Good to be back with you for another hour. Im katy tur, nbc news is reporting three convoys, that appear to be evacuees were hit by israeli strikes in gaza, according to the Israeli Health ministry. 70 people are dead. Only an hour ago, the idf said an extensive attack against military targets within gaza was underway. This morning, israel dropped thousands of leaflets in the north of the strip warning civilians to go south. Quote, gaza city has turned into a battlefield. Leave your homes immediately read those flyers. The idf told gaza City Residents they would refrain from touching an Evacuation Route until 8 00 p. M. That was just about two hours ago. Quote, no one knows where were going, One Gaza Resident told nbc news, but were ready to run. Joining us now from tyre, lebanon, is nbc news chief Foreign Correspondent Matt Bradleyment thank you for being with us. I know were going to start at the north end of this. But tell me whats been happening there today . Everyone is still very
Sendai. in miyagi province. you mentioned bodies washing up on shore. reports of a thousand to 2,000 that were taken away when a four-story-high wall of water washed over that town going six miles in. and in the midst of all of this, you have this widening nuclear crisis. and all of it is being felt throughout this country, norah. here in tokyo, the nervousness is palpable as well as the sorrow. there have been lines for gas. people have gone into the food stores and cleaned out the shelves of staples. they re worried about transportation problems and food getting back into those grocery stores. there have been rolling backouts that we ve seen here and the aftershocks continuing to unsettle people for a fourth day. norah. all right, chris jansing there in tokyo. chris, thank you so much. and now to the nuclear fears