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sanders-townsend, i'm joined by my colleagues ayman mohyeldin and reverend al sharpton for academic coverage of the israel-hamas war. we're learning right now that 29 american citizens have been killed. 15 u.s. citizens still unaccounted for, and this is all according to the state department. we've also just learned that u.s. intelligence agencies reported a heightened risk of violence from hamas and the weeks before the military groups attacked on israel. but it did not pick up detailed information about an imminent large-scale assault. two sources familiar with the intelligence telling nbc news. made, while a humanitarian crisis and gaza as hundreds of

thousands of north gaza residents are racing to evacuate to the south as the israeli defense forces, or idf, warrants of a major escalation, saying in a statement, idf forces backed by an extensive logistical effort and by completing the reserve mobilization of hundreds of thousands of servicemen are preparing to implement a wide range of offensive operative plans which include, among other things, and integrated and corker did attack from the air, land and sea. statement goes on to say, idf battalions and soldiers are deployed all over the country and are prepared to increase readiness for the next stages of the war, with an emphasis on a significant grown-up array shun. this comes after israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu visited with israeli troops, amassing along the gaza border earlier today, were he told them, quote, the next stage is coming. the situation is dire. according to our latest numbers, at least 1300 people in israel

have been killed, and gaza, at least 2100 were killed. we the united states is one of what the u.s. israeli government says -- with citizens murdered and the hamas attack. and furious that war will expand further across the region. thanks a missing at the border of israel with lebanon, where the israel have attacked several targets affiliated with the lebanon-based militant group hezbollah. the idf accused hezbollah of firing surface to air missiles against israeli troops. all of which were intercepted by the idf. joining me now, from northern israel, is nbc news foreign correspondent josh lederman. josh, what are you hearing and seeing out there? >> israel's military has been sending reinforcements to the northern border with lebanon, as they anticipate a potential second front opening there with hezbollah. today, i spent some time with

some troops who are at a column, i should say, of israeli battle tanks there, amassing personnel carriers as well as other military equipment. just about two miles from the border with lebanon. and some of those troops said, look, that enough hezbollah is going to go full bore into this war. but they found that be ready if that does happen. and tonight we heard from israel's military, saying anyone who approaches that border, between lebanon and israel, should be warned that they might be killed. israel clearly on high alert tonight. and i spoke with one of the soldiers who was preparing, and to maintenance, on some of those tanks. his name is harrison schwartz, he's from the u.s.. he finished his military service in israel, returned to pennsylvania where he was in school. then got called back to the reserves to israel very quickly. he told me what it is like

right now to be back here and how his family feels about him being in harm's way. >> i know i love this country, and my biggest regret would be if these guys went to war, if you're able to look around, they're my friends. these are my family. these are the guys i served with when i was active duty. how could i sit at home and what was on the news? >> other than those troops, northern israel for the most part is a ghost town right. now many of the villagers and residents have voluntarily evacuated further south, where they feel it is safe for. we were in -- the most northern town and as rowley. and it was basically empty. there are not a whole lot of people. restaurants are closed. you can get the sense, even the people who live here are battle hardened, a lot of them remember the last word with hezbollah, nearly 20 years ago, but given the agendas of fire we've seen over the last several days, they're anticipating this could be much

worse. and in fact, while we were with the troops today, we could hear the small arms fire in the distance. you can see the smoke from mortars being fired from lebanon into israel. the military here responding with shelling. israel's military also saying there was a terror cell trying to infiltrate israel from lebanon. israel saying it's drone was able to target that sir -- cell and kill's numbers. you can understand what tensions are really high right now along israel northern border with lebanon. >> nbc's josh lederman reporting from northern israel. thank you very much, josh. i want to bring in congressman adam smith, a democrat out of washington. and the ranking member of the house armed services committee. congressman, thank you very much for being here. obviously, with the very delicate situation, that were unfolding between israel and hamas, the united states congress is an important player here. there is aid that has been

discussed that israel needs, not to mention our allies and ukraine, and yet the house doesn't have a speaker. >> no, it's a huge problem. the dysfunction of the republican party. i guess you can guess which is boris. the dysfunction of the republican party over the degree to which they've been taken over by maga extremists and donald trump? because even before they didn't have a speaker, that we're not moving on these issues. they brought us to the brink of taking that debt ceiling. they propose to the brink of the government shutdown. they haven't passed appropriations bills and they haven't passed the supplemental that would put us in a position to meet our needs and ukraine and israel. so we need to work with the senate and the white house, but also get the bipartisan group that supports this to move forward. because that's the thing. we have the votes in the house for the support. it's just that the maga extremists don't want to let that come up. and speaker mccarthy vowed to their wishes.

>> congressman, ali sharpton. when we look at the fact that last saturday we woke up and people in israel were under attack, a terrorist attack. and we saw children, babies being killed. elderly being killed. now, a week later, we're seeing a humanitarian crisis we are people in gaza are strong, killed in some instances, in total dire need of assistance. and the united states can't do anything because you don't have a speaker, because like you said. how do we even try to negotiate peace and serenity when you have people that are bound to just kill people because of who they are, and the united states does nothing. to you think this sense of urgency even matters to some of your colleagues, when you're looking at human disaster every day, all day long, all night

long? even matter to members of congress? >> al, let me say. fortunately there is a sense of urgency with the biden administration. they're actively engaged and trying to meet all of those challenges you just outlined. and also missing the humanitarian crisis is in gaza. we need to work with international partners, in israel as well, to try to it's a devastating situation. we need to work on that. but president biden has been out front, as has secretary blinken, secretary austin, the entire. team they sure -- show what cohesive leadership looks like. but to answer your question. did that make republicans and the house care about this? they might care about it. but they don't care enough to do anything about it. they care more about sticking with their allegiance to trump, anti extremists. and at that causes this function, they'll type of dysfunction. and it's something i hope the american people notice. we need a house that's

functioning and i don't like to be overly partisan, but i think it's pretty clear right now, if you want a functioning house, you need democrats back in charge. and lastly on this, i've spoken with leader jeffries on this, we are prepared to work in a bipartisan way with the republican conference anytime they want. that former speaker mccarthy totally rejected that. i hope that whoever his successor is takes a different tact. >> congressman, ayman here. i want to ask you about the situational voting right now in gaza. as we reported that last hour, unfortunately that number of americans killed has grown to 29. 15 still missing. 500 palestinian americans still inside gaza, unable to get out. but let people fill the administration right now without speaking to all of the americans that are caught up in this war. some feel that they're being ignored. that their concerns are not being addressed. that getting those americans out of gaza, as, well is being neglected. i want to hear from you, sir,

what you said to the administration in terms of its response, speaking to all americans involved in this war and how they're doing on that front? >> certainly. i think the biggest of the people's it's an extraordinarily difficult situation. we've heard president biden, we've heard secretary blinken, we've heard a number of people or urge israel to follow the laws, to deal with the humanitarian crisis. they have been working with egypt, with other countries to try to find some way to mitigate that harm. and i hope we understand, that war hamas launched, it's difficult. they purposely put civilians and the cross heroes. it's part of his trilogy to generate sympathy for walk there to win. they have issued orders telling people and gaza not to evacuate and attended to block them from doing that. so it is extraordinarily difficult. i will agree with something i heard one of your previous guest talking about. israel and the u.s. need to

look not just at the short term but at the long term. demolishing the current state of hamas certainly that need to be weakened, but in and of itself that will not bring pace to the region. we need to think more broadly about what a long term peaceful situation looks like. i know part of that has been the abraham accords, doing outreach to arab states. but if president biden is trying in a very difficult situation to meet the demands i've just outlined. >> so why not call specifically for de-escalation or a cease-fire until the humanitarian corridor is secured, americans are allowed to leave, and we can get a handle on the humanitarian crisis so these people don't pay the price. no one is saying to not do what israel's doing, but why not simply, now as a member of congress and other, was called for a de-escalation. call for a cease-fire until we can ensure the safety of everybody on the ground, who is not combatant. >> the answer to that question is, israel's apartment a war.

a very typical war. they're under threat from hamas, under threat from hezbollah. if we called for them to de-escalate, is anybody going to call for hamas or hezbollah to de-escalate? how does israel protect their interests and protect civilians at the same time? sadly, given what hamas did, israel cannot simply stand down at this point. and a few, say they can fight but be careful about, it and i agree with that, that's really hard to do. so we should call for humanitarian corridors, for humanitarian assistance, it's hard at this point to tell israel how to defend itself after what happened last week. >> congressman, before we let you go, i definitely want to talk about the speaker situation unfolding in the house of representatives on friday republicans nominate congressman jim jordan as there designates. he does not have the number of votes required to actually pay the speaker of the house, yet, which i think is what you all went home this weekend and your

coming back on monday, that's my understanding. jim jordan's, you know, among other things and election denier. we have a lot of conversations in this country, and i know a spoken to previously about our democracy. what has the conversation among the democratic caucus been about the likes of congressman jordan and the fact that that's who republicans have put forth at this time? >> we are deeply concerned about it. but we are in no way surprised. in fact, this is the most frustrating aspect of this. a lot of attention on the most obvious maga extremists and the republican conference, that low and ports and margaret taylor greene's and all the andy biggs and all those people. the real problem is the so-called moderates, the ones who claim not to support that who simply bow to that maga extremists every time. and i wish i could say, with confidence, they won't do it this time. that they won't elect jim jordan, who is everything that

you just said and much more. he's pushing the ridiculous investigation of president biden at this point, the impeachment. he is about as extreme as you can get. but i don't know. with the moderates, they cave every single time. i hope they don't care this time. we are greatly concerned they will, and wind up with jim jordan's speaker. and the house will become even more partisan, more dysfunctional. >> the world will definitely be watching in the house of representatives on monday. congressman adam smith, thank you for joining us today. we appreciate it. special coverage of the israel hamas war continues right here on msnbc in just minutes. after the break, we will talk to an american rabbi with a strong message to lawmakers. they've been critical of u.s. support of israel. plus, what he is doing to help jewish communities cope with the trauma of the attacks. later, we will hear from an american woman living in tel aviv right now. she is holed up in which she

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continuing coverage of the israel-hamas war. this is a live look from chicago, where we are seeing a large pro palestinian rally. it is at the same time that jewish communities across the united states are reacting to the violence in israel, and the politics of it right here at home. my colleagues, reverend al sharpton and ayman mohyeldin are with me. let's go to reverend sharpton. >> thank, you simone. religious leaders of their congregations throughout all of this. joining me now is right by rick jacobs, president of the union for reformed judaism. rabbi, your organization took issue with the views expressed by the health progressive as

this week. congresswoman rashida tlaib and cori bush, who made statements critical of the u.s. support of israel, citing its policies towards the palestinians and calling for that support to end. you are calling for a retraction from those lawmakers. can you expand on why you're taking that position? can you tell us if you've gotten any response? >> thank you for the opportunity to respond. the truth is, what happened last weekend was not simply an escalation of violence. what we saw last weekend on october 7th was the greatest mass murder of jews since the holocaust. over 1200 slaughtered. babies, women, families, men, all together. we over 100 taking captive, thousands wounded. then we hear from our elected officials here in the united states that somehow this is a moment to cut off israel's ability to defend herself.

israel was attacked. israel did not go on some offensive. this is not an escalation of violence. this is how moss attacking innocent civilians along the gaza border. infiltrating, coming in, in their homes butchering their people. we simply had to call out that this is not the moment,. i don't think there is a moment, but this is certainly a moment to express humanity, that we can feel the pain of this incredible country. and these amazing allies to the united states. this had to be called out, and i felt it was important to go on record. >> in 2001, when we went through 9/11, members of our community were killed in the world trade center. they were just civilians killed. we felt the pain. i had members of congregations of churches the relate to us the word that fruit going to work. i went to israel and met with

jerome perez, arranged by some here. he sent me to talk. i was surprised that they had dialogue. he denounced bin laden and said that you cannot do this to civilians. how did we get to where we can have a jerome perez and how do we as faith leaders get people back to that, where we might not agree, i'm first two state solution. they might not agree, but we can talk. we are not condoning killing each other, and particularly those that aren't even in the military that have nothing to do with what either state is about. >> you're absolutely right. this is certainly a larger challenge. it's not just to think in the long term for how to bring peace, but how do we stop? how do we stop this unbelievable and overwhelming bloodshed? i will tell you, i am a peacemaker, of been working for peace.

building bridges of understanding across all lines of difference in israel and among palestinians. this war isn't against palestinians. palestinian deserve dignity. they deserve the rights. what hamas is doing is not fighting the liberation movement. they're fighting to simply wipe israel off the map. there cannot be a lack of clarity about that. this isn't just an objection to israeli leaders. it's not an objection to israeli policy. i'm not crazy -- crazy about the current israeli government. we don't have daylight when it comes to harming not only our civilians, but your loved ones. who are the people being taken sauce hostage? some of the, oldest including holocaust survivors, may be taken hostage. this isn't something that will lead to peace. we have got to stop the downward spiral, long term we have to build peace. right now, we've got to defend the community. we have to defend our people. you might also know that yesterday was called as a hamas

day of rage globally. all of our synagogues, all of our schools, every single jewish institution was bracing all day yesterday for attacks. what is hamas asking? they're not asking for protests. they're asking to harm us. we are not even at home here in north america, here in the united states. this is a very acute problem. obviously in israel, is the most acute. i will also say that it is acute in gaza. if you only have sympathy for the civilians in gaza who are harmed, and you did not have empathy for the israeli families the just buried their children and parents together in the same cemetery, if you're not somebody who can bury your family and feel that sense of empathy for your people, but across the border, you have none. that is not moral clarity. this is a moment where

religious leaders, leaders of all kinds, have to be clear. hamas initiated this war, israel is not trying to harm palestinians. it has to defend. it cannot simply wait. >> rabbi, this is something when we talk about peace, talking about making sure we recognize humanity of everyone. i know that that is something that we have been discussing, you've talked about it on your, show i talked about it. if you think ali velshi, does he have reporting? >> ali velshi, we've been talking to israelis from all walks of life in this tragedy. it's been a difficult week. have been moved by some of the comments. our colleague had an interview with the son, a 73 year old woman, who was unaccounted for. and believed to be in gaza. as you said, somebody who worked her, life dedicated her life to peace. let me please somebody. >> she was obsessed with these. violence, always wrong.

-- oh my friends, i lost. i lost my friends, or they lost their parents, she would say we do not need more than -- we need to stop the violence now. >> israel is certainly not a monolithic society. there are people calling for the operation to continue, and as you heard, there are some of those grieving families that are also calling for israel to not do what it is doing in gaza. as a man of faith, how do you reconcile that? some that are saying that this is revenge, and others that are saying this is self-defense? as you know, and i bring i leaves the whole world line. >> i would just say, this is not revenge. there's no justification for revenge, no matter how much we feel like we demand and want revenge. this has to be about justice and protection, and safety.

that's what this is about. if israel does not push back, it will simply allow this encouragement and assault to happen again. this is existential for the day of israel. he saw troops amassing on the northern border, two friends to this. this isn't just a little moment. israel does have military strength. clearly, hamas was ready to do something unimaginable in terms of the pain. i would also point out that as we think about the assault on gaza, the prime minister asking yesterday for over 1 million gazans to leave the northern section. it is clearly difficult to leave. hamas has embedded its military structure in the middle of neighborhoods. underneath schools. they fired 5000 rockets. where do you keep 5000 rockets? they have tunnels that go into

israel. this has to be uprooted. it is not a war against the palestinian people. it's a war against hamas and their ideologies, not only hateful, it's about eradicating the state of israel. we cannot let that happen. not this many years after the holocaust. we have to stand up. >> you make an important point, making sure that we're as clears possible. delineating between the palestinian people and hamas. we appreciate you for doing so. thank you so much for your time, rabbi. >> thank you for joining us. >> after the break, we are going to be taking a look at the conflict from lebanon with our crew on the ground, as hezbollah takes responsibility for attacks on israeli outposts. what could that mean for israel and its allies as the fighting with hamas continues? that is next. that is next

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coverage of the israel, hamas or. it's 30 past the hour here in new york. it's 12:30 pm in israel and gaza right now. new in the past hour, the state department is confirming e deaths of 29 american citizens in the, israel-hamas war. another 15 u.s. citizens and one lawful, permanent residents are currently missing. according to our latest numbers, at least 1300 people in israel have been killed. in gaza, at least 2100 were killed. also new this afternoon, u.s. intelligence agencies warned of a heightened risk of violence from hamas, weeks before this october 7th attack on israel. but did not pick up details on a massive, nationwide attack. that's according to suits two sources familiar with the intelligence. also today, the white house posted a video on social media of president biden talking to

families of the 14 americans currently unaccounted for in israel. president biden also spoke with prime minister netanyahu and the president of the palestinian authority, mahmoud abbas, this afternoon. those were separate phone calls. israeli defense forces say they have attacked several has well at targets in southern lebanon today, in response to rockets launched toward israel. now, israel today warned hezbollah had to stay out of its war with hamas. joining me now for more, inside lebanon is nbc foreign correspondent, matt bradley. thank you for joining me today, matt. what is the latest? you are at the border. what's the latest there? >> yeah, i mean, the situation here has been simmering all week. it pales in comparison to the violence that we've been seeing elsewhere in israel and the gaza strip. but it still carries so much potential because hezbollah is such a formidable force. so, i can describe what's been going on. the border just over my right shoulder here, you can see that ridge line a little bit further beyond that is where we find

israel. this is a border that's been embattled for several decades and just today, we saw that hezbollah, which is the predominant military group here in southern lebanon, they've been striking the shabbat farms. this is a region that's disputed. it's it's kind of at the intersection between lebanon, israel, and syria, or at least occupied syria. israeli occupied syria, -- heights. we saw that there were two lebanese civilians who were killed. apparently an elderly couple, this according to allman our tv, which is as well as official tv channel. there's been at least four has well fighters and at least three israeli soldiers who have been killed over the past week in this tit-for-tat fighting. we were actually out there yesterday and we saw some rockets that were being fired by lebanon, at least one of them was shot down by the israelis, which caused a fire in a forested area, sort of around their. and there was -- a journalist, a camera man who is also killed and six other

journalists were injured in an attack. the associated press says was from the israelis. israeli missiles. so, this is a situation that again, it doesn't bear any resemblance to the kind of violence we're seeing at the hands of hamas or the hands of the israelis in the gaza strip. but when you're talking about this border, it's so inflammatory that any situation could blow up into something that could resemble a much more active war, even though we are seeing between hamas and israel, because hezbollah, more closely resembles are real, all singing, all dancing military than a militant group. it has more technology, more training, and it's more bloodied in battle, which is what military theorists would say. because it's been fighting for more of the past decade in syria against sunni islamist militants. so, that's why this is getting so much attention, even though it doesn't have anywhere near the level of violence that we're seeing elsewhere. >> >> nbc's matt bradley, thank you for your reporting and please stay safe. my colleagues, reverend al

sharpton and tell me more hitting, are still with us here. you know, what strikes me, and we discussed it in the last hour, battles are fought actually on the battlefield, but wars are never ended on the battlefield. there ended at negotiating tables. it's through diplomatic channels. but we are not at a place yet where the israeli defense forces or the israeli government, i mean, you speak to any person who is representing israel at this point, whether they be from the ambassador's office or the israeli defense forces, and that is not where they are. so, how do you move the diplomacy when the israelis are near that? given the level of the attack that was leveled. -- >> yeah, it's such an important question because you think of the players in the region just very quickly, you've got israel and hamas at work today, obviously, they will talk to each other. hamas talks egyptians and the qataris. the qataris don't talk to the israelis, they talk to the americans. the egyptians and the -- don't talk to each other very much, so you're trying to hit play like a three dimensional game of chess where you're trying to, you know, hamas does

something to qatar, qatar has to relate to the american. americans relate to the israelis, the israelis give him a response. so, it's a very difficult question, in terms of just the mechanism of how you try to negotiate a way out of this. but to the broader point, and i think this is the real hard part, when you've had palestinians and israelis talk over the past 20 years, it's not worked. so, the question now is, is it time to try and internationalize this conflict? do you need to go back to you -- concert silent 1991 where you had president bush say, everyone is getting into this? at the time, the israelis and arabs didn't talk to each other. we brought them all in the room that began the process to oslo and then from there. >> and i think that's where it has to go. i think that the people in the united states and other places must put the pressure on our political leaders to do that. when i heard about this attack last saturday, i thought about 9/11. as a young man that i know named travis boyd who his mother worked in a treating

center and he went to church with my kids. he ended up staying with us a few days and i watched him every time the phone rang, hoping it was his mother calling. so, i got a sense of the human cost of these things. his mother had nothing to do with the bush administration or whatever bin laden made his attack on and i thought about what the women in israel and the kids, they were like travis boyd. and today, i'm seeing the people in the gaza are like that. we have to put the pressure on people like our congress and president to use world power to convene, like you were saying. to stop this madness because it is ordinary citizens going to work every day that got killed in israel and that is now being killed in the gaza or trying to get out of the gaza. and they're not even part of the discussion. we have to make them part of it. >> >> again, we have to remember the human toll. i'm glad were having the conversation.

you know just said, folks, we are going to, again, talk about this humanitarian crisis happening in gaza. and it's reached a fever pitch. our next guest joins us with a look at how doctors and aid workers are coping with rising levels of need and dwindling resources, as the war escalates. stay with us. the wa escalates. stay with us stay with us oh, hello! hi! do you know that every load of laundry could be worth as much as $300? really? and your clothes just keep getting more damaged the more times you wash them. downy protects fibers, doing more than detergent alone. see?

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ministry says that the death toll in gaza is now over 2200 people. the situation on the ground is also rapidly deteriorating. between shelling and dwindling electricity, fuel, water, food, and medicine, listen to it to doctors in gaza is talking to richard angle of nbc. >> no one can leave gaza, no one can enter gaza. there's no nothing left for anybody -- it's just a big thing that we are trapped inside. >> what are my rights? it's zero. with the international society, it has nothing to do with us. we are ignored, no medical support, and we are suffering too much.

>> the united nations and the world health organization are pleading for humanitarian corridors to be opened to allow those supplies to be distributed. joining us now is penny amadou, the director of philanthropy for the u.n. work agency. him and his family are in gaza. thank you for joining us. let me ask you, what's the situation where you are. what are you trying to do, and what are you able to do in this situation? >> thanks for having me. it's tough times -- the does work for those piano -- gaza is obviously in everybody's mind right now. the problem is that i have my family trapped there.

there are a lot of emotions running. we're trying to make them safe and so 92 schools are shelters for the palestinian refugees using those facilities. the u.n. track is not respected anymore inside of gaza. we have last 13 colleagues, one of them was a doctor, an engineer, some teachers that were killed there. some of this air strikes that you've seen. it's unfortunate that the humanity of the palestinians, you see these parades of support for israel and the disasters they have seen. they deserve -- but i am not hearing a lot of support for the palestine side. that is just unfortunate. we were very clear about ukraine, russia, the electricity and water being cut out. we are not sure.

the war is not even just gaza. here, we are dehumanized because the president did not deliver the message that we needed him to. you have the universities basically -- there's a lot of shootings. you have police departments and cities making big statements. the reality is that they are working very hard to support the palestinians. remember, for one week we have not received any new supplies and gaza. what we need is water, we only have food for about ten more days inside of gaza. we could not buy bread or flour. we did not -- now, tomorrow i'm not sure what they are going to. if it is a big problem. yesterday was the first time we talked to them since this war started in gaza. she wasn't such an emotional state that she said, hey, can you put on the video for a

moment. she saw my face, and she cried, she felt like that was the last time i would see it. i had just come back from gaza, spending two months there, and then the first or second day of this, work 14 members of my family lost their lives. it's a tragedy because there are so many kids. it's 500 kids that lost their lives. this is really emotional for a lot of us. i've not had time to process this and focus my support for the ground. right now, there are 13,000 -- vulnerable staff in gaza. about half of them are working to support the shelters. when they were properties, it's no longer safe, -- >> 13 of your colleagues gone, may i -- thank you for joining us tonight. >> just heartbreaking. ahead, we will speak with just one of the estimated 200,000

americans living in israel. how she's coping with the chaos, and how she will leave despite the danger. the danger

>> u.s. officials estimate there are as many as 170,000 americans in israel and it has been confirmed that 29 americans have been killed and 15 are unaccounted for since the hamas attacks. joining us now is every on, and she's a american citizen originally from maryland who has lived in tel aviv for two years. eliahna, thank you so much for taking some time to speak with us. i can only imagine what you've been through this last week. i know there are people out there who are probably wondering if you have the opportunity to leave, why are you staying in tel aviv? why is it so important to you?

>> so, being in israel, it's just a really small country and everybody is so interconnected, like the for this person is a friend of a friend, just one person away. so, i feel like has all my friends are being called to war and everyone is putting in their efforts, i feel like it's my moral duty to be here and help in any way that i can. >> you have had friends who have been called up to be reservists, as i understand. what has that experience been like? i also know that you know folks, friends of yours, who are at that festival that we saw that harrowing attack. >> so, it's really scary knowing that my friends are out there fighting this terrorist organization and as for the festival, i woke up to my social media being full of people hiding in crops and in the woods, under cars, and then

it transition from that into missing people. and so, it always just very scary right off the bat. right at the beginning of the war, i was woken up by my roommate, who came into my room, sobbing from all of the rockets. i went to the bomb shelter, my roommate has a special door and everything that makes it safe to be here for the rockets, and yeah, from their, just kind of spiraled. by the time i really got up for the day, i had friends that were sending me pictures of their boots in the car on the way to go to the bases and people kind of came to my house throughout the day to seek shelter here, -- in their home and somewhere israeli, some were getting calls from their family saying their younger siblings were going to get ascent into gaza without having proper training or the proper materials. and some were getting calls of their lost friends being

confirmed dead. it was a really, really traumatic. we sat in all day and just watched the news, watched all the horrible things unfold. >> eliahna, it's i'm in here, thank you so much for joining us. i just wanted to get a sense from you about the conversation, the broader conversation that's happening in israeli society about what is happening right now. i know you're healing and it's been a very difficult week for you, and still dealing with all the shock. just give us some insight as to what the conversations are that are taking place among your friends and folk. >> so, in israel, the conversation is not really so focused on what's going on in the war, but how can we help? right off the bat, there was, you know, terrorists unaccounted for going through the city that have been on captured. we don't even know how many are here, people risking their lives to go out into populated places, places that have been known to have terrorist attacks

to donate blood and to collect supplies, and all of these things. so, everybody is stepping up and it's a really beautiful thing this time. >> definitely a beautiful thing. atlanta, we do appreciate you coming along sharing your story, talking about your friends. we've been focusing on the human toll and your important part of telling that story. we really appreciate your time. thank you. >> thank you. >> and thank you all out there at home for watching. that wraps up this hour for us. right here on msnbc, i'm simone sanders townsend here with reverend al sharpton and ayman mohyeldin, thank you all for this. it's been great. folks, don't you go anywhere, the, because nbc news will have live to our special coverage of the latest in the israel, hamas war. it's tonight, tom giannis is on the ground in tel aviv joined by jose díaz-balart. it starts at eight pm eastern on msnbc. thank you for being with us and have a good night, keep watching. have a good night, kee watching watching (sniffing)

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