you are live in the cnn newsroom. i m jim acosta in washington. we begin with breaking news. we just learned from the white house that one of the americans being held hftostage by hamas ia 3-year-old child, i repeat, a 3-year-old child. the child s parents were killed in the october 7th attacks and more on that in just a moment and meanwhile in gaza the health crisis is spiralling out of control at the hospital there and officials there say al shifa, gaza s biggest hospital is, and it has staff trapped inside and am wrablabses unable check the wounded and doctors say they expect to lose more infants each day as they face the risk of infections. israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu claims the hospital is being used as a xhancommand cen for hamas which officials deny and they re working to create safe corridors and our dana bash asked netanyahu for a days long pause for humanitarian aid and this is how the prime minister responded. that s not a pause. if you re