We are covering the israelhamas war. Were Tracking Developments late today as republicans are scrambling to agree on any replacement for ousted House SpeakerKevin Mccarthy. We have a report on that and all its implications later in the newscast. Today u. S. Secretary of state Antony Blinken was in israel for meetings with prime Minster Netanyahu as troop amass at the border. Amidst blinkens trip, the Israeli Government today released new graphic Photo Evidence of the mass atrocities. Israel says the photos show how hamas murdered and burned babies, which blinken acknowledged while pledging u. S. Support. He a reiterated bidens views that the destruction is on par with isis. Soldiers beheaded, young people burned alive in their cars or in their rooms. In a litany of brutality and inhumanity that, yes, brings to mind the worst of isis. The first accounts of those acts came initially from israeli soldiers. They recounted what they had just seen after reclaiming areas under attack. Its not a war. Its not a battlefield. You see the babies, the mothers, the fathers in their bedrooms in the protection rooms, and how the terrorists killed them. Who could do this . They must have shed their family and whats left of something inhuman to see Baby Carriages with bullet holes in them and blood. Who goes up to a baby and kills a baby . Those initial accounts were later over this week corroborated as journalists reached to same areas and scenes and sifted through evidence of how hamas terrorist killed civilians and burned houses in order to kill the people hiding inside or to force them out so that terrorists could then kill them as they fled the homes they were burning down. Israel made the decision to release these new photographs today. Msnbc has determined that while these images are profoundly disturbing and graphic, journalistically they are also evidence pointing to the atrocities israel says were committed by hamas. On this program we have decided to broadcast the images once today. You can decide whether to view them or to look away. A warning they are graphic. They will be on the screen in a few seconds. Israel says these three pictures show victims of hamas, murdered babies, one bloodied, two others burnt. This is done by Hamas Terrorists. Here are the images. Israel says that is just some of the humanity toll of what soldiers faced as they reached homes and villagers massacred by hamas. Here is more of what u. S. Secretary blinken said in response today. This was just one of hamas countless acts of terror. Its hard to find the right words. Its beyond what anyone would ever want to imagine, much less actually see and, god forbid, experience. A baby, an infant riddled with bullet. Babies slaughtered, bodies desecrated, young people burned alive, women raped, parents executed in front of their children, children in front of their parents. I could go on, but its simply depravity in the worst imaginable way. It it almost defies comprehension. Were joined now by middle east peace negotiator and State Department veteran david miller, and who reported from middle east countries ranging from 9 11 to the arab spring. Erin, we showed those images here once as part of our newscast. What do you see in those images and their role in what israel has released today . You know, the savagery and the brutality, the is discriminant killing of incidence was not some haphazard act. It was a willful effort on the part of hamas to demonstrate not just fear and terror but also to demonstrate to the Israeli Government and the israeli public the helplessness, the utter helplessness of israelis in the face of this kind of terror. I think by and large it had to be isis influenced. It would not surprise me if year of saturation of isis videos, similar tactics the burnings, beheadings, indiscriminant killings, have been adopted by hamas and incorporated into these tactics. And i think it provides extraordinary honest brutal context. And i think will go some way of shaping the direction of what the israelis intend to do in gaza. I would say as a human, despite these pictures, we cannot allow them to crowd out the basic humanity and the innocence of palestinians who are trapped, ordinary palestinians who are trapped in this conflict. But its a terrible reminder the price that israelis now are paying. And i think, sadly, were about to enter, ari, i think, an even darker time. Elise . Absolutely. And i mean, ill pick up where aaron left off. And we have been seeing these pictures not just on the screens, but, you know, weve covered in israel. We have friends in israel. We have been getting these pictures. Were speaking to people in the region, and the shock and there have been comparisons to the holocaust. And they say this is the holocaust the israelis are saying this is the holocaust all again. And the sheer brutality is whats really shocking. We would see during the isis period killings, beheadings. They were one at a time, two at a time. And you would hear stories. But in one day to see so much savagery, so much murder is just terrible. And what aaron was saying about the horror that the israelis are feeling and that hamas brought on then, theyre also bringing it on the palestinians. And as we about to see the incursion and Israeli Military campaign thats about to happen, the palestinians trapped in gaza are going to be paying the price. Hamas will be crushed but the palestinians are really going to feel this, the action of hamas even more. We have some coverage particularly of that scheduled in this broadcast as well. Aaron, youre referring to sort of the the complexity of situation that this is the evidence of these atrocities, war crimes committed against babies. But youre quick to say that shouldnt be used as some sort of effort or excuse to do other things. But what do you see, aaron, in sort of what what israel has chosen to share here . Because it also suggest a kind of a plaintive cry for help and, in a strategic sense, a type of decision to at least acknowledge a type of pain and weakness, in a sense, that hamas was not at all contained, that they were able do this and strike this effectively. Will go through a period it wont happen now. The same set of circumstances and terms of intelligence and operational failures characterize this 1973 war. And a commission was set up which held the security, military responsible and left the Political Leadership untouched. At some point theres going to be an accounting. There will be a National Commission that will review these intelligence and operational failures. And i suspect if theres any good news since saturday, its the fact that you now have a National Unity government with benny gantz, former Chief Of Staff and minister of defense scotty eisencut. I think theyll have a degree of leveling and cooler impact on the impulses of an otherwise extremist Israeli Government. And perhaps they will have some influence in shaping what the israelis are about to do. But again, i think that in view of the context, the government of the israel is going to launch an operation to eradicate hamas Military Presence in gaza. And the price and cost that will be paid in israeli lives, largely in terms of palestinian lives, is going to be a prohibitive one. And when i say were entering a dark time, we have been in a dark time, and were going to be in it for some time, and its its a situation that the u. S. Will try to amile rate and shape, but i think its going to be extremely difficult in the days ahead. Ari, i just want to pick up elise i want to bring you in, i just want to play one item and then your response on this point of what democracies do, but also how they are supposed to govern and limit themselves even or some would say especially during war. This was Secretary Blinken today. We democracies distinguish ourselves from terrorists by striving for a different standard, even when its difficult and holding ourselves to account when we fall short. Our humanity, the value we place on human life and human dignity, thats what makes us who we are. Elise, given your experience i did want to you weigh in on that, because in the highest altitude and with great diplomacy, as they say, people do read that as blinken and the Biden Administration as u. S. Allies with israel still trying to say that there are expectations, measures that democracies sbrul of Law Democracies have even in war. Soy want to you weigh in on that as well as the point you wanted to share. Look, just to finish the point, and it kind of goes into what you were saying you made an important point about that israel is showing It Vulnerability here and its weakness. I think in addition to the pain that theyre feeling, i think this is also to show and this is something im hearing from the region which is if it happens to us, it can happen to you. And, you know, were talk about these are isislike tactics. This type of terrorism, i think what were hearing from the region is its not just isolated to israel. On the on Secretary Blinken, i dont think it was such a subtle message. I mean, thats definitely the message that hes delivering very pointedly in israel weve got your back. Were going to give you the military ammunition, weapons, everything you need. Were going to give thaw Political Support. But youre going to have to find a way to do what you need to do in a way that does not, you know, completely a, ameliorate the normalization israel is finding in the nation, b, does not come back to hurt the u. S. In term of the Political Support its giving israel, and c, incur more attacks, and d, there is a day after. And how are they going to recover from this and end the conflict that we all that stems from what, you know, hamas and these terrorist groups claim as their reason for going after israel . And so i think there are some very Difficult Conversations that Secretary Blinken is having, but its not just a message from himself, its a message from these arab countries that they took a big risk signing these deals with israel. Dont make us regret it. Its a reminder what youre referring to, thats what the hardliners want. Hamas and hardliners dont want any of the alliance or progress to hold. In that sense, they are its them against everyone, but they welcome the strongest response, no matter who it hurts. Elise, youre coming back, to stay with us. Aaron david miller, thank you. Well be coming to you in the days ahead, im sure. As mentioned we have a report on what is an increasingly desperate humanitarian situation on the ground in gaza as well as an update on that speakers race. Well be back in one minute. Ba. We went through horror, really. Im just, like im 24, and i never imagined Something Like this would happen. And if this is any way to help, like, First PriorityFirst Priority are our friends and family that are now in gaza. Were strong here, were powerful here. We feel that. And this place now in tel aviv and everywhere. [ cheers and applause ] an israeli citizen there speaking with Secretary Blinken and pleading for support. The Secretary Of State was meeting specifically with some of the survivors. You could see her there speaking about some of the ohio state annals. Meanwhile in Gaza Palestinians face another night without water or power. Israel is vowing a siege they say will continue until all the hostages are return. Troops have been gearing up for a potential Ground Invasion. Msnbc News Reporting on the moment tanks were rolling toward the border. Israeli tanks are moving in from across [ inaudible ] thats some of what we saw today. Meanwhile at night you can see these air strikes continue. They have been already measurably affecting a huge part of the region, and again, this is before any Ground Invasion that might occur. Israel stresses it has a right to defend itself. Americans remember the Swift Response to september 11th, where the nation waged war on the entire country of afghanistan with effects on that entire civilian population. The situation on the ground in gaza, though, is already pretty dire. There are clear signs from the footage we have. These are fairly dense and objectively poor residential areas. A very young population. The civilians are facing what is called a growing humanitarian crisis. What you see here is Drone Camera Footage of some of the devastation. We have images from hospitals that show the human toll. Now as we will mention throughout our coverage when we show you things like this, our News Department determined the images were about to show you are part of reporting facts on the ground. We also issue a warning in advance some of these images can be disturbing. Palestinian children in hospitals that are operating now without power, very limited supplies, very, very tough scene for Incident Civilians caught up in all this. Weve seen patients rushed in on stretchers. Reporter this 10yearold girl was hit by shrapnel from a blast. Her brother lies under a tent on the hospital port. They ran out of electricity days ago. The per ferocity of the attack, the number of patients there needs to be a stop to the bombing. Thats some of what were seeing. Elise is back with me. Youve done reporting from this region in roughly 80 countries. This is a scene thats all too familiar, particularly in the way that attacks on densely Populated Areas have all these socalled collateral damages. Some of the words fail, some of the terps dont do justice to whats happening. We showed at the top of the broadcast some of what israel released today that, total savagery. Here i ask you, how do we make sense of what is were told perhaps the very beginning of this new step in this war and a possible Ground Invasion into that battered area of gaza . Well, ari, when you look at those pictures, you get the same kind of knife in your stomach about a palestinian child thats bleeding and, you know, almost maimed that you do of an israeli child. And i think what happens is we tend to, depending on what side were on, we kind of lose the sense of the others humanity. So it can be true that what happened on saturday was a war crime and a crime of humanity where hamas went and butchered these innocent civilians. It can also be true that the plight of the palestinians and the occupation and the violence they suffer as a result of these attacks is also terrible. And i think this is just the beginning. Were going to see a lot more. As we have been talking about, gaza is going to be people have been stockpiling because thats what they do in gaza. Its not like all of a sudden things are running out because of the war. Gaza doesnt get supplies very often, so people stockpile fuel. They stockpile food. They have generators. Thats all going to be running out and the u. N. Is already warning of a dire situation, particularly in the hospitals. And so i think were going to see a lot more of this, and i think what we need to do is, yes, israel wants to take this Military Campaign to crush hamas. Is the campaign really going to crush hamas . It might crush hamas in gaza. We have to think about whats going to happen in the west bank, in other areas of israel. We can go back two years when israelis were afraid to get on a bus because there could be a terrorist attack. I think what the u. S. Is really thinking about is how does this end . And, you know, even as you think about whats going to be done with gaza and those people, thats one of the things that Secretary Blinken is doing on the ground when he goes to israel, gaza, when he goes to egypt, which is on the board we are gaza, when he goes to jordan and these other countries is, what can you do to alleviate the suffering that palestinians are already having in gaza and are definitely going to have as a result of this Military Campaign . Right, and youre speaking to the several layers here. We just discussed Secretary Blinkens call for a Democracy Boundaries in how you wage war, and earlier this week we were discussing that that entire frame work, which comes out of the post holocaust, post world war ii environment, where you have United Nations, the declaration against genocide, you have hamas, groups like isis are obviously against that. The United States says its on this side of that. Israel says its a democracy with a rule of law. Netanyahu criticized for his approach to the rule of law, so its quite complicated. Thats all that. Then this is the tactical level you alluded to, which is even if youre taking operations that, say, dont violate the rules of war, thats not very effective if there are hostages that are in danger and the bulk of it goes at Palestinian Civilians rather than, as you mentioned, hamas. I want to read from one of many reports we have been tracking where, quote, Israel Mt Contemplate the risks a Ground Campai