moments ago. as a result of these efforts an initial group of foreign nationals including u.s. citizens departed gaza through rafah today. and we expect exits of u.s. citizens and foreign nationals to continue over the next several days. we want to make sure we can get u.s. citizens and their family members out as safely as possible. a total of about 400 americans and their families are among the roughly 7,000 foreign nationals seeking to leave. some injured palestinians are also making it through to hospitals in egypt. you see there a long line of ambulances lined up near the rafah crossing. but as these evacuations ramp up, deadly israeli airstrikes continue. one in northern gaza yesterday hit the crowded refugee camp of jabalya. israel says the attack targeted a hamas commander who was behind the october 7th terrorist attacks. and today a second explosion rocking that camp. the idf just confirming it was another israeli strike. we have global coverage for you. we beg
this sp cnn breaking news. hello and a warm welcome to our viewers joining us in the united states and all around the world. i m bianca nobilo with our continuing coverage of the war on hamas. some 80 egyptian ambulances entered rafah border crossing this morning to receive injured palestinian patients, and an egyptian reporter told that at the crossing. if the patients crossed into egypt, they will be the first palestinians allowed out of gaza since the war began more than three weeks ago. cnn s scott mclean is covering this live from london. what more you hearing about these ambulances? the fact that there are 80 or so ambulances at the border is about the same number of palestinians that we had been told yesterday by the medical director of the al shifa hospital in gaza that would be leaving gaza for egypt. he said there were 81 badly injured palestinians who would be able to or would be transported to the rafah border crossing with the understanding or with the plan
israel says it s taken out a senior hamas leader. but the strike devastating a gaza refugee camp. one doctor says hundreds have been killed or injured. plus, escaping gaza in just hours. a crucial border crossing is set to open for some of those in danger, as we re learning there are some 400 american citizens stuck in the gaza strip. i ll talk to a member of the international committee of the red cross in gaza. and the u.s. putting iran on notice right now, warning, if the attacks on american troops don t stop, the u.s. will respond. let s go outfront. good evening. welcome to a special edition of outfront. i m wolf blitzer in for erin burnett. and, tonight, live from here in tel aviv, there s breaking news. israel claiming to have hit 300 targets in gaza over the past 24 hours alone. one of those targets, a refugee camp just north of gaza city where israel says a very senior hamas commander was located. explosions rocked the refugee camp just hours ago, flattening