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And with the ongoing support of these individuals and institutions. This program was made possible by the corporation for public broadcasting and by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. Thank you. Welcome to the newshour. Fierce fighting between israelis and palestinians continues tonight as air strikes and artillery pound gaza after saturdays hamas invasion of southern israel. The death toll has continued to mount. More than 1000 israelis and 900 palestinians have been killed in four days of attacks and counter strikes. Among the dead are 14 americans killed by hamas. Other americans are now confirmed held hostage by the terrorists in gaza. Again from israel, layla manon allen starts our coverage. Love ones mingling with the scream of sirens and the boom of rockets. Families on both sides of the gaza border barely have time to bury and mourn the dead after they face the threat of more violence and death. A 29yearold policewoman was one of eight people in the community who were buried. Five of them police officers. One hamas militants stormed the Police Station on saturday, she was shot by a sniper as she tried to seek shelter. I didnt have a chance to say goodbye to you. The last words i heard from you were screaming in terror. The Israel Defense force has stepped up their campaign to eradicate the threat from hamas. To stop the terror attacks by land and air, the u. S. Promised israel unconditional support and pledged more munitions and the movement of an Aircraft Carrier battle group closer to israel. In addition to the 3 billion a year it already sends in military aid. President biden confirmed american citizens are among those held hostage by hamas and emphasized u. S. Support for israel. 75 years, the security of jewish people around the world, so the atrocities in the past could never happen again. Let there be no doubt the United States has israels back and well make sure the jewish and Democratic State of israel can defend itself today and tomorrow as we always have. As simple as that. On the ground, israelis are battles. At the border area pot biggest hospital, doctors have not slept for days, trying to save the wounded who lived long enough to make it there. Being the closest hospital to gaza, we have been trained by the events, we have been treating more than 500 injured. That is an incredible number. We are used to mass casualty events, we have prepared for mass casualty events. A big event is considered 30 injured. Hes from less than a quarter of a mile from the gaza border. After spending hours fighting from hiding from the fighters, he headed straight to work and has been working 20 hour shifts with his colleagues. Since sunday morning im here. You have been treating your own friends and neighbors . Absolutely, many of them. He believes the community will rebuild, but some things will never be the same. The main thing we have lost, especially people in the surrounding area of gaza, is our sense of security, may be our illusion of security. Any fear there is more to come. The Israel Defense forces have recaptured the entire border with gaza. We can hear gunfire in the background. An Evacuation Order suggests to some that a Ground Invasion is planned. As some clear out of town, others are refusing to budge. No, they cant tell me to go away. She said she trusted her government to protect them and it didnt, so why would she listen now . And of years saying, Benjamin Netanyahu is even worse. Terrorists, slaughtered soldiers. Where is my Prime Minister . Where is my country . Im not going anywhere. Moments after we left, another gun battle broke out between Security Forces and militants. Even as reticence residents of these Embattled Border towns make the choice whether to stay or go, facing more violence to come, the rockets fall without end. In these israeli towns a few miles from the border with gaza, when the sirens sound, there is less then 15 seconds to take cover before the rockets fall. There are reinforce shelters all around, but often there is not time to get to them. The rocket bombardments make gaza a israels stateoftheart defense and Warning System cannot handle them all. Many fell with no warning today at all. Just across the border in gaza, civilians have no shelters at all. And today, israels rage intensified. The Israeli Military said it all but destroyed the district every mao, and administrative hub for the government. Bombs reportedly targeted the house of the hamas leader. Waves of airstrikes continue to pound the strip neighborhood by neighborhood. In the process, raise entire districts to the ground. Palestinian journalist shared this video from her apartment in gaza. The view shrouded in smoke. Streets like this one are deserted. Cultured in gray ash and lined with mountains of crushed concrete. The situation is very scary. Are newshour producers spoke to us from the ground. I was after a bombardment shredded the area. Wax we are standing near the building that was being attacked this morning. More than 15 people were killed in this building. Two journalists were filming here and were killed during the attack. All of the building was destroyed. The u. N. Reporting 187,000 gazans have been displaced. Fleeing their homes and moving towards the sea, where a naval blockade awaits. Many have nowhere left to go. We had fled to escape from death, we came to find death. If we stayed at our houses, we died. If we go on the streets, we die. In the quiet between strikes, palestinians carried the dead. Honoring them with funeral processions through the streets of gaza city. The Ripple Effect of this war are being felt across the middle east. Israel has deployed tanks with the border of lebanon, where residents fear violence could escalate. And there are concerns of possible escalation between israel and iran. Irans Supreme Leader denied held helped plan the attack a book the attack. Supporters of israel have made false statements, including islamic is ron iran is behind the movement. They are wrong, but we defend palestine. We are proud of them. The violence rages on and people on both sides of the border feel they have nowhere left to go. After a lifetime of war, all they can do is sit and wait as another ramps up on their doorstep. That is what is so strange and terrifying about the situation on the ground. People on both sides of the border are already at war, under bombardment every day. They are afraid of what they are talking about the next bigger war they think is coming. The first shipment of promised u. S. Munitions turning up, and the israeli Defense Forces are ramping up calling of service to 360,000 people. You spent the day at the center of the strike zone. Tell us what you saw. We did. The way things work here, the gaza strip is a long strip south of israel. As you get closer to it, these large towns and cities with hundreds of thousands in them, they are seconds within which rockets are launched within gaza you have time to take shelter. The closest place is under 10 seconds. People were trying to bury the dead, multiple funerals, people also in the streets trying to help feed people who have lost their homes, who have been evacuated. And all the while, the sirens go off. You have the time to take shelter. Theres a lot of shelter on the israeli side of the border. It is such a rapid amount of time, you often cannot get to them. When you get close to the border, sometimes the systems will not even work because they are so overwhelmed, so many rockets coming in. We saw several times rockets coming in straight over our heads, having to hit the ground with no warning. After four days of heavy airstrikes, what is the situation like for gaza . The situation is absolutely dire. Humanitarian organizations have been calling out begging for humanitarian corridors to be created. People are not really doubting in those organizations that israel needs to take action. The hamas attacks were unprecedented, something that was done they can never allow to happen again. How they do it is the problem. Because it is a densely packed, less than 30 mile hour 30 mile strip. Many buildings have civilians. They have nowhere to go. They have been fleeing from the border site, where rockets come in constantly. There is a naval blockade on that side where there is artillery fire. So there is nowhere to go. Crossing into egypt, the one place they could actually go to get humanitarian assistance if allowed through, it was hit yesterday. There is no way for more than 2 Million People to get out of this place. We are probably looking at a military incursion on the ground. People are absolutely terrified. The last time you were there to report and early july, young people and soldiers protesting against the government. Now they are at war. How has that dynamic laid out . That is also interesting. All of the young people who say the right wing government is doing things israeli liberals dont want, and they dont want their kids to die for a cause they dont believe in. Everyone has rallied because they are at war. Many say that is the reason that is happening. Moving soldiers into the settlement areas of the west bank away from where they should have been protecting things on the gaza strip. That is why they are angry it was not foreseen. They have missed this massive operation that has killed nearly 1000 israelis. Layla milana allen reporting from tel aviv. Thank you to you and your team. The war between israelis and palestinians has upended president bidens Foreign Policy efforts. To his plane how the administration is responding, we are joined by our white house correspondent. President biden gave this impassioned condemnation of the terrorist attacks during his remarks today from the white house. What was his message . He forcefully condemned the attack and stated unequivocally that the United States and his administration stand behind israel, the israeli people, they also made clear distinguishing between hamas horrific actions and the impact it has had on Palestinian Civilians. There is no justification for terrorism, no excuse. Hamas does not stand for the palestinian peoples right to dignity and selfdetermination. The stated purpose is dni shea annihilation of israel and the murder of jewish people. They use Palestinian Civilians as human shields. Hamas offers nothing but terror and bloodshed with no regard to who pays the price. Another notable message from the president was that he and his Administration Officials compared the attacks to the very worst of isis terrorism. What moraes white house doing to what more is they doing to find the civilians . They are working with partners to recover the hostages, including intelligence sharing. Jake sullivan, the National Security adviser us in the White House Briefing there are at least 20 missing. Not all of those 20 missing americans are necessarily hostages. And we dont know the number of american hostages hamas has taken in addition to aiding israel, the white house is sending munitions, air defense. They are trying to come up with as many contingency plans as possible for scenarios in case this conflict escalates. Was told by u. S. Officials and israeli officials talking about this idea of creating safe passage for gaza civilians. What more did you pick up in that reporting . The president stressed he used the term abiding by law of war. That is a message he was sending, something he talked about in his conversation with Prime Minister netanyahu. They also talked about making sure as israel takes action against gaza and against hamas, that civilians are not deliberately attacked. That is something the president has been talking to him about. I also asked sullivan about what you mentioned, whether or not the administration is trying to help civilians find passages out of gaza. He did not give specifics about border crossings, but he said it is a primary focus of the administration and something theyre working towards. There is a role for congress, what are they asking lawmakers to do . A big focus is to see former treasury secretary jack lew confirmed to be the ambassador to israel for the u. S. They are in close touch with senators to make sure that confirmation happens as quickly as the senate returns. They will be seeking additional funding for israel. But the white house did not say whether or not they were going to try and tether that aid to funding they want to see go to ukraine. They want to renew their ukraine request, but dont want to push it as one package. Thank you for sharing that reporting with us. One of the most notorious incidents of this weekends attack on israel was one of its first. On assault on an allnight Music Festival in southern israel. Hamas killed more than 250 people and took an unknown number hostage. Nick schifrin speaks to two survivors of this terror in the desert. The camera footage may be silent, but speaks loudly of horror. A gunman taking a hostage. Another ensuring the victim was dead. The awful aftermath. What had been an allnight party had become a nightmare for thousands, including roscoe and. We started to hear all of the rockets. The gunshots. People screaming. We go under the stage of the festival. One of the people hiding with me saw a terrorist and told everyone to run away. That is what we did. The terrorist shot at us, and i saw a lot of people die in front of my eyes, murdered in front of my eyes. People getting shot in the head, in the shoulder. A lot of dead bodies. We go to hide in a bush in the creek. We were in the bush Something Like six or seven hours. A lot of the terrorists went around us and searched for people to kill. People from gaza, raped girls after they raped them, they killed them and murdered them with knives, or the opposite, killed. And after the rape, they always laugh at them, like i cannot forget how they laugh in these situations. His friend maia is missing. His friend karina was killed. You are a soldier, you fought. Have your seen anything like this . How terrifying were these moments . I dont think i can explain how it was terrifying. Shelley and her husband suffered the dissent from historic rave to terror. It was unbelievable. We ran away from the missiles, but after this, we understand we need to run away from terrorists. They can think of one thing, surviving or their children. I asked if it was the time to say because we didnt know what was going to happen. We have two children, three and five. I just want to be home. We did not say i love you, we did not want to do it, to say goodbye. What have you told your children happened . Nothing. What can you say to a fiveyearold . What are you going to say . When the sirens are on, we go to the safe room and we have candies, we play, we let them know it is ok. That it was thunder. Very big. My daughter asked me if this was the time to go to the safe room. She is three years old. It is crazy. Survivors dont only feel fear, there is also anger. You are being called up next week, possibly to fight. How do you feel . I think i need revenge. To live with myself. They killed a lot of us, my brothers, my sisters. We are a big family in israel. We are brothers and sisters. One big family. And if they did Something Like this, i have to revenge. How do you think these attacks will change israel . If gaza was on the map, after this, it doesnt continue to be on the mat of israel. That is going to be the change. Israels government vows that revenge will reverberate for generations. For the pbs newshour, im nick schifrin. And the other headlines, searchers in western afghanistan began scaling back the hunt for survivors of saturdays devastating earthquake. The taliban government says at least 2000 people were killed in the caracas region. Some were still combing through the rubble to find remains. Others spent long hours digging mass graves for the victims. It was 5 00 in the morning when i arrived here. So far, i have buried 30 dead bodies, so many graves dug, more than 500. We did graves and people bury the dead bodies. Ask the taliban reported more than 2000 homes and 20 villages flattened in the quake. It left thousands injured in an area with one government run hospital. 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