cbs s holly williams is there. reporter: four-year-old sara was at home when an israeli airstrike hit her family s apartment building, her relatives told us. the ceiling collapsed. she suffered a spinal injury, and her doctors say she ll never walk again. i picked her up and ran through the streets until i saw the ambulance, her mother leena told us. what did she do to deserve this? hamas, the group that governs the gaza strip, classed by the u.s. as a terrorist organization, claims the ceasefire is a victory, but for the people of gaza, this looks like a terrible loss. ( explosions ) hamas fired over 4,000 rockets atsraeownd killing 13, but most of their projectiles were shot down by israel s iron dome air defense system. in gaza, where they have no
louisiana prompts more outrage in a black man s deadly arrest. queen elizabeth back in public meeting u.s. marines. while it s hats off for graduates of west point. and later, the cub s historic choice for wrigley field s new voice. i thought that this stream was out of the ballpark. this is the cbs weekend news. from chicago, here s adriana diaz. diaz: good evening. diplomats today pushed to cement a truce between israel and hamas militants, following 11 days of conflict violence that put civilians on both sides in the cross-fire. today, trucks carrying humanitarian aid began rolling into gaza, as residents picked through the rubble, taking stock of the damage. the u.n. is pledging to help rebuild. more than 250 people were killed, most of them palestinians in gaza.
diaz: holly williams in gaza, thank you, and stay safe. the conflict between israel and hamas militants was president biden s first foreign policy crisis. cbs s debra alfarone is at the white house with the latest developments. debra, good evening. reporter: good evening, adirana. and, president biden took no questions as he left the white house today to go to camp david. now, the president spent the week in a delicate dance, pushing both israeli prime minister netanyahu and palestinian leader abbas to end the conflict, while not wanting to appear to take sides. and it s that low-key approach that got support from defense secretary former defense secretary, rather robert gates, when he was being interviewed on face the nation: i think that the u.s. not being front and center was probably not a bad thing. i think letting the egyptians, others, take the lead i think sometimes the united states can achieve its objectives more
welcome in the best view from united states, anyway. you have to be willing to wake up very captioning sponsored by cbs diaz: tonight holding their fire, with tensions still high. israel and hamas both claim victory after a deadly fight. gaza, left in shambles. today, relief as humanitarian aid arrives. cbs news is there. i m holly williams in the gaza strip, where a ceasefire with israel is still holding, but an 11-day conflict has led to devastation. diaz: also tonight: president biden s first foreign policy crisis. face the nation with reaction. i think that the u.s. not being front and center was probably not a bad thing. diaz: plus, summer fever. crowds rush back as america s covid recovery speeds ahead. newly-released video in
afternoon and welcome to baseball here at beautiful wrigley field! diaz: that is amazing! it got serious in high school. this is a reminder for seniors. diaz: and this spring, when he saw the cubs p.a. job pop up on facebook. i m here to audition. diaz: .his mom filmed his audition. and he knocked it out of the park. offer you the job as the next p.a. announcer at wrigley field. wow. being told you re going to be the new voice of wrigley field, you know, it s like this has to be a joke in some way, or maybe i m dreaming? so i don t know. right now, i m still speechless. diaz: hopefully he s not too speechless he s got a lot of talking ahead of him. that s the news tonight. we leave you now with chicago s famed buckingham fountain, back on today after a year hiatus due to the pandemic. i m adriana diaz in chicago. good night. captioning sponsored by cbs