The Palestinian People at large a hope for a Better Future so maybe they wont turn against israel and certainly broadening the conflict is very dangerous. The Israeli Military is not as strong as it should be at this point for various reasons most of them political. Thank you very, very much. Thanks, wolf. Hello everyone. Thank you so much for joining us. Im Fredricka Whitfield in atlanta alongside wolf blitzer in washington. Well get back to you in a moment, wolf. Lets start with our continuing coverage of israel at war. New fighting today inside gaza. Israel Defense Forces say they clashed with hamas fighters marking only the second confirmed israeli operation in the enclave since the beginning of this war. Beyond that skirmish it has been another bloody day across the gaza strip. Israeli air strikes ripping through the enclave with deadly results. The grim reality of this war seen on some of its most vulnerable. Video obtained by cnn showing the lifeless bodies of a toddler and thre
Welcome to cnn this morning. Im amara walker. And im victor blackwell. We continue our coverage of the war in israel. Thousands of israeli troops and hundreds of Armored Vehicles are at the gaza border ready to strike hamas. On saturday, the Israeli Military said its air strikes on hamas targets in gaza will become more relentless as they prepare for the Ground Incursion. Today the Palestinian Ministry of health in gaza said the number killed there is up to 4651. 266 died in the last 24 hours. A hospital in gaza Central District said its overwhelmed with bodies following overnight air strikes. Some of the images youre about to see are disturbing. These are videos obtained by cnn. They show dozens the dozens of bodies wrapped in shrouds on the ground surrounding the hospital because of the hospitals morgue, it is already at capacity. Families could be seen grieving, true iing to identify the bodies. As fighting increasing at Israelez Northern Border with lebanon, the u. S. Military is t
[national anthem] [national anthem] pete we go straight to a fox news alert. The idf has killed a senior hamass commander in an overnight strike. The israelis are ramping up attacks with troops and heavy armor on standby for a planned Ground Invasion. Rachel Israeli Forces also carrying out strikes and raids in the west bank capturing another 27 hamas terror es. Joey this comes as the pentagon notifies more u. S. Troops be ready to deploy, defense secretary austin saying, quote i directed a series of additional tens to strengthen the Department Of Defense posture in the region, increase Force Protection for u. S. Forces in the region and assist in the defense of israel. Pete and the idf hitting several terror hubs overnight near the lebanon border. More than a dozen communities across the knot of israel north of israel are under Evacuation Orders. Rachel hezbollah says it is right in the heart of the battle. Hamas has warned if israel starts a Ground Offense in gaza, hezbollah will joi
New reporting on what they went through, the horror nearly two weeks ago. The mother and her daughter visiting her grandmother for her 85th birthday when the terrorists struck. The last text message to the family. Tonight, theyre released now, and we have just learned President Biden has talked with the mother and daughter. Ian pannell and mary bruce with late reporting. Theyre both standing by tonight. We also have Breaking News from capitol hill. Jim jordan out in the battle for speaker of the house, losing more support with each round. But tonight, whos next . The republicans unable to come up with a speaker with two wars now playing out. And President Biden overnight asking congress for 100 billion in foreign aid with no one leading the house. Rachel scott on the hill. The judge in the u. S. Shot and killed, attacked in his own driveway. Tonight, the urgent manhunt at this hour for the suspect, a father. The judge presiding over a divorce proceeding, giving the mother custody of th
Interference case. How damaging is it for the former president and the new drama in the new york fraud case the social media post that just cost donald trump 5,000 the urgent manhunt after a maryland judge is shot dead at his home the Armed And Dangerous suspect. Was he angry with the judge over his divorce . And the voices of war. The people weve met whose lots are forever changed. Announcer this is Nbc Nightly News with lester holt and good evening im tom llamas in for lester. We begin with the dramatic and positive development in the israel hamas war the release of two american hostages, a mother and her daughter, held by hamas in gaza. Judith and natali raanan, these are the first hostages to be freed among 200 or more captured during that hamas Terrorist Attack on israel almost two weeks ago moments ago, President Biden speaking to those two american women telling them, the government will fully support them as they recover they happen to be Family Members of our longtime Foreign