From CNN, I'm Fez Jameel with the five things you need to know for Tuesday, October 17th.

A CNN stringer is reporting a number of airstrikes hitting Gaza, less than a mile from the Rafa crossing with Egypt, where

aid supplies are waiting to cross into the enclave.

It comes as more deaths are being reported in southern Gaza, even as the Israeli military tells people to move out of the

north for safety.

Health officials in Gaza say 110 bodies from the southern part of the enclave have been

taken to hospitals overnight.

The director of several hospitals in Gaza tells CNN that some of the bodies were rescued

from underneath the rubble of houses hosting families who fled the north of the strip in the past few days.

Israel says it's concerned about the humanitarian situation in Gaza,

but for now, there's no ceasefire and its bombings will continue

as the Rafa crossing from Egypt remains closed.

Meanwhile, Hamas released a hostage video showing a 21-year-old French Israeli woman

who was kidnapped at the Nova Music Festival on October 7th.

Her mother urged the government and world leaders to bring her daughter back home.

She's very, very strong.

That's why we all believed in our hearts that she's alive because we knew that she will never give up.

CNN cannot independently verify where and when the video was taken what our condition is at the moment.

At some point, if he's going to lead this conference during a presidential election cycle

and particularly a presidential election year, is going to have to be strong and say

Donald Trump didn't win the election and we need to move forward.

That's Republican Congressman Ken Buck stating why he hasn't been convinced to support Jim Jordan for Speaker of the House.

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