Its a pitch. Get way more into what youre into when you stream on the xfinity 10g network. Hello and welcome to our viewers here in the United States and All Around The World im john vause at the cnn center in atlanta with our ongoing coverage of israels war with hamas. We begin in gaza where two more women being held hostage have now been released, but the militant group hamas is Still Holding more than 200 civilians, all of them kidnapped 16 days ago during that deadly hamas attack on israel. The hostages have been identified as israeli as nurit cooper and sharone lifschitz. They were both released at the Rafah Crossing with egypt, where officials took him away by ambulance to be reunited by family at a Medical Center later in israel. Qatar and egypt to help negotiate their freedom. Hamas Officials Say the women were released for humanitarian and health reasons. It comes just two days after hamas agreed to american women as well. Now the precise number of citizens held by hamas in ga
Palestinian islamichhad. Both sides deny responsibility. Lets get more on tuesdays hospital attack. Heres our international editorjeremy bowen. Loud blast the missile hit the hospital not long after dark. Man shouts you can hear the impact. The explosion destroyed Al Ahli Hospital. It was already damaged from a smaller attack at the weekend. The building was flattened. Very soon, video was posted from gaza of bodies laid out near the ruins of the hospital. So many dead and the size of the explosion, together looked to be having a profound impact on what was already the most dangerous crisis in the middle east in a generation. The wounded were taken across gaza city to shifa hospital. The israeli armys First Response said hospitals were highly sensitive and not targets of its military and urged caution about what it called the unverified claims of a terrorist organization. That statement will not be believed by palestinians and by millions of others in the middle east who see these imag
Broadcasting from miami. It is currently three again four we are in israel, and the idf has pledged a full air land and sea attack on hamas and the gaza strip. More than 1 million civilians he did no warning from israels armed forces. Scrambling to move out of the northern gaza strip, told to leave their homes because of an imminent Ground Offensive, which has not yet come, but air assault into gaza continue. Thousands of moved towards gazas border with egypt amid diplomatic promises earlier today that some foreign nationals could leave, but that crossing, as you see here, remains closed. The u. N. Says gaza has run out of water, run out of fuel, and the World Health Organization says the Evacuation Orders are, quote, a death sentence for the sick and injured who are being treated in gaza as northern hospitals. The death toll at this hour, at least 1300 killed in israel. More than 2200 dead in gaza, in the eight days since the horrifying Terror Attack from hamas sparked this war. At le
News about Americans Still trapped and gaza. Ten estimates of hundred u. S. Citizens safe passage to that rafah Border Crossing continues to face significant obstacles. Nbc news has now learned that will be a key item on secretary blinkens agenda when he lands and cairo tomorrow. U. S. Officials said that negotiated a temporary opening at that border between gaza and egypt for american citizens seeking to flee. But evacuees midway through the crossing, they found a closed. State department publicly urges americans and gaza to move south, cautioning that if the crossing opens, that window could be brief. But for those without u. S. Citizenship, that extended Evacuation Order deadline long gone. Millions of gazans now bracing for israels eminent ground invasion. Activity along the border is picking up, with the buzz of drones and fighter jets overhead. On the road, tanks on flatbeds heading right in the direction of gaza. The Israeli Defense forces its completing its preparations for a c
Which is worrisome. Thank you, my friend, for all the breaking news. And thanks to you at home for joining in this continuing night of news development. A lot of big breaking news. In the last hour there has been unprecedented upheaval in congress, specifically among the republican majority in the house. The partys nominee for speaker of the house, congressman Steve Scalise has Just Announced that he is dropping out as a candidate. I just share what my colleagues that i withdraw my name as a candidate for the speaker does a country. As you look at over the last couple of weeks, there is still work to be done. We are going to have more on that story in just a bit. But we continue our coverage of the Israel Hamas War which is about to enter its seventh day of fighting. A number of dead from this conflict has now reached more than 2800 people. Among that number, israel reports at least 1300 israeli lives lost, including over 200 israeli soldiers. The Palestinian Health Ministry Reports mo