. thank you for staying with our special coverage of the israel-hamas war. i m andrea mitchell in washington. secretary of state anthony blick ken is in israel after shutting to saudi arabia and egypt over the weekend and giving strong pushback to israel s siege of gaza, denying aid and need to minimize the casualties. gaza residents facing a difficult choice, whether to flee devastated areas for humanitarian corridors that are still not open or stay and risk being caught in the crossfire. president biden canceling a planned trip to colorado to keep the focus on the developments from israel and weighing an invitation from prime minister benjamin netanyahu to visit israel at some point. we re following the other big breaking news in washington. district court judge tanya chutkan has issued a narrow gag order on former president trump and other defendants, prohibiting all parties from targeting prosecutor jack smith and court staff. nbc s raf sanchez is near with israel-gaza
northern gaza to evacuate south. that means more than 1 million people have been asked to leave their homes before israeli forces start hunting down hamas militants and attempt to rescue hostages in gaza. the idf announced today it would establish a second route to help gazans flee to southern gaza. hamas officials say israeli airstrikes killed 70 people, friday, as they tried to leave gaza city. those killed were mostly women and children. this mad dash comes as the u.s. workecure a safe border exit for american citizens trapped in gaza. the united states, israel, and egypt, reaching an agreement to allow citizens to cross to egypt via the rafah crossing. the window for that has come and gone. it is unclear, at this time, whether any americans were able to cross. meantime, nbc news exclusively obtaining documents that show hamas militants intentionally planned to target children. these documents were top secret, in arabic, highlighting plans for two highly trained hamas unit
new iranian backed attacks against our navy and cargo ships in the red sea. the pentagon says these reports of new rocket and drone attacks occurred on u.s. warship and several commercial vessels there today. details are still coming in the repreport say there are increasd aggression against our forces in the region from the rebels that are based and directed entire run. welcome to fox news live i m eric shawn. what s i am arthel neville put the fence officials have not confirmed the attack on the destroyer uss noris nature aware where it came from this would appear to be a significant escalation of hostilities in the region. given the fact rebels have launched a series of missiles and drone attacks on the red sea recently including a cargo vessel linked to israeli companies. lucas tomlinson s life at the white house with reaction to this breaking news. what are we hearing? we just received a statement from the pentagon about the reports of that attack on the u.s. warship
minister netanyahu denies the idf is striking gaza s hospital, adding that israel has offered enough fuel to operate the hospital, but that offer was declined. welcome to fox news live. i m mike emmanuel. this as idf forces continue exchanging fire along their northern and southern borders. we are live in southern israel with the latest. hello, trey. hey, mike. good afternoon. israeli forces continue to operate inside the gaza strip at this hour. we saw a number of airstrikes today against the northern part of gaza as the israelis are using their air force to support their infantry troops on the ground. they have reportedly surrounded a number of hospitals including the largest hospital inside the gaza strip, where we understand there are still palestinian patients inside, along with others who sheltering in place. now, the israelis say they have left open the eastern side of the hospital for evacuations, to the main evacuation corridor through the center part of the strip.
the threat here in the u.s. has been raised to a whole new level as a result of the israel hamas war. for one of the senators in that room, the threat is already hitting very close to home. one nevada man just arrested for allegedly making antisemitic calls to the senator. one chilling voice mail referred to finishing quote, what hitler started. our nbc news reporters are following all of the latest developments and we begin with the war in gaza and new pictures showing the site of a massive explosion at a refugee camp just outside of gaza city. raf sanchez is reporting from israel. what do we know about this? so, chris, this explosion happened at the refugee camp, the largest of the eight in gaza. it is as you said in the northern end of the gaza strip. it s close to the israeli border. we are seeing just this scenes of enormous destruction there inside that refugee camp. a local hospital official tells us dozens of people were killed. we don t have an exact number, but do