John Yang:

Good evening, I'm John Yang. Tonight, Israel is a nation at war. Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has vowed to destroy the ability of Hamas and Islamic Jihad to govern and carry out military attacks and ever he warns will be long and difficult. The death toll continues to climb.

At this hour there are more than 700 Israelis dead. On the Palestinian side. More than 400 are reported dead, and each side reports more than 2,000 wounded.

Late today, U.S. Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin ordered the aircraft carrier USS Gerald Ford to the eastern Mediterranean as a show of force in support of Israel.

The skyline of Gaza shrouded in smoke as Israeli strikes pummeled residential building. Mosques of the Israeli military said how's Hamas command centers and tunnels long suspected to be smuggling routes for weapons. Israeli officials say they also hit the National Bank of Gaza. NewsHour producer Shames Ouda.

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