This is cnns live coverage of israel at war. Im wolf blitzer in washington along with sara sidner in tel aviv. Theres Breaking News were following this hour. Americans and others stuck in warravaged gaza are on alert to evacuate potentially at any moment. The State Department is urging u. S. Citizens to move closer to the rafah border in the southern part of Gaza Crossing from Gaza Into Egypt in case it opens up with little notice. Local media reported earlier that egypt was not, repeat not, allowing american citizens through the crossing. More than 1 million civilians in the northern part of gaza are under israeli orders to flee to the south, an evacuation the United Nations is calling impossible. The humanitarian crisis is escalated amid widespread destruction and a mounting death toll in gaza now rising above 2200. Its been a full week of punishing israeli air strikes in response to the horrific and deadly hamas Terror Attack on israel last weekend that killed some 1300 people. The
Thank you for joining us. Youre live in the cnn newsroom. As the six hour window Safe Passage Out of Northern Gaza expired last hour, israeli troops were seen amassing near the gaza border. We want to show you video taken in the last hour showing heavy weaponry arriving in southern israel. Inside gaza, Tens Of Thousands of people have left but israel has urged 1. 1 civilians in gaza to relocate. Idf claims hamas is stopping people from leaving. Hospitals have said they cannot and will not leave because if they were to leave, a Death Sentence would then be on their patients and now the u. N. Is warning that many people who are pregnant, are elderly or have a disability also will not be able to leave. This is a humanitarian crisis in gaza. The u. N. Is warning that the situation in gaza is a Matter Of Life And Death and not just for those who are evacuating but also for the 2 Million People who risk running out of clean water. The u. N. Says they need aid sent to gaza now are people will
Good morning. Welcome to cnn this morning. It is saturday, october 14th. Im victor blackwell. And im amara walker. Thanks for being with us as we continue to follow the news breaking news. A Mass Evacuation in gaza. The military in israel have ordered the people in gaza to move south. They have given them a safe sixhour pathway. The idf is accusing hamas of actively trying to stop people from leaving so they can use them as, quote, human shields. But hamas says israel is still carrying out air strikes, killing 70 people after warning them to move out. They posted dramatic video showing an ambulance rocked by an explosion during those evacuations. In israel, the city of surrat is under a red alert after israel fired rockets into the city. Cnn on the ground heard israels iron dome intercepting the rockets anned the sirens going off around the city. The u. S. Says its supporting israel, and its support is ironclad. Two officials made trips there earlier this week. Secretary lloyd austin d
To defeat hamas s remaining fighters. But there has been Widespread International concern over the fate of the more than i million palestinians sheltering there. Our Security Correspondent Frank Gardner is Monitoring Events for us from jerusalem. Everyone s waiting for the hamas team to give its first formal response after they arrive in cairo. The cia director William Burns is reportedly in cairo and thats very important because us support for this deal has been crucial. Now, the Sticking Point in all of this is that hamas wants a commitment by israel that the fighting stops. Israel wont give that commitment, partly for political reasons and partly for political military reasons. It believes the remaining four Group Battalions of hamas are hiding out in buffer, probably below ground entitles and yahya sinwar, the leader of us, the military leader and the architect the october seven massacre, is amongst them. Hiding out there, possibly even surrounded by hostages. So the Israeli Milita
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