Very much for joining us. Cnn newsroom with jim acosta starts right now. Im jim acosta in washington. Welcome to our viewers here in the United States and around the world to cnns breaking News Coverage of israel at war. It has been one week since hamas launched its attack inside israel that killed more than 1,300 people. Today israel appears to be on the verge of responding with full force. Prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu posted a video online of his visit with troops at the front line near the gaza border. He told them, quote, The Next Stage is coming. A Ground Invasion appears more inevitable by the hour. Israel has called on more than a million civilians to evacuate Northern Gaza for their safety. Today the State Department is urging Palestinian Americans in gaza to move closer to the rafah crossing into egypt. The reason, there may be little notice if the crossing opens but if israels sixhour window for safe passage from Northern Gaza has expired lots of questions are going to b
Soon as we get them. Meanwhile Palestinian Civilians have started leaving parts of Eastern Rafah in gaza, after israel told A Hundred Thousand people there to leave the area. Officials in gaza say israeli air strikes have targeted parts of rafah, just hours after the Evacuation Order was issued. Pictures weve received show thick smoke rising as displaced palestinians try to flee Eastern Rafah. Those Palestinian Civilians closest to the Israeli Border are being urged to move to what the Israeli Military calls expanded humanitarian zones in the al mawasi and khan younis areas. Back to the live pictures of people in the centre of gaza getting the news that it looks like hamas, who have confirmed that the have accepted the cease fire proposals, no confirmation of that from israel. Lets speak to our security correspondent, Frank Gardner who is in jerusalem. Hamas saying they have accepted the cease fire proposals, we dont know what israel thinks about it, but what israel thinks about it, b
aid is being allowed into gaza around 150 trucks carrying medical supplies, fuel and food entered on friday from egypt via the rafah crossing. turning to the released israeli hostages they were first taken through rafah from gaza, into egypt by road before being flown by helicopter to israel for medical checks. hospital staff gave this update on their condition. about half an hour ago, i was thrilled to be the one to receive four children, three mothers and a grandmother to the best and most caring hands here at the children s medical centre in israel. their physical condition is good and they are currently undergoing medical and emotional assessment. let s take a moment to look at what we know about these hostages all of whom were captured during the hamas attack on israel on the 7th of october. qatar, which has been mediating between israel and hamas, says the group of 2a is made up of 13 israelis, io thais, and one filipino. among the israelis there is one 85 yea
marking in spectacular fashion the birthday of king charles. he is 75 today. the first of the slits is happening right now, this is what we are watching at green park next to buckingham palace in central london salutes. this is the king s troop royal horse artillery that have been given the honour. it is a working day for the monarch today. there are other things on his schedule today. he will officially launch the coronation food project with queen camilla to bridge the gap between food waste and food need. he will also visit surplus food distribution centre outside london and later on today, he will host a buckingham palace reception highlighting the work of the nurses and midwives over the decade as part of the nhs 75 celebrations as well. one thing that has been widely reported that was broken on the bbc is we are expecting the king to be wish to happy birthday by the duke of sussex at some point today. to be wished happy birthday. we think harry will call his fathe
hello, i m lucy hockings. welcome to bbc news now. the head of gaza s biggest hospital says nearly 180 people are being buried in a mass grave there after it ran out of fuel. fighting between the israeli military and hamas continues around the al shifa hospital. that s prompted growing international concern, with president biden saying he wants less intrusive action . medical staff at al shifa say the lives of 36 premature babies are hanging in the balance. this is an image of some made public by the hospital on sunday. it said they had been placed on a bed after the fuel ran out to power the generators to keep their incubators going. their current condition is not known, although a hospital spokesperson on monday said three of the original 39 babies had died. israel insists it is only targeting hamas, and that their command centre is in tunnels beneath the hospital. it has also released these images, which it says are of incubators which it is offering to supply to al shi