Search

GEORGE STEPHANOPOULOS (ABC NEWS) (Off-camera) We want to hear now from Hersh parents. Jon Polin, his father, is joining us now. And, Jon, I know it must be very hard to summarize, but tell us what you are thinking and feeling as you saw that video for the first time. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

DAVID MUIR (ABC NEWS) (Off-camera) Good evening. And it's great to have you with us here on a Wednesday night. We begin tonight with the 16 hostages released, an American woman, a mother of three among them. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

BYRON PITTS (ABC NEWS) (Off-camera) Here in the US, a day of speaking out for supporters of Israel and the hostages in the capital. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

DAVID MUIR (ABC NEWS) (Off-camera) Good evening. And it's great to have you with us here on a very business busy Tuesday night. We begin tonight with news of a potential breakthrough coming involving the hostages being held by Hamas, Americans among them. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

BYRON PITTS (ABC NEWS) (Off-camera) Good evening. Thank you for joining us. As Israel ramps up plans to invade Gaza, the humanitarian crisis there is dire, with half the population displaced and resources scarce. Meanwhile, the plight of some 199 hostages in the territory grows more desperate with each hour. Families urging the US government to intervene, and the White House announcing tonight President Biden will travel to Israel on Wednesday. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

DAVID MUIR (ABC NEWS) (Off-camera) Tonight, Hamas is now claiming to be holding up to 250 hostages. So far, Israel has confirmed 199 held captive. It was last night here Hamas had just released that video of a 21-year-old woman held captive with that harrowing message to her family. Tonight, we hear from her family and from those parents originally from Chicago who I met while in the war zone. Their son, Hersh Goldberg-Polin, driven away on the back of that pickup truck by Hamas. ABC's Matt Gutman from Israel tonight. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

ROBIN ROBERTS (ABC NEWS) (Off-camera) Now there are signs that Israel is readying a ground invasion. There's also a race against the clock to locate the hostages being held by Hamas militants. And this as the United Nations estimates that at least 200,000 Palestinians are displaced as a humanitarian crisis looms. We are tracking the latest this morning from Washington to Israel. "World News Tonight" anchor David Muir again leads our coverage from Tel Aviv. Good morning, David. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

JUJU CHANG (ABC NEWS) (Off-camera) Thanks for joining us. Tonight, while Israel launches punishing airstrikes on Gaza and prepares for a possible ground invasion, survivors of the siege in Israel are surrounded by burnt out buildings, bullet ridden homes and signs of bloody carnage. Our chief national correspondent Matt Gutman is near the Gaza border in Israel. Matt? [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

DAVID MUIR (ABC NEWS) (Off-camera) And as you heard President Biden acknowledged today, Americans are among those being held hostage. And for so many families, the excruciating wait. Tonight, the mother and father originally from Chicago and what they told me about the last two text messages from their son. They are doing everything they can to get their son back alive. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]