what she endured is unthinkable. abigail was among 13 hostages released today from gaza under the brokered and sustained intensive u.s. diplomacy, she is now safely in israel. and we continue to press and expect for additional americans to be released as well. we will not stop working until every hostage has been returned to their loved ones. starting as early as tuesday, this pause in the israeli offensive is set to end and the push into gaza resumes unless the truce is extended. israel put his cards on the table. they are prepared to extend the pause in fighting. the ball isn t the hamas s court. will hamas step up and release an additional ten hostages if they won t, then they are the ones choosing to bring an end to the process in fighting, not israel. that is something we will watch very carefully. coming, up i will be speaking with foreign affairs committee member congressman sydney about the hostage deal and why israel aid should have certain conditions when
evacuated. the major announcement from toyota, recalling nearly two million popular suvs because of potential fire danger and more than 50 years after they broke up, the beatles releasing their last song with a little help from a.i. make it through announcer: this is nbc nightly news with lester holt good evening and welcome. today, more americans safely made their way out of gaza, a slow trickle of foreigners and dual citizens getting through the now partially open egyptian border crossing for many, their escape coming none too soon in the heart of gaza tonight, hamas and israeli military units are reported to be engaged in street-to-street fighting, as well as in below-ground tunnels. flares fired in the night sky illuminating the battlefield. each side taking casualties as israeli forces work to encircle the hamas stronghold of gaza city civilians are at increasing risk. the u.n. reporting israeli strikes damaged several of its camps inside gaza. and the whit
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steve: israel continuing to target hamas hot spots, striking 11,000 terror hubs since the war started. 11,000. ground fighting is coming with a heavy toll. lawrence: within last 30 minutes idf announced 11 soldiers were killed in northern gaza bringing israeli soldier death toll to 13. ainsley: trey yingst is live in southern israel with the latest. we ve gone to you every morning, this is day 26. trey: hi, guys, good morning. day 26 of the conflict between israel and hamas. you hear fighter jets overhead, you are watching airstrikes against the strip. new information, yesterday amid a chaotic day for the military, i met with gallant, the defense minister in tel aviv to discuss the situation. he gave a small group of journalists new information about the october 7 massacre and how this war began. he says the defense establishment set up a special operation room to identify all of the hamas militants and all of the palestinians that participated in the massacre. they a
using civilians as human shields. they re hiding behind and among civilians. they re putting rockets and other terrorist infrastructure in civilian areas. that creates an added burden for the israeli defense forces, but it does not lessen their responsible to distinguish between terrorists and innocent civilians and to protect the lives of innocent civilians as they conduct this military operation. that s true of striking from the air. it is true of going in on the ground. this is something that we talk about with the israelis on a daily basis. national security adviser jake sullivan on the responsibility of israeli forces as its troops are moving farther into gaza this morning, days into its ground operation. we ll get the latest in a live report from the gaza border. plus, what the new speaker of the house is saying about aid packages for israel and ukraine and how soon the funding could pass in the lower chamber. also ahead, there s much more to report on donald trum