Thanks you at home for joining us this hour.

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She is healing up after a round of COVID, and we hope she will be back here at her usual

time next Monday because we all need you, Rachel.

Feel better.

Now, tonight, we start in Gaza, where the Israeli military is deep into what it is calling

the second stage of its war with Hamas.

The soldiers and tanks are slowly advancing deeper into Gaza.

The New York Times and the Washington Post are reporting this evening, the Israeli military

has now reached the outskirts of Gaza City.

It remains unclear if these movements are the much anticipated ground invasion or a preview

of that invasion, or whether Israel may yet decide against a full-scale invasion.

The Biden administration, for its part, is reportedly urging Israel not to invade and

occupy Gaza.

But in a rare news conference earlier, Prime Minister Netanyahu made clear that his country's

operations and military operations will continue, casting the fight against Hamas as a battle

between good and evil.

NBC News chief foreign correspondent Richard Engel is on the Israeli Gaza border, and

he filed this report tonight.

Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu, under fire for not taking responsibility for being unprepared

for Hamas' surprise attack, says there will be no ceasefire.

That Israel must retaliate for the 1400 Israelis killed.

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