Ten tooth brushes, something so specific and personal. It raises the reality that such an intense outpouring of daily generosity is both incredible and not infinite. And that means the world watches to see what israel will do in these coming days. Thank you so much for joining us. Us. Ac 360 begins now. Captions by vitac www. Vitac. Com it is 3 00 a. M. Here in tel aviv, israel, and there are signs all around us today that a much wider and deadly phase of the war may soon take place. This was the scene just a few hours ago, while i was reporting on air. Sirens are going off, which has not occurred here for really today certainly or the last several days. Theyre quite extensive sirens. You hear them all over tel aviv right now. This just started about 15 seconds, maybe 30 seconds ago. So, it remains to be seen if rockets do come, generally they come from that direction. That sounded like iron dome interception. That was a rather large explosion. That is something we have not heard very much here in tel aviv. Well, today the death toll from saturdays attack rose yet again to more than 1,300. It has been almost exactly one week since that attack, and there is a sense here in these Early Morning hours that israel is preparing to strike back with the type of force we havent yet seen. This is video of air strikes along the gaza strip that we received just moments ago. The countrys Prime MinisterBenjamin Netanyahu said today that the near constant air strikes on gaza are, quote, only the begins. Weve already seen incursions into gaza today, and more on that in a moment. What is next based on the artillery and troop amassing on the boarder would be a significant ground investigation. President biden was asked today what concerned him most about that possible invasion. He had one word, death. We do not know the timing of any such invasion or whether a final decision has been made. We do know that today israel dropped leaf letts across Northern Gaza. Quote, for your safety, you should not return home until further notice from the idf. Its part of a warning israel announced, giving more than 1. 1 civilians in the northern part of gaza a 24hour period to evacuate. That window was to end in about four hours from now. Scenes like this were common from gaza today, civilians trying to get out, trying to escape. Several evacuees were seen loading a car with a dead body. When asked why, they responded, we dont know where to bury our dead. The area of evacuation is highlighted in the red toward the top center of the map. Those leaflets i mentioned said civilians need to head south of the water, you see marked there. You can also see the Rafah Crossing at the southern end of gaza bordering into egypt. That crossing is closed for gazan civilians. Aid the evacuation of others, among others 500 to 600 palestinian americans estimated to be in gaza. It is not clear if that crossing is functional, following multiple air strikes in the vicinity earlier this week. A Top White House official this week, john kirby, called the evacuation, quote, a tall order. Hamas has called on gaza residents to ignore it, to not evacuate. Hamas spokesmen urged palestinians to remain steadfast, their words, and quote, the only direction we are migrating is back to our rightful lands. The country traded fire with iranianbacked hezbollah in lebanon to the north. And in the west bank, the Health Ministry says eight palestinians were shot dead during protests in support of gaza. This was the scene in baghdad, iraq, today where Hundreds Of Thousands are estimated to have protested the israeli air strikes. Both secretaries of state and defense were in the region today. Secretary of state Antony Blinken met with arab leaders and pressed the case to minimize Civilian Casualties. Lloyd austin declared the United States unwavering support for israel. This is no time for neutrality or for false equivalence or for excuses for the inexcusable. There is never any justification for terrorism. And thats especially true after this rampage by hamas. And anyone who wants lasting peace and security for this region must condemn and isolate hamas. With the region employing for a more intense phase of the war, we have more reporters across the region and washington, d. C. I want to start with nyqic robertson. New strikes on israel from gaza. What have you been seeing . What can you tell us . Reporter literally, as you were talking, anderson, a jet flew over, two huge, Big Reverberating Explosions from behind us. Weve had a fair degree of that this evening. A lot of Heavy Artillery as well. And Something Interesting that we havent seen before, some kind of Weapon System being used just over my shoulder in the last, sort of, 30 minutes with, sort of, lowlevel explosions close to the ground, cascading some sort of illumination or fire or its intercepting with something we cant see. But that seems to indicate that there are ground level troops close to the border with gaza. And we know that there was that incursion over the past 24 hours, the idf saying they went in trying to get hamas leaders, trying to get information about hostages, a limited incursion, a small incursion. But nevertheless the first time theyve gone back into gaza since this past weekend. So, you know, again, it fits the picture of the tempo just picking up. And even so, you know, we had a salvo of rockets coming out of gaza from here two hours ago, intercepted by iron dome. And from my perspective, that was perhaps the biggest salvo weve had in a couple of days. So, hamas taking there was a pause in the missile strikes. They took that 20minute pause, fired some rockets out. So, theyre still there. Theyre still active, anderson. We heard Prime MinisterNetanyahu Say today that it is only the beginning. To you, what does it suggest . Reporter yeah, it suggests to me he is trying to, sort of, set the scene for the country that this is not going to be quick, that what he said he wants to do, which is completely crush hamas militarily. Hes now, sort of, saying, well, thats not going to happen quickly. And that creates the impression that it may not happen during the military incursions, that there may be phases to follow on for that. Of course it does help him as Prime Minister because hes facing criticism for the fact that it was on his watch that there were these intelligence failures, that there was this massive death toll. So, theres a political accountability there. And in a way, he gives himself more time to solve it by saying, this is going to take some time. The indications from military analysts here is that incursions would be relatively short. And in part, that is because that difficulty of working in a highly populated civilian environment with a potential for high Civilian Casualties, the standards that israel and its allies set for it and not causing additional casualties and the pressure from the International Community and from the u. N. Agencies as well working inside gaza, you know, who were giving a very, very dire assessment of the situation there. The medical system close to collapse. Huge numbers of people, 400,000 people, displaced from their homes already. Some hospitals running out of the ability to treat people. No new medical supplies coming in. So, against that backdrop, its more likely to be limited incursions that can have limited results. And therefore the whole thing, the process, would take longer. Nic robertson, thanks very much. More now on those incursions by the troops into gaza to search for hostages that we learned about today. Im joined by Clarissa Ward for more on what we know about that. Clarissa, lets start with these incursions by israeli troops. Reporter so, anderson, the Israeli Military has put out a statement, but its a very limited statement. Essentially all they say is that during the past day there have been a series of incursions of Israeli Forces into gaza. They say they have a threefold mission. They were trying to destroy hamas weaponry. They were also trying to take out some hamas militants who have been firing antitank missiles onto israeli side of the border. And they said they have been trying to collect evidence, collect evidence that presumably might help them to locate the position of these hostages. You may remember that hamas yesterday said that at least 13 hostages had been killed in air strikes. I think no one would be exactly shocked to imagine that Israeli Special forces, for example, might have some kind of a presence or might be launching, sort of, smaller incursions into gaza to try to help pin down the location of those hostages, potentially even to think about some kind of a rescue, although obviously that would be very fraught and challenging for a number of reasons. But thats all the information that the israelis have given in terms of those incursions that they describe taking place during the past day, anderson. And whats the latest on prospects for any kind of humanitarian corridor out of gaza . And do we even know how many people have actually moved to that Southern Sector . So, it doesnt appear at this stage that so many people have actually moved. We saw scenes this morning in gaza of, kind of, chaos and confusion, people panicked, people wanting to get to safety, not knowing where to go, not really having anywhere to go, anderson. And the prospect of a humanitarian corridor is something that is ongoing in terms of efforts. There has been resistance. It is obviously very complex. How many people would get out . Where would they go . Are you going to create a tent city in the Sinai Peninsula for potentially more than a Million People . So, a lot of details to be ironed out. And meanwhile, its the people in Northern Gaza specifically today who have been suffering most acutely. Take a look. Reporter they grab whatever they can and set off. Many of them on foot, with no set destination. After six Straight Days of relentless bombardment, palestinians in Northern Gaza woke up to leaflets from israels military, ordering them to move to the south of the densely populated enclave. The deadline given to the u. N. Was 24 hours. But there is nowhere for them to go. Efforts to open a humanitarian corridor through egypt have so far been fruitless, and shelters are completely overwhelmed. The head of the u. N. s Palestinian Refugee agency called the order, quote, horrendous, and said the enclave was rapidly becoming a hell hole. The streets of many neighborhoods are already ghost towns, hollowed out by ferocious strikes. Those who remain, alone with their grief. My sons, my daughters, my neighbors are all gone, this rent says. I only have one message to the arab and islamic world. Have mercy on us. For god sakes, there is nothing left. In several cities across the world today, there were protests in support of gaza. But the drum beat of an invasion is growing ever louder here. And the price that Gaza Civilians are paying for hamas bloody attacks is already so high. At the hospital yesterday, some of the youngest victims lined the hallways. On a stretcher on the floor of the hospital, a young girl pants with fear. Youre a good girl, praise god youre here, the man tells her, dont cry, my dear. Everyone is dead, she says. Theres only a few left. In another bed, a young boy lies heavily wounded, reassuring his father. Dont be scared. Dont be scared, dad, he says. I am fine. But with no promise of safe refuge, fear is the only sane reaction. Those images are just horrific. Clarissa, youve been talking to a young woman inside Northern Gaza tonight. What did she tell you . Reporter thats right, anderson. 22yearold dentistry student yara, exceptionally bright. She told us essentially that shes terrified. Shes confused. Her family doesnt know where to go. Theyre in that part of gaza along with more than a Million People who have been told to leave their homes and move to, its not clear where. She doesnt know exactly what theyre going to do. She doesnt want to leave until they have a good sense of where to go. Have a listen to what she had to say. Im actually terrified. Im trying not to show it, but its all the situation around us, theyre saying that you could die at any moment. You dont know i dont even know if im going to live for the next minute. So, yeah. Its really terrifying. Have you lost any friends or family throughout the strikes of the last seven days . Yes. Theres a friend. She actually got out of her house to her cousins house. When she was there, the area were targeted. And the house got bombed, and shes gone. What was she like . She really liked to joke a lot, laugh with us a lot. Even though in school, we had tough times, she was always she just always know how to make us laugh. Sorry. Dont be sorry. Dont be sorry. We just want peace. Thats it. Reporter and anderson, the name of yaras friend was abdul kareem she was killed, according to yara, at 3 00 a. M. In gaza. Its worth mentioning as well that hamas is telling people not to leave their homes, to stay in place, to stand strong. But so many, like yara, are desperate to get to safety. They just dont know where that safety is, anderson. Clarissa ward, thank you. Last night, we introduced you to an emt, who told us a remarkable story. It was the night of the attack, saturday, after already helping survivors in one city, he and his team rushed to a nearby kibbutz. He said a soldier handed he and his colleague babies, twins. This is Shalom Holding one of them. The twins are ten months old. The mother and father were murdered. 14 hours passed before the babies were found, thankfully alive. Shalom says they were screaming, dehydrated, and that the baby he changed clinged to him. Today i spoke to the Brother Of Those Babies mother, their uncle. Im so sorry for your loss. You, your parents, four of your siblings live on the kibbutz. So many people were killed and kidnapped there. Tell us what happened to your sister and her husband. Friday evening, we celebrated, all of us together, with all the kids, all the grandkids. We celebrated my moms birthday. It was the first time, long, long, long time that all of us were together. And woke up saturday morning to literally hell. When did you know something was wrong . Not until about 6 00 in the morning. We woke up, we heard a lot of missiles and bombs start rg to fall in the kibbutz. Then realized that something is happening. But in the beginning, didnt hear it wasnt too different than other times that they shot on us. But very soon, wd hear Hand Grenades and automatic weapons and screaming in arabic just outside of the houses, just outside of my window. Then we realized that Something Different is going on, and we got into the shelter. My wife, myself, and our baby. And slowly, slowly, the electricity just we stayed with no air condition, no light, no air, no nothing. And slowly, slowly, their messages, whatsapp between the friends and family and the people in the kibbutz, we realized that its going on all over. Do you know at this stage what happened to your sister and her husband . Did they have a safe room . Yeah, all of us have these shelters room. And in the beginning, i think around quarter to 7 00, 7 00 in the morning, my sister was still on whatsapp on the family group. And all of us texted to each other that we are all right, everything is all right there. At that point. But slowly, slowly, all of the all of us kept texting, except them. They didnt answer. But we knew that all of us having problems with the connection and with the electricity. I dont know. Maybe this is the story we wanted to tell to ourselves to feel better about it. But after five, six, hours we started to think that something is wrong. And when we got these messages from their neighbor that heres the twins screaming nonstop, plus the fact they didnt answer us, didnt text for many, many hours, i think that even though we didnt want to believe, we knew that something is wrong there. And i know you talked to investigators who have, sort of, pieced together what happened. Your sister left the safe room, i understand, in order to get some milk for her babies. Yesterday, just yesterday two guys from the special forces, our secret service, that literally took the babies from their beds after 14 hours that they were alone. From what i understood, yeah, they found my sister in the kitchen with the bottles around her. So, probably because she realized that theyre going to be stuck there for many hours, she went out to make them the bottles, yeah. I know her husband was killed as well. I spoke to one of the paramedics last night, a man named shalom who actually was handed one of your nephews right after they were rescued. The other nephew was handed to another emt that he was working with. And i know he brought them, i think, to the hospital. How are the little kids doing now . How are the boys doing now . So, first, i want to speak also about my sisters husband. They found him lying in the entrance to the shelter room. And from what i know i have known him for many years is he was also an officer in the army, combat soldier. So, i know that he did his best to stop these terrorists from getting into the shelter, getting close to the babies. And they know that he did his best to just be there and stand be the obstacle between the terrorists and the babies. I saw the pictures. The paramedic that held one of the babies. Its sad. Its very sad. But on the other hand, they are smiling. They are healthy. Theyre so young. Theyre not really understand and realize what happened to them yet. But it looks good, yeah. What do you want people to know about your sister and about her husband . They sound like such loving parents. They were amazing people,