And governmental capabilities and do Everything Possible to bring our hostages home. Meanwhile, the us president says israel has a right to defend itself against terrorists, but must protect innocent civilians. Speaking at a joint Press Conference with australian Prime Minister anthony albanese, joe biden said theres no going back to the status quo the israelis and palestinians had before the hamas attack. The president also cast doubt on some of hamas s claims. What they say to me as they have no notion that the palestinians are telling the truth about how many people were killed. Im sure innocents have been killed, and its the price of waging a war. I think we should be incredibly careful. I think now israel should be incredibly careful to be sure that theyre focusing on going after the focus that are propagating this war against israel, and its against their interest when that doesnt happen. But i have no confidence in the number that the palestinians are using. The comments by the
Defence of his bombardment of gaza and insisted preparations for a Ground Invasion were under way. At the same time, the United Nations says hospitals and other services in gaza which is under an israeli blockade are running out of fuel, and that its aid agency there may have to stop working tonight if it doesnt get a fresh supply. But israel has accused hamas designated as a terror group by the uk government of Stockpiling Hundreds Of Thousands of litres. Israel has allowed limited supplies of food, water and medicine in but Charities Say vast amounts more are needed. And all this takes place amid a bitter diplomatic row between israel and the un. 0urfirst report tonight is from our special correspondent, fergal keane, who is injerusalem and has been working with teams on the ground in gaza. And a warning his report contains some distressing images. Each climbing cloud a marker of destruction. Relentless airstrikes. Thousands of bombs dropped. Hamas started this war. Israel responds w
hello and a very warm welcome to bbc news, i mark lowen live from southern israel overlooking gaza, where the united nations says a lack of fuel means aid cannot be brought into the gaza strip from egypt. the relief agency for palestinian says they are almost begging for fuel and should never have been put into that situation. the un says an urgent shipment of fuel is needed, as is the resumption of the telecommunications network. also in gaza, the israeli military raided the strip s largest hospital al shifa this week, but prime minister benjamin netanyahu told cbs news there was no gunfight at the hospital because hamas leaders had left shortly before the israeli army had arrived. israel says there is a hamas command centre at the site, but hasn t yet provided conclusive evidence. mr netanyahu also said hostages could have been moved from the hospital. violence, too, in the occupied west bank, the other part of the palestinian territories not controlled by hamas. the israel
viewers joining us here in the united states, around the world, and streaming on cnn max. i m rosemary church. just ahead, the four-time indicted twice impeached former president, donald trump, takes the stand as a defendant in a new york civil fraud trial. we will take you through his combative and testy day in court. plus, it has now been a month since the horrific hamas attacks on israel and as the war rages on a u.n. official says the death toll in gaza from israel s relentless airstrikes defies humanity. live from cnn center this is cnn newsroom with rosemary church. thank you so much for joining us. donald trump has denied wrongdoing in each and every case against him and monday was no different when he took the stand in his civil fraud trial. he was belligerent with the new york judge who ordered the former u.s. presidents legal team to control their client, reminding him that this was not a political rally. and that same judge who trump called extremely hostile wi
clapton for joining us on cnn. i am michael holmes, appreciate your company as we continue to cover the israel-hamas war. we do begin in gaza. at a horrific scene outside the largest hospital in gaza city. we will show you video obtained by cnn, it is extremely graphic. the israeli military admits that it was behind the airstrike, just outside the hospital, hitting an ambulance, killing at least 15 people. you can see scenes of carnage of chaos. the ambulance was said to be a part of the convoy selecting patients to southern gaza. the idf claims the ambulance was being used by hamas and it had used emergency vehicles to transport fighters and weapons in the past. following developments for us from abu dhabi, she joined me now, good to see you, lainey. the loss of civilian life continues, the strike on or near ambulance is outside, just the latest brings of the day for what we know. clearly, seeing those images of bodies strewn sheer panic, this is the result of an israeli a