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. >> welcome to all of you watching us here in the united states, canada, and all around the world. i'm kim brunhuber. ahead on "cnn newsroom." explosions across israel and gaza today. this as israeli officials say negotiations over the remaining hostages has hit a dead end. we'll have a live report on all of the latest. plus, i'll speak to the israeli peace activists and spokespeople for the parent circle about working together amidst the sorrow and findingng strength i grieviving togetheher. plus, , the u.s. announcnce rule to slash methane gas emissions, but is it too little too late? we're live at the cop-28 summit to find out. >> reporter: this is "cnn newsroom" with kim brunhuber. it is 5:00 a.m. here in atlanta, noon in gaza where israel's bombardment of what it calls hamas targets is in its third day since a truce collapsed. >> the israeli army released footage of its ground, air, and naval operations in gaza. it says an idf drone targeted and killed hamas militants who were close to israeli troops. they say fighter jets and helicopters have been striking hamas installations across gaza, including tunnel shafts, command centers, and weapons storage facilities. israel says 66 israeli soldiers have died during the combat operations, including one on satu saturday. this was the aftermath of a strike in southern gaza and as the fighting intensifies, gaza is urging people to keep moving south, but internet service in gaza has been unreliable and it's not clear gazans are getting the message. u.s. vice president kamala harris in dubai for the u.n. climate conference stressed the need for israel to minimize civilian casualties in gaza. here she is. >> israel said during this week-long truce that negotiations would resumend, an pretty much immediately hostilities resumed. in the first 24 hours, israel said it carried out more than 400 air strikes using fighter jets, helicopters, and also drones, targeting tunnels, weapons storage facilities, and militants themselves inside the gaza strip. there were also rocket barrages fired from the gaza strip towards israeli cities like tel aviv and others in the country and the surrounding area of the gaza strip and now, militarily, people are waiting for a ground operation in the southern part of the gaza strip. prime minister benjamin netanyahu holding a preference on saturday night, saying that israel remained resolute in its determination to destroy hamas militarily, prevent it from ever threatening israeli citizens again, and removing it from power. and of course to get all of those remaining 136 hostages back home. >> we will continue the war until we achieve all its goals and we cannot achieve these goals without the ground maneu maneuvering. >> and either by accident or by design, at the same time netanyahu was speaking, there were thousands of israelis gathering in the unofficially renamed hostages square, continuing to put more pressure on the government to get those hostages all back home. kim? >> meanwhile, all of this is happening, and the u.s. is continuing to push for another truce. are they making any progress? >> it doesn't seem that way right now. as you said in your introduction, negotiations are at a dead end. there are no negotiations going on right now, at least not of the sort we saw prior to this truce, that enabled this truce to take hold. cnn spoke with a senior administration official, saying it is pursuing every effort to secure the release of those remaining hostages. as i said, 136 hostages remaining, 15 women and two children. that for israel seems to be the sticking point, that it said hamas reneged on its promise to release those women and children. of those hostages remaining, israel believes there is one woman and seven men unaccounted for. hamas says that the only women that it's still holding are all idf soldiers. israel denies that and says that all of the men that it's holding are either current or former idf soldiers, as well. but of course, beyond these negotiations, other groups that holding the hostages and it may not be the case that hamas knows where all of these hostages are, kim. >> appreciate the update. eliot gotkin in london. thank you so much. well, the war has claimed the lives of innocent civilians on both sides of the expanding conflict, so as all of this unfolds, members of the parent circle continue to advocate for peace and reconciliation between israelis and palestinians. now, this is a group that no one wants to be part of. it's a joint israeli/palestinian organization of more than 600 family, all of whom have lost an immediate family to the ongoing conflict. and the former directors of the parent circle join me now. rami lost his 14 yeefrld daughter in a hamas bombing in 1997 and he lost his 10-year-old daughter when police shot her in front of her school in 2007. thank you so much for both joining me here. tragically, both of you experi experienced tremendous loss. what went through your head when you heard about the hamas attacks on november 7th? >> i wasas overwhelmlmed, i was devastated.. we had famamily and it was horrible, , but it didn't t cha my mind d a bit. i was s expecting it. you cannot put 2 million people in a box and close the cover and expect that nothing will happen. it blew up in our faces and it was expected. and as the idf bombing campaign in gaza continues and the israeli military expands its ground operation there, what have you been thinking about? >> as he said, it was expected this is our life for 75 years. hamas didn't invent the conflict, the conflict invented hamas. and what about before that. unfortunately, the civilians paying the highest price. you can see more than 15,000 people have been killed since the 7th of october. we said, we need to sit down and talk to each other. because in the end, we must sit down and negotiation. so why we didn't save thousands of lives of innocent people who like us understand these painful feelings when you lose a child, just for nothing. it's a disaster, it's a massacre. it's a mass killing. and for what? in the end, i said, we need to sit down and talk. for hamas, it's to kill 2,000, 2 million people, or end the occupy. why do they continue to occupy on other people's land? >> rami, in israel, there's so much anger because of the hamas attacks, so many people killed and taken hostage, what's your message to those israeli parents who have lost children in the attacks on october 7thth? >> the right to self-defense doesn't give you the right to revenge and my message is very simple. i have no sympathy for hamas. hamas are the killers of my doctor. but i will talk to the devil itself to save one drop of blood. revenge only brings more revenge. those hamas people that created the massacre were kids in 2015 and this is going on. it's an ongoing cycle of violence that never stops and we have the moral authority to tell our two peoples, there is another way, we can talk to each other. look at me, we are calling each other brothers. there is no other way. it will not stop. it will not go away anywhere. all too true. after this attack, there are more kids who have lost homes, who will have lost parents and perhaps radicalized. what would your advice be to them as they go through this horrific experience in gaza? >> accept it's just radicalized. they invest in more hatred and more revenge. and this is what's killing us. unfortunately, those people who lost their parents, they will never meet them again. they ask for justice, means to stop this killing. this is the prize, so people can live in the normal way. in this case, i want to call mr. president, joe biden himself as a father, as a bre reeved father. he knows exactly what we're feeling, as people who have lost their beloved ones. please give our kids, to grow up in peace and security. for both sides, not only israel, to end the israeli occupation and to sign peace agreement. we need to be free. otherwise, unfortunately, we'll continue to fight each other and we said it's possible, it's a good example we can live together side by side, otherwise, we will save as our kids, our family, and we need their support for peace, not to provide like, to support one side unconditionally against the other side. >> as you just exactly said, you are symbols of what can be done when two peoples come together for peace, but there are too few voices like yours. concretely, you have raised some long-term solutions, but right now, as this is going on, how are you work ing to repair that bond? remi, i'll start with you. >> i think it's essential that a cease-fire will start immediately. the long lines of dead children must be stopped. and the negotiations should be started. and of course, something radical must have been changed. the whole issue is about putting the palestinian people aside. the whole issue is about putting the palestinians back in the picture. and they need to have freedom. there will be no freedom for the palestinians without security for the israels, but there will be no security for the israelis without freedom for the palest palestinians this is a big elephant in the center of the room. everyone knows exactly what should be done. this is exactly what should be do done. >> and concretely right now, while this war is going on, how can you work now to get that reconciliation given that there's so much blood and death on both sides. >> as you know, there is not a conciliation under the occupation. a reconciliation should be part of a peace agreement and you know israel's right to make peace when normal relations and would never bring to them peace. only the palestinians can get on to the security of the israelis and they need to cease-fire since 40 years, this will be a very good start for people to start to see each other as human beings and to understand that nothing works with each other. in the end, we need to sit down and talk and we have a very big experience from the past, from the war. we are not from the past. they look at the relations between the europeans, between the states and now they live in peace, because they go through peace and reconciliation process to allow them to appreciate, to live together in democracy and real peace. >> the key there, you said it, seeing each other as human beings. you are both an excellent sample to everyone out there and we hope your voices are heard. thank you so much both for joining me here. >> thank you. well, even though the fighting has resumed, the palestine red crescent society says 100 aid trucks made it through the crossing into gaza on saturday. they said the trucks from egypt carried much-needed food, water, and medical supplies. the egyptian red crescent said some trucks also brought in blankets and body bags. a top red cross official says he's still concerned about meeting the needs of the civilian population as the war ra rages. >> people are living in constant fear of violent death. people are struggling to survive with little food and water because of the resumption of the fighting. and in all likelihood, getting aid inside of gaza will be automatically more challenging. so of course, it's a matter of grave concern to us. >> if you would like information on how you can help, you can go to cnn.com/impact and find a list of vetted organizations that are providing help. that's at cnn.com/impact. still to come, the u.s. outlines plans to significantly cut methane emissions as they make a wave of commitments to combat the climate crisis. we'll have the latest from the summit in dubai next. please stay with us. the biden administration has finalized a rule to significantly cut the oil and gas administration's of methane, a powerful planet-warming gas. the announcement comes amid a wave of commitments in dubai, including a pledge from at least 117 countries to triple renewable energy by the year 2030. cnn's david mckenzie joins me now from dubai. as i say, plenty of pledges to including the u.s. plans to cut methane. what stood out to you? >> reporter: today, it's really important to focus on the health impact of the climate crisis. this is a special day for that, and i'm joined by the head of the world health organization's climate change unit. you know, doctor, i was surprised that this is the first time that this has been a dedicated day for this. >> we are surprised as well. it's cop 28. and that means that the negotiators have been negotiating for 27 years about climate change so they think they've been negotiating about carbon emissions. the message we're bringing, you are actually negotiating about human lives and how many human lives you can save both by preventing the health risk, but saving an awful lot of lives through climate change action. >> more than 6 million people die each year to respiratory issues linked to pollution. that is one aspect of fossil fuel addiction, but what are the directs impact on health? >> the biggest health impact is exactly extreme heat. people die in greater numbers from respiratory illness when it goes up. that's only just one aspect. we also, if you look at infectious diseases, particularly those transmitted by food, through water or by biting mosquitos, climate change makes it easier and easier to transmit those diseases. and ultimately, the real risk we have is climate change is undermining everything that we immediate to provide good health, including things like food systems. >> malaria is one bad example, i guess, of expanding zones for the malaria carrying mosquito, particularly where i'm based in africa. what can be done about this? is it about pressuring leaders to act? >> it is about pressuring leaders to act, but part of a they need to do would save lives now. if we're able to put into place better prevention centers, stronger health systems, that will save an awful lot of lives now and it will also improve resilience to the climate crisis. but the other thing we're encouraging leaders to do is to take actions on the sources of climate change, so fossil fuel pollution as you've just mentioned, because, that is ultimately what's going to guarantee our health and save us. >> tens of millions of health professionals through their organizations are lobbying with the help of the w.h.o to have stronger action. do you think these people who are dealing with the health impacts day-to-day will have their voices heard? >> i think they have to. we've got a 50 million-strong army behind us, because that's the number that's represented by the health organizations that's signed up to this call. that's nurses and doctors in some of the most vulnerable communities. so the ultimate message that we have here is we're here to help. >> thank you very much, doctor. you know, kim, if you look at the impacts of climate change, just with the extreme events, and specifically in cities, the impact of climate change and the climate crisis across the developed world and the developing world, the w.h.o wants to have a greater focus on this as a public health emergency, not just an ecological issue. >> those health impacts affect so many people in so many different ways, david mckenzie in dubai. thanks so much. officials in the philippines say an explosion during a mass inside a gymnasium as killed at least four people and injured more than 40 others. the philippine tth condemned the deadly bombing and blamed it on foreign terrorists. happened on the southern island of mindanao. that region has long been a hotbed of encourage against the philippine government. no group has claimed responsibility so far. residents in the southern philippines are recovering from the shock of a powerful earthquake. the 7.6 magnitude quake rocked mindanao on saturday and sparked several powerful aftershocks. have a look at this. >> it also damaged some buildings, including that grocery store. despite the scary scenes like this, there have been no initial reports of casualties, but the quake did trigger tsunami warnings and small waves were observed as far as japan. authorities say those threats are now over. in paris, the anti-terrorism prosecutor is investigating after a german tourist was killed and two others injured by an attacker wielding a knife and hammering near the eiffel tower. the 26-year-old french national was arrested at the scene. the interior minister said he told police that he was upset about what had been happening in gaza. authorities said he'd been sentenced to prison in 2016 for p planning another attack. the vatican says pope francis' health is improving, but he'll stay indoors to read his sunday address to avoid being exposed to cold weather. officials add the 86-year-old has no fever and is continuing treatment for respiratory issues. as a result, the pontiff canceled his trip to dubai for the cop-28 climate talks. i'm kim brun hhuber. for our viewers in north america, more news in just a moment. for our international viewers, "point of 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striking hamas installations across gaza, including tunnel shafts and weapons storage facilities. israel says 66 soldiers have died in the combat operations including one killed saturday. this was the aftermath of a strike in southern gaza. the hamas-run health ministry says 193 palestinians have been killed since the end of the tr truce. internet service in gaza has been unreliable and it's not clear gazaens are getting the message. some of the israeli hostages freed by hamas joined a rally in tel aviv on saturday, calling for the release of hostages left beh behind. >> thousands of people showed up to support the rally. they listened to musicians and held up posters of hostages still held in gaza. people also lit candles at a long table with places reserved for hostages. family members shared the pain of waiting to see their loved ones again. >> i'm here every week, to show we are not backing down and want all the hostages back. we want the government to do whatever they need to do in order to bring him and the other hostages back as soon as poss possible. it seems i'm smiling, but only from the outside. on the inside, i'm burning. and really, really, it's a fear and a nightmare for us. the families are still captive, still in gaza. although some of our family members came back to israel this week, at least three of them are here, but two more are still in gaza. and we came here in order to stand with them and fight with them returning to israel as soon as possible. with all the other hostages. >> even though some hostages were released during the truce, the israeli military says 136 remain in gaza, and they say that includes more than a dozen women and children. earlier, cnn spoke about the hostage situation with former israeli ambassador to the u.s., michael oren. here he is. the one key issue is women and children. we claim that they still have at least 13, as many as 17 women and children are held hostage. hamas says they have no more. i would doubt that. you know, i'm not a

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