News not with any phillip starts now. The horror of war takes a dramatic turn, suddenly changes the american president s trip to a dangerous and unpredictable war zone. Thats tonight on news night. Good evening, im abby philip. We begin with another Tipping Point and an already volatile crisis in the middle east. Hundreds of reported dead after a hospital was bombed in gaza. The number of casualties is not yet clear and neithers responsibility. Hamas and palestinian officials accuse israel of carrying out an airstrike. The israelis say they have evidence to prove that it was that misfired rocket from a terror group. Im going to take a moment to show you the video from the scene. It is extremely graphic. But its important to see that reality on the ground. [speaking in a nonenglish language] as fingers point, whats clear is that innocent civilians and children, you saw them there, are caught in this cross fire of a conflict that we have to remind you, began with a devastating attack on israelis. Again, the images that im about to show you off this scene at that hospital today are extremely graphic. A toddler, here, bloodied, being carried in a mans arms. A group of adults urgently caring for someone on the ground behind them. Another little boy, also bloodied and bandages, being rushed through the crowd, seeking help. A teenager, wounded, Blood Splatter along the walls behind him. Its, of course, unclear if that blood belongs to him. And young girls, traumatized in the middle of a covid triage scene. One with many minnie mouse on her tshirt. President biden says he is outraged by the scenes. He is right now on his way to israel for a high stake trips in the middle of this war. But due to this hospital strike, his plans are now falling apart. Palestinian Authority President has canceled his meeting with biden and jordan has as well. The next few minutes and hours will be critical in what may be another Turning Point for this region. My cnn colleagues are standing by all around the world, and in israel, in jordan, one of the places protests are erupting tonight, and at the white house. I want to start, first, with Cnns Anderson Cooper whos on the ground in tel aviv. Anderson, we are seeing this horrific video tonight of that deadly Hospital Blast. Hundreds of people are believed to be dead, countless others injured. What do we know about what happened there and what are israeli officials saying tonight . As your show, and what a career theyre in that blast is horrific. Children, toddlers, woman, man, hundreds dead. Many more may still be buried in rubble at the hospital. According to the Palestinian Health ministry, the hospital not only had patients, doctors, and nurses inside thousands of displaced people outside in this running areas outside, compounding the loss of life. And again, we do not know how many people were killed. One former journalist who has covered, witnessed many moments like this, telling that New York Times tonight that, quote, there were so many bodies that i couldnt even photograph. The journalist said. That wounded were taken to alshifa hospital nearby, which as you know is a hospital which is already at capacity and operating under very difficult circumstances. Now the number of dead and wounded is so great there is reportedly no room for medics at that hospital. Another reporter who witnessed the initial wave of casualties telling the New York Times, im quoting, their bodies are now in the courtyard. The freezer is. Full the morgue extension is full. Now they are storing the bodies in the area designated for journalists. Hamas officials, they blame israel for the blast. Israel, categorically denies they had anything to do with this. Theyre saying a failed Rocket Launch by the Islamic Jihad fell short of landing by the hospital. They say they have evidence that multiple rockets were being fired by Islamic Jihad over the hospital and one of them fell. And idf Spokesperson Lieutenant colonel Jonathan Conricus who i spoke to earlier says the idf has intelligence that backs up that claim. We just learned the idf is going to have a Press Conference at not i am local time here in israel. Thats about four hours and 15 minutes from now. But in these Early Morning hours, there is a question of what difference that might make. Even if the idf present evidence that is convincing, what difference it may make in this region, massive protests have already erupted in beirut, amman, back dead, and in the west bank. Obviously, were watching also the border with lebanon and the possibility there of attacks from hezbollah. Ben wedeman is there for us tonight. So theres a lot of moving parts to this. And a lot of information we frankly dont have answers to. But what we do know is the pictures you showed and the horrible loss of life and a sickening casualties were seeing. I think thats exactly right. We really dont know and to your point about the protests, its a situation where the fog of war could really light a fire on an already smoldering tinderbox here in the middle east. What do you think is that risk here that incidents like this one could have really catastrophic impacts for the coming days and weeks . Look, its already derailed price and an bivens plant to meet in jordan with the egyptian president s, with the king of jordan, with Mahmoud Abbas from the palestinian authority. So it has derailed a key part of the president s trip. Obviously a big part of his trip was coming to israel and expressions of poor for israel, sending a message of support that the white house clearly wants hurled in toronto and among others in the region, hezbollah. And others. But its already, you know, the idf has said to have israeli authorities presenting evidence. Bentley berman reporting earlier, two u. S. Intelligence, more evidence was supposed to be presented to President Biden, i believe, when he gets here on the ground. I said there is going to be a Press Conference. There is no telling what the effect of this may be, abby. The Press Conference, just to underscore what you just said, in a few hours were potentially israel says it will present this evidence that it has, anderson. Thanks so much. And as anderson mentioned, there are ongoing anti israel protests across the middle east tonight. People angrily taking to the streets in lebanon and iran, in jordan and iraq, and in other countries as well, condemning the Gaza Hospital Blessed and laying the blame squarely on israel. And on the west. Cnns not up a shear is in amman, jordan right now. Not, that the protests exploding all across the arab world after this hospital, including where you are in a man, a big source of concern. What do we know about whats happening right now . Happy, from the outset of this war we have seen this protest taking place in solidarity with the Palestinian People and palestinians and gaza across the globe not just in the middle east, but what we have seen tonight is a real outpouring of outrage, and condemnation across this region. People heading to the straight across the region, not only in solidarity with the Palestinian People, and outrage at the attack. At they Al Ahli Hospital and gaza. The blame being put squarely on the foot of the israel carrying out another attack, in their words, on Palestinian Civilians inside the besieged gaza strip. As you mentioned, we have seen protests taking place here in amman, where there were huge, huge crowds in the city, catherine towards the Israeli Embassy and a mom. In fact, some protesters attempted to storm the Israeli Embassy at one point, although there was a heavy Security Presence reported here, gas being used to disperse the crowds. Weve seen these protests taking place and an almost daily basis here in jordan. And as you mentioned, we have seen similar protests across the region in lebanon, tunisia, and, of course, baghdad, iraq, other cities. And in the occupied west bank weve seen protests taking place. And this is going to mark a huge shift as we continue to see this movement intensify and gain and scale and size. And of course, as israels aerial bombardment of gaza continues, as we continue to state the civilian death toll and gaza, these protests are only going to get larger. And i cannot overstate the prevalence, the significance, of the palestinian cause holds here among the arab population and a broader sense across the middle 80s. So this is a mark of concern, certainly, at the scene. So many people taking to the streets. Whether this translates to policy amongst arab leaders, that remains to be seen. But as anderson mentioned, weve already seen so to be held here in amman between President Biden and abdullah of jordan, the president of asia, and the president of the palestinian authority. That has been canceled. And weve heard from the Jordanian Foreign minister, he said the singular focus of that meeting is to bring an end to the war, bring some respect and relief to palestinians and gaza who have been under intense, relentless aerial bombardment for more than a week, and they do not feel their international partners, i mean israel and that u. S. , are on the same page. Of course, the question is whether we continue to anticipate it will continue, particularly here in jordan, where there are already cold for a huge march on friday. It is nada, five i am where you are. Standby. Well be back with you as dont approach is where you are. For a deeper dive on all of, this and what it means for the tensions in the region, i want to bring in cnn Military Analyst, retired Lieutenant General mark hertling. This hospital is in the heart, it looks, like of gaza city. Tell us about this location. This is obviously where israel has said to civilians, to evacuate, but as we saw in this images, the hospital was chockfull. What we know . Its in the center of the most populous area of gaza, right in the middle of gaza city. The northernmost city. Its also, unfortunately, a place where we know how moss has had headquarters, underground, in those tunnels who have been talking about for so long. The initial strike has been horrific. The injuries, the deaths involved, but what we dont know yet, abby, is what happened. And immediately the information went out on the air upstream, we are seeing the Strategic Results in several countries that has already dismantled potentially President Bidens trip to try and bring a little bit of calm to the region. But its already exploded. It is the power of information on the internet and the arab world. The key thing in the hours and days ahead is to get a little closer into this map and see what happened, we have this rocket even come from. I want to show some images of the scene here, of this blast. The israelis say they have evidence this was not their rocket. How difficult or easy is it to do a forensic analysis of where this rocket came from and what happened at that scene . Depending on what evidence the have. The us really claim they have an overhead drone film of a being launched and landed near the hospital. You can also do the Crater Analysis. What exploited and where . And once you do that Crater Analysis to see how it affected the building, a crater being from either a missile or a bomb or a rocket, you can then look for pieces of that device. Cant you do that without physically being on the site . No, you cannot. You can see the film from above, and i think israel is going to show that. But it depends on what happens with the crater and what happened with putin of rocket or missile that length of the air. As weve been discussing, part of the story thats developing now is these protests. Here is lebanon, this is where we are seeing just massive amounts of people in the streets. A tinderbox, really, for the region. What is the risk here that an incident like this could inflame tensions and this is the broader conflict concern weve been talking about for days now. It already has inflamed various regions, as she just said. Its in baghdad, its in tunis, its in lebanon, and all those have effects that might influence the operation. They can certainly, especially in lebanon, when youre talking about South Lebanon and the effect that may have on hezbollah. But the other important thing is the derailing of President Bidens trip. Its derailing the israeli and whats what they might attempt to do. But its also meeting the political objectives of hamas. They have two Major Political objectives. That is number, one to kill jews and to kill as many as they can. And number two, to discredit israel on The World Stage and to eliminate the support. This is nothing to do that. Youre seeing millions of people on the street, throwing bombs, throwing rocks, that the unfortunate part of the information. Unfortunately, confusion alone forks to hamass benefit. Certainly. Does general hertling, thank you. And stand by for us. Were going to go straight to the white house now for new reaction from President Biden on this bombing as his trip gets thrown into chaos. This is cnn special live coverage. More are an african person. At President Biden right now on his way to a region on edge. Just hours after the bombing of a hospital in gaza. The trip is changing dramatically at this, alvarez leaders drop out as tensions rise. I want to bring in cnns senior White House Correspondent and gently over at the white house for us tonight. And jake, were already seeing the implications for this blessed include in part of President Bidens trip to jordan just being canceled. What impact are you hearing this is going to have on the diplomatic objectives that he has going to the trip . Look, first of all, abby, the president was traveling to a war zone. He and his advisors were very aware of course of what a volatile situation they were heading into. That events on the ground could shift very quickly. But we heard the president saying in a statement earlier this evening that he is directing his National Security team to continue gathering information about that Hospital Blast. And we also hurt National SecurityCouncil Spokesperson john kirby telling reporters on Air Force One En Route to israel that they are taking into account israels staunch denials that they were involved, that they were responsible for that deadly blast. Youre absolutely right that this event has had the effect of really faltering the president s trip to the region even before he headed arrived there. The cancellation of the summit of President Biden and arab leaders, that is a huge setback for this administration because what it effectively means is that the president is no longer going to be meeting in person, face to face, with some of these key arab leaders. The palestinian Authority President , Mahmoud Abbas, hes not going to be seeing him in person. He certainly not going to be seeing the president of egypt and we know from our reporting over the last several days just how much emphasis the president himself had placed in trying to meet with these leaders and told to these leaders face to face, to talk about these incredibly sensitive and complicated issues. And i think, abby, what this Hospital Blast has also done is very much sort of clarify what some of the president s Top Priorities are hating into this trip. For one, theres obviously the issue of trying to minimize the civilian casualties. Very interesting, kirby said to reporters on air force one the president plans to ask some tough questions to his israeli counterparts. Prime minister benjamin netanyahu. And we know he has been urging the prime minister, both in private but also his public statement, that it is incredibly important that the israelis adhere to the rules of war. And also, just the urgency of getting humanitarian aid into gaza. Now we have a situation where there are hundreds and hundreds of people desperately needing medical help, when this was already a community that wasnt able to access basic necessities like food, like water, like electricity. So just getting this visit and just awful visual as the president is heading to the region of how much is at stake . And the fact that civilians are getting caught in the cross fire as the president really hopes to make some progress on these Top Priorities,. Abby absolutely. I mean, it is so critical for this white house to keep the lines of communication with the arab world open. And tonight, that has at least been postponed. Mj lee, thank you. I want to bring it now palestinian journalist and Foreign Policy analyst as well as journalist and author carl bernstein, whos covered israels since 1992. But i want to start with this is a really tricky situation. But one we should all be prepared for. Its going to happen ag