Welcome to our continuing coverage of israel at war. Im Anderson Cooper in tel aviv tonight. Information we have just received shows israeli tanks and personal near the border with gaza. The idf also announced they would increase airstrikes on the spokesman said the military is now focused on the next stage. And then there is this. Cnns team on the ground here saw dozens of tanks and Armored Personnel Carriers and even bulldozers on the border with gaza, the sort of equipment one would expect to see during a possible ground operation. This is just one of several areas where weve seen scenes like this. Altogether, weve seen hundreds of tanks and armored vehicles. President biden was asked today whether he was encouraging israelis to delay a possible invasion. His only response was to say quote, im talking to the israelis. End quote. These comments come after shipment of aid carrying food, water and medical supplies was finally allowed to cross into Southern Gaza from egypt. No fuel was
Fired by the Palestinian Militant Group Islamic Jihad that hit the hospital. Islamic jihad has denied responsibility. The idf saying that evidence at the site shows it was not an israeli missile, which would have left a large crater. Structural damage the walls stay intact. No craters. These are the characterized that shows that it is not an aerial munition that have hit the parking lot. They say they have intercepts in which Palestinian Militants acknowledge it was not an israeli missile, while hamas says the idf warned people to evacuate around the hospital before the explosion, and that damage is consistent with an israeli strike. The carnage at the hospital loomed over this critical visit. The president touching down in israel, greeting the Prime Minister. This hugged on the tarmac. A trip aimed at showing solidarity with one of america s closest allies. People of israel people of the world to know the United States stands. Thank you for standing with israel today, tomorrow, and al
The 11th hour gets underway on this wednesday night. Good evening, i am Alicia Menendez, in for stephanie ruhle. President biden is now on his way back to washington d. C. After his wartime trip to israel. He spent less than a day on the ground and left no doubt about the u. S. Governments commitment to backing israel in the war with hamas. The president s trip came amid outrage over the blast that killed hundreds of at a hospital in gaza. President biden said today, it appears that israel was not behind the explosion. He will likely talk about all of this tomorrow night during a primetime speech to the nation from the oval office. Nbcs lester holt has more from israel. 24 hours after that deadly Hospital Explosion that sparked anger across the arab world, President Biden in israel today, blaming a misfired palestinian rocket, not an israeli missile, for the deaths. I was outraged and saddened by the enormous loss of life yesterday in a hospital in gaza. Based on the information we hav
welcome to all of you watching us in the united states, canada and around the world. i m kim brunhuber. ahead on cnn newsroom, yoit cry from humanitarian groups as the war is at the doorstep of the largest hospital. and it is sparking protests in cities around the world. how demonstrators are putting pressure on western leaders. and the u.s. government once again finds itself just days away from a shutdown. live from cnn center, this is cnn newsroom with kim brunhuber. gaza s largest hospital has been caught for days in the middle of fierce fighting between israeli troops and hamas. and with some 20,000 people sheltered in and around the hospital, the situation is desperate. the hamas-controlled health ministry says three new born babies have died since friday night at al-shifa after shelling knocked out a generator. a health official says the other infants were hand carried to operating rooms which still had oxygen. israel has now offered to help evacuate infants a
situation unfolding in gaza as the intense fighting continues around gaza s biggest hospital. i speak to palestine s rest crescent society about the situation on the ground. plus pro-palestinian rallies, growing around the world, including a march outside of president biden s home in delaware. we look at the global demonstrations. u.s. women s soccer giant megan rapinoe put took her final bow. look at her swansong. live from cnn center, this is cnn newsroom . it s 5:00 a.m. here in atlanta. in gaza, another medical facility in gaza city is now out of service. that s according to a statement from the palestine red crescent . a seven hour corridor opened about three hours ago for people to evacuate to the south, especially from another health care institution . the route will stay open until 4:00 p.m. local time, about four hours from now. gaza s largest hospital has been caught four days in the middle of fierce fighting between israeli troops of hamas. there were som