's club welcome to all of abuse watching in the united states and around the world. i am in accord with our continuing coverage of the israel hamas war. we begin in gaza with a horrific scene outside the largest hospital in gaza city. this video was obtained by cnn and is extremely graphic. the israeli military admits it was behind this asteroid just outside the hospital, using an ambulance and killing at least 15 people, according to hamas hill authorities, the ambulance was said to be a part of a convoy carrying patients to southern gaza. the idf claims the ambulance was being used by hamas, which is said to abuse emergency vehicles to transport fighters and weapons in the past. with israeli forces now circling gaza city, u.s. officials say they expect the air campaign to subside, as idf soldiers announced into the dense urban environment. following developments from, for us, i should say, from abu dhabi. let's start with that israeli airstrike on the ambulance convoy. what do we know? >> reporter: what we do know is the idf says that when targeting hamas operatives from the other perspective, from the palestinian red crescent, they are saying this is a convoy carrying injured patients that are heading to the south from the north, the international organization, as well, the international committee of the red cross also saying that they were aware of this conflict, that even though they weren't involved in this convoy, that no ambulance or hospital should be targeted. and i want to give you a reaction from the u.n. secretary-general, antonio guiteras, a short while ago. saying he is horrified by the israeli strike on the ambulance convoy, saying that the images of bodies strewn on the streets outside the hospital are absolutely heroine, now for nearly one month, civilians including children and women have been besieged, denied aid, and killed, and bombed out of their homes. so this is a significant response coming through from the united nations. of course there has been a lot of concern in terms of the intensity of israeli airstrikes into gaza, the civilian death toll. it is over 9000. and of course, antony blinken, the u.n. secretary of states in israel yesterday speaking with intima netanyahu, peeling for some kind of a pause in order to get aid into the gaza strip, for mediation talks, of course, benjamin netanyahu pushing back saying that is only a possibility, all hostages are released but i want you to take a listen to what lincoln said about the civilian impacts and he spoke really emotionally about it. i want you to listen in. >> i have seen images, too. of palestinian children, and boys and girls pulled from the wreckage of buildings. and when i see that, when i look into their eyes, through the tv screen, i see my own children. how can we not? >> a significant bite to their, anna, and of course he also said that hamas is using civilian as human shields. that being said, the death toll in gaza is becoming untenable and there are a lot of questions now that israeli, israelis are facing. of course, the u.s. are facing a terms of proportionality and terms of the terror attack on october 7th. in terms of the strike on the ambulance, we understand from the hamas led ministry of health saying that 15 people were killed around 16 people are injured in the aftermath of this is going to be very much scrutinize. the other question becomes in terms of getting aid into gaza, this is one of the other important points here, we know that not enough has been going in on a good day before october 7th you'd have 458 trucks getting into the gaza strip since october 7th according to the palestinian red crescent, they're saying only 374 trucks have entered gaza. we are hearing harrowing accounts from dr. does and hospitals across the gaza strip saying they are running out of medicine, they are embarking on surgeries without any anesthetics, and basically some of the hospitals have run out of fuel to keep the generators on. of course, fuel is becoming a very hot topic the big concern from the idf is that it is going to end up in hamas's hands and the other perspective here is that hospitals cannot offer any assistance to the injured and keep the lights on and keep vital equipment going without access to fuel and we are hearing these reports not only coming through from the ministry of health that is led by hamas but also from doctors and international organizations saying that the situation in gaza is becoming absolutely catastrophic. >> getting back to what antony blinken just said, children are children no matter where they are in the world. really appreciate that update. joining us from abu dhabi, thank you. palestinians in gaza mourns the death of tv correspondent, mohammed abu hatab , who was killed in southern gaza on thursday, along with 11 members of his family. as the civilian death toll steadily grows, the united nations is sounding the alarm, cnn's reports on the humanitarian crisis in the enclave. a warning, some may find the images in this report disturbing. >> it is every journalists worst nightmare. why live on air, this reporter found out his colleague was killed, and in his other despair, he rips off his flak jacket. there is no protection at all, no international law, nothing, he says. this safety gear, this helmet, it does nothing to keep us safe. these are just slogans? no journalist is protected at all. correspondent mohammed abu hatab, and 11 of his family members, killed in an alleged israeli airstrike, palestine tv reported. he is among 33 journalists killed since the start of the conflict on october 7th, the committee to protect journalists says, making it the deadliest period for the news media since the group began tracking in 1992, it said. mohammed abu hatab was killed in southern gaza, the part of the strip the israeli military tells civilians to flee towards but continues to strike daily. many families, too afraid or unable to evacuate remain here in the north of the strip, where gaza city is encircled by israeli troops, the idf says and some 300 two to 400,000 civilians were trapped, the u.n. estimates. they are stuck in a health scape. and intensifying ground assault have leveled neighborhoods and left over thousand children missing under the rubble, humanitarian organization say. their parents keep digging for them. >> my four children, this father cries. why, god, why did you let me die? why? and there is nowhere to turn for refuge. u.n. shelters where nearby israeli fire plow or has claimed the lives are no longer safe. now, many gazans live on the streets of w war zone. >> we are humans, we are not terrorists, he says. look, we have our children around us. not even the u.n. shelters can protect us. only god can protect us. and with israeli troops closing in, their plight seems increasingly more precarious. cnn, london. military analyst malcolm davis is with the australian to the policy institute and joins us now from canberra. good to see you. i would like to get your assessment of this war thus far, how close is israel from achieving its objective of destroying hamas, which some say is impossible? >> reporter: look, i don't think it's close to destroying hamas. i think israel is making steady but slow progress in terms of advancing carefully into gaza. clearly they got to the point now where they encircle gaza city and they are controlling much of north gaza, but they are not anywhere near destroying hamas, hamas still has a large fighting force, a lot of them probably have relocated to the south using that tunnel network and the obvious key question in everyone's mind is at what point does the wall escalate horizontally? in other words, spread regionally to include other combatants such as hezbollah and iran and various palestinian militant groups. i think we are well away from being able to declare, for example, mission accomplished. >> i wonder about a potential escalation. but first, the u.s. is expecting israel to shift tactics, reducing the scale in its air campaign and focusing more on tactical ground operations, do you agree with this assessment and tell us about the challenges involved in it? >> i think that would make a lot of sense. i think what the israeli defense force needs to do now is go in and consolidate and exploit their advantages on the ground to actually pursue hamas deeper into gaza and that could also involve going into the tunnel network, the gaza metro, as it's called. and i think probably reducing the number of airstrikes, increasing the amount of air surveillance but reducing the strikes, probably makes a great deal of sense, and i think that certainly the united states and others will put pressure on israel to do that and i think it is a shift that israel probably could comply with. >> we will receive less civilian casualties in the next phase of this will do you believe? >> i think it is probably going to continue, unfortunately. the nature of the environment is that gaza is a densely populated small area with large numbers of civilians, hamas has refused to allow many of those civilians to evacuate to the south, so they are trapped and hamas is using them as human shields. they are locating, their operating bases and their logistic bases under the civilian areas such as refugee camps and hospital so there is that risk that civilians will continue to suffer. but the israelis have to advance. they have to try and fight street by street, they have to deal with the sorts of threats they will face from hamas such as ied's and traps and the ability of hamas to use dense urban environments as a defensive position, and unfortunately civilians are just located so it is almost impossible to discriminate. >> we heard for the first time since this will began from hezbollah's leader, there was a lot of talk about a second front potentially opening up on the israel lebanon border but in his address he didn't seem to indicate that that was his intention, at least not publicly . do you buy that? >> i think he is leaving his options open. i think the address from what i saw basically didn't commit him either way, didn't come attend to into the wall anytime soon but nor did it commit him to stay out. i think that what you are seeing with hezbollah is continued intensity activity along the israel-lebanon border against israel with hezbollah launching attacks on an almost daily basis and i think can ramp up the rate and the intensity of those attacks when it chooses, when he chooses to do so, but also he has to listen to what tehran once and if tehran is saying to him, essentially, into the war, hezbollah must in the war than i think you will do it because ultimately hezbollah is dependent on a ron for its continued power and influence. so i don't think we are necessarily out of the woods yet in terms of this war escalating horizontally and becoming a major regional wall. >> malcolm davis, we appreciate you inside and perspective, thank you so much. >> thank you. still to come, the u.s. is pushing for a humanitarian pause and gaza, sending a clear message with the secretary of state's latest trip to israel. we will tell you what the israeli prime minister h had to say. afafghan refugeeees in p pa refused toto go baback to this ancestral homeland and face life under the brutal talibaban regimeme. u.s. secretary of state, antony blinken is now in jordan where the foreign minister is expected to tell him that the, quote, is really war on gaza must stop. it follows a visit to israel where blinken met with prime minister benjamin netanyahu and other top officials on friday. mr. netanyahu says he will not agree to a cease-fire in gaza unless hamas releases all of its hostages. sources tell cnn israeli officials have been frustrated with hamas releasing only one or two at a time. >> i clarified that we, israel, is going with all its force and refuse to any cease-fire which does not include bringing back our hostages. >> more now on blinken the middle east trip, from cnn's becky anderson. >> reporter: u.s. secretary of state, antony blinken, arriving in tel aviv on friday, with a forceful message. america's top diplomat reinforced washington's support for israel's right to defend itself after the brutal october the seventh hamas attacks. but he also said this. >> how israel does this matters and it is very important that it comes to the protection of civilians who are caught in a crossfire of hamas is making that everything be done to protect them and to bring assistance to those who so desperately needed. >> and his meeting with israel's war cabinet, blinken pushed for a humanitarian pause to help get the hostages released. some of whom are american citizens. >> a number of legitimate questions were raised in our discussion today, including how to use any period of pause to maximize assistance, how to connect a pause to the release of hostages, to how to ensure that hamas doesn't use these causes or arrangements to its own advantage. >> but after meeting with lincoln, israeli prime minister, benjamin netanyahu, insisted his government opposes any temporary cease-fire unless hamas frees all the hostages. and sources tell cnn, defense minister directly told lincoln there will be no pause without their release. those directly involved in the counter lead talks saying negotiators need a quote, a period of calm to facilitate the hostage release. >> obviously when there is bombardment, constant bombardment on this, you can't even expect for the hostages to be safely moved from one place to another so the best situation for us would be a period of calm that would allow for the hostages to be taken out of the same time with the humanitarian aid to go in. clearly blinken has left israel. the fate of the hostages remains far from certain. becky anderson, cnn, doe hall. michael oren, israel's former ambassador to the u.s. spoke to cnn's john king earlier and gave his perspective on mr. netanyahu's response to the u.s. secretary of state. >> what you take away from the fact that prime minister netanyahu appeared to say no to secretary of state blinken after his visit today? >> not surprising because among the israeli population, the notion of a humanitarian pause is very unpopular. keep in mind, we have the families of 140 hostages that have been taken by hamas, the humanitarian system, if you will, in gaza, is there only leverage to get back from hamas, some indication of the whereabouts of their loved ones, whether their loved ones are in captivity, many of them don't even know where their loved ones, if they are even missing, they have the red cross visit the hostages, israel has no leverage. >> turning now to pakistan, hundreds of thousands of afghan refugees face a grim choice, leave or be deported. pakistan has ordered them out of the country which means many will have to live under the brutal rule of the taliban took some of those refugees have been in pakistan for decades, and for many, pakistan is the only home they've ever had. >> on the side of a dusty road in quetta, northwestern pakistan is a truck piled high with the belongings of an afghan family, the matriarch slowly climbs up a rickety ladder, the trepidation, perhaps a sign of a life that awaits across the border. last month, the pakistan government announced it would expel what it calls, quote, illegal afghan refugees, giving up to 1.7 million people just 29 days to leave vololuntarily before being tracked down, detained, and d forcibly remove that warning set off chaotic scenes on the first of november , the ofofficial d deadline fof mass deporortations of those without documentation. lori is backed up as far as eyes can see, a human procession of anxiety, helplessness, and desperation. play i'm 22 years old, i was born in quetta. my father lived here for 40 yeyears, this isis the only y h know, the e police harasses, threaten us with jail, what is the point, it is better we leave with o our honor intact according to the pakistan government, more than 198,000 afghans have returned thus far. the exit is taking place at two major border crossings, the gateway to eastern afghanistan, and chaman to the south, home to the largest number of afghans living in pakistan estimated to be around 4.4 million. but already the government has begun demolishing refugee camps, it is clear that afghans are not wanted. there are reports refugees with legitimate documents are being harassed by authorities to leave. for decades, afghans have fled across the border seeking safety and sanctuary in pakistan, starting with the soviets invasion in the late 1970s. the first taliban take over in the mid-1990s. the u.s. invasion in 2001, before the return of the taliban just two years ago. but a series of suicide bombings inside pakistan this year has placed afghan refugees family and the government sites picket claims more than half the 24 attacks committed by afghan nationals, the most recent bombings in september claiming more than 60 lives. human rights groups said refugees are being made a political scapegoat. they claim it is inhumane to send people back to a country suffering and economic humanitarian crisis we are almost 60% of the population is solely dependent on aid to survive. >> so our worry is that people returning now will join an already dire humanitarian situation, and therefore they will become dependent upon humanitarian assistance, as well, and swell the numbers. >> there are also great concerns for women and girls returning to caliban, controlled afghanistan were education and work is now banned. but it was only jubilant scenes on the afghan side of the border as the taliban and welcomed home refugees. the taliban have set up temporary camps but with winter fast approaching, these people will need more than just a tent. >> i'm extremely worried for us , says father of five, who has lived in pakistan for 35 years, i request that the government give other refugees more time, do not send them back, it went to, this is cruel. for too many of these afghans, cruelty seems all they've ever known from this life. now to nepal where an earthquake has killed at least 129 people and injured 140. officials expect the death toll to rise. the u.s. geological survey reported the quake was a magnitude 5.6, epicenter in the western region of the country people felt the tremors as far away as the capital of kathmandu, about 500 kilometers over 300 miles from the center. the prime minister visited the area and spoke with a number of victims. and india's prime minister is expecting his condolences to the victims. will take a short break, for our viviewers in north america, more news in a moment. for international viewers, african voices playmakers is next. scared me. welcome back to all of our viewers watching in the united states and canada. i am anna coren and you are watching cnn newsroom. the u.s. congress is at odds over funding to israel. the republican-controlled house passed $14 billion aid on thursday, it appears to be dead on arrival in the democratic- controlled senate that is because funding for ukraine and includes spending cuts, democrats reject. cnn senior analyst and senior editor with the letter, he joins us now from the los angeles, great to have you with us. let's start with the republican aid bill to israel that passed the house. we know the senates because of gop demands and funding cuts to the irs, where does this lead? >> is going to be a torturous process to get to the finish line that i still believe they probably will get to the finish line. this bill that the house passed it was not a serious attempt at legislating it was kind of an indication of where the chamber is going under the new speaker, mike johnson, it really comes from the far right flank of the republican party despite his kind of mild mannered demeanor, and he put forward what they call the u.s. messaging bill, really a bill that was designed to unify republican members and excite republican voters, fox viewers, not a serious vision of where this might end. i suspect that there will ultimately be aid for israel and ukraine but there may have to be a third piece involved which involves immigration reform and spending on the border and it is going to be complex to get the but it still seems more likely than not. >> president biden once aid for israel to be linked to funding for ukraine will, but we know the resistance within the gop, and that seems like an uphill battle. >> does, it does, you know, there was pulling out this weekend that was really interesting but one of the universities that do national polling in the u.s. and it found that basically around the same share of americans overall, just 50% in each case supported mobile aid to israel and more aid to ukraine, the partisan split was dramatic. republicans were the ones that supported aid to israel's and they were about evenly split. on the other hand, democrats supported aid to ukraine about 3-1 and most republicans opposed it, so it is complicated to get there, and it may not be possible to get there just by joining the two issues, it may require biden to also make concessions, which, by the way, the white house maybe inclined to do, to republicans, on changing some of the rules about asylum and other ways trying to secure the southern border. it is possible that a three- quarter agreement about israel, ukraine, and dealing with the border packaged broadly is enhancing u.s. security against threats around the world might be the way out of this. >> ron, we know that u.s. secretary of state antony blinken has just been in israel for a trip, appealing for a humanitarian pause to the fighting in gaza, to allow aid in. that, as we just heard, has been rebuffed by benjamin netanyahu, he says it's contingent upon the release of hostages. is israel listening to the united states? what should we read into this? >> well, we obviously don't know how much of this was choreographed. understanding that israel was going to say no, and that may indeed be the case. but the reality is, is that this is an uneasy partnership between any democratic president and netanyahu who has been as closely aligned with the republican party really as any war leader. the congress opposing barack obama's grand deal, with mitt romney in the last weeks of the 2012 campaign . in a variety of ways, democrats have never had an easy relationship going back to bill clinton. i think biden is giving israel more leeway than perhaps obama might, but leeway as a republican president would. it is one of the striking things about the way this is unfolding politically in the u.s. is you have had this genuine expression of anguish from so many muslim american activists out of the belief that biden is being too supportive of israel and letting them go too far in accumulating civilian casualties as part of their campaign, when the reality is that donald trump certainly would be even, i think, more, less likely to strain netanyahu in any way and plus is talking about significant restraints on immigration, restoring a muslim band, for example, as a republican member of congress said to expel all palestinians in the u.s., the politics of this get very complicated, i think biden is going to try to put some limits on what netanyahu does, but he is going further, i think, in allowing him to prosecute this for the way that he wants and we might have seen him barack obama. >> finally we're hearing from some democrats were calling on president biden to push for a cease-fire, something he has yet to do, and they are wanting of ramifications for biden in 2024, does this hold weight? >> well, you know, kind of goes to my previous comments, there is a risk, you have a genuine expressions of anguish from muslim americans and from some younger voters who view this as a disproportionate response by israel. i think biden is not going to give them a blank check, and unlimited check, he is going to push back more than you would see from donald trump or any other republican president. as i say, he is going to let it go further than i think barack obama might have. i think the real question about the political impact in '24 is what comes next, unless they are still fighting in gaza city in the fall of 2024, i think joe biden is going to put enormous pressure on netanyahu to restore some kind of peace negotiations, some kind of discussion toward a two state solution may not lead anywhere, as our previous examples over the last three decades have also kind of failed to reap the finish line but i think that outcome in which the fighting is over and the talking has begun, and perhaps the negotiations between israel and saudi arabia are back on track, is his best opportunity to minimize any political domestic cost for his support of the war as it unfolded so far. click always great to speak with you, thank you so much. >> thanks for having me. and appeals court has issued a temporary freeze on a gag order that kept donald trump from speaking out about his federal election subversion case the former president can a publicly criticized possible witnesses in the case. laura reed has more clean and just over two weeks, a three- judge panel here in washington will hear arguments about whether or not this a gag order is constitutional. and while that is pending, the former president is not subject to these specific restrictions. judge tanya chutkan, the judge overseeing the election subversion campaign in washington, by special counsel jack smith, she imposed these restrictions at the request of prosecutors. most defendants know they're not supposed to attack witnesses or go after the prosecutor, but the special counsel's office asked for a broader set of restrictions on trump after he made a series of statements appearing to attack the judge, witnesses, and prosecutors. now his lawyers have argued that these restrictions are unconstitutional, that they violate his first amendment, but judge check and has said that trump's first amendment rights must yield to the orderly administration of justice, she points to the fact that she has a trial to put on, and these restrictions are essential to protecting people. she says are just trying to do the jobs. now this case will be heard before two judges appointed by former president barack obama and one judge appointed by president joe biden. the argument will happen later this month. it is unclear when we could get an answer but this question about whether you can restrict the speech of a presidential candidate who is a defendant across multiple jurisdictions, this is something the courts have never contemplated before and it could possibly wind up at the supreme court. paula reid, cnn, washington. much more after the break. the power goes out and we still have wifi to do our homework. and that's a good thing? great in my book! who are you? no power? no problem. introducing storm-ready wifi. now you can stay reliably connected through power outages with unlimited cellular data and up to 4 hours of battery back-up to keep you online. only from xfinity. home of the xfinity 10g network. welcome back, a senior u.s. official says efforts to get for the national safely out of gaza have been hindered by hamas and by multiple logistical challenges. the source tell cnn that hamas, which controls gaza, not anyone to the pot, some wind and palestinians were allowed to leave, as well. what about a third were listed as hamas members that other complicating factors were constantly issues with the rafah crossing itself with the u.s. says is not used to handling large numbers of civilians. the breakthrough was finally reached tuesday to allow foreign passport holders and critically injured civilians to depart through the rafah border crossing. the first group departing on wednesday. john white is the director of affairs in gaza with united nations relief and works agency, he joins us live from gaza. right to have you with us. for weeks we have been talking about the dire situation in gaza. please describe to us the scale of the crisis that you are dealing with right now. clean thanks, anna. essentially civilians are continuing to bear the brunt of this conflict. there are two real big issues for people here, where did they seek shelter? we are hearing unconfirmed reports that last night a government school in the north in the north of gaza was hit in an asteroid and we are hearing about dozens of casualties, some reports up to 50 casualties in that school, for the shelters that we are operating, once again, in the last few days, for the shelters that have been hit, numerous people are killed and injured, so for a lot of people in gaza, right now, it's basically find somewhere that they are safe from the conflict, from these airstrikes. >> tom, how much aid is getting in? and tell us about your supplies of water, food, medicine. >> anna, our supplies are critically low. the reality is, that most of the aid that we are pushing out right now is stocks that we already had in gaza. for example, we were already running a food operation for 1.2 million people, prior to the conflict, so we have been going down on those stocks. we are starting to see some aid coming in, it is a very complicated process, we are all , the trucks, screens by the israelis before they can move in to the short answer is, we are not getting enough aid into gaza right now. and i would also add that humanitarian aid is not going to fill the gap if the public sector and the private sector collapse here. to give you an example, all of the sewage pumped out of cities in gaza is done by municipalities. if they run out of fuel, for example, in fact, the sewage is already starting to flow in the streets. so humanitarian aid, we need to make sure municipal services are continuing and we also need to be working alongside a private sector. >> tom, you mentioned the shortage of fuel and we have heard the upper thoughts about that. we know that hospitals, major hospitals are at a breaking point, have had to reduce the operational capacity. what will happen if you run out of fuel? >> very simply, the next couple of days, we will run out of fuel, that means we will stop delivering fuel to desalination plants providing clean drinking water, it means that hospitals will continue and have already started this closing down some of the critical care services. for us, it is fueling all of our trucks, our logistic operation here will come to a halt pick for example, we are pushing out about 370 tons a day of wheat flour, that will all come to a close, so food, water, medical care will come to a halt. >> tom, we understand 700,000 palestinians in gaza taking refuge, 150 shelters run by your organization, and as you mentioned, some of those shelters have been hit in israeli airstrikes obviously your running overcapacity by multiples, how are you coping? >> it is exceptionally tough for our teams are working in the shelters that they know what they need to do, they know what the people need, but we just physically don't have those stocks at hand. the shelters are very overcrowded, we always planned for these shelters to accommodate 1500 people, we are averaging over 4000 so for example, sanitation and the shelters is dire. and with the stocks that we are getting in, we are making choices community, people in rafah, for example, got their bread and a can of cheese. that is the point that people are really short of food and water. clean john white, we are so grateful for the work you are doing there in gaza. no doubt, this is taking an enormous toll on you and all the staff. we thank you for bringing this story of the gazans to the world, thank you. > stay with h cnn,n, we wil right t back. u.s. secretary of state, antony blinken is in jordan right now following his meetings friday with israeli leaders among the officials blinken is meeting with in jordan is the caretaker prime minister of lebanon. this is the secretary's third trip to the middle east since the war broke out. there is a great deal of concern that iranian backed militants may try to expand the war into lebanon. despite very nearly a year away, the u.s. presidential election is on the mind of arab-american voters, especially as tensions escalate. in that voting block once very reliable from president biden might be looking for other alternatives after the events of october 7th. diane gallagher explains why. >> reporter: is not a statement she ever thought she would make. >> i voted for biden. >> and are you going to vote for him again in 2024? clearly, if you would've asked me a month ago i would've said absolutely 100%, no doubt about it. but honestly, the past few weeks have changed everything and i don't know anymore. we the michigan immigrant is one of a growing number of muslim and arab americans who say they are reconsidering their support for president joe biden due to his response to the humanitarian crisis and rising death toll in gaza. >> the democratic party risks losing a generation of young voters and multiple generations of arab-american and muslim voters. >> perhaps nowhere is the sentiment more pronounced than here in dearborn, which has been called the arab capital of north america. we sat down with democrats who helped elect biden. >> i did vote for joe biden in 2020. we do plan to vote for him in 2024? >> i do not . >> i would gladly turn in an empty ballot. >> if the election were to be held today and president biden is on the ballot and we have to go out and vote today i can't promise you that he will get five votes from arab americans in the city of dearborn. >> a palestinian american worked on the 2020 campaign as a biden fellow doing outreach to the arab community. lead the man i went out and knocked on doors for i feel guilty and i absolutely do regret what i did on the biden campaign we thought somebody who could leave with humanity and compassion we were wrong. >> somewhere prepared to boycott biden even if it means potentially handed the election to the current republican front- runner, former president donald trump. we were no longer considering the lesser of two evils. >> the white house is both publicly and privately reached out to the region reach out as well as the call for humanitarian pause. clearly get ate out and to continue to get work to get people out safely. >> announcing an effort to combat islamophobia. >> that kind of hate has no place. >> efforts dismissed as damage control, the only way to maybe save their votes is by calling for an immediate cease-fire. >> enough is enough, we need to cease fire . >> michigan is second only to california and residents who identify as middle eastern or north african, according to the u.s. census. in 2020, biden won the state by nearly 155,000 votes. a national organization dedicated to getting out the muslim vote says 145,000 muslim michiganders voted in 2020. dearborn mayor says democrats can no longer take his communities vote for granted. we were not here to prostitute ourselves to the lowest bidder in order for us to be recognized for our humanitarian to actually be seen. >> cnn a statement saying in part, president biden knows the importance of earning the trust of every community and of holding the sacred dignity and rights of all americans. president biden continues to work closely and probably with leaders in a muslim and palestinian communities to listen to them, stand up for them, and fight back against hate. but the people i spoke to in this community say if democrats think they will forget by next november, that they are wrong. this is not political for them, it is personal. these are their friends and family members they are talking about, not just something they are watching on television. there congresswoman, rashida tlaib, posting on friday night a video where she echoes their sentiments, writing at the end, biden, support a cease-fire now or don't count on us in 2024. diane gallagher, cnn dearborn michigan. that wraps is our cnn newsroom, i am anna coren, back after the short break. please stay with us.