Youre live in the cnn newsroom. Im jim acosta in washington. Welcome to our continuing breaking News Coverage of israel at war. Prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu saying the second stage of its war, the ground war, has begun. The goal, to destroy the military and government, he says, of hamas. Translator our heroic fighters have one goal, to destroy this enemy and to make sure the existence in our country. Never again, never again is now. At this hour, the conflict is escalating. This is new cnn video from a cnn producer In Gaza Capturing Rockets being fired into israel. [ sirens ] and cnns sara sidner and her team captured this video of Rocket Barrage over tel aviv earlier today. Israels iron dome Defense System intercepted those incoming rockets. Civilianness northern gaza say they endured the heaviest last night. Cnns Nic Robertson joins us live from sderot, israel. What are you seeing right now . Reporter relentless, jim. Absolutely relentless barrages of artillery fire, aircraft st
Brutal. Some of what youll see tonight is tough to watch, but it is for now, the most complete look at what took place that weve reported so far. It was 6 00 a. M. On saturday morning, october 7th. The sun was rising over southern israel. I was standing with a friend, and we looked together at the sunrise. I told her, look how beautiful she is. What a magical sunrise. What a magical day. Thousands of young people had been partying through the night at the super nova festival, a trans music rave. I made a video on my social of minutes before the attack. And the crowd goes crazy raving. I have been at a lot of festivals. One of the best ones. So, before the attack. After analyzing dozens of videos. They started shooting us. And interviewing survivors, cnn has been able to piece together how the hamas Terror Attack unfolded, 70 miles south of tel aviv near raim about 3. 3 miles near israels border with g gaza. Festival organizers had been setting it up for days. Usually Dance Festivals yo
Im pretty sure. Good evening, i am bret bret baier. Officials say they released Two American Hostages held in gaza in order to prove to the American People into the world that the claims made by President Biden and his fashionable administration or fulls and bases. President biden meantime said in a statement, we have secured their release. The Admini Calling for others bg held hostage to be released. And natalie renan, chicago area tuesday. Right here on Special Report spoke to the sister here and lets get the latest tonight from Lucas Tomlinson live in tel aviv, good evening. Bread, Two American Hostages are free and back on israeli soil and the first images of mother and 17yearold child were held captive by hamas over the past two weeks. Secretary of state tony blinken speaking in washington about the release. We share with their families and the loved ones what they are feeling. But those ten additional americans who remain unaccounted for. Chicago erev to the ohmic natives travel
Laura ingraham on a busy news night. In one hour joe biden will speak from the oval office. He will make the case for sending aid and support to not just israel but to ukraine as well. Well, lumping the two conflicts together is a typically swamp tactic but it should never be allowed and we will tell you why. As the president makes his case, we see the rise of an antiisrael sentiment, especially in urban areas across the United States, more protests tonight in american cities. Meanwhile, as americans feel more unsafe at home, americans abroad are being warned by the State Department to exercise increased caution. Americans in lebanon have been told to leave as soon as possible as violent clashes erupt across the region. Would also like to take you live to the ground there later in the show, which well do, and in iraq, of course, drones and rockets are, again, targeting an air base that houses u. S. Troops. In syria, another base housing u. S. Troops was targeted by two drones. One was
Finding the suspect in a Hate Crime Attack on a jewish woman. Also tonight, jim jordan losing his second ballot for speaker getting fewer votes. What is the path forward for republicans . And after 18 years, the stunning confession in the Natalee Holloway case. The prime suspect, Joran Van Der Sloot, admitting he killed her on the beach in aruba. How and why he says he did it and what he did with her body. Our oneonone with natalees mother after she finally learned her daughters fate. Our Special Edition of nightly news begins now. Announcer this is nbc nightly news with lester holt reporting tonight live from israel. Good evening, and welcome. Today President Biden was here in israel standing with its people in the face of tragedy while across the arab world, anger raged. Protests from the mideast to europe, some aimed at the u. S. , over the deadly explosion at a Gaza Hospital that Palestinian Health Authorities Say killed hundreds and claimed israel is the culprit. President biden,