welcome to all of you watching us here in the united states, canada, and all around the world. i m kim brunhuber. it s 5:00 a.m. here in atlanta. more than 700 foreign nationals are expected to leave southern gaza through the rafah crossing today. among that group, nearly 400 americans as well as british, french, germans, and egyptians. we just want to warn you, the video obtained by cnn is graphic. the israeli military admits it struck an ambulance leaving the scene. at least 15 people have been reported kly been killed. they were using emergency vehicles to transport weapons in the past. the strike happened while u.s. secretary of state was in israel to urge for greater safety of gaza civilians. here he is. we need to do more to protect palestinian civilians. failure to do so plays into the hands of hamas and other terror groups. there will be no partners for peace if they re consumed by catastrophe and alienated by any perceived indifference to their plight. we re foll
good evening. for the first time since the october 7th attack on israel and the war in hamas that s followed, hundreds of foreign nationals were finally allowed to leave gaza today. many more still remain. two allowed to leave are u.s. citizens. both were aide workers. in a moment, we ll speak to the niece of one of those aide workers, a 71-year-old seattle resident, who s been helping to make prosthetics for children in gaza when she was there on october 7th. the state department estimates there are about 1,000 americans and 5,000 other foreign nationals in gaza who want to leave. president biden today said he expects more americans to depart, quote, over the coming days. in another first since the war began, palestinians were allowed to cross gaza s southern border into egypt. this is a hospital in north sinai where some were taken for treatment. signals shift in the conflict that for a second time in as many days saw israeli strike targets north of gaza, according to the u
wherever you are around the world s are thank you for joining us here on cnn, i m john vause in atlanta with the ongoing kupfer of on hamas a few hundred people holding foreign passports and dozens civilian wounded palestinians have arrived in egypt from gaza. for weeks many have been waiting on the rafah crossing with egypt. the two other border crossings into israel remain sealed. israel and egypt agreed to open the border after the u.s. and qatar brokered deal which allowed all foreign nationals and dual citizens to leave gaza. your state department believes 1000 americans and their family are stuck in gaza desperate to leave. more from joe biden. we re in a situation where safe passage for wounded palestinians and foreign nationals have started. american citizens 1000 who will see more of this process going on in the coming days. working nonstop to get americans out of gaza as soon and as safely as possible. aid worker was one of two americans among the 361 peop
hello. and welcome to our viewers joining us here in the united states and all around the world. i m paula newton. you are watching cnn s continuing coverage of israel at war. it is 3:00 a.m. here in atlanta. 9:00 a.m. in gaza. israeli air strikes, again, lit up the skies overnight. israel s military says its forces have reached the outskirts of gaza city, for the second time in as many days. israel hit the refugee camp in northern gaza with the devastating air strike on wednesday. local hospital officials say 80 people were killed. here s what an idf spokesperson told cnn earlier. you should have evacuated. you and your family, you shouldn t have been there. that doesn t mean that we wanted to kill anybody. it means that when we warn palestinians two weeks ago to evacuate that specific area, because there was going to be major combat operations, they should have heeded the warning and should have left. the sad reality that is unfolding now is that the civilians in gaza is
happening now, breaking news, new devastation and fear. israeli forces defending the attacks as key to the war against hamas as they re claiming significant new progress on the ground. also tonight, the first civilian evacuations from gaza are now under way with americans among the hundreds of people fleeing through the rafah border crossing into egypt. we ll get an update on who got out and who may escape the war zone next. plus, significant new developments in two cases against donald trump. his son, donald trump jr., testifying in the civil fraud trial in new york, and in florida, new indications that the mar-a-lago classified documents trial may be delayed. welcome to our viewers in the united states and arnound te world. i m wolf blitzer in tel aviv, israel, and you re in the situation room. announcer: this is cnn breaking news. we re live in tel aviv following all the breaking news on israel s war against hamas and urgent, urgent new efforts to get civilians o