At any moment. We are watching efforts by the Biden Administration to get americans out of the war zone. Americans trapped in gaza trying to get out of egypt. There are now scheduled to open in just hours. Inside gaza, desperation as israel ramps up its attacks. And residents are running out of food and medicine. Theyre facing a real risk of starvation. Locate u. S. Sending a ship to evacuate americans from israel. Secretary of state Antony Blinken in the region trying to head off a broader war. Annoying to do anything that this conflict away u. S. Delegation on the ground here in israel forced to take shelter when silence went off. Majority leader Chuck Schumer told me he went directly to israels Prime Minister. Tell israels leaders we have your back. And with the americans heading to war, theyre almost a little goodbyes with family of these as they traveled to israel to fight. This is an nbc news Special Report, israel and hamas at war. Reporting tonight from tel aviv, tom giannis. 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
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Mainly the church group and a few other civilians that were americans and not going to go home. Steve theres different places and Weapons Depot and underneat those piers and the intense over the last 48 hours and interesting the way they bracketed it out and thats the support that gaza controls and support under attack and maybe they felt as though theyd be safe and it comes to weapons and theyre targeted and i imagine defying drones all over the place and the thing is and the city is 100 surveilled and theyre trying to see movement and trying to see fighters and they dont gun down hamas and target civilians but theyre trying to shake the battlefield before the invasion. Steve according to the idf, the gaza border is still not secure and Hamas Terrorists are still trying to get into israel from the sea and so that could be the Point Of Departure right there. Listen, the israeli haves got eyes in the sky and they know exactly whats going on. In the meantime, theyve got about 100 tanks s
Announcer this is cnn Breaking News. And we do begin with our Breaking News. Were glad youre with us. Its 6 00 a. M. Here in new york city. Its 1 00 p. M. In israel. Here is the Breaking News that developed overnight. Israel pounding gaza with another wave of air strikes despite threats from hamas to execute hostages. Benjamin netanyahu says the strikes are just the beginning of israels attack. 150 hostages are believed to be inside of gaza right now. Hamas is threatening to kill them on camera in retaliation of the strikes. Israeli troops and tanks have been massing near the border. Military spokesman tells Cnn A Ground Offensive could be necessary to stamp out the Hamas Terrorists. At this stage, we continue to strike from the air. And there are plans to, of course, expand that. And the troops, the reserves, and the regular units that are amassing along the southern border, are readying for their tasks. And we want to go straight to Nic Robertson who is live on the ground. Nic, right