War with hamas stretches into its 8th day im paul gigot and it is 10 p. M. In israel where Officials Say a Ground Invasion of gaza is eminent with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu telling troop just hours ago that the next stage is coming. We begin our coverage in Southern Israel where foxs Mike Tobin Is Standing by. Mike. Reporter paul we can see everything from the fuel truck to the troop carriers moving around markover tanks getting put into position every indication is theyre preparing to go, in fact, thats just a supply truck thats pulling up behind me right now. Now one of the things that is significant. If you remember the Attacks Reporting came out suggesting that israel had a heads up to it. Israel National Security advisor says that mistake is his for not seeing attack coming. But he denies the reports that egyptian intelligence tipped off israeli an they ignored it. The answer is no. And in the system egyptians did not approach and will warn us in any way indirectly or dire
Sport, lets listen to the president , be talking about israel. And by the way, im a big pennsylvania guy. I married a girl in philly, and youre between scranton and wilmington. You guys have no sense of humour in scranton, man. , man. Laughter thanks man. Laughter thanks for man. Laughter thanks for the i man. Laughter thanks for the introduction, i really mean it. Before i get started, i want to acknowledge to Brave Police Officers on a serious note, who were shot last night, when was killed at the airport. I talked to the chief and the mayor about this. They put their lives on the line to protect this community and we owe them a debt of gratitude, we are praying for them and their families today. I also want to say a word about the situation in israel. The more we learn about the atomic attack, the more horrifying it becomes. More than 1000 innocent lives lost, including at least 27 americans. These guys make alqaeda look pure. They are pure evil. The United States, make no mistake
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
Youre watching cnn news central. Im Boris Sanchez with brianna keilar. We want to go straight to anderson cooper, where sirens are going on. Whats going on . Sirens have not occurred here for really today, certainly over the last several days. Theyre quite extensive sirens. You hear them all over tel aviv. It started maybe 30 seconds ago. It remains to be seen. If rockets do come, they generally come from that direction that sounded like an Iron Dome Interception. That was a rather large explosion. That is something we have nod heard very much here in tel aviv. No, i think were fine in this location. Matthew, what do you think, was that an Iron Dome Interception . I Vice President hearty anything like that dinse sorb. And interesting that the sirens stop as soon as that hit. Im assuming that was an interception by iron dome, but theres cloud cover here, we didnt actually see the rocket, but theres quite a large explosion, and it is sirens had now stopped the there was an araid maybe a