See a child in the hands of terrorists. The desperate race to save the abducted israel calling up 300,000 reservists is a Ground Offensive coming our Richard Engel near the gaza border taking cover under fire he joins us tonight. And President Biden huddling with advisers as the u. S. Moves a strike group closer to israel the growing questions, was there an Intelligence Failure before the attack and did iran play a role as security ramps up back home. Announcer this is nbc nightly news with lester holt reporting tonight live from israel. Good evening from israel, a nation beyond stunned tonight, vulnerable in ways it has never had to accept after a far weaker adversary, hamas, unleashed a ferocious attack over the weekend that seemed to come from everywhere, raining deadly rockets into residential streets and sending militant fighters across the gaza border, where they murdered and kidnapped israeli civilians. Israel says it has Retaken Control of areas hamas had seized tonight israeli