Tonight, knowing that robert card its no longer a threat to anyone. I know there are some people many people who share that sentiment, but i also know that his death may not bring solace to many. But now is a time to heal. And with this search concluded, i know that Law Enforcement continues to fully investigate all the facts, so we can bring what closure we can to the victims and their families. All 18 victims in wednesdays attack have now been identified. I want to begin with nbcs kathy park, who is at the Press Conference in lewiston tonight. Kathy, thank you for being there. When else you hear from officials . And how are you . This had to be an extraordinary few days. Yeah, and an extraordinary 12 hours, to be quite frank with you, stephanie. So, at 10 00 this morning we got an update as to how Law Enforcement was going to move forward with their investigation. They talked about the law Police Presence in the lisbon area, the boat launch in that area, that is where the suspect aba
Katy tur, the idf announced its stepping up Ground Operations, along with increased bombings in gaza, which is what we have been seeing over the past two hours, repeated explosions over the border from israel. This is a live shot right now of that area. The palestinian red crescent, an Aid Organization tells nbc news it has completely lost contact with its Operation Room in gaza. No Phone Service, land line or cell, no internet connection, also something nbc news has experienced in trying to get in touch with our own teams and contacted in gaza. So what could be coming next. Joining us now from ashdot, is nbc news Foreign Correspondent raf sanchez, along with Noga Tarnopolsky who spent over two decades covering the conflict, raf, lets talk about what we were experiencing tonight, the idf had a News Conference a little bit earlier addressing the public. They didnt announce a Ground Incursion specifically, but they did say Ground Operations are increasing. What does that mean . Over the
An escalation in gaza in the wake of that Terror Attack that left 1,400 israelis dead. Youre looking at live pictures. Widespread reports of sirens and exploegs. The Israeli Defense forces saying today they are stepping up their Ground Operations. Take a listen. Their Ground Forces are expanding their ground up aerations. Idf is operating at all dimensions in order to achieve the goals of the war. We will continue to attack in gaza and its surrounding, and we keep calling upon the People Living in gaza and iran that south from there the idf did not say troops have entered gaza though its worth noting israeli tanks have temporarily entered gaza over the last two days. All of this while the fate of the 200 hostages held by gaza is unknown. Back channel negotiations are ongoing in the midst of the conflict. Just a few hours ago repeated explosions were seen in the israelgaza border. A few miles away on the ground in gaza near total darkness that was interrupted only by flashes from the ai
You see her there, the 85yearold grandmother recounting her harrowing experience. Her daughter was by her side translating. Yoesh shed lifshitz said hamas stormed her kibbutz and abducted her on the back of the moto motorbike. Each captive had their own doctor. There are huge, huge network of tunnels underneath. It looks like a spider web. When she first arrived, they told them that they are muslims and theyre not going to hurt them. And that they shared they ate the same food that hamas was eating. Hamas has now released four hostages as israeli troops gear up to launch an assault on gaza they say by ground, sea and air. The Israeli Military says it struck more than 400 targets across gaza in the past day killing hamas commanders and fighters. More than 200 hostages are still believed to be inside gaza. And as we learned from israels president overnight, that includes 30 children. Go to erin burnett she joins us live in tel aviv. Erin, to you, incredible to hear those details of how t
Good evening and welcome to the source. Im kaitlan collins. Tonight, two more hostages have been free. 17 days after they were kidnapped by hamas. Weve just obtained new video of the two israeli women who were released, taken to a Medical Center in tel aviv tonight. They are 79yearold nurit cooper, who you can see here, and 85yearold Yocheved Lifshitz. They were both kidnapped with their husbands from the kibbutz nir oz near gaza on that deadly day. Their husbands, i should note, were not released tonight and do remain captives of hamas. These women were released to the red cross at the Rafah Crossing between egypt and gaza. This happened just in the last several hours. This news comes three days after the release of judith and Natalie Raanan. That was last friday. Now they are expected to be back on their way to the United States this week. Over 200 hostages do still remain in gaza tonight, a number that we do know includes american citizens. Cnn has now learned that the white house,