we ll get to you in a moment, wolf. we re watching several new developments across the middle east as israel pushes through hamas. secretary of state antony blinken met with arab foreign ministers in georgia for a summit. blinken made it clear that now is not the right time for israel to enter a ceasefire. it s our view that a ceasefire now simply would leave hamas in place, able to regroup and repeat what it did on october 7th. you don t have to take my word for it. just a few days ago a senior hamas official said it was their intent to do october 7th again and again and again. we re seeing more air strikes across gaza today as israeli forces close in on gaza city. and significant developments at the rafah border crossing between scriegypt and gaza. the u.s. official says israel is blocking until it guarantees ambulances can make the crossing. we re continuing to watch major developments on the ground here in the region. cnn international diplomatic editor nic robertso
this sp cnn breaking news. hello and a warm welcome to our viewers joining us in the united states and all around the world. i m bianca nobilo with our continuing coverage of the war on hamas. some 80 egyptian ambulances entered rafah border crossing this morning to receive injured palestinian patients, and an egyptian reporter told that at the crossing. if the patients crossed into egypt, they will be the first palestinians allowed out of gaza since the war began more than three weeks ago. cnn s scott mclean is covering this live from london. what more you hearing about these ambulances? the fact that there are 80 or so ambulances at the border is about the same number of palestinians that we had been told yesterday by the medical director of the al shifa hospital in gaza that would be leaving gaza for egypt. he said there were 81 badly injured palestinians who would be able to or would be transported to the rafah border crossing with the understanding or with the plan
gaza, unleashing an enormous blast that one witness described as feeling, quote, like the end of the world. an idf spokesman tells me israeli forces were targeting a senior hamas commander who was, quote, hiding behind civilians. as the israel/hamas war escalates and it s escalating dramatically, u.s. officials are sounding the alarm that the threat of a terror attack against americans is at a whole other level. acts against jewish, muslim, american victims on the rise, including a historic surge of smichl. anti-semitism. the u.s. congress is on a the brink of a showdown over wartime funding as house republicans reject any link between aid to israel and ukraine. that and more with the top democrat in the house, the minority leader, hakeem jeffries. welcome to our viewers in the united states and around the world. i m wolf blitzer in tel aviv, israel, and you re in the situation room. we re live here in tel aviv following all the breaking news on israel s war against hamas
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