in session. but rather than being in washington, house speaker kevin mccarthy is taking his battle to wall street , the list of demands he now has for democrats as the high stakes fight heats up new reporting coming in from the mass shooting at a sweet 16 party in alabama, at least four people killed 28. others, many of them teenagers injured. police are now saying about this investigation. moments from now the most powerful rocket ever built is expected to launch into space. the mission eventually take people to mars. these major stories and more coming in right here to cnn news, central. we begin with the rocket launch and just about 20 minutes, the spacex starship is set to take off the rocket is nearly 400 ft . tall and has 33 engines and this launch will mark spacex s first attempt to launch the fully assembled starship vehicle . after years of testing. it s the first step in elon musk s vision to send humans back to the moon and mars. it s also somethin