You lye from washington, d. C. New revelations of hamas atrocities on day six of the war in the middle east. Anderson cooper is live in tel aviv. More funerals as families bury their loved ones massacred in the Terrorist Attacks. A short time ago, Benjamin NetanyahusOffice Released photos of babies who have been killed and burned by hamas. The Prime Ministers Office says the pictures were among the images that Benjamin Netanyahu showed Secretary Of StateAntony Blinken earlier in jerusalem. Blinken, stand ing alongside th prime minister, compared the brutality to the worst of isis. Babies slaughtered, bodies desecrated, young people burned alive, women raped, parents executed in front of their children, children in front of theis, how do we even understand this . To digest this . New warnings are now coming from the International Red cross saying gaza likely only has enough fuel for a few more hours, and it is needed to Power Generators for hospitals. Without power, quote, gaza hospitals risk turning into morgues. Food and water are also in short supply as israeli war planes have continued to bomb the sealed off gaza strip. Were covering all the angles at this hour. Jeremy diamond is in the 20 miles north of gaza. Ben wedeman is in lebanon. Jeremy, what are the conditions there . What have you been seeing for the last day . Reporter over the last several hours, we had not one but two barrages of rockets over the city. That Second Barrage was very close to our hotel. The boom from the intercepts of the iron dome hitting the rockets being fired from gaza in the air was very loud indicating its proximity to our hotel. When we went into the shelter on our floor of our hotel, we met a family there who spoke to us about the fear that they have been feeling over these last several days. They live in ashkelon, which is the city closer to the gaza strip thats right over my shoulder. And they said they fled over here slightly further north for try ining to get to a sense of security. And also because they do not have a bomb shelter in their home. The father said his children simply could not sleep when they were in ashkelon out of fear of rockets landing on top of them. Now at the same time, what we do know is that the Iron Dome System is incredibly effective, but it is certainly not foolproof. Theres a deep, deep psychological impact on the population here. At the same time, what we can also hear from this balcony, were hearing it right now, probably not loud enough to pick up on the mic, is the rumbling of the bombing by the Israeli Air Force over gaza, as well as artillery pummelling the strip. We know the death toll in gaza has been rising in recent days. We have seen horrific casualties emerging from there. At the same time, theres a broader humanitarian question with the u. N. Human rights chief raising questions or accusing israel effectively of violating International Law by now allowing food, water and fuel into the gaza strip. Theres no question that however this unfoelds, as Israel Prepareses for the next phase of the campaign, which by all indication ace peersappears to Ground Invasion, the death toll is only going to grow. We know more often than not, civilians are all too often caught in the cross fire. Joining me is Secretary Of StateAntony Blinken. We saw some of what he said with the prime minister. Talking more about his day. Thats right. Secretary blinken spoke in personal terms and emotional terms about hamas Terrorist Attacks over the weekend. The way in which they attacked women and children in their own homes. Whats important to recognize is why they are doing that. One of the reasons they are doing is because they are laying out the rational for this widening Israeli Military campaign thats all but sure to come, whether it is in the coming days or weeks. We dont know. They are preparing the israeli public for the possibility of increased significantly increased Israeli Military cas casualties. If a Ground Invasion moves forward, and they are also preparing the world for the images of the destruction in gaza. And the possibility of more civilian casualties because of the reality every time theres a conflict with gaza, every time the military has to go after hamas in gaza. They bomb buildings and there are civilian casualties. Its just a reality. Its one that certainly the people of gaza are bracing for in times. Jeremy diamond, appreciate that. Gaza facing days of bombardment already by israeli airstrikes and a blockade of food, water, fuel and medicine. The situation there is dire. Thats their word. Palestinian Officials Say hospitals are overburdened right now and their generators are nearly out of fuel. Ben wedeman is tracking this for us. You have been reporting for decades. Is this a different level they are experiencing now . This is something they have never seen before. Theres been several incursions over the years. Some of them lasting for weeks and sometimes more than a month. But nothing on this scale. Were six days into this war. The death toll is in access of a tho thousand. Back in 2014, which was the most severe flare up between gaza and israel in more than a month. Death toll was in access of 2,000. So certainly were off to a bad start. The people i have spoken with in gaza, i have never heard them so terrified as they are at the moment. We understand from the u. N. That 340,000 people have fled their homes, many of them are taking shelter in u. N. Schools that have been converted to shelters. Also overcrowded are the hospitals of gaza where the Health Ministry says the Health System is in a state of collapse. They dont have enough beds. The injured are basically just lying on the floor. Operating theaters are over capacity. Basically, if you walked into the hospital with a wound, they will dress it and youre going to walk right out. So its a dire situation. Without fuel to run the generators and that fuel is quickly running out, they will no longer be able to operate incubators and dialysis machines. And the red cross today said that the hospitals of gaza are at risk of turning into morgues. Caught in all of this are the civilians of gaza. These are people many of whom dont like hamas. Many of whom really just want to get by and feed their children. But thats not happening at the moment. As we can hear from this one resident of gaza, people there feel abandoned. Theres no chivalry, hearts are dead. Only shocks and body parts remain. People are blind to this. People cant find food in their homes and theres ab extremely tough social condition in gaza. Sieged and all of this is happening because of the siege. Where should our people go . We have been besieged for 18 years. Where should we go. The egyptians are sealing the border. Theres no shelters. Why arent there shelters that have been built. Hamas has built a network of tunnels for move ing weapons, b what about shelters . This is not a top priority for hamas. Israel has controlled the amount of concrete and cement thats allowed into gaza. Hamas obviously has smuggled a lot in for itself for building those tunnels underground, but they just arent there. Theres not enough concrete. Theres not enough cement. And i suspect if the israelis saw through the Surveillance System that Bomb Shelters were being built for civilians, they might suspect they might be for another purpose, despite the fact that might be as Bomb Shelters for civilians. Ben wedeman, thank you. Joining me to discuss all of this is ian bremer, president of the euro asia group. They will travel in addition to jordan and qatar. The expectation is that the war will soon escalate to some sort of Ground Incursion or invasion. How important do you think are the secretarys talks right now in the region . In the near term, they are just maintaining the status quo hoping that the relationships that have been built, both formally and informally, with the israelis will continue. Because that is still the interest of the gulf states. Even if its going to have a very significant problem with that. But lets be very clear. The civilian horrors that were going to see in gaza are going to create enormous amounts of diplomatic pressure on what has been israels geopolitical strengthening in the region. They are in better position before the last weekend than at any point in decades. Thats something thats very strong ly in the United States interest, whether republican or democrat, blinken is over there in part to try to maintain the floor on that. You said this was a decespere gamble by hamas, which was fast becoming ir relevant. Can you talk about that . I assume you mean irrelevant because of the potential deal with saudi arabia. Not just that. The fact is over the past years, youll remember when john kerry was Secretary Of State for obama, he said quite famously during his 18 months of diplomacy, there can be no peace in the middle east unless you resolve in the middle east. This major deal where the uae puts money into jordan for solar pa power and israelis provide water. Its unconceivable a lot of business happening in the region. Meanwhile, what are the palestinians getting . More settlements. Intolerable living conditions, no ability to drive an economy, no a ability to educate your kids. So in that regard, everything that hamas was driving for, which is we refuse to recognize israel, we want liberation for the palestinians, they were the only ones saying it. No one else cared. I have spoken with cnn over the last six months. God knows how many times we werent talking about palestinians. We were talking about judicial reform. So that is a big driver that explains why the timing, nothing justifies the attacks, the atrocities, dont even go there, but in terms of what made a group like hamas decide they were going to throw the dice on a suicide move, we have to look at the geopolitical context. And we have to look at the israeli context. We have all seen how this has played out traditionally over the decades. Occasional Ground Incursions, but generally, International Pressure builds. And theres some sort of ceasefire or stalemate called. Both sides kind of go back to regular times. This feels different. I was just talking to troops at the site of the Music Festival and they are i have never seen such determination in talking to any soldiers anywhere about the fight ahead. This is going to be so much more aggressive. 80 of israel citizens just a poll that was done in the last 24 hours by the jerusalem post, hardly a progressive media outlet in israel, blame Benjamin Netanyahu for what happened this last weekend. Because if youre not going to talk with the palestinians, you better have your eye on the ball in terms of National Security intelligence. So this new unity cabinet is going to be focused singularly on recreating National Security for the Israeli Citizens, the nearly 10 million Israeli Citizens of whom over 1200 were murdered. Thats their priority number one, two and three. If that means a lot of civilians will be killed, thats what it means. Im telling you the perspective overwhelmingly for the israeli government. Thats why youre preparing for ground operations, even when there are still 150 plus sitting there as hostages. None of this is precedented for israel. I appreciate your time. Thank you. Ahead, we have new details on the Biden Administrations furious Behind The Scenes effort to try to locate american hostages in gaza. More on that, ahead. Steve scalise is fighting to convince his republican colleagues he should be the next speaker of the house. Hes reportedly struggling to get some votes, though. Lets get an update from congressional reporter melanie sazanona. There are rough estimates out there, there are more than a dozen hard nose against scalise. Where do things stand right now . Reporter at this moment, the prospects for Steve Scalise are very grim. He is meeting Behind Closed Doors trying to assuage the holdouts and trying to convince him hes the right person to unify the party. Were being told hes failing to unify the party and hes not moving the needle at this moment. Were told there are over 20 holdouts at this moment. A list that is only growing. In fact, just to give you an example, the congresswoman last night said she would be behind scalise, but today she said shes not backing scalise. It is trending in the wrong direction for the congressman. Kevin mccarthy, the former speaker, knows the situation all too well. Heres what he had to say. Do you think its possible you can get the votes . Its possible. A little shade there from kevin mccarthy, who has had a rocky relationship with Steve Scalise over the years. But the question right now is whether Steve Scalise is even going to go to the floor with a vote. Theres a lot of doubts a about whether that is going to happen because he does not have the votes. It doesnt look like hes going to be able to get there. The house is paralyzed while Critical Issues like aid for israel and Government Funding Hang in the balance. Theres also breaking news on the senate side. New charges against new jersey senator bob menendez. Bring us up to speed on that. Reporter last month the senator and his wife were both indicted on corruptionrelated charges, including allegations that they accepted thousands of Dollars Worth of bribes. But today, they were hit with even more charges. They are being accused of trying to conspire to act as a Foreign Agent for the egyptian government. Bob menendez pleaded guilty. Hes refusing to resign from his seat in congress. But these are very serious charges and are going to likely grow the calls on capitol hill that he should step down from his seat. Melanie zanona, thank you so much today u. S. Secretary of state Antony Blinken met with families of americans killed or kidnapped in that horrific Terror Attack this week. His visit to israel comes as the white house is facing growing pressure to take action as hamas threatens to execute hostages in gaza. Theres new cnn reporting shedding light on what the administration is doing Behind The Scenes to recover american hostages and the challenges the administration will face. Zach cohen joins us with thatting. What do we know . Theres a mass effort underway on the part of the American Government to secure the release of what they believe to be only a handful of american hostages in the situation. But still, multiple agencies working with the israelis and other partner countries to try to identify who maybe being held hostage by hamas and ultimately secure the release, if possible. We have fbi Hostage Negotiators on the ground. They have been there since before the attack happened. This is their expertise. Finding hostages, negotiating the release. We have special Operations Forces that are assisting the israelis in trying to locate the hostages. Theres 150 total hostages in this case. The death toll continues to increase. Every minute that goes by, the prospect of finding them and getting them to be released does go down. What did we learn from Secretary Of StateAntony Blinken in his visit . What did he say . Blinken really reiterated the Biden Administration is doing everything it can to secure their release. He confirmed hes going to travel to multiple countries that could act as Mediators Ins Hostage Negotiations with hamas. That includes qatar. That could potentially serve as a connecting point to talk to hamas about releasing the americans. That could help locate them. The white house is trying to find details about the condition of these american hostages and try to find out if they are being held allinone place. The president saying they dont believe they are all being held in one place. A massive underway. Notable that saudi arabia is on that list, given there were reports that israel was the in process of normalizing relations with that country. Zachary cohen, thank you for the reporting. Still ahead, cnns Clarissa Ward went to where hamas went door to door executing civilians and she spoke to survivors of the attack. Listen to this. It you know anything about what they do, thats worth worse than death. From chrome to duckduckgo. Duckduckgo is a browser you download to your mobile and desktop devices. Unlike chrome, the Duckduckgo Browser has privacy builtin. It comes with a p