If it happens, god forbid, will end, not because your land will be divided and you will be forced to submit to military or political pressure, but because your territory and sovereignty will be fully restored. Its no secret that mr zelensky is eager for ukraine to be allowed into nato. But the road to becoming a member is still a long one. Earlier, my colleague Catiriona Perry spoke with nato secretary Generaljens Stoltenberg about ukraines membership bid, and overall allied Military Support. Well, many, many countries, more than countries, are part of the us led effort to provide unprecedented level of Military Support to ukraine, united kingdom, many other nato allies, and this strong support to ukraine has enabled them to push back the russian invaders, to liberate the territory and now also conducting an offensive which is gradually gaining ground. So, nobody knows how long this war will last but we have seen that ukrainians have been able to make progress, not least because of the
flight attendants seen pouring bottles of water over it as passengers evacuate. what officials believe caused it. and remembering a hero astronaut after disaster struck the apollo 13 mission, the key role he played in saving the crew announcer: this is nbc nightly news with lester holt good evening we begin with the united states and israel tonight at odds over what next in the war in gaza as civilian casualties mount. the u.s. call for a humanitarian pause getting a firm thumbs down from prime minister benjamin netanyahu who told secretary of state antony blinken, we are continuing full force, appearing to reject secretary blinken s plea to do more to protect palestinian civilians. israel s government pending any kind of a pause to the release of hostages held by hamas. but the unsettling image of civilian casualties and damaged hospitals in gaza, continue to draw widespread condemnation of israel s siege in its defense, israel providing pictures of hamas tunnels it
killed since october seven, in which 1,400 people were killed and 200 taken hostage. israel has been in the jabalia final camp for days prompting outcries. 0ur international editor has the latest. tonight, israel says it has surrounded gaza city. an army statement said that soldiers were attacking hamas positions. places where it launches rockets and killing terrorists. israel has increased the tempo of the ground war. the army said that they needed to be resilient in they needed to be resilient in the coming weeks and a ceasefire was not on the table. the troops have been visited by israel s prime minister binyamin netanyahu. translation: we call on the uninvolved get out, get out. move south. because we will not stop our effort to eliminate the terrorists. we will advance. we will advance and win. . . , advance. we will advance and win. . ., ., advance. we will advance and win. . , advance. we will advance and win. . win. hamas has released its own video. it said win. ham
antony blinken is meeting with the prime minister of israel benjamin netanyahu. he touched down in tel aviv a couple hours ago and started shaking hands. ainsley: and in about 15 minutes we expect with the secretary to meet with the israeli president his name is isaac herzog. we will carry it live when it happens. blinken s visit comes as the biden administration pushes for a pause on the war so they can get humanitarian aid in and the hostages out. brian: meanwhile on the battlefield israeli forces come face to face with terrorists and take out a top hamas commander. the idf says forces now have the largest city in gaza surrounded. lawrence: today hezbollah s leader is scheduled to speak for the first time since hamas attacked israel. we have fox team coverage with jonathan hunt live in the west bank with israeli forces have been carrying out raids. but, first, let s go to trey yingst who is on the ground in southern israel. trey, what can you tell us? hey lawrence, go