you are watching our special extended coverage of the israel hamas war. new this morning, the u.s. embassy in israel is offering americans and immediate relatives evacuation by sea from haifa to cyprus. on monday, at 8 am local time, it is on a space limited basis. the embassy says chartered flights are also being arranged. meanwhile, the rafah crossing point between israel and gaza remains closed this morning as egyptian authorities continue negotiations with israel and the united states over allowing u.s. citizens to cross into egypt. the state department urges the more than 500 americans estimated to be in gaza to quickly move south as the window to cross will be brief. a second u.s. aircraft carrier is headed to the eastern mediterranean to help deter escalation in the region. it joins another carrier strike group that arrived earlier this week. and according to the israel defense forces, at least 1300 people have been killed in israel since the fighting began, wi