hi, everyone. thanks for joining me. i m omar jimenez sitting in for fredicka whitfield. we begin with heavy shelling and fighting in gaza putting emergency centers in emergency situations. the red crescent society said gaza s second largest hospital is out of service due to the dep please of supplies. israel defense forces say they re enabling safe passage from gaza s hospitals, but medics say it s too dangerous to leave because of intense fighting. with civilian casualties mounting, today israel prime minister benjamin netanyahu told cnn the lives lost fall squeri on the shoulders of hamas. i think any civilian slos is a tragedy and the blame should be placed squarely on hamas. it prevents them from leaving the zone. the other day, to prevent palestinians from leaving harm s way, it puts rockets inside schools, hospitals. it has tunnels below children s beds. this is what we re dealing with. so obviously we can t give them i m munlt. today for the first time since thurs
happening now for the first time some select people allowed to leave gaza. this after furious diplomatic negotiation. details on the deal that will allow hundreds of foreign nationals to get out. and a massive strike in northern gaza leaving a crater where a refugee camp once stood. the idf defending the strike saying it took out a hamas commander and other terrorists as the search for civilians trapped in the rubble continues. donald trump s eldest son going under oath today, pivotal testimony in the $250 million trial where trump has already been found liable for fraud. i m john berman with kate bolduan, sara is on assignment. this is cnn news central. we have major developments at the border of gaza and egypt. for the first time since hamas attacked israel and israel began striking in gaza, civilians in gaza are being allowed to get through the rafa crossing. who and how many still remains somewhat unclear, but we are told injured palestinians are now entering egyp
headquarters in new york city. we re awaiting for the update on the war effort from israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu while an extraordinary and rare piece of good news for israel and its military just came to us. the idf now saying they managed to rescue a female israeli soldier who had been held hostage by hamas for more than three weeks. what it tells us about the ground operations and the new phase of the war in gaza coming up. the white house jumping into action after a rise in anti-semitism on u.s. campuses. donald trump once again pushing the envelope of a gag order, put back in place just yesterday to keep him from going after people involved in his d.c. case. this morning he called the judge who ordered it, quote, a trump hater who is incapable of giving him a fair trial. so now what? we start in israel where a rapidly escalating crisis is threatening prime minister benjamin netanyahu s leadership at a critical time, just as israel s war effort shifts into
and right now we are striking from the air every single day when we do not know where my cousin is, when we do not know where over 200 hostages are and we don t know if any of our bombs have killed them. here in london thousandsjoin pro palestinian demonstrations. similar protests take place around the world calling for a ceasefire. fresh aid enters gaza and the un tells the bbc they ve managed to re establish some contact with their teams on the ground. hello and welcome. i m lewis vaughan jones. israel says the war has shifted into a new phase. this is what happened last night. an intensification of air strikes and bold moments bombardments over gaza. 150 underground targets were hit and several senior hamas commanders were killed. there was a ground incursion as well in the latest information we haveis as well in the latest information we have is that troops are still on the ground in north gaza now. these are pictures from earlier today as the assault on gaza con
And service of all who took part in operations in iraq and afghanistan. The queen unveils a memorial in london to Service Personnel and civilians who served and worked in iraq and afghanistan. The ceremony in Victoria Embankment Gardens was followed a service for 2,500 veterans on horse guards parade. Welcome. The chancellor Philip Hammond has defended his plan to raise National Insurance contributions for Self Employed people, saying the Government Faces new challenges. Mr hammond is facing criticism, including from his own backbenches, for apparently going back on a 2015 Manifesto Pledge not to raise tax or National Insurance. The change, due to come in next year, will mean 1. 6 million Self Employed people paying, on average, an extra £240 a year. Labour has accused the government of breaking its promise. Heres our Political Correspondent eleanor garnier. Voiceover learning to solve technical problems at a college in dudley in the West Midlands this morning. And after yesterdays bu