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Sliding down the Bowling Aisle into the pins and climbing up into the bowling machine. The suspects car was later found in the town of lisbon, maine without him in it. Communities in maine are on lockdown as multiple agencies, Law Enforcement agencies search for the suspect. The individual is considered Armed And Dangerous. Hes a firearms instructor. Hes a member of the u. S. Army reserve. Sources tell cnn that he was at the camp smith Training Facility in Upstate New York this summer when he purportedly started making statements about Hearing Voices in his head and having thoughts about wanting to hurt his fellow soldiers. He then spent time in an Army Hospital for medical evaluation. Now people in communities near the shooting are in lockdown and on edge of course. Theyre calling police. Theyre reporting suspicious people. Theyre hearing noises in the woods. Theyre hearing far off gunshots. So far there arent any tips that have led to the suspect. Cnn is learning more about some of the people who were killed in this senseless act of gun violence, Yet Another Senseless Act Of Violence in the United States. Family members told the local tv station that Joseph Walker was killed during the restaurant shooting. They say Police Believe joseph grabbed a knife and went after the ghan, tried to stop him and thats when he was shot. 40yearold Brian Mcfarland was also killed at the restaurant. His sister says brian usually went there on wednesday nights to play cornhole with other members of lewistons Deaf Community. 53yearold Trisha Asselin was killed at the nearby Bowling Alley where she worked. I want to bring in Cnns John Berman in lewiston, maine. John, weve got the Breaking News of loud bangs or explosions heard near the suspects last known address. Maine state police Just Announced parts of the state are going to stay under a shelter in place order. Give us the latest on the manhunt and what youre hearing. Reporter well, the very latest is the situation occurring at the last known address of robert card, this 40yearold suspect. Bowden, maine. Bowdens about ten minutes, 10 miles or so from where i am in lewiston behind me is schemmegees. Bowden is the suspects last known home. Our producer heard bangs, heard loud bangs, heard Someone Shouting fbi. Thats what we know about whats going on there. Its interesting that thats taking place in bowden because most of the activity that weve seen so far today has been just south of that in lisbon. Lisbon, maine. Again, about ten minutes from here about ten minutes south of bowden. Lisbon is where the suspect robert card, where his car was found. His car was found at a boat launch on the androscoggin river. And so far it seems most of the searches today have been in lisbon on your map there. Our Shimon Prokupecz saw s. W. A. T. Teams going into different areas, clearing out areas, going into different areas, clearing them out. So the search is obviously very active in these surrounding towns and they have extended the shelter in place order for lewiston and bowdoin, lisbon. The shelter in place specifically tells people to safeguard their homes and safeguard their cars, their vehicles. The concern is obviously that this suspect, robert card, who is considered Armed And Dangerous with military firearms training, could try to get in to a private residence and hide, could try to take someones car, perhaps while youre in it. That is why authorities want people to be very careful. Were trying to get more information about what exactly is taking place in bowdoin. It is interesting that is the suspects last known address. Its certainly been known to authorities for the last day. Why there would be such intense activity there now some 22 hours later, jake, were waiting to find out. Well make some calls. Well get back to you as soon as we can with that. John, can you tell us any more about the three victims who have been publicly identified . Reporter yeah, three victims that we know of so far among the 18. Brian mcfafarland was 40 years old. He was killed in the bar behind me, involved in a cornhole tournament with the Deaf Community wednesday nights at schemengees bar. It is known for cornhole games and the Deaf Community would show up there on wednesdays. He was there. He was playing. He had a dog named eminem. His sister was mourning his loss, just called him a sweet, sweet guy. Joseph walker is the son of a City Councilor from auburn, which is next door here. Joseph walker was killed, we are told. There are reports that he tried to go after the suspect as he was shooting with a knife. Walker was killed. His father was reporting that its been excruciating since last Night Waiting For Word on what happened to his son. He did not find out confirmation of his sons death until this afternoon. And Tricia Asselin was 53 years old. She was a parttime employee at justintime at the Bowling Alley, the Recreation Center where the shootings began. She was not at work per se last night. She was actually bowling. She was Bowling Recreationally for herself. And the reports are that she was trying to get to the phone to call 911 to save others as the shooting was taking place when she was gunned down. These are just three of the names that weve confirmed so far. 18 dead in total. As of this morning theyd only identified eight people. So the Identification Process and notification process of these families, jake, is taking some time. All right, john, thank you so much. I want to bring you some new pictures that we have from bowdoin, maine of activity near the suspects address. These are courtesy of wbz. And you can see some Emergency Crews there near the suspects address. When this exactly means as of right now we do not know. But as john suggested, when we get more reporting on what exactly is going on if anything, we will bring that to you at that very moment. Lets take a step back now and look at what officials have said about the suspect, and we will bring that to you right now. He is a member of the u. S. Army reserve. He is a certified firearms instructor. He recently made threats about shooting up a National Guard facility. He was in a Mental Health facility over the summer. Cnns pamela brown has much more on this, on him and the warning signs that officials knew long before this senseless violence happened. Reporter swarms of federal and local officers converge as the manhunt for robert card intensifies. He should be considered Armed And Dangerous. Reporter his background giving a few potential clues about the shooting that left at least 18 dead and more than a dozen injured. His army records show the 40yearold was a Petroleum Supply specialist in the reserves but never served in combat. A former Army Reservist who served with card telling cnn that he is a skilled marksman, an outdoorsman who was among the best shooters in his unit. While he was training in Upstate New York over the summer, card reported Hearing Voices and having thoughts about hurting fellow soldiers, according to Law Enforcement sources. The National Guard saying he was, quote, behaving erratically, and he was transported to a hospital at the u. S. Military academy for medical evaluation. His family telling cnn he did not have a long history of Mental Health issues. Quote, this is something that was an acute episode. This is not who he is. His sisterinlaw said, quote, this is a good family. On his twitter page card liked rightwing posts including by tucker carlson, donald trump jr. , republican members of congress and multiple posts criticizing President Biden on the economy. His social media also shows photos of him fishing. The coast guard is also part of the search. Cards vehicle was found at a boat ramp less than 20 miles from the shooting scene and Public Records show he owned a boat. According to another former soldier who served with card, he had extensive training including land navigation. Quote, so he would be very comfortable in the woods. The shooting was in lewiston, cards most recent address is in a rural area of a nearby town called bowdoin according to Public Records. Which also show that his family owns a series of properties nearby. Law enforcement sources say card recently split up with a longtime girlfriend and theyre pursuing a theory that he allegedly targeted the Bowling Alley and bar because he used to go there with her and was supposed to be at the bar that night. Based on our investigation, we believe this is someone that should not be approached. Reporter cards brother telling cnn they are trying to reach him, urging him to surrender. Quote, we have helped Law Enforcement in any way possible, and the police have been given anything that we can offer to facilitate their efforts. And the brother of the suspect also told me, quote, this is many peoples worst nightmare. Indeed it is, jake. And one of the big important questions outstanding tonight is how he was able to get access to his weapons and carry this out after showing those signs oaf the summer, going to that Mental Health clinic, being evaluated. We know he was released from that clinic after a few weeks and then was able to gain access again to his legally possessed multiple weapons. Maine, as we know, jake, does not have a red flag law, which would allow Family Members to get a court order to prevent him or a Family Member from having access to weapons in times of crisis. So theres a lot of questions. Ive reached out to that clinic. Still waiting to hear back, jake. Pamela brown, thank you so much. Lets bring in cnn security correspondent josh campbell. Josh, you worked at the fbi. What do you make of this reporting from the scene of the suspects last known address, the loud bangs, Someone Shouting fbi into a megaphone . What might be happening . Reporter well, you know, theres obviously a lot, jake, we dont know at this hour. But oftentimes we look at images like were seeing right now and try to glean information based on the posture of Law Enforcement. Here it doesnt look like an emergent type situation. You have officers that are standing out there. Theyre not seeking cover. There doesnt appear to be a flurry of activity. So we just dont know at this time. It would not be unusual in a situation like this where you have someone who is very proficient with firearms, who we know he was a firearms instructor, if authorities are going to search his residence as a precautionary measure you can imagine in order to perhaps defeat any booby traps and the like they might launch what are called flash bangs, and thats obviously weve seen those before in incidents. That would help try to set off any type of booby trap if that was the case. And then on the bullhorn if youre calling this person out, that could just be precautionary, just to see if theres anyone there before they actually do go in to do a search. I would imagine that knowing what we do, weve known the address of this individual for some time, so certainly Haw Enforcement would know the same. Weve seen in instances where they will set up surveillance on particular addresses that are associated with an individual when theres a manhunt going on. So id be surprised if this was the first time that Law Enforcement was there, but at this hour we just dont know. But based on these images you dont see officers rushing in. But obviously well be watching to see what that activity is all about. Yeah. I have to say it looks like a fairly mellow scene outside. Not the kind of scene you would think if there were something intense going on inside. What kinds of nooekz do you think the fbis using right now to try and figure out the suspects location . Obviously theyre trying to track his cell phone, assuming he still has it and assuming he still has it on. Reporter you know, i spoke with a Law Enforcement official earlier today and the fbi has launched this massive deployment of resources into maine. Were talking about numerous resources. As you mentioned, the cellular phone tracking technology. The fbi has a team. Its called the cast team. Their job is to exploit cellular telephone networks. Twofold. They would be looking at drel lar phone towers in and around the region. If that Cell Phone Registers with a nearby tower, that can give them data on where he might be. They also have this device called a cell site simulator. That is a contraption that the fbi uses with a court order that mimics a cell phone tower. So if they have an area that they believe he might be in, that device will connect to that phone. That will help them home in. Thats just one of a multitude of resources that they brought in, jake. Josh campbell, thank you so much. Appreciate it. Again, the Breaking News this hour, loud bangs heard near the suspects last known home in maine as this manhunt continues. Next were going to talk about the Gun Laws In The State Of Maine and whether anything could have been done to deny the suspect access to firearms given his previous hospitalization for Hearing Voices and wanting to kill peoeople. I said it before, only in the United States would an Anchor Standing in a war zone have to go back to the United States for the Breaking News because theres something more violent happening there. Breaking news in our national lead. At least 18 are dead. 13 injured. After two Mass Shootings in maine. The suspect, still on the loose, is a guy named robert card, a suspected killer. We know he was Com Mifted Commi Mental Health facility over the summer for two weeks and he had made threats to attack a National Guard facility in the state of maine. Maines gun laws do require courts to report any courtordered involuntary commitment to the department of public safety. Maine does not have whats called a red flag law. It has whats called a socalled yellow flag law, which indicates that a firearm can, can be tempo temporarily removed from someone if theyre deemed by both a judge and a medical professional to be a threat to themselves or others. Margaret groban is a retired federal prosecutor and she is an expert in firearms regulation. And shes now a Law Professor at the university of maine school of law. Professor, thanks so much for joining us. So knowing maines existing gun laws and the suspects history, what went wrong here . Because it does seem as though the yellow flag law should have been enacted and he shouldnt have had firearms. Well, thanks for having me on. There are a couple of things here. The first is theres a federal firearm ban. And we dont really have enough information yet. But if card had been involuntarily committed to the Mental Hospital in new york then he would be subject to a federal permanent ban on possession of firearms. And that would have been entered into the brady Background Check System so that if he tried to buy a gun from a federal licensee in maine he would have been prohibited from doing so. But because maine does not have universal background checks, if he were prohibited he could have gone to any slot guide or private sale and he could have bought a firearm. As far as the yellow flag law goes youre right, we do not have a red flag law. We have an inadequate substitute which is yellow flag. And that has to be initiated by someone calling the police. So you mentioned two people who have to find hes a danger. In fact, its three steps. First, Law Enforcement has to be called, and you cannot initiate it without contacting Law Enforcement. Law enforcement has determined someone is a danger to themselves or others. Then they take the person into protective custody. Then a Mental Health professional has to make that same determination. And then a judge would have to make that same determination before firearms could be taken away. So he was a firearms instructor. Right . So if he was adjudicated mentally ill, involuntarily over the summer, and that would have enacted the what youre talking about, the federal law that would have made it so he cannot purchase a firearm from a federally licensed dealer, first of all, that says nothing about, you know, buying at a gun show or buying from just an individual. But lets put that aside. Hes a firearms instructor. He already had presumably tons of firearms. Being involuntarily committed, nobody comes and takes the guns he already has, right . Thats correct. Thats correct. So it would take either him admitting that he had firearms or a Family Member or someone notifying Law Enforcement that hes a prohibited person and that he has firearms. And then they could get a Search Warrant on the basis of him being a prohibited person to get the guns out of his possession. See, because it seems to me i cover these a lot, unfortunately. Anybody in news today, we cover Mass Shootings all the time. And it seems to me like if you do a venn diagram of the problem in the United States you have a tremendous Mental Health crisis and then you have a lot of access to guns and it seems like where they meet in that venn diagram is like where there might be the most willingness to fix it maybe. But that yes. That only yeah. Go ahead. I mean, thats unfortunately the problem, is in maine we have theres a very strong gun culture in the state, and i think people were naive to think that Something Like this in a state awash with guns would not happen. Its heartbreaking, its tragic, but its entirely predictable. If we dont have gun laws that try to keep guns out of the hands of people who shouldnt have them. Right. But thats my point. Like if were not at least trying to say okay, were not going to you know, we respect the second amendment, the Supreme Court has made this interpretation of the second amendment, this is how we have to live, et cetera, et cetera. Whether or not you accept that or the people at home accept that thats right or how congress should behave, if were not going to make an effort to try to keep guns out of the hands of people who are mentally who are involuntarily com michted because theyre Hearing Vises and having homicidal thoughts, then where are we as a society . Thats exactly right. Clearly it sounds like there was a clear Mental Health crisis here. You would hope that if he was voluntarily committed, which would not have prohibited him from having guns i mean, we cant legislate our way out of this problem. But as a community if we know that someone is Hearing Voices that are telling him to shoot up places or do things i think we all kind of have a responsibility as a community to start the yellow flag process so that guns, as burdensome as it is in maine, that process could have been started to take these guns away from him. Margaret groban, professor, thank you so much for your time. I appreciate it. Thank you. Anyway. Then theres this region at war, of course. Today the Israeli Military rolled its tanks into the Northern Gaza. But they didnt stay long. Is this the beginning of a larger operation . More here from israel. Thats next. Nice footwork. Man, youre lucky, watching live sports never used to be this easy. Now you can stream all your games like its nothing. Yes [ cheers ] yeah woho running up and down that field looks tough. Its a pitch. Get way more into what youre into when you stream on the xfinity 10g network. Heres why you should switch fo to duckduckgo on all your Devie Duckduckgo comes with a builtn engine like google, but its pi and doesnt spy on your searchs and duckduckgo lets you browse like chrome, but it blocks cooi and creepy ads that follow youa from google and other companie. And theres no catch. Its fre. We make money from ads, but they dont follow you aroud join the millions of people taking back their privacy by downloading duckduckgo on all your devices today. Were back with live coverage from tel aviv. Youre looking right now at some new video released by Israels Defense Forces showing israeli tanks in Northern Gaza during what the idf is calling a, quote, targeted raid on wednesday. Lets go right to cnns nic robertson, whos just outside the gaza border in sderot. Nic, does this video and what youre hearing, what youre reporting, reveal anything about the timing of a potential Ground Incursion . Reporter it does seem to be getting nearer. We heard today from both one of the senior spokesmen of the idf, and we heard from the Defense Minister today, both saying that they are preparing for the next phase of the war, that there are more stages like the one we saw last night that are going to happen, that we can expect more incursions. That incursion last night, we saw it play out quite literally down here behind us. John can probably show you here right now a fire burning because there have been flares fired up in this area, landing on the fields on the israeli side of the gaza fence, by the way. And setting fire to the fields here. What we saw last night was tank fire from those tanks on that incursion, a largescale but limited in scope incursion going after hamas targets who were Planning Operations against israel. Thats what the idf said. We saw it play out but we didnt know what it was until the idf announced it this morning. Tonight it seems flares going off, were hearing small arms fire. You get the sense that the troops are in action along the front. Developments can happen at any moment. And this is what the idf is indicating, that this is just the runup. More limited incursions on the leadup to something much bigger, jake. And nic, a hamas delegation reportedly met in moscow to discuss they claim they were discussing releasing hostages. Thats according to Russian Media and hamascontrolled media. How does israel what are they saying about that meeting . Reporter yeah, theyre saying these delegates, hamas delegates should be expelled from russia, what really what the russians are doing and remembering as well that hamas on the 7th of october, those barbaric killings, they killed russians as well. The idf rather, Government Officials are saying look, right now the moscow government is just legitimizing hamas to commit more atrocities. They dont want that dialogue to continue. All right. Nic robertson in sderot, thank you so much. Joining us now, retired u. S. Army general and former nato Supreme Allied Commander wesley clark. General clark, thanks so much for joining us. An Idf Spokesperson says the gaza raid was a, quote, clear and sweep operation. What does that mean and does that mean, do you think, that a Ground Incursion is imminent . Well, its one of the preliminary steps to a Ground Incursion. First of all, we dont flow if that was the only raid. Maybe there have been more. We dont flow if they left behind any forces in there. So they may have gone in, probed, looked for enemy contact, returned fire, withdrawn. They could have gone in and left forces in there. It could be a preparation for a larger incursion at the same spot. It could be a feint, or a deception. It could be just a probe to test the reactions and see if you can get the enemy to light up its communications and respond with artillery or mortars and then hammer that. So you get a lot of different play when you do Something Like this. Is there any historic Military Comparison that you can think of to what the idf might be facing when it comes to hamass mileslong network, the spiderwebs of tunnels which we now know house not only weapons but also hostages . The toughest battle probably the u. S. Ever fought was the battle of okinawa, jake. And the japanese were really dug in, and they fought from tunnels and they popped up and they shot marines and Army Soldiers and disappeared again. And it went on for a long time. They used kamikazes against the fleet out there. We took some very heavy navy losses in that battle. And the fight on the ground was just horrific. Its probably the toughest underground and urban and tough terrain fight the u. S. Militarys ever had. And that was 1945. Tougher than mosul. Tougher than fallujah. But in both those other two battles we did ootz use the same tactics the israelis tried here. We feinted. We probed. We wanted to throw the enemy off balance. They didnt know where we were coming in. And thats part of what all this is about. Retired u. S. Army general wesley clark, thank you so much. Really appreciate it. Thanks, jake. The October 7th Hamas attack from the perspective of an israeli volunteer rescue squad. My heartbreaking visit to their command center, next. United hatzalah is israels volunteer rescue service, with 7,000 trained emergency workers, jews, christians, muslims, throughout the country ready to spring into action when alerted, helping those in need until an ambulance can arrive. On october 7th many of them heeded the call, and some paid the ultimate price. We want to warn you, some of what youre about to hear you might find disturbing. Reporter frantic callers knew what was going on immediately. [ speaking in a nonenglish language ] caller after caller understood and pleaded for help. It was a deliberate terrorist attack. Calls rang out in this busy jerusalem call center at the headquarters of United Hatzalah, or united rescue. The all volunteer First Responders group is nearly 7,000 strong across israel. Using hightech tracking and Communications Tools to reach emergencies as fast as possible. Treating patients free of charge and getting to them quicker than, say, the National Ambulance service here. I was here at 7 15 in the morning. Everyone would just go out, wear any Protection Gear you have, take your medical equipment with you, take your gun if you have one. Reporter founder eli beer says the morning of october 7th more than 1,000 team members did just that. Everyone was out, no matter if theyre jews or arabs or christian. They were all out saving lives. Reporter videos taken by the group that day show hatzalah volunteers who rushed into regions under attack. In the first 14 days of war United Hatzalah says it dispatched at least 300 response vehicles including helicopters, ambulances and these specially equipped ambucycles that can weave between traffic with supplies. More than 3,000 people have been treated according to United Hatzalah. But not all of them could be saved pf two of their own were murdered that day 37 one a medwick an elite unit of the israeli army was killed in action. The other 23yearold Awad Darawasha was working at the nova Music Festival as a medic. Everyone was running away. He stayed with this young girl who was bleeding trying to stop her bleeding because she had three or four bullets in her. And he was trying to save her. And the terrorists came and caught him. And they realized he was an arab. And he was wearing this vest with the israeli flag on it. Took us a couple of days to find out where he is. They threw him in a ditch. He was unrecognizable. He was such a beautiful young boy. Reporter the terrorists tortured dr. Tarek abu awar, a bedouin who was driving into danger to try to help anyone who needed it. He was ambushed by terrorists when he stopped to help what he thought was a patient in need. And when he came, he started treating people, he took out his equipment and they captured him. And they hung him. They tied him to a pole, a light pole. And he was there for nine hours dying. They shot his legs. He was injured. We actually found him hours later. And he was thank god hes okay. Reporter beer started United Hatsala as a teenager 35 years ago. He has responded to countless scenes of horror and gore and grotesque scenes of terrorism. But he says nothing, nothing could have prepared him for what he saw in the aftermath of october 7th. Im doing this for so many years and ive been through the worst bomb attacks and terror attacks and Car Accidents in my life. If you put all these attacks together for 35 years and all the gruesome stuff i saw, its nothing compared to one day, october 7th, the day i saw the south of israel. I never imagined in my life ill ever see i never imagined i could see a holocaust. I used to see the holocaust in a museum in black and white. I saw it in color. I saw people that were torn apart to pieces. They killed they literally wanted to torture them and humiliate their bodies. Things that i saw that ill never, ever forget. Im still smelling the smell of the flesh, of the burned flesh. A lot of the victims were burned. And i dont know why they did it but they started burning people. Maybe they shouldnt be recognized. They were just going around shooting and killing people. After that just torturing their bodies. And they came back home with pictures of jews murdered. Thats why they came. They wanted to humiliate the jews in the world, say look what we did to the jews. They wanted to cause another holocaust here in israel. The mutilations, the burnings, the beheaded corpses that eli saw, the moms and dads, the children, the pets that Hamas Terrorists killed. As someone who prides himself on having founded a multifaith, Multicultural Organization dedicated to saving lives, eli beer seems shaken to his core. Were going to go back to that manhunt in maine. A woman who was in the Bowling Alley when that gunman stormed in will join me next. 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S. , an intense manhunt underway after 18 people were killed, one cease at a Bowling Alley, the other a Restaurant Bar and grill. Trisha was tragically killed, and bobby, were so, so sorry for your loss. Its a stupid question, but how are you doing . Not good. Not good. It was very traumatic. Can you walk us through yeah, can you walk us through what happened last night . You were there, right . Yeah. We were bowling. My sister, trisha, she works at the Bowling Alley, and she had the night off, so we had bowling leagues, and we were bowling. We heard a big bang, and my sister was bowling on another lane than i was. So we were a little bit apart there. Then we heard a lout noise, and i wasnt sure what it was under i heard another shot. Then i knew, and i seen i couldnt see her, and everybody was running. I got caught in people trampling and running out. We just kept running. There were shots fired outside the building after. We just kept running, running and running. It was dark out. Theres very little lighting there. I just ran as far as i could go until there was a fen and there were some trees. A bunch of us were just hiding behind the trees, wondering what was going on. When the cops showed up, there was all kinds of cops, guns and cops and guns, and rescue, and we were coming out of the woods, and we were telling the cops, dont shoot. They were telling us to keep walking, walking and walking. I kept asking, where is my sister . Where is my sister . Shes in there. And i just wanted to be with my sister. She was in there. I didnt know she was hurt until like two hours later. Somebody came out and said that she called 911, and when she call 911 to save everybody, she lost her life because of it. She was a great person. What else do you want us to know about her . That sounds brave and that sounds conscientious. My sister is a hero. Yeah, yeah, she is. She was a hero. She loved everybody. She was a good person. She did stuff for everybody. She raised money for other people that she didnt even know. She played golf. She worked at a golf course, too, and another company. She worked three jobs. She has a son. His name is brandon. He just turned 25 two days ago. Hes so lost. He also has a sister and two other brothers actually, three. Mark, jason and dale. And its not fair. No, not her, not her. Why her . Its very i know, its not fair. No, its not. Its not fair, bobbi. Im so sorry. No. Im so sorry. Thank you so much for telling us a bit about your sweet sister. She sounds like an amazing woman. Thank you. May her memory be a blessing. Thank you for talking with us ght. Yeah. Well be right back. Stark images show the devastation of israeli air strikes in response to the gaza attack. A warning, some of the images youre about to see are graphic and disturbing. Reporter a journalist, some called the voice of gaza, mourns over the body of his teenage son. Theyre taking their revenge by killing our children, he crisis. Al gentleman certo says they were all killed in an israeli air strike, the network says. The report had moved his family south of gaza city after an evacuation order, believing it would keep them safe. This conflict is taking a severe toll on the journalist, reporters are also facing threats, arrests and centsorship. No one and nowhere known enclave is spared, palestinians say. Death and funerals are constant. Anguish and agony on every corner. Every ten minutes a child is killed, Save The Children estimates. Anywhere else in the world it is sons who bury their father, this man says. Why is it different in gaza . Why do we have to bury our children before theyre even grown . Families desperate to keep their also ones safe are taking refuge anywhere they can find. Packet u. N. Shelters are turn people away. We cant live like this, how long are we supposed to live like this . Tell us, world, how long . Ekeing out a living here is grim. Everything is running out. I dont even know what the point is of being here, she says. Were still terrified, and we have nothing, no help. We can bear it, were grownups, but how are these children supposed to handle this . There is no childhood left here for the more than 1 million kids trapped in this hellscape, and no way to keep the youngest safe. Cnn, london. Our thanks to salma for that report. Our covers now best gins with wolf blitzer in the situation room. Ill see you tomorrow. Breaking news, loud bangs were just heard near