the heinous terror attack in israel that killed more than 1,400 people. the crisis that continues to threaten the innocent lives of hundreds of hostages and endanger the entire civilian population of gaza. in a spiraling humanitarian calamity. in the next hour president joe biden will depart for israel for what could be one of the most important trips of his presidency. his visit is of course a show of support for an ally grieving the murder of more jewish lives than at any time since the holocaust. but also bracing for a deadly and dangerous point in this conflict with hamas. it is also a high wire diplomatic endeavor with nothing less than the possibility of a major regional conflict breaking out looming over every fraught development and every development in the last few hours has been that, fraught. it s also added fuel to a volatile situation. there are reports of a deadly strike on a hospital in gaza. now, the hospital was filled, of course, with the wounded and with pa
commander involved in the attacks in israel last week. hamas is continuing to fire rockets into israel, towards tel aviv and other areas in the south. the world health organization has has again called on israeli to rescind its evacuation order; the decision they said to forcing hospital patients to relocate would be a death sentence . president biden has spoken with the israeli prime minister, benjamin netanyahu, and urged him to provide a human corridor south a humanitarian corridor south for those civilians seeking to escape the bombardment. a diplomatic push is continuing to try to prevent the violence from spreading. the us secretary of state, antony blinken has arrived in cairo. he s expected to press egyptian officials to open the rafah crossing to get aid into gaza. it is still tense on the northern border with lebanon, with further exchanges of fire today. the israelis have set up a four mile buffer zone on the border. the us is sending a second aircraft carrier to
probably still convening their, the white house situation room on secure videoconferences, they re looking for ways to be able to ensure that this is not going to trigger what could be, in fact, a very very bloody, costly, and very dangerous escalation in the coming days and weeks. director brennan, thank you so much for joining us tonight. we appreciate your time. ali velshi picks up our breaking news coverage right now. allie? thanks, stephanie pick more of this nbc s breaking news coverage right now, nbc news has confirmed that israel has carried out an airstrike inside iran tonight. the united states was not involved in israel s strike in iran, a source familiar with the situation confirmed but israeli officials had notified u.s. officials earlier today that that response was coming. the strike tonight could signal a potential escalation in an already tense situation between those two countries. israel vowed that it would respond to iran s attack on saturday after ira
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