it is the top of the hour. i m boris sanchez along side jessica dean in washington, d.c. tracking an israelied a vance inside gaza right now and the rush to get thousands of civilians out of gaza through egypt while another high-stakes visit to israel conducted by u.s. secretary of state antony blinken. weighing all factors trying to avert a wider war in the region. the secretary of state departed last hour. before leaving he reiterated israel s right to defend itself and addressed the immense civilian suffering unleashed inside gaza. listen. we will be talking about concrete steps that can and should be taken to minimize harm to men, women and children in gaza, and this is something that the united states is committed to. i m not getting into the details here but it s very much on the agenda. when i see a palestinian child, a boy, a girl, pulled from the rubble of a collapsed building, that hits me in the gut as much as seeing a child in israel or anywhere else. notably,
so there s clearly a sense that israel is feeling under threat from hostile neighbors and the missile defense systems have been put in place, used by the americans to basically give the israelis confidence at the time. shepard: it was friday of last week that there were the clashes along the border. a palestinian was killed. another badly wounded. this israelied arrested armed palestinians across the fence, a projectile was fired from the gaza toward the southern part of israel. it was at that point that israeli aircraft attacked hamas targets in the gaza. so there was a response to the last time. this is the new video from today? no, this is file tape. in a minute, we ll have new video. the last time, friday of last week, there was a single miss sample fired and israeli