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tonight from inside Israel the military
0:03 0:06 intensifying air strikes on Gaza in
0:06 0:08 retaliation for that Hamas terror attack
0:08 0:10 As It prepares for a potentially massive
0:10 0:13 ground offensive the new images Israeli
0:13 0:16 is taking cover as Hamas Rockets fall
0:16 0:18 while in Gaza people crowding into a
0:18 0:20 hallway as Israel Rams up its
0:20 0:24 bombardment striking some 450 Targets in
0:24 0:27 Gaza in the last 24 hours the power to
0:27 0:29 Gaza now cut off as Israel masses tanks
0:29 0:31 at the order how soon could a ground
0:31 0:34 defensive begin also tonight images of
0:34 0:37 Hamas atrocities our team inside one
0:37 0:39 Israeli Community where more than 100
0:39 0:42 people were killed the horrors we saw
0:42 0:44 bodies lying in the street homes
0:44 0:46 destroyed and what about reports of
0:46 0:49 soldiers beheaded and growing fears for
0:49 0:52 the estimated 150 hostages taken by
0:52 0:55 Hamas Americans among them the Chicago
0:55 0:58 area mother and her 17-year-old daughter
0:58 1:01 feared kidnapped we spoke to their
1:01 1:04 family what do you want your your sister
1:04 1:07 and your niece to know right now we want
1:07 1:10 to hug you and we want you back
1:10 1:12 home their last text before the
1:12 1:14 terrorists broke in at back home the
1:14 1:16 major development in the House
1:16 1:18 Republicans nominating Steve scales for
1:18 1:21 speaker over Trump Ally Jim Jordan but
1:21 1:24 the major hurdle he still faces our
1:24 1:27 special edition of Nightly News begins
1:27 1:31 now this is NBC Nightly News with Lester
1:31 1:35 Holt reporting tonight live from
1:35 1:38 Israel good evening everyone and welcome
1:38 1:40 almost 5 days after Hamas terrorists
1:40 1:42 launched their horrific assault on
1:42 1:44 Israel there's a growing sense tonight
1:44 1:47 this war is about to enter a new phase
1:47 1:49 Israel has been massing its troops and
1:49 1:50 weapons on the border with the Gaza
1:50 1:53 Strip and there's widespread expectation
1:53 1:55 that a ground Invasion May begin soon
1:55 1:58 this comes as Israel prepares the way
1:58 2:01 with an air assault on targets in Gaza
2:01 2:02 the casualties are mounting on both
2:02 2:05 sides at least 1,200 in Israel have been
2:05 2:08 killed while 1100 in Gaza are dead and
2:08 2:10 the state department said today the
2:10 2:12 number of Americans killed has risen to
2:12 2:15 22 as the probability of an Israeli
2:15 2:17 ground operation grows there's
2:17 2:19 increasing concern about the fate of
2:19 2:22 hostages being held by ham Hamas in Gaza
2:22 2:25 as many as50 of them including some
2:25 2:27 Americans tonight's Secretary of State
2:27 2:30 Anthony blinkin is headed to the region
2:30 2:32 he echoed President Biden in saying he
2:32 2:34 will tell Israel's officials that the US
2:34 2:37 has Israel's back and despite deep
2:37 2:39 political fissures in Israel recently
2:39 2:42 today political factions joining
2:42 2:44 together a show of solidarity in the
2:44 2:49 face of
2:49 2:52 War tonight anticipation growing in this
2:52 2:55 intensifying mid East War terrified
2:55 2:58 Israelis taking cover as Rockets fall to
2:58 3:01 Earth One striking this
3:01 3:03 Hospital while Israel keeps up the
3:03 3:06 pressure on Hamas in Gaza with an
3:06 3:09 unrelenting bombing campaign people
3:09 3:11 there taking shelter in a crowded
3:11 3:13 hallway during one bombardment Israeli
3:13 3:16 forces saying they hit over 200 targets
3:16 3:18 today in just one neighborhood they call
3:18 3:21 a nest for Hamas terrorists and the
3:21 3:23 pieces are now falling into place for a
3:23 3:26 potential ground offensive Israeli
3:26 3:29 troops preparing to enter Gaza to topple
3:29 3:31 Hamas leadership while tonight at the
3:31 3:33 White House President Biden speaking to
3:33 3:36 Jewish Community leaders talking about
3:36 3:39 the scourge of anti-Semitism and why he
3:39 3:41 took his children to see a concentration
3:41 3:45 camp years ago I wanted them to
3:45 3:48 see that you could not not know what was
3:48 3:50 going on and pressure growing on the
3:50 3:52 president to take action on behalf of
3:52 3:54 Americans who are among the estimated
3:54 3:58 150 men women and children kidnapped by
3:58 4:00 Hamas terrorists who are threatening to
4:00 4:04 execute their captives on camera folks
4:04 4:06 there's a lot we're doing a lot we're
4:06 4:09 doing I have not given up hope I'm
4:09 4:11 bringing these folks home tonight the
4:11 4:13 family of 17-year-old American Natalie
4:13 4:16 renan and her mother Judith fear they
4:16 4:21 are among the hostages we want the us to
4:21 4:24 help us find its citizens Jud this and
4:24 4:27 Natalie sé Cohen and Tamar Leviton are
4:27 4:30 Natalie's aunt and grandmother Natalie
4:30 4:32 just graduated high school in suburban
4:32 4:35 Chicago they were in touch with her as
4:35 4:38 Hamas gunmen were outside their door
4:38 4:41 were they on the phone or uh texting you
4:41 4:43 they were texting us because uh the
4:43 4:45 orders were that no one should speak
4:45 4:47 they should stay quiet so the Kamas will
4:47 4:51 not hear them and and try to take them
4:51 4:53 hostage the last text was from Natalie
4:53 4:58 and 12:18 noon on Saturday um saying
4:58 5:00 that um
5:00 5:03 they're having shooting out of their
5:03 5:07 apartment we love you all but we okay
5:07 5:09 later Natalie's grandmother went to the
5:09 5:11 apartment she and her mom were staying
5:11 5:14 in the door to the backyard was broken
5:14 5:17 it's glass door so they broke it and I
5:17 5:19 think from there they came into the
5:19 5:21 house you've been feverishly making
5:21 5:24 phone calls to Israeli an American
5:24 5:26 officials what have you been able to
5:26 5:30 learn nothing at all no one had
5:30 5:32 a hint of
5:32 5:35 what's where they are what do you want
5:35 5:38 your your sister and your needs to know
5:38 5:39 right
5:39 5:43 now I want them to know that we're doing
5:43 5:47 everything in our power to bring them
5:47 5:50 back we do not forget them we're very
5:50 5:53 worried about them we love
5:53 5:56 you and we want to hug you and we want
5:56 6:02 you back home in Gaza tonight
6:02 6:05 so many say they have nowhere to run as
6:05 6:07 Israeli retaliation strikes flatten
6:07 6:10 entire blocks this woman at a hospital
6:10 6:12 where two of her children are injured
6:12 6:15 saying her son is dead after their
6:15 6:16 apartment was
6:16 6:19 hit they're just children why are they
6:19 6:21 at fault my children were playing in
6:21 6:23 front of me suddenly the ceiling
6:23 6:26 collapsed she said back in Israel the
6:26 6:28 first funerals were held for the
6:28 6:30 hundreds of young Israeli concert goers
6:30 6:33 massacred by Hamas and new images
6:33 6:35 tonight showing the sheer brutality
6:35 6:38 Hamas Unleashed this image posted by
6:38 6:40 Israel's prime minister showing a
6:40 6:43 child's bedroom covered in blood and
6:43 6:45 this video shows Hamas terrorists
6:45 6:47 walking through an Israeli Village after
6:47 6:50 slaughtering people their bodies in the
6:50 6:53 streets 25-year-old leel fishbine and
6:53 6:56 his family were at a caboots when their
6:56 6:59 horror began cramped inside a roughly 9
6:59 7:02 by 12T shelter room like this one with
7:02 7:05 his mother 94-year-old grandmother and
7:05 7:08 her caretaker and Hamas gunman roaming
7:08 7:11 their Town four of you and two dogs in
7:11 7:14 this in this tiny room for 22 hours can
7:14 7:16 you tell me what that was like I used
7:16 7:20 the word uh you know hell eventually
7:20 7:22 Israeli soldiers rescued them he showed
7:22 7:25 us where he was shot as they all escaped
7:25 7:27 when we walked towards the kots toward
7:27 7:30 the kots gate
7:30 7:34 and we were shot and then I felt my
7:34 7:37 hip um was hurt we I dived into the
7:37 7:40 ground with my mother the soldier
7:40 7:44 yelled um are you alive I was I said yes
7:44 7:47 his sister had been Sheltering nearby
7:47 7:50 but they have not seen her since she is
7:50 7:52 among the missing so your belief is she
7:52 7:53 was
7:53 7:58 kidnapped I feel it um as her brother I
7:58 8:00 just feel it in my
8:00 8:03 body yeah what gives you hope that
8:03 8:05 you'll see your sister
8:05 8:07 again I don't
8:07 8:11 know I'm not counting on my I don't
8:11 8:14 know I just we don't know yeah we just
8:14 8:16 don't know how are you doing as a family
8:16 8:17 right
8:17 8:20 now my mother is broken my grandmother
8:20 8:22 she's starting to realize about my
8:22 8:25 sister what's happening exactly I'm in
8:25 8:28 pain for everyone and for everything
8:28 8:29 here
8:29 8:31 it is painful how many people here are
8:31 8:34 seeking answers as I saw off the top
8:34 8:36 Israeli forces are massing in the South
8:36 8:38 right now near the Gaza border a buildup
8:38 8:40 that signals an impending ground
8:40 8:43 defensive may not be far off Richard
8:43 8:46 angle is there
8:46 8:48 tonight Israeli troops were caught off
8:48 8:51 guard by hamas's surprise terror attack
8:51 8:53 now they're taking the initiative
8:53 8:56 Israeli forces are streaming South and
8:56 8:59 digging in to Target the Hamas run Gaza
8:59 9:02 trip with artillery tanks and Soldiers
9:02 9:05 the ground offensive could start at any
9:05 9:09 time for the last 5 days Israel has been
9:09 9:12 bombing Gaza to weaken Hamas and has cut
9:12 9:14 off the power and water Israel's defense
9:14 9:17 minister promises what's coming next
9:17 9:20 will reshape Gaza
9:20 9:23 forever we will reach all places he says
9:23 9:26 Hamas wanted to change the situation it
9:26 9:28 will change back
9:28 9:31 180° and they will regret this moment as
9:31 9:33 the military buildup picks up pace
9:33 9:36 Israel has declared the entire area
9:36 9:38 around Gaza a military zone Israel has
9:38 9:40 brought in enough tanks and armor for a
9:40 9:42 fullscale ground war and is now
9:42 9:45 mobilizing the more than 360,000
9:45 9:47 reservists called up for national
9:47 9:50 service a new phase of this conflict is
9:50 9:53 about to begin and there will be many
9:53 9:56 casualties for Israeli troops the risks
9:56 9:58 are high Hamas plan for Saturday's
9:58 10:01 murderous Rampage into Israel for a year
10:01 10:04 its gunmen showing a level of training
10:04 10:06 and savagery that shocked Israel and the
10:06 10:09 world new footage shows Hamas gunman
10:09 10:12 paragliding into that Music Festival on
10:12 10:14 Saturday morning Hamas is also prepared
10:14 10:17 for Israel's ground Invasion and says it
10:17 10:19 welcomes it Hamas has a network of
10:19 10:22 tunnels and booby traps and knows the
10:22 10:24 ground far better than Israel for the 2
10:24 10:27 million civilians in Gaza the risks are
10:27 10:30 even higher Gaza is one of the most
10:30 10:33 densely populated areas on Earth street
10:33 10:36 to street fighting could kill thousands
10:36 10:38 and Hamas is also holding an estimated
10:38 10:41 150 hostages
10:41 10:44 there the United States is fully backing
10:44 10:46 Israel and is already sending plain
10:46 10:48 loads of weapons the US has also sent
10:48 10:51 warships to the Eastern Mediterranean as
10:51 10:54 a warning to hamas's allies Hezbollah in
10:54 10:57 Lebanon and Iran to sit this one out
10:57 11:02 made it clear made it clear to the
11:02 11:05 Iranians be careful but will attacking
11:05 11:08 Gaza destroy Hamas as Israel hopes or
11:08 11:11 further radicalize the population locked
11:11 11:14 inside what many describe as the world's
11:14 11:16 largest prison wherever Hamas is located
11:16 11:18 wherever their Terror capabilities are
11:18 11:20 located that's where we are going to
11:20 11:22 find
11:22 11:25 them Israel says it has no choice but to
11:25 11:27 go in that no Nation could accept
11:27 11:29 terrorists next door willing to
11:29 11:32 slaughter women and children and take
11:32 11:33 hostages as human
11:33 11:36 Shields and Richard if this ground
11:36 11:38 defensive happens what is the military
11:38 11:42 Mission what's the end game they would
11:42 11:45 expect the end game is to topple Hamas
11:45 11:48 but it seems difficult to imagine how a
11:48 11:51 ground invasion is going to overthrow
11:51 11:54 Hamas in Gaza unless Israel is willing
11:54 11:57 to reoccupy the Gaza Strip and there's
11:57 12:00 little appetite for that so mostly it's
12:00 12:02 punitive
12:02 12:04 Lester all right Richard angle tonight
12:04 12:06 thank you also this evening we're
12:06 12:07 getting a more complete picture of how
12:07 12:10 the Hamas terrorists began their deadly
12:10 12:12 assault ref Sanchez is in southern
12:12 12:14 Israel tonight with
12:14 12:16 that tonight new details about the
12:16 12:19 opening moments of hamas's surprise
12:19 12:21 attack and new questions about the
12:21 12:24 failure to stop it terrorists arrived at
12:24 12:26 the gates of kibuts berry just before
12:26 12:28 6:00 a.m. on Saturday unable to get
12:28 12:30 through they lay in wait for Israeli
12:30 12:33 civilians to arrive today we walked
12:33 12:35 through those same Gates this is the
12:35 12:37 main entrance to the kibuts following a
12:37 12:40 trail of horror spread across this
12:40 12:43 kibutz a small Israeli farming commune
12:43 12:45 the scenes of Destruction here are just
12:45 12:48 staggering the Israeli military says 40
12:48 12:50 hostages were held in this house six
12:50 12:53 soldiers were killed trying to liberate
12:53 12:54 them and ultimately you can see the
12:54 12:57 house completely burned out some houses
12:57 12:59 Frozen in time from the moment to the
12:59 13:02 attack and lying nearby a GoPro The
13:02 13:05 Killers brought to record their deeds
13:05 13:07 NBC News obtaining these images released
13:07 13:10 by Hamas showing the bodies of dead
13:10 13:13 Israeli soldiers that were subsequently
13:13 13:15 beheaded this footage shows families
13:15 13:17 from Berry being marched Barefoot from
13:17 13:19 their homes only to be murdered soon
13:19 13:21 after the bodies of more than a 100
13:21 13:24 civilians were found here including many
13:24 13:26 children some of them still lying in
13:26 13:27 silent
13:27 13:30 rows it took Israel's military 2 days of
13:30 13:33 intense fighting to regain control every
13:33 13:35 time that we saw that we clean the area
13:35 13:38 and everything was silent suddenly
13:38 13:40 another 12 or another
13:40 13:43 20 would pop out out yeah tonight there
13:43 13:45 were combat troops on every street but
13:45 13:47 the painful question where were they
13:47 13:50 when Hamas attacked do you feel your
13:50 13:53 response here was too slow I don't use
13:53 13:56 his feeling now I I use with a mission
13:56 13:59 we need to save the people to protect
13:59 14:03 our land and to switch to attack and how
14:03 14:05 did Israeli intelligence Miss signs of
14:05 14:09 Hamas preparations including training on
14:09 14:11 paragliders and even building a mock
14:11 14:14 town to practice their attack questions
14:14 14:16 that will haunt Israel for generations
14:16 14:19 to come and Raph joining us now from
14:19 14:21 ashad Raph what more do we know about
14:21 14:23 Iran's possible involvement in the
14:23 14:26 planning of this
14:26 14:28 attack Lester two sources tonight tell
14:28 14:31 NBC news that American intelligence
14:31 14:34 shows Iran was surprised by the attack
14:34 14:36 which suggests they weren't informed in
14:36 14:38 advance but the Biden Administration has
14:38 14:40 not yet reached a firm conclusion about
14:40 14:43 Iran's possible role
14:43 14:45 Lester all right rap Sanchez thank you
14:45 14:47 in 60 seconds deadly violence in the
14:47 14:50 Middle East exposed deep divisions in
14:50 14:53 the US inside the culture Clash at home
14:53 14:55 right after
14:55 14:58 this the Hamas terrorist attack on isra
14:58 15:00 Israel and the escalating War it sparked
15:00 15:03 have led to heartbreak anger and tension
15:03 15:05 in the United States many Americans are
15:05 15:08 on edge as rate gets heated and
15:08 15:11 misinformation spreads Stephanie gos
15:11 15:13 reports at times this week the hostility
15:13 15:15 between pro-israeli and pro Palestinian
15:15 15:19 groups has Spilled Out on the streets
15:19 15:21 the Israeli Palestinian conflict has
15:21 15:24 always fueled intense debate but after
15:24 15:26 hamas's indiscriminate killing of so
15:26 15:28 many innocent people the tension in the
15:28 15:31 US feels heightened college campuses are
15:31 15:34 a flasho in the hours after the attack
15:34 15:36 student groups at Harvard released a
15:36 15:38 letter saying they hold the Israeli
15:38 15:41 regime entirely responsible for all
15:41 15:43 unfolding violence former Harvard
15:43 15:45 president Larry Summers called their
15:45 15:48 message morally unconscionable the
15:48 15:51 university like many other
15:51 15:56 universities moved very slowly to
15:56 15:59 condemn Hamas Terror under pressure by
15:59 16:01 Summers and others the University's
16:01 16:03 president condemned Hamas saying the
16:03 16:05 letter did not speak for the school
16:05 16:07 since then multiple groups have
16:07 16:09 withdrawn their signatures from the
16:09 16:10 letter
16:10 16:15 terror is beyond the Paw there is only
16:15 16:18 one legitimate position with respect to
16:18 16:21 terror is it possible right now to be
16:21 16:25 both horrified by these attacks and also
16:25 16:27 publicly critical of the Israeli
16:27 16:30 government of course a position we heard
16:30 16:32 at a rally I wanted to come here and
16:32 16:35 give support and and a voice to the
16:35 16:37 people without a voice Columbia grad
16:37 16:39 student nor sulaman is Palestinian I do
16:39 16:42 not support Hamas at all right I I I
16:42 16:45 support the Palestinian right to resist
16:45 16:47 I don't support the slaughtering of
16:47 16:50 innocent people on either side at ruter
16:50 16:52 these Jewish students are concerned
16:52 16:55 anti-israeli sentiment could fuel
16:55 16:57 anti-Semitism and I've been hearing the
16:57 17:00 tone of it's less of Israelis are bad
17:00 17:02 but more of Jews are bad and that's
17:02 17:05 really scary the worry words can be
17:05 17:08 dangerous thousands of miles away or
17:08 17:10 right here at home Stephanie gos NBC
17:10 17:12 News New
17:12 17:15 York coming up Republicans nominate a
17:15 17:17 new house speaker but can Steve scales
17:17 17:19 get the full support he needs and stop
17:19 17:22 the party in fighting next my great
17:22 17:24 great
17:24 17:27 grandparents in Washington today House
17:27 17:29 Republicans move close to picking their
17:29 17:31 new speaker narrowly nominating Steve
17:31 17:34 scales of Louisiana Ryan Nobles is at
17:34 17:36 the capital and Ryan scales has the
17:36 17:39 momentum but is it a sure thing it's not
17:39 17:41 right now Lester in skes the current
17:41 17:43 majority leader did one that close
17:43 17:46 internal Republican vote for the job but
17:46 17:47 he would need almost every member of the
17:47 17:49 Republican conference to vote for him on
17:49 17:50 the floor in order to lock up the
17:50 17:52 speaker's job and right now several
17:52 17:54 Republicans say they're not prepared to
17:54 17:56 support him at this stage as a result
17:56 17:58 that vote is delayed and and the
17:58 18:00 Republicans are going to wait until they
18:00 18:01 have the votes locked up before moving
18:01 18:04 to the next step scales of course almost
18:04 18:06 lost his life after being shot at a
18:06 18:08 congressional baseball game in 2017 he
18:08 18:10 was diagnosed with a treatable form of
18:10 18:13 blood cancer in August
18:13 18:16 Lester and Ryan if scales does become
18:16 18:18 speaker he's got a long to-do list
18:18 18:20 facing him yeah that's right whoever is
18:20 18:22 the speaker is going to have to deal
18:22 18:24 with a looming budget Showdown and of
18:24 18:26 course questions over additional Aid to
18:26 18:28 Israel and Ukraine and the looming
18:28 18:30 border crisis and just today a group of
18:30 18:32 New York Republicans say that they're
18:32 18:35 going to file a resolution to expel the
18:35 18:37 embattled congressman George sanos this
18:37 18:39 after sanos was hit with a new round of
18:39 18:41 charges related to campaign's finance
18:41 18:43 violations of course Lester none of this
18:43 18:45 matters if there isn't a speaker of the
18:45 18:48 house because no votes can be cast
18:48 18:51 Lester all right Ryan nobl thanks coming
18:51 18:53 up a country forever change as families
18:53 18:56 face a grim reality after an attack lik
18:56 19:01 into Israel's 9/11
19:01 19:03 finally tonight as Kelly cooba reports
19:03 19:05 the terror here has left this country
19:05 19:07 forever
19:07 19:09 changed the
19:09 19:12 sounds are imprinted on nearly every
19:12 19:15 israeli's mind after Hamas terrorists
19:15 19:18 descended on the desert the attack has
19:18 19:21 shaken the country to its core every one
19:21 19:25 of us know somebody who had been killed
19:25 19:28 kidnapped and taken in captivity at
19:28 19:31 least 1,200 people murdered in a country
19:31 19:33 of just under 10 million the equivalent
19:33 19:37 of over 40,000 dead if it had happened
19:37 19:40 in the US and scenes Echo 911 which
19:40 19:43 reshaped the United States forever no
19:43 19:47 nothing is normal we're worried we're
19:47 19:51 angry this region is no stranger to
19:51 19:54 war half a century ago the yam Kapur War
19:54 19:56 left the country deeply
19:56 20:00 scarred now it's different no place
20:00 20:03 feels safe it was something else
20:03 20:05 something unbelievable we're not used to
20:05 20:09 being so vulnerable mother of two Yara
20:09 20:11 nagar spent hours in a safe room at her
20:11 20:14 home she says the Army never came for
20:14 20:17 them they escaped on their own has this
20:17 20:20 changed everything in your mind when
20:20 20:22 this was the first time that we left the
20:22 20:25 kibot and as we drove through the gate I
20:25 20:28 said I don't think I'm coming back I
20:28 20:31 don't think I can still live here I
20:31 20:34 don't feel safe in my home and that's
20:34 20:37 something that has never happened to me
20:37 20:39 tonight hope for peace feels shattered
20:39 20:42 the options on the ground remain as
20:42 20:45 bitter as ever before Kelly Koba NBC
20:45 20:47 News Tel
20:47 20:50 Aviv and it appears more Dark Days lie
20:50 20:52 ahead that's Nightly News thank you for
20:52 20:54 watching I'm Lester Hol please take care
20:54 21:01 of yourself and each other good night
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0:03 0:06 intensifying air strikes on Gaza in
0:06 0:08 retaliation for that Hamas terror attack
0:08 0:10 As It prepares for a potentially massive
0:10 0:13 ground offensive the new images Israeli
0:13 0:16 is taking cover as Hamas Rockets fall
0:16 0:18 while in Gaza people crowding into a
0:18 0:20 hallway as Israel Rams up its
0:20 0:24 bombardment striking some 450 Targets in
0:24 0:27 Gaza in the last 24 hours the power to
0:27 0:29 Gaza now cut off as Israel masses tanks
0:29 0:31 at the order how soon could a ground
0:31 0:34 defensive begin also tonight images of
0:34 0:37 Hamas atrocities our team inside one
0:37 0:39 Israeli Community where more than 100
0:39 0:42 people were killed the horrors we saw
0:42 0:44 bodies lying in the street homes
0:44 0:46 destroyed and what about reports of
0:46 0:49 soldiers beheaded and growing fears for
0:49 0:52 the estimated 150 hostages taken by
0:52 0:55 Hamas Americans among them the Chicago
0:55 0:58 area mother and her 17-year-old daughter
0:58 1:01 feared kidnapped we spoke to their
1:01 1:04 family what do you want your your sister
1:04 1:07 and your niece to know right now we want
1:07 1:10 to hug you and we want you back
1:10 1:12 home their last text before the
1:12 1:14 terrorists broke in at back home the
1:14 1:16 major development in the House
1:16 1:18 Republicans nominating Steve scales for
1:18 1:21 speaker over Trump Ally Jim Jordan but
1:21 1:24 the major hurdle he still faces our
1:24 1:27 special edition of Nightly News begins
1:27 1:31 now this is NBC Nightly News with Lester
1:31 1:35 Holt reporting tonight live from
1:35 1:38 Israel good evening everyone and welcome
1:38 1:40 almost 5 days after Hamas terrorists
1:40 1:42 launched their horrific assault on
1:42 1:44 Israel there's a growing sense tonight
1:44 1:47 this war is about to enter a new phase
1:47 1:49 Israel has been massing its troops and
1:49 1:50 weapons on the border with the Gaza
1:50 1:53 Strip and there's widespread expectation
1:53 1:55 that a ground Invasion May begin soon
1:55 1:58 this comes as Israel prepares the way
1:58 2:01 with an air assault on targets in Gaza
2:01 2:02 the casualties are mounting on both
2:02 2:05 sides at least 1,200 in Israel have been
2:05 2:08 killed while 1100 in Gaza are dead and
2:08 2:10 the state department said today the
2:10 2:12 number of Americans killed has risen to
2:12 2:15 22 as the probability of an Israeli
2:15 2:17 ground operation grows there's
2:17 2:19 increasing concern about the fate of
2:19 2:22 hostages being held by ham Hamas in Gaza
2:22 2:25 as many as50 of them including some
2:25 2:27 Americans tonight's Secretary of State
2:27 2:30 Anthony blinkin is headed to the region
2:30 2:32 he echoed President Biden in saying he
2:32 2:34 will tell Israel's officials that the US
2:34 2:37 has Israel's back and despite deep
2:37 2:39 political fissures in Israel recently
2:39 2:42 today political factions joining
2:42 2:44 together a show of solidarity in the
2:44 2:49 face of
2:49 2:52 War tonight anticipation growing in this
2:52 2:55 intensifying mid East War terrified
2:55 2:58 Israelis taking cover as Rockets fall to
2:58 3:01 Earth One striking this
3:01 3:03 Hospital while Israel keeps up the
3:03 3:06 pressure on Hamas in Gaza with an
3:06 3:09 unrelenting bombing campaign people
3:09 3:11 there taking shelter in a crowded
3:11 3:13 hallway during one bombardment Israeli
3:13 3:16 forces saying they hit over 200 targets
3:16 3:18 today in just one neighborhood they call
3:18 3:21 a nest for Hamas terrorists and the
3:21 3:23 pieces are now falling into place for a
3:23 3:26 potential ground offensive Israeli
3:26 3:29 troops preparing to enter Gaza to topple
3:29 3:31 Hamas leadership while tonight at the
3:31 3:33 White House President Biden speaking to
3:33 3:36 Jewish Community leaders talking about
3:36 3:39 the scourge of anti-Semitism and why he
3:39 3:41 took his children to see a concentration
3:41 3:45 camp years ago I wanted them to
3:45 3:48 see that you could not not know what was
3:48 3:50 going on and pressure growing on the
3:50 3:52 president to take action on behalf of
3:52 3:54 Americans who are among the estimated
3:54 3:58 150 men women and children kidnapped by
3:58 4:00 Hamas terrorists who are threatening to
4:00 4:04 execute their captives on camera folks
4:04 4:06 there's a lot we're doing a lot we're
4:06 4:09 doing I have not given up hope I'm
4:09 4:11 bringing these folks home tonight the
4:11 4:13 family of 17-year-old American Natalie
4:13 4:16 renan and her mother Judith fear they
4:16 4:21 are among the hostages we want the us to
4:21 4:24 help us find its citizens Jud this and
4:24 4:27 Natalie sé Cohen and Tamar Leviton are
4:27 4:30 Natalie's aunt and grandmother Natalie
4:30 4:32 just graduated high school in suburban
4:32 4:35 Chicago they were in touch with her as
4:35 4:38 Hamas gunmen were outside their door
4:38 4:41 were they on the phone or uh texting you
4:41 4:43 they were texting us because uh the
4:43 4:45 orders were that no one should speak
4:45 4:47 they should stay quiet so the Kamas will
4:47 4:51 not hear them and and try to take them
4:51 4:53 hostage the last text was from Natalie
4:53 4:58 and 12:18 noon on Saturday um saying
4:58 5:00 that um
5:00 5:03 they're having shooting out of their
5:03 5:07 apartment we love you all but we okay
5:07 5:09 later Natalie's grandmother went to the
5:09 5:11 apartment she and her mom were staying
5:11 5:14 in the door to the backyard was broken
5:14 5:17 it's glass door so they broke it and I
5:17 5:19 think from there they came into the
5:19 5:21 house you've been feverishly making
5:21 5:24 phone calls to Israeli an American
5:24 5:26 officials what have you been able to
5:26 5:30 learn nothing at all no one had
5:30 5:32 a hint of
5:32 5:35 what's where they are what do you want
5:35 5:38 your your sister and your needs to know
5:38 5:39 right
5:39 5:43 now I want them to know that we're doing
5:43 5:47 everything in our power to bring them
5:47 5:50 back we do not forget them we're very
5:50 5:53 worried about them we love
5:53 5:56 you and we want to hug you and we want
5:56 6:02 you back home in Gaza tonight
6:02 6:05 so many say they have nowhere to run as
6:05 6:07 Israeli retaliation strikes flatten
6:07 6:10 entire blocks this woman at a hospital
6:10 6:12 where two of her children are injured
6:12 6:15 saying her son is dead after their
6:15 6:16 apartment was
6:16 6:19 hit they're just children why are they
6:19 6:21 at fault my children were playing in
6:21 6:23 front of me suddenly the ceiling
6:23 6:26 collapsed she said back in Israel the
6:26 6:28 first funerals were held for the
6:28 6:30 hundreds of young Israeli concert goers
6:30 6:33 massacred by Hamas and new images
6:33 6:35 tonight showing the sheer brutality
6:35 6:38 Hamas Unleashed this image posted by
6:38 6:40 Israel's prime minister showing a
6:40 6:43 child's bedroom covered in blood and
6:43 6:45 this video shows Hamas terrorists
6:45 6:47 walking through an Israeli Village after
6:47 6:50 slaughtering people their bodies in the
6:50 6:53 streets 25-year-old leel fishbine and
6:53 6:56 his family were at a caboots when their
6:56 6:59 horror began cramped inside a roughly 9
6:59 7:02 by 12T shelter room like this one with
7:02 7:05 his mother 94-year-old grandmother and
7:05 7:08 her caretaker and Hamas gunman roaming
7:08 7:11 their Town four of you and two dogs in
7:11 7:14 this in this tiny room for 22 hours can
7:14 7:16 you tell me what that was like I used
7:16 7:20 the word uh you know hell eventually
7:20 7:22 Israeli soldiers rescued them he showed
7:22 7:25 us where he was shot as they all escaped
7:25 7:27 when we walked towards the kots toward
7:27 7:30 the kots gate
7:30 7:34 and we were shot and then I felt my
7:34 7:37 hip um was hurt we I dived into the
7:37 7:40 ground with my mother the soldier
7:40 7:44 yelled um are you alive I was I said yes
7:44 7:47 his sister had been Sheltering nearby
7:47 7:50 but they have not seen her since she is
7:50 7:52 among the missing so your belief is she
7:52 7:53 was
7:53 7:58 kidnapped I feel it um as her brother I
7:58 8:00 just feel it in my
8:00 8:03 body yeah what gives you hope that
8:03 8:05 you'll see your sister
8:05 8:07 again I don't
8:07 8:11 know I'm not counting on my I don't
8:11 8:14 know I just we don't know yeah we just
8:14 8:16 don't know how are you doing as a family
8:16 8:17 right
8:17 8:20 now my mother is broken my grandmother
8:20 8:22 she's starting to realize about my
8:22 8:25 sister what's happening exactly I'm in
8:25 8:28 pain for everyone and for everything
8:28 8:29 here
8:29 8:31 it is painful how many people here are
8:31 8:34 seeking answers as I saw off the top
8:34 8:36 Israeli forces are massing in the South
8:36 8:38 right now near the Gaza border a buildup
8:38 8:40 that signals an impending ground
8:40 8:43 defensive may not be far off Richard
8:43 8:46 angle is there
8:46 8:48 tonight Israeli troops were caught off
8:48 8:51 guard by hamas's surprise terror attack
8:51 8:53 now they're taking the initiative
8:53 8:56 Israeli forces are streaming South and
8:56 8:59 digging in to Target the Hamas run Gaza
8:59 9:02 trip with artillery tanks and Soldiers
9:02 9:05 the ground offensive could start at any
9:05 9:09 time for the last 5 days Israel has been
9:09 9:12 bombing Gaza to weaken Hamas and has cut
9:12 9:14 off the power and water Israel's defense
9:14 9:17 minister promises what's coming next
9:17 9:20 will reshape Gaza
9:20 9:23 forever we will reach all places he says
9:23 9:26 Hamas wanted to change the situation it
9:26 9:28 will change back
9:28 9:31 180° and they will regret this moment as
9:31 9:33 the military buildup picks up pace
9:33 9:36 Israel has declared the entire area
9:36 9:38 around Gaza a military zone Israel has
9:38 9:40 brought in enough tanks and armor for a
9:40 9:42 fullscale ground war and is now
9:42 9:45 mobilizing the more than 360,000
9:45 9:47 reservists called up for national
9:47 9:50 service a new phase of this conflict is
9:50 9:53 about to begin and there will be many
9:53 9:56 casualties for Israeli troops the risks
9:56 9:58 are high Hamas plan for Saturday's
9:58 10:01 murderous Rampage into Israel for a year
10:01 10:04 its gunmen showing a level of training
10:04 10:06 and savagery that shocked Israel and the
10:06 10:09 world new footage shows Hamas gunman
10:09 10:12 paragliding into that Music Festival on
10:12 10:14 Saturday morning Hamas is also prepared
10:14 10:17 for Israel's ground Invasion and says it
10:17 10:19 welcomes it Hamas has a network of
10:19 10:22 tunnels and booby traps and knows the
10:22 10:24 ground far better than Israel for the 2
10:24 10:27 million civilians in Gaza the risks are
10:27 10:30 even higher Gaza is one of the most
10:30 10:33 densely populated areas on Earth street
10:33 10:36 to street fighting could kill thousands
10:36 10:38 and Hamas is also holding an estimated
10:38 10:41 150 hostages
10:41 10:44 there the United States is fully backing
10:44 10:46 Israel and is already sending plain
10:46 10:48 loads of weapons the US has also sent
10:48 10:51 warships to the Eastern Mediterranean as
10:51 10:54 a warning to hamas's allies Hezbollah in
10:54 10:57 Lebanon and Iran to sit this one out
10:57 11:02 made it clear made it clear to the
11:02 11:05 Iranians be careful but will attacking
11:05 11:08 Gaza destroy Hamas as Israel hopes or
11:08 11:11 further radicalize the population locked
11:11 11:14 inside what many describe as the world's
11:14 11:16 largest prison wherever Hamas is located
11:16 11:18 wherever their Terror capabilities are
11:18 11:20 located that's where we are going to
11:20 11:22 find
11:22 11:25 them Israel says it has no choice but to
11:25 11:27 go in that no Nation could accept
11:27 11:29 terrorists next door willing to
11:29 11:32 slaughter women and children and take
11:32 11:33 hostages as human
11:33 11:36 Shields and Richard if this ground
11:36 11:38 defensive happens what is the military
11:38 11:42 Mission what's the end game they would
11:42 11:45 expect the end game is to topple Hamas
11:45 11:48 but it seems difficult to imagine how a
11:48 11:51 ground invasion is going to overthrow
11:51 11:54 Hamas in Gaza unless Israel is willing
11:54 11:57 to reoccupy the Gaza Strip and there's
11:57 12:00 little appetite for that so mostly it's
12:00 12:02 punitive
12:02 12:04 Lester all right Richard angle tonight
12:04 12:06 thank you also this evening we're
12:06 12:07 getting a more complete picture of how
12:07 12:10 the Hamas terrorists began their deadly
12:10 12:12 assault ref Sanchez is in southern
12:12 12:14 Israel tonight with
12:14 12:16 that tonight new details about the
12:16 12:19 opening moments of hamas's surprise
12:19 12:21 attack and new questions about the
12:21 12:24 failure to stop it terrorists arrived at
12:24 12:26 the gates of kibuts berry just before
12:26 12:28 6:00 a.m. on Saturday unable to get
12:28 12:30 through they lay in wait for Israeli
12:30 12:33 civilians to arrive today we walked
12:33 12:35 through those same Gates this is the
12:35 12:37 main entrance to the kibuts following a
12:37 12:40 trail of horror spread across this
12:40 12:43 kibutz a small Israeli farming commune
12:43 12:45 the scenes of Destruction here are just
12:45 12:48 staggering the Israeli military says 40
12:48 12:50 hostages were held in this house six
12:50 12:53 soldiers were killed trying to liberate
12:53 12:54 them and ultimately you can see the
12:54 12:57 house completely burned out some houses
12:57 12:59 Frozen in time from the moment to the
12:59 13:02 attack and lying nearby a GoPro The
13:02 13:05 Killers brought to record their deeds
13:05 13:07 NBC News obtaining these images released
13:07 13:10 by Hamas showing the bodies of dead
13:10 13:13 Israeli soldiers that were subsequently
13:13 13:15 beheaded this footage shows families
13:15 13:17 from Berry being marched Barefoot from
13:17 13:19 their homes only to be murdered soon
13:19 13:21 after the bodies of more than a 100
13:21 13:24 civilians were found here including many
13:24 13:26 children some of them still lying in
13:26 13:27 silent
13:27 13:30 rows it took Israel's military 2 days of
13:30 13:33 intense fighting to regain control every
13:33 13:35 time that we saw that we clean the area
13:35 13:38 and everything was silent suddenly
13:38 13:40 another 12 or another
13:40 13:43 20 would pop out out yeah tonight there
13:43 13:45 were combat troops on every street but
13:45 13:47 the painful question where were they
13:47 13:50 when Hamas attacked do you feel your
13:50 13:53 response here was too slow I don't use
13:53 13:56 his feeling now I I use with a mission
13:56 13:59 we need to save the people to protect
13:59 14:03 our land and to switch to attack and how
14:03 14:05 did Israeli intelligence Miss signs of
14:05 14:09 Hamas preparations including training on
14:09 14:11 paragliders and even building a mock
14:11 14:14 town to practice their attack questions
14:14 14:16 that will haunt Israel for generations
14:16 14:19 to come and Raph joining us now from
14:19 14:21 ashad Raph what more do we know about
14:21 14:23 Iran's possible involvement in the
14:23 14:26 planning of this
14:26 14:28 attack Lester two sources tonight tell
14:28 14:31 NBC news that American intelligence
14:31 14:34 shows Iran was surprised by the attack
14:34 14:36 which suggests they weren't informed in
14:36 14:38 advance but the Biden Administration has
14:38 14:40 not yet reached a firm conclusion about
14:40 14:43 Iran's possible role
14:43 14:45 Lester all right rap Sanchez thank you
14:45 14:47 in 60 seconds deadly violence in the
14:47 14:50 Middle East exposed deep divisions in
14:50 14:53 the US inside the culture Clash at home
14:53 14:55 right after
14:55 14:58 this the Hamas terrorist attack on isra
14:58 15:00 Israel and the escalating War it sparked
15:00 15:03 have led to heartbreak anger and tension
15:03 15:05 in the United States many Americans are
15:05 15:08 on edge as rate gets heated and
15:08 15:11 misinformation spreads Stephanie gos
15:11 15:13 reports at times this week the hostility
15:13 15:15 between pro-israeli and pro Palestinian
15:15 15:19 groups has Spilled Out on the streets
15:19 15:21 the Israeli Palestinian conflict has
15:21 15:24 always fueled intense debate but after
15:24 15:26 hamas's indiscriminate killing of so
15:26 15:28 many innocent people the tension in the
15:28 15:31 US feels heightened college campuses are
15:31 15:34 a flasho in the hours after the attack
15:34 15:36 student groups at Harvard released a
15:36 15:38 letter saying they hold the Israeli
15:38 15:41 regime entirely responsible for all
15:41 15:43 unfolding violence former Harvard
15:43 15:45 president Larry Summers called their
15:45 15:48 message morally unconscionable the
15:48 15:51 university like many other
15:51 15:56 universities moved very slowly to
15:56 15:59 condemn Hamas Terror under pressure by
15:59 16:01 Summers and others the University's
16:01 16:03 president condemned Hamas saying the
16:03 16:05 letter did not speak for the school
16:05 16:07 since then multiple groups have
16:07 16:09 withdrawn their signatures from the
16:09 16:10 letter
16:10 16:15 terror is beyond the Paw there is only
16:15 16:18 one legitimate position with respect to
16:18 16:21 terror is it possible right now to be
16:21 16:25 both horrified by these attacks and also
16:25 16:27 publicly critical of the Israeli
16:27 16:30 government of course a position we heard
16:30 16:32 at a rally I wanted to come here and
16:32 16:35 give support and and a voice to the
16:35 16:37 people without a voice Columbia grad
16:37 16:39 student nor sulaman is Palestinian I do
16:39 16:42 not support Hamas at all right I I I
16:42 16:45 support the Palestinian right to resist
16:45 16:47 I don't support the slaughtering of
16:47 16:50 innocent people on either side at ruter
16:50 16:52 these Jewish students are concerned
16:52 16:55 anti-israeli sentiment could fuel
16:55 16:57 anti-Semitism and I've been hearing the
16:57 17:00 tone of it's less of Israelis are bad
17:00 17:02 but more of Jews are bad and that's
17:02 17:05 really scary the worry words can be
17:05 17:08 dangerous thousands of miles away or
17:08 17:10 right here at home Stephanie gos NBC
17:10 17:12 News New
17:12 17:15 York coming up Republicans nominate a
17:15 17:17 new house speaker but can Steve scales
17:17 17:19 get the full support he needs and stop
17:19 17:22 the party in fighting next my great
17:22 17:24 great
17:24 17:27 grandparents in Washington today House
17:27 17:29 Republicans move close to picking their
17:29 17:31 new speaker narrowly nominating Steve
17:31 17:34 scales of Louisiana Ryan Nobles is at
17:34 17:36 the capital and Ryan scales has the
17:36 17:39 momentum but is it a sure thing it's not
17:39 17:41 right now Lester in skes the current
17:41 17:43 majority leader did one that close
17:43 17:46 internal Republican vote for the job but
17:46 17:47 he would need almost every member of the
17:47 17:49 Republican conference to vote for him on
17:49 17:50 the floor in order to lock up the
17:50 17:52 speaker's job and right now several
17:52 17:54 Republicans say they're not prepared to
17:54 17:56 support him at this stage as a result
17:56 17:58 that vote is delayed and and the
17:58 18:00 Republicans are going to wait until they
18:00 18:01 have the votes locked up before moving
18:01 18:04 to the next step scales of course almost
18:04 18:06 lost his life after being shot at a
18:06 18:08 congressional baseball game in 2017 he
18:08 18:10 was diagnosed with a treatable form of
18:10 18:13 blood cancer in August
18:13 18:16 Lester and Ryan if scales does become
18:16 18:18 speaker he's got a long to-do list
18:18 18:20 facing him yeah that's right whoever is
18:20 18:22 the speaker is going to have to deal
18:22 18:24 with a looming budget Showdown and of
18:24 18:26 course questions over additional Aid to
18:26 18:28 Israel and Ukraine and the looming
18:28 18:30 border crisis and just today a group of
18:30 18:32 New York Republicans say that they're
18:32 18:35 going to file a resolution to expel the
18:35 18:37 embattled congressman George sanos this
18:37 18:39 after sanos was hit with a new round of
18:39 18:41 charges related to campaign's finance
18:41 18:43 violations of course Lester none of this
18:43 18:45 matters if there isn't a speaker of the
18:45 18:48 house because no votes can be cast
18:48 18:51 Lester all right Ryan nobl thanks coming
18:51 18:53 up a country forever change as families
18:53 18:56 face a grim reality after an attack lik
18:56 19:01 into Israel's 9/11
19:01 19:03 finally tonight as Kelly cooba reports
19:03 19:05 the terror here has left this country
19:05 19:07 forever
19:07 19:09 changed the
19:09 19:12 sounds are imprinted on nearly every
19:12 19:15 israeli's mind after Hamas terrorists
19:15 19:18 descended on the desert the attack has
19:18 19:21 shaken the country to its core every one
19:21 19:25 of us know somebody who had been killed
19:25 19:28 kidnapped and taken in captivity at
19:28 19:31 least 1,200 people murdered in a country
19:31 19:33 of just under 10 million the equivalent
19:33 19:37 of over 40,000 dead if it had happened
19:37 19:40 in the US and scenes Echo 911 which
19:40 19:43 reshaped the United States forever no
19:43 19:47 nothing is normal we're worried we're
19:47 19:51 angry this region is no stranger to
19:51 19:54 war half a century ago the yam Kapur War
19:54 19:56 left the country deeply
19:56 20:00 scarred now it's different no place
20:00 20:03 feels safe it was something else
20:03 20:05 something unbelievable we're not used to
20:05 20:09 being so vulnerable mother of two Yara
20:09 20:11 nagar spent hours in a safe room at her
20:11 20:14 home she says the Army never came for
20:14 20:17 them they escaped on their own has this
20:17 20:20 changed everything in your mind when
20:20 20:22 this was the first time that we left the
20:22 20:25 kibot and as we drove through the gate I
20:25 20:28 said I don't think I'm coming back I
20:28 20:31 don't think I can still live here I
20:31 20:34 don't feel safe in my home and that's
20:34 20:37 something that has never happened to me
20:37 20:39 tonight hope for peace feels shattered
20:39 20:42 the options on the ground remain as
20:42 20:45 bitter as ever before Kelly Koba NBC
20:45 20:47 News Tel
20:47 20:50 Aviv and it appears more Dark Days lie
20:50 20:52 ahead that's Nightly News thank you for
20:52 20:54 watching I'm Lester Hol please take care
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