forces attacked two sites in syria. including a command and control center. it comes after dozens of attacks on u.s. forces in the region and as israel's war with hamas intensifies. israeli ground forces battling hamas militants inside gaza city. hospitals at the breaking point. matt gutman on the ground in israel. also, that deadly helicopter crash in the mediterranean sea near cyprus. we just learned five special operations soldiers were killed in a refueling training mission in the middle of the night. why those soldiers were in the area. jay o'brien standing by at the white house with late reporting. here at home, the fast moving deadly fire engulfing a new york city apartment building. an entire family killed. more than a dozen hurt. in the west, a massive inferno shutting down a massive portion of a freeway in los angeles. the governor declares a state of emergency, bracing for a nightmare commute that could last for a while. jaclyn lee from the scene in los angeles. a state of 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a devastating helicopter crash that killed five special operations soldiers overseas. we begin tonight with the u.s. unleashing a third round of retaliatory air strikes. they were carried out against iran backed forces in syria. tensions escalating as the war between israel and hamas intensifies. hospitals in gaza hitting a breaking point. this video capturing the moment one of the main hospitals in the area comes under fire. and this dramatic video showing just one of the intense battles between hamas militants and israeli soldiers. israel saying there will be no cease-fire unless the 239 hostages including americans, are released. protesters in tel aviv created a human chain demanding they be freed. we start with the new air strikes. matt gutman leading it us off tonight from israel. >> reporter: tonight, the u.s. unleashing a third round of retaliatory airstrikes on iran backed forces in syria. the pentagon saying it hit two sites in syria including a weapons storage facility and for the first time a command and control center. tonight's bombings come just days after two f-15s hit a weapons storage facility in syria, all in response to at least 46 drone and rocket attacks on u.s. forces in iraq and syria since mid-october. and tonight israeli forces pushing deeper into gaza city. tanks charging through streets turned to dunes, blasting cannons across neighborhoods, firing at close range. the intense battles now building to building. israeli troops clearing block by devastated block. the israeli military releasing these videos from tank mounted cameras showing almost no building intact, many structures still burning. and gaza city's main hospitals caught in the cross hairs. al-quds hospital, no longer operational according to the palestinian red crescent-doctors seen here, performing surgeries using flashlights. israeli ground forces, closing in on al-shifa hospital, gaza's largest, where thousands people have taken refuge. tonight the head of plastic surgery there sending us these images of those premature babies, with no electricity they had to remove those tiny bundles from their incubators and lining them up on a gurney in a heated room. >> everyone knows that they won't survive that much with this current situation. so we have the sad decision of just leaving them to die slowly because we can't supply them with electricity. >> reporter: tonight, the israeli military saying it plans to force hamas militants to surrender, before entering al-shifa hospital, where israel claims hamas is running a command center underground, something officials there deny. today, israel saying it opening a humanitarian corridor near the hospital to get patients and premature babies to safety. but the u.s. growing increasingly concerned over the mounting civilian death toll. >> we do not want to see a firefight in a hospital where innocent people, helpless people, people seeking medical care are caught in the crossfire. >> reporter: netanyahu defying growing calls for a ceasefire, saying israel's war with hamas continues full-force. >> let's get right to matt gutman reporting in israel tonight. i want to get back to that breaking news, the u.s. launching that third round of air strikes. what more are you learning tonight? >> reporter: that third round of attacks, rachel, is different. attacking that command and control center, pentagon officials tell us it is more likely that there were militants in that structure at the time of the attack. and they tell us this was a place that was likely used not only by iranian proxies and also by iranian forces themselves. those pentagon officials say it will take a few days to assess the damages. and the casualties. rachel. >> matt covering that late breaking news for us. thank you. >> rachel: now to that other developing story tonight. a tragedy in the mediterranean sea. five u.s. army special operation soldiers killed in a helicopter crash. the pentagon says the aircraft went down due to a mishap during a refueling training mission. tonight, new details on why those crew members were in the region in case they were needed to help evacuate americans from the middle east. jay o'brien reporting from the white house tonight. >> reporter: tonight the urgent investigation into the helicopter crash that killed five u.s. special operations soldiers in the eastern mediterranean sea near cyprus. officials saying the mh-60 helicopter went down due to a mishap when it was conducting a routine air refueling mission during training late friday night. >> there's very little room for error when you're aerial refueling at night with night vision goggles at low altitude. and sometimes small mistakes can turn into tragedy. >> reporter: in a statement, president biden acknowledging veterans day weekend, saying jill and i are praying for the families and friends who have lost a precious loved one, a piece of their soul. our entire nation shares their grief. this crash the latest in a string of deadly accidents during military training. in august, three marines were killed and 20 injured when an osprey crashed during drills in australia. in march, two army blackhawks collided in midair, killing nine service members training in kentucky. and a month later, two army apache helicopters crashed into each other while returning from training in alaska. three soldiers were killed. and rachel, we're learning late tonight those five special operations soldiers killed in that helicopter crash were deployed to eastern mediterranean in the first place to possibly help evacuate american citizens in the wake of the israel/hamas war. rachel. >> jay, thank you. >> rachel: we turn now to a deadly fire in new york city. at least three people killed and more than a dozen others injured. the flames starting on the ground floor of a residential building in crown heights and quickly engulfing the entire three-story building. here's abc's reena roy. >> reporter: tonight three people are dead and more than a dozen injured after authorities say a fast-moving fire tore through this home in brooklyn. >> we have heavy fire in a basement of a brownstone. >> reporter: around 4:30 this morning, more than 100 first responders swarming the scene as flames erupted from the ground floor, quickly engulfing the home. neighbors say they woke up to the smell of smoke through their walls. >> it's so disheartening its like one of the worst days of my life. >> reporter: officials say that intense smoke created tough conditions for firefighters. >> we had to stretch multiple hand lines to each floor. very dangerous operation for all firefighters. >> reporter: the three who were killed identified as 81-year-old albertha west. her son 58-year-old michael, and her 33-year-old grandson jamiyl. >> we came here from grenada and they were like the sweetest. they welcomed us. they were like our extended family, that's why it's so hard, >> reporter: one firefighter was seriously injured. meanwhile, investigators are still trying to figure out what exactly caused this deadly fire. rachel. >> horrific fire. thank you. >> rachel: developing in the west tonight, a raging inferno shutting down a section of a major highway in downtown los angeles. the massive fire starting at a storage yard beneath the freeway and quickly spreading. the governor declared a state of emergency but both sides of the busy highway are still closed at this hour. commuters now bracing for a travel nightmare on monday morning. here's jaclyn lee. >> reporter: tonight, officials in l.a. preparing residents for a major traffic nightmare after this massive fire engulfed part of the ten freeway, shutting down a stretch of the heavily trafficked interstate indefinitely. >> 300 plus thousand vehicles go through this corridor every single day. it's of significant consequence to the economy to the health and safety of angelinos, the impact to our schools, to vulnerable communities. >> reporter: overnight newsom declaring a state of emergency. the freeway, a major artery into downtown l.a. for hundreds of thousands of residents, sustaining significant structural damage. >> is this bridge on the verge of total collapse? >> we're going to determine that. >> reporter: officials say the inferno erupted in a storage yard on east 14th street after midnight on saturday, then burned through the equivalent of six football fields. more than 160 firefighters racing to battle the flames for hours into the morning. tonight drivers in l.a. bracing for the worst. the monday commute just hours away. >> the traffic is going to be horrendous. it's going to really impact los angeles. >> jacyln joins us live from the scene of that fire. you were just at that press conference with the governor and mayor. did they give any timeline on when that portion of the freeway would reopen? >> rachel, the governor says they will be working around the clock 24/7, but they simply have no idea when this portion of the interstate will reopen. so they're advising people to work from home or take public transportation. >> it will be a messy monday commute for so many. jacyln, thank you. >> rachel: now to a major headline developing overseas. iceland declaring a state of emergency due to the high risk of a volcanic eruption. it could be hours or days away. thousands of earthquakes have hit the area and a small town has been evacuated. here's lama hasan. >> reporter: tonight authorities in iceland declaring a state of emergency. ordering thousands to evacuate amid fears of a potential volcanic eruption. the southwestern village of grendavik, now a ghost town, many of its 4,000 residents taking refuge in nearby shelters. the iconic blue lagoon geothermal spa, just miles away, temporarily closed. a string of earthquakes and tremors recently striking the region, hundreds of small earthquakes every day for more than two weeks, buckling roads. and splitting walls in people's homes. authorities now monitoring an underground buildup of magma beneath the village fearing it could burst through the earth's crust within days. aviation officials also raising their alert level to "orange," indicating increased risk of an eruption. in 2010 a massive volcanic eruption in iceland caused widespread disruptions to transatlantic air travel, more than 100,000 flights canceled. rachel, iceland is one of the most seismically active regions in the world. in fact, this same volcanic system prompting these evacuations erupted just this past july. rachel. >> a community on edge tonight. lama, thank you. >> rachel: new details tonight about the federal corruption probe into donations to new york city mayor eric adams' campaign. abc news has learned investigators are trying to determine if the turkish government benefitted from donations to adams' campaign for mayor. it all comes days after the fbi seized his phone and electronic devices. here's abc's morgan norwood. >> reporter: tonight new york city mayor eric adams speaking out after the fbi seized his phone and other electronic devices last week, denying any wrongdoing, and saying that he is working with investigators. >> we're cooperating. we need to do this together so all the facts can come out. >> reporter: it comes amid new details about that fbi probe into donations to the mayor's campaign. sources tell abc news investigators are zeroing in on texts found on those seized devices, focusing on whether in 2021, then candidate adams pressured fire department officials to approve an occupancy certificate for the new turkish consulate on manhattan's east side. according to sources close to the case, a turkish official asked adams for his help in keeping the opening of the "turkevi center" on schedule. they add adams texted then fdny commissioner daniel nigro but it's unclear whether adams asked or directed him to do anything. sources say nigro responded that the building would receive the certificate on time. sources say federal 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