On the nineth day before Christmas, major storm systems threatened both coasts and could make a mess of holiday plan. Tonight, a big storm is making its way from Florida to New Jersey. Thirty-seven million people will be under storm warnings and watches. Places like Myrtle Beach are bracing for what is to come as the storm heads north. And out west, California is set for a drenching.

To the Middle East now, tonight, there is new criticism of Israel following the deaths of civilians in Gaza. They include two women killed by an Israeli sniper. The elderly woman and her daughter had taken refuge with others inside a Catholic church in the territory. Tonight, there are also new revelation about the deaths of three Israeli hostages killed in Gaza by Israeli troops.

Here in Tel-Aviv hostage square, people are just devastated and Israeli military officials told CBSN that in those hostages’ last moment of life, they were carrying a stick with white cloth and Israeli troops feeling threatened, opened fired.