40,000 were liberated. he and his wife have been married for 75 years. for most of those year, he didn t talk about the war. but several years ago he was an honored guest at the united states holocaust memorial museum in washington and walked through a train box car exhibit. this was a very nice looking box car. but when i got at that box car to walk through it, that is when i broke down. reporter: hilbert is since on a mission to teach and inspire. he speaks to schools and organizations. let s give a warm welcome. reporter: and late last week, it was to hundreds of students at atlanta s st. pius x catholic school. close to 32,000 prisoners in those barracks when we were there that sunday morning. reporter: but he s never considered his speeches more important than he does today because of what happened in israel on october 7. in all the years you ve been back from the war, and it has been almost 80 years, have you ever seen anti-semitic osm in t country as bad as
president biden is doubling down on his support for israel. in an op-ed for the washington post, the president rejected mounting calls for a cease fire saying it will only give hamas more time to quote restart the killing by attacking innocence again. but the fighting continues in gaza city. doctors at al-shifa, gaza s largest hospital, say they were ordered to evacuate by the israeli military. the idf disputes that claim. it comes as israel defense forces are now vowing to advance anywhere hamas is found. and there are growing signs that a ground offensive into southern gaza could be imminent. let s go to nic robertson live in israel. give us the latest from where you are. still intense fire fights going on here in northern gaza. the idf said they re pushing from the coast in the washington post cost towards the west where we are here. we ve been able to see flares, heavy missile strikes from aircraft heavy tank rounds fired into the area. sometimes the skylights up br
welcome to all of you watching us here in the united states, canada, and all around the world. i m kim brunhuber. ahead on cnn newsroom. a u.n. team travels to gaza s hospital to witness its desperate conditions firsthand.. the scenes one of them describe as a death zone, ahead. residents of one kibbutz describe the moments of the terrorist attack and why they fear the israeli government could let them down again. plus, trump s return to iowa as the state s caucuses draw near, the former president ramps up attacks on president biden and some of his most explicit rhetoric yet. it s 4:00 a.m. here in atlanta, 11:00 a.m. in gaza, where we re expecting to learn new details about a large explosion at a u.n.-run school being used as a shelter. one u.n. official called the carnage horrifying. i have to warn you, the video is graphic. the source of the blast hasn t been determined and no confirmed casualty figures are yet available. the israeli military says that it is aware of
it was believed to be 260 people had been slaughtered. now 364 people were according to israel s channel 12. also according to that news channel, police also say that 40 festivalgoers were kidnapped and taken into gaza. israel s military announced today it recovered the second body of a hostage near the hospital. noa marciano was her name. she was 19, a corporal in the idf, and she had been kidnapped from a kibbutz. they recovered the mother of a 65-year-old grandmother, yehudit weiss yesterday. she was found near the hospital. president biden spoke with the leader of qatar, who brokered hamas has demanded israel stop any surveillance drones to track the movements of hamas. still hearing explosions. an hour or so though there were exchangeses of gun fire so we can see in this direction. in fact looking over there now i can see there s a glow in the sky that wasn t there before so that s clearly the aftermath of a blast there now. the fight is still going on. not as intense