gruesome new evidence emerges of atrocities committed during the hamas surprise attack. climbing to 1200 amid new rocket strikes. on the ground, israeli troops amassing near gaza. conditions growing more intense. food and fuel running out. the warren terg the sixth tai with the talks aimed at their lease as the u.s. secretary of state heads to israel this hour. the other major breaking story we re following, congressman steve scalise wins the republican nomination to be the next house speaker beating out rival jim jordan, but the house remains paralyzed tonight as scalise tries to lock up the support he needs to win a full house vote. welcome to our viewers in the united states and around the world. i m wolf blitzer. you re in the situation room. this is cnn breaking news. tonight israeli leaders are renewing their vow to crush hamas as the world is getting a fuller picture of the scope and the horror of the hamas attack that triggered this increasingly deadly middle ea
moment, jim jordan has indicated if he gets the votes to become nominated as speaker, he wants to ensure this won t go ballot after ballot after ballot that he can get 217 votes on the floor. simply to get nominated by the conference, you need a majority of the 221 members. jordan does not want to go to a situation like we saw with speaker mccarthy in january, 15 ballots, that messy process. which why is they re trying to sort this out behind closed doors. the question is, can either jordan or scalise get there? the expectation is that they can. we ll see if they ultimately can. manu, thanks so much. coverage continues with wolf blitzer and the situation. happening now, breaking news. gaza under fire as israel unleashes new air strikes and says hamas terror attacks have killed at least 1,000 people in israel. the war taking a rising toll on both sides with at least 900 now reported dead in gaza. hamas launching a new barrage of rockets toward israel as gruesome details