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civilians as human shields, that uses civilian infrastructure, even hospitals, in the most cynical way possible. that is as fighting positions, as military operation centers. and so israel has to confront that while at the same time not wanting to go assaulting hospitals in fire fights that could put innocent people who are getting life saving medical care in the cross fire. so there are not easy answers to this question, but this is the complexity, this is the burden that the israeli defense forces are facing as they conduct their operations. and our position is that israel has the right to go after hamas. but it does face this added burden, and that burden does not lessen its responsibility to act according to the laws of war, and so how that plays out in a particular operational dynamic, ultimately those decisions lie with the military fighting. even as israel goes after hamas and the tools and infrastructure of its terrorism. reporter: do you have any proof of life on h
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.
anchoring across cnn platforms you re going to see no more of me for a bit. but i m omar jimenez. we ll see you again next week on may 13, 18, 46 the united states declared war on mexico president james polk, claimed that america had been attacked but in reality the invasion was a brazen land and grab american troops made it all the way to mexico city and the u.s. next to much of today s western united states the future founder of the republican party and illinois congressman named abraham lincoln passionately opposed the war but today s republicans have mexico in their sights. once again back when he was president donald trump as defense secretary, market esport if he could launch missiles at mexico s drug cartels without mexico s permission and then blame the attack on another country we. could do it quietly. trump said, no one would know it was us esper told him the idea was ridiculous an act of war against one of america s biggest trading partners but trump would not ba
safe in their home. many dozens of them took shelter under a bridge, a concrete bridge, because their homes were flimsily built with corrugated iron roofs. they felt they would be safer under the bridge. the army then shelled that fridge, possibly because they wanted to cut it off from the enemy forces. 39 people died under that bridge including women and children. we are hearing that the offensive in the town has been particularly brutal with civilians stuck between the two sides. as you said, 11.5 million people have been forced from their homes, overi million have now left the country, many of them have headed across the border into egypt. so, egypt is worried about a wider insecurity problem. but if you think about it from the civilian s point of view, they mostly wanted the end of the military running things in sudan, they wanted civilians back in power. but instead, they have ended up with two factions of the military