Its ahead of a planned Ground Offensive in the Southern City of rafah, where about 1. 5 Million People are sheltering. It is being reported this morning, not a huge amount of detail what those humanitarian islands would look like. It is right at the very southern end of the gaza strip, where more than half of the population is now sheltering and is a place where israel has said it needs to carry out a military Ground Offensive because it says in order to achieve its aim of fully removing hamas run gaza, the only way to do thatis hamas run gaza, the only way to do that is target hamas s remaining leadership when they are believed to be in and among civilians sheltering in rafa. Of course this remains an operation which has questions attached, certainly the word ireland is interesting because a central part of the gaza strip has been left severely damaged by months of Israeli Ground and air attacks. People who live there have left their homes, been going back to those areas but of course
about the alleged shooter, armed with an ar-style rifle and wearing body armor. and the urgent manhunt for suspects at this hour in texas, wanted for killing three people and wounding eight others after a holiday event in fort worth. mona kosar abdi is in philadelphia. also on this fourth of july, millions of americans are on alert for severe thunderstorms and dangerous heat. one person struck by lightning at new york s coney island. the storm interrupting the famed hot dog eating contest. and record temperatures hitting triple digits. heat alerts sketch from washington state to florida. overseas tonight, israeli forces launch a new round of attacks on the west bank, taking aim at what they say are terrorist targets. israeli fighters firing tear gas into a hospital. the violence spreading. at least eight people injured in a car ramming and stabbing attack in tel aviv. and the new move by israel tonight. the concerning discovery inside the white house. multiple law enfor
he talks about the spring offensive and also towards the end, listen to his description of the russian forces, let s take a listen. i believe we will see the results of true combined arms effect, tanks protected by infantry against anti tank guided missiles, artillery keeping heads down, engineers reducing the obstacles, breaching the fortifications that the russians have established, air defence, keeping the russians off the ukrainians, electronic warfare jaminet russians already not a and control, all orchestrated by very good ukrainian command and control, and using drones over the russians to attack them in depth with the precision munitions that the us and uk and others have provided. and this is going to break, i think, the front lines. where they will do this attack, i m not going to speculate, although the ukrainians have said that their objective is to sever the ground lines of communications that enables the russians to go along the south east coast into crimea. we
takes. it comes as the u.s. is accusing russia of committing crimes against humanity. the declaration marks the strongest accusation yet from the u.s., as it seeks to punish moscow for its invasion of ukraine. we declared from day one that they were committing war crimes. we have announced that they re committing crimes against humanity, and we re looking at the facts on the ground. i had an opportunity to visit a forensic lab that we re supporting in helping them to gather the evidence that they will need and we will need to hold the russians accountable. we have correspondents covering this for us at the white house and on the ground in ukraine. let s begin with coverage from priscilla alvarez at the white house. what are the expectations for the president s trip to poland? white house officials have made clear, paula, this is a crucial moment not only because of that one-year anniversary which is just around the corner but also as u.s. and western officials warn of a
hello. i m abby philip in washington. a desperate search is under way for survivors after a powerful 7.8 magnitude earthquake struck turkey and syria. the death toll is now more than 2500 and aid from across the world is pouring in. the aftermath of this is catastrophic. this was the strongest earthquake to hit that area in more than 100 years, and it struck while nearly everyone was asleep. hundreds of people this hour are still believed to be trapped. massive high rises reduced to rubble, as more than 50 aftershocks some as strong as 7.5 magnitude, make matters even worse for rescue crews. one survivor capturing this horrific moment that the building collapsed. floor after floor falling as people run from a massive debris cloud. nearby, another collapse. look at this. and video of dramatic rescues are also coming in. this child pulled from the wreckage. crews are now hoping to uncover more miracles in the rubble. cnn s scott mcclain will lead us off here. scott, a massive r