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A new hour of msnbcs Special Coverage of the israelhamas war. Im stephanie ruhle, live from Msnbc Headquarters in new york city. We begin this hour with breaking news. We have just learned that the u. S. Has confirmed the death of another american killed in israel. That brings a death toll to 30 was citizens of 13 americans remain unaccounted for. That is all according to the State Department. This comes as we learned of a Key Development in the ongng effort to get americans the door trapped in gaza out of the war zone. The Palestinian Embassy says that starting tomorrow at 9 am local time, Foreignnaonals Inside Gaza can cross the rafah border into. Egypt at the same time, humanitarian aid will be moved into the region. This comes as the world rates for unanticipated Granite Bay Shunt of israel. They saw on your screen is a live shot from the gaza strip where it is now one a amodei morning. New video provided by the israeli army shows israeli troops gathering near the border. They have one goal. To destroy hamas leadership. Today in cairo, egypt, its new blinken reiterated the rights of israel to protect its citizens. Israel has a right it dday has the obligation to defend itself against these attacks from hamas. And to try to do what it can to make sure that this never happens again. As i said in tel aviv, as President Biden said, the way that israel does this matters. It needs to do it in a way that affirms the shared values that we have, for human life and human dignity. Taking every possible precaution to avoid harming civilians. In israel today, the grief continues to run a deep. Families are trying to make sense of the unimaginable. As they warn their loved ones of a funerals for the victims of the massacre last week. More than 1400 people have been killed in israel, and in gaza more than 2600 have been killed. Gazas Ministry Of Health says that most of those killed there are women and children. Gaza is now also in the middle of a dire humanitarian crisis. Basics like food and water are hard to find, well medical supplies are running out. When it comes to access to water, the u. S. And israel reached a agreement to restore water in southern gaza. That is where israel is urging people in the northern part of gaza to go, as the military prepares for their Ground Invasion. Joining me now to discuss from the israel gaza border, nbc news correspondent, my dear friend alison barber. Allison, i have been watching you for days. Give us an update. What do we know about this effort to get to play americans that are inside of gaza out safely . So this is a very big development. The announcement that they border would be opening tomorrow morning at 9 am local time, that is about two a. M. And new york. It is the most Concrete Plan we have heard so far, to have the rafah crossing open. At the same time it is open to foreign nationals, or supposed to be open to foreign nationals, to cross out of gaza. It is also one humanitarian aid is expected to come into gaza. Remember just yesterday there was a period of time where Palestinian Americans the State Department had told him to head towards the Border Crossing. Because they thought there was going to be open. It did not happen. We then heard from our producer in egypt that the palestinian envoy to the rafah border so that each of did not plan to open the Border Crossing to foreign nationals, Palestinian Americans. Any palestinian with another citizenship. Unless humanitarian aid was allowed inside. Now it seems like that is the agreement that they have made. It will, open they say, tomorrow at nine a. M. This is the only possible way for people to get out of gaza violent. That is north into israeli territory. This is the only layout crossing that goes into a territory other than israeli territory. It has been close since tuesday. And egyptian official says that was because an israeli airstrike had struck near the crossing, and had damage that Border Crossing. The State Department has been telling the estimated 5 to 600 Palestinian Americans inside of gaza right now, for days, to just get as close to the border there as they can. Because they say if this opens it will likely be sure to notice it likely will not be open for a very long time. Now we think that is going to open tomorrow morning. Again, not a local time. That is 2 am in new york. And has been a key concern and a key point of talks when the u. S. Secretary of state, Anthony Blinken, as travel through the region trying to negotiate something so people can get out. The reality that we have to remember is that there are roughly 2 million palestinians inside of gaza with absolutely no way out. Even if they wanted to leave. Because they are under a full blockade. Even before this war started, stephanie, it was not easy to cross in or out of gaza. Only people who had specific permission with the rafah crossing from the egyptian side as well as the palestinian side, could cross. So you still have a lot of civilians who are likely going to be stuck in the middle of the cross fire, when we see Israeli Forces move in and launch this expected round offensive. Stephanie. Alison, please stay safe. We are so grateful for your reporting. My, Colleague Alison Barber from the israel gaza border. Now lets move to Northern Israel. That is where we find nbc news Foreign Correspondent josh lederman. Josh, i understand aerate sirens went off earlier today in tel aviv. What is it like there in Northern Israel . Youve been there for, what five days . Yeah, thats right. In fact, Senate Majority leader Chuck Schumer was part of the congressional delegation that was in tel aviv when they apparently had to flee to shelters because of those Air Raid Sirens that you mentioned, that went off in tel aviv today, stephanie. The situation has been extremely tense. Really in all parts of israel. Weve been talking to israelis who had to evacuate from Northern Israel, the area near the lebanese border. Some of them said look, we might leave here but its not like there is some place in israel where we feel safe right now. You have the entire area were ellisons ak at, coming under rocket fire from hamas. Now in Northern Israel you have the constant threat of missiles coming from hezbollah. Those missiles are far more advanced and have a far longer range which is why there is such extreme fears right now about a second front opening in this war. With hezbollah today. Israels military declared a closed border zone all along the border with lebanon. To a half miles. They dont want the public in, there they say does not. Say they are shutting down a gps. I woke up this morning, and i could not figure out how to get from point a to point b on google maps. Because the military had simply shut that down in an active combat zone. That came as israels military used fighter jets to attack sites in lebanon. Thats raising real concerns about whether or not israel could face itself, both on the ground and with a Ground Incursion also. Having to fight it hezbollah in lebanon, later. On in the middle of all of, this israelis for more than a week have been fleeing to shelters feeling like there and safe in the Grocery Store a break because outside its a dangerous situation that is taking a toll on the population here as well. Thank you for joining us live in tel aviv. President biden talk to Prime Minister netanyahu next weekend, discussing u. S. Military support to israel. I want to bring in my colleague courtney kube, she covers National Security and the pentagon. Between the early stages of israels coronation of gaza . I suspect there is going to be two stages of u. S. Military support of israel the first one is going to be an elaborate show and support. One Aircraft Carrier in the Carrier Strike group will go along with. It theyre already in the eastern edge. With the what the Military Calls combat air patrols. Theyre all staying over international waters. Nothing going into israel yet. I second carriers scheduled to go into that region. That area. Its now also going to be parked right nearby with uss gerald r ford. Along with its associated ships. It is going to be a large number of u. S. Military ships there. Also additional fighter and Attack Aircraft moving into the region. I suspect the next phase, the, if and when this grand invasion actually kicks off is actually going to be a lot of support that we dont see, staff. And thats going to include more intelligence support. Providing the israelis with more help in their fight. In their fight against hamas and gaza. We may also see one thing that i suspect will happen. What were just hearing from joss. The real concern about a second front opening in this war. And that is from lebanon. If that does really become a concern, that there might be on the hezbollah forces massing along the border or anything like that, i could to the u. S. Military flying show of presents or show of force flights with this additional aircraft. At this point, nothing like that has been ordered or is really on the table. Its just something theyll keep in their back pockets, should that start to escalate, staff. Can you dig a little deeper with us about the specifics around supported strategy . Youve got specific reporting of people privately warning israel to show some level of restraint. Thats not what many people are expecting. As we wait this Ground Invasion, people are expecting gossip to be decimated. This conversation when it looks like behind the scenes. Yes, exactly. Especially when you consider what weve been hearing is israeli officials in the last eight days are talking about restraint, theyre talking about some sort of incursion or force that weve never seen before. This is what former u. S. Perspective is all about one word, and that is deterrence. Its theyre very concerned about the spreading in the region. There i was head of israels borders, outside of gaza supporters, becoming a larger regional conflict and the eyes always towards iran here. Thats been moving all this in, talking very openly about this its really a show of force in the show of presents. What we have learned over the last several days as weve seen Secretary Of State Anthony Blinken with this remarkable Shuttle Diplomacy all over the region. Weve seen secretary of defense lloyd austin going to israel on friday. To meet with his counterpart. This is really all about urging them to show restraint, and that does not encourage actors in the other, reaches groups who might support hamas, to try to join this fight. They are very concerned about. That one of the messages that we have been told that they are conveyed to their israeli officials and counterparts, is look hamas and itself to be among the worst Terror Groups in the world, we continue to hear conspiracies to i. S. I. S. And other atrocities weve seen a devices in the last decades. Theyre saying dont be like hamas. And show some respect for the law, stephanie. Nbcs courtney cooney, thanks so much for joining, us i appreciate it. Today new, signs Ground Invasion is imminent. To courtneys last, point it is go be massive. The Israeli Military is preparing to invade thegaza strip soon. Tens of thousands of soldiers e capturing Gaza Citiesand destroying the Enclaves Court leadership. That is according to three senior Israeli Military officers who outlined on classified details about their plan to the times. Joining us to discuss, retired Lieutenant General stepped 20. How do you expect this to unfold on the ground . Yes, good to be with you, stephanie. What you see in the last couple days, israelis have been conducting attacks in order to Prep Battlefields for the Ground Attack. The ammunition depot. Hamas leadership, attacking the struggles that they know of. All that is in preparation for the Ground Attack. The Ground Attack summits within days now. That will happen, they will conduct this through the border. And they will violently exploit after the breach is broken. Once they get into gaza, you are talking about a full on fights. They will have to fight house to house, build her to build her, street to street. Through the tall tunnel networks. It will not be a Home Field Advantage for the israelis. Obviously hamas is their turf. They will have the advantage. The key for the israelis is to protect human lives, number one. But also to ensure that theyre able to attack in a three 60 manner here. Youre talking about going through buildings and alleyways and so forth. So they are going to have to ensure that they dont get swallowed up into gaza itself. That they methodically go through their drills to ensure that they see there is a long fight, casualties on both sides on hamas and israel there will be Human Casualties is even possible to destroy all of hamas, knowing that key leaders are not even in gaza . I will tell, you know i do not think so. As you know, it is hard to care of a head of ideology. You have hamas leadership, some in jordan, some in egypt. They are all over the arab world. So you can attack the root cause theyre in gaza but you cannot attack the head of the leadership unless you go to other places. Ill also tell you, its a good start there in gaza. At the end of the day with the israelis are trying to do is prevent the hamas from attacking out of gaza and israel. Thats what theyre missiles, and thats what the capability that they use in this recent fight is about. If they could get that done, thats a good start. General, thank you for joining us this. Evening i really appreciate. Retired general steph twitty, has the State Department confirmed the american death toll has officially risen to 30, Secretary Blinken gets ready to return to israel. We are going to turn next to the diplomatic efforts to prevent this war from escalating beyond gaza. Well be back with more Special Coverage in just a moment. St a moment. Tech when you have auto glass damage, trust safelite. My customer really relies on his cars advanced safety system. [alarm] instructor veer right. [ringing] instructor and slow down. Tech so when he got a cracked windshield, he turned to safelite. 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Weve heard from virtually every partner the determination, a shared view that we have to do Everything Possible to make sure this does not spread other places. That, of course, was he was Secretary Of State Anthony Blinken earlier today. Describing his efforts to prevent israels are war with hamas fromexpanding. Prior to the th saudi arabia major deal with israel that would have normalized diplomatic relations between the two countries. While those talks have stalled amid an ongoing war between hamas and israel, they are by no means over. This is Lindsey Graham on that topic today. Ive never felt better about the drive to by saudi israeli United States, the shell continue. When you change the world as it is. And i think change the world for the better in israel as the United States. To form agreements to end the arab israeli conflict. For more the International Locations of this more, ap editor for your middle east and africa, dan perry. What are the chances of the diplomatic agreement between israel and saudi arabia . Depends on the timeframe, right now basically nothing. There was a romance between the countries that was going to go public. Its also time as columns resumed the guest might be, i dont think the basic parameters that were compelling saudi arabia to seek such a deal, i dont think those have changed. But it would be way too awkward for saudi to proceed while thousands of palestinians are being killed in gaza, the optics to say the least are awkward. In the longer term, sure. I would not be all surprised to see it resume a few months down the line, maybe when there is a different government in israel. That could also change things. One major question has been what the saudis demand Anything Else . They governments in israel elected a year ago, could not give them that. The situation in gaza where the scene in israel is a tremendous breakdown. They could result in a more modern government amenable to a broader peace deal and that will make it easier for saudi arabia as well. Is it possible that the attack on israels in some part a reaction to the impending deal with saudi arabia . Its possible. This was a confluence of interests. It appears that saudi arabia might go ahead into without demanding from israel. Anything of note on the palestinian front is, essentially from their point of view, salon them down the river. That creates frustrations in palestine and lower so when they pay the two State Solution with israel but not necessarily with hamas. The idea of this mass a between israel and saudi arabia, essentially peace between the Muslim Sunni Muslim nation and israel, bringing in a strategic life in the u. S. , that is a nightmare for iran. Iran is a major factor, perhaps the major factor of hamas. So they had every reason to try to just and not a doubt. To the extent that wasnt the, case they succeeded in delaying it. How concerned are you that this conflict could expand to israels northern border . Very concerned, of course. I dont blame telepathic powers to understand what is going on in the head of hezbollah it really is up to a few people. Clearly the longer it goes on, the more we risk that kind of contagion. But there are two circumstances i see where hezbollah might move and attack israel. To create two fronts. One is if they feel compelled from the ground up because of the degree of damage in gaza, not inconceivable. I dont think this is a main factor its a factor in israels determination to show in the region. What happened last Saturday Cannot possibly stand. Think as much for joining us tonight, i appreciate it. It is important for all of us to remember, this conflict is not just about governments and countries and borders, it is about human lives. It is about people. And 30 of our fellow americans who we know now who have died. 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What is last week been like for you . How are you getting information . Were you communicating with . It feels like it has been three months. A lot has happened. We are meeting with my. And my mom is in contact with her siblings. And i am in contact with my cousins. Every day, trying to find out information. But we dont have very much beyond that we know they are alive. How do we know they are alive . Idf informed my family in israel. My aunt was told by the idf that they are in gaza. So, that video, you saw its one week ago. You saw it on tiktok. On instagram, but yes. What was that like for you . We sat there on a regular basis and talk about all the perils of social media. If it wasnt for those social media posts, wed be largely in the dark. When my brother and i were together on sunday this was still happening. We were in Shock Waiting for information, watching the news. We saw the video, and at first i said, oh that looks like david. My cousins husband. My brother was like no. And it was too much to bear. We were just like, we want to be concrete news. And then the next day i went to my parents who live in new jersey and my aunts texted my mom. And the rest of her siblings. To tell her that this was them. I was just like another trauma again. What can you tell us about your family . My family is, more generous, loving, the best. A lot of people dont have this same connection that i do with their extended family is. But i grew up with them. These are like my sisters. My cousin, their brother is like a brother to me. They are my, soul as we say in hebrew. That is what they are to me. And they are danielle is the most loving. She puts everyone before herself. Shes honestly just so funny. She loves america. She is the best english out of everyone in my family. Which i think is part of the reason why we are so close. She was just your month ago. The kids, the twins are just the happiest, smiley asked bonbons. Theyre always smiling. Amelia is five and she is just so smart. Daniel was visiting my cousin who lives on a kibbutz with her husband, david and there. Twins danielas her sister. They were just visiting for the weekend. Just by chance. The idea ive told your answer that while they are in gaza they are still alive. Any other communication your family is received from the u. S. Government . No. Not really. It has been hard. My uncle is a lawyer and has been trying to navigate this. We have not really received Anything Else. In america, no. I am very much looking for someone to reach out. We have tried, and we have not made any strides yet in terms of talking to our Government Officials in my elected officials here in new york. I would love to speak to. We are working on it, but it has not happened yet. Wed love to have a conversation. We know they are not american citizens, but i am. Im american and israeli. And i think it is important that they speak with us. And that we do everything in our power to get them back to us. How scared are you about this impending Ground Invasion in gaza . I mean, i am scared of what could happen to them. My number one concern is them and getting them home. And thats all i think about. Like night and day. Ive been working with my family around the clock to try to i said i would go to the ends of the earth for my family. And thats what im doing to get them back to. Us you are in my. Prayers im thinking about you and your family in these beautiful children. Thank you. We are praying for our families safe return. When we come, back at the State Department has confirmed that there are 30 americans who are dead. 13 unaccounted for. We are going to dig in deeper. How israel can get the hostages out of harms way, safely. Nbcs National Security analyst walks us through this, next. This, next. [city ambience sounds] [car screech] [car door slam] [camera shutter sfx] introducing neds Plaque Psoriasis. 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As Israeli Forces gear up for the impending Ground Invasion of gaza, fears are growing for the hostages kidnapped by hamas. Israel says 155 hostages are still being held in gaza. Many of them are women and children. How many of those are americans, unknown. How will these rescues . Happen rescuing these hostages is an extremely complex situation. One that u. S. Officials have warned may not have an easy, quote, john wayne ending. Joining me is frank figliuzzi, msnbc National Security analyst and author of the fbi way, inside the code of excellence. Im so thankful to be speaking to you. I assume you listen to our last segment. Speaking to this woman, she has two cousins, one of their husbands and Young Children, that are hostages in gaza right now. She, like so many other families, are begging in praying for their Family Members to be released safely. How in the world is that going to happen with this Ground Invasion . Stephanie, as you know, this is without a doubt the most complex Hostage Scenario that i have seen in my career. Certainly perhaps in our lifetimes. This is not going to be easy at all. There is some hope. Your last guest in the last segment actually said something very hopeful. Which is that the idea of told her her Family Members are alive and in gaza. That may seem Something Like a nobrainer, but that speaks to intelligence capability. At least for her Family Members. Of the ability to at least know that some people are alive and perhaps even where they are. There is complexity after complexity here. Some of the obvious things. We are talking about a geographic space the size of the city of philadelphia, but ten times the population. Highrises in urban areas and rural areas. Imagine finding 155 needles in that proverbial haystack. Then then the other thing is, lets talk about base day Hostage Negotiation when i. One number, one you want to negotiate. That is both sides want to negotiate . This ones going to negotiate . And who are they negotiating with . What we understand about hamas is that they operate in small units and small cells, they are very compartmentalize. You have got to negotiate a very high level, or you tactically have to surround a building that you believe hostages are a, and you negotiate as that very local level with that guy who is in charge. That Hostage Group in that building. Extremely complex. Add the mazes that run like snakes underneath gaza. And constant movement. But there is a way, a formulaic way of Hostage Negotiation. One is you make the hostage take a word for everything that they want. They want water turned back on . Power turned back on . They have to do something in return . What is that in return . They likely are getting distracted by infants, children crying. Elderly hostages needing their medication. So you say to, them you want the water back on, you give us the elderly. Or you give us the infants and children. You start with that approach. Again, extremely complicated. Frank, maybe i am naive. How do we know if the leaders even care if the water or power is turned back on . Many of the actual hamas leaders are not even in gaza. They are in different countries. And they have instructed those who are there to be martyrs, stay there, dont move a muscle. Why should we think that the Hostage Negotiators are rational actors . We should note, and that is going to play into how much time is really on the clock. That goes back to that intelligence capability. Are there electronic intercepts . Are there Human Sources saying theyve had, it this group here has had it. Theyre going to start harming hostages or theyre going to start murdering themselves. This is an extremely fraught time right now as israelis try to figure out, do we need the water back on or the electricity back on . Do they even care about this . There is another factor here, which is that the power and water and lack of food is getting to the rest of the palestinian population, meaning its quite likely there will be sources in the community that say i want my water back on. I have had it with the hamas militants down theet. I am going to tell you where i think they are hiding hostages on my block. And i think were going to see that very quietly behind the scenes, start happening. And then youll see a tactical response. People are not going to get through this entirely unscathed. It is extremely dangerous. Frank, i dont know to ask this politely. But should we feel optimistic that hamas does want to negotiate . Because if they didnt these hostages would already be killed . Ive heard some hamas members interview some former leadership interviews and the indications i came away with is that they do want something in return for this. They do want to Start Talking about something that is in israelis favor. Israelis and favor, because we have their citizens hostage as. Well i know they offer their crisis negotiators, theyre all rescue efforts, their laboratory and Merrick Garland has said theyve offered up two of those people who are those people there secret gadget people. Like the cue person in the movie who developed in electronic gadgets. All that is in play here. There will be at least some of these cells who want to talk. Frank, always good to speak to. You making us smarter every time we see him. When we come, back eight days of the israel hamas war. Thousands, dead many more wounded. Well be speaking about this historic week with nbc news president ial historian michael bench loss. H loss this here is shelly, who wrote you the script. And this is fernando, searching savings with a click. Say thanks to julia, who knows about your dose. And hi to rebecca, who keeps track of the most. This is a stranger in line youre highfiving. Rodrigo, he never stops thriving. 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Since the holocaust. At the same time a war that threatens to draw in not only israels neighbors but also major powers, russians in chinese and saudis, and where have we seen that before . 50 years ago this week, again on a sacred jewish holiday, israel was attacked on yom kippur war. President nixon. Was not particularly pro israel. There was even handedness in our support for israel and its arab neighbors. Nonetheless segments and theyre very plain that can pull fly to make sure that israel is not extinguished. And the other part of it that resounds so much, show that video of Secretary Blinken, he couldve been 50 years ago Henry Kissinger was in this one. Respect nixon and kissinger, who were hardly perfect people, its a lot of things wrong to historians like me. That week they kept yarmulke poor war, they protected israel from a serious danger of being extinguished. They kept me from coming in they kept us from becoming a world war. That is one american president s do with history. If you look at what joe biden has done this week, this is the president who understands that historical resonance, has the motive in the experience to do just. That we will watch, we hope it happens. Do you think this situation is worse than the one we faced for two years ago, when it was Richard Nixon and Henry Kissinger. What President Biden represents today . I do. I wish i could say otherwise. 50 years ago as dangerous as this was, the big danger was the soviets might come in, nixon had a very Good Relationship with and there was the ability to communicate to make sure that that did not happen and there was no equal of the soviets were dealing not only russians who were a lesser version of what they were in 1973. Just as i was saying, there have been many statements from iranians. Who knows what the saudis might too for one reason or another. We would consider i think a satisfactory statement of sympathy just basic human sympathy, for the jewish people who were assaulted last week. So there are many more variables here. It falls on the american president more than any other human being. To make sure that this does not spiral unnecessarily into a world war that could kill huge numbers of people. Thats exactly my next question. How significant is the role President Biden plays right now in this conflict . In keeping it from spiralling . Help us understand. He has got to make sure most of all that we americans, and also these rallies and also the palestinians and others do not send signals if they do not mean them. What does this remind us of . The cuban missile crisis, 1962 in october this very week. John kennedy was dealing with missiles, Nuclear Missiles that had been slipped secretly by the leader of the soviet union into cuba. And kennedy unfortunately had been leading a book on World War One the lesson with over one is that they got into a tragic and costly war that they need not to have thought because people sent signals that they should not have sent. So kennedy said, everything that comes out of the pentagon, every Plane Movements were short movement on our site i want to make sure that i is the commanderinchief nobody and do not think that we americans are planning a Surprise Attack that would trigger a world war that in 1962 could have killed, we now know, upwards of 15 you and i, whenever we are together, talk about the difficult times that we are living in. And we certainly did not think this is the conversation that we would be having tonight. I wish were not having it but im glad to be having it with you now steph. Coming up next we go live to the israel gaza border. With the latest as israel prepares for likely Ground Invasion with the aim of destroying hamas. 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Where israel says their military continue to strike with hamas targets today. The Palestinian Health Ministry Says that more than 2400 people have been killed in gaza. Since this all began last saturday. The funerals continued in Southern Israel. Theyre overwhelmed by grief and shock. A shocking across the southern part of the country more than 3500 are women to. Joining me now to discuss near the gaza border in, israel nbc news chief Foreign Correspondents who i do not believe has slept more than two hours of the night in the last week. Richard, we are so grateful for your reporting. It has been extraordinary. Im grateful to see you safe. Where would you want to know right now . Thank you for all of that and the unnecessary and appreciated. We are watching what is going on, where the next phase of the story will go. We are watching what is happening inside gaza. For the people in gaza city, there is a feeling of panic. Many of them were being told, theyre all being told to head south today. The pace of evacuations of people leaving the north to the south did pick up yesterday a lot of palestinians were reluctant to go. Afraid to get on the road in afraid to be beyond. They say theyre not responsible for attacking the convoy for the south on friday. Killing 70 people. We see many more people heading south but what weve been waiting to see is when will this story change dramatically . It will change dramatically when and if the israelis come in with a Ground Incursion. It felt very imminence. The israelis are giving indications that it could come in any moment. That they were ready and they were waiting to go orders. Now you get a sense that they might be taking their time a little bit more on when you hear these statements coming out of israeli officials today. You sense that as well, the amount to spend more time with the diplomatic piece. There is a lot of activity going around when the Secretary Of State. On an arab tour, are heading back to israel. This potential visit from President Biden to the region. Which you get a sense having watching this that it might not be as eminent it has thought a few days ago when if like it could happen at any moment or still trying to get a sense of it but were looking to what see what happens inside a cause when people are moving from the north to the south. And there is some diplomatic progress that seems to be taking place in the Rafah Border Opening tomorrow. As you mentioned 9 00. If that happens. And there was a previous attempt to do that a few days ago. We did not work. Well see if this one works tomorrow. With israel saying that it is turning the water back onto southern gaza. Southern gaza could become something of a safe zone, potentially. Although it is not ideal by any stretch of the imagination. Getting that water moving in was also important because you have power to power water pumps to get that water into taps and into peoples homes and into to keep it flowing. Still huge problems to be worked out. Those are some of the things that we are watching right now, staff. In addition to that Border Opening for summit name tomorrow, all we heard from the Palestinian Health ministry, is this reporting that humanitarian aid will be left in. What does that look like. That was the condition. That was what the egyptian wanted all along. Egypt is in a very difficult position, theyre being criticize all across the arab world and criticize by palestinians, and if they open the border tomorrow youve 2 millionplus palestinians outside the gaza strip who are under attack after hamas hamass atrocities. They are stuck there. So if the egyptians opened the border, just allowed out past the hands the Public Opinions and pressing in the arab world will be disastrous. Theyve been pushing all along. Will open the border, well let the foreigners out. But allow us to send some aid inside. That was a condition that theyve had from the beginning. It seems like, after a visit by Secretary Blinken, that might be happening. At nine a. M. , in theory, the gate opens up. Not just, americans but all palestinians that have foreign passports will be allowed to go to egypt and will be taken to cairo, then from cairo back to their home nations. Then it will go, in at the United Nations today wants more to be done. United nations today Hold On To Hamas to release all hostages immediately and unconditionally. And for aid to be allowed in, a humanitarian corridor to be open, and for aid workers to be allowed in to help administer that distribution. Richard, lets say richard, lets say israel is successful. Lets say israel is a festival. Lets say the Ground Invasion levels gaza and they wipe hamas off the earth or at least in that region, what happens next . Thats a big challenge and i think while many israelis are talking passionately about leveling gaza, from the military perspective, that would accomplish nothing. What they say they want to do is you will just end up with a new generation of hate and lots of casualties, what they say they want to do is they want to destroy the leadership of hamas and they want to disarm hamas. If they can, they want a regime change. So hamas was initially elected by the Palestinian People. Theres quite a few, quite a bit of confusion about, this palestinians in january 2006 did elect hamas to be their leaders. But then hamas took over, kicked out the opposition party, and stayed in power. There are many palestinians who are very tired of hamas and they may have voted them in once, but then when they stayed and have not held any legitimate elections since, people are afraid of hamas. That doesnt mean they want to see israel come in and carry out a regime change, but hamas is not universally popular in the gaza strip. What israel hopes to do and this is immensely difficult, is go in, free the hostages, destroy hamass leadership, kill its top leaders, take away its weapons, and set up a condition where potentially the Palestinian People overthrow hamas. That would give you an idea of why they might need a little bit more time to do this. I cannot think of a more complicated military or political operation than what israel is taking on or is trying to accomplish. Richard, thank you, thank you, thank you so much for being here. Thank you for your reporting. Nbc news chief international correspondent, The One And Only richard engel. Now lets turn to washington. Nbc news senior white house correspondent, my colleague gabe gutierrez. Gabe, what can you tell us about netanyahus invitation for President Biden to meet in israel . Hi there, stephanie. Senior u. S. Officials confirm that Prime Minister netanyahu has invited President Biden to visit israel amidst this ongoing war. The senior official says the white house is currently considering that request. This comes after several israeli Media Outlets had reported this earlier in the day. Again, the timing of this is all still unclear, stephanie. Because calms, after Secretary Of State Antony Blinken has been making a trip, for the past several days to the region, to israel, and surrounding countries as well, to show that solidarity between the u. S. And israel. Stephanie . What more can you tell us about the 30 americans who have now been confirmed killed in israel and the effort to get american citizens out of the gaza strip . Stephanie, the u. S. Has been accurately engaged trying to get americans out of their. As you, know the last several days, the State Department has announced Charter Flights to get americans out. We understand the first one has already landed in athens. There are also plans a ship is e tomorrow from haifa in israel, to nearby cypress as well. This remains an ongoing effort. Still unclear how many israeli or how many americans, u. S. It isnt israel will take up the u. S. Government on these different avenues of getting out of there. But the Biden Administration says it is trying to get any u. S. Citizen who wants to leave israel out of there at this point, stephanie. How is the u. S. Government addressing, if they, can the humanitarian crisis on the ground in gaza . It is crushing what those civilians are going through. Yeah. Earlier today, National Security adviser Jake Sullivan said that the Biden Administration was actively engaged with israel and making it clear that, you know, the administration believes people and southern gaza, especially, deserve access to water, although its unclear the timing of when that water might be turned on. But take a listen to what Secretary Of State blinken said earlier today. We are determined to do everything we can to address the needs of people in gaza. Civilians should not have to suffer for hamass atrocities. We are now very actively engaged with countries in the region, with the United Nations, with israel, to make sure to the best of our ability that people can get out of harms way, and that the assistance they need, the food, the water, the medicine can get in. Sadly, stephanie, as you said, the american death toll rising in israel to 30. Certainly, there is now the question, of course, of all those hostages that still remain in gaza. The Biden Administration Officials Say that they dont know exactly where they, are but they remain actively engaged with the israelis to try and get them out, stephanie. Thank you so much. Gabe gutierrez at the white house with that reporting. I want to bring in michael mcfaul, a former u. S. Ambassador to russia and an msnbc International Affairs analyst. Ambassador, im grateful that youre here. What do you make of President Bidens potential visit to israel, or at least the invitation from netanyahu . I think it is a good idea. I think its a fantastic idea that Secretary Of State blinken went there first. You are seeing the results of american diplomacy. Youve been talking about it for the last ten minutes. When we are engaged, we can get countries to do things that several days ago were deemed impossible. Opening that Border Crossing at rafah, in terms of getting humanitarian assistance in, the State Department, the president has just appointed a new Special Envoy to coordinate humanitarian assistance. I think if President Biden went as well, that would accentuate and amplify our ability to do all the studies during this terrible, horrific war. How concerned are you about this conflict expanding beyond gaza . I am very concerned, as our my colleagues who i worked with, used to work within the Biden Administration. Thats why i am delighted to see the kind of engagement that we are doing now, both on the military side, in terms of deterrence, i think thats appropriate, but also on the diplomatic side. In particular, the role that Secretary Blinken is playing right now. Hes been to six countries, i think, going back to israel. I know Secretary Blinken, ive known him for decades. He is exactly the right person that you want to be doing this job right now. Ambassador, you are also a professor. So we need you to teach us, how does this war fit into the current realities in todays middle east . The way i look at it is this is a problem thats been festering for a long time. There was the idea that if hamas took over remember, hamas has been in power for two decades in gaza. It is inaccurate to say that israel has been in control there. You ask me to educate, ive seen reporting about that. No, they left and then hamas won an election a free and fair election, one time. There is not a free election there yet. We dont actually know what the preferences of the palestinians are there yet. But there was a deal done by everybody, lets be, clear by the Prime Minister, netanyahu, but also us to say, if we just have them divided, Where Hamas S Ruling in gaza, Palestinian Authority in the west bank, this problem will faster, but we wont become explosive. That turned out to be a strategic mistake. I think moving forward, that strategic mistake has to be corrected. I cant let you go without asking you about vladimir putin. Where does he fit into all of this . What is his reaction tonight . This what is his re he loves all o. This is great. For three different reasons. Number, one it has pulled his war in ukraine out of our attention, right . Thats good for him, that for ukraine. Number two, we are having a debate in the United States about whether we can provide assistance to israel and ukraine at the same time. Of course, we cant. We are the United States of america. But the fact that we are having that debate, thats good news for putin as well. And number three, theres a lot of debate by, including on my campus at stanford university, about crimes against humanity, civilians, how they should be directed. Appropriate debates, by the way. I think thats right. That means, however, that nobody is talking about putins crimes against humanity inside ukraine. And all three counts, this is good news for putin. We havent forgotten his crimes against humanity, and we will be refocusing on them as soon as we are available. Former ambassador michael mcfaul, thank you so much for being here. I really appreciate it. Thanks for having me. Coming up next, is israel prepares for an invasion of gaza, hamas Officials Say they are ready for the fight. Any reporting on that and retired general Barry Mccaffrey helps us understand what comes next. 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Today, spoke with the hamas representatives in iran. That official telling nbc news hamas have been planning last weeks attack on israeli civilians for years. The official, adding hamas plans to inflict heavy losses on israels military if they invade gaza. Joining me now, retired Four Star General Barry Mccaffrey. Hes an msnbc National Security commentator. General, lets start right there. Hamass representative in iran basically said get ready, there will be huge losses. If israels goal is to wipe out hamas, and their leader, their representative is commenting from iran, who is to say we will get any of their leaders . They might not even be on the ground. There is a lot of in this operation. Moving a massive Israeli Ground infantry armor force with air support and attacks from the sea into an urban battle with a lot of it underground, it is a shaky proposition. Israel has no option. Following the slaughter of 1300 israelis, primarily civilians, and the loss of their border security, theyve got to go in. They are overriding objective is the elimination of hamas, bar none. We are talking about a multi week action at a minimum to try to exterminate these people and recover whatever hostages can be done. So, humanitarian disaster, yes. The attack is imminent. Everyone should be fearful of expanding the war, having hezbollah with 100,000 fighters and 120,000 rockets enter the battle. A lot of uncertainties facing the idf in the coming days. Lets talk about. That you are sussman of israels situation at the northern border. Well, that is the principal threat. The question is hezbollah is a shia muslim organization. And they are completely funded, trained, and backed by shia iran. The question is, will they enter the battle . My gut instinct is they will. Probably not in an all manner but at a minimum they will try to draw from idf attention in the fighting in gaza. I think the israelis will face a perilous situation if that happens. Essentially, counting their active forces, they are well over 400,000 idf in uniform right now. They do have the power to go into southern lebanon. But again, that would be another battle with intense casualties, and it would open israel itself, the civilian population, to air bombardment from hezbollah missiles. Secretary blinken, the u. S. , and israel, are trying to keep the war from being widened. I hope they are successful. What could a second front on this conflict mean for us, for u. S. Involvement . I think there is little chance of the u. S. Being involved in any manner, militarily. Unless the existence of israel was at stake. And i dont think, to be blunt, that both hezbollah and hamas could bring down israel. They will have to fight for their lives, but they are capable of it. If you start seeing Syrian Ground involvement, or Iranian Revolutionary guards adding to the hezbollah attacks, but i think if israels fundamental life was at stake, the u. S. Would enter the war. I would hope that we would. What happens if israels Ground Invasion happens, what if it is successful and they capture gaza city, what happens after that . Nobody knows. You know, i think the overriding objective of the idf right now is get into gaza, dominate the streets, go underground in the tunnels, with pistols and hand grenades, tear gas, try to recover hostages. And then sit on them until they figure out where the hamas political and military leadership are. They will have to maintain some kind of control over gaza, enhanced control over gaza in the coming year or so. I cannot imagine them rapidly backing out and letting hamas start picking up the pieces. But i guess the only good outcome would be if we saw active engagement by the egyptians, active engagement by the jordanians, perhaps an International Peacekeeping force, the United Nations. But that will have to be crafted by some very rapid diplomacy after the fighting is over. Until the idf dominates gaza, nothing good will happen in terms of diplomatic outcomes. General, thank you so much for joining us, for giving us a bit of your expertise. Certainly what we need right now. Good to be with you. The u. S. Says the situation in gaza is quickly deteriorating. I will speak next to a doctor with a full medical team there. But first, this from palestinian doctor working through an absolutely desperate situation. We need a ceasefire, we need to for another hospital. The disaster will come from we didnt receive any help. T peyronies disease . Will it get worse . How common is it . Who can i talk to . Can this be treated . Stop typing. Start talking to a specialized urologist. 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Longer. Leqvio® the many, many palestinians who have had nothing to do with the Brutal Terrorist Organization hamas, the vast majority of the population of gaza, they deserve dignity, they deserve safety and security, and the United States is working with the United Nations, with israel, with egypt, with jordan, and with other organizations to try to ensure that. That was u. S. National security Jake Sullivan earlier today talking about the mounting humanitarian crisis in gaza. Nbc news has learned egypt plans to open its Border Crossing to gaza at 9 am local time monday. But there is a catch. Only five nationals inside gaza will be allowed to leave. That includes the estimated 500 Palestinian Americans living. There are some people are left out of gaza humanitarian aid, they will be left in. More than 9000 civilians living in gaza have been injured in israeli airstrikes. The majority of whom are women and children. Gazas women have been cut off from water and electricity over the last week. Earlier today, u. S. Secretary of state Anthony Blinken has said water has been turned back on in some parts of southern gaza. Dr. Zaher is the president and cofounder of medglobal, an ngo currently providing humanitarian assistance to civilians in gaza. Doctor, i know you are in chicago right now, but youve got your team on the grounds in gaza. What has the last week been like. What are they telling you . How scared are you for their safety . Thank you for having me, stephanie. This situation it is beyond catastrophic. It is near impossible to describe whats going on right now in the hospital in gaza. Ive been in contact with the lead doctor this morning through whatsapp. He told me that they are unable to evacuate the hospital. They received the order to evacuate the pediatric hospital, about 170 patients. You have the children and intensive care unit, you have newborn in incubators. They dont have the Receiving End there is not enough beds to accommodate them. It is impossible to transport them in this situation with the war, with the bombing, with the lack of resources, the lack of diesel fuel. Even if hospitals want to evacuate the Southern Israel, and they will not be able to logistically. And there are three patient 3000 patients right now in northern and there are only 3000 beds in southern gaza. Its completely. For the first tool when you evacuate patients, of course, is to have a receiving. And there is no receiving it. Also, the sheer number of injuries that are receiving the hospitals, the type of injuries ive seen horrific pictures and images of children bleeding, on the Emergency Room and the floor of them are consumed because theres not enough beds to accommodate them on every exam table there is people screaming, some of them are in complete shock. There is complete chaos, which reminded me of what happened in at the time of the 2017. It was happening in ukraine. I just came back from ukraine and i witnessed the impact of the russian bombing on ukrainian villages and hospitals. And on top of, that you have a blockade of diesel fuel, of medicine, medical supplies, of food. There is scarcity of resources. Physicians are trying to ration the use of gas, of chest tubes, of suture gets, everything, because they are not sure if they will have that tomorrow. And my organization has been trying to dispute distribute medical supplies that we procured in the first few days of the hospitals. The amount of Mental Health trauma is unimaginable. We had the covid pandemic in chicago and the rest of the u. S. The impact on our medical staff, in chicago, was terrible. Half of the nurses in my Hospital Quit because they were impacted by the number of patients who were very sick. Many of them were dying on us, especially in the first few days of the pandemic, a few months of the pandemic. This is happening in gaza every minute, every minute there is a large number of children who are injured, who are pulled from under the rubble. There is very limited things to do with them. On top of, that then you have the uncertainty of what will happen tomorrow. Some of the physicians, the nurses lost their Family Members because of the bombing in the hospital, he got to know his father and brother were killed in the bombing. And the fact that they are not sure whether they are themselves will be alive tomorrow, or the day after. What are those so doctors inside what are those those hospitals telling you . Doctors inside the hospitals telling you . If this Ground Invasion from israel is potentially imminent, and they cannot evacuate, if there are children and incubators and ventilators and they are trapped there, what do they believe their fate will be . Unfortunately, many of the children, even without the invasion and without electricity and the ventilators will stop working, incubators will stop working. Operating rooms and elevators in the hospitals and everything, we have a similar situations after Hurricane Katrina where hospitals had to evacuate, some of them took four days. With all of that technologies and the Transport Systems that we have here, in the United States imagine the situation in gaza. Unfortunately many patients will die, Young Children who are not responsible to what happened in israel. And thats a huge tragedy. No one knows what will happen to them, even if they decide to transport them many of them will die during the transportation itself. I am out of time but i have to ask, what can you tell us about the Water Situation . As far as i know, water is very limited in the buildings on the hospitals that we are supporting and there is still water. I heard the news of the water was turned on today by israel and i hope this is the situation. But the situation is very fluid. Water is important for many things. The last thing that you want to do is have an outbreak of some does he is because of lack of clean water. That was a problem even before the war started. 95 of gazans have no access to clean water before this war. Doctor, thank you so much for the work that you are doing for the teams. We will post your organization on our social media shortly. Doctor is a here is her, president of now possible aid package for israel in the house still without the speaker, and with that one how do we get that money . Could be a serious problem. Ious problem businesses need 5g solutions today. Thats why they choose tmobile for business. Mlb partners with tmobile to not only enhance the fan experience, but to advance how the game is played. Aaa relies on tmobiles network to stay connected nationwide, so they can help get their members Back On The Road. And were helping pano ai innovate, to stop the spread of wildfires. Nows the time to see what americas largest 5g network can do for your business. In the face of this horrific attack, we are here to share a message of resolute solidarity. We say to israel, america will stand with its ally israel and i along with my colleagues here will lead the effort in the United States senate to provide israel with the support required to fully defend itself from this monstrous attack. Senate majority leader Chuck Schumer announced plans for a congressional aide package from israel. He met with the president in tel aviv to talk about israel needs in that bill. He was rushed to a bomb shelter were fired by hamas set off Air Raid Sirens. Sources tell nbc news that they may request funding for both israel and ukraine as early as this week. There is one major problem. Still without a speaker leaving congress paralyzed. Jim jordan of ohio when the voting their Publican Conference to be their nominee on friday, but he is dozens and dozens of votes shy of going before the house. Tomorrow joining us to, discuss former republican congressman from a florida and matthew dowd, the end of country over party and chief strategist for the bush cheney 2004 president ial campaign. Both are msnbc political analysts. David, talk to us about the importance of Congress Supporting israel at this time. And the danger of a speakerless house. Support for israel and support for ukraine. We know it is absolutely critical to Global Security and to our own u. S. National interest. The House Cannot Act with that without a speaker. Where are things tonight. The palace intrigue is this. Jim jordan has had a confirmation about it is about 65 votes short and he is pushing now and scheduled a floor vote in The Public Eye for tuesday. A lot of republican members upset with jim jordan, tonight using the scrutiny of The Public Eye to put pressure on them. In, fact Sean Hannitys team is now sending run emails to republican members. Saying, how dare you not supports jordan in this moment. Weve been angering these members further. It does not appear jordan has those votes. If the house has to act on israel, its going to have to agree to expand the authorities of Patrick Mchenry as the speaker, or they are going to have to reach some agreement on who the next speaker will be. Matthew, you are with the Bush Campaign after 9 11. Talk to us about the importance of unity. And moral clarity from our leaders in moments like this. And your assessment of how the Biden Administration is doing thus far has been quite a week. As all of us are, call in the aftermath of 9 11 there was this huge gathering of cross party lines. Some of the first phone calls that president bush made or to republicans but to democrats to figure out what the best way forward is in the aftermath of that horrific attack. And what we have right now is we have various democracies and the world under attack. Democracy of ukraine is under attack. Our own democracy is under attack. The democracy of israel is under attack. And what you have is a group of republicans playing russian roulette, and not seeming to care that all this is going on throughout the world. And theyve no desire to come together. When im amazed at him who had david can answer and this is there is not five or six republicans who come to their senses and say, we cant do this in the State Of The World in the state of our countrys democracy. We are gonna go ahead and deal with the democrats, figure out some way to move forward. Forget about all the crazy republicans out there who dont seem to care. And just five or six republicans could pick a country over party and work us through this. What do you mean, put Hakeem Jeffries as the speaker . Or make some sort of arrangement with the democrats and say were not going to do this. And what we will do under these circumstances as we are gonna vote for some designated democrats, whether it is Akeem Jeffries or not. But put the country ahead of the party. David, what do you think . I dont believe republicans will support a democrat for this reason. They would have to really switch parties. Otherwise theres no way to protect going into the reelection. However, this is where Faye Jordan Speakership Vote fails you could see agreement on a couple things. Do you expand mchenrys powers for the next two weeks to allow the house to act on an aid package to israel . Do you in fact consider a Caretaker Speaker like the top call for the next 14 months . The reality is it will be republicans and democrats on the budget voted on the israel voted on keeping the government open. That will be a bipartisan coalition. Right now the fight of our Republican Leadership is one that has got to get decided in the republican tent. For five members have to become democrats. They simply wont just get their vote to jeffries and then lose 14 months from now. What about that option, matthew . I would love that option. I agree with david on most everything that we all remember in the course of this. And i think you could find interestingly enough you could find five or six republicans who are in biden dominant districts that could easily do that. At some point in time, these leaders have to be leaders and they have to be Public Servants and serve the country and not serve their own interest and not serve the interests of their Political Party. Maybe there is some that could be a liz cheney. I would hope. There are five or six out of 217 or 220. Whatever the actual number is. Isnt there five or six republicans who actually care more about the country than their own Political Party . Dave, it what did republican say yes we do have to unify and they unified behind jim jordan and he gets the votes . And they shot you see that happening . And if so what would that look like in what would it mean for everyone . I would say all bets are off at this point. It is really hard to see how jordan gets there. After the jordan test help realize hes nowhere closer to 17 and well see. What the good news will be as well see intermediate a package to israel. If we see a republican controlled, house though, i dont think we see an aid package to ukraine. Simply because republicans would not allow that vote to come up. Jordan would not allow that to come up. He is an Election Denier and trumps surrogate and he would govern in that fashion. We would see intermediate wartime package and a package to israel. Matthew, last word to you . If jim jordan becomes a speaker then we become we put a pyromaniac in charge of all the fires going on in the world. It would be the worst possible case, in my view, for the functioning of democracies throughout the world. Your analogies are forever brutal. Former congressman david jolly and matthew dad, thank you so much for being here. You report some serious cold water on us. When we come back final preparations for the israeli troops that might be the first to go into gaza. We will give you rare access at this very tense moments. For these soldiers in the most tense moment of their lives. S. Moderate to severe eczema still disrupts my skin. Despite treatment it disrupts my skin with itch. It disrupts my skin with rash. But now, i can disrupt eczema with rinvoq. Rinvoq is not a steroid, topical, or injection. Its one pill, once a day. Many taking rinvoq saw clear or almostclear skin while some saw up to 100 clear skin. 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The Israeli Defense forces preparing to attack hamas in gaza by land, air and sea. They met with Southern Forces preparing the to be on the front lines of the ground assault. Sky news correspondent Deborah Haynes and rexis to the troops as theyre preparing for what will be as they await the auditor move there is time for some final training. A practice pushed forward. These soldiers could be in the first wave of unexpected Israeli Ground assault on gaza. Theyre from the regatta he brigades, defining tanks troops and engineers with the ability to defuse bombs. Female soldiers drive the training vehicles. Why do you want to be part of this . We are fighting for our and the man are at work and going in. So we are gonna do our best, the woman, to help. Sky news was given rare access to a Training Site in Southern Israel where soldiers can royer hearse the skills they will need for street to street combat. This place is designed to look like a palestinian city. You can see here the graffiti on the wall. Israeli troops are training here. They know they need to train. Theyll have to fight. If it when the order comes into move to gaza. This is the kind of stuff that it is a restricted area so we have to be careful about what we filled. Imagine if this was we built this or that soldiers could be trying to the highest level possible. So when the day came that we need to do Something Like, this we would be ready. We did not know a week ago that this would immediately go into action and be a very real training ground, possibly for a very real purpose. This commanders as he and his soldiers are ready for anything. What is your message to hamas as you prepare for the next phase in this operation . My message, let them be ready. Let them know that were gonna reach every terrorist. We will reach everyone. We will illuminate them all. We will restore peace and tranquility to the state of israel. No peace yet for this town close to gaza. Struck by hamas rockets. Israeli forces also face threats from their northern border, with smoke hung in the air after an exchange of fire with the militant group hezbollah. Standing his ground, israels Prime Minister let his wartime cabinet in a minute silence to remember those killed in a hamas attack last weekend, that ignited the war. Translator i saw our wonderful fighters who are now on the front line and of the whole nation is behind them. They understood the magnitude of the task. Theyre able to wipe out the bloodthirsty monsters who seek to rely on the mission for the soldiers is clear. Filled with peril. Yes there is no turning back. Deborah haynes, sky news, Southern Israel. That was sky news correspondent Deborah Haynes reporting from israel. And that is all the time i have for this hour. I am stephanie wu, honor to be with you this evening. Thats a very important evening of news. Next on msnbc and across nbc networks, my colleagues tom giannis and kate snow restore Special Coverage of the israel gaza war. Please stay with us tonight. Us tonight. Its not just designed to look good. Its built to command attention. Its not just a comfortable interior. Its a quiet refuge. Theyre not just headlights. They light the way forward. The new fully electric audi q8 etron models. I am tommy on us, live in tel aviv. Were tonight israel is warning its Ground Offensive could stop