Maybe more than dozens of rockets fired at this city as hamas said would happen. So far it seems the israeli Missile Defense systems have been able to contain this attack, at least as far as we can report from what we are seeing. Richard engel on the front lines. This as the u. S. Officials describe the Terrorist Groups tactics against israelis and american citizens as i. S. I. S. Level savagery. She was terrified. She was saying, mommy, we are trying to get out of here, but im bleeding. We were shot. Everybody here was shot. She said, mommy, im afraid i will die. I said, no, you are not going to die. Then i heard shooting all around very close to the car and started Hearing Voices in arabic talking to each other, shouts at each other. I was so afraid. We are waiting for sagi to come home. We do not know what fate he met along as i said with dozens of other people. So you understand, these arent all 35yearold men. These are children. These are aged people and everything in between. Isr
Good day to our viewers in the United States and around the world. Im kasie hunt. It is tuesday , october 10. 5 00 a. M. Here in washington, Noon In Israel where the country is at war with hamas after militants waged coordinated attacks over the weekend killing at least 900 israelis including 11 americans and taking more than 100 hostages. In retaliation Israel Defense forces pounded gaza with airstrikes hitting more than 200 targets overnight. And sealed off the strip from food, fuel and supplies. Benjamin netanyahu says that this is just the beginning. Savage attacks that hamas perpetrated against innocent israelis are mind boggling. Slaughtering families in their homes, Massacring Hundreds of young people at an outdoor festival. Kidnapping scores of women, children and elderly. Even holocaust survivors. Hamas bombed, burned and executed children. They are savages. Gaza Health Ministry reports more than 680 have been killed. And they are threatening to execute hostages if israeli att
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
Fight for its very survival after a barbaric Terrorist Attack. Invasion by hamas. The deadliest attack in that countrys history. Sean and you heard in that video as Women And Children are being taken hostage. We will take you live from the ground with our trey yingst is standing by in Southern Israel tonight. We are also monitoring the situation in Northern Israel where hezbollah has launched rockets into israel. Well have a close eye on gaza, the hamas stronghold that is smoldering after massive Bombing Campaign by israel and its only the beginning. We are told that a full scale Ground Invasion with well over 100,000 troops, many as possibly as many as 300,000 is now eminent. Israel is fighting back against what is a savage enemy that wants to wipe them off the planet. Over the weekend Hamas Terrorists, they stormed Southern Israel. They did it by air, land and sea. They paraglided into a Music Festival where they cluttered at least 260 young unwarmed one 30yearold woman whose naked b
Direct next steps. Connected with Benjamin Netanyahu to discuss coordination to support israel, deter hostile actors and protect innocent people. We will in the minutes ahead we hope get more of a level of detail whats going to happen. Sandra we are about an hour behind and also anticipating Jake Sullivan to appear at the White House Press briefing with Karine Jeanpierre, that too has been pushed back because we have not heard the president s address yet. As soon as he begins speaking we will get to that. Middle east region is quieter today than in two decades. Sandra and there he is, that was National Security adviser Jake Sullivan speaking last week touting the Biden Administration middle east policy, days later, an attack for the deadliest day since the holocaust. John a lot of signals were missed, im john roberts in washington. We are still waiting for President Biden to address the nation. Speech scheduled to start one hour and one minute ago. Also scheduled this hour, the White H