Hello and welcome to our viewers joining us here in the United States and all around the world. Im rosemary church. U. S. Secretary of state Antony Blinken says the u. S. Is actively working to ensure the people of gaza can get out of harms way and get the humanitarian assistance they need. His comments coming as aid groups describe deteriorating conditions inside gaza, where israel has been launching air strikes at hamas targets since the militant groups deadly attacks. Question heard from a spokesperson with the Israel Defense forces a short time ago. Hamas has taken the gaza strip hostage and is hiding behind its civilians, and this is the reality. The humanitarian operations and this morning, again, we continue to call on the people of the north of the gaza strip to evacuate towards the south. Tens of thousands of palestinians have already fled to the south, but the growing humanitarian crisis remains a major concern. Aid deliveries have been piling up on the egyptian side of the r
Were continuing to follow the breaking ns in The Middle East, where the israelhamas war is poised to enter a new phase. Just one week after hamas executed that horrific and seismic Terrorist Attack on southern israel, 1400 people have been killed in israel so far. And more than 2300 in gaza. 29 americans were also killed, and 15 remain missing, according to the state department. Today, the Prime Minister conveyed his emergency israeli cabinet, and said that hamas thought wed be demolished. Its we who will demolish hamas. Thats after three senior Israeli Military officers were telling the New York Times that Israeli Forces are preparing to invade the gaza strip in the coming days. Their ultimate goal, according to the reporting, is to capture gaza city. Destroy the enclaves current leadership, and wipe out the top political and Military Hierarchy of hamas. The risks are high here, for israeli troops, as they face the challenge of Urban Warfare and a narrow and tightly packed gaza. They
From israel to gaza. As a Ground Defensive is expected to begin soon. More than 360,000 military services have been mobilized. Just to put the size of that in perspective, the total number of u. S. Forces in the reserves across the air force are marines and navy. It is just over 330,000. Israeli Men And Women Living Overseas in the United States and across europe are getting notifications that they are being called to serve. They are packing their belongings up. Theyre returning to fight. Over 100 hostages remain unaccounted for as families in israel play pray for any sign of survival. The Israeli Military is also preparing for a potential second front in the israeli lebanon border, with a buildup of battle tanks and Armored Personnel Carriers a few miles from lebanon. This comes as the idf attacked several hezbollah targets today in lebanon. Late today, axios reporter said that iran sent to message to israel on saturday, saying that it does not want further escalation in the hamas isr
with one source familiar tell nbc news that it is all up to israel right now. that there is a tentative deal in place, which is just waiting on sign off from prime minister netanyahu. we have the details on who would be freed and on what conditions in a moment. after all, it would be a major milestone in this now seven-week war and one that could steer the conflict into a new phase. as we speak, netanyahu is said to be in a sequence of meetings with cabinet ministers waiting on a vote from those ministers. there s also context on why the deal is so close right now. yesterday, netanyahu faced serious pressure from hostage families to make their loved ones a first, not second, priority of this war. we have the details on that tense meeting. his first by the way, along with a shouting match in israel s parliament as a far right minister tried to shutdown pleas from a man whose cousin was kidnapped. let s sort out what we know now. joining us from tel aviv is raf sanchez. let s s
there was no immediate comment from israel. earlier, its defence forces admitted striking an ambulance in gaza city but said the vehicle was being used by hamas to transport fighters. our international editor jeremy bowen has this report on the aftermath of the attack by israel on an ambulance convoy. it contains images you may find upsetting from the start. around four this afternoon, an ambulance outside shifa, the main hospital in gaza, was destroyed by an israeli aircraft. in a crowded area, 13 people, including bystanders, were killed and 26 injured, according to the health ministry in gaza. israel said the ambulance was carrying a hamas terrorist cell. hamas said the attack was zionist nazi terror. thousands of palestinian civilians are sheltering at shifa hospital. israel s army says it s a battle zone and they should evacuate south. more dead civilians on al rasheed street, one of only two roads south where israel says civilians must go to be safe. the bbc has located