what we re beginning the hour with breaking news. as night falls on israel and gaza, after a day of evacuations, exchanges of fire, and diplomatic appeals, here is what is new this hour. 360,000 idf reservist mobilizing for the next phase of the war against hamas. the new york times reports ra s time is to capture gaza city and, quote, destroy secretary of state anthony blinken says that egypt s border crossing will be open to ing aid to gaza. and israel s energy minister says that israel will renew water supplies to parts of southern gaza after talks between president biden and israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu. [sirens] that s also new today. the sirens sounding in tel aviv, sending visiting u.s. senators, majority leader chuck schumer and republican senator mitt romney and to bomb shelters. schumer says they were rushed to the shelter to wait out hamas rocket fire. israel also reported taking rocket fire in the southern city of sderot. israeli strikes were unre
the east coast. eight pm as night falls on israel and gaza. we begin with the breaking news of ongoing battles in the streets of southern israel, and in the skies over gaza. we have just seen and heard some new explosions. hamas released a new video of drones used in their ongoing attack against israel, and some new video showing the soundtrack of life in the palestinian territories for the foreseeable future. [sound of artillery] there you hear that, for challenger air strikes by israel, destroying several residential buildings in gaza, sending surviving occupant scurrying to safety. new fears and israel of a broader conflict today, with a brief exchange of strikes with lebanon s military group. israeli prime minister, benjamin netanyahu, securing cabinet today, officially declaring the country at war. a staggering 600 people have been killed in israel. this is according to the foreign ministry. relatives of the missing of spent the day submitted dna samples of their lov