Martha after the bloodiest attack in israels history, israel orders a complete siege of gaza. Its military says theyre ready for a ground war. So those who want to save their life, please go south. Martha with nowhere to flee, a humanitarian catastrophe unfolds. Its a massacre. Theyre wiping out entire neighborhoods. Martha the u. S. Pledges unwavering support for israel. We will always be there by your side. Martha and President Biden warns against a widening conflict. Anyone thinking of taking advantage of the situation, i have one word, dont. Martha this morning, our exclusive reporting at the wars front. The latest developments with White House National security adviser, jake sullivan, and Israeli Defense spokesman, peter lerner. Plus the communities destroyed by the violence. And well take you to the places where this all began and the horrific endings. And a look back at this intractable conflict ive covered for decades. They see us as some kind of european colonial power that sh
Killed more than 1300 people in israel and took dozens hostage. We can show you these live pictures of gaza city right now where it is shortly after 5am in the morning. As after 5am in the morning. You can see, very dark. Shortage as you can see, very dark. A shortage of electricity and fuel in the territory. We are learning in the past few hours that a drone strike coming according to the Israeli Military, killed hamas command on saturday. Ali qadhi is the second hamas chief to have been killed in a day. Meanwhile, on the ground in gaza, thousands of civilians are on the move. Thats after israel warned over i million living in the north to move south beyond the Wadi Gaza River here an order the World Health Organization has said is a Death Sentence for those already sick and injured. The authorities in gaza say more than 2200 people have already died in retaliatory israeli bombing, including children while attempting to evacuate along a designated safe route. Earlier on saturday, isra
Was happening in his homeland. He jumped on an airplane, leaving his family behind, telling them he had to come here and fight. He understands the complexity of what is about to happen. Once this Ground Invasion starts, him, as an israeli american, will fight. War has come to israel, once again. There are innocent people in gaza, there are terrorists that were there, there were also innocent people trying to get out. We have a team of reporters that are spanned all over the region. I want to start with alison barber, who is near the gaza Israeli Border tonight. She has been reporting for us for several days in this region. I know we spoke to earlier tonight, but it has been somewhat quiet. Talk to us about the tension. We know, at any moment, this Ground Invasion could start. Tom, it is still quiet. Because of the fact that there is this tension, we have seen hundreds, at least 100 plus, military vehicles, tanks, all amassed near the border in different pockets. We dont have access, al
Broadcasting from miami. It is currently three again four we are in israel, and the idf has pledged a full air land and sea attack on hamas and the gaza strip. More than 1 million civilians he did no warning from israels armed forces. Scrambling to move out of the northern gaza strip, told to leave their homes because of an imminent Ground Offensive, which has not yet come, but air assault into gaza continue. Thousands of moved towards gazas border with egypt amid diplomatic promises earlier today that some foreign nationals could leave, but that crossing, as you see here, remains closed. The u. N. Says gaza has run out of water, run out of fuel, and the World Health Organization says the Evacuation Orders are, quote, a death sentence for the sick and injured who are being treated in gaza as northern hospitals. The death toll at this hour, at least 1300 killed in israel. More than 2200 dead in gaza, in the eight days since the horrifying Terror Attack from hamas sparked this war. At le
And so over and over and over again, this entire city is hearing these thunderous booms from the sky. This is reality for People Living here, and then the response often is airstrikes in gaza. Now though things seem to be a bit different because as israel prepares for a Ground Incursion, it just has been more quiet in gaza than we have seen right now. We have seen a bit of black smoke coming from gaza today, but in the very beginning, i mean, it was fearsome, it was terrifying with the airstrikes happening in gaza for the residents there. 700 children have already been killed there. But you remember this all started, this time around, with hamas and its Surprise Attack on civilians just trying to enjoy their lives. I do want to give you some sound of what happened earlier. I think we have a little bit of that for you now. So lets go to that. Our photographer is here with us. Lawrence is also with us as well as my fantastic producer, seb. So youre hearing in english, now you can go back