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Welcome to our viewers joining us in the United States and around the world. It is friday, october 13, 9 00 a. M. In london, 11 00 a. M. In gaza city where everybody is being told to head south. The clearest signal yet that the military plans to specify their operations in gaza. Israeli military says Hamas Terrorists are hiding in tunnels and under houses using people as human shields. They struck targets overnight hitting tunnel, weapons, Storage Warehouses and homes of senior terrorist operatives. Americas top diplomat is in jordan for talks with King Abdullah and mahmoud abbas. Antony blinken is trying to arrange a humanitarian cory dr to get food and medical supplies into gaza and get civilians out. In israel thursday, he met with Benjamin Netanyahu to reaffirm u. S. Support, but he also urged israel to be cautious in its approach to gaza. Blink spoke with the families of americans killed or taken hostage in saturdays hamas terror attacks. U. S. Defense secretary lloyd austin is vi
president biden set to meet with chinese president xi jinping as he tries to prevent tensions from spiraling. and we are about to find out how retail sales that been faring leading up to the crucial holiday season. much more ahead. this hour of cnn this morning now. israeli troops carrying out an operation inside gaza s largest hospital, al shifa. a palestinian official says the soldiers entered the basement and ground floor of the surgery building and interrogated medical staff. the idf releasing video claiming to show troops dropping off aid. cnn cannot independently verify that and has not been able to reach the hospital for confirmation. the idf accused hamas of running a command center beneath the hospital and using civilians above as human shields had. the israeli military is calling this a precise and targeted operation based on their intelligence. we will be joined by a spokesperson for the idf in minutes. meanwhile, fbi director christopher wray is about to