rejecting calls for a cease-fire as its troops and tanks advance ever deeper into gaza. warren a through leaks by the deadly hot -- know the israeli ground operation is expanding. it believes israeli forces are several kilometers, perhaps a little bit more than a couple of miles inside the enclave. and israeli prime minister is making it clear that there will be no troops, comparing his government stands to that of the u.s. after the attacks on pearl harbor. a 9/11. this is a time for more. a war for a common future. today, we draw a line. between the forces of civilization. and the forces of -- it is a time -- israel will stand against the forces until -- >> in the meantime an israeli strike -- he said no one was injured. but there was damage to oxygen and water supplies. now with calls for humanitarian aid, growing ever lower -- the palestinian red crescent said 26 trucks carrying food and medical supplies cross into gaza from each monday. that it does not include fuel, which israel refuses to allowed in. arguing hamas will steal it and use it for rocket attacks. on monday, the idf announced the rescue of a hamas hostage during ground operations in gaza the israeli soldier was abducted during the october 7th attack. and she has not been reunited with their family. cnn's nick robertson has more. >> for a moment, they fear might never come. private -- hugs her grandmother. with her family. rescued by the idf after more than three weeks, held hostage by hamas. ♪ ♪ ♪ a moment of hope to, for families of other hostages. >> in some way they are listening to us right now. please, please stay strong. >> but even as she met her family, hamas propaganda and free hostages they still hold. seen here before their capture, the hamas videos, cnn has decided not to air. it shows the women under a parent the rest. blaming the prime minister for not calling a cease-fire to help get them released. netanyahu, unrelenting. and refusing hamas's pressure. >> this is the united states, it would not agree to a cease fire after the bombing of pearl harbor. or after the terrorist attack of 9/11. israel will not agree to the sensation between hamas -- >> inside gaza, israeli forces reinforcing that message. extending their incursion. into the densely populated neighborhood. ground troops according to the idea of calling in airstrikes on hamas stronghold. aircraft also dropping flyers. warning civilians, their neighborhoods are a battlefield. until evacuate south. >> this civilian looking vehicle didn't manage to escape. taking a direct hit from a tank. the idea of say, impossible to know if it contains civilians or terrorists. the mounting civilian death toll and deteriorating humanitarian conditions, feeling international pressures of israel to call a cease-fire. netanyahu insisting his is a just war. >> it means making a moral distinction between the deliberate murder of the innocent. and the unintentional casualties that accompany every legitimate war. >> as night falling, more, and more of gods as residents on the move. many in makeshift camps. all of them, just hoping they'll see the sunrise. nic robertson, cnn, sderot, israel. >> cnn's clare sebastian, now, joins us from london with more on the developments. and clare, there are a lot of developments unfortunately a lot of escalation. not good news for anyone. >> yes paula, i think you can say that this is what israel is calling a second stage. this ground offensive is now ramping up. you heard it in prime minister netanyahu's comments. rejecting any idea of a cease-fire. we're also seeing the idf sound monday, that they're moving additional troops into gaza. we see this bombing campaign continuing to intensify. and of, course those renewed call for evacuations for relief, let's also hearing from our correspondent in gaza city saying that she received a phone call to evacuate her neighborhoods that speaks to this. this sort of sense of escalation, but this campaign for israel. i think that what we can also say though is that israel is now able to add weight to its claims that it can balance these two goals of both eradicating hamas through this ground and air offensive. and getting these hostages out. it said that it manage the kill on monday and said four key hamas operatives, including the commander of the hamas naval unit, the tank unit and of course with the rescue what they're calling an active rescue, not a release of this female israeli soldier they are able to say that they can both conduct this ground offensive and get these hostages out because they are now for more than 200 still left in gaza. i think, on the flip side, israel is likely to face mounting pressure from the international committee when it comes to the situation with the civilians and gaza. but we are hearing reports from the last hour, and the last day of hospitals continue to be in the firing, palestinian red crescent society saying that the hospital in gaza city, which has already been damaged received a call for her to evacuate on sunday is again hearing bombing in the vicinity. they're saying that people in the hospital are terrified in the last few hours from the palestinian red crescent society. and in the northeast and then part of gaza. a turkish funded gaza hospital was hit according to the director of that hospital. no injuries. but this is something where israel has faced mounting calls, mounting alarm from the international community over the situation of the medical facilities and that pressure likely continued even as we see this offensive wrapping up. paula? >> chilling, one of those hospitals have been given ordered to evacuate when they know there's no word to evacuate to. clare sebastian for us in london. appreciate it. >> cnn global affairs analyst kim dozier joins me now from washington. and can, i really appreciate you getting your insights on this. especially as we see developments on the ground in the last few hours and netanyahu was resolute. israeli troops press on in the meantime. the prime minister claims that the rescue of the idea of soldier is proof that military pressures on hamas will, in equal measure both save and destroy hamas. is that even possible? >> well the families of the hostages certainly fear it is not. they think that if some of the hostages are saved, it will be by lock and some skill. but they are really worried about collateral damage as the israeli defense forces push forward in circling gaza city. it looks like that's what they're doing. and starting laying the seat for what looks like a long urban warfare, that's the kind of thing where you go block by block. the hostages are likely hidden in an underground tunnel network in different groups. so, perhaps they can get to some pockets of them in time. but every single tunnel that they go down will likely be booby trapped, mind and there's also the possibility that hamas will follow through with its earlier threats to execute hostages if israel approaches them. >> absolutely chilling, but clearly something that does terrified the families of those hostages. now, it seems, though in the meantime, the israeli troops are in gaza. and they may be there to stay for, weeks if not months. i want you to hear what one well sourced journalist said to cnn earlier. >> well the israelis are doing right now is that they are in circling gaza city, they are stealing the outskirts of the dense urban areas. but i think that in the next few days, we will start seeing this much more dramatic incursion into gaza city. >> now, in terms of what he's saying, that you can anticipate, certainly on the ground incursion to begin, perhaps in days. if not weeks. what does that look like on the ground? especially if israel intends to stay on the ground, for quite a bit of time. >> well, it seems that israeli defense forces either own press releases, each had a northern gaza and, from there, they will prosecute this operation. in terms of, we're probably going to see many more troops coming in there. but that 300,000 reservists call up wasn't just to invade gaza. it was also to strengthen, to shore up the north and also to strengthen security across the country. because the security services, after what happened, had to look at every previous plan that they had and tried to double up. so we're likely going to see more troops. urban warfare is different than the other kind of campaigns than we've seen the israelis pursuit. >> and in the meantime kim, you say the world opinion is turning against the campaign. and crucially against the u.s. support of it. you say hamas may be winning the public relations for. why? >> well, you hear in arab social media, in arab media reports this overwhelming surge of anti israel and anti-american opinion. they are seeing the images every day of palestinian civilians, mothers in bracing that children and screaming. lines, and lines of a trucks. not able to get into gaza. whereas there is a disinformation campaign of what to say that much of what the israelis claimed happened october 7th didn't happen. i've even had golf officials raised questions about, oh, the israeli's show do that awful video that they claim came from october 7th. but did you get it independently verified? that kind of thing, questioning their accountant what happened to them and so the u.s. allying itself with israel means that whatever israel does is being blamed for across the arab world and largely across, well, just look at the vote at the. when there was a vote in favor of a cease-fire in israel humanitarian cease-fire. but canada had amendment that the u.s.-backed to condemn hamas. for its attack and release all of the hostages. that did impasse. >> again in capsule there as the debates that continue at the u.n.. kim dozier for us. thank you so much. appreciated. >> things. >> now the unicef chief is issuing a stark warning saying that the lack of clean water in gaza is on the verge, becoming a catastrophe. and she said more than 2 million people are, of course, and our need of clean water in the enclave. and without, it they will suffer from dehydration and waterborne diseases. while they show us the gravity of the situation. >> in gaza, the fight for survival grows more desperate by the hour. civil order is breaking down with you an aid warehouses. the water shortage is so bad, that some are now turning to the sea for the supplies that they so desperately need. >> very difficult they are not set up for this the shelter, which we call shelter now is supposed to be a schools. so in a classroom that's supposed to have, 20, kids or 30 kids for schools every day you have more than 100 7200 people. we -- used to talk all the time, of all the time. all eyes are now on the rafah crossing. the last lifeline in and out of gaza. before the roll some 400 truck today one into the enclave, according to the world food programme. a flow never deuce to a trickle. with fewer with 200 getting through roughest and the war began with. a crossing that is not as crucial as it is uncertain -- >> we will keep going until the end. until they get all their humanitarian needs. god be with them. we are there egyptian brothers. our hands are in their hands. we've been here for 15 days, already. and we will stay for as long as it takes. >> it is at the nearby irish airport that aid from all over the world arrives. before being loaded into the egyptian red crescent truck on the way to rafah. the convoys also go through inspection by israeli officials by the -- crossing before the aid can be delivered to those who so desperately needed. [speaking in a non-english language] >> translator: since we got here 20 days ago, we only got two coupon toward the aid. each of which is only sufficient for a small child. >> a stranglehold that aid agencies warn is unlikely to be fixed without a cease-fire. >> it is definitely going to be dehydration. there's definitely going to be starvation. there is definitely going to be a crisis. malnutrition is going to be an issue. we're talking about people who are reducing food to avoid going to the toilet. it's a simple as that. >> meaning that, for now, for those inside gaza. there is little hope that more aide will get in and even less that they will get out. melissa bell, >> still to come for, us israel issues its highest travel alert for parts of russia after an antisemitic mob stormed their capital. we will l have videoeo. israel has now issued its highest travel warning to pakistan and other areas of southern half russia after an antisemitic mob stormed the airport. sunday officials said the ongoing war, sundays incident, and other possible attacks of violence against israelis and. cnn's frederik pleitgen has details. >> >> the moment an angry mob charged onto the tarmac towards a plane from tel aviv, looking for israelis. some passengers surrounded forced to prove they are not. i don't know t this language, this man assssures. do you want to fool us? take his passport, a man answers. rumors swirled that the muslim majority dagestan region of russia, this jet was carrying israel's refugees, setting off the rampage. there are no more passengers here, honestly, ground staff member says as the crowd surrounds the aircraft. [speaking in a non-english language] everyone immediately go back onto the plane, the crew of a different aircraft orders its passengers, as the protesters charge those disembarking. hundreds also broke into the terminal building, some carrying palestinian flags, leading to a total shutdown of the airport. they continued outside as well. rioters searching vehicles also looking for. i have a sick kid, here, we only have six kids. let us go, the man in this bus says. this woman screams, we were traveling to break our kids to get medical treatment, let us go. what do you want from us? [sound of gunfire] russian security forces used choppers to bring in reinforcements, firing into the air to try and push the protesters back. authorities say more than 20 were injured, and more than 60 detained. the crowd throwing rocks at police even after they were driven out of the airport. russian president, vladimir putin, held a meeting with security staff, but the kremlin blames, quote, external interference for inciting the crowd. while it is not clear whether any israelis were harmed, condemnation from israel's president in an interview with german publication built. >> it was like a program, thank god it was prevented by authorities. it looked like -- it was liven everyone was worried. [speaking in a non-english language] >> fred pleitgen, cnn, berlin. >> now the conflict between israel and hamas is also creating tension on some u.s. college campuses. cornell university's president says police are investigating a series of antisemitic threats made against the school's jewish community. the online post surfaced sunday and included threats to shoot jewish students and encouraged others to harm them. that was according to the school's student newspaper. cornell's police have announced it will increase patrols and provide additional security for jewish students. and organizations. on the ancient but now almost empty streets of east jerusalem, there is a fear of palestinian neighborhoods. young men tell if they are worried that israeli police will arrest them for the slightest infraction. merchants say they are struggling for customers. cnn's erin burnett went to east jerusalem to see how residents there are coping. >> the call to prayer over jerusalem. echoing over what are normally packed streets, now nearly empty. settlement wiley city comes to his shop only for a change of scenery because no one is buying anything, he says. palestinians telling us that they are afraid of israeli police, essentially living under curfew. >> they have crossed all the red lines. they use force and arrest people for silly things like a photo on your phone. >> young children are the only people we saw out in any notable numbers because young men are afraid. we went to talk to them in east jerusalem, they were terribly afraid to speak on camera. mohammed told us, god make you happy. a way of saying, i am sorry i can't speak. if i do, he adds, i will go to jail. one of them showed us why they believe this. this is a tiktok video on his phone. it has gone viral among young palestinian men. >> he says israel is planning a new law to revoke citizenship or national i.d. from anyone who supports terrorism. and it's true, israeli cabinet officials are proposing such a lot. to these young men, it means they could be arrested for anything. they tell us they will go to jail if they have a -- on their phone home stream or a post a picture of dead palestinian. we looked up the current israeli law. it reads, in part, anyone who commits an act of commit identifying with a terror organization, including through publicizing praise or support, waving a flag, showing or promoting a symbol, or promoting a slogan an anthem, the judgment is 3 years in prison. in fact, since the war began, israel has already arrested many hundreds of young palestinian men giving the simple explanation that they are, quote, affiliated with hamas. and the fear is pervasive. one young man was afraid of arrest, it told us that he was recently released from 18 months in prison after he says he was arrested at a protest near jerusalem's -- mosque. one group of young men told them they have been beaten by police along this wall at the bottom of their street. but, the men were hospitable to us. some gave us water and refused to take money even though they say there is no business, no money, no livelihood for them now. >> the situation is scarce. everyone is afraid. young people, they have a passion. they are not happy with the situation. they say this is our country. what are they going to do to us? this is ours. >> our thanks to erin burnett for that report. across the west bank, israeli forces are clashing with armed palestinian groups suspected of being hamas operatives or otherwise involved in terrorism. the palestinian health ministry say 4 palestinian men in their twenties were killed overnight in the city of jenin. israel claims at least one of them was a member of islamic jihad, the ministry says 121 palestinians have been killed on the west bank since october 7th when hamas attacked israel. israeli forces advance into gaza, attacking from the air and ground, palestinian civilians find themselves caught in the middle. a disturbing look of what is happening. that is next. and we, before we go to break, we leave you with a few of the gaza skyline as seen from israel at this hour. you're probably not easily persuaded to switch mobile providers for your business. but what if we told you it's possible that comcast business mobile can save you up to 75% a year on your wireless bill versus the big three carriers? 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>>. no, i have not heard from them in the past 3 days, unfortunately. she said that she was alive, she asked me to pray for them. but they continue to be struggling with food security and safety. she is a 71 year old and she is trying to survive this. the situation is immensely worsened from our colleagues, every day we look at the numbers of palestine refugees and it really goes up to the logistics that we have our 600 and -- inside 150 facilities. that is overcrowding. there's 4 times the capacity right now, 1000 people, now there is 4000. there is food and security, obviously you know there are safety concerns for our staff and for the last 36 hours our team, our colleagues have very little communications. so there was a lot of destruction and logistical changes for people with food and water, so, ideally, it is not a very good position to be in. you know, we continue to call for that prediction of civilians, but, as you can see, it has been a challenge to keep our staff safe as we have lost in fact 63 staff who were killed as a result of the violence and the airstrikes in gaza. we are trying to continue, but it is becoming harder and harder now. >> of course, it must be so challenging. >> when you look at the challenges of every hour it's a struggle to survive, which is why i ask you, we do hear about aid getting into gaza. we are just in the last 2 days ago there was because of lack of communication. as you know the services are down, the internet and the phone, that is part of the tactic, their invasion for gaza. so that -- we are happy to receive aid, but it is a mismatch. we are receiving, for example, things that might be for it or not relevant right now. for example, some hospitals, it is a very slow process. you know, we are trying to get medicine and medical supplies, we're not getting as much as we need. obviously without the food, that the most important thing. without fuel it doesn't matter how many trucks are allowed in. as you know, that hospital continues to require this and water, deliveries, ambulances, and right now, if people can't call an ambulance how will they feel safe? we are seeing the crumbling of civilization as we know it in gaza right now and we are concerned and we are hoping that the israelis promised the civilians, as of right, now we're not seeing that at the moment. >> there is a lot of pressure to get to that. i will at the united nations office for the coordination of humanitarian affairs has called for there to be the crossing that links israel and gaza. for that to be open as a humanitarian corridor. now, you and i both know that the odds of that are very slim, but also, i have to ask you, some of the families of the hostages themselves say that the more aid that gaza gets, the longer they believe their loved ones will remain in captivity. how does the u.n. balance those concerns? >> yeah, obviously, the usa is a little bit, we are part of the support. you are correct, obviously we want all civilians to be protected, including the hostages in gaza. obviously we want them to be safe, but we are focused on protecting and uplifting the experience of the palestinian refugees. i hope that the crossing gets opened, right now that it gets shifted 100 kilometers for the israelis to check it and once the green light for the trucks goes in, that slows down the process. we're asking for 100 trucks a day, right now, we are getting maybe 10 to 20 a day. hopefully i am hearing some promising things about 50 trucks a day. that is going to save lives. you know, we are not talking about anything sophisticated like computers, were just telling people that we need water. this is a very basic humanitarian demand and our colleagues are open to get as much as we can get people to the services they need. now that we're talking about civilians and that is somehow be come controversial. >> it is not an exaggeration. as i said, that every minute of every day is about surviving. i really hope that you hear more from your family that they stay safe and that you continue to work and be granted strength for the work that you do. thank you so much. >> thank you for having me. >> now the brutality of hamas's attack on israel is hindering efforts to identify the victims. coming up, what officials are doing to bring answers to so many families desperately waiting on news about their loved ones. >> israel's foreign ministry says a german israeli woman kidnapped by hamas has been declared dead. a source says forensic examiners found a bone fragment from the base of a skull and dna testing concluded it belonged to 23 year old -- she attended the nova music a festival in southern israel on october 7th when the mosque attacked. according to the foreign ministry, a mosque kidnapped, tortured, and paraded her around gaza. video appeared to show her unconscious on the back of a hamas truck. israeli doctors and friends and experts have also been working to identify other victims murdered by hamas, but their work has been challenging, given, as you can imagine, how badly some of the bodies were mutilated. cnn's sara snider as detailed in this report, which we want to warn you, contained disturbing images. >> these are hamas militants, arriving at kibbutz be'eri on october 7th, terrorizing residents. >> [speaking in a non-english language] [speaking in a non-english language] [speaking in a non-english language] [speaking in a non-english language] >> the last conversation between a mother and son in kibbutz barry. the daughter shared with us, her last memory of her mother, as hamas descended on her parents home. >> i know after half an hour she was writing, help, help. then, it was. quiet >> next time she saw her parents, they were in coffins. some families have yet to say goodbye outside tel aviv. at the military base, inside these containers there are hundreds of unidentified bodies, many mutilated and in fragments. >> this place is indeed pure. it's wholly. it's a paradise. but, it's also. >> forensic experts, dentist, rabbis, are working day and night to identify the victims of october 7th. >> the smell is completely overwhelming. i mean, completely overwhelming, even with this on. it's refrigerated, but some of the bodies are just in pieces. it does not take much to be really badly affected by just looking at the horror of that. >> even those whose job disses or struggling. >> the lack of humanity. pure cruelty. during our identification process, we heard the screams, and we heard the cries of the families that came and said their last goodbyes. >> the brutality of the hamas attack is forcing a change to burial rights, usually very strict in judaism. [speaking in a non-english language] according to jewish law, we bury the dead when they're in the ground. and this case, we bury them in their coffins, because we want to respect them, but also because there is not much of them. >> -- and her colleagues say this is the worst thing they've ever seen, because of the evidence of torture. >> i started crying, and the other people hugged and we have these breaking moments, because this is atrocious crimes. these are crimes against humanity. this is not regular murder or terror attack or bus explosions. we see all of this in israel. but, never anything like this. >> what she does know for sure, is this is more death and torture than she has ever seen in her career. cemeteries like this one are popping up across the country. this is just a temporary grave site that's being dug for the victims of the october 7th hamas attack. when you look at these graves, you can see the remnants of some of the things they loved in live. but, there are gruesome details. one of these graves, for example, has two bodies from a family buried together. families are insisting that these temporary resting places are just that, temporary. >> we don't want them to be buried in another place. they are people of there. this is their home, their community, they cannot be anywhere else. >> that is because, so far, kibbutz be'eri is still under control of israeli army. it's too dangerous to go back, and she realizes her family is just one of potentially 1400 having to make this awful decision. three weeks in, she says they have no idea when they can go home again. and, when they can finally bury her parents and the final resting place. >> sara sidner, cnn, tel aviv. >> u.s. military said its troops have been under attack for weeks. in syria and iraq. and begun, officials iranian -backed militias have a u.s. forces almost two dozen times since mid october. when lieberman has more. >> we have seen a continuation of the, attacks of u.s. forces in the middle east since october 17th. the number, now according to the pentagon stands at 23 attacks against u.s. forces in iraq and syria over the course of the last two weeks or so. the problem here is that it was carried out strikes on facilities in eastern syria, linked to iranian-backed groups accused of carrying out the attacks on u.s. forces. the purpose of those narrowly targeted strikes was to send a message that the u.s. would protect itself and try to also send a message of deterrence against iran and iranian proxies to tell them, look, the u.s. will protect its own interest there in korea strikes if needed. but since those strikes we've seen about half of a dozen attacks. so the message is not getting across. so the messages, will the u.s. act again. will they carry for airstrikes. on the iranian-backed group that is accused of striking u.s. forces, or at least attempting to with rockets or drones. the u.s. has left the possibility. but it has to weigh that against the risk of escalation, a broader escalation which is something that the u.s. is trying to avoid. from president joe biden, on, down in the white house they have tried to draw distinction between the conflict and gaza between israel and hamas. and other efforts, other actors in the middle east. trying to point out the u.s. presence in iraq and syria. it's about the ongoing defeat of i.s.i.s.. but those were not distinctions that have been recognized by many actors including these iranian-backed groups in the middle east. and that is made it difficult, for the u.s.. even as it tries diplomatically. militarily even. to try to keep these conflicts separate. only berman, cnn, in the pentagon. >> a group challenging donald trump's eligibility for the ballot in colorado, he used the former presidents own words against, him as the case went to trial monday. citizens for responsibility in ethics in washington is looking to use a civil war era provision, of the u.s. constitution that part people who have engaged in, quote, insurrection or rebellion. from holding federal office. the group played clips from trump's infamous election night speech where he falsely claimed victory. and when he urged supporters to fight like, the u.s. capital on january six. a lawyer for trump denied the former president has sided supporters to violence and said it would set a dangerous precedent to disqualify him. now, the stars of friends have broken their silence over the death of cast mate got the pair, in a statement to people magazine, jennifer anderson, -- , courtney cox, and matt leblanc, and lisa kudrow right that we are also utterly devastated by the loss of matthew. we were more than just cast mates. we were a family. there's so much to say. but right now we're going to take a moment to grieve and process this unfathomable loss. perry starred as chandler, on the hit nbc sick come from 1994, until 2004. he died saturday in his home in l.a., cause of death has not yet been determined. matthew perry was 54. i want to thank all of you for watching, i'm paula newton, i'll be right back with more news and more.