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clapton for joining us on cnn. i am michael holmes, appreciate your company as we continue to cover the israel-hamas war. we do begin in gaza. at a horrific scene outside the largest hospital in gaza city. we will show you video obtained by cnn, it is extremely graphic. the israeli military admits that it was behind the airstrike, just outside the hospital, hitting an ambulance, killing at least 15 people. you can see scenes of carnage of chaos. the ambulance was said to be a part of the convoy selecting patients to southern gaza. the idf claims the ambulance was being used by hamas and it had used emergency vehicles to transport fighters and weapons in the past. following developments for us from abu dhabi, she joined me now, good to see you, lainey. the loss of civilian life continues, the strike on or near ambulance is outside, just the latest brings of the day for what we know. clearly, seeing those images of bodies strewn sheer panic, this is the result of an israeli a