Events. But she still has nightmares and dont know where her mom is at right now. And thats not the only person that she doesnt know where shes at right now because her aunt, caramel, which was playing with her all weekend and every time, and every minute she was in the kibbutz, she was coming to play. And their grandmother that died, but we are not telling her because thats not something that she can take for the moment. And she was really connected to her as well. Were a really close family. I know you are. And would you stay in touch, i know we had connective problems from your end, but would you stay in touch. Were out of time on our show, but please let us know and well talk to you we hope with better news. Thank you. Thank you very much. We want to bring them back, and we want women and children first. Anyone that see this need to remember its a human thing. Its not a war between two sides. Its a human matter. We need to bring back the girls and the children first. After that the men. I want them back as well. I want all the kibbutz back, i want my family back. We want them all back. Its important for you all to know that. Let me thank you. If you need any further information. Let me hand it off to katy tur with apologies, obviously we had Transmission Problems there. Katy tur. And thank you, and again, were going to talk about a Hostage Negotiation in a moment of the man who has opened a back channel for it. Good to be with you. Im katy tur. Families w the Rafah Border Waiting to be left out. Its been more than a day since Secretary Blinken said the border was going to be reopened and an exit for duel citizens trying to leave and an entry for truckloads of humanitarian supplies. Per reporting from the washington post, he is finding resistance. While the region doesnt have warm feelings for hamas, there is concern that israel is taking the retaliation too far and that the forced move of more th million gazans is illegal. New Reports Senioriden administration administrations are warning their israeli counter to show Restraint Andid Mass Civilian Casualties and a humanitarian disaster that could turn World Opinion against the jewish state. It is only been nine days since hamas slaughtered hundreds of people, in some cases brutally torturing them, per witnesses, israeli officials and reporters on the ground who have toured the carnage. The number of dead in israel is now at 1,400. And the anger and the grief there is still white hot. Fueling support for what the government is trying to do to root out hamas, including punishing strikes and a siege that is leaving gaza desperate. This is not war. This is kill people everywhere. I see a bomb, i see our houses down. Its not fair. Its not fair. Its not fair. But there appears to be near unanimous support in israel to fight back. Theres nowhere near unanimous support for Benjamin Netanyahu. Over the weekend in the midst of anguish, there were protests in the street, demanding netanyahu resign and blaming him for the attack. Of the hostages of which there are 199, no word an a swap and no word of an official channel. There is a back channel, one opened by the same man who negotiated the release of the last hamas hostage. Gershan backshin says hes in hamas now, and there is a window of opportunity to get some back. Lets start first with reporters on the ground. Nbc news chief Foreign CorrespondentRichard Engel is at the israeligaza border. With the news in gaza that at least 2,800 are dead, what are you seeing on the build up and what can you tell us about whats happening at the other end, at the border between gaza and egypt . Reporter i can tell you here where we are in the last few minutes, theres more fire out of the gaza strip. There have been rounds coming out of gaza a short while ago, an air alert, and small arms fire here as well. This is very much a fluid situation. Going back to the situation at the border between the gaza strip and egypt, it is in one sense a very easy problem, and people have been talking about it, and for the people inside the gaza strip, the solution seems quite easy, egypt should open that border and allow the people to leave, allow the people to come back to the United States, canada, germany, wherever they are from, and age should be allowed to go in. Of course this is the middle east, and theres history here, and what you hear from the palestinians more and more is that they believe that with this campaign, israel is trying to empty out the gaza strip, that israel believes that the solution to hamas, that the solution to its called the palestinian problem is to evacuate the gaza strip and push all of the people into egypt. And that is why many palestinians are afraid to leave. Theyre afraid to leave because they could get bombed on the roads, but mostly theyre afraid, another reason theyre afraid is if they left, they think they could never come back, and there will be another permanent generation of palestinian refugees, another diaspora in the middle east. This isnt just what palestinians are saying, egyptian leaders are saying this, jordanian leaders are saying this. They say that the government in israel has that intelligence, and has that intention, and you can see some what seem to be israeli fire into the gaza strip, the northern part of gaza city, and the arab world is landing on the argument that if egypt opens its doors and allows 2. 3 Million People to flood into egypt that it would be giving extremists in israel a win by emptying out the gaza strip. That is just what people in the region are saying. Its important to understand the mentality in the middle east of why these Population Moves are important, and why it is not just for palestinians a simple question of an exodos of refugees. But on an individual level, the people who are standing at that gate, frustrated, tired, hot, many of them went today for the second day in a row. They just want the gate to open. They just want to be able to leave a dangerous place, go into egypt, and then get on a bus and take a plane home. A lot of american citizens, the State Department estimates, 500 to 600 american citizens in gaza right now. Richard engel. Thank you very much. Lets go to nbcs raf sanchez from israel. As we were talking, we just got news from Secretary Blinkens office about what happened to him while he was in a meeting with the war cabinet. The israels war cabinet in jerusalem, what can you tell us . Reporter richard was seeing that rocket fire, we have been seeing it here. In tel aviv they have been seeing it and hearing it. Secretary of state blinken was at the Israeli Defense ministry, meeting Prime Minister netanyahu, and the war cabinet when the sirens went off. The state Department Says he spent about five minutes inside a bomb shelter with the Prime Minister, with the top leaders in israel, which is a pretty striking visual that ten days or so into this Bombing Campaign that israel has mounted inside gaza, hamas maintains the ability to fire rockets and shoot them as far as tel aviv, which i dont think many people would have predicted. Katy, we were speaking earlier to the red cross, the International Committee of the red cross, they tell us they are engaged in facetoface discussions with senior hamas leaders about the roughly 200 israelis being held hostage inside gaza. As a first step, they are looking to gain access to the hostages. They want to assess what kind of condition theyre in physically. Are they wounded, do they have medical needs that are not being met. They say they want to be able to carry messages from the hostages to their families and vice versa, and they say ultimately they are hoping to free these hostages, to secure their release. It does not appear at this point, katy, that any of these Back Channel Negotiations be it through the red cross, be it through qatar, other third parties is gaining much traction. But it is obviously one of the many, many complicating factors for the Israeli Military as it plans this long awaited ground offensive, how do you go into gaza without not just killing a very large number of Palestinian Civilians but also without causing any harm to the hostages. The question has been asked in israel is what the priority is. Are the hostages the priority here or is it just not the normal rules of the game as you said before, raf . Reporter its a very question. The public line from the Israeli Military, the political leadership, including Prime Minister netanyahu, is that the hostages are the top priority. Israel is determined to get them home. The fact that the ground offensive hasnt yet begun even though there are so many israeli troops amassed at the border is a possible sign that israel has not yet figured out a way to launch a ground offensive without harming the hostages, harming them either in the sense of triggering hamas to execute them or perhaps killing them by mistake with israeli fire. There is a lot of concern, as you can imagine, katy, among the loved ones of these hostages that if israel in a moment of national reckoning, feeling it has no choice, given the scale of the attack, but to go into gaza, topple hamas, kill its leaders, where that leaves the hostages, where there is any room in that scenario for either a negotiation or some kind of precise pinpoint Hostage Rescue to bring these people home. It is just not clear at this point. The Prime MinisterBenjamin Netanyahu only met with the families over the weekend, only met with the families and the hostages over the weekend, a week after they were taken. Raf sanchez, thank you very much. Weve got a lot more on the hostages coming up. First lets go to nbc news Foreign Correspondent matt bradley, whos in tyre, lebanon, for us. Matt, another active day where you are. Reporter thats right. We have been seeing back and forth shooting. There was at least one death of a civilian on the israeli side, and this is a slow simmer that we have been seeing on the border behind me, just over these hills here. But it could take a mistake. It could take a provocation of any kind to set this off. You know, weve heard from people describing the war that hezbollah, the dominant Military Force fought with israel in 2006. They said it went from quiet in a fullon war in a matter of hours. Thats what everybody here is so very worried about. But there are other decisions in the offing, other capitals, other places making decisions for hezbollah as well, and im speaking specifically of iran, whose Foreign Minister has been traveling around the region. I spoke with a hezbollah member of parliament, here in lebanon. Heres what he told me. So youve heard him talking about the resistance, if youre wondering what this access of resistance is that hes describing, the ones who are going to be making these decisions, this is a loosely affiliated coalition of Different Countries and groups like hezbollah, hamas, that are aligned with iran, or under irans tutelage, and they are also against suni powers, and they are waiting for a decision from iran or within themselves, and from hezbollahs revered leader, to decision whether or not hezbollah is going to go into the war, we can take them at their word that maybe they havent made a decision yet. When that decision comes, it will probably be based on what israel does in the gaza strip and how hard israel brings the hammer down on hamas. Katy. Everybody is just waiting right now. Matt bradley, thank you very much. And joining me next is a member of oxfam. Heres what one of her colleagues says she is seeing in gaza. Continuous shelling everywhere. But what is more serious is the humanitarian situation. Children here are shouting of hunger. There is no food in the market and supermarkets for those families who actually have left their houses in gaza. North gaza. And they are staying, most of them are staying in schools, and the others are staying actually with other people here in the middle area. And number of those families are staying in the streets. So its a real catastrophe. Joining us now from the west bank is busha, a policy lead at oxfam, thank you so much for joining us. What is most urgent right now . Everything is an urgency right now. Theres no water. Theres no food. Theres no electricity. This is my colleague trying to get in touch every day. My family was also displaced to the middle area. Water is a big problem. Its the number one, you know, need for showers, for drinking, for cleaning, for cooking. And water is getting more expensive for how sparse its become, bottled water, this is of course from witness statements of friends and family that ive spoken to but its almost six times the price what it used to be, and you can imagine what the prices before this war was in gaza, 80 of people were dependent on aid already. This is like my colleague says, its a catastrophe. You have family there, did i hear you right . Yeah, my motherinlaw and my fatherinlaw and my sisters in law, and my nephews and brotherinlaw. And you havent heard from them . We tried to no, weve heard from them. Theres gaza has learned, i guess, to adapt to living under blockade and occupation. They have solar chargers, so theyre able to charge the phones and give us a call. Theres no internet. Theres no electricity. Its whenever we get in touch with them. Its almost like waiting for the blue tick on whatsapp, whats what it feels like when they call, and you have to call back. I can imagine. The World Health Organization estimated theres 24 hours left for the hospitals to continue running, and its a giant catastrophe, lots of people will die if they run out of fuel. Yeah. I mean, hospitals in the north were asked to evacuate, and theyre already overflowing there. As you say, at the collapse in a matter of hours. I mean, bodies are being refrigerated in trucks because theres nowhere store them or bury them. And the problem also the fact that theres no water, and no medical supplies this leads to, you know, risks of diseases, of infections. The situation is really at the brink of a collapse. Journalists on the ground have said that Ice Cream Trucks are being used to refrigerate bodies and have been turned into morgues. Yeah. Which is just horrifying. Let me ask you about all of this aid were looking at on our screen. This is truckloads of humanitarian aid. Egypt has been collecting, flown in all over the world. What does oxfam understand the hold up is at the border . Our position is that rafah should open and people need to be able to seek safety, but our first, you know, priority is to of course, you know, monitor our staff, locate our staff. Thats our priority as a humanitarian organization. If the parties to this conflict respect International Law, people wouldnt have to escape and, you know, be forcibly, you know, pushed out of their homes to find safety, and israel has an obligation to secure the safety. They shouldnt be pushed out of their homes and moved to the south. Even the Evacuation Process towards the south is risky. Weve had reports, confirmed reports of air strikes being dropped on civilians on their Evacuation Booth that was said to be safe by israel. And this forcible transfer is a serious violation of humanitarian International Law and codified as a war crime. And i understand the siegeis a violation of International Law as well . It has been considered illegal, an illegal blockade on gaza. Absolutely. Bushra, thank you for being with us. We hope your family is okay, and we hope you find your loved ones and colleagues as well. Thank you for joining us. Thank you. Coming up, were going to go inside gaza for the rapidly worsening humanitarian crisis as we were just discussing. A back channel to get the hostages out, the man who opened it says there is a window of opportunity to rescue at least some of them. He joins us many a moment. Were back . Just 60 seconds. Just 60 seconds. And look at me now. Youll never truly forget migraine, but zeromigraine days are possible. Dont take if allergic to qulipta®. Most common side effects are nausea, constipation, and sleepiness. Qulipta®. The forgetyouget migraine medicine™. 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But even so there are so many more caught in their bombs. Young bodies rushed to gazas overstretched hospitals, which are running out of the means to treat them, just one day of electricity