Welcome, everyone dallas or ports. You see the, banner we begin with the Breaking News from the deadly hamas attack on israel. This, new video, showing Israeli Security forces rescuing their citizens whove been taking hostage in a pretty fierce gun battle with militants. Fighting has continued inside of israel across several cities. Heres nbcs raf sanchez. It is to rod. It is a massive crime scene. There are police cars riddled with bullets as you walk, your feet crunch on the Shell Casings from the thousands of rounds fired. Surround itself was quiet when we were there. This spokesperson did come from that and areas along the border, theyre still fighting going on. Well injustice lost, our u. S. President biden spoke by phone with president netanyahu. Biden is now seeking Additional Support following this unprecedented attack. The support comes after new requests for israel. Anthony blinken has the report. There is a tremendous amount of aid in assistance in the pipeline, under presid
Mister secretary, does the administration know at this point if u. S. Citizens were among the dead or those taken hostage . So, we have reports that several americans may be among the dead. We are very actively looking to verify those reports similarly, weve seen reports about hostages and their again, we are very actively trying to verify them. And we nail that down. Meaning that there could be some u. S. Citizens who have been taken hostage as well, mister secretary. Thats correct. Well be closely following that over the next two hours, also overnight, israel responded, launching huge retaliatory strikes on cars and cities, flattening residential buildings, and killing over 300 people in gaza so far, according to the palestinian mystery of that. Has lebanons Hezbollah Group fired the flames in solidarity with hamas at three is really positions. Were witnessing all of this as israel promises an aggressive response. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu vowed, my vengeance, and sai
We purged shifa and many other Terrorist Headquarters as well. We destroyed factories, manufacturing rockets, control rooms, weapons, ammunition, and we continue to systematically destroy what is underground. We are one step away from victory. Israel is not the one preventing a deal. Hamas prevents a deal. Its extreme demands were intended to bring about an end to the war and leave it intact, meaning to ensure its survival, its rehabilitation, its ability to endanger our citizens and our soldiers. Surrendering to hamas demands will allow it to try to repeat the crimes of october 7th again and again, as it promised to do. Hamas hopes that the pressure from outside and inside will make israel surrender to these extreme demands. It will not happen. Israel is ready for a deal. Israel is not ready to surrender. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu speaking, there. Our chief International Correspondent lyse doucet is in southern israel. As the israel gaza war reaches six months mark. It
October 7th six months ago that hamas fighters stormed into towns and that they then took more than 250 hostages and killed more than 1000 people. The attack sparked whats become the deadliest and most destructive israel gaza war, killing over Thirty Thousand palestinians according to the Hamas Run Health Ministry. The un says it gaza is now on the brink of famine. Here in israel, the hostages are described as an open wound. There are there a re protests there are protests across tel aviv demanding that the government does more to bring hostages home. Their anger was intensified by news that our body was recovered in another military operation. Elad katzir was taken on october and seventh, along with his mother and father. His father was murdered that day, and his mother was released that was released in november as part of a temporary ceasefire deal. Pressure is mounting on negotiators to try and achieve a more lasting ceasefire. Indirect talks between israel and hamas have resumed in
Security defence, and went into towns across southern israel. Israel described it as the darkest day in its history. The largest loss of israeli lives in a single day. It says 1200 israelis were killed, and more than 250 when taken hostage, seized at gunpoint and taken across the boundary into gaza. Gaza lies on the boundary into gaza. Gaza lies on the horizon, and for many weeks after the october 7th attacks, from here we could see the plumes of dark smoke rising, as israel intensified its retaliatory strikes, carrying out aerial bombardment is night and day. It then launched its ground operations. Six months on, israel is coming under mounting pressure, even from its own allies, about the weight is fighting this war. With a growing tally of deaths in gaza. 33,000, says the Hamas Run Health Ministry. Un Officials Say the gaza strip is on the brink of famine. Many questions are being asked. Where does the word go from here . In the last few hours, the Israeli Military says it has withd