The world. Im wolf blitzer in jerusalem. Youre in the situation room. This is cnn breaking news. Lets get right to the breaking news. Dramatic new developments in the fighting between israel and hamas including a strike on the United Nations school in gaza where thousands of palestinians are seeking shelter. Palestinian Health Officials say at least 20 people were killed in a predawn strike thats drawing sharp criticism from both the United Nations and the u. S. Recovering all angles of the breaking news this hour of our guests, and our correspondents in the middle east and around the world. Cnns john voss is in gaza city. John, whats the latest . What are you seeing now . Reporter well, wolf, it has been a pretty quiet night here especially compared to the last few nighs a s anights and thaty we havent heard the continual pounding from the southern part of israel. Most of those areas have, in fact, been evacuated. We also have heard a number of targets being hit by israeli air strikes
Federal government. Ferguson flash point. So far we can report cooler heads have prevailed. Hi, im Errol Barnett at cnn center. Im rosemary church. Welcome back to our viewers in the United States and all around the world. If youve been tuned to this network for the past few hours, youve been watching ferguson, missouri, tensions have been high, more unrest monday night. Ten days after police shot and killed 18yearold Michael Brown. Looking at pictures earlier here from ferguson, police moved in on a group, making several arrests. We saw those arrest pictures live. They say though have been two shooting victims. We hear from captain ron johnson those two shooting victims were taken to the hospital. They took them there and those shots came from that crowd. This is a small minority within these mostly peaceful protests. Just a small group of people causing problems, trying to provoke police. A few of the people in the crowd allegedly threw molotov cocktails at authorities, provoking res
Fire. These are still photos. Well show video so you can see up close what this conflict looks like unfiltered. The government does not target civilians, not there and not un shelters. Youll hear from the ambassador and a un representative who says israel had 17 warnings that the school was a un shelter. First, though, karl penhole joins us. Whats the latest youre hearing . Reporter we went down there, anderson, because of course, we went with our own eyes and ears to see what we can see and tell you about that. First of all, the experience for those there, this school, remember, was turned into a shelter for 3,000 displaced palestinians. One man said the men had been sleeping outside, the women inside. This attack came before dawn, so most of them were still sleeping. One man said when he heard the explosions and woke up, he saw elderly men cut into pieces around him, a lady lucky enough to be sleeping inside said the place filled up with smoke. She poured water on her eyes to see a l
Window set to last four hours. They said it does not apply to areas where their soldiers have been operating. Announcement came on the heels of the deaths of 19 people when a shell hit a u. N. School where palestinian families had taken revenue. Some 1283 people in gaza are now confirmed dead, deaths on the israeli side stands at 56. The israeli spokesman joins us. We want to talk about this humanitarian window. We understand that there was supposed to be an hour left in this window of opportunity to sort of get some people out. Some supplies in. Already weve witnessed and her and seen several explosions just in the past few minute. It sounds as though this ceasefire is over. Well, the truth is we announced earlier today a humanitarian ceasefire. We did that in coordination with the United Nations at their request. The trouble is hamas rejected it and then continued to shoot. And a ceasefire means not just israel ceasefire. A ceasefire means that hamas must ceasefire too and if rockets
Nearly 130. They say israeli shelling is to blame. All this game after the u. N. Said more weapons was found in one of its schools in gaza. This is the third time this has happened in the current conflict, but overnight shelling was not at that same facility. Lets if to john voss watching whats going on if gaza city with all the latest developments. Another brutal overnight in gaza, john. Reporter yeah, wolf. The explosions, the air strikes, the artillery just did not let up. Its continued well into the day here. In fact, just moments ago there was an air strike in that direction of the refugee camp, the same place where the u. N. School is located where at least 19 people have been killed. Gaza officials have told us here that so far in just the past few hours 54 palestinians have been killed. Almost 300 palestinians have died since this Campaign Began 23 days ago. Gaza once again under siege. Five shells hit yet another u. N. School this morning, this time inside the jabalya refugee