Hello and a welcome to our viewers all around the world. Im bee bianca nobilo. And im max foster. Overnight strikes are report the as israels Prime Minister warns the next stage of the war, the ground offensive, is coming. Those comments amid concern over the hot hostages and the humanitarian crisis. One hospital says 22 were killed an Dozens Injured in the latest strikes which are in response to the deadly Terror Attacks by hamas on october 7. U. N. Secretarygeneral Antonio Guterres has brought backlash saying that the appalling acts of hamas dont just fight collective punishment of the palestinian people. Inside gazas situation grows more dire by the day. Tuesday only eight of the 20 aid trucks scheduled to enter gooz m gaza made it through. One of the biggest concerns, a lack of fuel. The World Health Organization says six hospitals in gaza have already been forced to close. And Salma Abdelaziz has more on the deepening humanitarian crisis in gaza and a warning, her story contains graphic images. Reporter moments after an overnight strike in gaza, stunned survivors stumble out. People nearby rush to help. There is no ambulance, we have to get people out, a man shouts. Men dig with bare hands. It is dark, dusty. The screams are jarring. Look at the children, look at the children, he says. It iser chaos and carnage. This is the aftermath of the bombings every day. The scene captured by a journalist. Israel says it is targeting hamas and aims to wipe out the group. But palestinians and aid agencies say it is civilians that are dying by the hundreds. Drone footage shows entire neighborhoods already leveled by the near constant bombardment. Nothing is spared. Schools, mosques, shelters, medical centers all struck according to the United Nations. Gaza is alltoo familiar with war. But has never seen it on this scale. And for survivors, there is also life left here. This baby is now an orphan, but far too young to understand that. What did this little boy do, an Airstrike Hit his house while he was sleeping his uncle says. His whole family was killed. He is the only survivor. Stop this, stop this suffering there are calls for israel to pause hostilities, but the idf is only ramping up its attacks and preparing for what is expected to be a fullon Ground Invasion of the enclave. But gazans say they can endure no more. This man says nearly 50 members of his extended family were killed after they followed israel evacuation instructions. We were hosting our family from the north, 50 to 70 people because it was supposed to be safe, he says. But at dawn, our home was bombed. We dont know what to do. Weve lost our minds. Gaza is praying for relief. But the cries of anguish here are so far unheard. The bloodshed wont stop. Salma abdelaziz, cnn, london. Elliott is with us now to go through some of that. There are so many themes running through, but today the big concern seems to be fuel running out, potentially by the end of the day meaning hospitals will have to close down. At least six hospitals have already had to close down in the gaza strip and there are concerns for Palestinian Refugees in the gaza strip and elsewhere, it is saying that if it doesnt get fuel, that it will not be able to continue its operations from this evening. And we also have people like the World Health Organization warning that there are 1,000 patients on dialysis, 130 premature babies at risk of medical complications or death. So really saying that fuel is not just fuel, it is life effectively. But, yes, some water, some medicines and some food is getting into the gaza strip, clearly not enough, but fuel is someth something that is needed whether to carry on the lights or carry on operations. Israel has been saying from the beginning we wont let fuel in because it will simply be stolen from hamas to maintain its network of tunnels and fire rockets and support hamas in its ongoing war with israel. And idf posted a Satellite Image of fuel tanks inside the gaza strip which it says contain half a million liters of fuel saying this is hamas fuel. If you need fuel, ask hamas for it. And hospitals have access to solar power and that it wouldnt be they wouldnt be able to look israelis in the eye at the same time as giving fuel to allowing fuel into the gaza strip because it would be used by hamas. So that is the israeli stance. And at the moment there is no fuel going in. So that is the situation right now. The International Political battle for hearts and minds over this is in full force. Weve had this spat now between Antonio Guterres and israel which demanded his resignation for comments they call shocking about what led up to the massacre. Very much so. Israel has repeatedly clashed with the United Nations over the years. There are some bodies which clearly dont have an objective eye as such the United Nations human rights council. But in this particular occasion, the u. N. Secretarygeneral has recognized the s Perpetrated Byn october 7 and he called for humanitarian ceasefire. But the words that irked the israelis the most is when he said that this attack by hamas did not happen in a vacuum and saying that it comes after 56 years of in his words suffocating occupation by israel. Those are the words that have really got the backs of the israelis up. And weve heard from the envoy to the United Nations from israel saying that guterres should resign immediately saying he is not fit to lead the ors and accusing him of tolerating terrorism. And Chief Objection is the fact that they see the u. N. As drawing a connecting line between isreali policy and the Terror Attacks that unfolded . I think the anger, real anger on the part of the israelis here and ellie company akoenig Israen Minister refused to meet with Antonio Guterres, what angers them is what seems to be not a justification, but just almost a pretext, if you like, for hamas attacks, almost trying to understand the reasons for this attack and israels point being there is no excuse to go on the rampage and murder 1400 civilians and kidnap 220 plus people and keep them hostage in the gaza strip. And the human rights council, just to explain that, israel long had an issue because of the people who sit on it often point to israels human rights when israel feels that they should also be looking at other nations. Very much so. And i suppose ultimately the United Nations reflects the balance of its members and certainly in certain bodies when you have certain countries lets say whose Human Rights Record are not sparkling making the decisions regarding human rights, whether israel or other nations, that is why israel in particular doesnt always feel that it is getting a fair hearing at the United Nations. He wielliott, thank you you. In recent day has mass released four women and were Hearing Details from one of the hostages where she says she was taken underground into a vast network of tunnels. Translator it was a hell i could not have known. Reporter an 85yearold grandmother, one of the two israeli hostages released monday night, expressed anger towards her government for not taking the hamas threats seriously in the weeks leading up to the horror of october 7. Translator lack of awareness by the idf hurt us a lot. They were warned three weeks before hand. They burnt fields, they sent Fire Balloons and the idf did not treat it seriously. Reporter safely reunited with her daughter, Yocheved Lifshitz detailed the horror that unfolded in her home in southern israel. Translator All Of A Sudden on a saturday morning everything was very quiet. There was a hard pounding on the settlement. I was kidnapped on a motor bike on my side while they were driving towards gaza in the field. Reporter ensuing two weeks she was held hostage in hamas secret network of underground tunnels. Upon her release, her testimony of the traumatic ordeal, extraordinary from horror to displays of humanity from her captors. Reporter when we got there, they told us they believed in the koran and would not harm us. And that they would give us the same conditions that they had inside the tunnels. For each of us there was a guard, they took care of every detail. There were a lot of women and they knew about Feminine Hygiene and they took care of everything there. Reporter she was released alongside her female neighbor, but her husband remains held in gaza. Her freedom a relief for her daughter and a glimmer of hope for the families whose loved ones remain as hostages under hamas. Her experience now potentially critical insight into hamas spider web of tunnels and the behaviors planning and objectives of a group which shocked the world with their capabilities, preparedness and brutality on october 7. Were learning more about how hamas militants used those tunnels to plan and execute their Terror Attack without alerting israeli officials. It involves old school counterintelligence measures. Yesterdays technologies and even above ground training. Pamela brown has the details. Reporter sources are telling cnn that small group of hamas operatives used hardwired phones in the tunnels beneath gaza to communicate over a period of two years according to intelligence shared with u. S. Officials. The Old Fashioned land lines allowed hamas leaders to communicate in secret, they avoided using computers or cellphones in order to keep from being tracked by israeli or u. S. Intelligence according to the sources. And instead they held meetings in person among a small group and stayed off all Digital Communications were told. Now, this partially explains why israel and the u. S. Were so caught off guard by the attack and how 1,000 hamas fighters were able to pour across the border without being stopped as we have seen in the Propaganda Video released by hamas. All of this communication were told happened in the miles of Underground Tunnel System that is beneath gaza that the idf nicknamed the gaza metro. Another way hamas was able to keep it under the radar, they kept the Planning A Secret even from other members. Only a very small group knew about the mission until just before it was carried out. Hamas ground unit commanders and fighters were in training for many months and kept in a state of general preparedness but only found out about the specific plans just a few days before the terrorist attack one of the sources said some of the training above ground was observed but didnt ring major alarm bells. The thinking was hamas always trains people like this, it didnt look different. And we also know that israel had found hardwired phones in hamas strongholds in the past and in fact a similar kind of Communication System because was found in the Northern West Bank over the summer according to an israeli official. They called it a joint Operational Command center and it had hardwired Communication Lines and closed circuit Surveillance Cameras to give advanced warning of israeli troop movements. Pamela brown, cnn, washington. And lets talk about this with a researcher would is joining us from jerusalem. Thank you very much for joining us. Lets begin by discussing as somebody who has researched and studied hamas for decades, youve written a book on them as well, hamas the islamic movement, were you surprised at the planning and capability of what unfolded on october 7 . No, i was not surprised at all because during the last ten years, im making researches on gaza and especially the youth. And i saw in gaza hamas is preparing the war in two ways. In one way, it was indoctrination of young people from all over gaza especially im talking from kindergarten to universities. Take them to unofficial what is called Education System and take them during the holidays or the vacation, they were taking them to a camp where they were training to use not just to use the weapon, but to use the emotion with the weapon. It is full indoctrination. And on The Other Side Thamas succeeded it. People are either part of hamas or assume t support hamas because of the education. And they were prepared since 2008 for a big war with israel, with iran, with afghanistan, with help of tunisia, with help of qatar, with help of many other fundamentalistic other groups. First of all, they built 1350 o 180 miles of tunnels under gaza. And in these tunnels, they have everything. They put all the missiles, all the factories where they are producing the weapons there, they were putting all the headquarters is down in the land. And therefore we cant see them, we cant know who they are. So they had weapons and all kind of including drones that nobody was thinking that they are going to use them. And now together the education or the indoctrination that they got all those young people, together with the weapons and a lot, a lot of weapons, together with mistakes from israel. And im not ashamed to say mistakes from israel make them strong power that can make big, big surprise to us on the Black Saturday what we call in israel. And i was surprised by the mass of the people, but not by the way that they were fighting. The cruel way that they were fighting. And with the full emotion of hatred and revenge that they were fighting. They were good fighters some places. During all the years they didnt Pay Attention to this, that they were training, training, training. So that is what happened on october 7. Now the situation is that hamas needs to respond to releasing the hostages and that is a very complex process, isnt it, because we have a Political Leadership based on qatar, a Military Leadership based in gaza. Who runs hamas . Is that qatari relationship as strong as everyone assumes it is, or is the Military Leadership running things on its own effectively from gaza . Look, what is happening in gaza, im very sorry, it is a war. And were in a war and were doing all the efforts to fight against hamas and not to fight society. Hostages is the first and for all for Israeli Society now. And were asking to release all those people. And we can do something. We can do something together with our friends in the arab countries especially with egypt and sorry to say with qatar. Because qatar is playing a big p part. Together we can do something and the situation, i dont know when it will change, because israel took a look back looked for a target to eliminate hamas. I dont think that we can eliminate hamas because you have to remember that hamas is a political, social, national and terrorist group. Wherever you are going to find two palestinian, one will be hamas. Even in the united states, chicago, denver or some places. Bianca wants to ask another question, but you saying hamas is qatar, qatar is hamas, qatar is also a major base for American Military and it is recognized as separate. So i dont think it is as simple. And i think some of the statements youre making about the affinity between palestinians broadly and hamas are put in terms that we havent really heard before. Certainly the strength of them. Let us know why you are so certain in terms of the palestinian population at large, there is such sympathy for hamas. And related to that, the fact that israel has stated as its objective to smash and eradicate hamas, surely what is happening now and retaliatory airstrikes are likely to fuel further indoctrination now. You have to understand, hamas is also a National Palestinian movement. And they have a lot of supporters in the west bank in georgia and the other places because they are fighting against israel. Sorry to say that with all the palestinian efforts, the fight against israel is part of the efforts of the palestinians not just now, im talking 100 years ago. And more than it. Now, there are some countries that help them. I know that iran, it is not a question. Iran is a big enemy to israel and iran not Sunni Islamic and they are giving all the help to hamas including training and including sending weapons, sending a lot of money. Qatar, that is the big problem because qatar is playing in The Middle East like a big country, a big power. It is a state that has a television. And with the television they control all the arab world. It is the richest emirates in the persian gulf. The population is 2. 6 million. But just 300,000 citizens. All the others are workers from outside. And qatar wants to play all the game all over The Middle East. And because of the money. And look in 2017, there was boycott of egypt, of saudi arabia against qatar. But israel continues to have relationship with qatar and allow them to bring money to gaza strip. Because in order to keep it silent. And we thank you so much for your time. Qatar is not here to give their Point Of View and a lot of analysts who give a different view. I understand there is a huge tension between qatar and israel because they do host a political wing of hamas, but they also have the biggest u. S. Base in the region as well. And they have dean Relaep Relats with other countries. Hence why they are able to play such a big role. And a lot of countries have tv stations. Still to come, republicans pick their fourth nominee for u. S. House speaker. A key vote just hours away. Plus new prosecution deals could mean trouble for former president trump. Details after the break. Representative mike johnson is now the latest nominee for house speaker. His nomination is set for today with still no guarantee that he can win the job more than three weeks of the ouster of Kevin Mccarthy. Manu raju has the latest. Re reporter House Republicans say they are ready to put this to an end in the aftermath of congressman mike johnson, a louisiana republican, nominated as speaker, someone who needs 217 votes in order to be elected wednesday at noon. He plans to take it to the floor then. This coming after three other nominees saw their bids collapse, including tom emmer just earlier in the afternoon, a couple of hours after he won his partys nomination, faced a fierce backlash on the right and then decided it was time for him to do that out because he had no path to the speakership. And mike johnson then won the nomination himself, fourth time nominee has come forward in the aftermath of Kevin Mccarthys ouster. There was some concern inside the room, there were roughly 44 members who voted for other candidates, someone who is not mike johnson or any other the other declared candidates. Ultimately though some of those came to his side when it came to the final vote whether or not they would back him on the floor. 22 members were missing from the vote and there were also three members who voted present. And mike johnson on the floor wednesday can only lose to lose four republican votes. So he has some work to go, but still there is confidence in the ranks that after all of this infighting that even though the members who flatly oppose pushing out Kevin Mccarthy, even they say that it is time to put this to an end and back mike johnson to the speakership. Democracy is messy sometimes, but it is our system. This conference that you see, this House Republican majority, is united. Reporter even if mike johnson wins this vote on wednesday, there are such huge issues confronting the next speaker. And they will have to not just put the pieces together, but start to put together a strategy that is essentially in n. Shambles, a legislative strategy and agenda that has been extremely derailed by the infighting, some of the key issues on the table are how to deal with aid to israel and ukraine, the white house and Senate Republican leaders want to tie that issue together, how will they deal with that in the house where there has been resistance to tying ukraine aid to israel aid. And also avoiding a Government Shutdown by mid november, something that could cause a huge fight within the ranks as well. So so many questions for Congressman Johnson if he does win the speakership, major issues await him and could he run into the same problems that Kevin Mccarthy did that ended his speakership, also a huge question for his future as the house tries to move past this ugly period. Manu raju, cnn, capitol hill. Like he mentioned, mike johnson still faces an uphill battle. His ability to win the speakership and lead effectively not to mention his tenure will hinge on his ability to court his partys influential conservative faction. If you ask very conservative republican voter, they are the folks hardest on tom emmer, hardest on Kevin Mccarthy, and they are of the belief that they want to stand firm, they want the Congressional Gop to stand firm. They dont like the word compromise. 52 among very conservative republicans say these represents should stand firm, dont compromise even if nothing gets done and that i think is the group that needs to be appeased the most. Johnson looks like he has those conservative republicans but well have to wait and see. And how much leash will they give him because the funding deadline for government comes up in mid november and he is going to have to deal with the other party on this and on the aid for ukraine and israel and even if you throw border in there. So well see if these conservatives who may be happy with him today, will they give him the latitude to operate and move the Institution Forward or are they going to keep him on a very short leash. And that was harry enten and Scott Jennings with their insights. Donald trumps former Chief Of Staff reportedly made the first publicly known deal in the special counsels federal election subversion case. According to abc news, mark meadows was granted immunity from prosecution. And has met with federal prosecutors at least three times this year. Abc reports meadows told jack smiths investigators that he did not believe that the election was stolen and that trump was being dishonest in claiming svictory. The former u. S. President has pleaded not guilty to several charges related to his he wases to overturn the election results. Abc news also reports that during the meetings between met doughs and jack smiths team, prosecutors were focused on his conversations with trump after his election loss. Political and legal experts believe the Immunity Deal may be a Turning Point in the prosecutions case against donald trump. Prosecutors do not hand out Immunity Agreements like candy. You are giving away a lot. What you are saying is well give you a free pass here essentially, but two things, one, we believe this testimony, we think it is correct, true, credible and, two, we need it. Doj believes that they can use mark meadows testimony, because he was Donald Trumps right hand. And this feels a little different in terms of some of the specifics of what he is said to have said. And this drills down on him according to abc saying it wasnt stolen, he supposedly told trump that they werent proving this and that he had questions about it, that was the first time i had heard anything like that. So i think that well hear more about what he may or may not have said, but no question that mark meadows was at the center of so much of this, he was talking to so many people and he could speak to trumps mindset in a specific way. Abc also reports that meadows as corroborated accounts that trump was reluctant to call on supporters to stop the violence during the insurrection. And still to come, u. S. Secretary of state is calling on u. N. Security Council Members to help stop the israelhamas war from expanding. More on what else he is saying, ahead. New Satellite Images appear to show egypt is sealing off the gaza border between aid convoys. These images taken tuesday show an unbroken shadow of a Cement Slab Wall which egypt constructed after israeli strikes bombed the roadway on the gaza side. Images come as eight aid trucks out of the expected 20 entered Gaza On Tuesday and the United Nations is once again warning that the enclave needs more aid especially fuel. The u. N. Comments while others called to help free their loved ones. We feel that i want to say thanks to the countries that support us. Within the Jewish Community women being held hos hostage, we feel and believe and wish all of you to think that these are crimes against humanity. Reporter one mother of a son kidnapped said that nothing seems to be moving on freeing the hostages. And even before the war with hamas, texts have been high between palestinians and Israeli Settlers in the area. But now palestinians are fearful that the new wave of violence from the nearly 700,000 israelis in the region. Sara sidner is in the west bank with more and a warning some of the images are disturbing. Reporter since the Terror Attack, this man considers them nazis. We are standing against a nazi enemy as cruel as the cavemen that carried out a massacre on our brothers in the south. Reporter Jewish Settler presence here has always been fraught deemed illegal by International Law and events of october 7 have put the settlements on a war footing. Cnn gained wear access to one of the hundreds of settlements. Armed patrols are now everyday occurrences. Fortified perimeters segregate jewish communities from palestinian. And local husbands, father and son volunteers keep the unwanted out at all times. This man stopped going to work and called his local draft office in the days after the attack. We need to protect ourselves because were surrounded by people who dont necessarily like us. I didnt feel like i had to fight, but definitely defend my home. Reporter and the swituation is no childs play. He says their world was turned upside down on october 7. Shathat day was chabot. At the end of chabot, we say a prayer. And asking god to help us and keep our children safe and our and this is occupied territory. Reporter and she says the territories are shrinking beyond recognition because of all the illegal settlements. And then there is the growing settler palestinian violence. Much of the violence has been caught on camera. Here Jewish Settlers throw rocks and fire guns at palestinian homes. In another incident, after a confrontation, this Jewish Settler shoots an apparently unarmed palestinian in the stomach. We asked about the incident. How do you defend the palestinians who have been killed by settlers . Translator am i supposed to explain to cnn why terrorists that tried to kill civilians were shot by security forces, police or army . With all due respect, i dont really understand the question. Reporter and we clarified in english and hebrew. You are showing me edited video in an attempt to hurt and kill jews that are attempting to protect themselves. Unfortunately, there are for the two equal sides. Reporter the video is not edited but palestinians agree with one thing, sides are not equal and they are the overwhelming victims they say. They are under rampage. They gave them weapons and encouraged them and gave them support and protection by the Israeli Occupation army. Reporter and she refers to israels Hardline National Security minister. Days after hamas attack he announced the perform of 10,000 guns to arm civilian security teams. He himself began passing them out. Gun ownership used to be heavy restricted in israel. But those laws have changed and now settlers are getting a huge amount of weapons. Back in this settlement, were taken to the home where she raised her five children. She says here they have had a peaceful coexistence with their palestinian neighbors. Im here for 24 years. Never feared. Reporter and now . I think every mother in israel these days feels the same. It is not the same. Reporter and she says she moved here in part because land was cheap, but most settlers also come because of religious reasons. Jews consider the settlement part of their biblical homeland and refer to them by their biblical names. But International Law says settlers are illegally occupying Palestinian Land meant for a palestinian state one day. Or people of the land, we will stay here, were Indigenous People and well stay here no matter what israel tries do. Reporter in this moment, no one here can see how anyone will be able to live in peace anytime soon. That was sara siding r us th. Still to come, a 13yearold palestinian barrels account of what the violence has done to her home and her neighborhood. 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. A 13yearold girl is expressing her anger about the situation in gaza. Her home was struck recently and she sent cnn Video Showings extent of the damage. Look how it turns out. Olive trees of our land. They are still getting out pe people. Whole place was smoke when we were trying to escape. This is where we were sleeping. This is where we were sleeping. The door, the everything, everything is this is where i was sleeping. And here was where my Little Brother was sleeping. Everything is destroyed. Everything. The chair. We were sleeping on the pillows. I dont understand how we can live like this anymore. Were children. I want to live. I cant live like this anymore, i cant. They are still looking for people. They are still this is our house. This is our house. Rooms arent there. It is not there. Not there. My clothe, all of my clothes. Potentially catastrophic hurricane has made landfall near the mexican resort city of acapulco. Outer bands of Hurricane Otis have been drenching the famed beaches for hours. Maximum wind speeds are around 270 kilometers per hour, is that about 165 miles per hour. This is a category 5 hurricane, most powerful rating and the first ever cat 5 to make landfall in the eastern pacific. An activist known for portraying the action hero has passed away. Were remembering Richard Browntree after the break. Sn and that was Richard Roundtree playing john shaft, a tough talking private eye in the movie shaft. Roundtree died tuesday after a short fight with Pancreatic Cancer according to several reports. Shaft propelled roundtree into the cultural limelight. He went on to earn more than 150 screen credits, including roles in tvs roots, Desperate Housewives and the fresh prince of bellaire. He was 81 years old. Finally this hour the Arizona Diamondbacks are headed to the world series for the first time in more than 20 years. They beat the phillies 42 on tuesday to win the national league. This is the first trip back to the world series for the diamondbacks since 2001 when they defeated the new york yankees. Arizona will now take on this years American League champion the texas rangers. Game one in the best of seven series is set for friday in arlington, texas. Thank you for joining us. Im max foster. And im bianca nobilo. Early start is up next. See you tomorrow. Youre probably not easily persuaded to switch mobile providers for your business. But what if we told you its possible that comcast Business Mobile can save you up to 75 a year on your wireless bill versus the big three carriers . Have we piqued your interest . You can get two unlimited lines for just 30 each a month. There are no Term Contracts or line activation fees. And you can bring your own device. 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