Welcome to continuing coverage of israel at war. A short time ago, we received this new video showing israeli tanks and Military Personnel near the border with gaza. The idf said today, it is increasing airstrikes on gaza and its Top Commander told forces quote, we will enter the gaza strip. Last hour, the International Spokesman for the idf told me the general spirit is one of Combat Readiness and resolve for what needs to be done. Obviously, no mention of timing for any kind of ground operation. That is similar to what cnn saw with its own eyes today, dozens of tanks, Personnel Carriers and bold dozers, what you would expect to see in any possible Ground Invasion. We should point out come our teams are lots of other locations just like this one. All in all, cnn saw hundreds of armored tanks and vehicles. When President Biden was asked today if he was incurring encouraging israelis to delay it invasion, healy said quote, and talking to israelis. Palestinian officials as well as the World Health Organization say aid is not nearly enough. Moments ago we heard negotiations are ongoing to try to allow at least 100 trucks a date across the southern border into Southern Gaza. That would be five times as many as were allowed in today. A lot to get to in the next hour. Nick roberson is on the ground. What has been happening tonight where you are, nick . Another couple of huge explosions just now coming from the direction of northern gaza. Hard to tell what is precisely being hit, but we do know the tempo of those strikes has been up. It reflects what the idf is telling us, that they are going to increase their airstrikes and gaza, and this is to make their troops safer on the ground, so where are those troops on the ground at the moment . And it does seem that they are poised just on this side. The israeli side of the gaza border fence. It is very hard to get access to them, at least on the eastern edge of gaza, because we took a big, long tour down there today to try to compare and contrast what weve seen a week or so ago. I think what we saw in the very early phases after the seventh of october was a real rush of heavy equipment and armor. You can see it on the trucks coming in, a lot of reservists. If you go outside some of the Military Bases down there not far from gaza and see hundreds, probably thousands of civilian vehicles belonging to reservists who showed up at bases to come and join the army and be ready for an incursion that sense of momentum is not there, but in places, for example, where we saw tank units at the side of the road not far from gaza doing last minute repairs on tanks just a couple of days ago, they are gone. Is it possible to say have they gone forward closer to the border or are they on pause and gone back to basics . But that sense of what israel requires to have an incursion, and having it in place and ready to go, it definitely feels as if we are at that moment. Its very hard to make that assessment and by all accounts, it does seem very hard for israeli politicians to make the best judgment of when the military, who will make their best judgment in military terms, for what it is right for politicians with a background of Hostage Release in the background of the past few hours of some humanitarian aid going in, that does seem to be a factor and perhaps where the Ground Incursion has not happened yet. Nick, and Idf Spokesman told me in the last hour, we were talking about operations that were going on. He said there was a Military Aircraft that struck what he described as an underground tunnel at a mosque in the northern west bank. Have you learned any more about that . Yes, in jenin, and it does seem like this is been something that was generated by realtime, active intelligence. Intelligence indicated there were a couple of operatives there that were planning some kind of operation, and with that realtime intelligence, it appears that they chose to strike that mosque. As we have seen in this past year, and i went into jenin after one of the Ground Incursions, those Ground Incursions take up to 100 trips. They cannot act as fast as an airstrike can on active, timely intelligence, and we have seen the idf really try to narrow down and pinpoint what they believ e are hamas and Islamic Jihad cells in jenin, and go after them because they have felt that security in the west bank, as far as israel is concerned, is deteriorating and a detriment to israeli citizens. This seems to fit in with that context, but what we have seen in the past, when the idf goes into janine, there is a big level of anger in janine and other towns in the west bank about these types of incursions, and it does seem likely that this strike will continue to keep tensions in the west bank at a very high level. The u. N. Just put out a statement short time ago saying that there was an operation that had been going on for many hours in a refugee camp, and as many as 10 people had been killed. Is that the same operation the idf was talking about, the tunnels into the mosque . Do we know . It does not seem to be, because the name of the refugee camp they have given does not appear to fit with the location of that mosque in jenin itself. There are Refugee Camps within jenin, and it is a very, very crowded, densely packed environment there, as well, in many ways, like some parts of gaza. Appreciate it, thank you. More ahead now. Joining me now is Jeremy Diamond in israel. Jeremy, we saw the first trucks deliver aid to gaza. That was it, 20 trucks. That was supposed to be the beginning. The hope was by the United States and egyptian officials, and certainly palestinians in Southern Gaza who are desperate for aid, that there would be a regular flow then of food and water and medicine. What is the latest on that . International aid groups and organizations are certainly welcoming the fact that those first trucks carrying humanitarian aid have finally entered gaza in the two weeks since this war began, but they also make very clear that much, much more is needed to alleviate the suffering of the people of gaza that they are currently facing. Multiple different age groups describing the situation in gaza as a dire humanitarian crisis. We heard earlier today from the world food programs Executive Director who said that starvation is rampant inside the gaza strip. She described the situation is catastrophic, and said this quote, cannot be the last convoy to enter. As you mentioned, our colleague, clarissa ward, is reporting that there are ongoing negotiations for additional humanitarian aid to enter and there have also been discussions in talking to u. S. Officials about establishing a humanitarian corridor for not only aid the flowing, but also for civilians, including American Citizens, to exit. It has been a week now since American Citizens inside gaza were told by Embassy Officials to go toward the rough a crossing believing we are open for them to exit and yet still, a week after they were told to go there, they still have not been able to leave. Part of the complication here is the number of different organizations and countries involved in these negotiations, not only u. S. Officials but egyptian officials, palestinian officials inside gaza as well as israeli officials will have to sign off in order for these negotiations to go any further. At the same time, we know the death toll inside of gaza continues to rise and as we look at this Ground Invasion as potentially being imminent, concerns about civilian casualties are only going to increase. I spoke with a commander of Special Forces Unit as they were conducting a training in preparation for this Ground Invasion, and something that he said really struck me because he was talking about the fact that the Israeli Military has directed civilians to leave the northern half of the gaza strip dad south, and what he also said is that anyone who has chosen to stay in the northern half of the gaza strip has quote, chosen a side. That message to his troops is effectively that anyone who is inside that half of the gaza strip could potentially be considered an enemy, could potentially be considered a target. At the same time, he made clear that they are going to avoid striking schools, hospitals, those types of locations, and that they will still take precautions as relates to civilians, but at the same time we know the idf has loosened the rules of engagement, raising the specter of more civilian casualties going forward. Yeah. Thank you. Threeyearold abigail [indiscernible] is believed to be among those held hostage tonight by hamas, taken after her father was shot, shielding her with his own body. Her mother, a u. S. Citizen, was also killed but not before she was able to hide abigails Brother And Sister in a closet, saving their lives. Originally the family thought that she had been killed along with the father. Only now have they discovered she had wandered to the home of another family and was eventually taken hostage. Joining me now is her aunt. Liz, im so sorry for what your family is going through. This is unthinkable. Do you know what happened that morning of october 7th to abigail . I just want to say one thing. Because there was so much miscommunication, so many stories, originally that morning we thought the mother locked her kids in the closet. Those kids actually saw their mother be killed by Hamas Terrorists in their home. They ran out to their father. He was holding abigail and he was murdered. They then thought abigail died. They ran back in the house and actually locked themselves in the closet. This we only found out after they were freed and able to explain what happened. They stayed in the closet almost until dark, so they were in the closet over 12 hours. Abigail survived the shooting, and talk to her neighbors. The neighbors took her in, husband, wife with three kids. They put her in the bomb shelter. The husband went out to defend the commits. He was injured. And then the next thing they understood was that an eyewitness saw Hamas Terrorists taking the mother and little children away from the kibbutz, so that is how we know and how we got through the week as people started to understand how the story unfolded. And you are sharing this photo of abigails family for the first time. They are 10 and six years old. They attended their parents federal just yesterday. I was going to ask how are they doing, but its a ridiculous question. It is, but this is what i will say, to see your parents both being murdered, and then to go to their funeral the only Saving Pieces that we have a beautiful family. We have a large family, and they lived on kibbutz where they had grandparents and other cousins and aunts and uncles, so they are used to being with family, and that is i guess what we would call the blessing in this moment, that is a beautiful, large family and they are safely now with other relatives, and we just pray and hope that abigail will be returned to be with her siblings and aunts and uncles and everybody. Which kibbutz was this . This was on kibbutz kfar azza. , kfar azza, okay, which was obviously the scene of terrible [indiscernible] the release last night of two american hostages, does that give you hope . Does it what did you think when you heard . I thought it was very helpful. It was a beginning, and i look forward to other hostages being released. I feel like that was a good beginning. So many families, which is one of the many horrific things about the last few weeks, is that they have had to go through videos on telegrams and these other social Media Channels looking through horrific videos, just searching for any kind of image of their loved one. Has someone in your family do not . Have you seen has there been any image of abigail since october 7th . Theres nothing that we have found that we know of. The only thing we know is there was a witness, someone from the kibbutz amidst the chaos at that moment, saw her and the family being the mother and these little children will be taken away. Is there anything else you want people to know . Well, i would love to take this moment to appreciate all the people who have been supportive of our family, unsupportive of what is going on and recognizing the atrocities that took place, but i also want to encourage President Biden to work with qatari officials and those in the region to secure abigails release, and the release of all the hostages from all the nations, because i feel like at this point, that is one step towards one, saving lives and also, i hope, combing things a bit. But, we have a lot of lives out there to save and i really hope that will be the priority of everybody in the meantime in the days to come, because each one of those lives, just like abigail is to our family here in america and israel, is still valuable so i really hope that is part of the plan, and what will take place. Thank you so much. Thank you. Sat update to tell you about a young woman we just mentioned in the last hour, while speaking to a family whose son, hirsch goldberg, was taken hostage with a severe wound. The young woman we were talking about is ruth parrish. She 17 years old. She was at the nova Music Festival with her father when they went missing. There was a lot of concern about both of their safety. She was wheelchairbound with a physical condition. According to reports, she needed a feeding tube to be fed. Sadly, we have learned her body and her fathers body were found that Music Festival by volunteers. Coming up, as israeli troops gather at the gaza border, there are fears that the conflict could soon spread beyond the gaza, plus the American Mother and daughter who were captured by hamas now en route home. We will talk to their rabbi about how they are doing. Welcome back. John berman here. This is our coverage of israel at war. All four borders have seen an increase in activity among israeli troops stationed there, tanks, vehicles, ready to go and got a moments notice. When that will come, we dont know, but it could happen soon. With me now, retired general james spider marks. One of the things were hearing is that israel has increased intensity of its airstrikes all over gaza. What is israel doing right now from the air . These are final preparations for the Ground Assault that is coming in. What we see here, is these are strikes, red and yellow signify dates that have taken place, airstrikes that have taken place over the course of the last couple weeks. This is up to the 17th, now five days ago. Correct. We would see, and as you can tell, gaza city does not have many strikes in that area, so what we could see is israel would begin to go after known targets that they have not struck before. That will be in direct support of the Ground Assault, so this may have been going after support activities, command patrol activities, maybe some logistics, may have been going after tunnels they know have exits, where they can strike them. The next series of strikes will go after very precise targets to support the Ground Assault that is coming in to gaza. In addition, we just saw these two americans, the mother and daughter that came back. That is significant. Explained that. There are some 210 hostages. Two have been released. What information would you try to get from them . As an intelligence officer, i would want to sit down with this mother and daughter and say please give me a sense of the people that were holding you. You may not know where you were in gaza. Probably were blindfolded, in darkness, you mightve been in tunnels, moved from different locations, you have no clue, but when they took the blindfold off, what did you see, what did you hear . Give us a sense of those kind of environmentals. That allows the intelligence picture to get more refined and you do that over time, you get that much more precise targeting as a result. This is a great opportunity. God bless they are free, but take advantage of this opportunity and see what you can extract from them. Or you with any other hostages . What did you hear in background . Inside or outside. May not know but might have some sense. Is that the type of thing that would then perhaps shape the operation that seems imminent . It very well could, and remember, the idf wants to go after military and political leaders of hamas. That is kind of Mission Number one. If you can go find those individuals, kill those individuals, you are off to the races in terms of rolling this thing up. That type of information gives you more precise intelligence that would help those primarily Special Ops Forces that would be doing those very direct hit missions against the leadership. Im not sure how much more time we have in this discussion, but if we can, we talk about the possibility of this conflict widening beyond the borders of israel, and i put this map up here because there has been a lot of concern that right here there is the small border right here between israel and lebanon where there has been exchange of fire back and forth between israelis and hezbollah, an iranian backed militia which operates inside lebanon. That concern is right there, but everything in red here is either a place in iran or where iran has enormous influence and well armed proxies. If this war were to spread, what would that look like . Well, if that were to happen, this is where the influence lies. We have u. S. Soldiers in syria and iraq. Those locations, albeit not large number