We begin in southern Israel, where there have been numerous
headlines from overnight trade.
Let's start there. Hello.
Yeah. Hey, Bill, Good morning.
A lot of updates overnight.
We'll start with Gaza's Al Shifa Hospital,
where Israeli forces conducted an early morning raid targeting what
they say are tunnel entrances for Hamas,
the group in control of Gaza.
I want to give you the play by play of
how all of this unfolded and how we found out
Late last night.
I received a text message from a senior Hamas official
inside Gaza and he said in a few minutes the
hospital will be stormed.
We then reached out to the Israeli military.
They didn't initially have any information,
but then ultimately released a statement saying they are indeed
storming Al Shifa Hospital,
Gaza's largest medical facility. To go after Hamas militants,
we've gathered more information this morning from top intelligence.
And defense officials here in Israel trying to get an
understanding of what the focus and efforts were for the
Israelis.
You can see in some of this video here,
one of the main objectives for the Israeli forces in
Al Shifa was to deliver medical aid to Palestinian civilians.
We understand there are around 600 patients at Al Shifa
hospital,
also around 1200 internally displaced Palestinians who are sheltering in
place there.
So the Israelis delivered aid to those Palestinians and they
also went after Hamas militants.
They say they killed 4 militants around the hospital gates
before entering the facility.
But once inside, no bullets were fired.
And this is of note because it indicates Hamas fighters
and leadership use the tunnel network to get to the
southern part of Gaza,
knowing that the Israelis were going to raid the facility.
Now all of this is taking place amid ground fighting
inside Gaza.
The Israelis say they took over the AL Shati camp
in the northern part of Gaza,
largely considered to be a Hamas stronghold.
And then when we go to the South of Gaza,
with the Rafah crossing, the border between Gaza and Egypt.
Today, for the first time since the conflict began,
a fuel truck passed into Gaza,
coordinated with the United Nations,
but an indication there are conversations taking place behind the
scenes.
Not only to try to diplomatically get some of those
hostages freed,
but also get more aid into Gaza.
Bill, thank you. Train about 20 minutes.
We'll talk to a member of the IDF,
and we'll go to the map and show our viewers
at home what is beneath that hospital in Gaza City.
Thank you, Trey, for that.