good evening, i m abby philip in new york. and tonight, new and heart-stopping video from the front lines of the israel-hamas war. cnn nick robertson and his crew got an up close view of the ash, the bullets, the trail of absolute destruction. the rare inside look at how the idf is fighting comes at a consequential moment in this war as the american president says the strip s main hospital must be protected. now, israel says the very same facility houses a hamas command complex blow it. and cnn report the story you are about to see under israeli defense force escort at all times, but cnn did not submit it script or it s footage of the idf. and cnn retained editorial control over the final report that you will see now. [sound of artillery] driving into gaza with the israeli forces. it s a war zone. the conditions of our access only show officers, no faces of soldiers, and don t show sensitive equipment. we are passing mile after mile of destruction, buildings blown, collapse