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tonight our special coverage near the
0:03 0:05 Gaza border the desperate race to
0:05 0:08 evacuate as Israel begins raids into
0:08 0:10 Gaza ahead of that potentially massive
0:10 0:13 ground offensive the new strikes and
0:13 0:16 Chaos inside Northern Gaza after Israel
0:16 0:18 ordered more than 1 million people to
0:18 0:20 evacuate to the South Hamas saying an
0:20 0:22 Israeli air strike hit a convoy of
0:22 0:25 fleeing civilians 70 dead mostly women
0:25 0:28 and children leaflets dropped on the
0:28 0:31 Strip warning get out now Israeli troops
0:31 0:34 on the border and Special Forces already
0:34 0:37 carrying out targeted raids inside Gaza
0:37 0:39 looking for hostages President Biden
0:39 0:41 speaking to the families of some
0:41 0:44 American captives his emotional message
0:44 0:47 horrifying new details on how the attack
0:47 0:50 unfolded NBC News exclusively obtaining
0:50 0:52 documents with detailed plans to Target
0:52 0:54 schools and we're now learning
0:54 0:57 terrorists breached the Border fence
0:57 0:59 some 30 times in some cases blasting
0:59 1:02 holes with explosives and the stories of
1:02 1:04 survivors I've
1:04 1:07 met did you feel you were in constant
1:07 1:09 danger yes we experienced missiles going
1:09 1:10 over our
1:10 1:13 heads the chilling video she shared of
1:13 1:15 her Dash to safety as Rockets streak
1:15 1:18 overhead back in the US City's on high
1:18 1:21 alert after a former Hamas leader called
1:21 1:24 for protests on a Worldwide Day of rage
1:24 1:27 and Chaos in Congress the House GOP
1:27 1:29 picking a new candidate for speaker
1:29 1:33 after the last nominee abruptly dropped
1:33 1:37 out this is NBC Nightly News with Lester
1:37 1:43 Holt reporting tonight live from
1:43 1:45 Israel good evening everyone from Tel
1:45 1:47 Aviv where it is well after midnight at
1:47 1:50 an ominous deadline for over a million
1:50 1:52 residents of Northern Gaza to evacuate
1:52 1:55 the territory has expired against the
1:55 1:57 objections of the UN which warned the
1:57 2:00 evacuation of so many people at one one
2:00 2:03 time would risk a humanitarian disaster
2:03 2:05 Israel telling gazin they had just 24
2:05 2:08 hours to evacuate the northern portion
2:08 2:10 of the Gaza Strip a move that is widely
2:10 2:13 seen as an opening step in a massive
2:13 2:15 ground operation against dug in Hamas
2:15 2:18 militants Israel dropping leaflets into
2:18 2:21 Gaza warning residents of the deadline
2:21 2:24 Hamas urging people to stay at least 70
2:24 2:27 Palestinian civilians reportedly killed
2:27 2:29 however by Israeli air strikes as they
2:29 2:32 fled in convoys while inside Israel
2:32 2:35 mourners forced to hug the ground when
2:35 2:38 air raid sirens sounded during a funeral
2:38 2:40 in a few moments you'll meet a group of
2:40 2:41 Americans who have staged their own
2:41 2:44 evacuation from the danger zone inside
2:44 2:47 Southern Israel sharing with me the
2:47 2:49 harrowing video of what caused them to
2:49 2:52 flee the line of fire Richard angle is
2:52 2:54 in Israel close to the Gaza border and
2:54 2:57 starts us off tonight Richard what are
2:57 2:58 you
2:58 3:00 seeing
3:00 3:02 a lot of military activity Lester there
3:02 3:04 are drones overhead right now the air
3:04 3:06 strikes are continuing and the people of
3:06 3:09 Gaza City which is completely blacked
3:09 3:11 out behind me are bracing for a ground
3:11 3:14 assault that could come at any moment
3:14 3:17 bombs are raining down on Gaza tonight
3:17 3:20 the Israeli military saying some forces
3:20 3:22 have already entered Gaza to gather
3:22 3:24 intelligence to recover
3:24 3:26 hostages ahead of an anticipated
3:26 3:29 fullscale ground Invasion one that will
3:29 3:31 be a challenge for Israeli troops as
3:31 3:33 Hamas Fighters use an underground
3:33 3:36 network of tunnels to their
3:36 3:39 advantage Israel gave 1.1 million
3:39 3:42 Palestinians in Northern Gaza 24 hours
3:42 3:46 to head south to save their lives some
3:46 3:49 heeded the order fleeing in vehicles on
3:49 3:52 foot and horsedrawn
3:52 3:55 carts but most have not left according
3:55 3:58 to our contacts inside Gaza many gazans
3:58 4:01 are already ref refugees from previous
4:01 4:03 Wars and they're determined not to be
4:03 4:06 made refugees again and they have
4:06 4:09 nowhere to go Salma sharab a 22-year-old
4:09 4:11 dental student is keeping a video
4:11 4:14 journal every time I close my eye I
4:14 4:16 either hear a bomb or see a light or
4:16 4:18 hear a noise or hear a scream or hear a
4:18 4:21 neighbor evacuating so I'm like should I
4:21 4:23 evacuate now or should I just wait for
4:23 4:26 my death in my own house it's really
4:26 4:28 confusing this is my bed I've moved it
4:28 4:30 several times this night trying to find
4:30 4:33 the safest room to be with my
4:33 4:36 family medical workers say they aren't
4:36 4:38 leaving that they can't abandon the
4:38 4:41 wounded already flooding in our local
4:41 4:43 camera crew visited the shifa hospital
4:43 4:46 in Gaza City and found it in a state of
4:46 4:49 collapse with all the beds full patients
4:49 4:52 are treated on the floor sheets used for
4:52 4:55 stretchers Israel says it's only
4:55 4:56 targeting
4:56 4:59 Hamas but there were wounded children
4:59 5:02 every everywhere in some cases even
5:02 5:04 those trying to flee are attacked
5:04 5:06 medical officials told us most of these
5:06 5:09 victims 200 of them were injured by
5:09 5:11 Israeli air strikes as they were trying
5:11 5:14 to escape Gaza City in a convoy and that
5:14 5:16 70 were
5:16 5:19 killed we were heading to the South and
5:19 5:21 they bombed us God will punish them for
5:21 5:25 this says n shadan the Gaza Strip is 139
5:25 5:28 square miles bordered by Israel the
5:28 5:31 Mediterranean Sea and Egypt Israel told
5:31 5:33 gazans to move South of the W Gaza
5:33 5:36 Valley all of gaza's borders are shut
5:36 5:39 Aid workers say a humanitarian Corridor
5:39 5:42 must be open to at least allow in food
5:42 5:45 water and medicine to Southern Gaza
5:45 5:48 everybody from Gaza is moving towards
5:48 5:52 where we are 1 million people no food no
5:52 5:55 water we are we going to put them but my
5:55 5:57 thought is all these people in the
5:57 6:00 hospital cannot be AAC
6:00 6:03 accuate where's
6:03 6:07 Humanity where's people's hearts in the
6:07 6:10 world the US is working to contain this
6:10 6:13 war but it's already spreading to the
6:13 6:14 West Bank where more than 40
6:14 6:18 Palestinians have been killed in violent
6:18 6:21 clashes and in Lebanon where the deputy
6:21 6:23 chief of Hezbollah a militant group that
6:23 6:25 supports Hamas said it would act when
6:25 6:27 the time is
6:27 6:30 right an Israeli strike in Lebanon near
6:30 6:32 the border with Israel today hid a group
6:32 6:34 of foreign journalists killing a
6:34 6:37 reuter's videographer and injuring six
6:37 6:42 others as the situation in Gaza
6:42 6:44 deteriorates Israeli Prime Minister
6:44 6:46 Benjamin Netanyahu appeared before
6:46 6:48 cameras today to say this is only the
6:48 6:51 beginning that Israel is striking at its
6:51 6:54 enemies with unprecedented might and
6:54 6:57 will eradicate Hamas Richard the scenes
6:57 6:59 out of Gaza are absolutely harrowing but
6:59 7:00 one of the most notable things is what
7:00 7:04 we are not seeing tell me about
7:04 7:07 that so people in Gaza City have told me
7:07 7:09 that they are not seeing any Hamas
7:09 7:11 fighters on the streets they have go
7:11 7:13 gone underground to their positions
7:13 7:16 getting ready for a fight
7:16 7:18 Lester all right Richard angle starting
7:18 7:20 us off thanks the families of the 14
7:20 7:22 Americans still unaccounted for remain
7:22 7:25 plunged in uncertainty today President
7:25 7:27 Biden had strong new words of support
7:27 7:30 for them along with the top us officials
7:30 7:31 here in the
7:31 7:34 region as anticipation of an imminent
7:34 7:37 ground war in Gaza mounts tonight the US
7:37 7:40 reaffirming its commitment to Israel
7:40 7:42 Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin the
7:42 7:44 latest top official to travel there the
7:44 7:47 United States will make sure that Israel
7:47 7:49 has what it needs to defend itself
7:49 7:51 meeting with Arab leaders in Cutter
7:51 7:53 Secretary of State Anthony blinkin
7:53 7:56 urging Israel to avoid as many civilian
7:56 7:59 casualties as possible we continue to to
7:59 8:01 discuss with Israel the importance of
8:01 8:04 taking every possible precaution to
8:04 8:06 avoid harming civilians while back home
8:06 8:08 President Biden spoke virtually today
8:08 8:11 with families of the 14 Americans who
8:11 8:13 remain unaccounted for it's
8:13 8:15 gut-wrenching I assured them my personal
8:15 8:17 commitment to do everything possible
8:17 8:19 everything possible to return every
8:19 8:22 missing American to their families Abby
8:22 8:24 own called that conversation very
8:24 8:27 emotional I first met her on Monday
8:27 8:29 anxiously awaiting word on five family
8:29 8:32 members after Hamas gunman attacked
8:32 8:34 their home and right now all we care is
8:34 8:36 that they come home safely now she says
8:36 8:38 the Israeli government has confirmed two
8:38 8:42 of them are hostages Carmela Dan and her
8:42 8:44 13-year-old granddaughter Noya my
8:44 8:46 immediate reaction was I don't know how
8:46 8:49 to react and my later reaction is
8:49 8:51 continued optimism and hope because it
8:51 8:53 means they're alive she says noia has
8:53 8:56 special needs from what I understand
8:56 8:59 during the Hamas attack on the house
8:59 9:02 uh she didn't know what was going on
9:02 9:04 which is even more terrifying in a sense
9:04 9:06 because she needs special attention and
9:06 9:08 special care and I'm positive that she's
9:08 9:11 not getting it a team of us officials is
9:11 9:14 in Israel to help with efforts to free
9:14 9:16 the hostages I feel reassured by the
9:16 9:18 actions of the US government did you get
9:18 9:21 any in inkling from um secretary blinkin
9:21 9:24 yesterday about how far the us will go
9:24 9:26 to secure the release the only thing
9:26 9:27 that I I feel like I should say is that
9:27 9:29 every option is on the table for other
9:29 9:33 families immense relief tearful reunions
9:33 9:36 as loved ones returned from Israel and
9:36 9:37 the first state department charter
9:37 9:41 flights evacuating Americans taking off
9:41 9:44 today but for those who remain life may
9:44 9:46 never be the same at a school in
9:46 9:49 herzelia north of Tel Aviv we found beds
9:49 9:51 crammed into every corner it's where I
9:51 9:54 met a tight-knit group of Americans who
9:54 9:57 converted to Judaism and moved to Israel
9:57 9:59 years ago they fled their home homes in
9:59 10:02 ascalon after the area was pounded by
10:02 10:04 rocket attacks missiles are striking
10:04 10:06 around where you
10:06 10:08 live Nikia Brown captured the
10:08 10:11 bombardment in chilling video she shared
10:11 10:13 with me did you feel you were in
10:13 10:15 constant danger yes we experienced
10:15 10:20 missiles going over our
10:20 10:23 heads so at this moment my friend sees
10:23 10:25 missiles in the sky and then we hear the
10:25 10:28 alarm and we
10:28 10:30 run
10:30 10:34 it's traumatizing oh my goodness
10:34 10:36 traumatizing no shelter we trying to
10:36 10:40 find a shelter I I see a shelter here we
10:40 10:45 duck inside cuz you can hear the
10:45 10:48 bombs bomb shelter bomb shelter come on
10:48 10:50 come on here's a momb shelter this is
10:50 10:52 the kind of indiscriminate damage and
10:52 10:54 danger Nikia and the rest of the group
10:54 10:55 have fled from this was their
10:55 10:58 neighborhood in Ash colon and right here
10:58 10:59 at this building
10:59 11:01 a neighbor lost his life in a missile
11:01 11:04 attack they say herzelia has welcomed
11:04 11:07 them with open arms here their children
11:07 11:10 can draw blow bubbles act like kids
11:10 11:13 again the kids seem to be doing better
11:13 11:15 now as soon as they got here everybody
11:15 11:17 Smiles running back and forth playing
11:17 11:20 with toys being here you can see Smiles
11:20 11:22 on their faces again so that's a
11:22 11:25 beautiful day a lot to process from
11:25 11:27 these survivors tonight NBC News has
11:27 11:30 exclusive new reporting about just how
11:30 11:32 extensive Hamas planning was from
11:32 11:35 schools targeted to the number of places
11:35 11:37 breached Raph Sanchez with breaking
11:37 11:42 details and concerns over Israel's
11:42 11:44 Readiness tonight chilling new details
11:44 11:46 on how Hamas terrorists deliberately
11:46 11:48 targeted Israeli schools and youth
11:48 11:51 centers in their hunt for hostages
11:51 11:53 documents recovered from the bodies of
11:53 11:55 Hamas Fighters and obtained by NBC news
11:55 11:57 from an Israeli official show how the
11:57 11:59 group Drew up Det detailed plans to
11:59 12:02 storm specific schools and tasked
12:02 12:05 special units to deal with the hostages
12:05 12:07 the documents contradict Hamas claims
12:07 12:09 that the group does not Target
12:09 12:12 children and they're part of an emerging
12:12 12:14 picture of the scale and sophistication
12:14 12:16 of the attack raising new questions
12:16 12:18 about the failure of Israeli forces to
12:18 12:22 stop it the Israeli military tells NBC
12:22 12:24 news that the Gaza border fence was
12:24 12:27 breached approximately 30 times a higher
12:27 12:29 number than previously reported and
12:29 12:31 which helps explain how hundreds of
12:31 12:34 terrorists were able to enter Israel we
12:34 12:36 located some of the most severe breaches
12:36 12:39 including this one near kibutz
12:39 12:42 ber where terrorists use high explosives
12:42 12:44 to blast their way through then storming
12:44 12:46 inside the rural community leaving a
12:46 12:49 trail of death behind the Israeli
12:49 12:52 military says that in this house the
12:52 12:55 Israeli residents had barricaded
12:55 12:58 themselves into a safe room the Hamas
12:58 13:00 terrorist weren't able to get them so
13:00 13:02 they set the whole house on fire Hamas
13:02 13:04 ground forces were supported from above
13:04 13:07 by explosive carrying drones at this
13:07 13:10 spot near kafar Aza a drone dropping a
13:10 13:12 bomb on a machine gun Tower overlooking
13:12 13:15 the Border new images also show what two
13:15 13:17 security analysts believe is an
13:17 13:19 anti-aircraft missile it's not clear if
13:19 13:21 it was fired but it indicates the
13:21 13:23 terrorists arrived ready to defend
13:23 13:25 themselves against Israeli
13:25 13:28 helicopters we don't know why Israeli
13:28 13:30 monitoring systems failed to detect
13:30 13:32 hundreds of Hamas Fighters approaching
13:32 13:33 the Border
13:33 13:36 fence critics say Israeli intelligence
13:36 13:37 missed early warning
13:37 13:40 signs including Hamas Fighters building
13:40 13:43 an open air Village to practice their
13:43 13:46 tactics well it was a collapse of all
13:46 13:50 systems but the first one is the
13:50 13:52 intelligence system and painful
13:52 13:54 questions over the slow response of
13:54 13:56 Israeli troops once the attack was
13:56 13:59 underway it's not the
13:59 14:03 success of Hamas it's more the failure
14:03 14:07 of the Israeli defense uram arz was a
14:07 14:09 senior Israeli officer stationed along
14:09 14:12 the Gaza border what's the single thing
14:12 14:14 that shocks you the most and none of
14:14 14:19 them war was in in full gear in Israel
14:19 14:24 for decades there's a drill that before
14:24 14:29 the dawn uh rise this is the most uh
14:29 14:33 important and sensitive time that can
14:33 14:36 that the enemy can attack we asked the
14:36 14:38 Israeli military's top spokesman what
14:38 14:40 went wrong here was this an intelligence
14:40 14:42 failure was it a failure of the units on
14:42 14:46 the border what went wrong this is is
14:46 14:48 this is a plan that was being planned a
14:48 14:52 m massive scale plan why we didn't know
14:52 14:54 we will find out what we didn't know why
14:54 14:57 we didn't know but now we're not into
14:57 14:59 that our mindset
14:59 15:03 our mindset now is in the other side of
15:03 15:05 the Border a military with a difficult
15:05 15:08 fight ahead and difficult questions to
15:08 15:13 answer Raph Sanchez NBC News ashad in 60
15:13 15:15 seconds America on high alert on a day
15:15 15:21 of protest anger and tension right after
15:21 15:23 this this escalating war was on the
15:23 15:26 minds of so many Americans at home today
15:26 15:29 playing out in protests Raw emotions and
15:29 15:31 heighten security around the country
15:31 15:34 Blaine Alexander now with that
15:34 15:37 story resistance is just the from the
15:37 15:40 shadow of the US capital to the nation's
15:40 15:44 heartland free pal tonight from coast to
15:44 15:46 coast thousands are spilling into the
15:46 15:48 streets in emotional protests over the
15:48 15:51 Israel Hamas
15:51 15:54 War I stand in solidarity with my
15:54 15:57 Palestinian friends and all my friends
15:57 15:59 who want an end to occupation and adj
15:59 16:02 and Lasting peace in New York where all
16:02 16:04 officers have been ordered in uniform
16:04 16:06 and on duty more than a thousand people
16:06 16:09 packed into Time Square where officials
16:09 16:11 are watching from the ground and above
16:11 16:13 all of it comes on the day declared by a
16:13 16:16 former Hamas leader as a global day of
16:16 16:19 anger but in New York we found peaceful
16:19 16:21 protesters showing up to voice their own
16:21 16:24 perspectives I feel bad because the
16:24 16:27 people
16:27 16:29 die
16:29 16:32 what is for what for the land they must
16:32 16:35 have a they have to sit down and they
16:35 16:38 talk this is difficult for you a lot to
16:38 16:40 wrestle with yeah I mean I I am Israeli
16:40 16:42 but I'm also human like I don't want
16:42 16:43 anybody to be suffering nobody deserves
16:43 16:45 to die no children Des to die not on the
16:45 16:48 Israeli side not on the Palestinian side
16:48 16:51 it's it's really horrible tonight police
16:51 16:53 remain on high alert law enforcement
16:53 16:55 officials tell NBC news they are
16:55 16:57 monitoring a lot of chatter on social
16:57 16:59 media both domestic and Global but
16:59 17:02 stress there are no specific credible
17:02 17:05 threats at Jewish schools and places of
17:05 17:07 worship across the country a steady
17:07 17:09 stream of added security as synagogues
17:09 17:12 prepare to observe the first Sabbath
17:12 17:13 since last week's
17:13 17:17 attack and the Sabbath begins at sundown
17:17 17:19 now tonight despite that heavy security
17:19 17:21 many Jewish leaders are vowing to keep
17:21 17:23 their doors open and urging their
17:23 17:25 members to come out and worship
17:25 17:28 Lester L Alexander tonight thank thank
17:28 17:30 you ahead for us Republicans have
17:30 17:32 another nominee for speaker after SK
17:32 17:36 scales's stunning Dropout can the party
17:36 17:40 unify
17:40 17:43 next at the end of another chaotic week
17:43 17:45 at the US capital Republicans nominated
17:45 17:47 Jim Jordan to be the next house Speaker
17:47 17:50 late today after Steve scales abandoned
17:50 17:53 his bid Ryan Nobles is following this
17:53 17:56 minute by minute Ryan where do things
17:56 17:58 stand Lester right now the house
17:58 18:01 speakers race probably won't be voted on
18:01 18:03 until early next week the Republican's
18:03 18:05 new nominee Jim Jordan still needs to
18:05 18:08 build support to guarantee that he can
18:08 18:10 have 217 votes when this goes to a vote
18:10 18:12 on the full house floor now Jordan
18:12 18:14 Jordan did win an internal party vote
18:14 18:16 today but by a slim margin to Austin
18:16 18:18 Scott a little known congressman from
18:18 18:21 Georgia a second ballot though revealed
18:21 18:23 that more than 50 Republicans are not
18:23 18:25 comfortable supporting Jordan on the
18:25 18:27 house floor and he can only afford to
18:27 18:29 lose four rep Republican votes if he
18:29 18:31 wants to be the next speaker now Jordan
18:31 18:33 supporters remain optimistic that he can
18:33 18:35 win over his skeptical colleagues now
18:35 18:37 without a speaker no legislation can
18:37 18:39 move through the Congress that includes
18:39 18:42 the potential of a hefty Aid package to
18:42 18:44 support Israel in its war against Hamas
18:44 18:46 something the White House has forecasted
18:46 18:49 could come very soon
18:49 18:52 ler Ryan nobl tonight thank you coming
18:52 18:54 up Sabbath my candle light as families
18:54 18:57 across the region
18:57 19:01 mourn
19:01 19:04 Jerusalem's Western Wall is normally
19:04 19:07 full of life on a Friday Kelly Koba now
19:07 19:10 on the Jewish holy day here in Israel
19:10 19:12 with the country at
19:12 19:15 War today in Jerusalem the faithful
19:15 19:17 largely stayed away the Western Wall
19:17 19:19 usually crowded before the Sabbath
19:19 19:23 almost empty this mom of seven saids she
19:23 19:24 prayed for those killed and
19:24 19:27 missing the heart can't contain this
19:27 19:30 incredible sorrow she says every time I
19:30 19:33 look at my own baby I cry I remember
19:33 19:35 what's been done to the babies may God
19:35 19:37 hear our
19:37 19:39 prayers the echel family marking their
19:39 19:42 first Sabbath without their 19-year-old
19:42 19:44 daughter Rony at the table her
19:44 19:47 grandmother can't stop crying as a
19:47 19:50 mother it's it's it's like a living hell
19:50 19:54 for me because I can't help her rone
19:54 19:56 vanished Saturday morning kidnapped her
19:56 19:58 parents say from her safe room in the
19:58 20:01 South the last text came at 9:27 in the
20:01 20:05 morning I'm okay Mom don't worry her mom
20:05 20:07 writing okay sweetheart look after
20:07 20:11 yourself I miss her I miss her so hard I
20:11 20:14 I have a hole in my heart Friday night
20:14 20:16 around this family table is usually a
20:16 20:19 feast filled with food and laughter not
20:19 20:22 tonight the humble meal stays mostly
20:22 20:25 untouched we can't sleep we can't
20:25 20:29 eat I have no air I can't breed I
20:29 20:32 actually can't breed tonight hundreds of
20:32 20:35 empty chairs around family tables in
20:35 20:37 this heartbroken country and somber
20:37 20:41 quiet prayer for better days to come
20:41 20:44 celloa NBC News
20:44 20:46 Jerusalem that's Nightly News tune in to
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0:03 0:05 Gaza border the desperate race to
0:05 0:08 evacuate as Israel begins raids into
0:08 0:10 Gaza ahead of that potentially massive
0:10 0:13 ground offensive the new strikes and
0:13 0:16 Chaos inside Northern Gaza after Israel
0:16 0:18 ordered more than 1 million people to
0:18 0:20 evacuate to the South Hamas saying an
0:20 0:22 Israeli air strike hit a convoy of
0:22 0:25 fleeing civilians 70 dead mostly women
0:25 0:28 and children leaflets dropped on the
0:28 0:31 Strip warning get out now Israeli troops
0:31 0:34 on the border and Special Forces already
0:34 0:37 carrying out targeted raids inside Gaza
0:37 0:39 looking for hostages President Biden
0:39 0:41 speaking to the families of some
0:41 0:44 American captives his emotional message
0:44 0:47 horrifying new details on how the attack
0:47 0:50 unfolded NBC News exclusively obtaining
0:50 0:52 documents with detailed plans to Target
0:52 0:54 schools and we're now learning
0:54 0:57 terrorists breached the Border fence
0:57 0:59 some 30 times in some cases blasting
0:59 1:02 holes with explosives and the stories of
1:02 1:04 survivors I've
1:04 1:07 met did you feel you were in constant
1:07 1:09 danger yes we experienced missiles going
1:09 1:10 over our
1:10 1:13 heads the chilling video she shared of
1:13 1:15 her Dash to safety as Rockets streak
1:15 1:18 overhead back in the US City's on high
1:18 1:21 alert after a former Hamas leader called
1:21 1:24 for protests on a Worldwide Day of rage
1:24 1:27 and Chaos in Congress the House GOP
1:27 1:29 picking a new candidate for speaker
1:29 1:33 after the last nominee abruptly dropped
1:33 1:37 out this is NBC Nightly News with Lester
1:37 1:43 Holt reporting tonight live from
1:43 1:45 Israel good evening everyone from Tel
1:45 1:47 Aviv where it is well after midnight at
1:47 1:50 an ominous deadline for over a million
1:50 1:52 residents of Northern Gaza to evacuate
1:52 1:55 the territory has expired against the
1:55 1:57 objections of the UN which warned the
1:57 2:00 evacuation of so many people at one one
2:00 2:03 time would risk a humanitarian disaster
2:03 2:05 Israel telling gazin they had just 24
2:05 2:08 hours to evacuate the northern portion
2:08 2:10 of the Gaza Strip a move that is widely
2:10 2:13 seen as an opening step in a massive
2:13 2:15 ground operation against dug in Hamas
2:15 2:18 militants Israel dropping leaflets into
2:18 2:21 Gaza warning residents of the deadline
2:21 2:24 Hamas urging people to stay at least 70
2:24 2:27 Palestinian civilians reportedly killed
2:27 2:29 however by Israeli air strikes as they
2:29 2:32 fled in convoys while inside Israel
2:32 2:35 mourners forced to hug the ground when
2:35 2:38 air raid sirens sounded during a funeral
2:38 2:40 in a few moments you'll meet a group of
2:40 2:41 Americans who have staged their own
2:41 2:44 evacuation from the danger zone inside
2:44 2:47 Southern Israel sharing with me the
2:47 2:49 harrowing video of what caused them to
2:49 2:52 flee the line of fire Richard angle is
2:52 2:54 in Israel close to the Gaza border and
2:54 2:57 starts us off tonight Richard what are
2:57 2:58 you
2:58 3:00 seeing
3:00 3:02 a lot of military activity Lester there
3:02 3:04 are drones overhead right now the air
3:04 3:06 strikes are continuing and the people of
3:06 3:09 Gaza City which is completely blacked
3:09 3:11 out behind me are bracing for a ground
3:11 3:14 assault that could come at any moment
3:14 3:17 bombs are raining down on Gaza tonight
3:17 3:20 the Israeli military saying some forces
3:20 3:22 have already entered Gaza to gather
3:22 3:24 intelligence to recover
3:24 3:26 hostages ahead of an anticipated
3:26 3:29 fullscale ground Invasion one that will
3:29 3:31 be a challenge for Israeli troops as
3:31 3:33 Hamas Fighters use an underground
3:33 3:36 network of tunnels to their
3:36 3:39 advantage Israel gave 1.1 million
3:39 3:42 Palestinians in Northern Gaza 24 hours
3:42 3:46 to head south to save their lives some
3:46 3:49 heeded the order fleeing in vehicles on
3:49 3:52 foot and horsedrawn
3:52 3:55 carts but most have not left according
3:55 3:58 to our contacts inside Gaza many gazans
3:58 4:01 are already ref refugees from previous
4:01 4:03 Wars and they're determined not to be
4:03 4:06 made refugees again and they have
4:06 4:09 nowhere to go Salma sharab a 22-year-old
4:09 4:11 dental student is keeping a video
4:11 4:14 journal every time I close my eye I
4:14 4:16 either hear a bomb or see a light or
4:16 4:18 hear a noise or hear a scream or hear a
4:18 4:21 neighbor evacuating so I'm like should I
4:21 4:23 evacuate now or should I just wait for
4:23 4:26 my death in my own house it's really
4:26 4:28 confusing this is my bed I've moved it
4:28 4:30 several times this night trying to find
4:30 4:33 the safest room to be with my
4:33 4:36 family medical workers say they aren't
4:36 4:38 leaving that they can't abandon the
4:38 4:41 wounded already flooding in our local
4:41 4:43 camera crew visited the shifa hospital
4:43 4:46 in Gaza City and found it in a state of
4:46 4:49 collapse with all the beds full patients
4:49 4:52 are treated on the floor sheets used for
4:52 4:55 stretchers Israel says it's only
4:55 4:56 targeting
4:56 4:59 Hamas but there were wounded children
4:59 5:02 every everywhere in some cases even
5:02 5:04 those trying to flee are attacked
5:04 5:06 medical officials told us most of these
5:06 5:09 victims 200 of them were injured by
5:09 5:11 Israeli air strikes as they were trying
5:11 5:14 to escape Gaza City in a convoy and that
5:14 5:16 70 were
5:16 5:19 killed we were heading to the South and
5:19 5:21 they bombed us God will punish them for
5:21 5:25 this says n shadan the Gaza Strip is 139
5:25 5:28 square miles bordered by Israel the
5:28 5:31 Mediterranean Sea and Egypt Israel told
5:31 5:33 gazans to move South of the W Gaza
5:33 5:36 Valley all of gaza's borders are shut
5:36 5:39 Aid workers say a humanitarian Corridor
5:39 5:42 must be open to at least allow in food
5:42 5:45 water and medicine to Southern Gaza
5:45 5:48 everybody from Gaza is moving towards
5:48 5:52 where we are 1 million people no food no
5:52 5:55 water we are we going to put them but my
5:55 5:57 thought is all these people in the
5:57 6:00 hospital cannot be AAC
6:00 6:03 accuate where's
6:03 6:07 Humanity where's people's hearts in the
6:07 6:10 world the US is working to contain this
6:10 6:13 war but it's already spreading to the
6:13 6:14 West Bank where more than 40
6:14 6:18 Palestinians have been killed in violent
6:18 6:21 clashes and in Lebanon where the deputy
6:21 6:23 chief of Hezbollah a militant group that
6:23 6:25 supports Hamas said it would act when
6:25 6:27 the time is
6:27 6:30 right an Israeli strike in Lebanon near
6:30 6:32 the border with Israel today hid a group
6:32 6:34 of foreign journalists killing a
6:34 6:37 reuter's videographer and injuring six
6:37 6:42 others as the situation in Gaza
6:42 6:44 deteriorates Israeli Prime Minister
6:44 6:46 Benjamin Netanyahu appeared before
6:46 6:48 cameras today to say this is only the
6:48 6:51 beginning that Israel is striking at its
6:51 6:54 enemies with unprecedented might and
6:54 6:57 will eradicate Hamas Richard the scenes
6:57 6:59 out of Gaza are absolutely harrowing but
6:59 7:00 one of the most notable things is what
7:00 7:04 we are not seeing tell me about
7:04 7:07 that so people in Gaza City have told me
7:07 7:09 that they are not seeing any Hamas
7:09 7:11 fighters on the streets they have go
7:11 7:13 gone underground to their positions
7:13 7:16 getting ready for a fight
7:16 7:18 Lester all right Richard angle starting
7:18 7:20 us off thanks the families of the 14
7:20 7:22 Americans still unaccounted for remain
7:22 7:25 plunged in uncertainty today President
7:25 7:27 Biden had strong new words of support
7:27 7:30 for them along with the top us officials
7:30 7:31 here in the
7:31 7:34 region as anticipation of an imminent
7:34 7:37 ground war in Gaza mounts tonight the US
7:37 7:40 reaffirming its commitment to Israel
7:40 7:42 Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin the
7:42 7:44 latest top official to travel there the
7:44 7:47 United States will make sure that Israel
7:47 7:49 has what it needs to defend itself
7:49 7:51 meeting with Arab leaders in Cutter
7:51 7:53 Secretary of State Anthony blinkin
7:53 7:56 urging Israel to avoid as many civilian
7:56 7:59 casualties as possible we continue to to
7:59 8:01 discuss with Israel the importance of
8:01 8:04 taking every possible precaution to
8:04 8:06 avoid harming civilians while back home
8:06 8:08 President Biden spoke virtually today
8:08 8:11 with families of the 14 Americans who
8:11 8:13 remain unaccounted for it's
8:13 8:15 gut-wrenching I assured them my personal
8:15 8:17 commitment to do everything possible
8:17 8:19 everything possible to return every
8:19 8:22 missing American to their families Abby
8:22 8:24 own called that conversation very
8:24 8:27 emotional I first met her on Monday
8:27 8:29 anxiously awaiting word on five family
8:29 8:32 members after Hamas gunman attacked
8:32 8:34 their home and right now all we care is
8:34 8:36 that they come home safely now she says
8:36 8:38 the Israeli government has confirmed two
8:38 8:42 of them are hostages Carmela Dan and her
8:42 8:44 13-year-old granddaughter Noya my
8:44 8:46 immediate reaction was I don't know how
8:46 8:49 to react and my later reaction is
8:49 8:51 continued optimism and hope because it
8:51 8:53 means they're alive she says noia has
8:53 8:56 special needs from what I understand
8:56 8:59 during the Hamas attack on the house
8:59 9:02 uh she didn't know what was going on
9:02 9:04 which is even more terrifying in a sense
9:04 9:06 because she needs special attention and
9:06 9:08 special care and I'm positive that she's
9:08 9:11 not getting it a team of us officials is
9:11 9:14 in Israel to help with efforts to free
9:14 9:16 the hostages I feel reassured by the
9:16 9:18 actions of the US government did you get
9:18 9:21 any in inkling from um secretary blinkin
9:21 9:24 yesterday about how far the us will go
9:24 9:26 to secure the release the only thing
9:26 9:27 that I I feel like I should say is that
9:27 9:29 every option is on the table for other
9:29 9:33 families immense relief tearful reunions
9:33 9:36 as loved ones returned from Israel and
9:36 9:37 the first state department charter
9:37 9:41 flights evacuating Americans taking off
9:41 9:44 today but for those who remain life may
9:44 9:46 never be the same at a school in
9:46 9:49 herzelia north of Tel Aviv we found beds
9:49 9:51 crammed into every corner it's where I
9:51 9:54 met a tight-knit group of Americans who
9:54 9:57 converted to Judaism and moved to Israel
9:57 9:59 years ago they fled their home homes in
9:59 10:02 ascalon after the area was pounded by
10:02 10:04 rocket attacks missiles are striking
10:04 10:06 around where you
10:06 10:08 live Nikia Brown captured the
10:08 10:11 bombardment in chilling video she shared
10:11 10:13 with me did you feel you were in
10:13 10:15 constant danger yes we experienced
10:15 10:20 missiles going over our
10:20 10:23 heads so at this moment my friend sees
10:23 10:25 missiles in the sky and then we hear the
10:25 10:28 alarm and we
10:28 10:30 run
10:30 10:34 it's traumatizing oh my goodness
10:34 10:36 traumatizing no shelter we trying to
10:36 10:40 find a shelter I I see a shelter here we
10:40 10:45 duck inside cuz you can hear the
10:45 10:48 bombs bomb shelter bomb shelter come on
10:48 10:50 come on here's a momb shelter this is
10:50 10:52 the kind of indiscriminate damage and
10:52 10:54 danger Nikia and the rest of the group
10:54 10:55 have fled from this was their
10:55 10:58 neighborhood in Ash colon and right here
10:58 10:59 at this building
10:59 11:01 a neighbor lost his life in a missile
11:01 11:04 attack they say herzelia has welcomed
11:04 11:07 them with open arms here their children
11:07 11:10 can draw blow bubbles act like kids
11:10 11:13 again the kids seem to be doing better
11:13 11:15 now as soon as they got here everybody
11:15 11:17 Smiles running back and forth playing
11:17 11:20 with toys being here you can see Smiles
11:20 11:22 on their faces again so that's a
11:22 11:25 beautiful day a lot to process from
11:25 11:27 these survivors tonight NBC News has
11:27 11:30 exclusive new reporting about just how
11:30 11:32 extensive Hamas planning was from
11:32 11:35 schools targeted to the number of places
11:35 11:37 breached Raph Sanchez with breaking
11:37 11:42 details and concerns over Israel's
11:42 11:44 Readiness tonight chilling new details
11:44 11:46 on how Hamas terrorists deliberately
11:46 11:48 targeted Israeli schools and youth
11:48 11:51 centers in their hunt for hostages
11:51 11:53 documents recovered from the bodies of
11:53 11:55 Hamas Fighters and obtained by NBC news
11:55 11:57 from an Israeli official show how the
11:57 11:59 group Drew up Det detailed plans to
11:59 12:02 storm specific schools and tasked
12:02 12:05 special units to deal with the hostages
12:05 12:07 the documents contradict Hamas claims
12:07 12:09 that the group does not Target
12:09 12:12 children and they're part of an emerging
12:12 12:14 picture of the scale and sophistication
12:14 12:16 of the attack raising new questions
12:16 12:18 about the failure of Israeli forces to
12:18 12:22 stop it the Israeli military tells NBC
12:22 12:24 news that the Gaza border fence was
12:24 12:27 breached approximately 30 times a higher
12:27 12:29 number than previously reported and
12:29 12:31 which helps explain how hundreds of
12:31 12:34 terrorists were able to enter Israel we
12:34 12:36 located some of the most severe breaches
12:36 12:39 including this one near kibutz
12:39 12:42 ber where terrorists use high explosives
12:42 12:44 to blast their way through then storming
12:44 12:46 inside the rural community leaving a
12:46 12:49 trail of death behind the Israeli
12:49 12:52 military says that in this house the
12:52 12:55 Israeli residents had barricaded
12:55 12:58 themselves into a safe room the Hamas
12:58 13:00 terrorist weren't able to get them so
13:00 13:02 they set the whole house on fire Hamas
13:02 13:04 ground forces were supported from above
13:04 13:07 by explosive carrying drones at this
13:07 13:10 spot near kafar Aza a drone dropping a
13:10 13:12 bomb on a machine gun Tower overlooking
13:12 13:15 the Border new images also show what two
13:15 13:17 security analysts believe is an
13:17 13:19 anti-aircraft missile it's not clear if
13:19 13:21 it was fired but it indicates the
13:21 13:23 terrorists arrived ready to defend
13:23 13:25 themselves against Israeli
13:25 13:28 helicopters we don't know why Israeli
13:28 13:30 monitoring systems failed to detect
13:30 13:32 hundreds of Hamas Fighters approaching
13:32 13:33 the Border
13:33 13:36 fence critics say Israeli intelligence
13:36 13:37 missed early warning
13:37 13:40 signs including Hamas Fighters building
13:40 13:43 an open air Village to practice their
13:43 13:46 tactics well it was a collapse of all
13:46 13:50 systems but the first one is the
13:50 13:52 intelligence system and painful
13:52 13:54 questions over the slow response of
13:54 13:56 Israeli troops once the attack was
13:56 13:59 underway it's not the
13:59 14:03 success of Hamas it's more the failure
14:03 14:07 of the Israeli defense uram arz was a
14:07 14:09 senior Israeli officer stationed along
14:09 14:12 the Gaza border what's the single thing
14:12 14:14 that shocks you the most and none of
14:14 14:19 them war was in in full gear in Israel
14:19 14:24 for decades there's a drill that before
14:24 14:29 the dawn uh rise this is the most uh
14:29 14:33 important and sensitive time that can
14:33 14:36 that the enemy can attack we asked the
14:36 14:38 Israeli military's top spokesman what
14:38 14:40 went wrong here was this an intelligence
14:40 14:42 failure was it a failure of the units on
14:42 14:46 the border what went wrong this is is
14:46 14:48 this is a plan that was being planned a
14:48 14:52 m massive scale plan why we didn't know
14:52 14:54 we will find out what we didn't know why
14:54 14:57 we didn't know but now we're not into
14:57 14:59 that our mindset
14:59 15:03 our mindset now is in the other side of
15:03 15:05 the Border a military with a difficult
15:05 15:08 fight ahead and difficult questions to
15:08 15:13 answer Raph Sanchez NBC News ashad in 60
15:13 15:15 seconds America on high alert on a day
15:15 15:21 of protest anger and tension right after
15:21 15:23 this this escalating war was on the
15:23 15:26 minds of so many Americans at home today
15:26 15:29 playing out in protests Raw emotions and
15:29 15:31 heighten security around the country
15:31 15:34 Blaine Alexander now with that
15:34 15:37 story resistance is just the from the
15:37 15:40 shadow of the US capital to the nation's
15:40 15:44 heartland free pal tonight from coast to
15:44 15:46 coast thousands are spilling into the
15:46 15:48 streets in emotional protests over the
15:48 15:51 Israel Hamas
15:51 15:54 War I stand in solidarity with my
15:54 15:57 Palestinian friends and all my friends
15:57 15:59 who want an end to occupation and adj
15:59 16:02 and Lasting peace in New York where all
16:02 16:04 officers have been ordered in uniform
16:04 16:06 and on duty more than a thousand people
16:06 16:09 packed into Time Square where officials
16:09 16:11 are watching from the ground and above
16:11 16:13 all of it comes on the day declared by a
16:13 16:16 former Hamas leader as a global day of
16:16 16:19 anger but in New York we found peaceful
16:19 16:21 protesters showing up to voice their own
16:21 16:24 perspectives I feel bad because the
16:24 16:27 people
16:27 16:29 die
16:29 16:32 what is for what for the land they must
16:32 16:35 have a they have to sit down and they
16:35 16:38 talk this is difficult for you a lot to
16:38 16:40 wrestle with yeah I mean I I am Israeli
16:40 16:42 but I'm also human like I don't want
16:42 16:43 anybody to be suffering nobody deserves
16:43 16:45 to die no children Des to die not on the
16:45 16:48 Israeli side not on the Palestinian side
16:48 16:51 it's it's really horrible tonight police
16:51 16:53 remain on high alert law enforcement
16:53 16:55 officials tell NBC news they are
16:55 16:57 monitoring a lot of chatter on social
16:57 16:59 media both domestic and Global but
16:59 17:02 stress there are no specific credible
17:02 17:05 threats at Jewish schools and places of
17:05 17:07 worship across the country a steady
17:07 17:09 stream of added security as synagogues
17:09 17:12 prepare to observe the first Sabbath
17:12 17:13 since last week's
17:13 17:17 attack and the Sabbath begins at sundown
17:17 17:19 now tonight despite that heavy security
17:19 17:21 many Jewish leaders are vowing to keep
17:21 17:23 their doors open and urging their
17:23 17:25 members to come out and worship
17:25 17:28 Lester L Alexander tonight thank thank
17:28 17:30 you ahead for us Republicans have
17:30 17:32 another nominee for speaker after SK
17:32 17:36 scales's stunning Dropout can the party
17:36 17:40 unify
17:40 17:43 next at the end of another chaotic week
17:43 17:45 at the US capital Republicans nominated
17:45 17:47 Jim Jordan to be the next house Speaker
17:47 17:50 late today after Steve scales abandoned
17:50 17:53 his bid Ryan Nobles is following this
17:53 17:56 minute by minute Ryan where do things
17:56 17:58 stand Lester right now the house
17:58 18:01 speakers race probably won't be voted on
18:01 18:03 until early next week the Republican's
18:03 18:05 new nominee Jim Jordan still needs to
18:05 18:08 build support to guarantee that he can
18:08 18:10 have 217 votes when this goes to a vote
18:10 18:12 on the full house floor now Jordan
18:12 18:14 Jordan did win an internal party vote
18:14 18:16 today but by a slim margin to Austin
18:16 18:18 Scott a little known congressman from
18:18 18:21 Georgia a second ballot though revealed
18:21 18:23 that more than 50 Republicans are not
18:23 18:25 comfortable supporting Jordan on the
18:25 18:27 house floor and he can only afford to
18:27 18:29 lose four rep Republican votes if he
18:29 18:31 wants to be the next speaker now Jordan
18:31 18:33 supporters remain optimistic that he can
18:33 18:35 win over his skeptical colleagues now
18:35 18:37 without a speaker no legislation can
18:37 18:39 move through the Congress that includes
18:39 18:42 the potential of a hefty Aid package to
18:42 18:44 support Israel in its war against Hamas
18:44 18:46 something the White House has forecasted
18:46 18:49 could come very soon
18:49 18:52 ler Ryan nobl tonight thank you coming
18:52 18:54 up Sabbath my candle light as families
18:54 18:57 across the region
18:57 19:01 mourn
19:01 19:04 Jerusalem's Western Wall is normally
19:04 19:07 full of life on a Friday Kelly Koba now
19:07 19:10 on the Jewish holy day here in Israel
19:10 19:12 with the country at
19:12 19:15 War today in Jerusalem the faithful
19:15 19:17 largely stayed away the Western Wall
19:17 19:19 usually crowded before the Sabbath
19:19 19:23 almost empty this mom of seven saids she
19:23 19:24 prayed for those killed and
19:24 19:27 missing the heart can't contain this
19:27 19:30 incredible sorrow she says every time I
19:30 19:33 look at my own baby I cry I remember
19:33 19:35 what's been done to the babies may God
19:35 19:37 hear our
19:37 19:39 prayers the echel family marking their
19:39 19:42 first Sabbath without their 19-year-old
19:42 19:44 daughter Rony at the table her
19:44 19:47 grandmother can't stop crying as a
19:47 19:50 mother it's it's it's like a living hell
19:50 19:54 for me because I can't help her rone
19:54 19:56 vanished Saturday morning kidnapped her
19:56 19:58 parents say from her safe room in the
19:58 20:01 South the last text came at 9:27 in the
20:01 20:05 morning I'm okay Mom don't worry her mom
20:05 20:07 writing okay sweetheart look after
20:07 20:11 yourself I miss her I miss her so hard I
20:11 20:14 I have a hole in my heart Friday night
20:14 20:16 around this family table is usually a
20:16 20:19 feast filled with food and laughter not
20:19 20:22 tonight the humble meal stays mostly
20:22 20:25 untouched we can't sleep we can't
20:25 20:29 eat I have no air I can't breed I
20:29 20:32 actually can't breed tonight hundreds of
20:32 20:35 empty chairs around family tables in
20:35 20:37 this heartbroken country and somber
20:37 20:41 quiet prayer for better days to come
20:41 20:44 celloa NBC News
20:44 20:46 Jerusalem that's Nightly News tune in to
20:46 20:48 extended coverage this weekend and to
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20:50 20:52 with Kristen Welker thank you for
20:52 20:54 watching I'm Lester Hulk please take
20:54 20:57 care of yourself and each other good
20:57 21:01 night
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