comcast business, powering possibilities. hello. and welcome to our viewers joining us here in the united states and all around the world. i m rosemary church, live from atlanta, with our continuing coverage of the israeli/hamas war. we begin in gaza, as the war between israel and hamas is about to enter its second month. the israeli military says it is carrying out a significant strike right now on the territory. [ explosions ] an idf spokesperson says the strike was, quotes, very extensive and targeted hamas in in infrastructure above and below ground. its soldiers have reached the gaza coast, in an effort to cut off the northern part of the enclave. this comes as israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu has once again rejected calls for a cease-fire, saying all hostages must first be released. meantime, an intense diplomatic push is under way to prevent a wider conflict in the region. antony blink en landon in turke sunday night. and the corrector of the cia is travel
hello and welcome to all our viewers in the united states, canada and around the world. i m rosemary church with cnn s continuing coverage of the israeli/hamas war. cnn is just now getting israeli reaction to a deadly blast at the refugee camp in gaza. more than 24 hours after we first reported it. in a moment we will speak with a person of the israel defense forces. nada bashyr gives us details of what happened by those that lived through it. a warning, her reporting contains graphic images. reporter: at this hospital in central gaza, another day of seemingly unending horror. bodies, some tiny, arriving in the dozens. no one is spared the devastation of this war. this journalist, seen here at the gaza hospital, not to report on the attack, but to identify the children amongst the dead. translator: i saw my son. my daughter and my sons. i saw my three siblings killed. friends at my house, all killed. reporter: hospital officials tell cnn this latest disaster was caused
hello, everyone. thanks for joining us for another hour of newsroom. i m michael holmes. i appreciate your company. we begin in gaza, as the war between israel and hamas is about to enter its second month. the israeli military says it is carrying out what it calls a significant strike on the territory. an idf spokesperson says a strike was very extensive and targeted hamas infrastructure above and below ground. its soldiers reached gaza s coast, in an effort to cut off the northern part of the enclave. in the meantime, communications are down again in the besieged terr territory. a local operator said there was a complete interrumgs. d gaza faces a third communication blackout. a diplomatic push is under way to prevent a wider conflict in the region. antony blinken landing in turkey. and the leader of the cia is traveling to meet with multiintelligence counterparts and country leaders. for more, let s go to elliot godkin standing by for us in london. bring us up to date on th
good evening. right now it s 2:00 a.m. in gaza, but there will likely be little sleep for many people there tonight. tonight we ve been watching multiple images of multiple explosions lighting up the night sky around gaza city. cnn s nic robertson in sderot witnessed some big secondary explosions and a huge fire in gaza. nic and his crew witnessed eight rockets being fired from gaza and israel. the idf tell cnn six of the eight rockets were intercepted by the country s iron dome defense system. israeli police say there are no reports of casualties that they can pass along at this moment. meanwhile, u.s. secretary of state antony blinken has wrapped up his meeting with arab leaders in jordan. he s heading to turkey. blinken stressed support for israel to implement what s being called a humanitarian pause in the fighting in gaza, that is far short of the cease-fire wanted by arab countries and international aid agencies. minutes ago israel s military said it would allow a a w
are you live in the cnn newsroom. i m jim acosta in washington. good evening. we are following a number of new developments in the israel-hamas war. u.s. secretary of state antony blinken has wrapped up his meeting with arab leader in jordan. blinken stressed support for israel to implement humanitarian pauses, as he s calling them, in the fighting in gaza. short of a cease-fire demanded by arab countries and international aid agencies. the u.s. official says hamas is blocking foreign nationals from leaving gaza for egypt through the rafah crossing. hamas is demanding that israel guarantee that ambulances from gaza, that they can reach that crossing. and egyptian source says more than 700 foreign nationals were expected to cross through rafah earlier today including 400 americans. free, free palestine! people around the world are marching and singing in rallies against the war today including this one here in washington. you can see the capitol in the background there.