inside the country. uk prime minister rishi sunak has used a telephone call with israel s benjamin netanyahu to appeal for calm heads, after iran s missile and drone attack over the weekend. while he emphasised the uk s support for israel s security, mr sunak said a significant escalation in tensions was in no one s interests. lucy williamson reports from jerusalem. israel s prime minister is weighing up the risks of another war before he s finished the existing one. today, he told new army recruits that operations in gaza were just one part of a wider conflict. translation: it s part of a bigger system. - you can see it. iran stands behind hamas, behind hezbollah, behind others. but we are determined to win there and defend ourselves in all arenas. new footage released by the army shows the moment the military focus here changed. the first interceptions of iranian missiles ordered from this control room. israel s ongoing conflicts with iranian backed groups have been pushe
expect it to be a limited strike inside the country. uk prime minister rishi sunak has used a telephone call with israel s benjamin netanyahu to appeal for calm heads, after iran s missile and drone attack over the weekend. while he emphasised the uk s support for israel s security, mr sunak said a significant escalation in tensions was in no one s interests. lucy williamson reports from jerusalem. israel s prime minister is weighing up the risks of another war before he s finished the existing one. today, he told new army recruits that operations in gaza were just one part of a wider conflict. translation: it s part of a bigger system. - you can see it. iran stands behind hamas, behind hezbollah, behind others. but we are determined to win there and defend ourselves in all arenas. new footage released by the army shows the moment the military focus here changed. the first interceptions of iranian missiles ordered from this control room. israel s ongoing conflicts with ira
though some officials expect it to be a limited strike inside the country. tuesday morning the air drop missions continue in gaza this time carried out by the us central command. for now, the united nations has voiced concerns, about escalating violence in the occupied west bank. it comes after a wave of attacks, sparked by the killing of an israeli teenager. the un accused israeli security forces of active participation in attacks on palestinians byjewish settlers. the vast majority of the international community considers the settlements in the west bank as illegal under international law. israel disputes this. uk prime minister rishi sunak has used a telephone call with israel s benjamin netanyahu to appeal for calm heads, after iran s missile and drone attack over the weekend. while he emphasised the uk s support for israel s security, mr sunak said a significant escalation in tensions was in no one s interests. lucy williamson reports from jerusalem. israel s prime m
toxic merger of maga and the evangelical right. also tonight, allen weisselberg is headed to prison for a second time. the 76-year-old accountant taking the fall again for trump who is just days away from the start of his own criminal trial. plus, growing alarm about airplane safety as yet another whistleblower comes forward with concerns about boeing planes. but we begin tonight with a message to christian nationalist extremists, we the people, will never agree to your hand maid s tale vision of america. ever. but that clearly won t stop them from trying, which leads us to the unholy alliance between donald trump and christian nationalists. on monday, a day before the arizona supreme court decided to drag women back in time, specifically to the 19th century, arizona republican state senator anthony kern invited an anti-abortion prayer group to the senate floor. seen in a video filmed by an anonymous attendee, kern led the group through a prayer and speaking in tongues
pushing a plane away from the gate. more than a million without power on the heels of a deadly holiday weekend. the massive explosion at a chase bank in ohio. debris blowing across the street. multiple injuries reported. israeli forces entering the heart of rafah for the first time. and deadly new strikes as outrage grows over the attack on a tent city that killed 45 people. the new study on preventing peanut allergies in children. what parents need to know. and the needle in a haystack search. the divers on a mission to reunite a couple with a wedding ring lost 25 years ago. announcer: this is nbc nightly news with lester holt. good evening and welcome. after 21 days of trial, the opposing lawyers in the donald trump hush money trial have spent today appealing directly to the jurors. today s closing arguments the last chance for each side to convince 12 everyday new yorkers of donald trump s guilt or innocence. the former president facing 34 felony counts of