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her. journalism is not a crime and it s a proof that russia is determined to stifle independent reporting. since 2012, vladimir putin has used foreign agent laws to punish and detain critics, including journalists, and analysts say this indicates russia sees americans as valuable assets to be used in prisoner exchanges like when britteny griner was exchanged for the merchant of death, arms dealer victor bout. now evan gershkovich has been wrongfully detained for 204 days today. he s in a high security prison in moscow awaiting trial on espionage charges. the u.s. ambassador to russia visited him on tuesday. the u.s. embassy, sandra, says even that evan remains in good spirits and is calling for his immediate release. sandra. sandra: appreciate it, bryan. the state department as we just heard from them a moment ago is out with a major alert for all americans overseas. officials now urging all american citizens worldwide to exercise increased caution for potential ter ....
expectations out there. my pleasure. thank you for joining us. ac-360 begins now. it is 3:00 a.m. here in israel, which is even at this late hour dealing with repercussions of a huge tragedy on a terrible, terrible scale. the massive explosion at a hospital in gaza city. we should say at the outset the pictures are as horrible as the incident itself. we want to show you new video moments after the blast. hundreds are believed dead. we are talking about men, women, and children, civilians, more may still be buried in rubble at the al-ahli baptist hospital. the hospital not only had patients and doctors and nurses inside, but thousands of displaced people outside who had been seeking shelter there displaced from the bombings that had been going on in gaza. compounding the loss of life. we cannot independently confirm how many people were killed in this blast, but the pictures are sickening. one photojournalist witnessed many moments like this, telling the new y ....
katelyn polantz is following this, and keep us posted. president biden is showing his iron clad support for israel and preparing to leave washington for the middle east and set to leave israel tomorrow, and show of solidarity and also very clearly a search for solutions. israel is hitting new hamas targets in gaza today from the sky. this was the scene just last hour in northern gaza, and you see a plume of smoke, dust rising after an air strike. the palestinian ministry of health from their perspective, they say that strikes like this one are now damaging and shutting hospitals down. in southern gaza where the palestinians have been told to evacuate to, to flee to, this is the scene outside of the hospital there. one of the hospitals still running, and ambulances are urgently rushing new victims in for care. john? so, our reporters who are in the city of askelon and israel have seen the rockets fall, and the rockets have fired from inside of gaza, and it is impor ....
a truce in southern gaza. these are the latest pictures from the rafah crossing, showing the crowds there. we understand that un fuel trucks did make it across the border this morning. in the past couple of hours, america s top diplomat, antony blinken, has arrived back in israel, from egypt, where he was trying to persuade officials to reopen the border point. egypt s foreign minister is reported as saying israel had not yet taken a stance that would allow the crossing to open. over the weekend, he s held talks in six arab states, wanting to alleviate gaza s humanitarian crisis and stop the war escalating. he returns to israel, as it prepares a major ground operation in the gaza strip. this is a fast moving story, but here are some other key points. the united nations is warning that hospital fuel reserves in gaza are likely to run out in the next 2a hours potentially endangering thousands of patients. conditions in the territory are worsening, with shortages of food ....
but israel has given no indication of when an attack might begin. here you can see tanks arriving on sunday. mr netanyahu has held the first meeting of his emergency cabinet since hamas fighters killed more than 1,400 israelis and took more than 150 people hostage. meanwhile, israeli airstrikes on gaza continue. israel says it is targeting hamas positions. hamas is designated as a terror organisation by many western governments, including the us and uk. gazan health officials say the number of palestinians killed has risen to 2,670 with 9,600 others wounded. hamas says less than half of the 1.1 million people living in northern gaza have now moved south in the last 48 hours, after israel s warning for civlians to leave. the united nations says hospital fuel reserves will run out in about 2k hours, possibly endangering thousands of patients. in the last few hours, un secretary general antonio guterres has called for israel to allow the immediate delivery of humanitarian ....