With the most intense night of israeli airstrikes to date. We have reports unconfirmed by nbc news at this time of israeli troops crossing into gaza from the north and clashing with hamas fighters. Information is scarce. Right now, gaza is in a near total communications blackout. Gaza is the largest internet provider, as well as multiple gaza Cell Phone Service providers, they are all off line. That is due to both lack of fuel, and infrastructure that has been destroyed. The humanitarian aid group, red crescent, reports that without Cell Phone Service, they are now unable to dispatch their ambulances. The World Health Organization says it has lost contact with its staff, and its Health Facilities in gaza. Just hours ago, nbc news managed to make contact with a member of the nbc crew in gaza, he told nbc, ive managed to get connectivity for a minute with a lot of difficulty and i wanted to let you know that all internet, electricity, and everything has been cut off. The situation we are
inescaped inmate and convicted murderer danelo cavalcante. we have thoroughly searched the area around two elementary schools previously contained within the perimeter and have adjusted the perimeter to exclude both schools from the perimeter area. we ve done this in an effort to minimize the impact on students and their families while we continue with our search efforts. the district attorney and i have an ongoing dialogue with school districts in the area and are committed to providing them the most up-to-date information so they can make informed decisions about school operations. i have told you all previously we re utilizing hundreds of state, local, and federal law enforcement officers, can nines, aviationets, and various types of technology in an effort to keep the community safe and bring this to as swift conclusion as possible. i d like to provide the media and public some insight for the scope of the operation we put in place. following the press conference today
two hours around the elementary school and adjusted the perimeter to exclude both schools. we ve done this in an effort to minimize the impact on the students and families while we continue with our search efforts. the district attorney and i have an ongoing dialogue and committed to providing them the most up-to-date information so they can make informed decisions about school operations. we re utilizing hundreds of state, local and federal enforcement officers, k-9s and various technology in an effort to keep the community safe. i d like to provide the media some insight of the scope in place. as a reminder, we re asking the public s help by familiarizing themselves with photograph and description of cavalcante, to check security cameras and call us immediately if they believe they may have seen him. again, we ask residents to secure homes, outbuildings and vehicles. cavalcante has clearly obtained some clothing and other unknown supplies. we want to minimize any opportunit
Thermal imaging equipment in the air, experienced search teams working through a stormy night, a search dog and the element of surprise all played critical roles in the capture of