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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 that s where they re 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 don t 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. cnn s clare sebastian is live in london. clare, good morning to you. the worsening humanitarian si ....
good morning, everyone. welcome to cnn this morning. it s saturday, october 14th. i m amara walker. i m victor blackwell. thank you for joining us as we follow developments out of the middle east. first, the israeli defense forces say they have killed the senior hamas commander who was behind much of last week s carnage. they killed the head of the hamas aerial system. these strikes come as the israeli military is warning the people of gaza to evacuate now. there are two hours left of israel s six-hour safe passage window. that s allowing people to leave and head south. so far tens of thousands have left, but the request is for 1.1 million civilians to relocate, and leaders in the region are criticizing israel for ordering the rushed evacuation. jordan s minister said it would be a blatant violation of international law and would amount to a war crime. hamas says israel is still carrying out air strikes as they re trying to evacuate. there s an evacuation route so ....
good morning. welcome to cnn this morning. it is saturday, october 14th. i m victor blackwell. and i m amara walker. thanks for being with us as we continue to follow the news breaking news. a mass evacuation in gaza. the military in israel have ordered the people in gaza to move south. they have given them a safe six-hour pathway. the idf is accusing hamas of actively trying to stop people from leaving so they can use them as, quote, human shields. but hamas says israel is still carrying out air strikes, killing 70 people after warning them to move out. they posted dramatic video showing an ambulance rocked by an explosion during those evacuations. in israel, the city of surrat is under a red alert after israel fired rockets into the city. cnn on the ground heard israel s iron dome intercepting the rockets anned the sirens going off around the city. the u.s. says it s supporting israel, and its support is ironclad. two officials made trips there earlier this we ....
the united states have been, has been providing. and that has been, have been used, you called that a complete betrayal. why? well, first of all, the united states and israel are as close as can be and we should be supporting them in this moment, israel is under threat. it s under attack. they have a right to defend themselves. a mass is a terrorist organization and nobody would have ever told the now didn t states in the aftermath of nine 11, not to go after al-qaeda, nobody would have told us during the war on terror not to go after isis. the fact is that hamas is using innocent palestinians as human shields. has a right to this war and right, congressman biden said that he supports israel defending itself. it seems what he s trying to say is he does, he, he s he s trying to pressure israel to batson the chance of killing civilians in gaza you do not think those two things can happen eight, eight defending one selves includes rooting out the threat hamas is a ....
where the idf hammering gaza with airstrikes following hamas devastating sur prise attack ovr the weekend. at least 1200 people were killed in the terrorist assaults. the idf says it hit more than 80 targets and destroyed hamas advanced detection system for spotting aircraft over gaza. neighborhoods have been reduced to rubble. hamas says 950 people have been killed in gaza since the start of the war. the u.n. says more than 263,000 people there have been displaced. the hamas controlled government says due to a lack of fuel coming in through the israeli blockade, electricity will be cut off within hours. and with it, so will basic services. the idf was also busy last night hitting hamas naval targets which it claimed were being used to attack the israeli coastline. israel s defense minister told troops tuesday that he has released all restraints on their fight against hamas. he said hamas wanted a change in gaza, it will change 180 degrees from what he thought. they w ....