Israeli officials today said th is as international criticism# over Israel's war with Hamas grows.

GEOFF BENNETT: Meantime, on the ground,## the heavy fighting c On the border between Gaza and Southern# Israel, Hamas rockets meet the Iron## Dome defense system.

Further north, some# strikes slip through the net near Tel Aviv,## as Israeli Defense Forces push their# ground offensive further south.

Today,## the IDF released video of a mosque in Jabalia,# where they say they found an explosives lab.

MAN (through translator): This# is what is in the mosques here.

GEOFF BENNETT: The IDF say they have forced# an d they say militants in the# field must surrender or be killed.

In a briefing today,## the Israeli de YOAV GALLANT, Israeli Defense Minister: Israel# will take any measures in order to destroy Hamas,## but we have no intention to stay permanently# in the Gaza Strip.

We only take care of our## security and the security of our citizens# alongside the border with Gaza and elsewhere.

GEOFF BENNETT: Across Gaza, a# widening Israeli offensive is## leading to a growing humanitarian crisis.# Khan Yunis in the latest battlefield with displaced# Palestinians caught in the middle.

HISHAM SHBEIR, Displaced Palestinian (through# translator): The area was classified as safe.## There was no announcement or# declaration GEOFF BENNETT: In the Maghazi refugee camp,## Palestinians dig out from the# MO HAMMAD BARAKAT, Displaced Palestinian (through# translator): We were sitting at home quietly,## and then we heard the sounds of inte and the doors came off their hinges.# And then we left the house and saw## the bombed building.

We came here.# And you see it.

It's a massacre.

GEOFF BENNETT: At the Al-Aqsa Hospital,# the doctors who remain in Gaza treat## survivors on the floor.

Aid trickles in# through the Rafah Crossing with Egypt,## but it's not enough to meet the immense need.# Nearly 85 percent of Gaza's 2.3 million people## have been displaced within Gaza, where U.N.# agencies say there is no safe place to flee.

UM NIDAL AL-KHWAJA, Displaced Palestinian# (through translator): We packed our things## and move left our things and stayed there for# around started dropping flyers telling us to go south.# But where in the south are w GEOFF BENNETT: Tents have gone up at the# border, and those in the camp face long## lines for any basic necessities, leading# to pleas for world leaders to take actio ALIA NASR, Displaced Palestinian (through# translator): Every time the Security Council## takes a decision to stop the We urge the United States to stand# with us and end the war.

Three months## are enough.

We are tired, very tired.# Look at us with mercy for our children,## our women, our elderly.

Bring us back to our life.

GEOFF BENNETT: As Israel's bombardment of Gaza# continues, businesses are closed and str are empty in the West Bank.

Palestinians here# and in Jerusalem say they have gone on strike,## in solidarity with Palestinians in the Gaza Strip.

WASSEM DWIKAT, West Bank Resident# (through translator): We are ready## conditions we are going through.

We are# with them with our hearts and our souls.

GEOFF BENNETT: As another night falls in Gaza,## the war moves on under the# light of