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retaliation for the hamas terror attacks, launching airstrikes against gaza for the fifth day. israeli troops are now gathering along the border with gaza. tonight, more than 1200 people in israel killed, and in gaza, more than 1100 people are dead. nbc s lester holt is in tel aviv with the latest. [sound of artillery] tonight, anticipation growing in this intensifying mid-east war. terrified israelis taking cover as rockets fall to earth. one, striking this hospital. while israel keeps up the pressure on hamas, in gaza, with an unrelenting bombing campaign. people there taking shelter in a crowded hallway during one bombardment. israeli forces saying they hit over 200 targets today, in just one neighborhood they call a nest for hamas terrorists. the pieces are now falling into place for a potential ground offensive. israeli troops preparing to enter gaza to topple hamas leadership. while tonight at the white house, president biden speaking to jewish community leade ....
terrorist assault on israel this weekend has climbed to at least 22, and that number may rise on top of that, tragic news. the white house announced today another 17 americans remain unaccounted for. and the white house expects the number of known american hostages taken by hamas to we know that a number of those americans are being held hostage right now by hamas. i think we all need to steel ourselves for the very distinct possibility that these numbers will keep increasing and that we may, in fact, find out that more americans are part of the hostage ctpool. hamas is believed to have taken around 150 hostages, and the group is threatening to execute those hostages one by one in retaliation for israeli air strikes that hit gazans in their homes. the scale and the brutality of this crisis is without modern precedent. today m as israeli troops clear the sites of hamas attacks near gaza, the scope of this weekend s violence became clear. soliers were seen recovering ....
border in israel on saturday. the death toll from that massacre now stands at over 1200 people. the idf says they have carried out strikes against nearly 2700 targets across the gaza strip and the chief of staff said it was on an unprecedented scale because what happened here is something that was never happened before. and prime minister benjamin netanyahu promised, quote, every member of hamas is a dead man. netanyahu will be joined by members of the opposition party in an emergency unity government, with a newly formed war cabinet. this comes amid the mobilization of hundreds of thousands of israeli troops, many of whom have been sent to bolster the southern border with gaza. the army says they are still battling isolated hamas militants hiding in the south, although they have secured the border. concerns about a second front opening in the war heightened today is sirens blared across the north, warning of uninterrupted into israeli airspace [sirens] from lebanon, th ....
1,700 people injured. the israeli government estimates over 1,000 israelis have been killed in the confct and more than 2,700 others have been injured. andgaza s health ministry estimates that 900 palestinians have been killed in gaza with more than 4,500 injured. those numbers are sure to grow as hamas continues to fire rockets into israel, and israel continues to bomb the gaza strip where more than 2 million civilians live without the freedom to move beyond its borders. today nbc news richard engel got a look at some of the israeli communities where residents have been evacuated. reporter: israeli troops are still trying to secure the country four days after the worst terror attack in israel s history. and today moved into a village on the border with gaza. there are still bodies everywhere. the israelis in body bags, hamas gunman were left rotting where they fell, next to the flags they brought to declare victory. right now israeli defense forces say they re ama ....
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