Expectations out there. My pleasure. Thank you for joining us. Ac360 begins now. It is 3 00 a. M. Here in israel, which is even at this late hour dealing with repercussions of a huge tragedy on a terrible, terrible scale. The massive explosion at a hospital in gaza city. We should say at the outset the pictures are as horrible as the incident itself. We want to show you new video moments after the blast. Hundreds are believed dead. We are talking about men, women, and children, civilians, more may still be buried in rubble at the alahli baptist hospital. The hospital not only had patients and doctors and nurses inside, but thousands of displaced people outside who had been seeking shelter there displaced from the bombings that had been going on in gaza. Compounding the loss of life. We cannot independently confirm how many people were killed in this blast, but the pictures are sickening. One photojournalist witnessed many moments like this, telling the new york times, quote, there were
On israel, more than 1300 israelis have been killed, over 3,000 wounded, 199 hostages. 30 americans have been killed, still 13 unaccounted for. The idf Ground Invasion of is a is independent meant. Secretary of defense lloyd austin tells u. S. Troops be ready to deploy if needed. Foreign Affairs Correspondent greg palkot on the ground. Thank you so much. What can you tell us . Reporter larry, our pleasure. Were up in northern israel, not far from the israeli lebanon border. Weve been watching artillery go out from the Israeli Military, flares go up as they try to deal with the hezbollah fighters on the other side of the border. Fears grow in all of this unrest there could be a second front opening here. Take a look what we saw and heard earlier today in this area. Youre looking at lebanon just half a mile from where we are in northern israel. There are hezbollah militant fighting positions there. They have been engaging with the Israeli Military here all this past week. As things escal
Thank you for staying with our special coverage of the israelhamas war. Im Andrea Mitchell In Washington. Secretary of state Anthony Blick ken is in israel after shutting to saudi arabia and egypt over the weekend and giving strong pushback to israels siege of gaza, denying aid and need to minimize the casualties. Gaza residents facing a difficult choice, whether to flee devastated areas for humanitarian corridors that are still not open or stay and risk being caught in the crossfire. President Biden Canceling a planned trip to colorado to keep the focus on the developments from israel and weighing an invitation from Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to visit israel at some point. Were following the other big Breaking News In Washington. District court judge Tanya Chutkan has issued a narrow gag order on former President Trump and other defendants, prohibiting all parties from targeting Prosecutor Jack Smith and court staff. Nbcs raf sanchez is near with israelgaza border. Nbcs matt br
As an Israeli Ground operation into gaza appears imminent, the u. S. , the u. N. And others are scrambling to get palestinians out of harms way. Im Boris Sanchez alongside Brianna Keeler in washington. And today Secretary Of State tony blinken is in israel trying to help open the only viable option for palestinians to leave gaza which is the Rafah Crossing Into Egypt in the south. At the same time blinken stressed that israels obligation to defend itself after the hamas Terror Attack On October 7th that killed at least 1,400 people. You know, our deep commitment to israels right, indeed its obligation, to defend itself and to defend its people, and in that you have and will always have the support of the united. I want to go right now to Nic Robertson along the gaza border. Nic, what have you been seeing . Reporter yeah, literally two seconds ago three rockets coming out of gaza right on the horizon there. There was a couple of rockets, 30 seconds before that, coming over our heads, i
Pathway toward peace. Thank you very much. I appreciate you coming on, as always. That is going to do it for me today. Deadline white house starts right now. Hi, everyone. Its 4 00 in new york on a very busy day of breaking and developing news here in america, and of course overseas with a volatile situation in israel and gaza. Israeli forces are amassing for a possible Ground Invasion, while communities in israel continue to come under rocket fire from hamas, even forcing u. S. Secretary of state blinken to shelter in place during his visit to israel. On the other side of the border, in gaza, nearly 200 people kidnapped during last saturdays Terror Attack inside israel are currently being held hostage by hamas, and a dire humanitarian crisis is unfolding. Well get to all of it coming up in this broadcast. We begin with a story that we have been following very, very closely on this program. One of the significant consequences for our democracy and the rule of law in america, and one th