happening now, breaking news, new devastation and fear. israeli forces defending the attacks as key to the war against hamas as they re claiming significant new progress on the ground. also tonight, the first civilian evacuations from gaza are now under way with americans among the hundreds of people fleeing through the rafah border crossing into egypt. we ll get an update on who got out and who may escape the war zone next. plus, significant new developments in two cases against donald trump. his son, donald trump jr., testifying in the civil fraud trial in new york, and in florida, new indications that the mar-a-lago classified documents trial may be delayed. welcome to our viewers in the united states and arnound te world. i m wolf blitzer in tel aviv, israel, and you re in the situation room. announcer: this is cnn breaking news. we re live in tel aviv following all the breaking news on israel s war against hamas and urgent, urgent new efforts to get civilians o
announcer: this is cnn breaking news. welcome to the lead. i m pamela brown in for jake tapper in washington, d.c. tonight, as israel ramps up the bombardment of the terror group hamas, innocent civilians are finally being allowed to leave war-ravaged gaza. and egyptian official tells cnn that 361 foreign nationals left gaza and entered egypt through the rafah crossing today. the u.s. state department confirms some of them were americans. and sources say the group includes two american aid workers, dr. barbara zind, and ramona okumura, a prosthetics expert. one of ramona s family members will join us live in moments for now. so stick around for that. and the white house said it expects to get all americans out of gaza. a number believed to be around 400 within a few days. dozens of severely injured palestinians were allowed to cross into egypt today. and were rushed to egyptian hospitals for medical care that they haven t been able to get in gaza. despite this small g
deal has been struck overnight to open the rafah border crossing to some critically injured palestinians as well as foreign passport holders. and this is significant since it might allow some american citizens stuck in gaza the opportunity to leave. chief fox news correspondent jonathan hunt joins us live from jerusalem with the very latest. jonathan, it has to be some very good news, good news indeed, lauren, as we hit the 10 a.m. hour here in israel and we understand from the reporting of the associated press that some of those foreign nationals have already now crossed from southern gaza into northern egypt via the rafah border crossing at the southern end of the gaza strip. we do not know at this point whether those who have crossed or will cross will include americans. but we assume that this involves all foreign nationals, all foreign passport holders. so we await to see when and if all of those americans who have been stuck inside gaza for more than three weeks now are
lying on the hood of a vehicle as it drives past two ambulances. we ve decided to blur the image. his family said he was injured during the raid by israeli soldiers. the idf confirmed the incident, saying it violated orders , adding that it would be investigated and dealt with accordingly. it comes as anti government protesters clashed with israeli police in tel aviv. tens of thousands of people demonstrated near the headquarters of prime minister s benjamin netanyahu s likud party on saturday, demanding new elections, as well as the return of the 116 remaining hostages who were taken by hamas militants on october 7. at least 38 people were killed in israeli attacks in several neighbourhoods of gaza city on saturday. israel says its fighter jets struck hamas infrastructure. hamas says the attacks targeted civilians. separately, the international committee of the red cross says its field hospital is treating badly wounded people, including children, after explosions in a tent
sites in the area. meanwhile, the european union s foreign affairs chief, josep borrell, called for an independent investigation into israeli shelling that damaged the gaza office of the international committee of the red cross on friday. jordan condemned what it calls israel s systematic targeting of civilians and aid agencies. in tel aviv, tens of thousands of people attended what organisers said was the biggest anti government protest since the war began. prime minister benjamin netanyahu is under continued public pressure as the families of 116 hostages held by hamas in gaza plead for a ceasefire. our middle east correspondent, yolande knell, has more on saturday s strikes. there have been more deadly israeli strikes on different neighbourhoods of gaza city. in beach camp, or shati camp, large strikes there. you can see these dark plumes of smoke in social media videos, several homes flattened, shocked people rushing to help the casualties who are at the scene. and t