what it shows. the dramatic rescue after a plane crashes into the everglades and our nbc news exclusive. the creators of "friends" speaking out. the last conversation one of them had with matthew perry before his tragic death >> announcer: this is "nbc nightly news" with lester holt >> good evening and welcome. israel's push into the heart of embattled northern gaza is not coming without a deadly cost, and the images of suffering are no easier to take tonight. a hamas-run hospital says dozens are dead and hundreds injured in an israeli air strike on a palestinian refugee camp, though nbc news cannot independently confirm those numbers. israel not denying its forces hit the camp, calling it a known hamas stronghold, and saying its strike killed a top hamas commander involved in planning the october 7th terror attacks on israel fierce battles are under way in northern gaza tonight israel rejecting calls for a cease-fire determined to crush surprise hamas over the surprise attack that left 1,400 israelis and foreigners dead and others taken hostage. richard engel remains at the israel-gaza border and leads our coverage tonight >> reporter: israel devastated part of a refugee camp on the edge of gaza city, carrying out what it called a large-scale strike in one of the most densely populated areas in the world a nearby hamas-run hospital tonight said dozens were killed and hundreds injured nbc news cannot independently confirm those figures. the camp is full of apartment buildings leaders of hamas' october 7th massacre of 1 and people can be seen carrying away wounded and dead and digging through rubble uses civilians as israel said it was targeting one of the leaders of hamas' october 7th massacre of 1,400 israelis, and that its strike collapsed a subterranean structure. israel blamed hamas for the civilian deaths, saying hamas uses civilians as human shields. perhaps the only thing not in dispute in this war is that civilians in gaza are suffering, and that the hospitals needed to care for the growing number of injured are barely functioning. >> this has been a massacre that's been unfolding, and now we're getting to the final chapter of this massacre, where even the wounded will not be spared. the world needs to intervene now. >> reporter: unicef today calling gaza a graveyard for thousands of children. israel has rejected a cease-fire, saying it would be a surrender to hamas everything we're seeing here in southern israel indicates that this ground offensive is as israel increased its estimate once again of the hosta still ramping up, with more and more troops heading into gaza. israel says it struck 300 hamas targets today, and that it's hunting hamas commanders it claims this strike killed an architect of the mass murder of israelis in two kibbutzes near gaza, as israel increased its estimate once again of the hostages held in gaza, now to 240. one is back with her family private ori megidish rescued by israeli troops, while natalie raanan, an american teenager taken hostage by hamas, is also back home in the chicago area she was freed 11 days ago. >> richard, as you know, there is a lot in play here tonight another iranian-backed militia is sparking fears of a regional conflict >> reporter: so, two u.s. military officials tell nbc news they believe that houthi rebels in yemen fired a ballistic missile at israel. israel shot it down. so, the united state is already in a low-level conflict with these iranian-backed militias the question is how big it will get. lester >> all right, richard engel, thank you and here at home, the head of the fbi issued a strong new warning today about an increased terror threat in this country from potential attackers who might be inspired by hamas. garrett haake has that story. >> reporter: on capitol hill tonight, a stark warning about the growing threat at home from the devastating war abroad >> the ongoing war in the middle east has raised the threat of an attack against americans in the united states to a whole other level. >> reporter: fbi director chris wray signaling the u.s. is in a dangerous period. >> we assess that the actions of hamas and its allies will serve as an inspiration the likes of which we haven't seen since isis. >> reporter: as jewish college students are facing threats on u.s. campuses, cornell university officials today confirming the arrest of a suspect in connection with online threats of a mass shooting and other violence there >> to see my own campus targeting one of the buildings, the building i live in, sleep in, it was unbelievable. >> reporter: a las vegas man also charged with threatening to kill nevada senator jacky rosen, who is jewish, after leaving a series of anti-semitic, profanity-laced voice mails. >> 3,500 kids dead. >> reporter: also on the hill, anti-war protesters interrupting a hearing as the secretaries of state and defense were pushing the white house plan to spend $105 billion in emergency support for israel, ukraine, and other national security threats >> cease-fire now! >> reporter: that funding dividing house and senate republicans. new speaker mike johnson setting a vote this week on aid to israel alone, with $14 billion in military and humanitarian assistance while some gop senators argue to include aid to ukraine. >> to separate the package is naive, because the threats are -- have commonality. >> garrett, what more did the fbi director have to say about the threats here >> reporter: lester, he said the bureau is concern is violent extremists who may be inspired by the ev not tracking any imminent threat from a foreign terrorist group, and that his biggest concern is violent extremists who may be inspired by the events taking place in the middle east. wray urged all americans to continue to be vigilant lester >> all right, garrett, thank you. and the effort under way to get american and other foreign nationals out of gaza is becoming more urgent by the day. but it's uncertain tonight when the vital rafah border crossing from gaza to egypt will be open to more than just humanitarian aid trucks meagan fitzgerald is there. >> reporter: tonight, for millio our first-hand look at the rafah border crossing, a lifeline for millions of people suffering and trapped inside gaza. in the last ten days, more than 200 aid trucks have passed through here, 66 just today. but the u.n. says it's not nearly enough. >> the situation in gaza has become employee sending this absolutely inhumane. >> reporter: a unicef employee sending this voice message to nbc news from inside gaza, saying the crisis is showing taking a personal toll on her own daughter. >> i have the youngest, she is 4 years old, and she showing symptoms of shows severe symptoms of stress and fear, and resorts to self-harm, like ripping her hair off and scratches kids' eyes until they bleed. >> reporter: unicef warning, a lack of clean water is putting the lives of gaza's 1 million children at risk of dehydration. the plan was for the rafah border crossing to alleviate this crisis with the rafah border is supposed to be a two-way crossing with these trucks packed with aid making their way in, americans and foreign nationals that are trapped just beyond this border making their way out but that hasn't happened yet egypt is not accepting palestinian refugees, and foreign nationals say they have not been allowed out. nearly a thousand americans are trapped inside gaza, and the u.s. says hamas is blocking them. >> the impediment is simple it's hamas. >> reporter: we pressed egypt's head of state information who is holding up the americans from crossing over the border >> the americans >> reporter: it's hamas -- hamas is holding americans. >> ask the israelis. >> reporter: meanwhile, americans like qasem ali are running out of patience >> we don't see any care for us from the american government. i don't know why >> reporter: americans caught in the crossfire, desperate to escape. meagan fitzgerald, nbc news, rafah border crossing, egypt. tonight, we are learning much more about concerns raised by family and even members of the military long before an army reservist killed 18 people in maine. emilie ikeda reports now from lewiston, maine. >> reporter: tonight, new details on apparent warning signs about the suspect months before the mass shooting according to records from the county sheriff, robert card's son and ex-wife contacted them on may 3rd, saying they were concerned about his access to firearms, because he was hearing voices or starting to experience paranoia. unit, who said they a deputy reached out to card's army reserve then in september, the army reserve asked for unit, who said they would figure out options to get robert help in july, he spent two weeks in a psychiatric facility then in september, the army reserve asked for a wellness check on card after he threatened to shoot up their facility a sergeant was so concerned, he said he thought card could snap and commit a mass shooting a sheriff's deputy went to card's home twice, but was unable to make contact. a statewide attempt to locate alert was issued that statewide alert was lifted one week before 18 people were killed they attempted t do two wellness checks but never actually connected with him should there have been more >> oh, gosh, follow up >> this weekend i was blowing the leaves on my yard. and many times i just until it's done. he wanted to kill somebody. >> reporter: among the victims, jim's son-in-law, josh steele >> this weekend, i was blowing the leaves on my yard. and many times, i'd just stop and break down, because this could have been prevented. >> reporter: the army says they determined card should not have a weapon or handle ammunition, while records from the sheriff's office show card's family said they would work to secure his personal guns at least three guns best answer to how can have been recovered as part of the investigation, all obtained by card legally. maine's governor called for action on monday, but wouldn't say whether law enforcement's response was adequate >> we want to get the best answer to, how can we prevent something like this from happening that includes, why did it happen in the first place? >> reporter: newly released court documents reveal card's sister identified him to police the night of the shooting, and that family told investigators he had been struggling with a bad breakup since the beginning of the year with someone he originally met in a corn hole competition at the bar where the shooting occurred. lester >> emilie, thank you if your family is trick or treating tonight, beware, we could be in for one of the coldest halloweens on record. 77 million are under frost and freeze alerts from texas to new york some cities like chicago seeing the first snow of the season and south of minneapolis, multiple crashes reported in slippery conditions. in maui, police have released harrowing previously unseen body cam video showing the response to the lahaina wildfire that killed some 100 people. miguel almaguer has the footage. we have to warn you, some of it may be difficult to watch >> jesus [ bleep ] you got to go! >> reporter: the heart-pounding video captures the scramble to escape the flames and the race to save lives. >> come out, come out, come out >> reporter: as wildfires tore through lahaina, maui police rescued 15 people trapped inside a coffee shop on famed front street while thick smoke choked the air and the inferno closed in. >> come on, come on, come on, everybody out, everybody out, everybody out! >> reporter: the harrowing scene unfolding august 8th this our first perspective from police who selected the 16 minutes of video from 20 hours of footage. >> you say the police department did not do their due diligence to save lives is false. >> reporter: first facing flames at 6:00 in the morning >> there's a fire. is there anybody else in here? >> reporter: police scrambled to break open locked gates on dirt roads to create escape routes and rushed to evacuate residents. >> this is [ bleep ] important! we're trying to [ bleep ] get everybody out. >> reporter: as the blaze erupted through the night, one officer loads a burn victim into his car, realizing he is badly in need of help. >> let's take you straight to the hospital. >> reporter: with 99 believed dead and 2,000 structures destroyed, the 16 minutes of hell are for many a lifetime of pain authorities in maui still have not named a cause for the fire, as downed power lines remain a focus of the investigation. lester >> miguel, thank you and a dramatic scene today in a remote part of the florida everglades, where a small plane crashed in the middle of the night more than seven hours later, rescuers arrived and hoisted the pilot on to a helicopter he was taken to a hospital with a leg injury the cause of the crash is being investigated. in 60 seconds, a seat at the table. we speak to families in one city about why what's 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