Off. No fuel means no electricity and no pumps to distribute water. Israel estimates 500,000 people have fled Northern Gaza for the south. Israeli Officials Say thats where theyre working with the United Nations to establish a humanitarian zone to provide those vitally needed supplies. With israerly preparing for a Ground Invasion of gaza, President Biden said in a 60 minutes interview aired sunday it would be a big mistake for israel to occupy gaza as part of its plan to eliminate hamas. What happened with gaza in my few is hamas and extreme elements of hamas dont represent all of the Palestinian People. And i think that it would be a mistake to, for israel to occupy gaza again. By the numbers, the state Department Says 30 americans have died in the hamas attack. 13 still unaccounted for. The Israeli Military says hamas is holding a total of 155 hostages in gaza. Cnns Clare Sebastian is live in london. Clare, good morning to you. The worsening humanitarian situation is pressuring ever
aback by the ferocity of this latest israeli offensive. meanwhile, new threats by iran backed militias. a u.s. warship forced to shoot down several drones on the red sea, including one heading in its direction. back at home, arguments now happening before the supreme court in one of the highest profile bankruptcy cases in recent history. and it all stems from the nation s opioid epidemic. federal officials are closing an arizona crossing to help border patrol deal with the rising number of migrants coming into our country. and on capitol hill, a vote to launch an impeachment inquiry into president biden could take place as soon as this week. and we begin this hour with breaking news out of israel and the israeli-hamas war. israel is expanding its ground offensive in gaza four days after the collapse of the truce. israeli forces pushing deeper into southern gaza and ordering new evacuations. residents in gaza say they have no safe place to go. in northern gaza, we re
get them work are worked out between the israeli government and hamas. qatar is acting as the intermediary. officials there are set to hold a news conference any moment. in the meantime, the swap of 50 women and children being held by hamas for a temporary ceasefire and 150 palestinian women and teenage prisoners is on hold. we were very disappointed this morning to learn that it has been postponed. they didn t reach an agreement yet, and we are all just waiting in anxiety to know what is happening because we want our people back. in gaza, missiles are still falling, and the dead are still being pulled from the rubble. in the southern city, another 100 bodies were buried in a mass grave. in the north, israel says it s uncovered more evidence of hamas using this tunnel underneath al-shifa as a base. it s also been confirmed they are questioning the al-shifa hospital director. we ll ask an israeli spokesperson who joins news a morning about that. joining us now from tel avi
the lead with jake tapper starts right now. announcer: this is cnn breaking news welcome to the lead. i m pamela brown in washington, d.c. in for jake tapper. and i m wolf blitzer. after the attacks and the israeli military now surrounding an inside significant areas gaza city and the bombardments continues to take a devastating stake on those inside. they cannot keep up with the amount of injured and sick cases. at least 9,000 people killed in israeli attacks on gaza according to the hamas-controlled health ministry. right now u.s. secretary of state antony blinken is headed to israel. here where i am in tel aviv, making his second wartime visit saying he will discuss concrete steps to minimize civilian casualties. israel has not only the right but the obligation to defend itself, and also to take steps to try to make sure this never happens again. we ve also said clearly and repeatedly how israel does this matters. right now i go to breaking news. look at