against hamas. rejecting mounting calls for a cease-fire in gaza. in a new op-ed in the washington post, the president writes, quote, as long as hamas clings to its ideology of destruction, a cease-fire is not possible. every cease-fire is time they ex ploi exploit to restock and attack innocents again. this comes as gaza s largest hospital, al shifa, continues to be a key military target for the idf, claiming hamas is using the complex as a large-scale command center. a claim hamas denies. hospital officials say patients and staff were ordered to evacuate the medical complex, which israel denies. a head doctor there says six doctors are staying at the medical complex to treat around 120 too vulnerable to evacuate. but as the fighting continues in the north, israel s military is now vowing to advance anywhere hamas is found. there are growing signs a ground offensive into southern parts of gaza could be imminent. meanwhile, in tel aviv thousands gathered at a massive rall
good evening. right now it s 2:00 a.m. in gaza, but there will likely be little sleep for many people there tonight. tonight we ve been watching multiple images of multiple explosions lighting up the night sky around gaza city. cnn s nic robertson in sderot witnessed some big secondary explosions and a huge fire in gaza. nic and his crew witnessed eight rockets being fired from gaza and israel. the idf tell cnn six of the eight rockets were intercepted by the country s iron dome defense system. israeli police say there are no reports of casualties that they can pass along at this moment. meanwhile, u.s. secretary of state antony blinken has wrapped up his meeting with arab leaders in jordan. he s heading to turkey. blinken stressed support for israel to implement what s being called a humanitarian pause in the fighting in gaza, that is far short of the cease-fire wanted by arab countries and international aid agencies. minutes ago israel s military said it would allow a a w
we re following all the breaking news in israel s escalating war with hamas. israel s prime minister says his country is now in the second stage of the war. the goal to eliminate hamas and eeradicate its threat to israel. israel s military says it has troops inside gaza, but it s not clear if this expanded operation is the beginning of a broad ground incursion. civilians in northern gaza say last night was the heaviest bombardment so far. israel s defense minister says the intensifying assault will improve his country s chances of treeing freeing the hostages. translator: we are making any effort in order to return the handles to us, to our country. it s a difficult effort. dealing with reality we didn t know in the past. we are ready to do anything possible. this is not a secondary mission. this is a national priority. also new this hour, hamas is firing back. this is new video from a cnn producer in gaza capturing rockets being fired into israel. and cnn s nic roberts
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