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This is cnns live coverage of israel at war. Im wolf blitzer in washington along with sara sidner in tel aviv. Theres Breaking News were following this hour. Americans and others stuck in warravaged gaza are on alert to evacuate potentially at any moment. The State Department is urging u. S. Citizens to move closer to the rafah border in the southern part of Gaza Crossing from Gaza Into Egypt in case it opens up with little notice. Local media reported earlier that egypt was not, repeat not, allowing american citizens through the crossing. More than 1 million civilians in the northern part of gaza are under israeli orders to flee to the south, an evacuation the United Nations is calling impossible. The humanitarian crisis is escalated amid widespread destruction and a mounting death toll in gaza now rising above 2200. Its been a full week of punishing israeli air strikes in response to the horrific and deadly hamas Terror Attack on israel last weekend that killed some 1300 people. The
The israeli army is conducting localised raids in northern gaza, wherei million palestinians were told today to relocate ahead of a much bigger Ground Operation that is expected. In a day of rage ordered by hamas, there were protests across the middle east, and more rockets fired from gaza towards tel aviv. With me on the panel tonight sunday columnist and deputy Political Editor at the mail on sunday, anna mikhailova. Also here from atlanta, the attorney and democratic strategist, chris bruce. In the next few minutes we will get the thoughts of the former israeli Prime Minister, ehud olmert. And we will bring you up to speed with the chaos in the us House Of Representatives where republicans are still struggling to appoint a speaker. Good evening. The israels military has ordered the evacuation of more than 1 million palestinians from the northern section of the gaza strip, a move the United Nations has described as calamitous. The 24 hour deadline provoked a desperate scramble with f
Forced to wait in a tent. I feel helpless, he says. The world is powerless to open the border. The hospitals here can no longer help me. Just when rafah s need is greatest, its main hospital lies silent and abandoned, hastily evacuated in the face of israels sudden advance, now dangerously close to the front line. Israel insists its operation is limited. But new images of tanks massing on the border earlier this week have raised fears that rafah s Densely Populated Centre could soon be attacked in defiance of washington. Translation if we have to stand alone, we will stand alone. I have already said that, if necessary, we will fight with our nails. Last night, a rare warning from President Biden an all out assault will have consequences. They go into rafah, im not supplying the weapons that have been used historically to deal with rafah, to deal with the cities, to deal with that problem. For one former israeli Prime Minister, this is a significant moment the current government squande
Colleague and friend ana ca grar cabrera. Right now, the unrelenting pounding of gaza city continues in response to the hamas terror attack. Youre looking at live pictures where it is just 6 00 p. M. Inside gaza. Just outside that city israeli troops and tanks are continuing to mass at the board leading to a belief that a Ground Invasion is imminent. Plus, Secretary Of State Antony Blinken is in tel aviv, affirming the united statess unwavering commitment to israel while standing along side israeli Prime Minister benjamin netanyahu. The message that i bring to israel is this, you may be Strong Enough on your own to defend yourself, but as long as america exists, you will never, ever have to. We will always be there by your side. We begin this hour with our reporters there on the ground, in israel. Lets get to nbcs ali velshi. Tell us where you are and the latest. Reporter were heading back to the border. We normally spend our afternoons and evenings into the night near the gaza border,