Katy tur, the idf announced its stepping up Ground Operations, along with increased bombings in gaza, which is what we have been seeing over the past two hours, repeated explosions over the border from israel. This is a live shot right now of that area. The palestinian red crescent, an Aid Organization tells nbc news it has completely lost contact with its Operation Room in gaza. No Phone Service, land line or cell, no internet connection, also something nbc news has experienced in trying to get in touch with our own teams and contacted in gaza. So what could be coming next. Joining us now from ashdot, is nbc news Foreign Correspondent raf sanchez, along with Noga Tarnopolsky who spent over two decades covering the conflict, raf, lets talk about what we were experiencing tonight, the idf had a News Conference a little bit earlier addressing the public. They didnt announce a Ground Incursion specifically, but they did say Ground Operations are increasing. What does that mean . Over the
And theres no catch. Its free. We make money from ads, but they dont follow you around. Join the millions of people taking back their privacy by Downloading Duckduckgo On Mobile and desktop today. Hello and welcome to our viewers here in the United States and all around the world. Im Lynda Kinkade with cnns continuing coverage of israel at war. Its 3 00 a. M. In atlanta, 10 00 a. M. In gaza where the clock is ticking down to an anticipated Israeli Ground offensive. The Israeli Military says its bombardment of hamas targets will become even more relentless than its already been. Authorities in gaza say more than 4,300 palestinians have been killed in the past two weeks. Following the hamas Terror Attack in israel which killed over 1,400 people. Around 200 others are missing or taken hostage. Hundreds of Armored Vehicles along with thousands of israeli troops are now poised to strike at hamas at a moments notice. Heres what an Idf Spokesperson told cnn earlier. The timeline, you know, th
hours left in a fragile truce. secretary of state antony blinken is on the ground in israel right now trying to extend the pause as both israel and hamas say they are goring up ready to resume combat at a moment s notice. plus bullying and theater. that s how george santos is describing tomorrow s vote to kick him out of congress. will his fellow republicans keep him in his seat so they can keep their majority? and fu, that s what kevin mccarthy allegedly told donald trump after he refused to condemn the push to oust him as speaker. the reporter with that scoop is here with all the details. i m dana bash. let s go behind the headlines and inside politics. we start with breaking news out of the middle east. two hostages were just released from hamas captivity. the 21-year-old are finally free and safe in israeli territory. that s according to the idf. we are expecting more women and children to be freed from that terror group s captivity today. i want to go straight to a
carter s memorial service starts tomorrow at noon eastern. thanks for joining us. thanks for joining us. ac 360 starts now. captions by vitac www.vitac.com that s the latest development on a day that saw another 11 hostages held by hamas since october 7th, the fourth group so far, returned safely to israel, 69 freed over the last four days. this is new video of some of them arriving tonight to a hospital in tel aviv, where they will be evaluated and treated. we learned the four-day pause in fighting between israel and hamas would be extended by another two days, and more hostages would be free. in order to extend the pause, hamas has committed to releasing another 20 women and children over the next two days. we would, of course, hope to see the pause extended further. and that will depend upon hamas continuing to release hostages. again, 11 women and children got out today. you see them here, all taken from a single community, kibbutz nir oz. 11 out of the 77 who
israel and hamas. what we know about the 13, among them women and children, and more on the separate deal that led to the release of 12 thai nationals. in gaza where it s about 5:00 p.m. local time, the fragile four-day pause in fighting appears to be holding, but today new warnings from israel that fighting will resume when the four days are done, dropping leaflets over gaza. what israel s campaign could look like once this pause is over. and we begin with breaking news this morning, any moment the first group of hostages will be released under the deal between israel and hamas. 13 women and children will be among the first group of released hostages. nbc news can confirm that 12 thai nationals have already been released under a separate deal. a fragile four-day pause in fighting began just hours ago to make way for these releases. the column of israeli tanks seen leaving gaza, and we see these bulldozers there as well. new video captured just after the pause took effec