All right. The break news over just the last several minutes. New israeli air strikes in Northern Gaza, and you can see the smoke rising over that part of the region, and now if you are looking at gaza, this is where the air strikes have been taking place, but here, down to The Rafah Crossing in the extreme southern border of gaza and egypt, our cameraman has been seeing the critical aid crossing from egypt into gaza. Six u. N. Fuel trucks entering at that border, and that is a major development. Southern gaza is also where israel has told more than 1 million palestinians to move from Northern Gaza into Southern Gaza, and this is where israel says they will be safer, kate. It is happening as the u. S. Secretary of state tony blinken is back in israel today. He has been in the region traveling all throughout the region for days now, and we are standing by to see if blinken is going to speak to reporters now, and the critical update given the news that we are giving, and this and the sobering update of the hostages by terrorists, and they now believe that 199 people are being held by hamas in gaza. Also, over the weekend, some may have been killed in transit, if you will, during the trip from israel into gaza. Sara sidner is now in haifa, israel. Hoping you are Safe And Sound, and we are Safe And Sound here in israel where we have been watching a huge ship taking away americans from the danger zone into cypress, and i will get to this in a moment, but first to Jeremy Diamond who is tracking the conversations that Antony Blinken is having, the Secretary Of State, here for the second time in a week as israel is preparing for the potential ground war with gaza and as the war is raging on, and what can you tell us, jeremy about plans here, and what Secretary Blinken is doing back here and again, why it is so important for him to show up in this country a second time in such a short amount of time. Well, sara, the give you a sensef how fluid this situation is on the ground, the secretary and even the reporters traveling with the Secretary Of State have not had a clear sense of who he has been meeting with and when, and we did get a readout from the Secretary Of State spokesman that he did meet with the israeli Prime Minister as well as the president s of israel isaac herzog, and in the readouts we dont have a ton of details, but it is clear the Discussion Focus is the release of the hostages in gaza, and of course, the situation regarding the humanitarian aid being able to flow into gaza and having The Americans trapped in gaza to exit southward and into egypt. Over the last several day, a lot of Finger Pointing and conflicting information concerning when and whether that rafa crossing is going to be open, and they have blamed the israelis at times, and at times, and theres been a lot of conflicting information, and u. S. Embassy officials telling those in gaza telling them it is time to open, and we have not seen any evidence that the crossing has indeed opened, and the question is whether at the end of the day as the Secretary Of State has concluded a series of openings and officials whether we are in a place where the humanitarian aid is going to be flowing into gaza and those officials will be going into gaza and egypt. Amid this, we have the israeli Prime Minister inviting President Joe Biden coming into israel, and officials are not confirming whether he is intending to visit israel, but we know he was scheduled to go to colorado, and he canceled the visit and staying in the white house observing what is National Security meetings, and whether it is a prelude to a president ial visit, we do not know, but the situation on the ground is extremely fluid, and we have had sirens nearby in jeru jerusalem, and rockets in israel, and all of this in preparation in israel for a ground incursion. Thank you, Jeremy Diamond for breaking that down for another important meeting of the secretary of the state and many of the leadership here in israel. I do want to mention why i am here and why i am in haifa, and where there are rockets coming over here, but far, far fewer from what is shot over to gaza and that is because hezbollah who is a sworn enemy of israel, and this is because it is far more quiter here in the north, and this is because the United States have been getting so many inquiries from The Americans who cannot get out of israel in the wartime and many of them with children who are concerned about the safety both mentally and physically, and finally the United States was able to charter an enormous ship that left from this port a couple of hours ago, and on it were American Families who had been stuck here for days as the war raged on unable to leave because there are not enough flights, and the flights are sparse, and most of them are completely pack pd leaving israel. So this is one way to try to get hundreds of americans out of israel. They just took this where they are currently on the water on a 10hour travel time to cypress which is where they get off and be able to book their flights back to the United States. We spoke to several families about why they came and many of them living here in israel, and they are american citizens who have chosen to live here in israel and some of them helping the troops on the border of lebanon and taking supplies to do their part for the war effort, but many of them said it is time for us to get our kids to safety and to calm the nerves of the Family Members who have been watching all of this from the United States. We are u. S. Citizens and the u. S. Embassy made it easy for us to have a way, and if for some reason the borders are closed. Okay. All right. So you heard that. She also said, look, we are coming back. And all of them said the same thing, we will be back in israel. We consider this our home. So no matter how long it takes, we will be back here to this country, the country they love as much as the United States. I wanted to talk right now to my colleague and my friend Becky Anderson in tel aviv for us at this hour. Becky, you have been taking a lot of incoming today. Yeah. And you have joined us just after the sirens have been blaring here, and as i understand it from my colleagues in jerusalem, and the Evacuation Signals from this hotel or certainly, the signals from getting into the stairwells and into the shelters once again. Booming through the hotel, and everything is fine now, and the, they told us that we can continue. I think that it speaks to enormity of what is going on here, and hamas has capabilities out of gaza at this point. We are of Course Learning new details and preparations for the next stage of this war, but clearly not privy to exactly what the ids Military Plans are. Let me bring you back up to date for the news this hour, because it is incredibly important and let me explain why as we understand it, six u. N. Fuel trucks have crossed from egypt into Southern Gaza through what is known as the rafah Border Crossing, and anybody who has sort of been keeping up minutebyminute keeping up here knows how important that crossing is. As more than half a Million People reportedly have fled Northern Gaza anticipating the next massive assault potentially by the idf on that part of the enclave, and there are real concerns about supplies, water, electricity, food in Southern Gaza for this enormous evacuation of the people fleeing this conflict. So the idea that the u. N. Is now getting trucks through the border that there has been a lot of diplomacy, andt lof talk of whether it is open, and you know, conflicting reports of Whether Egypt is allowing their side of the border to be open, and whether hamas is keeping guard side closed, and this is from a cnn cameraman where he has been seeing the fuel trucks coming through, and why is fuel so important . Well, there is no water at the moment in Southern Gaza. The israelis have said they will turn it back on after this total siege, but people need fuel to run their generators in order to get the water running again. At present, the people are resorting to brackish water. There is enormous amount of aid on the egypt side including fuel that needs to get in through the Border Crossing for the egyptians, and what they dont want to do is to see a flood of people leaving gaza through that crossing, and that is where the complication has been. Guys. Yeah, it makes them very vulnerable, and the population there, the civilians in gaza just trying to get out, and neither egypt of course and israel are not opening its borders as well, and so there is a real danger for men, women and children, and especially the children in gaza. Thank you so much, becky, for that, and we appreciate all of your reporting and your time there. Kate . Thank you so much. We will get back to you very soon, sara. We are also learning new details of how extensive and meticulously this attack was planned by hamas. And images and pamphlets found in hands of hamas shows that some 2,000 terrorists took part in that saturday morning attack. An Israel National adviser holding a first Briefing Since the war began said he clearly made a mistake when he assessed before the war that hamas was deterred. Now, what role iran has played in the attack still remains unclear. This is the very latest on that from President Biden last night to 60 minutes. I dont want to get into classified information, but to be very blunt with you, there is no clear evidence of that. No evidence that iran is behind any of this. Correct. But iran Supports Hamas and hezbollah, but did they have foreknowledge and help to plan the attack, and there is no evidence of that at this point. Joining us now for more on this is the white house and National Security correspondent of tthe New York Times is jeremy sanger, and that is what the white house is saying, but what does it mean that iran has the fingerprints on this because of the history of hamas, but didnt know anything about the actual attack . It is a really good question, kate. It is hard to answer. Because obviously iran has been supporting hamas and hezbollah and providing them with technology and probably providing them with detailed intelligence, but if they were directly involved in this attack that killed 1,300 or more israelis, it could well be a cause for direct conflict between israel and iran. Because the evidence is not there yet, it is not on the table yet, but there are u. S. Officials i have talked to who are concerned about a couple of iranrelated scenarios. One of them is that if there is an attack in the north from hezbollah that in some way iransupported and we are at the moment where the israelis have been so taken by surprise by the attack nine days ago in the south that they are sort of, you know, on a hair trigger for anything that happened in the north. It could well overreact, and little bit like the way that The Americans were concerned after 9 11 that there would be followon attacks. That is why the warning to iran has been so strong. Irans president spoke out yesterday warning that if there is not an immediate end to the way they described situation in gaza and the services and the resources are not immediately restored into gaza that this crisis risks expanding. That is clearly one of the reasons why the Aircraft Carrier groups that biden moved into eastern med, but how real is that concern among the u. S. Officials that you are talking about with expansion, and is that what iran wants . You know, i dont think they want a direct confrontation with the United States. At every moment where there is a chance for them to have a direct confrontation with the United States, they have not done it. I think about when President Trump arranged for or ordered the assassination of general soleimani back in 2020, and we thought that the iranians would directly retaliate against the American Forces in the middle east, and they did not do so. I dont think they have any hesitation of seeing is hezbollah do that and open up a second front. I think that is the big risk area for the United States here. Those Aircraft Carrier groups that you described have been positioned in such a way that their missiles could directly reach the hezbollah operations in lebanon and so forth, and so, thats the nature of the concern, and there is no area where the u. S. Could enter the conflict sending troops, but i could imagine several scenarios in which they could lend the firepower of the Aircraft Carrier groups. That significant in and of itself. And correctly working out. And the words that are use sod are important, and up until now, and going forward. The way that President Biden has started to talk about this whole thing that what happened to israel is akin to the holocaust, and he has been comparing hamas to isis, and the choice to speak of it in that way. I heard dan senor talk about once they lay down markers like that, you have to be prepared for the tough road ahead. What are you hearing from the folks that maybe biden is trying to prepare people for in talk about it this way . Well, it is two ways. And talking about it in comparison the holocaust, and Secretary Blinkens father was a survivor of the holocaust, and made comparisons at several points along the way, and they have said it is the greatest loss of life for israel, and in a single incident since the holocaust. Of course, israels formation was all built out of never having another holocaust again, and to the end of Secretary Blinken, and President Biden saying that they should not seek to occupy the gaza, and that is to say that before you go in, you better think of how you would get out and how the gaza would be governed in the absence of the hamas, and this is a hard problem that i dont think that israelis have the time or the bandwidth to go deal with now, but it will be coming upon it if they are successful, and the second thing is that Secretary Blinken is going to say how you do this is important, because he knows the narrative is going the change as soon as we see imags of Palestinian Civilians being bombed in the invasion, and that going to happen. Yes. David, it is good to see you. Thank you. John . All right. These two u. S. Aircraft carrier groups soon in mediterranean, and what exactly are they going to be doing, and how are they going to be used. And the breaking news again that six u. N. Fuel trucks have now crossed from egypt into gaza at The Rafah Crossing. What is significance of that, and how might that impact what is going to be the impending Ground Invasion of israel into gaza. The live coverage continues right after this. Theres a dire warning now from Palestinian Authority and to be clear that the Palestinian Authority is internationally recognized as the government of the Palestinian People in the west bank but in gaza, it is hamas that rules. But the Palestinian Authority now speak out saying that gaza is on the brink of a real famine. More than half a Million People in the region are displaced now after israeli air strikes and officials are saying that no aid is coming to them. Just this morning cnn witnessed six u. N. Fuel trucks that have been able to cross into gaza from egypt. C nshg Cnn Sal Ma Al Adiz is there, and what can you tell us as there are people gathering at the border . Sara, after a complete siege, the human Rights Groups are saying that the enclave could run out of food and soon run out of water and the basic and the medical supplies and all of the chaos and the carnage and the dead are piling up, and the latest death toll is 2,800 people kill and a quarter of them are children according to the Palestinian Health officials, and i have graphic footage to show you, and i do want to warn the viewers about it, sara, but it is beginning to illustrate what is happening on the ground. What