Good day to our viewers. Im kasie hunt. It is thursday, october 19. 5 00 a. M. Here in washington and noon in gaza where there is some hope that humanitarian aid could soon reach palestinians in gaza. The strip has been blocked off and under heavy bombardment since the october 7 hamas terrorist attack. President biden says he has struck a deal with egypts president to get much needed aid into gaza starting tomorrow. He agreed that what it would do is open the gate to do two things. One, let up to 20 trucks th through, the satterfield ambassadors down there in cairo now, he will coordinate it, he has my authority do what is needed to get it done. And that was the president aboard Air Force One talking to reporters as he flew home from his trip to israel where he managed to convince the israeli war wab net to allow aid to cross the border. But of course he was also snubbed by the leaders of jordan, egypt and palestinian authority. Plans for a fourway inperson summit were quickly canceled after the deadly blast at a Gaza Hospital that killed hundreds of people. The president did back israels claim that they were not responsible anxious that the explosion was actually caused by a misfired palestinian missile. Becky anderson is live in tel aviv with more. Lets talk about gaza because the president is focused on trying to get the trucks across the border. There are still a lot of logistical hurdles to getting that done. There is. Joe biden said that he had gone to get the job done and i did it. He said. Referring to getting that aid crossing open. So lets talk about that specifically. That is the crossing to the south of gaza between with egypt on the other side and enormous amount of aid built up on that side of the border in the sinai in egypt. So the agreement is that some 20 trucks of aid will cross likely by friday into gaza to try to alleviate what is a near catastrophic situation. When i spoke to the u. N. Agency on the ground there today, which has shelters very close to the rafah Border Crossing, one would assume that they would get some of this aid, one has to assume that as this aid sort of gets into gaza, but the u. N. Agency spokesman told me two things. Firstly, they are still hearing strikes and seeing results of israeli activity in that area. So that is an issue. There is clearly a real issue about whether that area is safe at present. And then we are talking about 20 trucks. You talk to anybody on the ground here including the u. N. Agency on the ground, he said that we need hundreds if not thousands of trucks. The problem for egypt, americans, getting the aid this is that the roads are very badly bombed. They have been sort of, you know, partially destroyed as a result of airstrikes in that area. So an enormous amount of effort being made to try to make the roads passable in order to get the aid in. U. N. Told me they have 10,000 people in a shelter very close to the rafah border. As i say, they are tell under threat of airstrikes. Their supplies are running extremely low. So this aid while be enormously important by friday really is just the beginning of what both southern and northern gaza need. And remember the israelis have conceded to demands from the u. S. To get the Border Crossing open in egypt, but the rest of the borders around gaza controlled by the israelis, they say they will not be open, they are not prepared to do that and therefore there will be no aid getting into gaza primarily into the north where we know the real humanitarian situation is unfolding. Because israelis are not conceding to demands to allow that in. There is a lot of talk about a ceasefire Behind The Scenes. If joe biden came with a number of objectives, obviously one was to get the humanitarian aid in through that gaza crossing. We also know u. S. Citizens in gaza are a real priority. They want to get those out. We havent had any information about whether he achieved that, nor whether there was any movement on the release of the hostages. We hear that the idf is now informed the families of 203 people that they are likely held by hamas. They have also said that more than 300 soldiers have been killed since the hamas attack on october 7. Numbers are just hideous here, 471 people now killed in that Hospital Blast according to palestinian authorities. And behind every one of these numbers of course is a person and behind this enormous humanitarian effort and catastrophe involving are men, Women And Children whose lives are at risk at this point. Of course. Although i have to say all those hostages being held, a prospects of a ceasefire seems dim. Beckdy, thank you. Just ahead here, a cnn investigation reveals that hamas had remarkably detailed intelligence ahead of the october 7 terror attack. Where did they get it . Plus americas house still without a speaker this morning. What happens now. There are lingering questions about how Israeli Intelligence could have missed signs of such a large scale attack. But what about on the hamas side . A cnn investigation is taking a closer look at the dat the dept intelligence hamas appears to have gathered. Reporter even with detailed intelligence, not every hamas objective was achieved. The nearby kibbutz not even attempted but we have Documentary Evidence that hamas intended to have human cai casualties and hold hostages. Individual buildings were assessed for their military value. Kitchen describeds as the main place suitable for holding hostages. And inside the guard Room Soldiers must be neutralized the instructions say. And the Dental Clinic designated a place for first aid for both enemies and friends. Lets bring in former Director Of Communications for u. S. National intelligence shawn turner. Some of these details are terrifying. What is your view on how hamas was able to gather this . I mean, there were maps, battle plan, they knew about the locates of rural road, generators. How is it Possiblegat Gater gathered all this information . Good morning, thanks for having me. No doubt that hamas has made significant progress with regards to Military Tactics and strategies. And even in their collection of intelligence. But make no mistake, there is no universe in which hamas has the type of resources necessary to get the level of detailed information that we see in some of the documents and some of the reporting since this attack happened just more than a week ago. I mean, as you pointed out, you look at the fact that they knew where Communication Towers were. Those were critical to taking out some of israelis remote defenses. They knew where there were openings in barricades across the area. They evened ed had a sense tha they could overwhelm the Iron Dome System if they launched multiple rockets at different trajectories. So that tells me that there is Something Else going on here with regard to how they obtained that intelligence. On when you say there is Something Else going on here, what are the possibilities . Is it the iranians, do they have Human Sources inside israel around these kibbutzs . How do you think this would be possible . You hit the two key ones. I think most likely scenario is that iran may have participated in gathering intelligence, either gathering it themselves or stealing intelligence through cyber incur gents that they provided to hamas. That could have happened over a long period of time and that intelligence could have come from a range of different resources or different sources. That is a likely scenario. Worst Case Scenario is that hamas was able to recruit and place humans or Human Intelligence sources on the ground within israel to return that intelligence back to hamas. Again, i say that is the worst case and it is too early to conclude that that is what happened here. But when you look at the level of detail, the level of specificity here, this is not the kind of information that you get from a Google Search or from paying close attention. It is also the kind of information that is very present, very relevant. Intelligence exchanges very rapidly in israel. They tend to upgrade their systems, what have you, so intelligence is fairly recent intelligence. So i think those are the two most likely scenarios. But in either case israel was still caught off guard. Yeah, just stunning the level that Matthew Chance was able to kind of walk us through here that hamas actually was able to obtain. Sean turn he, grateful for your time. Thank you very much for being with us. Thanks for having me. And u. S. Intelligence is backing up israels claim that they did not strike the hospital in gaza. Is it enough to convince skeptics and does it matter. Ahead. U. S. Intelligence assessment now backs up iz rails claim that israel was not responsible for the blast at the Gaza Hospital and it was actually caused by a misfired palestinian missile. Both sides are waging a furious pr campaign trying to blame each other for the deadly explosion and fire. Alex marquardt lays out what we know. Reporter The Explosion Rocked Northern Gaza and lit up the sky. Another angle appears to show the blast at the hospital. Cnn has not determined definitively that the rocket and explosion are related but in tel aviv today President Biden said u. S. Intelligence matches israels version of what happened. Based on the information weve seen today, it appears the result of an errant rocket fired by a Terrorist Group in gaza. Reporter he didnt name the group but israel says it is islamic jihad. The american assessment less than 24 hours after the Deadly Strike was based on what the white house now says is intelligence, Missile Activity and open source video and images of the incident. The statement adding that some Palestinian Militants in gaza themselves believe it was carried out by islamic jihad. The u. S. Now to weigh in and the u. S. President to weigh in on this, this does strongly suggest this was likely not the israelis. Reporter Israeli Military published recordings it claims are Audio Intercepts of hamas militants acknowledging the rocket came from inside gaza. [ speaking in a nonenglish language ] cnn cannot independently verify them. It is part of a vigorous effort to prove it wasnt their rocket arguing the damage from the strike was far lighter than the bombs they usually drop from the air. Assaults that have left buildings across gaza flattened and huge craters in the ground. At the hospital today, charred vehicles littered the parking lot which is pot marked and has a small crater. Sources tell cnn that israel shared its intelligence with the u. S. And taken together the u. S. Now believes that the body of evidence paints a solid picture. You have to piece it together with other sources of information not just from that ally. Because that may be biased. Reporter but the public outcry and blame of israel were swift and fierce. Bidens summit in jordan with arab leaders was canceled as crowds in the streets grew. I can understand in this circumstance they wouldnt believe. I can understand that. But i would not you know i dont say things like that unless i have faith in the source. Reporter the theory now threatening to deepen the crisis. Even before israel launches a possible invasion of gaza. Deepn this. Lets bring in max foster. Good morning. We wanted to give our viewers an opportunity to see everything that we here at cnn know about what happened here because and lets start there before we Start Talking about whether or not any of it actually matters to the arab street. But there has been a lot of back and forth obviously with the palestinians immediately coming out we should say Hamas Palestinian health authority, controlled by hamas, saying that the israelis caused the deaths of hundreds of people by striking a hospital, huge globalismly indications. But now it seem like all the Information Israelis are putting out have at least convinced the americans that they didnt do it. What is the view from where you are in Western Europe and how much does that matter right now . Well, i think you need to look at it in terms of the rage that has built up here coming from a lot of arab world where generally there is a huge amount of sympathy with the palestinians and you automatically think that it was an israeli strike, israel then comes up with evidence to counter that and the americans back that up with their intelligence. And they are pretty clear that it wasnt israeli strike. But it is almost as if emotions have already bubbled up before then and they would say that, wouldnt they, of course america would back up israel. So i think what weve got is a lot of people are not looking at the facts but the long term trend here of suppression as they see it of the Palestinian People and this speaks to it. One thing worth noting is a lot of arab leaders did immediately condemn israel and they havent since the intelligence come out supported israel. So also a lot of people in those countries looking at their own government saying do they really blelieve america israel. What are the dynamics for a lot of the arab leaders as they try to balance domestic pressures and the clear emotion and rage that has enflamed many young people an sd sent them to the streets and what is going on Behind The Scenes. It seems like there are Political Considerations for each of these leaders that maybe are running into what their international imperatives might be. Yeah, i mean, interesting to know what the conversations are Behind The Scenes particularly with key allies like the king of jordan. But lebanon and jordan have huge palestinian populations. Jordan has a bigger palestinian population than gaza. They are absolutely concerned about destabilization within their own countries. They dont want to provoke more rage and a rush toward supporting gazans and trying to balance the language. So the diplomacy going on Behind The Scenes. We don progress is being made there. There is a lot of key u. S. Allies that they are speaking to. But to the public they need to manage the emotion and rage and massive distrust about anything that any of these western powers are saying and israeli powers as well. Rishi sunak has now gone to the middle east. Not a huge player if you compare it to President Biden, but perhaps there is a role for some of the european nations to come here and also create a bit of a bridge perhaps. And it really does underscore that the Information War is as important as anything else here because regardless of what facts may come out about an incident in war, the initial narrative is going to drive so much of what happens. So that is on us. We have a real responsibility to be careful in terms of how we characterize these things. And it is so hard getting all the information, isnt it, in any war, but nows networks were brought in yesterday when the israelis were saying you were saying this and it wasnt true and these were things that cnn was not saying and they were criticizing us for running with the hamas narrative which we didnt do. So incredibly hard for us as reporters to try to be independent when were being drawn into the story. Last thing that you want to do, to be a part of the story. Were just trying to tell the facts as they are and allow people to make up their own choices. Max foster, thank you very much. And President Biden says he has reached a deal for humanitarian aid to reach gaza. We have more on how that could work. And jim jordan falls short again to become house speaker. Will a third vote be any different . Good morning. Thank you for being up early with us. Im kasie hunt. Just hours from now President Biden will deliver a Primetime Address Calling for continued aid to israel in the face of has mass attacks and to ukraine in their ongoing war against russia. Biden telling reporters on the trip home from tel aviv that he had a very blunt meeting with israeli leaders. The president says that while israel has been badly victimized, it has an obligation to allow humanitarian aid into gaza. You have an opportunity to alleviate the pain, you should do it. Period. And if you dont, you will lose credibility worldwide. He says he struck a deal to get the aid to the palestinians starting tomorrow. Becky anderson is live with moor. The reality is there are still significant complications to be addressed before this aid can start to move. Youre right. They have to fix the roads and aid not likely to get in until friday. But it is a start. It is a start. And weve spoken to people on the ground who say this is incredibly important and if this is just the beginning, it could allow for more. They are talking about the need for hundreds of trucks a day to come through. But it was certainly one of the objectives joe biden had in coming to israel here. And to get that humanitarian corridor open, he also of course is looking for the evacuation of u. S. Citizens in the first instance out of gaza. And indeed the release of these hostages. And we know there are a the least a handful if not more american hostages being held. And so we didnt hear a constraints, but we are hearing for calls of a ceasefire. The number of dead and injured continues to rise. And the humanitarian situation as weve been discussing for those who have survived this is getting worse by t