roadblocks and debris created a burning maze of trafficjams. traffic is completely stuck and people are going to die here and there s no reason why. trapped in lahaina as it burned to the ground. it s criminal, what happened. people lost their lives that wouldn t have lost their lives. and then why they did close the road, i think that s something a lot of people want to know. you know, better preparation, right? i mean, that s what everybody is pointing to. and who should take responsibility for that? lahaina is the gem of the hawaiian island of maui, a tourist hot spot with huge cultural importance. this is the first kingdom of hawaii. this is the gathering place. it s unfathomable. you can t even imagine a reality of lahaina burning. we could have focused on any number of things that went wrong on the day of the fire. but we ve chosen to look at how people did and didn t escape from lahaina as it burnt. at least 99 people lost their lives. using first hand accounts corrobo
hamas says 15 people have been killed in an explosion at a un run school and israel says it is investigating the circumstances. earlier today, the us found itself diplomatically stuck between the between its arab allies and israel. at a meeting in amman today, arab foreign ministers told us secretary of state antony blinken that there must be an immediate ceasefire in gaza. but mr blinken wants humanitarian pauses . israel, though, has said there will be no temporary truce until all hostages are released. thejordanian foreign minister ayman safadi said the killing of civilians by israel could not be justified by its claim of self defence. he said the entire region was sinking into a sea of hatred that could define generations to come. translation: the numbers of people who were killed i from civilians in gaza over the last few weeks, including working in relief and journalists cannot be justified any way. and in this regard, we are still asking for an immediate ceasefire a
wherever you are around the world, thank you for joining us on cnn. i am john vause in atlanta with our ongoing coverage of israel s war with hamas. for the first time since israel declared war on hamas, a few hundred people hosting foreign passports and a few dozen seriously wounded palestinians have arrived in egypt from gaza. for weeks, many have been waiting at the rafah crossing on the border with egypt. the two other border crossings into israel remain closed. israel and egypt agreed to open the order after negotiations brokered by the u.s. and qatar, which allowed hundreds more to leave in the hundreds coming days. the u.s. state department believes 1000 americans and their families are stuck inside gaza, trying to get out. here is the u.s. president, joe biden. we are in a situation where safe passage for wanted palestinians and foreign nationals takes from gaza has started. the american citizens are able to exit today as part of the first group of proba
wherever you are around the world s are thank you for joining us here on cnn, i m john vause in atlanta with the ongoing kupfer of on hamas a few hundred people holding foreign passports and dozens civilian wounded palestinians have arrived in egypt from gaza. for weeks many have been waiting on the rafah crossing with egypt. the two other border crossings into israel remain sealed. israel and egypt agreed to open the border after the u.s. and qatar brokered deal which allowed all foreign nationals and dual citizens to leave gaza. your state department believes 1000 americans and their family are stuck in gaza desperate to leave. more from joe biden. we re in a situation where safe passage for wounded palestinians and foreign nationals have started. american citizens 1000 who will see more of this process going on in the coming days. working nonstop to get americans out of gaza as soon and as safely as possible. aid worker was one of two americans among the 361 peop
viewsers joining us. it is thursday, november 2. 10:00 a.m. in gaza where israeli airstrikes again lit up the skies overnight. israel s military says its forces have now reached the outskirts of gaza city. the idf say 17 of its sold engineers have been killed since the ground incursion began. in northern gaza, israeli airstrikes struck the refugee camp for the second time. at least 80 people were killed, most were women and children. unicef says more than 400 children have died each day in gaza since the war started. meanwhile we re waiting to see if more foreign nationals are able to cross the border into egypt today. people have been gathering there in hopes of getting through for the first time since the war began. the rafah border crossing opened wednesday to several hundred foreign nationals including aid workers who had been stuck at the border for days. clare sebastian is covering all of these angles for us. what are we hearing about what could happen today? the expe