Aviv, where tonight, israel is warning its Ground Offensive could start at any moment. And im kate snow in new york, where were washing efforts by the Biden Administration to get americans out of the war zone. Americans trapped in gaza, trying to get out the egypt. The border there now scheduled to open in just hours. Inside gaza, desperation as israel ramps up its attacks. And residents warn theyre running out of food and medicine. We are facing a real starvation. The u. S. Is sending a ship to evacuate americans from israel. Secretary of state Antony Blinken in the region, trying to head off a broader war. No one should do anything to widen this conflict in any way. A u. S. Senate delegation on the Ground Hearing in israel forced to take shelter when sirens went off. What majority leader Chuck Schumer said he said directly to israels Prime Minister. I wanted to tell is u. S. Leaders that we have them back. An americans heading toward, their emotional goodbyes to family as they travel
Welcome to our viewers in the United States and watching Around The World to cnns continuing coverage of israel at war. Im Anderson Cooper in tel aviv. And im Kaitlan Collins in new york. Tonight, in a new interview, President Biden has just warned that israel should not try to reoccupy gaza, while adding that he does believe israel and im quoting the president now has to respond to the hamas assault that has killed 1,400 people, including, tonight, we are learning, 30 americans. All of this comes as President Biden is weighing whether to visit israel in the coming days, following an invitation by Prime Minister benjamin netanyahu. But first, we want to bring you the lathe on a number of developments unfolding here and in the region. A short time ago, the president of the Palestinian Authority issued his first public condemnation of the hamas attack. Mahmoud abbas, speaking with venezuelas president , called for an end to civilian casualties, the release of prisoners, and a rejection o
At any moment. We are watching efforts by the Biden Administration to get americans out of the war zone. Americans trapped in gaza trying to get out of egypt. There are now scheduled to open in just hours. Inside gaza, desperation as israel ramps up its attacks. And residents are running out of food and medicine. Theyre facing a real risk of starvation. Locate u. S. Sending a ship to evacuate americans from israel. Secretary of state Antony Blinken in the region trying to head off a broader war. Annoying to do anything that this conflict away u. S. Delegation on the ground here in israel forced to take shelter when silence went off. Majority leader Chuck Schumer told me he went directly to israels Prime Minister. Tell israels leaders we have your back. And with the americans heading to war, theyre almost a little goodbyes with family of these as they traveled to israel to fight. This is an nbc news Special Report, israel and hamas at war. Reporting tonight from tel aviv, tom giannis. A
Inside gaza americans are trapped, unable to get out. But the border may now open within hours. The ship now coming to israel to evacuate americans. Our interview with the u. S. Senators on the ground here, at one point rushed to a bomb shelter. The deadly explosion inside gaza. This caravan of civilians hit. Hamas says dozens were killed including children, but israel pushing back, saying it wasnt them. What we know right now. Desperate hours of hospitals inside the palestinian territory, 35,000 now sheltering in one hospital. Food, water, and medicine running dangerously low. While in israel, we are with doctors preparing for war. Our first look at the Weapons Hamas fighters used in their deadly attack. Did they come from iran . The new warning from the fbi director about Terror Threats in the u. S. We remember Suzanne Somers the star of 3s company and the Famous Pitch Woman has died. This is Nbc Nightly News with lester holt reporting tonight live from israel. Good evening from here
7 00 a. M. In gaza, this is our continuing breaking News Coverage of the war be israel on americas late news, fox news at night. Trace and this is now a live look in gaza city, the sun has just risen a few minutes ago. And over the past few days when you look at this picture on the righthand side of the screen, this is about the time that isreali forces would unleash a barrage of air strikes. They did that be the very Early Morning hours and right now in gaza city, it appears to be somewhat quiet. But there are some 300,000 isreali troops now on the border with gaza waiting for word to begin. What appears to be a major ground assault. The death toll is also rising with each side losing upwards of a thousand people, 22 americans are confirmed dead and 17 remain unaccounted for. As the Biden Administration scrambles to rescue u. S. Citizens held hostage by hamas. We begin with the Senior Foreign Affairs correspondent greg palkot, live in ashkelon, israel. We entered day six of this israe