Oh, i have a shellfish allergy. One prawn. Very good. Did i say Chicken Wrong . Tired of people not listening to what you want . Its truffle season ah thats okay. Never enough truffles. How much are they . Its a lot. Oh okay im good, that its like a priceless piece of art. Enjoy. Or when they sell you what they want . Yeah. The more we understand you, the better we can help you. Thats what u. S. Bank is for. Huge relief. Yeah. Hello, again, everyone. Thank you so much for joining us. Im Fredericka Witfield in atlanta where its 1 00 eastern time alongside wolf blitzer in tel aviv, where it is 8 00 p. M. Were continuing to follow Breaking News in israels war with hamas. Moments from now israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and other officials will hold a News Conference as israels Defense Minister says the idf has moved to a new phase in the war. New video shows the siege under way in gaza. Massive plumes of black smoke were rising from the enclave just a short time ago. Israeli for
Katy tur, the idf announced its stepping up Ground Operations, along with increased bombings in gaza, which is what we have been seeing over the past two hours, repeated explosions over the border from israel. This is a live shot right now of that area. The palestinian red crescent, an Aid Organization tells nbc news it has completely lost contact with its Operation Room in gaza. No Phone Service, land line or cell, no internet connection, also something nbc news has experienced in trying to get in touch with our own teams and contacted in gaza. So what could be coming next. Joining us now from ashdot, is nbc news Foreign Correspondent raf sanchez, along with Noga Tarnopolsky who spent over two decades covering the conflict, raf, lets talk about what we were experiencing tonight, the idf had a News Conference a little bit earlier addressing the public. They didnt announce a Ground Incursion specifically, but they did say Ground Operations are increasing. What does that mean . Over the
Im Victor Blackwell with amara walker in atlanta. It is 6 00 a. M. On the east coast. Sara sidner is in tel aviv where it is 1 00 p. M. Overnight the idf says Interior Minister struck 100 military targets in gaza. They also say they killed the hamas commander who engineered the slaughter of jews at a kibbutz. The window is quickly closing for Hundreds Of Thousands in the northern half of gaza to move south before an expected Israeli Ground offensive. For many there is quite literally no way out. The key Border Crossing into egypt still shuttered. There is unfolding humanitarian crises in gaza. Water is quickly disappearing. Israeli military stants f stands on the door of an invasion. Thousands of israeli troops are passed at the border and a report reveals details about israels war plan. Three sore Israeli Military officers are telling the New York Times objective number one is capture gaza city. Objective number two, weed out hamas. Both will likely require bloody block by Block Fire
The Israel Military says its forces are increasing their operational readiness for the next stage of the war. The region bracing for a possible largescale Ground Invasion of gaza by the Israeli Military. The Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu rallying his front line troops today and pronouncing them ready for whats next. A short while ago i asked an israeli Opposition Leader about the battle ahead. I think were going to do everything that is necessary and probably an incursion is part of this in order to make sure hamas is gone from gaza. They have tried, as you very well know, wolf, we have tried to live next to them, and the result was beheaded babies. So now were going to go and do whatever is necessary to make sure hamas is no longer in gaza. Lets go back to sara right now. I understand there are sirens going off in tel aviv where you are. Theyre very loud, as you know. Weve experienced that. It is starting to rain and now we are starting to hear sirens. Im going to be quiet for a s
coverage continues with wolf blitzer. happening now, new explosions over gaza as the israeli military vows it will advance anywhere hamas has found, sending new signals a wider offensive in the south may be imminent. ton tonight, a judge s ruling on whether to bar donald trump from the ballot in california. trump owe pponents hoping it ge him disqualified. mike johnson is promising to release nearly all of the january 6 video security footage at the u.s. capitol. will it accomplish his goal of pleasing right wing lawmakers? welcome to our viewers here in the united states and around the world. i m wolf blitzer. you are in the situation room. we begin near the israeli/gaza border with a new round of explosions in israel s war against hamas. nic robertson is joining us live, not far from gaza. tell us what you have been seeing and hearing at your location. reporter: i m just looking over my shoulder at the moment. we were watching tracer fire along the horizon. noth