all fronts, our reporters are on the ground in israel and lebanon this morning. to get the very latest on the state of war and the danger of the conflict expanding. and we ll tell you about the growing humanitarian disaster resulting from israel s bombardment of gaza. also talk about a way forward and out of this decades long conflict with an honest trial we, palestinian politician who s been at the negotiating table for peace before and former u.s. deputy national security adviser about the role america can and should play in trying to revive a enduring peace between israelis and palestinians. then i m gonna pull back the curtain and talk about how we govern this war including the complicated and difficult work of verifying images and facts from the frontlines, we begin this hour here in the nation s capital with america s role in the world amid a growing leadership crisis, in our own house, a house that donald trump built. velshi starts now. what good morning to, you satu
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hello and welcome to our viewers joining us here in the united states, and all around the world as we continue our coverage of israel at war. i m rosemary church, we begin with a horrific hospital blast in gaza city, which has killed 471 people, according to the ministry of health in gaza. which is controlled by hamas. the u.s. now says intelligence suggests israel is not responsible for the explosion as officials in gaza have claimed. and state president joe biden echoed the explanation from israel, saying the hospital explosion was the result of an errant rocket fired by the palestinian examined jihad. new video from al jazeera appears to show a rocket fired from gaza, explode in-flight above gaza city on tuesday. moments before the hospital blast. just a few seconds later you can see large explosions on the ground. it s not clear at this point, if these events are related. the palestinian president reports explosions near another hospital in gaza city, the group sa
hello and welcome to our viewers joining us here in the united states and all around the world as we continue our breaking news coverage of israel at war. i m rosemary church at cnn headquarters in atlanta. and i m becky anderson in tel aviv. it is 10:00 a.m. here and in gaza city where the hamas controlled ministry of health reports 471 people have been killed in tuesday s horrific hospital blast. and the u.s. now echoing israel s claim that the explosion was the result of an errant rocket fired by palestinian islamic jihad. new video appears to show a rocket fired from gaza exploding high above gaza city where the hospital is located. just before the blast at that medical facility. on the ground, this was the moment of the explosion outside the hospital. look. cnn has not determined if these events are related. president biden says he believes u.s. intelligence. i don t say things like that unless i have faith in the source in which i have gotten the people at the defen
will prevail. for our sake, for your sake, for peace and security in our region and in the world. mr. president, for the people of israel, there s only one thing better than having a true friend like you standing with us, and that is having you standing in this room. your visit here is the first visit of an american president in israel at a time of war. it is deeply, deeply moving. it speaks to the depth of your personal commitment to israel. it speaks to the depth of your personal commitment to the future of the jewish people and jewish state. so i know i speak for all the people of israel when i say, thank you, mr. president. thank you for standing with israel today, tomorrow, and always. that happened in the past hour and a lot has happened in the past 24 hours. israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu showing appreciation for president biden s visit amid the country s war with hamas. that meeting happening just moments ago kicking off an extremely busy day for the pres