Hello and welcome to all of you watching in the United States and around the world. Im anna coren live from hong kong with our ongoing college of israel at war. Its 5 00 p. M. Here in hong kong, noon in embattled gaza where were now hearing that another small convoy of trucks with food and medicine is preparing to cross from egypt into gaza. 20 trucks were allowed to cross early saturday and egypts red crescent says another 17 trucks are ready to go today. Meanwhile, a Ground Invasion by Israeli Forces could come at any time. On saturday the Israeli Military announced its bombardment of hamas targets in gaza will become more relentless than ever. Hundreds of Armored Vehicles along with thousands of israeli troops are now poised at the gaza border, waiting for orders. On saturday the idf, again, dropped leaflets over Northern Gaza warning civilians to evacuate south or risk being considered a partner of hamas. The Israeli Military says it carried out an air strike early today on a mosque in the west bank in order to stop a, quote, imminent terrorist attack. The white house says President Biden has been kept informed on all of the latest developments. On saturday a reporter asked if he was trying to get israel to hold back on its offensive. Take a listen. Are you encouraging the israelis to delay invasion . Im talking to israel. In light of increased agitation by iran and its troksees the u. S. Defense secretary announced that the u. S. Will bring in more advanced Missile Defense systems to the region and put additional troops on notice for possible deployment. Cnns scott mclean is following all of these developments for us from london. Scott, lets start with this news were wearing about aid trucks at the rafah border crossing. What more do you know . Reporter so the latest that we have from the border is that there are no movements at the moment of any trucks actually crossing the border, but as you said, the information that we have is from the egyptian red crescent which says that 17 trucks carrying food and other types of aid are on The Border On Stand By to cross when and if they get the red light. We have seen for days and days now aid piling up in egypt, ready to cross into gaza, but the forces that be that control that border have only let a limited amount actually in. So there is a lot more than just those 17 trucks which could in Theory Go Into Gaza if they were given the green light. We saw 20 trucks entering yesterday but the palestinians say that, look, that is a drop in the bucket compared to what they need. They say that normally 500 trucks cross the border every single day to supply the essentials to the more than 2 Million People who actually live in this enclave of the palestinian territories. We have seen according to the u. N. Some 60 of Health Care Facilities in gaza have shut because either theres been bombing nearby or because they simply dont have fuel to run their generators and of the 20 trucks that we saw enter yesterday, anna, they had food, water, medicine, but they did not carry any fuel. So whatever those Hospital Facilities have right now, at least for the time being, thats all theyre going to get. Scott, we know that the u. S. Is increasing its force posture, if you like, in the middle east. Is it preparing for involvement or is this supposed to act as a deterrent to iran and hezbollah . Reporter yeah, so the u. S. Has been saying all the time you know, from the outset here that what they have done thus far is meant to act as a deterrent. They dont want to get involved more than they already have. They have already moved two Aircraft Carriers to the eastern mediterranean, they say that they shot down incoming fire coming from yemen. They say according to u. S. Sources from Iranbacked Houthi rebels in yemen, they have also seen Drone Targeting of u. S. Bases in syria and iraq, in one case there were minor injuries, and now theyre ramping up their presence or at least their defenses in that area, according to the Defense Secretary lloyd austin. He says theres going to be more patriot batteries put in locations across the middle east to protect u. S. Forces and hes also deploying something called the thad system, terminal High Altitude defense battery, this is according to the manufacturer designed to intercept targets outside and inside of the atmosphere, which is what makes it unique. You can see there each system costs 800 million and according to the manufacturer, the u. S. Army only actually has seven of those. So these are a precious commodity and as you mentioned earlier, anna, lloyd austin also saying that he is, quote, placing an additional number of forces on prepared to deploy orders as part of a prudent Contingency Planning to increase their readiness and ability to quickly respond as required. That really has the potential to expand into a much larger conflict. Scott, israel is warning gazans to evacuate south even though the idf is actually hitting targets in the south. It has dropped flyers telling gazans they will be considered a partner for the terrorist organization. Where are these people supposed to go, especially those, you know, in hospital, being treated in hospital . Reporter its pretty remarkable, anna, because, as you said, the idf has been telling people since the outset this have conflict really to move south of wadi gaza. Basically the top onethird or so of the gaza people are supposed to leave, this is where the majority of the population actually lives. The difficulty, though, is that we have been seeing even today strikes that are outside of that area. So even if people do manage to go south to other areas, they are far from safe. A central part of gaza has seen virtually a daily strikes on Apartment Complexes and other sites on a pretty much daily basis. We saw leaflets being dropped on thursday telling people to move south, we saw them again yesterday, but the ones dropped yesterday had different language on them, which stands out and i will read it to you, it says, urgent warning, to the residents of the gaza strip your presence north of wadi gaza puts your life in danger. Everyone who chose not to evacuate from the north of the strip to the south of wadi gaza might be considered as a partner for the terrorist organization. So the idf yesterday confirmed that they did, in fact, drop those leaflets, but sort of walked back some of that language saying that there was no intention to consider those who have not evacuated from the affected area of fighting as a member of a terrorist group, stressing that it does not target civilians intentionally. It says that the translation of these leaflets which has spread online was imprecise, it said, though it didnt elaborate on what was imprecise exactly. The translation that i just read you, by the way, thats cnns translation, thats not anybody elses. The Idf Spokesperson was asked yesterday what israel would do in the event of this Ground Operation to try to prevent civilian casualties and, you know, he repeated what israel has been saying all along, that hamas uses civilians as Human Shields and then he said this, listen. What we will be doing is first and foremost trying to distinguish between who is a combatant and who isnt and we will target the combatants, the hamas terrorists. We have tried to evacuate the civilians and we still try to evacuate them from the northern part of gaza because that is where most of the combat will be and we continue to warn civilians in various locations to stay clear of hamas so that they dont endanger themselves. Reporter and despite these leaflets being dropped by israelis we know there are still civilians in the northern part of gaza, many of them, thousands of them according to sources on the ground are actually sheltering at some of the hospitals that remain open, figuring that those are still among the safest places to be at this point. Scott mclean in london, we really appreciate the update. Thanks so much. Well, Aid Organizations are calling for unrestricted access to gaza, saying in a joint statement from the u. N. That time is running out to help the thousands in need of medical assistance. Cnns Salma Abdelaziz shows us the dangers that come with this growing humanitarian crisis. A warning, her report includes some disturbing video. Reporter hospitals in gaza are crumbling, everything is running out, from Surgical Equipment to medicine. And the tiniest lives are left hanging in the balance. We need power, we need access to clean water, this doctor says. Without basic services, this will be a humanitarian catastrophe. Already seven hospitals and 21 primary Health Care Facilities here are out of service according to palestinian officials because of shortages. After intense diplomatic efforts, prayers of relief at the rafah border crossing, as a trickle of aid was allowed in from egypt, but the 20truck convoy is only a drop in the ocean of need here, equivalent to just 3 of what entered this enclave daily prior to the conflict. More than 200 additional trucks of assistance remain stalled on the egyptian side according to the u. N. And every hour costs lives. And so far no civilians can leave the enclave. 10yearold palestinianamerican aiden is among those trapped. We have no place to go, all the streets are bombed. Theyre literally gone. Power was supposed to go out. How . Its all closed. Reporter even if people are allowed out, it will be a limited number. Most likely only those with foreign passports. Sealing some 2 million others, half of them children, into this hellscape. But some refuse to go, even if they could, fearing Israel Intends to bomb and besiege them out of their homes, never to return. Even as mahmoud buries his children, he says he will keep fighting just to exist here. We will still be patient, as long as we are alive on this earth we will be patient, he says. We will never leave this land. After the October 7th Terror Attacks when hamas killed more than 1,400 people in israel in a brutal surprise incursion, israel vowed to wipe out hamas. But with hundreds of air strikes pounding the densely populated enclave a day, innocent blood is being spilled. Innocent children were struck down while they were sleeping, this woman shouts. What did they do . Did they carry weapons . These are innocent children who know nothing. Tell us, when will this end . There are calls for a ceasefire to get civilians out of the war zone and allow more aid into gaza, but the pleas fall on deaf ears so far. Israel is preparing for the next phase of its operations, a Potential Ground Incursion that can only bring more suffering. Salma abdelaziz, cnn, london. Aid organizations are also warning that a shortage of basic supplies is pushing gaza to the edge of catastrophe. Earlier i spoke with a spokesperson can palestine res crescent society. She described how desperate the situation is in the besieged enclave. The situation in gaza is just heartbreaking and overwhelming it cant even be described. 2 million palestinians now are stuck either in their homes or in schools or even at hospitals where they take shelter without having food, water and even without electricity. All of those Palestinian Civilians are in urgent need for every basic humanitarian need, which is only food and water, and this is literally what is happening. People now are spending days without having a piece of bread. As for the hospitals, unfortunately hospitals are overwhelmed, they are working at full capacity. They start running out of medicine and medical supplies as well as fuel, which is needed to have electricity because they are completely relying on Backup Generators to have electricity. On top of that up to the moment seven hospitals went out of service, either due to the bombardment or because they run out of supplies, as well as 24 medical centers went out of service. We have around 24 hospitals now under the threat of being bombed at any second due to the israeli evacuation orders. One of them is our hospital. We have received threatens to evacuate the hospital immediately because its going to be bombarded. If youd like to help humanitarian relief efforts for gaza and israel, head to cnn. Com impact. Youll find a list of vetted organizations answering the call on the ground. Thats cnn. Com impact. Were taking a short break. When we return we will show you how some israelis are honoring their loved ones held hostage in gaza and demanding their government do more to bring them home. And how Ukrainian Special force right side now using unconventional methods to rattle moscow. All the countries, where are you . You must understand, its crazy. We are in hell. We are in hell. And we want our lovers back home now. Incredibly distressed mother of an israeli hostage pours out her anguish at a demonstration in tel aviv on saturday night. She was one of several Family Members of hostages who joined the rally, along with Hundreds Of Other israelis. They called on the government to bring all the hostages home immediately and waved signs calling for a ceasefire. Israels military now says 212 people are currently being held in gaza two weeks after the deadly hamas attack on israel. On friday night many of those same families, including the woman you just saw, were at another ceremony in tel aviv where a Shabbat Dinner Table was laid with 200 empty place settings, each one representing a hostage. The parents of 21yearold omar who was taken from the nova Music Festival on october 7th spoke with our Kaitlan Collins about their son and the last time they spoke with him. From a phone call to another phone call, it sound much more panic, much more hysteric and even if one of the phone calls he say that theyre running away. They came with a lot of friends but they start to run so he lost some of his friends and while he was running he say that they are shooting all over and he say that he even sees some dying people and i love you. I love you. You must have been so panicked to hear your 21yearold son telling you its not just rockets, theres gunfire and people are running and being killed. Yes. Yes. It was like we could understand from his voice that this is something that we cannot understand even what is experience over there. He told me he was panicked, he was afraid. He said that they got into the car and they are trying to escape from there. My daughter told him send us a live location. He sent the live location and then the phone was stopped. And then we started to see that the point is moving like not in the right way. Not coming home. Not coming home at all, its moving to the board and my daughter started to cry and she told us, listen, its not the way, its not the way. I called him to say, omar, its not the way, and he didnt answer. The phone was ringing and he didnt answer and then we saw that hes getting into he was behind the border. He was behind the border. And then in the evening we got the video that was published by the hamas that omer is he is a hostage over there. We saw omer in the back of pickup. He was handcuffed in a truck . Yes, with his friend. They were alive. There was no blood or something on his clothes. And that was the only the oenly thing that we got for him and its been almost two weeks, tomorrow will have been two weeks. I mean, what have these two weeks been like for both of you . We are not sleeping. We are not eating. All of the things that we are doing now, its to shout All Over The World our pain that no mother in All Over The World needs to feel like mother and father needs to feel like we are feeling now. Imagine that your son is going to a party and the next day people murderers kidnapped him and you dont know if hes eating, sleeping, if they are beating him. The basic thing of a mother is to protect. To protect her son and i cannot protect my son now and its driving me crazy. Im talking not only for myself, im talking for a lot of families, you must understand that people were in the safe place at their home. They were sitting, eating breakfast, some of them were sleeping, and then these terrorists came into their house and murdered and took them from their house, from the place that its the most safe place, and they took them, babies, children, teenage, mothers, fathers, grandmothers. And hes 21, but hes your baby. I mean, whats he like . Whats his personality . What is he you were saying he kisses you three times on the cheeks all the time. Yeah, he is a nice guy. He is a party guy. Hes by himself, he is a deejay and he likes very much all this kind of festival, Music Festivals. So thats omer. Very, very happy guy. Very happy guy. Funny. Funny. So cute. We call him sunshine because like the sunshine, everybody wants to be next to him. Next to him. Reporter the last time omers family saw him was at Shabbat Dinner two weeks ago. He was there like he always is, is always the life of the party as they talked b big personality, and that night was the night that he went to the nova Music Festival. The next time his parents heard from him was in a series of panicked phone calls the next day when they realized the festival he was at was being attacked by hamas. The ceremony tonight in this huge table that you see is for all the families whose loved ones are be