What were beginning the hour with Breaking News. As Night Falls On Israel and gaza, after a day of evacuations, exchanges of fire, and diplomatic appeals, here is what is new this hour. 360,000 Idf Reservist Mobilizing for the next phase of the war against hamas. The New York Times reports ras time is to capture gaza city and, quote, destroy Secretary Of StateAnthony Blinken says that egypts Border Crossing will be open to ing aid to gaza. And Israels Energy minister says that israel will renew Water Supplies to parts of Southern Gaza after talks between President Biden and israeli Prime MinisterBenjamin Netanyahu. [sirens] thats also new today. The sirens sounding in tel aviv, sending visiting u. S. Senators, majority leader Chuck Schumer and republican senator mitt romney and to bomb shelters. Schumer says they were rushed to the shelter to wait out hamas rocket fire. Israel also reported taking rocket fire in the Southern City of sderot. Israeli strikes were unrelenting, pounding the gaza strip. There you have some new video showing an explosion during rescues following and then desperate searches for survivors following a strike on yet another refugee camp. Then in central gaza, watch this. [speaking in a global language] extraordinary dramatic rescues on a strike on a residential building. [sirens] those strikes sending hundreds to hospitals along the strip. The World Health Organization saying orders for hospitals to evacuate Northern Gaza are in Death Sentence for the second and jared. Doctors say conditions and gaza hospitals are already dire for patients. We have around 55 patients. They depend on machines to preserve their lives, they need oxygen. Theyre on ventilators. We have these machines, around 60 patients. This number is a danger. [inaudible] we need a cease fire, we need another hospital. And this disaster, they come from new countries. A new update on the 70 People Killed when three convoys evacuees in gaza were killed by strikes. And idf spokesman told our colleagues that sky news israel, sky news, rather, that israel did not strike the convoys. Adding that it appears hamas had the road booby trapped. We are going to follow up on that with a number of reporters and analysts in place across the middle east. Here in the u. S. , covering all of todays developments. First to rob sanchez that the israel border. I understand that you had a look at a huge cash of weapons today, what are you seen . Yeah, alex, thats. Right when Hamas Terrorists burst through the gaza border on saturday they were armed to the teeth. Armed not just a kill israeli civilians but also to fight off israeli reinforcements into the southern communities. To fight against tanks, helicopters, the Israeli Military has been gathering weapons. They have collected from slain hamas fighters. They have been collecting them at a basin southern israel. We visited that base earlier today. I want you to take a look at what we saw. This is just a fraction of the weapons the Israeli Military has recovered from hamas fighters and the field. I want to walk you through some of the items here. This is a thermobaric bomb. This is a weapon designed to create heat of up to 3000 degrees instantaneously. The Israeli Military says Hamas Terrorists use these two incinerate whole families inside of their houses. Now the bulk of these weapons down here are rocket propelled grenades. The Israeli Military says it found around 1000 of them in the field. This is a level of firepower designed not just for killing civilians, but for holding off israeli reinforcements for hours to come. These are assault rifles. The standard issue of hamas forces. You can see just an absolute arsenal of weapons. If my Camera Operator just points over here, these black charges are explosives. They were planted at the gates of israeli communities. They were designed as booby traps to stop israeli troops coming in. Critically, the Israeli Military says that nothing they see here suggest the direct involvement of iran. These are standard weapons you would expect from hamas, many of them are homemade, inside gaza. It gives you a sense of the firepower israels military will be facing inside the gaza one that Ground Nation begins. Now, alex, that is the kind of firepower that hamas forces will be deploying inside of gaza. They will be on home for a if israel moves ahead as we expect they will with a full on ground invasion. Not only are hamas fighters heavily armed inside of gaza, they also have that elaborate network of tunnels underneath the strip. It gives them the ability to pop up in different places to try to ambush Israeli Forces. So the Israeli Military is studying those weapons, trying to see what clues they can learn. I thought it was interesting that they said nothing and that arsenal indicates the direct involvement of iran. It shows you that even under that very, very severe israeli blockade that has been going on for years now, hamas is still finding material to reduce weapons inside of the gaza strip. Can i offer you a profound thank you . That was incredibly educational to see the firepower being captured, and that witchess Relief Sources will be facing. Now, matt bradley, who is following the latest on Secretary Blinkens tour of the middle east. Lebanon, thats where we are joined by matt. What are we hearing from him today, matt, during his latest stop . That was cairo, egypt. Anthony blinken, the Secretary Of State, hes not a six nation arab tour. Hes trying to tell arab governments that he is trying his best, to keep the israelis from committing heinous war crimes when they do their anticipated move into the gaza strip. This is something that we have been hearing for the past week. He goes back to tel aviv, itll be the second time hes doing that in the last five days. Today, he joins us for a close ally of the al United States. Heres what he had to say. We started, as you know, in israel. It was important to make it very clear that the United States has israels back. We will stand with them today, tomorrow, and every day. We are doing that inward and indeed. I spent time with president netanyahu to go through the needs that israels have to ensure they can effectively defend itself. Youve already seen a lot of that assistance moving forward. Thats a conversation that will continue. Now, Secretary Blinken, of course, like i, said is going on the store of all these arab countries, trying to assure them that theyre going to be, the dean estates is doing its best to tamp down israels appetite, possibly, for any human rights abuses. Youve heard the shift in the u. S. Change over the last week or even though they said that the u. S. Has been say that theyre entirely behind israel, they have been calling on israel to go to the gaza strip. What he heard from elsisi. He is among one of the only arab countries to push back a little bit on Secretary Blinken and to say that already the israelis had exceeded some of the retribution and the gaza strip. Some of what theyve seen in the gaza strip, and this is before the mass crowded nation that werent dissipating, its already tantamount to Something Like collective punishment. The egyptians are unique among the arab world. They share a border with the gaza strip. Im sorry it looks like war, the lets attorney. Not were having a Rolling Blackouts now and lebanon, alex. I can tell you that this is something that elsisi has pushed back on Secretary Blinken, saying that this is the book collective punishment. Theyve exceeded the retribution but they were trying to beat up in the gaza strip. This is before we had this ground invasion. Again, the egyptian share aboard with the gaza strip. This makes them unique among arab countries. A lot of these arab countries, they are concerned not just for the human rights and human values, and the wellbeing of palestinians in the gaza strip, there are also really worried about their own populations becoming angry and rising up in support of the palestinians, and rising up against the regimes, these Airbridge Eames that have typically not been particularly democratic. All, right listen, we understand the lighting, there are issues that happened when youre an alive war zone in your covering. Thank you so much for that. You did mention Secretary Blinken, of, course we want to have james, our director, put up a photo. We are just seeing him, i believe, right there. There he is, deplaning. He has landed in amman, jordan. That will be the next series of interviews that he will be conducting. Again, to matts, point trying to bring reassurances to allies in the middle east of the United States. That nobody wants to pursue an allout extended war with multinational prongs to it. Again, were going to keep an eye on that. A little bit of darkness there with the secretary of State Landing in jordan. Joining us now, the former supremely of nato and chief international analyst. Admiral, admirable as well. Welcome, sir. According to axios, iran sent to messaged israel on saturday stg th it does not want further escalation and the hamas israel war. Th it will, quote, intervene if the israeli operation in gaza continues. So what could intervene mean . Talk to me about what it would look like if iran were to get involved. Either directly or indirectly, and this conflict. Iran really doesnt have a lot of significant levers to pull with one exception, alex. That, of course, is hezbollah. This creature of iran, terrorist organization. One of the most effective Terrorist Organizations in the world. It is more than israel, and lebanon, it is in possession of 130,000 service to surface missiles. So what iran could do, and what theyre subliminally threatening to do, is unleash hezbollah. That would be a mistake on the part of iran. That is the reason there is not one but two american Aircraft Carriers off the coast, not of israel, but of lebanon. Those carriers are there directly to send a signal to tehran that the United States does not want to get involved militarily and this, but if a Northern Front is opened, if hezbollah launches missiles, look for american fighter jets to come in and take those missiles out. I dont think iran has a significant hand of cards to play. Particularly now that the administration has moved American Military power close by. You interpretation, sir, of that which we heard from matt bradley, talking about some pushback from the egyptian president when talking about the war. The involvement, the greater picture. How do you read that . I think that hes playing to his population. Egypts the largest arab nation in the world. President sissi is clearly signaling to his population that he will do what he can to try to protect the palestinians. On the other hands, when he says that the ex president sissi, like the israelis have already overstepped on retribution. I think hes missing an important point. But the israelis are doing is really not about retribution. Its about prevention. Its about the light of selfdefense, which is quite clear under International Law to prevent hamas from conducting further attacks along the lines of a week ago. That is not retribution. That is prevention and selfdefense. Its an important distinction. In terms of next up, sir, here is what, on that level, the New York Times reports that israeleparing to soon invade with Tens Of Thsas of soldiers with the goal of capturing gaza city, firstly, and then wiping out hamas top leadership. Can you explain the risks, challenges, of a massive Ground Offensive in a very densely populated urban area . Particularly the challenges up the miles and miles of underground tunnels. Hamas militants will likely be hiding there. I want to know how those tunnels work. How the israeli army, have they ever undertaken the scale of combat in this region . The answer to your final question is no. They have never been in a position to set up, to bring several hundred thousand troops into a city of 1. 2 million and face the enormous challenges of urban warfare. You cant maneuver your tanks. If you were mindful of civilian casualties the way the israelis are, you dont have a free hand to go and flatten the entire place. Obviously israel has the military capacity to simply destroy gaza. Theyre not going to do that because that would be a violation of International Law, and would not to regard the civilians who remain there. As the offensive for us, theyre at an extreme disadvantage, attempting to avoid civilian casualties, your opponents are in buildings vertically stacked above you, shooting down on you. Alex, your point, underneath your fairy feats are 300 miles of tunnels which allow your opponents to drop down, maneuver, and pop up wherever they would like. This is an immense military challenge. The u. S. Has fought in some urban settings, as recently as the iraq wars, and what we know is that this is going to be extremely difficult militarily. Compounded by the presence of hostages, and innocent civilians in hospitals, as your reporting is quite correctly showing. This is not a ten in terms of difficulty, this is a 22. Ive never seen a harder challenge for military. As you are well aware, sir the airstrikes continue from israel, but i guess strategically my question is can they continue . During a ground assault. Can the to Work Together . They can, given the precise targeting capabilities of the israeli air force. You are right, when the israeli troops get into discrete areas, then that will become a nofly zone, if you will. Again, compounding the challenges here. One point to be made is that is commandoes will come in from the sea and put pressure on the rear of hamas as they face the israeli takes coming across. All of that, youre absolutely correct, there will be a period where air support is reduced because of all of this. Extremely complex military maneuvering. I said admirable, and im at. That admiral, thank you, sir. In a moment, well hear from an american citizen whos five Family Members are being held hostage by hamas. First, there is something new from the president today. He answers a very pointed question about war when were back in 60 seconds. Ck in 60 seconds your best defense against erosion and cavities is strong enamel nothing beats it. 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Earlier we heard secretary of defense, lloyd austin, say that the u. S. Will be able to walk and chew gum at the same time. To be able to continue providing military and humanitarian aid to ukraine while also helping our oldest and closest ally in the middle east, in israel. The president was asked directly this. We have a new cliff of his interview with 60 minutes that is set to air tonight. Hear what he said directly asked about this. Are the wars in israel and ukraine more than the United States can take on . Where the United States of america, for god sake. The most powerful nation in the history, in the history of the world. The history of the world. We can take care of both of these and still montaigne are Overall International defense. We have the capacity to do this. We have an obligation to do. It we are and essential nation. If we dont, who does . Alex, we expect that support for both countries to be reflected in this next supplemental aid package that the white house has set to deliver to the hill, to consider, very soon, and we have reported that we expect israel aid to be linked to not just ukraine but also to taiwan, as well as more funding for the u. S. Mexico border. The big question now is wh