Speaking at a news conference, the White House Press secretary, karine jean pierre, said more was needed to be done. So this level of aid remains insufficient, and we want to continue to press israel to increase the level of assistance moving into gaza. We understand what ijust laid out is not sufficient. We want to get more in. We are continuing to have those conversations with israel, and we have seen some progress. We need to get more in. On thursday, us troops anchored a long awaited Floating Pier which will soon enable aid to enter gaza by sea. Hundreds of tons of aid has arrived in cyprus, where screening takes place before being loaded on to ships for delivery to the pier. But the pentagon stressed this would not be enough to meet the needs of people in gaza. The purpose of this temporary pier is to deliver critical humanitarian assistance to the palestinian people. The pier is temporary, and not meant to replace land routes into gaza. And last, this is an internationally backed
[background sounds] neil: one month in, and israeli troops continue heading in, now encircling gaza city, home base to hamas, as the war with expands to close-up urban combat. at this are hour, a three-hour window announced by the israeli military for evacuees to flee along a main highway in the gaza strip. it was just closed. we re going to talk to a u.s. citizen who who escaped the war zone with her husband and five kids. terrifying, the say the least, but alive. also at this hour, secretary antony blinken in jordan meeting with arab leaders. they want a ceasefire while the u.s. wants a humanitarian pause. israel wants hostages freed before considering either. and are we any closer right now to ultimately seeing something, anything constructive happening? i ll ask israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu s top adviser and former u.s. secretary of state mike pompeo. and get ready, protest are everywhere again from iran s capital to england s capital, to a massive pro-fall s