Good morning, everyone. Welcome to cnn this morning. Its october 21st. Im amara walker. Im victor blackwell. Aid trucks have been allowed into gaza, but they warn those supplies are not enough. The needs are far higher. This morning the rafah Border Crossing between egypt and gaza opened. 20 trucks made it through before the crossing was closed again. According to the World Health Organization, they include medical supplies and food. Its been two weeks since hamas launched an attack on israel and now israel says its preparing for the next stages of war. Ground tanks are lined up. A Ground Incursion is looming. In Gaza The Hospital says israel has demanded the immediate evacuation of the building ahead of a possible air strike. The World Health Organization says such a demand would be impossible to carry out. The hospital currently houses around 12,000 displaced people plus, of course, hundreds of patients. And an American Woman and her teenage daughter are free now following their surp
It is calling on the uns top court to reject it. South africas lawyers accuse them of acting with legal impunity. Israel is increasing its attacks in gaza, and in so doing, is wilfully breaching the binding orders of this court. Israel similarly breaches the binding resolutions of the United Nations security council. Weve heard boasts that israels army is the most moral army in history. And weve heard denials that there is famine in gaza. For months, people, particularly in the west, have appeared unwilling to accept that the accusations are true. Our correspondent is reporting on the story. She sent us this update from the hague. South africas lawyers were unequivocal. They said palestinians did not need words or diplomacy, they needed an urgent intervention by this court to ensure palestinians right to life under the Genocide Convention was protected. The reason why they are focusing on rafah in these provisional measures request is because they say it is the last refuge which has no
waiting list to drill a new deeper well. how early during the year did the calls start to come in for the need for water. 40% more calls in march and then april we were pretty much full. reporter: and in fact california just recorded its lowest rainfall year since records began in 1895. and it is not just homeowners. even towns are being forced to drill deeper to find water. we expect to go to the faucet and there is water. but there isn t, it is a shock. reporter: frank says that this early june, 700 or so easies were left high and dry for about two weeks after the town s well failed. and now they are relying on these four massive above ground tanks that get refilled daily. each holds 10,000 gallons of crucial h2o. a quarter of america s food is produced hire in the central valley with 80% of california s
miles and this absolutely could produce this kind of damage. but hold on. the houthi rebels in yemen say they were responsible. why are these analysts focusing on the iranians for this instead of the houthis? several reasons. this is the largest oil processing facility in world. there were 17 individual hits. they appear, according to the analysts, to have come from the north. that is the direction of iran. not from the south, that is the direction of yemen and the houthis. also, they were very precise. look at these details on the four round tanks. almost identical hits on each one in the same spot. that speaks to a degree of sophistication when the iranians absolutely have. the houthis, not so much. and the lawnan the iranians have been known to hit targets. again this is not a plan the houthis have shown affinity for. so as you see the evidence is pointing more and more toward the iranians and frankly you may
we can t wash our hands after we go to the bathroom, you can t wash your clothes, and you can t drink the tap water, you can t cook with the tap water. now, this company has been ordered to empty out its remaining above ground tanks and also to cease operations until they can prove that these tanks are safe. meanwhile, the u.s. attorney s office has launched an investigation and they have said that even if this was a negligent act there could still be some industrial violations. fredericka? thank you so much. i know folks are very frustrated there. they want some answers right away. the federal government is of course responding to this emergency on several fronts. erin mcpike is cover that aspect of the story. she s joining us now from p washington. erin? because president obama signed that emergency disaster declaration there in west virginia, it means that fema can deliver aid directly to the residents there of west virginia affected by this leak.