The time. All right. Well, im glad you had one in the past few hours. I know each one of those has got to give you at least a sense of calm. Paul, thank you so much. I aappreciate you joining us. Thanks so much to all of you for being with us for our continuing breaking coverage. Breaking coverage. Ac 360 begins now. Captions by vitac www. Vitac. Com it is 3 00 a. M. In israel. The war here in the last hour or so may be widening or entering a new phase beyond just hamas and gaza to the south. Just a short time ago, Israels Defense Forces saying the idf the striking what it calls hezbollah Terror Targets in lebanon. So, theres that new development. And in a few hours, with troops on the verge of going into gaza, people here will be waking up to what could be the first of many Hostage Videos to come. Hamas released the first one in the overnight hours. The footage is of a 21yearold french israeli woman. Now, this is not from the video that hamas put out, which were not broadcasting, beca
Thousands waiting to get out of gaza. Stuck at the border with egypt the u. N. Tonight warning that the middle east is on the verge of the abyss. [speaking nonenglish language] norah to the north israelis and 28 villages on the border of lebanon are ordered to evacuate. The ivf releases chilling new video of the brutal attack on an israeli kibbutz. Tonight the large amount of weapons seized from hamas. Here we have hand grenades, we have iuds. And here we have antitank missiles. This really is quite an arsenal. Norah Israeli Defense minister warns of a long war. Charlie dagata is with israeli troops. When it comes to sheer firepower, there is no contest. Israel has one of the most advanced, wellequipped, and best trained armies in this region. Hamas may not have the firepower to match israeli tanks like these, but the question is how useful heavy weapons will be on the tightly packed streets of gaza. Norah americas top diplomat returns to israel to try to secure the release of american
Explosion at a hospital packed with wounded palestinians and civilians seeking shelter. Hamas blaming israel, but the israelis say it was a failed Rocket Launch by another failed Palestinian Militant Group. If the west bank, protesters erupting over the blast, while inside gaza the growing humanitarian crisis, as israel prepares a potential ground war. It comes as President Biden leaves for israel, but the summit he was set to attend in jordan with hopes of reviving the mideast Peace Process abruptly canceled after the hospital blast. What he will push for as aid remains blocked at the border. And that first video of a hostage held by hamas. My conversation with her mother. Can you describe the moment that you saw mia in that video . I started to scream and fell to the floor. And what a Senior Hamas Official told our richard engel. Their new conditions for releasing all civilian hostages. Also tonight, jim jordan failing and falling short in his first ballot for house speaker. So what
Today forcing Secretary Of State blinken and Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to shelter in a bunker during highstakes talks. And the moment today, our team taking cover from incoming fire in belgium the deadly shooting near a Soccer Stadium investigated as a Terror Attack. And now the urgent manhunt. And the horrific stabbing in illinois a 6yearold boy dead. His mother gravely injured. The suspect, their Landlord Police say he targeted them because of their muslim faith and the israelhamas war the hate crime charges he faces our Special Edition of nightly news begins now. Announcer this is nbc nightly news with lester holt reporting tonight live from israel. Good evening from israel as hamas Rockets Streaked over tel aviv tonight, Warning Sirens briefly interrupted delicate highlevel talks to dial back the israelhamas war and there is late word that President Biden may travel to israel as early as this week. Secretary of state Antony Blinken already on the ground here tonight leading
Hamas showing video of a 21yearold kidnapped at that Music Festival where 260 were killed. Her oncamera plea as israel confirms hamas took more hostages than we first knew. The conditions hamas is giving to release some of them. Also, the desperation at gazas border with egypt. Thousands including american citizens trying to flee, but the crossing still closed. Humanitarian aid blocked as diplomatic efforts to broker a ceasefire have so far failed. Plus, our new reporting. When will President Biden visit israel . The danger in the region. A Hamas Rocket Attack today forcing Secretary Of State blinken and Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to shelter in a bunker during highstakes talks. And the moment today. Our team taking cover from incoming fire. In belgium the deadly shooting near a Soccer Stadium investigated as a Terror Attack. And now the urgent manhunt. And the horrific stabbing in illinois. A 6yearold boy dead. His mother gravely injured. The suspect, their landlord. Police say