is deteriorating by the hour as israeli bombing intensifies in the south of the territory. and the united nations has warned that an even more hellish scenario could be about to unfold for civilians there. israel is trying to destroy hamas, designated a terror organisation by the uk government. unconfirmed reports claim israeli troops may try to destroy the vast network of hamas tunnels underneath the gaza strip by flooding them with sea water. our middle east correspondent yolande knell reports from jerusalem. more casualties pouring into this hospital in khan younis this morning, even brought in by donkey cart. medics struggling to find space for the dozens of wounded. palestinians say more than 30 were killed in an israeli strike and shelling close to a un school which was crowded with displaced people. they launched mortars at us at night. we were scared and didn t sleep, cries this boy. all night we were reading the koran. on the move once again. israel has issued
donald trump jr. testifies for the defense in the new york civil fraud trial describing his father as a, quote, artist with real estate who sees things that other people don t. plus, a surprise dropout. senator tim scott calls it quits, putting an end to his 2024 presidential campaign, so which of the seven remaining candidates will his voters go to? or his donors? and side-stepping responsibility. benjamin netanyahu refuses to answer questions about whether he bears any blame of the hamas attack inside israel, the deadliest attack on jews since the holocaust. i m dana bash. let s go behind the headlines and inside politics. we start in new york city where donald trump jr. is on the stand as the first witness for the defense in the civil fraud case against his family and their businesses. cnn s brynn gingras is outside the courthouse. brynn, before we start about what s going on in that courthouse behind you, there s some sad news for the trump family today. reporter: yea
israel, it s not good for the people of gaza. so we do not support that. the prime minister did offer some encouraging words about a possible hostage deal. we are following all the developments there. and the clock is ticking to a friday deadline for a government shutdown. and then you house speaker s hail mary seeming to be deflating by the minute. donald trump once his core tv, demanding cameras for his upcoming trials. plus this you think donald trump is a great president, president? i think donald trump is the king of the world. you ll find out. you think it was a great president? he did and credible job. he did an incredible job and anyone who said he didn t, something s wrong up here. our friends at the good liars, live this hour with what they heard from the maga faithful and trump s legal issues about trump s legal issues, that s coming up later in the hour as well. we begin this hour once again in the middle east and the israel hamas war whe
reports, the first evacuations from the gaza strip since the start of israel s siege. a major deal brokered to open that border crossing with egypt for foreign nationals, and injured palestinians as well. how soon the hundreds of americans trapped in gaza could be allowed to leave. and israel faing condemnation for a massive attack on a refugee camp in gaza. the idf claiming they killed a high ranking hamas leader. what we know about the strike that reportedly killed dozens of civilians including children. also ahead, an arrest for anti-semitic threats at cornell university, more on the suspect, a student himself and his threats as anti-semitic incidents rise across the country. and breaking news here in new york city, donald trump jr. expected to testify in a case that could threaten the future of his father s empire. what testimony from the trump children could mean for the multimillion dollar civil fraud trial. good morning, everybody. good to see you, breaking news