my fellow americans, enough. enough. it is time for each of us to do our part. it is time to act for the children we lost, the children we can save, for the nation we love. let s hear the call and the cry, let s meet the moment, let us finally do something. president issued several proposals including a ban on assault weapons, or at least raising the age to purchase them to 21. expanded background checks, new rules for safely storing weapons, new red flag laws, repealing the immunity that protects gun manufacturers from liability, and addressing mental health. his speech came at a night when democrats on the house committee passed a string of proposals that have little to no chance of getting passed republicans in the senate. this morning, the teacher falsely blamed for leaving a back door propped open ahead of the mass shooting at robb elementary school is speaking out. amelia marin says the accusations left her second guessing herself and feeling alone. cnn s omar jim
Not to be so consumed by rage after the deadly attacks by hamas that it makes the same mistakes the us made after 9 11. Speaking during a Whirlwind Trip to tel aviv to show his support, he assured israel it is not alone, but said the palestinians are suffering as well. He said that from what hes been told, the explosion at the hospital his visit has been overshadowed by tuesday nights devastating explosion at a hospital in gaza city which the Health Minister says killed 471 which the Health Minister says killed a71 people. Which the Health Minister says killed 471 people. Which the Health Minister says killed 471 people. Hundreds more were wounded, killed 471 people. Hundreds more were wounded, israel killed 471 people. Hundreds more were wounded, israel has killed 471 people. Hundreds morej were wounded, israel has blamed killed 471 people. Hundreds more i were wounded, israel has blamed it on palestinian misfired rocket. Arab countries have joined on palestinian misfired rocket. Arab
The heinous Terror Attack in israel that killed more than 1,400 people. The crisis that continues to threaten the innocent lives of hundreds of hostages and endanger the entire civilian population of gaza. In a spiraling humanitarian calamity. In the next hour President Joe Biden will depart for israel for what could be one of the most important trips of his presidency. His visit is of course a show of support for an ally grieving the murder of more jewish lives than at any time since the holocaust. But also bracing for a deadly and dangerous point in this conflict with hamas. It is also a high wire diplomatic endeavor with nothing less than the possibility of a major regional conflict breaking out looming over every fraught development and every development in the last few hours has been that, fraught. Its also added fuel to a volatile situation. There are reports of a Deadly Strike on a hospital in gaza. Now, the hospital was filled, of course, with the wounded and with palestinians
So welcome, lyse. A relatively easy question to kick off with. Can you give us a sense of the size and location of gaza in relation to israel . Who lives there . Whos in charge . And who are its neighbours . Well, thats a sort of a wikipedia of the gaza strip. The gaza strip is a coastal strip of land on the mediterranean. Once on one side, its on the mediterranean. The other side, the southern side, its connecting to egypt. And then its other neighbour is israel. It is described as one of the most densely populated places on earth. Some 2. 3 million palestinians live there and they live with great frustration because they feel they dont really have control over their lives. Even though israel pulled out its troops in 2005, it controls the airspace. It controls the sea. It also controls all of the land crossings into gaza, except the one which goes to egypt, which is called the Rafah Crossing. Weve tried to use various measures to say how big it is for british viewers. Its about as big
Hello. Israel says it is monitoring the flight of Palestinian People from Northern Gaza. The flight of Palestinian People the Un Relief Agency, unrwa, says hundreds of thousands of people have been displaced in the past 12 hours alone. And nearly a million, thats almost half the territorys population, in the past week. Israel says those still in the north should leave as soon as possible, and its specified two roads it says are safe for people heading south. People were told on friday to relocate before an expected ground offensive. Israels Prime Minister, benjamin netanyahu, has said his countrys bombardment of gaza is just the beginning. More rockets have been fired into israel, and israeli airstrikes are continuing across gaza. Military sources in israel say a senior hamas commander you is among those killed. Israeli forces are continuing their build up near the boundary with gaza. In the north, israeli troops killed several people they identified as terrorists, who were trying to c