more than 1 million people under siege. some seeking refuge at this hospital. new efforts tonight to evacuate americans, as time runs out. i m charlie d agata in tel aviv. the prime minister vows to demolish hamas. israeli military says they re ready. hamas hostage blackmail. desperate families still in the dark. i m holly williams in tel aviv. videos of those taken captive have horrified israel. diplomatic dash. secretary of state antony blinken heads back to israel after a six-nation sweep, trying to contain the conflict. also tonight, norah o donnell speaks to a member of israel s war council. is an attack against iran under consideration? iran is a country that works every single day for israel s destruction. plus you made me love you remembering suzanne somers. we have all the day s news, including teen summit. a brother climbs kilimanjaro, helping his sister with her own uphill fight. i m really inspired by him. announcer: this is the cbs we
and human dignity. hello. the white house says israel has turned the water supply to southern gaza back on, after it was switched off following the hamas attack eight days ago. it said the decision followed a conversation between president biden and the israeli prime minister, binjamin netanyahu. the israeli energy minister insisted the decision is in line with israel s existing policy, which is to block all food, fuel, and waterfrom entering gaza until hamas agrees to hand back more than 100 hostages seized in last saturday s assault. people in the northern half of gaza are continuing to flee the area ahead of an expected israeli incursion. thousands of troops are already massed on the border with gaza. the israelis say they hit over 100 military targets in air strikes overnight. hamas has continued to fire rockets into israel, including towards tel aviv. the us secretary of state, antony blinken, has been in egypt, where he s been pressing for humanitarian aid to be allowed
the military is ready to begin at any moment a ground offensive aimed at crushing hamas. thousands of people in the gaza strip are continuing to flee south after an order by israel for more than a million people to evacuate. these are the latest developments in the israel gaza war. (00v)israeli these are the latest developments in the israel gaza war. israeli troops continue to mass near gaza ahead of an expected ground offensive but it has given no indication of when it might mount an attack. these pictures show tanks arriving today. the israeli airstrikes on gaza continue it says it is targeting hamas positions. hamas is designated as a terror organisation by many western governments including the uk. gazan health officials say the number of palestinians killed has risen to 2,670 with 9,600 others wounded. the israeli prime minister, benjamin netanyahu has held the first meeting of his emergency cabinet. he described those who killed more than fourteen hundred israeli
despite israel not fully cooperating with us efforts to get humanitarian aid into gaza in the initial months, it does not currently assess that israel is prohibiting or restricting the transport of aid supplies. it has been a difficult week for us israel relations. presidentjoe biden said the us could suspend certain arms shipments to israel if it launches a full scale invasion into rafah, a densley populated area where over one million civilians are sheltering and in dire need of humanitarian assistance. our state department correspondent tom bateman has this report. this report has been three months in the making. it was ordered by the white house back in february with president biden under growing pressure from human rights organisations, from part of his democratic base, over the way that american weapons were being used by the israelis in gaza. and what we have so far are the key findings that the state department here have released, and there is a key line in this repor
cooperating with us efforts to get humanitarian aid into gaza in the initial months, it does not currently assess that israel is prohibiting or restricting the transport of aid supplies. the report culminates a difficult week for us israel relations. presidentjoe biden said the us could suspend certain arms shipments to israel if it launches a full scale invasion in to rafah a densley populated area where one million civilians are sheltering and in dire need of humanitarian assistance. our correspondent tom bateman has been at the us state department and hejoined me earlier with more. what do you take away from this report? trying to come down on two sides of the same issue, it is a very interesting report and i think the fact that this criticism of the israeli government is very significant in its own right but that is in couched in a whole series of caviar to put the key line is she read out is this that the report finds that it is reasonable to assess the weapons and sup