welcome back and thank you for being with us. i m dana bash in washington. and i m sara sidner in tel aviv with cnn s breaking news coverage of israel at war. people in northern gaza are running out of time to get to safety at this hour. israel says it is now clearing up for a new phase of war. the israel defense force is gathering more tanks at the gaza border as at the prepare for a significant ground operation. this coupled with crippling air strikes is their response to the unprecedented terror attack by hamas eight days ago that left 1,400 israelis dead. many, women, children, grandparents. the death toll in gaza also climbing steeply. according to the ministry of health at least 2,600 palestinians have been killed and nearly 10,000 have been injured. gaza s health ministry is begging for medical teams from around the world to send help, the health care system is on the brink of collapse. and with food and water shorges, a humanitarian crisis is worsening by the minut
mines and explosives. ukraine is now the most heavily mined country in the world and it is what has bogged down their advance. russia has laid hundreds of thousands of mines across ukraine, scattered over an area the size of florida. in some places, the minefields are ten kilometres deep. and in just one square metre, there could be as many as five mines. sappers like this man are now being targeted by russian forces, so they mostly have to conduct their work at night and there are simply not enough of them. would you describe being a sapper in ukraine at the moment as being the most dangerous job in the world? yes, absolutely. are a lot of them being killed by mines, by russian artillery because they are working on the front line? have you lost many friends? yeah. what message would you like to send to the west? keep going. we need your help. is that because you are worried that the west will not keep going? because we will not make it by our own. but when we make stuff safe
dust of afghanistan. back in ukraine, this is what they are facing. ground littered with russian mines and explosives. ukraine is now the most heavily mined country in the world and it is what has bogged down their advance. russia has laid hundreds of thousands of mines across ukraine, scattered over an area the size of florida. in some places, the minefields are ten kilometres deep. and in just one square metre there could be as many as five mines. sappers are now being targeted by russian forces so they mostly have to conduct their work at night and there are simply not enough of them. what you describe being a sapper in ukraine at the moment as being the most dangerous job in the world? yes, absolutely. are a lot of them being killed by mines, by russian artillery because they are working on the front line? have you lost many friends? what message would you like to send to the west? keep going. we need your help. is that because you are worried that the west will not keep
imagine doing this while under enemy fire. trying to find and make safe a deadly hidden device which could also kill you. it s what these experienced ukrainian engineers have been doing for the past year. now, here in neighbouring poland, honing their skills. with the help of british sappers, who faced a similar threat in the heat and dust of afghanistan. gunfire. back in ukraine, this is what they are facing. ground littered with russian mines and explosives. ukraine is now the most heavily mined country in the world and it is what has bogged down their advance. russia has laid hundreds of thousands of mines across ukraine, scattered over an area the size of florida. in some places, the minefields are ten kilometres deep. and in just one square metre, there could be as many as five mines. sappers like this man are now being targeted by russian forces, so they mostly have to conduct their work at night and there are simply not enough of them. would you describe being a sapper