hostages were gathered to pressure the government not to forget their loved ones. amid the fury to attack hamas. elie s daughter is a soldier kidnapped from a watchtower in kibbutz all the guards were women. hamas killed 12 of them, and kidnapped six or seven. that is leery in the glasses. we received the message that the army released girls. i hope that is my daughter. i hope. elie checks to see of maybe the rescue soldier is leery. not tonight. not my daughter, but she was there. how does that make you feel? it makes me happy. even if it is not my daughter, it makes me happy. the rescued hostages leary s friends, private ori megidish, captured from the watchtower and freed from israeli troops carrying out the ground defensive in gaza last night. they say she s doing well medically and has met with her family. hamas has plenty more hostages in gaza. israel tonight raising their estimate to 239, including 33 children. hamas is taunting israel with them. they rel
win, you will be their next target. that s why israel s victory will be your victory. but make no mistake, regardless of who stands with israel, israel will fight until this battle is won. israel will prevail. just part of a defiant speech yesterday from israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu, where he rejected calls for a cease-fire and his resignation. we ll have more of his comments and get a live report from the israel-gaza border straight ahead. meanwhile, aid for israel is a top priority on capitol hill, but the two chambers have very different plans for delivering it. we ll go through that potential funding fight. also ahead, an update on the expected testimony from donald trump and his three oldest children in his civil fraud trial. plus, why a tentative new deal for auto workers is a win for the union and president bide biden. and the continued support for actor matthew perry, with his friends, co-stars, releasing a statement following his passing. we ll r
thank you for being back with us for our second hour of chris jansing reports. we start with breaking news. a moment of much needed hope right now for the families of the hundreds of hostages being held captive by hamas. israel says it has freed a female soldier during a ground operation. the idf says it s doing everything it can to release the others. but for those living in gaza, the military is doubling down on its calls for the civilians in the north to move south saying that warning is now, quote, urgent. where is safe to go? one 14-year-old pulled from the rubble told nbc news she had fled south to they are aunt s house and that the home was bombed while they were baking bread. she heartbreakingly told our nbc news crew, quote, i wish we can live safely like all children of the world. israel continues to pound gaza as tensions are mounting on the ground. with the united nations agency there saying thousands of palestinians, quote, broke into several u.n. rwa warehouse
survivors sifting through the rubble in a devastated gaza strip where internet and power cut off by israel friday night has now been partially restored after pressure from the white house. president biden also pressing prime minister netanyahu to safeguard americans trying to get out and allow substantially more humanitarian aid into gaza including fuel that israel warns would end up in the hands of hamas. the reason those trucks are moving is because of president biden s leadership. that flow of trucks needs to increase and increase substantially so that there is enough food, water, and medicine to get to innocent people in gaza who are badly in need of it. and as the fighting rages on, there are growing concerns for the safety of hundreds of hostages. some of them american. held by hamas for more than three weeks. e weeks. good day, everyone. i m andrea mitchell in washington as israeli forces advance a war effort they say will be long and difficult with infantry, tanks
friday. they resumed on saturday and they ve been described to fox as productive. these conversations come as the israelis say 239 people are being held inside gaza. we do know following the operation launched on friday night israeli forces are currently operating inside the gaza strip. i want to show you what it was like just a few hours ago. you can see the israelis marking targets on the northeastern side of the gaza strip. in the distance you can hear the thud of artillery. a very active front. as the israelis push deeper into gaza, they anticipate there will be more resistance as part of the reason they continue strikes against different positions. those israeli forces operating on the eastern and western side of gaza pushing deeper into the strip. today the spokesman for the israeli military discussed the situation saying this. over the past day we have expanded ground activities with additional forces entering the gaza strip including infantry and engineering and art