being held by hamas, a group deemed a terrorist group or organisation by many western governments. lucy manning reports. iris haim held out hope her son yotam would return, that he would be a hostage who came home. last month, yotam, a heavy metal drummer, was metres from safety. he d escaped his hamas captors with two other hostages. they d left signs saying sos and help, three hostages and waved a white flag. but israeli troops mistakenly thought it was a hamas trap and killed them. iris is clear who she blames. hamas is in charge of all of this terrible day, 7th of october, and all the murdered people and all the soldiers that are killed now, it s just the hamas fault. and in an act of forgiveness, days after yotam s death, iris released a message telling the israeli soldiers involved she didn t blame them. why was that important for you? what did you want to say to them? these soldiers, they also have families and mothers. and i was worried for them also. she sobs. this
the houthis, who are backed by iran, say they have been targeting israeli linked ships on behalf of palestinians in gaza. the uk s defence secretary, grant shapps, says britain will now wait and see whether any more action should be taken against the houthis. the world sent a very clear message to the iranian backed houthis. end your illegal and unjustified actions. stop risking innocent lives. cease threatening the global economy. we could not have been clearer with our warnings which they chose to ignore and enough was enough. that briefing has just ended and justin crump is with me. what do you think about what might happen because my key was pressed about whether they would be further strikes. what did he say what you think will happen? he strikes. what did he say what you think will happen? think will happen? he left it open that there would think will happen? he left it open that there would be think will happen? he left it open that there would be a think will
welcome to all of you watching us here in the united states, canada, and all around the world. i m kim brunhuber. ahead on cnn newsroom, for the first time in five years, a u.s. secretary of state is in china. we ll go live to hong kong for the latest from anthony blinken s visit to baeijing. plus, a look at the extreme weather around the world from tornadoes in the u.s. to scorching temperatures in mexico and sweden. and later, daddy day care in the u.s. congress. how changing a diaper brought a group of fathers together at work. this hour, the u.s. secretary of state is holding talks in beijing to try to mend ties with china. earlier, antony blinken began the first of several meetings with the u.s. foreign minister. his main goal is to reestablish lines of communication with senior chinese leaders, especially in the military. high-level talks have been disrupted in recent months, but president biden says that they can get back on track. here he is. i m hoping that
translation: we were sitting in our homes peacefully - and all of a sudden a missile hit and destroyed my house, my neighbour s house, the whole neighbourhood. my children are displaced now, we don t know where to go. have mercy on us, help us. it s a devastating situation. people are sleeping on the streets. in rafah, now gaza s most densely populated city, according to the un, there s no let up in the bombardment. children were killed here, 26 people were killed here. i m terrified. i m scared and the thought of me being killed or my other brother being killed, it s just crossing my mind repeatedly. i already lost my older brother, i can t lose my younger brother. and this is what egypt s ceasefire proposal is up against an expanding military operation in gaza and a continuing barrage of hamas rockets into israel. a delegation of hamas members is in cairo now for further discussions, but there is no guarantee that either side is going to agree to this. and if they do, it
a well equipped infrastructure of long and branched out tunnels in which the army says senior hamas members moved and operated. in central gaza, more than 150,000 people were ordered to evacuate two of the area s biggest refugee camps. and this is where they were told to go for safety the area of deir al balah, itself reeling from the aftermath of strikes. translation: we were sitting in our homes peacefully - and all of a sudden a missile hit and destroyed my house, my neighbour s house, the whole neighbourhood. my children are displaced now, we don t know where to go. have mercy on us, help us. it s a devastating situation. people are sleeping on the streets. in rafah, now gaza s most densely populated city, according to the un, there s no let up in the bombardment. children were killed here, 26 people were killed here. i m terrified. i m scared and the thought of me being killed or my other brother being killed, it s just crossing my mind repeatedly. i already lost my ol