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Hello, welcome to our viewers here in the United States and around the world. Im javad at the cnn center in atlanta where it is when i am here. U. S. President ial biden will make a second visit this year to an active war zone, traveling to israel wednesday a traumatic show support which comes at a crucial moment, more than a week after is the president attacked by a moment and its really a Ground Offensive in gaza is believed to be a minute. Eight days near constant is really airstrikes have left gaza facing a humanitarian crisis like never before. White house officials are increasingly concerned about a regional escalation. Yes Secretary Of State Anthony Blinken announced the president s visit to chen American Diplomatic Mission across the middle east. He is coming here at a critical moment for israel, for the region, and for the world. The president will reaffirm the United States solidarity with israel. Our ironclad commitment towards security. The president will hear from israel what it needs to defend its people, as we continue to work with congress to meet those needs. According to blinken, the u. S. Than israel will work on a plan for humanitarian assistance to reach civilians and gaza. Officials from the United States as well as eight groups one it is being which Polish Toonie and say has got one 2000 people. It is really gonna operation and together is expected to store at any moment when minister richmond netanyahu says israel will not stop until hamass military and government capabilities are destroyed. In the meantimes early authorities believe nearly 200 people are being held hostage in gaza, while hamas have between 200 to 250. The group was released its first hostage video, 21yearold cnn has made it decision not to show that video which has arm injury and she was taken to gaza. It is unclear when a video recorded or if she is still alive. Her mother says she is grateful that you have seen that video. Heres what she told cnn. How does your daughter look to you . She has been through pain, she is injured. She looks a bit terrified but she is alive. And she is stable. Does it help to see her . Of course. Because until now i did not know if she is dead or alive. Cnns is following all of these developments, and she joins us now live from london. So the Hostage Situation is one issue that biden and the white house is looking at. Apparently it is top of his list according to National Security adviser. What else is biden hoping to achieve once he arrives in israel . Well, john, clearly the main aim here is deescalation of all kinds. The fact that this visit has been made while theyre must be clearly some considerable Security Risks for the u. S. President to be visiting as we are this time, the fact that the decision has still been made for him to visit shows how urgent that need for deescalation is. We were hearing yesterday reports that israel had ordered evacuation of 28 villages near the border with lebanon, because of an exchange of fire with hezbollah the militant group backed by iran in lebanon. This kind of dispute, this indication that a conflict is spreading a me onto the Borders Of Israel to neighboring countries is a major concern for the u. S. They do not want this to become a regional conflict. If you listen to what exactly Secretary Of State Anthony Blinken was thing about this visit, he makes that claim that deescalation very clear. One of the things he said ahead of bidens visit was, to underscore that this visit will be a clear still clear message to any actor, state or non state, trying to take advantage of this crisis to attack israel, dont. That is what lincoln said ahead of bidens visit, that is the intention, here they are concerned about the spread. There is of course than the question of how involved the u. S. Would be if this conflict then spreads. But we are Hearing Reports of 2000 troops deployed for medical reasons, also hearing that the head of the Central Command isnt israel talking to the head of the israeli army. All of this still up for the bag, while of course the humanitarian situation on the ground especially in Gaza Civilians unable to get out. It is worsening and worsening. Of course that crossing into egypt, the rafah, crossing we are still talking about, it is still not open. There are still debates including from blinken, potentially biden involved in those debates as, well to make it open turner civilians will get out of gaza. All of that is still a and update from gaza is no stranger to know it seems so much worse in the immediate short term concerns aid groups are warning of an imminent health crisis. Supplies of water and fuel remained cut off. Cnns Salma Abdelaziz has more inside gaza, and a warning, some images in her report or disturbing. This is what life looks like in places israel told families to flee towards for their safety constant moment has reduced to rubble and wiped out entire families the survivors say. I lost all my relatives 15 people this man says. There were not on the front line or anything. We were just sitting at home. What have we done wrong . The u. N. Warns there are no safe places. About half 1 Million People fled here to Southern Gaza after an Evacuation Order by these really military. Familys desperate for refuge still trapped in the war zone the dead and injured flooding a Health Care System on the brink. Civilians are caught in the crossfire with a deathful mounting to just over a quarter of those killed are children according to palestinian officials. And a weeklong siege is strangling the enclave. The u. N. Says it medical supplies will soon run out. Some 2 Million People are crammed into this 140 square mile territory. Now many of them push into an even smaller corner of the enclave. About half the population are children. There are not enough shelters to house the sheer number of civilians, and even those who do you find spaces can overwhelm schools turn refugee centers, it is little comfort for the youngest victims. There is no one to protect us, this little girl says. There is no one to come save us. How are we supposed to live. How . Prime minister netanyahu has vowed to annihilate hamas, after a Terror Attack by the group left 1400 killed in israel. But with hamas so deeply embedded within gazas population, right groups fear a bloodbath. What we are seeing right now, the direction that israel is going to, it is going in, they have said they want to destroy hamas, but their current trajectory is going to destroy hamas does not answer to the people of gaza know elections have been held here since the group seized power in 2007. Still it is these residents that will pay the price with the potential grounding version expected, that crossed is unfathomable. Salma abdelaziz, cnn, london. An israeli commits which residents once described as beautiful and a close Thing Community who would share everything. Including meals. But the Israel Gaza Border made it a prime target for hamas to more than 120 people were killed in the slaughter, and others taken hostage. Cnns erin burnett spoke with Israeli Forces right now, theyre near stories member difficult for some of our viewers to hear. Men came at dawn through the main gate, to this town of just over 1000 people, burning, shooting, slaughtering, now this coutts is a mass grave. Still, an active fighting zone. This day, idf guns pointed at gas or just beyond the barbed wire. One soldier we saw onduty served 25 years in the army. What we saw here, nothing can prepare for this kind of brutality of evil, pure evil. So you ask me how do i feel . I feel determined, very determined. Determined, because here you wreaths the crime through your nose, your mouth, the presence of human death hits thus. This family that lived here, near names on the outside, on the floor inside, we saw a bus pass for one of them. This is their home, completely destroyed. This is the front garden, everything is now dead. I was standing and says the most home where they were celebrating. Exercise right behind Me Everything Burned and destroyed. And even on the refrigerator, the charred remains of all the pictures that somebody would have had on the outside of their fridge. The Medicine Containers that you would label by day to make sure you take the right pills every day. All of that just part of a normal life left behind. Home, after home, after home, here are some of the hear someone loved gardening. That life now gone. Now Bulletproof Vests worn by hamas and evidence hamas was ready to tie up many more victims, and still it is the children that no human can comprehend. They learn the fate of one of them. What we saw, maybe girl, four months old, the entire room is upside down and the baby lying on the floor her hands she was so beautiful. So beautiful with her pyjama. Shot in the head. He says they carried her outside like an angel. An infant. Childrens toys and showings are scattered everywhere. In this house, you see childrens homework, childrens books, a deck of cards just spread out here along the ground. There is clearly fighting and this, house outside this house. Arabic graffiti, the name of a brigade. Her big writing displayed all along the outside. Bullet holes as we walked in. The words also say victory, only there is no victory here, only death, and hate. We are dealing with a holy mission, not last, a holy mission . Yes. Still to come here on cnn. It is not just the u. S. President heading to israel, u. S. Military is sending a Rapid Response force to the murder. More details in a moment. Welcome back everyone. Ahead of as arrived in tel aviv to meet with the israeli militarys chief of staff. A u. S. Marine Rapid Response forces have also been deployed to the region, a show force intended to bolster cnns Oren Liebermann reports now from the pentagon. A marine Rapid Response forces headed towards the waters of the coast of israel, according to u. S. Offense to official familiar with the plans as the u. S. Commits a growing number of Military Assets to the region that are converging near israel, even as the Biden Administration is trying to avoid becoming directly involved militarily in a very hot conflict. The 26th Marine Expeditionary unit is currently on the uss baton, insidious assault shift, according to it is moving towards israel, and unclear if it will join other navy assets in the eastern med or if it will remain in the right to see off the coast of southern israel. Again, there are a growing number of Military Assets there. Theyre the uss Gerald R Ford Strike Forces in the eastern med, and the Dwight The Eisenhower Strikeforce will arrive in that same area in just a couple of. Week theres already moving that way according to cnn reporting from over the weekend. The key here is as the u. S. Is trying to show support to israel and show a strong returns to iran and iranian proxies in the region, in particular, hezbollah and lebanon, the u. S. Is still trying to get involved directly in this conflict. Trying to walk a very fine line here. On the same time on sunday night, u. S. Secretary of defense lloyd austin issued an order of about 2000 troops to prepare for the possibility of deployment directly to israel, offering a another option for President Joe Biden to consider how much support, how to offer that support, and whether the u. S. Should become directly more involved. It is crucial to note here that those 2000 troops that might be preparing for the possibility of deployment to israel would not be combat troops. Instead, theyd be support, so, logistics, planning, as well as perhaps medical assistance. Were looking for more details from the pentagon here in the coming days there. But all of this, as the u. S. Becomes more and more involved here in a conflict as israel promises a prolonged and perhaps Difficult Campaign and the next stage of israels operations expected here with a growing force on the border of gaza. Oren liebermann, cnn, in the pentagon. Earlier i spoke with the idea of spokesperson, Lieutenant Colonel congregate and any potential impact on the idfs planned Ground Offensive in gaza. What i understand from public statements, the statement made by secretary blinken, the president is here to show his support for israel and that he stands with israel. Our right to defend ourselves and, of course, any enhancement of our operations as part of our right to defend ourselves. I think the president also said that hamas needs to be destroyed and that is exactly our military aim. We want to dismantle hamas and make sure that never again will any terrorist organization in gaza have the ability to perform the atrocities that hamas did on the 7th of october. With regards to the Military Operations and the exodus from the north of gaza to the south that we just talked about moments ago, that did it seem to be a very clear message to hamas that a big operation was on its way. Can you say along and specifically where those operations will take place around the north and gaza city and one of the risks for those staying in the area and is there a danger of telegraphing your punches, if you like, to what is coming down the line . Three good questions in one. Listen, it is generally not wise for military to be advertising its intelligence. And we are aware of the fact that we have just advertised our intelligence by telling civilians in Northern Gaza to go south. Why have we done that . Because we want to civilians out of fighting and we dont want them to be killed. So there is a balance here between achieving a military objective and minimizing civilian damage and, in this case, which is very evident and you cannot argue with it, that we have chosen to, that the sanctity of life and helping Palestinian Civilians to go south and not be stuck in an area that there will be significant compact activities. There is a risk and we will have to mitigate this risk with the tactics, the weapons, and the time that we use when and if we will operate. There is tremendous, you know, desire in israel to see hamas defeated, to see the scourge and the terror gone from gaza, but israelis, of course, also want the idf to operate smartly and in a way that does not expose our troops to undo danger in an environment that already is amongst the most dangerous on any battlefield. Very quickly, one of the other reasons why President Biden is coming to the region, coming to israel, and Secretary Of State Anthony Blinkens been there, is concern that this conflict with hamas and gaza could spread and erupt into a much bigger regional confrontation with actors for iran, in particular, warning if there are any more palestinians billions killed, if this continues, there will be consequences for israel. What is your response to that . Well, i read the same way. I see that President Biden and secretary blinken, and Many American statements are made exactly in order to prevent a regional escalation. The common denominator of, lets say the reason or the power that could escalate the middle east into regional escalation is iran. They have their tentacles, they have their Proxy Organizations around israel. As blot in the north, they are turning to jihad in the south, and lots of proxies in syria and iraq and if they decide so, then that maybe they will want to throw more of their proxies towards israel. That would be unwise and definitely not something that would serve the interest of the people of the region, maybe it would serve iranian interest, but definitely not the people of the region. I think that is a very strong message that the u. S. Is delivering to iran. If youre thinking about doing it, dont. What we are saying, we are prepared. Along the northern border, along the south, whoever threatens us and whoever challenges our safety and security of our civilians we will defend and we will make sure that they dont have the ability to do so. 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