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Transcripts For CNNW Laura 20240703

Discussions that are taking place over these last few days about rafah. Sir, sorry, if i could just get some clarification on that. Are you saying that hamas were hiding in the crowds there at the rafah border . Is that what youre saying . No. Im saying that they will do everything to take any route that they can in order to create strife, destruction, and that even at the sacrifice of their own people. Youre asking 1 Million People to move from one part of the area to another while these bombardments continue. Its hard to understand, rosemary, how much worse it must get for children and their families, how many more must die . For unicef its been too much since it started. A child is in child, in israel or gaza wherever they are. Groups are warning of an imminent Public Health crisis if water and fuel are not allowed to enter gaza soon. We have more on the desperate situation there, but we want to warn you some of the videos are disturbing. Reporter this is what life looks like in places israel told families to flee toward for their safety where constant bombardment has reduced homes to rubble and wiped out entire families these survivors say. I lost all my relatives, 15 people, this man says. We were not on the front line or anything. We were just sitting at home. What have we done wrong . The u. N. Warns there are no safe places. About half a Million People fled here to Southern Gaza after an Evacuation Order by the Israeli Military, but families desperate for refuge are still trapped in the war zone. The dead and injured flooding a Healthcare System on the brink. Civilians are caught in the crossfire, with the death toll mounting just over a quarter of those killed being children, according to palestinian officials. A week long siege is strangling the enclave the u. N. Says amid fears food, fuel, water, and medical supplies may soon run out. Some 2 Million People are crammed into this 140 square mile territory. Now many of them are pushed into an even smaller corner of the enclave. About half the population are children. There are not enough shelters to house the sheer numbers of civilians and even those who do find spaces in schools turned refugee centers, it is little comfort to the victims. There is no one to protect us, this little girl says. There is no one who can save us . How are we supposed to live, how . Answer me. Prime minister netanyahu has vowed to Annihilate Hamas after a Terror Attack by the group left 1,400 killed in israel, but with hamas so deeply embedded within gazas population, Rights Groups fear a bloodbath. What were seeing right now, the direction that israel is going in, they have said they want to destroy hamas, but their current trajectory is going to destroy gaza. Reporter hamas does not answer to the people of gaza. No elections have been held here since the group gained power in 2007. Still it is these residents that will pay the price and with a potential Ground Incursion expected, that cost is unfathomable. Hamas has released new video of a young woman identified as 21yearold maya shem. She has an arm injury and was taken to gaza. This is the first Hostage Video Hamas has released of their nearly 200 hostages. Its unclear when the video was taken or if shes still alive. Her mother says she is grateful for the video. Heres part of her conversation with cnns Anderson Cooper. That shes been through and shes in pain and shes injured and she looks a bit terrified, but she is alive and stable. Reporter does it help to see her . Of course because until now i didnt know if shes dead or alive. I mean its been ten days and till saturday she was missing and on saturday they said that maybe shes been kidnapped. Thats all. So i didnt know if shes alive or dead. We are begging the world to bring my baby home. Shes only 21 years old. She just went to a Festival Party after months that she didnt go anywhere. She has medical problems. She just wanted to have some fun and she shouldnt be there. So we are begging the world to interfere and to bring her home and all the other. We have like 200 more hostages, children, babies, old people, Holocaust Survivors that we dont know whats going on with them. We dont know if theyre alive, if theyre dead, if they give them food. We dont know which conditions there are. Reporter is there anything you would want her to know if for some reason she could see this . Yes. I want her to be strong and i want her to be sure that the world will do everything to bring her home. If you can see us, we want to tell you from all the family and all the people in israel, were waiting for you. We love you. Were going to do anything to bring you back home. We will never stop and ill tell you well be here. We will continue until all the 200 hostages will be home, too. We never stop and the world is without them, sure, because its not our war. Cnns Anderson Cooper speaking there to the family of maya schem. As israel pledges to fight until hamas is completely destroyed, some fear the battle will cost Palestinian People everything. What happens if they raze gaza to the ground . What then . Why some in the American Jewish community are coming together to oppose israels war. Thats next on cnn newsroom. Plus israel braces for a potential second front on the border. The suspected gunman in whats being called a Terror Attack in the belgium capital has been neutralized according to the public broadcaster. He had been at large since the shooting that killed two swedish nationals in brussels on monday. The suspect was reportedly shot in the chest and taken by ambulance. His identity has yet to be confirmed. Cnns scott mclean is in london with the latest. What are you learning about the attack and the apprehension of the suspect . Reporter it is remarkable now were talking about more than 12 hours since this shooting actually took place where this apprehension of the shooting of the potential suspect again identity yet to be verified is taking place and its all happening in a very small radius. Were talking about where the shooting took place and the arrest was made maybe five, six, seven kilometers or so. This all happened last night about an hour and a half or so before the International Football soccer match between sweden and belgium was set to take place in brussels. So this was well before the match, the first half of the match going underway as if nothing had happened, but then the match was suspended at halftime clearly when authorities realized that this attack may have been motivated by the fact that these two victims who were killed were supporters of the swedish side. Obviously there were a lot of swedes in brussels who were there to watch their game. There was a third person who was also shot, a taxi driver. He is expected to survive. The belgian Prime Minister called this extreme brutality. He called it terrorism as well and the public broadcaster, as you said, has now said theres the suspected attacker has been neutralized. We also know from the Prosecutors Office yesterday there was a video that the Prosecutors Office referenced circulating on social media where the person identifying himself as the assailant pledged his support to isis and mentioned specifically the nationality of these two victims. That is why there was such high alert for people still in that soccer stadium. It actually took more than an hour. They were told to stay there. Fans were told to stay there until authorities were confident that they were able to safely get them out of the stadium, safely take them out and make sure they could get home because, of course, we were talking about a suspect on the loose all night and now just this morning, some measure of good news. Just quickly, the Prime Minister said last night in the Press Conference the suspect was of tunisian origin staying in the country illegally, the neighborhood where the arrest was made. The neighborhood was in the spotlight in 2016 after the Terror Attacks in brussels and sweden, why anyone would be targeted because theyre swedish, we dont know precisely, but sweden has been in the news recently because of quran burnings carried out by one man in sweden that have raised huge concerns across the arab world or across the muslim world, protests. In fact, it was in baghdad where protesters actually managed to break into the Swedish Embassy demanding the expulsion of the ambassador. Appreciate your reporting on this breaking news. Scott mclean joining us live from london. Protesters gathered around the White House Monday calling for an end to the attacks on gaza amid israels war on hamas. Holding signs reading jews say ceasefire now, they urged u. S. President joe biden to listen to the American Jewish community and work to restrain israeli aggression. The protests comes as israel is preparing for a Ground Incursion aimed at annihilating hamas in gaza. Joining me now is the National Spokesperson for if not now, a jewishamerican organization thats protesting israels actions in gaza. Thank you so much for talking with us. Thanks for having me. Your organization condemns the hamas attacks in israel, but at the same time represents American Jews trying to end u. S. Support for what you call israels Apartheid System in gaza and youre demanding equality and justice. How do you see that being achieved in the region, particularly in the wake of those hamas attacks and now israels military response in gaza . What is the political path forward in that sort of environment . Well, rosemary thanks for the question. Today thousands of American Jews were at every entrance to the white house calling on President Biden to exercise leadership in this moment in a way that only he can to call for a ceasefire, a deescalation, Immediate Release of the israeli hostages against some of our loved ones are among them and to address the root cause of this violence, which is again, a System Of Apartheid and occupation and the assumption by successive Israeli Governments that they can cage people indefinitely and brutalize them when they try to nonviolently resist and not expect disaster to happen to their own citizens and a large portion of the israeli public is also clear on this. We are in solidarity with the israelis and palestinians that we love again, many of whom we are grieving this week and we are there to call on President Biden to exercise leadership in this moment because it is desperately needed. It is quite literally life or death. Thats your message to u. S. President joe biden. Whats your message to Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu right now as he prepares to send israeli troops into gaza in an apparent Ground Incursion . Reporter what we have heard from this Israeli Government is that there is no strategy. What happens if they raze gaza to the ground . What then . Netanyahu has made clear that he is willing to capitulate to the fascist ministers and i do not use that word lightly in his government who are determined to annihilate the Palestinian People even at the expense of their own citizens. What i have to say to Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, i barely have words, but where is your respect for basic human life . And i think given that message, i do want to ask how much support your organization has from other American Jews and how difficult its been taking this stand on an issue in the wake of the hamas attacks in israel because a lot of israelis are feeling the world is turning against them and has more sympathy for the palestinians than for what happened to the israelis. We are trying to model for our community, for our country, for the world again as American Jews, so many of whom are grieving. I mean i have coworkers who had friends who were murdered along with their children this week in israel. Its horrific and we are here to demonstrate leadership and to say that even through that grief we are so clear that the memories of our loved ones would be in vain if that violence were to be inflicted on anyone else and so again, this is what brought us to the doors of the white house. Its to say that supporting this Israeli Government, which has made its genocidal intent again, do not use that word lightly clear when it comes to the Palestinian People, its atrocious and it will not make the jewish people safer. It will not make israelis safer. Obviously it will have devastating consequences for palestinians and beyond that, it would very likely destabilize the entire region in ways that will be devastating and horrific and ways we can only imagine. While this war rages on and even before it, we have been seeing a rise in antisemitism and antimuslim threats and attacks here in the United States, sometimes with deadly consequences. What is your reaction to that situation here in the u. S. , but also in other parts of the world . As we know, there was a 6 yearold palestinian boy who was stabbed over 20 times. I cannot imagine. I have no words. I know as an american jew, i know people whose communities have been devastated by again deadly antisemitic violence in recent years. The pittsburgh tree of life massacre, massacres at other synagogues across the country, i mean its who risk and thats exactly why we need President Biden to exercise leadership because i am terrified. We are terrified. All of us are terrified of what will happen in this country as well if President Biden does not exercise his leadership right now and demand a ceasefire, a deescalation, release of all the hostages and addressing the underlying conditions that led us to this nightmare. Thank you so much for joining us, appreciate it. Thank you. Powerful words there. Still to come, it is not just the u. S. President heading to israel, why the u. S. Military is beefing up its presence in the region, back with that in a moment. The power goes out and we still have wifi to do our homework. And thats a good thing . Great in my book who are you . No power . No problem. Introducing stormready wifi. Now you can stay reliably connected through Power Outages with unlimited cellular data and up to 4 hours of battery backup to keep you online. Only from xfinity. Home of the xfinity 10g network. The u. S. President is expected to make a high stakes wartime visit to israel this week. The u. S. Secretary of state says joe biden will arrive wednesday in a show of american support. An Israel Military spokesperson says President Bidens planned visit will not complicate or delay any Ground Invasion of gaza. Meanwhile the Israel Defense forces say theyve been striking hezbollah Terror Targets in lebanon today and irans Foreign Minister warns the wars possible spread to other fronts could soon become unavoidable if israel does not top the bombardment. To the north of israel the idf confirms ongoing strikes on Terror Targets in lebanon belonging to the hezbollah Militant Group which is backed by iran with an Israeli Ground offensive intended to wipe out hamas from gaza now believed to be imminent, fears growing throughout the region. We have a report from the israel lebanon border. Reporter theyre bracing for a dangerous second front. We gained exclusive access to israels northern front. The israeli army have sealed off the scooter zone, some of the areas close to the lebanese border, because of the threat posed. Theyre taking us there the closest place they can that they say is safe and to see the lay of the land. That land is hostile. None of the Israeli Soldiers wanted their faces shown to hide their identities from hezbollah, the powerful lebanese militia with a vast arsenal trained on these positions from across the border. Were ready if they choose to come. Theyll make a huge mistake. Reporter war with hezbollah would be brutal said this senior israeli commander who asked not to be identified, but it is now also necessary he told me. Do you believe there will be a second front open here or are you hopeful still hezbollah will stay out of this war . I hope there will be another front. We need to destroy hezbollah. Reporter you hope there will be another front . You want the war . Yes. Reporter why . W

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