aviv, where tonight, israel is warning its ground offensive could start at any moment. >> and i'm kate snow in new york, where we're washing efforts by the biden administration to get americans out of the war zone. >> americans trapped in gaza, trying to get out the egypt. the border there now scheduled to open in just hours. inside gaza, desperation as israel ramps up its attacks. >> and residents warn they're running out of food and medicine. >> we are facing a real starvation. -- >> the u.s. is sending a ship to evacuate americans from israel. secretary of state antony blinken in the region, trying to head off a broader war. >> no one should do anything to widen this conflict in any way. >> a u.s. senate delegation on the ground hearing in israel forced to take shelter when sirens went off. what majority leader chuck schumer said he said directly to israel's prime minister. >> i wanted to tell is u.s. leaders that we have them back. >> an american's heading toward, their emotional goodbyes to family as they travel to israel to fight. >> this is an nbc news special report, israel and hamas at war, reporting tonight from tel aviv, tom y'all mass and from new york kate snow. >> hey, good evening, it is 3 am here in israel. and a new phase of this war could start at anytime. israel's military saying it's prepared to fight on two fronts, as clashes between the idf and hezbollah militants intensify on israel's northern border with lebanon. but in the south, israeli troops still amassing along that border with gaza, as israel vows a ground offensive to take out hamas. and gaza, hundreds of thousands of people heading south, in a attempt to evacuate as the humanitarian situation there worsens. and late today, palestinian officials confirming the rafah crossing into egypt, gaza's only other land border beside israel, will open in about six hours from now. families have been waiting there for days, trying to flee the violence. but tomorrow, it could be complete chaos, with so many trying to escape. >> there's also a race tonight to get americans out of both israel and gaza. an estimated 500 to 600 palestinian americans were in gaza when this conflict began, and the u.s. says there are americans among the hostages. they've now been held by hamas for more than a week after that brutal attack inside israel last weekend. sources also confirmed to nbc news that the u.s. is sending a ship to northern israel with the ability to evacuate hundreds of american citizens living in israel. u.s. secretary of state antony blinken traveling to neighboring arab nations in an effort to prevent an even larger conflict. ♪ ♪ ♪ >> and take a look at, this it is the toll of this, we're already more than 1400 people have been killed in israel, and more than 2600 in gaza. at least 30 of the victims we know are americans. i magical number of victims already, with no end in sight. [sound of artillery] tonight, israel clashes north and south of its borders. attacks from hezbollah in lebanon leading to retaliation strikes, while rockets launched in and out of gaza. the israeli military is amassing troops and equipment along the border, for a ground invasion that everyone knows is coming but few know when it will start. inside gaza, a dire humanitarian crisis is growing. water, food, fuel, and medical supplies is running out. civilians trying to get to safety in the south, well the bombardment continues. [sound of artillery] as the u.s. works to get americans out of gaza into egypt through the southern border near rafah, it's still closed. but a palestinian official says it will open tomorrow morning, and the state department says up to 600 americans remain in gaza. so far, negotiations between egypt, israel, and aid organizations over the border have gone nowhere as families wait in agony. this, as secretary of state antony blinken continues his shuttle diplomacy, with a visit to egypt today, working on all of these issues. >> i vowed to work together as well to ensure that this crisis. >> to help ensure that, a second u.s. aircraft carrier, the eisenhower, will join the uss gerald ford, already in the eastern mediterranean. and inside israel, relentless threats from the air. >> [inaudible] >> we were rushed to a bomb shelter as air raid sirens went off. >> we experienced what life is like even here in tel aviv. about 20 of us, including all six senators, had to be herded into a shelter because of the missile strikes, thank god, none of them hit. >> it also happened to the u.s. delegation here. senators forced to take cover. senate majority leader chuck schumer and mitt romney in tel aviv, along with others, to meet with israeli officials as well as families americans taken hostage by hamas terrorists. >> when you got off that plane, what was the first thing wanted to tell israel's leaders? >> i wanted to tell israel's leaders we have your back. >> do you think there's hope to rescue american hostages? >> of course there is. that's why they were grabbed, a hamas wants to see if they can get something. >> hope is all this something this family has. >> hope isthey haven't heard frr loved ones, keith and adrian segel, since saturday, when neighbors say hamas terrorists march them from their home. >> you met with united states senators. what did you tell them? >> we all told him that we want our families back in israel, and now. we haven't got time. we need them to bring them back to their homes, back to their children, back to their grandchildren. >> just some of the americans who have law ones that are now hostages being held by those hamas terrorists. tonight, we have reporters fanned out all across the region. first, we want to take you now to the border between israel and the gaza strip, where those israeli forces are preparing for an all out assault on hamas. alison barber joins us live now from that transporter. alison, even reporting there for seven days, now and you're in an area where there is heavy military movement. i understand there's been some heavy equipment moving in in just the last couple of hours? >> hello, tom, yeah, that's right, we've seen that happen a lot in the last few days since we've been here, in the last couple of hours we have seen two small convoys. and you maybe see some flashing over behind my shoulder. that is gaza, just behind us. and in the last little bit of, time we've started to see the skyline back their light up with the pockets of orange three times in probably the last ten minutes. but for the most part, things here have been eerily quiet. i spoke to you around this time last, night and said the same thing. but what we have been seeing our movements of military equipment. we saw two small conference tonight of flatbed trucks. that was a boom off in the distance in gaza just now. but the flatbed trucks we saw, they were carrying armed personnel carriers into the direction of gaza. one thing that is different tonight compared than when we saw military equipment the other day, they didn't stop at a military staging area nearby, they kept going and appear to be -- the gaza border. tom? >> and ellison, i know you've been talking to israeli soldiers there where you are. they were essentially waiting for this invasion to begin. how are they feeling right now? what is the mood there? >> yeah, some of them are frustrated when they specifically talk about how all of this started, the terror attacks that unfolded on saturday. they talk about their pain and frustration. we met one idf commander at a gas station not far from here today, and he wanted to talk to us. he talked about how frustrated he was that it took so long for the security forces to respond to the initial terror attack, and the fact that it has taken so many days, seemingly, for any sort of real offensive to go into gaza to try to get the hundred plus people out from inside. tom, he looked at me, and said i'm 32 years old, me and many other men by age could walk into gaza right now and say take us, but let the women, but the children, let the elderly go. they are frustrated because they have over 100 people inside of gaza still stuck and so many of them, they really are very young, they are older, they are women, they are civilians who have nothing to do with any of the conflicts at play here. tom? >> ellison barber, speaking to the soldiers and families that are there on the front lines. ellison, we thank you for your report. it's been over 48 hours since the israeli military gave a warning to 1.1 million civilians in gaza to evacuate, in preparation for a ground offensive. joining us tonight is the international spokesman for the israeli defense fourth, jonathan conricus. jonathan, i know your country is at war so i appreciate you taking the time to talk to me and our viewers tonight. there is news that the rafah border in egypt will be open for palestinian foreign nationals, including americans, to get out and just a few hours, and for aid to come in. can you tell us tonight categorically that there will be no bombing or shelling near this area, as people are trying to cross and humanitarian assistance this trying to get in? >> [silence] [silence] sorry, sorry, i was on mute. thank you for having me, and i will repeat what i said that wasn't audible. we've already tried with the egyptians and the americans and others to coordinate the safe passage of americans out of the gaza strip. we were for it, and of course make sure there was no military activity of ours in the area. but it was stopped by hamas. so it's very much up to hamas to decide if they are going to allow and what is going to happen. of course, anything humanitarian, coordinated with israel, with the government, or with the ministry will be respected, in theory. >> jonathan, idf is reporting that there are 126 hostages confirmed. these are people kidnapped by the terrorists of hamas that unleashed so much evil on your people. has there been any communication between hamas in israel, or a third party like another country, on the freeing those hostages? >> not that i am aware, of no. >> i don't have to remind you about the last shot, but many of our viewers may not be as familiar. he was an israeli soldier that hamas kept hidden for five years. it took a prisoner swap of 1000 palestinian prisoners to get him back. what makes you think negotiators will negotiate with you or the u.s. for those american hostages? >> what hamas will do is of less concern. and without going into politics and strategy, i don't think that israel is looking to negotiate. what we are going to do is dismantle hamas, its military leadership, its military capabilities, so that at the end of this war, hamas doesn't have any military capability. and of course, it is our intention and commitment to the families of those held hostage to bring those israelis home. but >> i know you're aware of that convoy of palestinians that was struck, 70 people, including children, trying to flee gaza. palestinian media, there are reports that it was an israeli airstrike. i know israel is denying those reports. what is your understanding of what happened, and was it an israeli airstrike that killed those innocent palestinians? >> well, we are in a war zone. and in war, lots of things happen at the same time. war also encompasses the information realm. and what we have said unequivocally -- gentle hug ali, the idf spokesperson, and everybody else is that clearly we have not targeted any convoy, any civilians on that road, specifically on that road, and nowhere else in general, but specifically to that location. clearly know purposeful targeting. it may have been an incident of fire around it. but that is very unlikely. and what i would want to bring to the four is the fact that the gaza strip is overrun by a terrorist organization. >> yeah, jonathan, i just want to stop. jonathan, i just want to stop you for a moment, because the sounds a little different than what we've heard from israeli officials. are you saying that there still a possibility that it was indeed an israeli airstrike, it might have been a mistake, but it might have an israeli bombs that killed those 70 people? >> so, that was before in the midsentence. that's what i was getting to. gaza strip is governed by a terrorist organization that has a long track record, proven record, of lying, falsifying, and dealing in misinformation. we assess that it is hamas who in fact staged these explosions. and hamas is responsible for what happened here. and at this stage, we have looked into the information provided by journalists, we have tried to corroborate questions and understand what happened, it is a very chaotic environment. and what i can say, clearly, unequivocally, is that we did not in any case target any convoy. but i want to be on the safe side and say, you know, things can happen in war. but there was definitely nothing purposeful. and i think that the investigation should be looking at who would stand to gain from such a convoy being attacked, specifically on the route that we made sure would be open for the evacuation. and the answer is clear, the organization that stands to gain from this is hamas. and unfortunately, and i don't think it would be beneath hamas to attack their own civilians if they think it would gain them anything in the realm of diplomacy or international public opinion. diplomacy or international public opinion jonathan jonathan, with the idea. if we thank you for your time. >> kate, i'm gonna send it back to you. >> all right, just a few hours from now. that rough across saying, bordering egypt we are told will open up as one of the only escape route for foreign nationals. including americans, inside of gaza to get out of harm's way. palestinian official confirms to nbc news that that will happen. but it's not clear how long it will stay open. joining me now is jeremy bash, former chief of staff at the cia and the department of nbc news national security analyst, jeremy good to have you with us. can you help our viewers, we have some maps, help viewers understand this rafah border crossing. how big is it? what would be, how hard would it be to get many, many people through that opening? >> it's not very big, imagine the size of an nfl stadium, with hundreds of thousands of people, maybe millions of people or 2 million people trying to get into this area. look at this map right here, we have gusts up here in the orange, you've got egypt, a continuous land border between egypt and gaza. this border crossing is the only land crossing that is available to palestinians coming south through the gaza strip. israel, over here in yellow. their two border crossings up north. but for the people of gaza, when they get into egypt, they're going to, be obviously, in a country that can take care of them, provide humanitarian assistance for them. >> let's talk about reporting in the new york times tonight. that says that the gold of israel's military's goal is to capture gaza city. i think you have a different map, with gaza city up in the northern part of the country so walk us through that, if that is the goal, right in the middle of the evacuation zone, what does that mean? >> sure, again, here in israel in green, gaza in orange, at the north and of gaza city and at the end of the north end of the gaza city the population is going to be evacuating south, out of this red area, down into the orange area and then ultimately, potentially, some of them will leave the egypt. >> although, not yet, to be clear. those who have worn passports. >> that's right, and ultimately there will be humanitarian support that will go in through the rough across,-ing in from the green, to the orange, and the population there will hopefully get some humanitarian relief and israel's military objectives, it's important to know it's trying to isolate gaza city. not to bulldoze the entirety of the gaza civilian areas, rather, they are going after specific targets. you could see, here in the dark colors, specific areas where hamas's access to a commanding control access to have the weapons catches, and we've been factors and it's a very important point. israel's military operation is not a bulldozer town. it's to go specifically after specific point to see her. >> the black areas are where airstrikes from israel have created damage or some sort. >> it's likely that those darker areas is where you will see ground operations, naval fires, long-range fighters and drone strikes. dismounted off of armored personnel carriers to go house to house and try to find hostages and tried to track down how masters. >> i want to ask, secretary the state has been all over the region over the last few days, we have a map of where he has been and this is shuttle diplomacy, right? it's going to talk with lots of different players and what is the goal? >> the goal is to ensure that iran doesn't jump in, and he's gone to egypt to talk about humanitarian assistance. he's talked to qatar over here in the gulf to talk about how to negotiate with hamas. they have a lot of influence with hamas. potentially, get the hostages out. he's gone to the united arab emirates, to jordan, and other gulf and arab allies actually work cooperatively with israel, they do not want to see a wider war. but i think it's important to note that if iran jumps into this. in the northern part of israel on top of that yellow area. in the top of the yellow part of a if it jumps in that will essentially be a war between israel and iran. that's why we've got a carrier strike group in the eastern mediterranean right near israel in the waterway. that is to deter iran from jumping into the sport. >> thank you so much, very helpful to see it, and talk about it. jeremy bash. still ahead tonight, the americans stuck in gaza. i'll talk with the dad, and grandfather here in the u.s. hoping his daughters family will get up. plus, as we go to break tonight we will hear from some of the voices of this war on both sides. >> they're basically bombing everywhere and it's literally a humanitarian crisis. >> we're just trying to help those who have been caught up into the front line. and who have been displaced from their homes. ce from their homes ewer medicines. that's why i switched to dovato. dovato is a complete hiv treatment for some adults. no other complete hiv pill uses fewer medicines to help keep you undetectable than dovato. detect this: most hiv pills contain 3 or 4 medicines. dovato is as effective with just 2. if you have hepatitis b, don't stop dovato without talking to your doctor. don't take dovato if you're allergic to its ingredients or taking dofetilide. this can cause serious or life-threatening side effects. if you have a rash or allergic reaction symptoms, stop dovato and get medical help right away. serious or life-threatening lactic acid buildup and liver problems can occur. tell your doctor if you have kidney or liver problems or if you are pregnant, breastfeeding, or considering pregnancy. dovato may harm an unborn baby. most common side effects are headache, nausea, diarrhea, trouble sleeping, tiredness, and anxiety. detect this: i stay undetectable with fewer medicines. ask your doctor about switching to dovato. just between us, you know what's better than mopping? 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>> let's speak about hamas now in this impending ground invasion that could happen at every moment. we kept hearing at these tunnels, i know we have videos to show our viewers about, how hamas operates underneath gaza. they have a section in the entire city, sort of like during vietnam and we know that during that time people had to go in there, essentially with the 45 and a flashlight and tried to fight it out in the tunnels. how has time changed and is that type of warfare essentially the same except in an urban environment? >> it is similar, so now there's some surveillance capability that will give the israelis, with support from other nations within the u.s. a little bit of a better picture of what might be underneath those tunnels but it is still an extremely murky picture and then when you add to that the fact that there are hostages, civilians that may have been taken down into those tunnels, that may be spread out through this enormous, massive network of tunnels that's all underneath gaza, that only complicates the factor and in addition to that there's also the complicated factor of concerns, according to u.s. officials that we've been speaking with that some of the hamas fighters may have already tried to flee through the tunnels, maybe even taking some of those hostages with them, tom? >> all right, courtney qb with us, courtney we appreciate that. i'm going to send it back to new york. >> all right tom thank you there are around five or 600 americans citizens still in gaza tonight according to the state department and that includes the daughter of our next guest in her name is emily russian burger. her family was visiting gaza when the war erupted. emily was born in the u.s. and her five children are u.s. citizens. to her husband is a british citizen and her father joins me now. good to see you. again you and i first spoke on thursday and you were really worried. i know that it's been hard to reach emily this weekend. but i understand, i know you are able to talk to her this morning. how are they all doing? >> they're doing quite well, under the circumstances my daughter is quite forceful, focused if you will. and keeping my five grandkids under control is a whole job. but she's very optimistic. and they have been through the rough aborting in the past when they delivered her husband -- >> when they delivered -- so i think she knows what she's getting into and it's just whether they open up the border. >> and on, i know that they were there to visit her husband's family as you said they have an olive farm and they've been moving a lot within gaza for the last few days and you told us that they're now staying in a three bedroom apartment with 31 people in it. what are her biggest concerns as she waits to try to get out of gaza of potentially tomorrow? >> she shared with me that she had a blackout for 36 or 38 hours. we couldn't connect with her and we just spoke with her the first time for about 20 minutes. our greatest concern is the rockets. there is not street fighting going on in the southern end of gaza. they're very close to the border and they are more concerned about the bracket and we went one night without any rocket and i think that would've been friday night. but saturday, her last, night if you will there were two rocket hits on the building within her areas, she said. and of course they still felt the concussion. she knows that they have to be somewhere. her biggest safety concern, at this point in time is an arab rocket but they did say that we're not having the fighting in the south that they're having. >> yes, it's different in the south. i know palestinian officials, as we've said, said the rafah crossing, the only way out right now will open tomorrow morning and you told us your daughter's family waited ten hours that other day when they went. what else did she say about that experience and is she planning to go tomorrow? >> well she will be there tomorrow, i promise. but the first day that they said it was open from noon to five. so they were in queue at seven a.m.. and of, course over the course in the day, the boyer crossing did not open. but she said that it wasn't necessarily chaotic but it was crowded and people were kind. they were generous to each other. and that fortunately, there were a lot of kids. and there were canadians, there were french, there were other uk foreign nationals. they connected with, they talked with and the kids got to play with, believe it or not it was quite warm to say the least, as it is in gaza. but what she's worried about, if they don't carried out soon is the wave of refugees coming from the north can just overwhelm the area. so we're getting word, as i talk to you a little bit earlier today, we are getting word that they're going to open up tomorrow. earlier, i think the set at nine. and that foreign nationals are going to be the first ones out, god bless. as much as i want the americans, my daughter, and my grandkids out. we're happy to hear that they're going to let the british, the canadians, the french and the germans out. because so many people found themselves in gaza, as humanitarian workers. for any third, fourth generation family. so we're keeping our fingers crossed the same. et cetera, et cetera. >> john, i know as a grandpa you told me that your daughter is telling you not to worry. but guests are little worried right now. >> she said that, it's not as bad as you think. tell mom to relax. >> right, but that's hard. listen we will keep you in our thoughts, and hope that she and the family get out safely. john, thank you so much. >> thank you very much. >> we are back in a moment with a look at the stunning arsenal hamas left behind after its attack on israel. but first, as we go to break, the voices of this war. >> everyone i know has had people that they know identified as among the killed, taken hostage we -- >> all i'm thinking about is my family and how i'm going to move to a safe place. to a safe place from chrome to duckduckgo. duckduckgo is a browser you download to your mobile and desktop devices. unlike chrome, the duckduckgo browser has privacy built-in. it comes with a private alternative to google search, which doesn■t spy on your searches, and it blocks cookies and creepy ads. and there's no catch. it's free. we make money from ads, but they don't follow you around. or back from tel aviv. join the millions of people taking back their privacy by downloading duckduckgo on mobile and desktop today. with our nbc special news report on the war between israel and hamas. tonight, we're getting our first look at the stunning fighter powered the hamas terrace used to attack israel last week. brett sanchez with the weapons of war, hamas values in israel will be up against. >> tonight, a first look at the deadly hartsel hamas terrorists used to storm into israel. and a sign of the firefight that lies ahead. hamas fighters, burst through the border fences, used not just to kill civilians but also to fight off is really and tanks and helicopters. here, a terrorist fires a rocket propelled grenade, we saw dozens of the same weapon today at an israeli military base. we're arms were covered from hamas fighters were being analyzed. rockets, minds, shoulder fired antiaircraft missiles and a magnetic bomb that sticks to the side of a tank. >> we brought around 2000 terrorist in here. with hundreds of vehicles. >> this is really major spoke with us on the condition we do not use his name. >> does any of this indicate the direct involvement of iran? >> not yet. most of the ammunition that you see here is a local production of hamas. >> despite israel's strict blockade, this hamas video shows it still makes weapons inside gaza at factories like this. >> this is a thermobaric bomb, which creates heat instantly up to 3000 degrees celsius. the israeli military says hamas terrorists see this to incinerate entire families. >> for all the weapons, hamas is badly outgunned. and, it has no answer to israel's overwhelming air power. on the ground in gaza, to have a whole field advantage. and -- designed to allow them to pop out and israeli troops. a looming battle that promises to be brutal. [sound of artillery] and it uses so-called bunker cluster bombs to try to take them out from the air. but some of these tunnels are hundred feet deep and very difficult to destroy. tom? >> raf centers for us, raf, thank you. coming, up the call of duty. the americans heading off to help fight with israel. why so many are now going. e now going. moderate to severe eczema still disrupts my skin. despite treatment it disrupts my skin with itch. it disrupts my skin with rash. but now, i can disrupt eczema with rinvoq. rinvoq is not a steroid, topical, or injection. it's one pill, once a day. many taking rinvoq saw clear or almost-clear skin while some saw up to 100% clear skin. and, they felt dramatic and fast itch relief some as early as 2 days. that's rinvoq relief. rinvoq can lower your ability to fight infections, including tb. serious infections and blood clots, some fatal, cancers including lymphoma and skin cancer, death, heart attack, stroke, and tears in the stomach or intestines 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to go back to the army in israel. i'm heartbroken. i'm so scared for him. >> -- is already back in israel. >> so, today is the day back to base. >> documenting his trip on social media. >> i made my way up north to say goodbye to my grandfather and my parents. >> leaving his job, and life in new york to begin to wait for the calls. >> i booked my flight to israel before it happened. there was no way i was going to sit at home. >> andrew was visiting his family in jakarta last week and. and then he heard what was happening in israel. he got a call that his close friend had been killed. we spoke to him earlier this week. >> and then there, from the rest of the day, it was me trying to get on a flight to tel aviv. >> it didn't matter to enter that he did not get called up. he was determined to go. >> it was important for me to come back as soon as possible, to see what i can do. >> his plans to return to college in israel, now on hold. >> i think people are using this as an opportunity to come together and help. >> both leaving behind their one year old son and pregnant wife and texas. >> he called me to tell me that i decided i'm going to israel to rejoin my army unit. >> quickly arriving in israel and meeting up with the unit. >> for real, he's doing his duty and i am extremely proud of him. >> this sense of duty is at the heart of the israeli army. and the mandatory service. >> technically, it's national service, not actually military service. the overwhelming majority to go with it minerals -- >> and they served for 2 to 3 years. typically after that, they are automatically put into the reserves which could continue into their 40 and beyond. ready to answer the call. life in israeli's living in america and she hears that her unit was called, up she might decide to drop everything and go and join. naturally, if you're living overseas, you are not required to come back. but certainly the idea appears very ready to take on everyone who's willing to come back. >> and then there are people like josh jacobson, out of the reserve and wanting to help. he left the u.s. to see if he could join up again and fight. >> it just felt so weird to be here when there's so much going on i just felt like it was my duty as part of the collective israel to go back and to help. >> israelis, coming together. leaving their homes around the world in the answer of the call. megan fitzgerald, nbc news, london. >> and as the world waits for the hamas morning turning into a new phase, or more deadly or phase, if you will, preparing for unexpected ground invasion of gaza. eyes are also on the border of lemon, on the foreign correspondent joins us now live from that region that there have been clashes between the idea on israel's northern border, walk our viewers through what happens. if it does enter this for. >> yes, well, tom what we saw today was anti-tech missiles, from the lebanese size, we're sending, now over the border which is just over that bridge over there towards the israelis killed according to the idea, and now this book ends a week over deadly fighting and it's been on the kind of the summer all week long but all it takes, as you mentioned, is for someone to take more of a bigger step, and the whole thing could very easily boil over. because we've seen them on this border, for most of the past week, and the good, this is a tense border for the very, very long time. it's the dominant force, here in southern lebanon. and like hamas, they are backed by iran. their militant, and political group. they have the ability to muscle up, and put up a big resistance, against israel. an attack them on the offense, which they've done in the past. and they can do that for days, weeks, months at a time. and that's why this makes this situation, so incredibly volatile. tom? >> it could be the front in this war and all right matt, we appreciate that. stay with us, coming up, right after this break, the powerful conversation with families on both sides 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[sniffs] still fresh. still fresh! welcome, back throughout this get 6 times longer-lasting freshness, plus odor protection with downy unstopables. -- we've been bringing you short clips from people living in gaza, in israel, and their perspectives of personal stories about what life has been like this past week. everyone from moms, dads, doctors even kids impacted from this. for take a moment, now for their stories and their own words. ♪ ♪ ♪ an american, who moved to israel with her husband. >> there are not words to explain how it feels to open your social media and see your loved ones, or your loved one's friends, families, et cetera being slaughtered, burned, raped, taken hostage into gaza by the hamas terrorists, i am just praying for an end to this conflict. a young woman, living in gaza. >> it's been a few days, i'm already drained, and this feels like eternity. entire neighborhoods are being raped -- [inaudible] one neighborhood at a time. and right now, we're just waiting on [inaudible] ♪ ♪ ♪ >> a mother and her children, in tel aviv, under constant fear of attacks. >> i think, that for the first time, in my life, i can't find words either in english or hebrew to explain the magnitude of the feelings and the emotions that i've gone through in the last week. i think that the hardest thing as a parent is to know exactly the extent of the atrocities that have happened. but to try to keep your kids out of this. ♪ ♪ ♪ >> a doctor, treating patients in gaza. >> i am trying to deal with patience, we have maybe ten times, 20 times the magnitude in the hospital. overloaded with patients. ten times the pain. the patients are in the corridors, in the streets and we are evacuating them because there is no other place any other casualties can come to the hospital. -- a new mother in israel, worried about her son's future. [inaudible] our apartment in tel aviv does not have a bomb shelter. and i cannot watch a 15-day-old by myself. and i feel like i am at the brink of -- a need to keep it together, stay calm for him. and just help [inaudible] ♪ ♪ ♪ -- >> a student in gaza, trying to get her family to safety. >> i witnessed the russians and gossip, they get have i ever seen anything this aggressive. this time, i feel like i will make it out alive. they have either lost their house, a family member, there is no place around. yesterday, we had to evacuate the whole building, i had to leave my room, the house, and my memories to go to a place that is no safer than my house so we had to turn back home because, if i'm going to die, i'm going to die in my house. >> so many civilians caught up in this war. and fears that it's about to get worse for many. we are back with more by nbc news special after this break. tonight, president biden speaking out, what he said about humanitarian aid for gaza and u.s. military involvement in this war. in this war. 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understanding about how the u.s. is helping to free those american hostages. >> at the stark warning, from the fbi, tonight about the possibility of those who carry out copy attacks on american soil. >> this is an nbc news special report. israel and hamas at war. reporting tonight from tel aviv thomas, and kate snow. >> good evening it is four in the morning here in israel, less than 50 miles from where we are. israeli troops are preparing for a ground invasion that could begin at any moment. a steady stream of tanks rolling towards israel's border with gaza as israel vows to take out hamas retaliation for last weekend's attack, that saw civilians brutally murdered, raped, and kidnap. israeli forces also clashing with militants on the country's border with lebanon and the idf said they're here to fight a war, on two fronts. the war, taking a, look has already left more than 1400 dead in israel. and more than 2600 dead in gaza. >> that, here in the u.s., a chilling alert from the fbi, the agency saying that there are increased threats to jewish people and muslims here in the u.s.. the fbi warning the possible violence from lone actors, tonight, a deadly stabbing in illinois, now being investigated as a hate crime. there's also a major effort underway to help american citizens, for, israel and gaza get out. the u.s. shipped with the capacity to hold hundreds of people expected to pick up americans from israel, tomorrow. however kate, as you know for those in gaza getting out has been nearly impossible. the only other land border, besides the rafah crossing into egypt has not been operational. but now we're hearing. it's set to open in about five hours. still, with resources cut off, and gas infrastructure flattened unlikely the most vulnerable there will be able to escape israel's new offensive. nbc foreign correspondent, richard engel reports from -- >> palestinians note that time is running out to escape north and gaza. and that once, israeli troops invade to fight hamas here. these streets will become death traps. so, they are heading south, amid rumors there could be a safe zone there. >> but not everyone can pack up and go. >> the muhammad -- may house vulnerable people in all of northern casino. it is home for 22 children. 12 of them have special needs. >> their lives were difficult before. now they're in the fire environment. is nine years old and is blind and has profound disabilities. maria is seven years old, and can only scoot. as the staff here leave for safety, these children are only being cared for by two people. these children can't get out of the way of the coming ground war. 11 year old mohammed is building a house with blocks. while outside, airstrikes are destroying houses. palestinians have been reluctant to leave northern gaza, because they're afraid they will get bogged on the roads. after 70 palestinians were killed friday when medical officials say an israeli airstrike and the convoy of civilians. the israeli military today said its it's in carrying out the strike, and accused hamas of planting a bomb on the road to frighten civilians in northern gaza to stay so they could be human shields. >> the attack was not conducted by the idf. it appears hamas once again has sacrificed the people of gaza forts diabolical aims. >> the israeli military released an image of what it says is a hamas roadblock and many in gaza do not support hamas. but people appear to be rallying around the group, as israeli airstrikes kill the militants and civilians around them. today, palestinian medical workers gather 100 bodies. written on the bags is the word unknown. and identify the victims about to be buried in mass graves. the horrors of war in the middle east with its terrorism in human tragedies have come roaring back. i may soon get far worse >> the pace of people moving south today did increase. of the roughly 1. 1 million people that live in northern gaza, around 600,000 him usta the southern part of the gaza strip. tom? >> so many in that zone where the war has started. the u.s. has been actively working to make sure this conflict is not expand to other parts of the region. in an interview today with nbc 's -- hamas representative in iran was asked about the possibility of whether hamas could get involved if israeli troops entered gaza. here's what he said. >> i don't know about hezbollah but the iranian foreign minister united nations speech have said we will not allow this thing to continue, the killing of the palestinians. and he warned the israelis on that if they do this incursion or landed vance minutes of the forces, that will not be good news for them. >> he also warned that other countries supported by iran carefully watching events and ready to react based on what happens. i will send it back to you in new york for, now kate. >> a senior u.s. official confirms that israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu has invited president biden to travel to israel, on that the white house is considering that request. joining us now is gabe gutierrez, senior white house correspondent. gabe, what is the latest on getting americans out of the war zone? >>, kate the first of the biden ministration's charter flights to get americans out of israel has landed an offense and a ship is expected to depart from an israeli port to cypress tomorrow. the white house isn't hour-by-hour discussions with these counterparts to try to secure the safe release of u. s. hostages in gaza. in an interview just aired on cbs 60 minutes, biden was asked about how to prevent casualties there. >> are you asking israel to establish a humanitarian corridor in that area or get humanitarian supplies? >> our team is talking about that and whether there can be a safe's own we're also talking to the egyptians whether there is an outlet to get to these children and women out into -- out of that area at this moment. but it is hard. >> you would like to see a humanitarian corridor that allows the 2 million causes out of the area. >> yes. >> you would like to see humanitarian supplies brought into gaza? >> yes. >> so you do not agree with the israeli total siege of the gaza strip? >> i am confident that israel is going to act on the rules of war. >> the president says an israeli occupation of gaza would be a big mistake. he also reiterated that so far, there's no clear weapons on the mass attack. the administration has called iran broadly complicit to informing hamas for years. the u.s. has now sent to carrier strike group's to the region, i have a lot and other enemies of israel. right now they're downplaying the possibility of any american boots on the ground. >> continue for c u.s. troops in the combat in this new middle east war? >> i don't think that's necessary. israel has one of the finest fighting forces. i guarantee we're gonna provide them everything they need. >> secretary of state antony blinken is expected back in israel tomorrow. as you, mentioned. kate according to a u.s. official the white house is now considering whether the president himself might go at some point, after an invitation from prime minister netanyahu. >> gabe terrace of the white house. let's go back to tom giannis in tel aviv. tom. >> kate, thank you. at this hour the aussie department says 13 americans are still missing. and we know at least some of them have been taken hostage by hamas. pressure is going on the american government to rescue any americans being held by hamas, and evacuate those that are still trapped in israel. join us live right now in this hour, for more on how the u. s. may be able to get americans in harm's way back home. i want to bring in p. j. crowley, former assistant secretary for public affairs at the state department, during the obama administration. , pichai thank you so much for being here tonight. i want to start with, i've spoken to these. families they are israeli american, they've lost their loved ones. they are somewhere in gaza, likely underground. possibly being tortured right now. is there any chance at all that american troops will help rescue those americans? >> tom, that's always an option i think that these states will pursue diplomacy first. we don't have relationships with hamas but other countries have channels of communication with them and i am sure that countries like qatar, egypt and others are communicating with hamas to try to determine where and who they have, what their terms might be. at the same time we are directing intelligence assets trying to figure out who holds americans and other citizens and where are they we obviously have to know that kind of information and try to figure out if any military option is indefeasible. >> petry is there any leverage here? i was speaking with a spokesperson for the idf earlier in the last hour and he told me there is no negotiations with hamas. my question to you as what type of leverage does the international community have? does hamas care about money? do they care about prisoner swaps? ours is simply going to be a rescue mission? >> sadly, hostages have value while they are alive and obviously for a group like hamas the question is, what do they want? and we may well be that they are using hostages to try to put boundaries around to the upcoming israeli military operation. they might look at how to trade hostages for certain kinds of humanitarian assistance. things i think we can and will be doing anyway but hamas may not be the only group holding hostages so this is very difficult to explain or try to figure out. where they are, who holds, them and what the terms of the deal might be. >> p. j., how much does the rafah border crossing concerning right now? it's going to reopen, it's the only place that some palestinians will be able to escape out of gaza, namely palestinian americans. i ask you about the concern because it is the only way out. it's the only fray to come in. remember when the ukraine war broke out i was on the polish border. i'll never forget what i saw. there, man women and children, trying to push through the border gates to get to safety. this was days after the war. there were various border crossings in ukraine. here there is only one right now. what is going to happen in a few hours? >> i think in the short term . the complexity here is, in most crises there is an american embassy there to try to organize some sort of orderly evacuation. we don't have any boots on the ground on the gaza side of the fence. obviously secretary blinken has been in the region, here is a good conversation with the egyptians today and he'll have a conversation with the israelis tomorrow. and they are trying to establish this humanitarian corridor which can be a mechanism to get aid into gaza and people out of gaza. but it's going to take some time for that to operate the way that you want tickets to. so i do think will of assets on the egyptian side, which can be helpful here. the dilemma is the people have to get from where they are in gaza to that rafah crossing to be able to be in a position to be rescued. >> we will know soon. p. j. crowley first. p. j., we appreciate all your analysis. ever seen american sort of danger in the region, supporting israel our priorities for the biden administration. four high-ranking senators on both sides of the. i'll i want to continue my conversation from tel aviv today with senators chuck schumer and mitt romney, about israel's battle against hamas. >> senator schumer, when you get off that plane was the first thing you want to tell israel's leaders? >> i wanted to tell the leaders, we have your back during these awful times. with one of the worst terrorist instances that we've ever seen. we wanted the israeli people to know the american stand with them. we understand their pain. we understand there needs to make sure they eliminate the threat from hamas once and for all. so you can make sure that hamas never came and rear its ugly head again. and of the hostages are free. >> what is your understanding of how the u.s. can help in any way to free this american hostages? >> we are working very hard through many different channels. it wouldn't be appropriate to go into them. here to put pressure on hamas to release the hostages. >> you've seen the photos of a terrorist attack that happened here a week ago. what did you think? >> my stomach is wrenched. to see the viciousness, they brutality, of hamas was just devastating. one other thing. we experience what life is like even here in tel aviv, about 20 of us including all six senators had to be heard into a shelter. because there were missile talks this afternoon, thank god there's them hit. >> have you seen images out of gaza and what was your message to israel on somehow defending itself, illuminating hamas and trying to save as many lives as they can? civilian lives? >> the messages is a difficult task, but we'll give you whatever you need to achieve. it we met with a defense minister. there was a long list of things they need. as leader of the senate, i'm going to really package on the senate floor asap to get israel what it needs. and we will have five partisan support. >> arriving in the country and immediately have to go to a shelter? >> in the subtlety alarms went off and so take shelter, and we all rushed into a room which is secure and took shelter. >> what are your thoughts? you saw the images of what happened in israel? the attack more than a week ago? when you think you saw that? we're talking about babies being kidnapped? >> it is a level of depravity you haven't seen from humanity since the middle ages. it is the nature of what's happening in this group, hamas. and tara groups like them. >> what was your message to the israeli? leaders what you want to tell them? >> we want to tell them that we were with them. >> they expressed concern about civilian lives and gaza? and where the israeli second to that? >> the israelis came out this pretty aggressively and said we cannot do revenge, by this really hamas it is killing both jews and palestinians because hamas is using their civilians as human shields. and preventing them from going to safe places. hamas is really a perpetrator of horror of both sides. >> you will meet with the families of these peoples who have lost family members, family members and hostages. you are a man of faith, just a different. faith when you're going to tell them? >> we'll do everything we can to help return a lot. once everything humanly possible. >> do you think there is hope to rescue american hostages? >> of course there, is that's why they were. grab tomas wants to see if they can't get something. hopefully they still have the capacity to free those people. i understand the people of qatar are doing their very best to facilitate that process. >> my conversations with senators mitt romney and chuck schumer from earlier today. when we come back, where will the palestinians go with orders to leave gaza? finding an escape route is 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game with verizon or t-mobile 5g >> welcome back to our special home internet. catch it on the xfinity 10g network. report on the war between israel and hamas. i am kate snow in the new york. tonight, many palestinians are facing an unthinkable decision. leave their homes behind, not sure where they'll and. up or risk their lives because by staying where they are. joining us now is bobby, gauche bloomberg opinion columnist covering foreign affairs. nice to have you with, us thank you. i want to ask first about what we have been talking about all night. the rafah gate in southern gaza is the only way out. hours from, now about five hours from now, it might open for people to top foreign passports only. what is that going to look like? how do people even get there? >> if you remember the exodus from afghanistan last year when thousands and thousands of afghans who are trying to get out of one airport, we all remember the scenes of pandemonium. i fear something similar will happen. we are saying only people with foreign passports can come through there. but how you keep others away from approaching that same gates? how do you keep women and children who are desperate to get out? how do you keep them? you can't fire on people, how do you to help control in the middle of a pandemic? >> if you look at the whole of the gaza strip, they are telling people from the north all to come down to that one spot, raffa. >> it's not just that there are two roads. it is a war zone. the bombs going off, they have to worry about not only death from the skies but also from the ground. they have to worry about hamas preventing him from moving forward. hamas needs human shields. that has been a part of their operational procedure forever and ever. they will not be happy to just let people leave, no matter what they say. people are running through two different kinds of threats from the ground in from the air. >> so let's say hypothetically a whole bunch of palestinian civilians to make their way to rafah. and can get out. does egypt wrong to them there? where do they ultimately end up? >> that's a very difficult question to answer. first of all of her palestinians are going to want to leave. because they are afraid if they do leave they will never be allowed back. it's their home, the dissent, many of these people, are descended from refugees back to their old villages. that remains in the memory. they don't necessarily want to leave. those who do want to leave, egypt is the closest place. egypt does not historically wanted to do that. the people here represent a security danger. would have hamas soldiers come in with them? they also say, egypt, says they can't afford it. and if you bring the palestinians out it lets israel off the hook. they do not have to solve this problem if the palestinians just leave. but is also generally the view of the golf era of states. saudi arabia and qatar and -- and god knows they have got space, but they too don't want the palestinian refugees. officially line there is the same thing. once the palestinians are, out israelis would not want them back in. then there is no direct routes to jordan because of the israeli siege. jordan is already a small country, they already have nearly 1 million refugees from other places, mainly syria. they are already at the sort of limit of their capacity. remember about 60% of the population of jordan are people of palestinian or should already. >> so not a lot more space for people. what about if they were to get up and gets to egypt, could they fly somewhere else? what about the u.s. or the european union taking in palestinians? >> the european union and to some degree the u.s. has expressed sympathy for these people. the question is do we put our money where our mouth is? do allow them into our homes and our home learns the way europeans dudes with ukrainians? there does not seem to be any appetite for that. there is, i get in the official excuses are we have too many refugees right now. we can't deal with more. there is again the risk that if you will allow these refugees, what have some hamas people come in and make trouble in our lands. the tragedy for the palestinian people here is that the people of gaza, is that the kids leave and if they could leave nobody wants them. there is nowhere for them to go. >> thank you for doing that explainer for us for helping us understand. we'll be back in a moment with the life and death decisions in the war. so talking to doctors and hospitals about the challenges on both sides of the israeli conflict. from chrome to duckduckgo. duckduckgo is a browser you download to your mobile and desktop devices. unlike chrome, the duckduckgo browser has privacy built-in. it comes with a private alternative to google search, which doesn■t spy on your searches, and it blocks cookies and creepy ads. and there's no catch. it's free. we make money from ads, but they don't follow you around. >> welcome back to nbc news, a join the millions of people taking back their privacy by downloading duckduckgo on mobile and desktop today. special report on the war between israel and hamas. live in tel aviv tonight, with the war and its second week, hospitals in the gaza are grappling with the carnage they are sworn to help heal. a snapshot of the challenges and the heartbreak of those are both sides of the border trying to save lives while at war. >> dr. sarah, as surgeon had the largest medical facility in gaza is updating the world since hamas's deadly terror attack, and his rules, response. began using social media to show the bombs exploding nearby in the hallways overflowing with refugees. >> i've seen a lot of explanations, but the enormous amount of injuries, no i've not experienced something like that before. >> this is with medical equipment. >> neither has the orthopedic surgeon, armand -- henri lubov ski. barely sevens milo's away at a hospital on the other side, shows me empty hospital floors after two hamas rocket strikes. >> we know it is a very strong building. >> when you days, busy the pediatric departments, crepes and pets empty now. all the children's motown stairs because the risk of being hit by another missile is simply too high. there is no empty space where doctor all saka works. every inch of the hospital, she says, is now a trauma center. the wounded laid out on the floor. children bearing the brunt of an escalating war. as the casualties of a relentless bombing campaign keep pouring in. it makes for a surreal split screen. doctors on both sides, lies in their hands. but the future not. >> we wanted to evacuate the hospital but all our patients because we have to be prepared for another wave of victims. >> most of the hospitals patients now and floors underground, for safety. >> coming in this direction. >> yeah, you can see the same, this has come from this direction. so there will be an alarm now, we have to run because of a sales could hit these windows, that has happened at the other hospitals. >> the scene at this hospital in israel is a far cry from the one in the gaza. two hospitals, one war. bound by the same duty. >> we are working out that gaza is in that direction. there are doctors just like you are trying to save patients just like yours. >> we want to save lives. we want to make everyone better struck >> that is lester holt reporting time, and we'll be right back with a no one engelbert terror threats in the u.s. as we listen into the voice from the front lines. >> no one can leave gaza. no one can enter gaza. there is no crossing borders. nothing left for anyone to do. a huge, big day. >> we want peace. but they are not giving us peace. so we will do whatever it takes. ask about vraylar. because you are greater than your bipolar 1, and you can help take control of your symptoms - with vraylar. some medicines only treat the lows or highs. vraylar treats depressive, acute manic, and mixed episodes of bipolar 1 in adults. proven, full-spectrum 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the heart of war are fueling global tensions. as jesse carsh reports, there is also been a new wave of antisemitism. >> far from the frontlines in the middle east, tonight america 30s run alert. >> there is no question we are seeing an increase in reported threats and we have got to be on the lookout. especially the lone actors who may take inspiration from recent events to commit violence of their own. >> the fbi warning comes as people are demonstrating solidarity with israelis and palestinians worldwide. groups to resist you'd have a solid saying austin, texas today. >> hundreds gathered at the texas state capital today rallying in support of israel. right afterwards, and larger crowd gathered for a pro palestinian rally, just two of many happening across the country. >> over the past week we've heard calls for peace. but we've also heard chants like this. right side of australia's sydney opera house, in a pro palestinian crowd monday, some called for genocidal tactics the knots is used as they murdered 6 million jews. in berlin, germany according to combat antisemitism, some jewish homes were marked with stars of david this weekend. and in california on wednesday, someone waved a novelty swastika flag. >> i have been hearing a ton of not just israelis are bad but jews are bad. and that is really scary. >> hamas's attack is one of the deadliest attacks on jews since the holocaust. in the weeks since the anti defamation league reported instances of antisemitic -- has spiked year every year. >> we know the jewish individuals and institutions regularly are targeted victimized by people who collectively blame the jews, if you will, for what is happening in the middle east. >> among the adl's concern some demonstrators are denouncing zionism which is defined by the adl's the movement for the south to self determination and statehood of the jewish people in their ancestral homeland. >> it is a prelude to. genocide a conditions people to see jesus objects, to see jews a sub humans. >> we are in support of our jewish brothers and. sisters but we cannot accept a state like the state of israel that has a religious and ethnic apartheid. >> some rhetoric has explicitly justified -- >> antisemitism, just like racism, is there. what we have done in this country is allowed voices that used to be quiet to speak. >> this was his passport. >> -- that's what happens when hate speech could slather. he says both his parents were jews who escaped not see germany. >> we have to stand up and we have to say, this is not a place for hate. >> warnings for history still relevant today. jesse, kershaw nbc news. >> for more on the security situation i want to bring in tom winter. tom, you heard the fbi director statement in this piece about the real threats. how real are these threats? what are they looking at? >> that's exactly what the law enforcement in joint terrorism task force are focused. our number one, is this individual capable of doing the types of things that they might be talking about are mine. talking to friends about how credible is this individual, they may go and visit. there's gonna be a lot more law enforcement investigative steps to address this point. as the threats wise. anybody who has had a whiff on the of the agent over the past several days knows the rhetoric is so strong on this issue. so they're definitely focused on this and trying to determine whether bunny at these people have tip trip to the wire need to be arrested. >> i want to talk about something that we learned about tonight. a gruesome example of the kind of violence we are talking about. police sent a six-year-old boy and his mother, muslim americans, were stabbed multiple times by their landlords. and the boy died. what do we know? >> the reason we are talking about, this kate, is authorities allege that this man, their target charging him with murder in the first three, he says his reason for attacking these two individuals was because they were muslim and because of the ongoing hostilities and tensions in the middle east, the conflict with hamas and israel. he stabbed the, mother who's expected to survive. she's 32 years. all police say he stabbed the six-year-old 26 times. and unfortunately, that child is now dead. >> so. sad i'm sure we'll be hearing more about. that i want to go back to that staggering number in the piece about from the anti defamation league saying when you compare right now to a year ago, antisemitic incidents -- talking to a lot of horsemen agencies, what are they gonna do about? that? >> if hamas in the attack israel this was a huge concern. the enoki hate crime dashboard is the number one hate crime in new york city and antisemitic hate crimes. talking about everything from painting swastikas on sidewalks and buildings and subway stops, two felony assaults in various serious crimes. a deadly attack in the pittsburgh area synagogue not too long ago. when you look at the past couple of years through covid the 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snow in new york with just the last few hours a flight air laden her for the tampa, florida with hundreds of u.s. nationals on board who evacuated israel. let's get now to nbc news correspondent melissa -- who is in miami. his flight landed in tampa, what do we know about it? >> we just learned new details on the ground here. we know that this plane landed in tampa just about two hours ago. we want to keep a video of it. crews started 270 americans starting. just two hours ago, that's playmaking elsewhere across the tarmac. they're in the state among those 270 passengers, low majority of the floridians by the way, 91 children including some babies and even some dogs, we understand there was a lot of hesitation. you can understand why. they were nervous about becoming targets in the air. you could see we made it safely. we did our job to blur the faces of the children making their way down. this is been such a traumatic week for so many. you can just imagine the excitement. a groups talked about how people are turning their way down onto the tarmac. giving some individualized treatment after everything they've been through. you can understand why there has been so much effort taken to make sure that they are being graded individually by customs. they are not having to go through the typical lines you have to go through. they're being raided by the. governor we know is governor ron desantis's office that may the executive order to make this happen. we don't know exactly what the timeline looks like, kate, in terms of being with their families. we know that at this moment they're currently inside of tents. and we do, now i can tell you, it's probably some very eager family members eager to reunite that, case. >> i'm imagining a lot of hugs will not to tarmac as we came back. thank you. elections, anwar our colleague who released nbc news for decades reflects on this conflict is why it is so different. are you tired of clean clothes that just don't smell clean? downy 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shocking or random murder. and, then this. in one day, one day, more israelis killed than all those bombs put together. the worst day in israel's history. ♪ ♪ ♪ and the hostages. nothing on this scale has even been considered before. everything about this assault against israeli civilians is unique. its size and its execution. a new height of hatred here. there is nothing new about the struggle. in 2002, the israeli. why, she, cries why, as she buries her husband. in 2006, the palestinian. >> we hear in our, country palestine has ours. not theirs. >> 2000 and, 12 israel telephones a warning. they're about to drop a bomb on the gaza. israeli has called a warning roof knocking. two palestinians, it is a phone call from hell. every few years, more of the same. until today, when he gets even worse. what we're local conflicts now threatened regional war. that has been the story of israel's existence, more and survival in the palestinian civilians the same. but that isn't the whole story. little moments show a different picture. like these former israeli and palestinian fighters, joining to bring palestinian children to the beach for the first time. >> amazing, fantastic, yeah. >> susan arabs training together. even learning to play the violin together. moments of hope. in an era of misery and grief, what is done is done and cannot be undone. the dead are gone. but is there a different way? yes, there is. or with egypt turns to piece. jordan, too. say for more arab nations, the attention turned to trade. there is no love lost, but there's no lives lost either. only hamas and its allies remain sworn to israel's destruction. terror and atrocities other weapons. yet now, they reap what they so. more misery, pants trial. for both sides. and, now yet again, the uncertain wait for time. martin fletcher for nbc news. >> and martin is so right. so much of this is so new and so evil. we've been there for a few days and spoke to the families that suffered the terrorist attack. they're still waiting and still have hope for the love roads are still alive and we still don't know what's going to happen hour by hour it's waiting to see what happens next. >> tom i know it's painful to see it's now. my pleasure of anyone, by the way you can join me tomorrow for nbc news a. daily see more of tom tomorrow 's. we'll follow all our reporting on nbc news. com. >> i'm craig melvin and this is "dateline". >> i got a call saying the house was on fire. the first thing they asked me was who would want to kiou