Obtaining documents with detailed plans to target schools, and were now learning terrorists breached the border fence some 30 times, in some cases blasting holes with explosives, and the stories of survivors ive met did you feel you were in constant danger yes, we experienced missiles going over our heads. The chilling video she shared of her dash to safety as rockets streaked overhead. Back in the u. S. , cities on high alert after a former hamas leader called for protests on a worldwide day of rage. And chaos in congress the house gop picking a new candidate for speaker after the last nominee abruptly dropped out. Announcer this is nbc nightly news with lester holt reporting tonight live from israel. Good evening, everyone, from tel aviv where it is well after midnight, and an ominous deadline for over a million residents of Northern Gaza to evacuate the territory has expired against the objections of the u. N. , which warned the evacuation of so many people at one time would risk a
Good to be back with you for another hour. Im katy tur, nbc news is reporting three convoys, that appear to be evacuees were hit by israeli strikes in gaza, according to the Israeli Health ministry. 70 people are dead. Only an hour ago, the idf said an extensive attack against military targets within gaza was underway. This morning, israel dropped thousands of leaflets in the north of the strip warning civilians to go south. Quote, gaza city has turned into a battlefield. Leave your homes immediately read those flyers. The idf told gaza City Residents they would refrain from touching an Evacuation Route until 8 00 p. M. That was just about two hours ago. Quote, no one knows where were going, One Gaza Resident told nbc news, but were ready to run. Joining us now from tyre, lebanon, is nbc news chief Foreign Correspondent Matt Bradleyment thank you for being with us. I know were going to start at the north end of this. But tell me whats been happening there today . Everyone is still very
Potentially massive ground offensive. The new strikes and chaos inside Northern Gaza after israel ordered more than 1 Million People to evacuate to the south. Hamas saying an israeli air strike hit a convoy of fleeing civilians. 70 dead, mostly women and children. Leaflets dropped on the strip warning, get out now. Israeli troops on the border, and Special Forces already carrying out targeted raids inside gaza, looking for hostages. President biden speaking to the families of some american captives. His emotional message. Horrifying new details on how the attack unfolded. Nbc news exclusively obtaining documents with detailed plans to target schools, and were now learning terrorists reached the border fence some 30 times in some cases blasting holes with explosives and the stories of survivors i have met. Did you feel you were in constant danger . Yes, we experienced missiles going over our heads. The chilling video she shared of her dash to safety as rockets streaked overhead. Back in
Understand up to 20 people in gaza died. And for each of these explosions, there could be a loss of human life, it is a perspective worth remembering for all of us in t these hard days. Thank you so much for joining us. Us. Ac 360 begins right now. Captions by vitac www. Vitac. Com good evening. It is 3 00 a. M. In ashkelon, israel, five days since hamas launched a Surprise Attack from gaza. Israeli troops are amazing along the gaza border. 300,000 Israeli Reservists are, in his words, close to the gaza strip. That is a Fighting Force in a country of only 10 million people, nearly the size of all the reserves in the entire u. S. Military. In addition to mobilizing forces, preparations are underway at hospitals across this country for what might come next. Patients from facilities in the north are being moved to ones in central israel. Health Officials Say in case of escalation and presumably the need to treat casualties there. Right now the focus is on gaza, which Israeli Air Forces po
Tonight, our team getting a firsthand look at what was left after hamas militants swept through israel. The Israeli Military reporting the massacre of women, children, toddlers, and the elderly at a kibbutz in southern israel. More than 100 People Killed. Young families, mothers, fathers and their babies. Our reporter with the soldiers today, going doortodoor to bring out the bodies of the victims. Homes burned and riddled with bullets. An israeli general describing the unimaginable horrors. Israel now preparing for a potential ground incursion. 300,000 reservists have already been called up. Another 60,000 reservists now activated tonight. More than 900 People Killed in israel. And President Biden tonight revealing the number of americans killed has now risen to 14. The president Condemning Hamas Terror Attack, calling it pure, unadulterated evil. Matt gutman on the ground here in israel. There is grave concern tonight for the more than 150 hostages taken from israel, and we now know