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
Our Family Members will have to wait harrell, im so sorry to have to cut you off. Thank you so much for sharing your story with us. We will be praying for you. We wish you and your family the best and certainly we wish for the safe return of your niece. Thank you so much. That does it for me everybody. Im yasmin vossoughian. Nicole wallace picks up our coverage. Coverage hi there, everyone. Its 4 00 in the east. It is 11 00 in the evening in israel and in gaza. And we start with Breaking News. We just learned that the Border Crossing between gaza and egypt will open tomorrow morning. It will be two a m eastern, 9 am local time, to allow u. S. Citizens to leave gaza. That is according to a palestinian official. More than 4000 people are dead and thousandmo are wounded as the israel hamas or enters its second week. That includes more than 1400 people in israel and more than 2600 people in gaza. Gazas Ministry Of Health says that over half of those deaths are women and children. These rea
Hello. The bbc has confirmed that Young Children were among those killed in an air strike on a convoy of vehicles leaving Northern Gaza yesterday along a route designated by israel. Our team at bbc verify analysed two videos of the strike on the vehicles heading towards southern gaza. Both videos have been verified, these first images show a Lorry Carrying at least 30 civilians on the move, moments before it was hit. And these are still images taken from a subsequent video from the aftermath of the strike, too graphic to show in detail. The video shows men running to the lorry, trying to help those whove been hit. There are at least 12 visible dead bodies in the footage. Just some of the moving images and still images. Verified by our team at the bbc. We will bring you more on that as we get it. The Un Relief Agency, unrwa, says hundreds of thousands of people have been displaced in the past 12 hours alone. And nearly a million, almost half the territorys population, in the past week.
Horrors to the war. Plus there are dire humanitarian warnings coming out of gaza tonight, as israel is blocking food and water until the hostages are freed by hamas. And with aid to israel on the line, House Republicans have devolved into complete chaos tonight. The republican nominee for speaker has just dropped out of the race. Im kaitlan collins, and this is the source. Tonight, an unrelenting series of israeli fire is raining down on gaza. Explosions could be heard until just a short time ago. Were live in a moment with Anderson Cooper on the ground in tel aviv, as theres also an ongoing buildup of idf troops and tanks at the boarder, and a resounding message from the United States, which was personally delivered by Antony Blinken today who forcefully said, israel will never be alone. Standing alongside him, benjamin netanyahu, who called the this a, quote, time to stand united against evil and to show that world what evil looks like. Netanyahu released three graphic images today.
The total number of dead around 1900, with more than 7200 people injured. To break down those numbers a little bit, the Israeli Government estimates that over 1000 israelis have been killed in the conflict and more than 2700 others have been injured. And Gazas Health Ministry estimates that 900 palestinians have been killed in gaza, with more than 4500 injured. Those numbers are sure to grow, as hamas continues to fire rockets into israel, and israel continues to bomb the gaza strip, where more than 2 million civilians live without the freedom to move beyond its borders. Today, nbc news Richard Engel got look at some of the israeli committees where residents have been evacuated. Israeli troops are still trying to secure the country. Four days after the worst Terror Attack in israels history. Today, moved into the village of kafaraza on the border with gaza. All the residents are gone. Either evacuated, killed, or kidnapped. There are still bodies everywhere. The israelis in body bags.