Is a fox news alert. America and the world, they are on edge tonight. A large fire now burns outside the u. S. Embassy. That is in beirut as the entire middle east is on the verge of imploding and tonight iran, they are now threatening to involve themselves directly in this conflict. If that happens, all bets are off and the entire middle east could, in fact, potentially get involved. Back in Gas Ahundreds of dead after a blast at a local hospital in what the idf says is the result of a misfired rocket from the terror group, the Islamic Jihad. They have the intelligence to back up their claim. They have phone conversations. And i would assume that will be released in time. According to the editor in chief of the jerusalem post, there are reports that the idf is in possession of, quote, a recording of a conversation between Islamic Jihad terrorists confirming that they launched the rocket that hit the gaza hospital. Meanwhile, joe biden, your president , will soon be headed to israel, b
And that first video of a hostage held by hamas. My conversation with her mother can you describe the moment that you saw mia in that video . I started to scream and fell to the floor. And what a senior hamas official told our Richard Engel. Their new conditions for releasing all civilian hostages. Also tonight, jim jordan failing and falling short in his first ballot for house speaker. So what happens now . And news we first reported on alec baldwin. Will the actor be charged again in the deadly rust shooting our Special Edition of nightly news begins now. Announcer this is nbc nightly news with lester holt reporting tonight live from israel. Good evening and welcome. Fastmoving events here in The Middle East to report tonight as we come on the air. President bidens highstakes trip to israel overnight has hit serious headwinds, with a planned Summit Meeting in jordan now called off his plan to show solidarity with israel following the Terror Attack here being consumed this evening by
Explosion at a hospital packed with wounded palestinians and civilians seeking shelter. Hamas blaming israel, but the israelis say it was a failed Rocket Launch by another failed Palestinian Militant Group. If the west bank, protesters erupting over the blast, while inside gaza the growing humanitarian crisis, as israel prepares a potential ground war. It comes as President Biden leaves for israel, but the summit he was set to attend in jordan with hopes of reviving the mideast Peace Process abruptly canceled after the hospital blast. What he will push for as aid remains blocked at the border. And that first video of a hostage held by hamas. My conversation with her mother. Can you describe the moment that you saw mia in that video . I started to scream and fell to the floor. And what a Senior Hamas Official told our richard engel. Their new conditions for releasing all civilian hostages. Also tonight, jim jordan failing and falling short in his first ballot for house speaker. So what
Hour of Fox And Friends starts right now. Todd new information on the war in israel. The idf says 199 hostages being hold, 14 believed to be americans. Steve we know the idf is evacuating 28 communities in Northern Israel because of constant strikes in hezbollah near the border with lebanon. Ainsley and now threatening toin join the war and fbi fbi is warning of Copycat Attacks on u. S. Soil. Lawrence we have Team Coverage of the war. Jacqui heinrich has more. But first well check in with trey yingst who is on the ground in Southern Israel. You were traveling, where are you at exactly and what are you learning on the ground . Trey we are at an israeli artillery position. Israelis continue to Hit Gaza Strip from ground and air and preparing for days and days of fighting ahead. As they make it to communities along the border, i will show you what we saw yesterday from the israelis. The records cache in Southern Israel, massive amount of fire the militants brought with them when they came
the terrorist group hamas is still holding as many as nine americans hostage. when will they be released? the lead starts right now. more hostages just set free, including two russian women but with the u.s. continuing to play such a pivotal role in negotiations, why are so many americans still in the hands of hamas? some of their families sat down for a cnn exclusive with me this afternoon. there s so many other hostages who have not yet been released and time is of the essence. and they more needs to be done and the work needs to continue swiftly. plus what we re learning about talks under way to extend the pause in fighting so more hostages can be released. and the urgency to verify this horrible claim hamas just made that the youngest hostage that they kidnapped, a 10 month old baby, and his family, are now dead. welcome to the lead i m jake tapper. we start today with our world lead as we are watching and waiting for this sixth group of hostages to return to