As a small town, several mister thousands runs in the northern red st lawrence from him and essentially heading towards israel. And israels defense minister tells his forces they will soon see guns up from the inside suggesting a Ground Invasion. Could it be guessing place in the bridge . 5 minutes. The whole story in saudi arabia, officer musing, with Benjamin Netanyahu. And israel, the well, it is now just past 2200 gmc, thats 1 oclock in the morning and gaza with a Greek Orthodox church has been targeted by as rarely as strikes can at least to palestinians. As also believes that thousands of people are still trapped under the rubble of the church of saint paul, serious, many internally displaced people. Mostly christian palestinians were sheltering in that charge, believing that it was one of the last remaining safe havens from continued is riley from baldwin. Both in the 12th century. The trunk is one of the oldest in the wild. The big deadline on the gates, i didnt get the last ti
Martha thanks very much. Good afternoon. Im Martha Maccallum live in washington today for our special coverage tonight of president Bidens Oval Office address on americas role in two wars. Now in israel and also in ukraine. Were going live to the pentagon. A very important briefing about to get underway. Well take you there live as soon as that gets started. In israel, john roberts stays with us this hour in jerusalem. Mike tobin in southern israel and israeli Prime Minister netanyahus spokesman joins us live. First, the pentagon about to update on the situation as americans have four warships now in the region. Our u. S. Forces are in the region as well or headed to the region. A huge u. S. Commitment is underway and we expect that were going hear more about that from the pentagon in just moments. A u. S. Cargo plane delivered armored vehicles. Heres video of that as they rolled off of this c17 in israel. The Israeli Defense minister gives his troops the green light for entering gaza.
It is dark but we know this. A photographer in lebanon, this final hour of trade could see a ramp up involuntarily, it is expected to be a fullblown Israeli Ground offensive into gaza. We have read on the screen except the dow is going backandforth. The dow is up 30 points, the nasdaq losing 155, the russell 2000 down 14 points. It is now 10 00 pm. We need you to look at the vicks, the expectation of volatility, fear, anxiety based on the s p 500 index options. 59 minutes left to trade, the vicks ramps up through the session, opened at 16 and right now weve got it at 19. 6, again of 17 , up 22 , a moving target but up up up. All this should come as no surprise. 22 hours ago, Israeli Defense forces began warning the northern part of gaza, where foreignborn hostages are being held to evacuate. When hamas launched a surprise massacre slaughtering and burning alive hundreds of israeli civilians and taking hostages the Israeli Military has been amassing troops and weaponry along the israel
In a statement tonight, ron said that this will be the only response to israels strike on irans consulate in damascus at the beginning of the month. That, of course, killed several iranian generals, including two top commanders. Iranian officials had vowed revenge for those attacks, and in their statement, they also warned that the United States must stay away from any direct military involvement. Meanwhile, officials telling nbc news that the u. S. And israel have been closely coordinating how to defend against this imminent attack. For fears of growing regional war have been escalating for months ever since hamas is october 7th attack on israel, and the subsequent israeli war on gaza. Joining me now, richard engel, nbc news chief foreign correspondent. He is in jerusalem for us in the early hours of the morning there we are in that window, richard, of anticipating some of those drones making their way into israel, as well as potentially those missiles. What can you tell us about what
Hello, im alex marquardt. Welcome to the cnn newsroom. We are following Breaking News. Iran has launched an attack act against israel. If youre just joining us dozens of iranian drones are now bound for israel as well as Cruise Missiles, according to the israeli news media yeah, this of course, leaving the entire middle east and beyond very much on edge is forces are planning to intercept as many of those aircraft and missiles as possible. The United States has said they will help with those interceptions at best they can at this hour. However, we do not yet know what the results of these attacks may be just moments ago, the white house said that this attack is expected to unfold over the next few hours. It is just past midnight in israel, we have got reporters and analysts all over the map as we try practice news including mj lee at the white house, Jeremy Diamond in jerusalem, clarissa ward, and tel aviv and ben wedeman in beirut. I want to get straight to our ben wedeman who is in l