thanks for joining us on cnn newsroom i m michael holmes with our continuing coverage of the israel-hamas war. in a few hours from now the israeli military is expected to open a road corridor so people in gaza city can flee south, that s the plan. the idf is offering what it calls safe passage during the four hour window beginning at 10 am local time. but, it is unclear if people in gaza will even get the message, given the widespread power and communications outages throughout the war. or whether hamas will perhaps try to prevent them from leaving. meanwhile this was the scene overnight as fireballs light of northern gaza. as seen by cnn crews just across the board in israel. israel has not yet commented on the strikes. even as israeli forces say they are encircling the city hamas rockets continue to fire into israel, the idf says it intercepted six rockets near tel aviv so far no casualties reported. the idf also released video of the chief of staff just inside gaza on sa
good day to you. i m richard quest. 9:00 in the morning in london. 11:00 a.m. in gaza. and we are following two major developments that have happened overnight. the israeli military says a safe route from gaza city southwards has opened for civilians an hour ago, as israel forces fight their way into the city, the idf says the offer of safe passage to civilians is only good for four hours. that will be until 2:00 in the afternoon local time. one of the refugee camps south of the line, where palestinians have been told to go, was hit by a deadly explosion a few hours ago. a palestinian hospital official says more than 30 people were kid and more than a hundred wounded. the israeli military has not commented on whether it targeted the area. cnn s ivan watson joins us from hong iconic with more. let s start, first of all, i think with the blast. then we ll move to the safe corridors. what more do we know? we re seeing some first images, in daylight today, sunday, the recovery
s club welcome to all of abuse watching in the united states and around the world. i am in accord with our continuing coverage of the israel hamas war. we begin in gaza with a horrific scene outside the largest hospital in gaza city. this video was obtained by cnn and is extremely graphic. the israeli military admits it was behind this asteroid just outside the hospital, using an ambulance and killing at least 15 people, according to hamas hill authorities, the ambulance was said to be a part of a convoy carrying patients to southern gaza. the idf claims the ambulance was being used by hamas, which is said to abuse emergency vehicles to transport fighters and weapons in the past. with israeli forces now circling gaza city, u.s. officials say they expect the air campaign to subside, as idf soldiers announced into the dense urban environment. following developments from, for us, i should say, from abu dhabi. let s start with that israeli airstrike on the ambulance convoy. wh
dollars. thank you very much. thanks for watching. erin burnenett outfroront sta right now. next, a deadly blast outside a gaza hospital. israel now claiming responsibility. this as israeli forces close in on gaza city. plus, an exclusive dispatch from cnn journalist ibrahim. we ve been following his harrowing journey out of gaza and tonight, we can report he and his wife and their two young sons have made it to egypt. also more breaking news. an appeals court freezing a gag order against donald trump in the federal election interference case while a new york judge expands a gag order on trump in another case. let s go outfront. good evening, everyone. i m kate bolduan in for erin burnett. breaking news. israel ramping up its bombardment of gaza and tonight, acknowledging it was behind a deadly blast outside the hospital in gaza city. we want to warn you, the images we re going to show you are graphic. according to multiple videos that cnn has geo located, you can see
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