Good evening, I'm Jeff Bennett, and I'm Amna Nawaz in Tel Aviv on the news hour tonight.

Hospitals in Gaza are overwhelmed with scores of injure, as Israel vows not to allow in aid

until Hamas releases its hostages.

We hear from civilians caught in the crossfire.

Public and infighting in Washington complicates the process of electing a new house speaker,

but frontrunner Steve Scalice is doing to try to win more support.

And Judy Woodruff visits college campuses that are increasingly becoming the focus of debates

over free speech.

It's important to hear all of these views, because when you're out in the real world,

I think you hear people discussing things that are not for the good of society and you

have to learn how to react.

Welcome to the news hour.

It is the sixth day of war, as Israel retaliates against terrorist attacks from Hamas, with

the coastal region under extraordinary bombardment by Israeli jets and artillery and the siege

tightening.

Here on the ground, nearly 3,000 people have already died in less than a week of brutal

violence.

In Israel, more than 1,200 people have been killed.

That includes 27 Americans.

The U.S. government now says it will begin operating charter flights tomorrow to evacuate

any of the more than 100,000 Americans currently here.

And so far, 1,500 Palestinians have been killed.

...