They should not occupy gaza. I think it would be a big mistake. We will destroy hamas. They opened this war. We will win it. The work to rescue hostages including americans is becoming more complicated. The president had no higher priority than getting americans back safe. Those are innocent civilians. They have rights. This is the closest thing to the holocaust weve seen. I dont have another land. Were on the edge of the abyss here. The slogan never again, it wasnt a suggestion. It is something we intend to act on. Good morning, everyone. Right now Secretary Of State Antony Blinken is also in israel meeting again with Benjamin Netanyahu. It is a dire humanitarian crisis escalating in gaza and Israeli Ground offensive appears to be imminent. Blinken said this morning the u. S. Is actively working to ensure humanitarian assistance like water, food and medicine can get into gaza. He also said yesterday a Safe Passage Way Into Egypt via The Rafah Crossing would be open as half a Million P
Richard engle is there, taking a firsthand look at the still-unfolding rebelan. reporter: the border crossing itself, there is no one on the libyan side. no one to check us in. we drove for about 100 miles in eastern libya. we didn t see a single gadhafi loyalist. instead we saw military barracks abandoned or burned down or other military barracks that are still occupied by libyan troops. the military is taking a side, at least in eastern libya. at that military barracks, we didn t just see soldiers who were sitting out this conflict, we went downstairs and saw the troops handing out heavy weapons. the military bases have been emptied. they re taking weapons including heavy machine guns, rocket launchers, and they say now that the people and the military are together. most of the fighting right now seems to be centered in tripoli, and it is fair to say from at least what we could see that eastern libya is no longer under gadhafi s control.