2pm in the afternoon, a row of shops in the town of kostiantynivka. Theyre used to attacks here but not on this scale. In the blast s shocking aftermath, a search for the living and the dead. Its not immediately clear what kind of weapon landed here, but shrapnel tore into the road, into cars and people. Translation this is a civilian pharmacy. At the time of the strike, civilians were here, buying medicines, and this is what happened. Ukraines president , as he has so many times before, sounded outraged. Translation we understand what they are doing, they did the same in the past. Whenever there is any positive offensive step by ukraines defence forces, Russia Targets civilians and civilian infrastructure. This was one of the worst attacks on ukrainian civilians since the spring. And it came as the us Secretary Of State, antony blinken, was here in kyiv pledging yet more support. His arrival, early this morning, was preceded once more by the sounds of war. Air raid sirens wail. Russia
Terrorists breaching the gate. The attack just after sunrise. They targeted mothers, fathers, the elderly. Children were not spared. The victims killed in their homes, some taken hostage. And after nightfall tonight, what we saw. The haunting scene, now more than four days after this attack. Also tonight, the massive buildup of Israeli Soldiers close to the gaza border. My interview tonight with a Lieutenant Colonel with the Israeli Military. We ask, is a Ground Incursion coming . We also asked tonight about the hostages. Is there an operation under way right now to get them home safely . And we ask about the scenes from gaza, the retaliation against hamas, and the palestinian civilians, the children, now paying a price. What he said about all of this. Tonight, hamas militants and the rockets raining down on Southern Israel today. Matt gutman with a Family Running from a rocket attack, racing into a bomb shelter. At the same time, israeli fighter jets pounding palestinian neighborhoods
Terrorists breaching the gate. The attack just after sunrise. They targeted mothers, fathers, the elderly. Children were not spared. The victims killed in their homes, some taken hostage. And after nightfall tonight, what we saw. The haunting scene, now more than four days after this attack. Also tonight, the massive buildup of Israeli Soldiers close to the gaza border. My interview tonight with a Lieutenant Colonel with the Israeli Military. We ask, is a Ground Incursion coming . We also asked tonight about the hostages. Is there an operation under way right now to get them home safely . And we ask about the scenes from gaza, the retaliation against hamas, and the palestinian civilians, the children, now paying a price. What he said about all of this. Tonight, hamas militants and the rockets raining down on Southern Israel today. Matt gutman with a Family Running from a rocket attack, racing into a bomb shelter. At the same time, israeli fighter jets poundi iing palestinian neighborho
Underwater, up to ten inches of rain could fall before it all ends. Also tonight, countdown to the shutdown. Lastditch efforts to fund the government fail with no plan in sight. Speaker mccarthy under pressure. Millions of workers set to go without pay and millions more could lose services in just over 24 hours. The death of a states woman. Dianne feinstein, the Trailblazing California Democrat who served in the senate for three decades. How she broke the Glass Ceiling for so many. Bipartisan tributes coming in tonight. Just in, the first guilty plea in the trump election interference case in georgia. A Surprise Arrest in the murder of rapper tupac shakur. Why now after 30 years . The uaw expanding its strike against ford and gm as talks stall. The fight over electric cars. And harry smith on whether a new Grocery Store could help Feed One American Town and heal old wounds. Reporter this is nbc Nbc Nightly News with lester holt. Good evening and welcome. As we come on the air, a Nightm
The idf says almost all of them were shot down and has described the attack as being foiled. The attack marks the first time iran had ever launched a direct Military Assault on israel. We will be live injerusalem shortly. But first, lets bring you up to date with the latest. Take a look at this video. Air raid sirens wail what you can hear is the Air Raid Sirens Injerusalem. What you can see is israels air defence system, the iron dome, in Operation Flashes in thejerusalem sky as drones and missiles are shot down. A coalition of israels allies, including the us and uk, has helped shoot down some iranian drones and missiles before they reached israeli territory. This is footage of that happening overjordan. Similarly, this video is from the Skies Over Damascus in syria. You can see objects being hit in the sky. And, again, in the skies over iraq. More drones and missiles being intercepted as they travelled towards israel. Also with the help of some of those Golf Neighbours of israel. Gu