At any moment. We are watching efforts by the Biden Administration to get americans out of the war zone. Americans trapped in gaza trying to get out of egypt. There are now scheduled to open in just hours. Inside gaza, desperation as israel ramps up its attacks. And residents are running out of food and medicine. Theyre facing a real risk of starvation. Locate u. S. Sending a ship to evacuate americans from israel. Secretary of state Antony Blinken in the region trying to head off a broader war. Annoying to do anything that this conflict away u. S. Delegation on the ground here in israel forced to take shelter when silence went off. Majority leader Chuck Schumer told me he went directly to israels Prime Minister. Tell israels leaders we have your back. And with the americans heading to war, theyre almost a little goodbyes with family of these as they traveled to israel to fight. This is an nbc news Special Report, israel and hamas at war. Reporting tonight from tel aviv, tom giannis. A
Hi, everyone. Its 4 00 in new york. Its 11 00 p. M. In israel, where a Ground Invasion by Israeli Forces could be hours away. What is likely to be a deadly and devastating new chapter of a conflict that began with that deadly Terror Attack on saturday morning that has now been responsible for taking the lives of host most of the 1300 People Killed in israel. 27 americans have i died. Just a few hours ago, the Israeli Military tweeted that an extensive attack is underway. Thats after unprecedented Evacuation Order by israel that called for more than a million residents in the northern part of the gaza strip to evacuate within 24 hours. It was issued just after midnight local time. You can see here on your screens, those are leaflets being dropped telling People Living there to get out. All day scenes of panic and desperation have unfolded in the fwaz is a strip. Many residents having nowhere to go and with all of gaza under a blockade as the New York Times reports, many palestinians wer
Israel hamas war. Msnbc Special Coverage continues now with katy tur. Good to be with you, im katy tur. An extensive attack against military targets in gaza strip is underway. Thousands upon thousands of leaflets dropped by the Israeli Military warning everyone in the north to get out. The flyers telling the people there, according to a translation by reuters, gaza city has turned into a battlefield, for your safety and the safety of your families, evacuate your homes immediately and head to the south. But how do you get 1. 1 Million People to evacuate, and to do it quickly. And thousand do you do it amid the rubble of an already destroyed city . And how can you do it when the Group Governing them, hamas, is telling them to stay put, that israel is conducting psychological warfare in an attempt to displace them from their homes . Or when that same group uses civilians as Human Shields that is reportedly blocking the path out, according to Secretary Of State Antony Blinken. The u. N. Is
Weapons as well as potentially trying to locate hostages taken by hamas. Weve seen jets dropping leaflets that instruct civilians to leave gaza. A warning is included therein that suggests it is for their safety coming with an attack. Leaflets airborne caught by our news cameras. Israel says it called on the u. N. To assist in an effort to get about roughly 1 million potential residents of gaza to leaved from north and go south. The u. N. For its part says it cannot meaningfully assist on that kind of timetable. Thousands of residents have been seen fleeing. Hamas has told people there they should ignore warnings, that by implication, they should stay put. The death toll is rising. 1,300 killed in israel. 3,300 wounded. Over 1,900 killed in gaza. Another 7,700 wounded. Some doctors and gaza warn of the deteriorating humanitarian situation and hospitals that only have days left of energy on their generators. The bombs keep falling, the patients keep flooding in. This is chaos. A confusi
Secretary of state Antony Blinken we ask him about it. Was that an acknowledgement that iran might have been involved in this attack how he answered, and what he said about efforts to free americans held hostage by hamas and the faces of war. The Festival Goer marking her birthday as a captive of hamas. What her family is asking people around the world to do. Our Special Edition of nightly news begins now. Announcer this is nbc nightly news with lester holt, reporting tonight live from israel. Good evening and welcome, everyone. Well show you some of what we saw in ashkelon closer to gaza earlier, but we start here in tel aviv tonight, where for six days now, the world has watched and waited for the full might of the israeli response to the horrific at attacks inflicted upon it anticipated by many to be a massive invasion of the gaza strip, making good on its promise to destroy hamas, after last saturdays brutal terrorist rampage in southern israel. The toll keeps getting worse. In isr