Israel is mobilized right now for war as the country prepares to launch a Ground Invasion into hamascontrolled gaza. Border clashes are intensifying. Aerial bombardments of the territory devastating. You can see there hundreds of thousands of palestinians with nowhere to go. Tonight secretary of state Antony Blinken is in jordan wrapping meetings with arab leaders and six nations. He returns to israel in just a few hours. Today the nfl held a moment of silence at stadiums in solidarity with, quote, innocent civilians in the middle east. In london, where the titans and ravens played, free palestine chants could be heard. Cbss Charlie Dagata is in tel aviv tonight and leads us off. Charlie, good evening. Reporter good evening, jericka. Israeli Prime MinisterBenjamin Netanyahu convened an emergency cabinet for the first time today, vowing to demolish hamas. While the Israeli Military said theyre ready and waiting for the order to launch an invasion. Under bombardment and under siege ahead of a looming ground offensive, gaza is alread edging ever closer to a humanitarian catastrophe. Authorities say more than 2,400 people have been killed, a quarter of them children. Nearly 10,000 wounded. A situation so grim theyre using ice cream trucks as makeshift morgues. Hundreds of thousands of residents fleeing south as the Israeli Military orders them to evacuate from the north. The World Health Organization called the forced evacuation of 22 hospitals tantamount to a death sentence for babies on incubators and those in intensive care. Israel announcing today it was resuming Water Supplies to Southern Gaza after shutting down water to the entire territory earlier this week. Fighting has broken out in the north too with Israeli Forces shelling southern lebanon after the militant Group Hezbollah fired rockets into israel. Nearer to gaza israeli armor has been massing. While weve been here weve seen tons of heavy military equipment like this setting up in staging areas ahead of that anticipated israeli offensive. Along what has now become a militarized zone lies the kfar azar kibbutz, the site of a massacre against israeli civilians. The sheer destruction and bodies of hamas gunmen tell the horrors that unfolded when the terrorist group descended on this small Farming Community. This, were told, is the wreckage from a paraglider that one of the militants used to cross the border and launch their assault here. Colonel golan vosh told us they found bodies everywhere. 66 residents found dead on this street alone. If people locked themselves inside safe rooms, militants set their houses on fire. In your entire career as a professional soldier had you seen anything like this before . No. This was cruel. And i saw the signals of the intention to humiliate. Reporter humiliate. Humiliate. Reporter that quiet Farming Community has now become a front line, jericka. This Ground Invasion has not even begun yet. But Israeli Defense forces say theyve already lost nearly 280 soldiers. Charlie dagata tonight in tel aviv. For relatives of hostages held by hamas these are desperate hours as the militants have threatened to execute their captives. Cbss Holly Williams also in tel aviv has more. Holly . Reporter good evening, jericka. Tonight israels military says that its confirmed at least 155 hostages are being held by hamas in gaza. Hamas claims that 27 of the hostages have been killed in israeli airstrikes and others wounded, though we cannot verify that. The images of hamas kidnapping hostages have horrified israel. Many of them are civilians. Some are children. And amongst them are americans. The militants are now playing a deadly game of blackmail, threatening to kill one hostage every time israel bombs Palestinian Civilians without warning. Tonight israels Prime Minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, met with the family members of some of the hostages. Bring them home bring them home reporter but many here in israel blame their own government for the apparent security failures that allowed hamas to go on a killing spree and take people captive. There was a demonstration yesterday outside Israels Defense Ministry. We dont sleep. We dont eat. All think all the day we are thinking what is going on with liri. Reporter shira al baghs 18yearold daughter liri is believed to be amongst the hostages. What do you want your government to do to get her home . I dont care what they do. But i want i dont know what they im not a political woman. Im a mother. And i want my daughter home now. I want my daughter to sleep in her bed. Now. Reporter but some here who have a history of dealing with hamas are not optimistic. Here we deal with the terror that is actually holding my son as a bargaining chip. Reporter leah goldens son hadar was a soldier in 2014 when he was captured and killed by hamas. Nearly ten years later the militants still refuse to return his body. Given your experience with hamas, what do you think that theyre doing right now with the hostages that theyve taken . No one knows. No one knows. No one knows. The worst thing can be done. No one knows. Reporter israel faces an excruciating conundrum because on the one hand it wants to punish hamas militarily and on the other it wants to bring the hostages home alive. And jericka, doing both those things at once will be extremely difficult. Absolutely. Holly williams for us tonight. Thank you. U. S. Government Officials Say theyre trying their best to make sure that every american who wants to leave israel can. But with major u. S. Airlines canceling their flights because of the conflict, most people are having to find their open way home. Cbss Astrid Martinez has more. Reporter americans are slowly returning to safety as the conflict between israel and hamas rages on. Scott forester arrived in chicago. I got to the gate. I sat down. And i started crying. Reporter the madison, wisconsin resident traveled first from israel to berlin, then washington, d. C. Before finally landing at Ohare International airport. Other families arriving in new york and new jersey boarded flights on the sabbath, the jewish day of rest, when travel is typically forbidden. U. S. Officials say their first charter flight landed in athens, greece yesterday. In recent days other governments have evacuated their citizens including germany, argentina, france and india. Many spent days in bomb shelters, some even injured in the conflict. And jericka, the u. S. State Department Says more than 20,000 american citizens stuck in israel and gaza have reached out to them for departure assistance since the war began. Astrid, thank you. Do you shop for vitamins at walmart . 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The israeli army is poised on the border of gaza for whats expected to be a major invasion of the densely populated strip. But israel has also traded rocket fire with hezbollah militants in lebanon, and theyve sent jets to bomb two International Airports in syria. Now, earlier this month the region seemed on its way to a new era of peace. So what happened . Heres seth doan to explain. At least 1,300 people in israel have been killed. In gaza at least 2,100. Reporter the story somehow keeps getting worse. Israel vows to crush hamas. Reporter as we watch and read, sometimes reluctantly, faced with the reality of yet another war in the middle east. This time sparked by the unimaginable brutality and ba barbarity of those surprise attacks. This was an act of sheer evil. This country was created in the aftermath of the holocaust and it was based on a promise. A promise that this state would protect jews from precise these types of atrocities. And this was the largest single incident of jewish death, of murder since the holocaust. Reporter michael oren was israels ambassador to the u. S. We connected with him from the bomb shelter of his home. A very armored door. Reporter as hamas continues to fire rockets at israel from the gaza strip. The house next door was destroyed. Its very real for us. Weve all known people, seth, every one of us, who have been massacred, dismembered, executed. This is intensely personal. The real question is what happens long term. Reporter robin wright is a contributor to the new yorker and has been covering wars across the middle east for the last 50 years. I think Prime Minister netanyahu thinks he can destroy hamas. But can he destroy the idea, the politics, and the commitment by palestinians who feel that theres no prospect down the road of a twostate solution, who dont see the restoration of their freedom, their dignity, their jobs, the economy . I think this is far harder than the kind of simplistic language that netanyahus been using. Reporter still, Israels Defense Ministry insists they will wipe hamas off the face of the earth. But hamas fighters make up just about 1 of the population in the densely packed gaza strip. Its sealed off from israel by that security barrier, and now theyre encircled by israeli troops and being pounded by airstrikes. Palestinian Health Officials are saying theyre running out of food, theyre running out of water. Israel has turned off the switch to electricity there. Theres a humanitarian crisis unfolding in gaza right now. The danger is that it deepens the passions among the palestinians, who even among those who never liked hamas, because living under siege is really tough and the most important thing about the future is where are their hearts, where are their passions and where are their commitments, and a siege is not going to help make them fans of israel. The port of haifa in palestine lies shattered by bombs and strewn with death. Reporter todays conflict has a complicated bloody history with its roots in competing religious and ancestral claims to this land stretching back millennia. It is what all the participants hope is the first step toward breaking the cycle of violence in the middle east. Reporter but in 1993 there was some hope for peace. Oh, there you have it. The handshake. Reporter israel officially recognized the palestine liberation organization, or plo, in exchange for the group renouncing terrorism and recognizing israels right to exist. Hamas responded with violence. Predictably, the muslim fundamentalists of hamas took credit for the killings, calling them gifts to yassir arafat, the peace settlement and all the traitors. Reporter hamas, which receives funding from iran and is labeled a terrorist organization by the u. S. And the eu, came to control the gaza strip when it won parliamentary elections in 2006. The idea promoted by the United States was to get the palestinians on both the west bank and gaza to speak with one voice, elect Yassir Arafats fatah party, the traditional plo, as the government, which was willing to deal with israel. But there was such alienation and disillusionment with the plo that populations turned to hamas. And that has prevented any kind of Peace Process because the palestinians are divided between the two territories and have very different ideas about how to move forward with israel. Reporter while progress toward peace has stalled between israelis and palestinians and a twostate solution seems increasingly unlikely, israel has made peace with several arab countries. Why are we seeing this conflict explode again now . Hamas went to war i think for a variety of reasons. Israel was engaged in possible eventual talks with saudi arabia brokered by the United States, which would have been the most important Peace Process between israel and the arabs because saudi arabia is the guardian of islams holy places. In your view why now . Because they could. And because we let our guard down, frankly. And were going to have to address that failure when the smoke clears. Reporter michael oren thinks irans involvement supporting hamas adds to the risk that this conflict will only widen. But born in the u. S. , he made his home in israel and says in the longer term he sees progress. I wonder how you see the prospect for peace. Is this just an intractable issue . When i moved here, there was no peace with egypt, there was no peace with jordan, morocco, uae, sudan. Peace with saudi arabia . We had no relations with india. We had no relations with the soviet bloc. We had no relations with china, with africa. I mean, totally isolated. If you would have told me nearly a half century ago that this is what israels Foreign Relations would look like, id say, you know, what type of narcotic are you on . Really. Do not underestimate the possibilities and the hope for peace. So for all of the heartache of today im hearing that you have hope . Certainly. Of course i do. That again was seth doane and this is the cbs overnight news. This delectable ramen noodle recipe will put an end to your drivethrough dinner rituals. Throw that powder in that tasty combo of delightful carrots, and the rich touch of bok choy. Knorr taste combos. Its not fast food, but its soooo good. Vicks vapostick provides soothing, nonmedicated vicks vapors. [exhales] easy to apply for the whole family. Vicks vapostick and try vaposhower for steamy vicks vapors. Ugh, this guy again. Pops ay son ya got a little somethin on yuh face. Needed a quick shave. Quick shave . Respect the process it aint my dads razor, dad, its from gillettelabs. Gillette. Labs . 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It has been two months since wildfires ravaged maui, killing nearly 100 people. The chaos that unfolded that day has been captured by the 911 calls from frantic residents with desperate pleas for help. Jonathan vigliotti has more. We are caught in massive traffic and were covered in ashes and embers. Reporter one after another. Were just trying to figure out if theres a way that the traffic can move, so we can at least get out of the area. Reporter they pleaded for help. Please send someone to my moms house. I have ten babies over there. Reporter and for any guidance on how to escape the flames around them and around loved ones out of their reach. I left my kids. I went down to the store. I left my kids in the house and they dont have any other way to evacuate. Reporter these are just part of the two hours of 911 calls released to the Associated Press by maui officials. Among the more than 200 calls in that period residents reaching out to an overwhelmed system short on clear answers on where to send residents as the fire moved in. Just get out of lahaina. The entire city . The entire city, yes. Just get out of lahaina. Okay. Were very low on gas. Any suggestions on which direction i should go . I dont know, sir. I just know that our entire island is burning from the east to the west. Reporter among those august 8th calls were residents calling from their cars as front street burned. The roads blocked by standstill traffic, debris and fallen trees. Maam, lahaina is totally busy right now. You have to be patient. If you are safe, number one is if you are safe please stay there. If you are not safe youve got to find some way to get to the ocean. Reporter and there are two things that are striking about these calls. First, it appears there was only one dispatcher on duty. And two hours into this crisis from 3 30 to 5 30 p. M. When these calls were received there were still no signs of firefighters or other first responders. The county, meanwhile, has yet to release an official timeline of their emergency response. That was Jonathan Vigliotti reporting. Well, the owner of the indianapolis colts, jim irsay, just added two historic items to his multimilliondollar personal museum. A pair of tickets to ford theater in washington, d. C. From april 14th, 1865. Does that ring a bell . Well, it was the night president Abraham Lincoln was assassinated. Scott macfarlane has that story. Reporter inside the intimate fords