Starting a two day visit to the wider middle east. Mr sunak is expected to meet his israeli counterpart Benjamin Neta nyahu and israeli president isaac herzog for what he said, on arrival here, he hoped would be very productive meetings. This, after urging regional leaders to avoid further dangerous escalation. This is what rishi sunak had to say on his arrival. Good morning, Prime Minister. Good morning. Im very pleased to be able to be here. Its an important time. Its important for me to be able to express my solidarity with the israeli people, following what was a horrific terrorist attack. Productive meetings ahead of us today. Im looking forward to seeing the Prime Minister and president. Theres lots of work for us to do. That is rishi sunak who arrived in israel this morning. In gaza, meanwhile, egypt has agreed to let humanitarian supplies in, via The Rafah Crossing. An initial convoy of 20 trucks of aid are expected to enter gaza. Although that is not 100 confirmed. That, after
We will make sure they have what it needs to take care of its citizens, defend itself and respond to this attack. Theres no justification for terrorism. Theres no excuse. Hamas does not stand for the palestinian peoples right to dignity and selfdetermination. Its stated purpose is annihilation on the murder of jewish people. President biden making it clear that the United States stands with israel, promising support following the hamas Terrorist Attacks. The president also confirmed that there are americans being held hostage by the terror group. Well get an update on what is being done to try and free them. And weve seen more explosions in gaza this morning as the conflict enters its fifth day. Well get a live report from israel in just a moment. Also ahead, National Security analyst for nbc news and msnbc clint watts with an overview of the war and what could happen next. Good morning and welcome to morning joe. It is wednesday, october 11th. Lets dive right in. Israel is ramping up
This is cnn breaking news. Welcome to the lead. Im jake tapper. The dysfunction among republicans in the u. S. House of representatives has now taken on global significance because of the crisis in the middle east. So we are in this hour going to focus a bit on House Republicans meeting a tt this hour. They are hoping to get one step closer to decide who will become their next speaker. No legislation can be passed including any legislation that might address the growing crisis on the ground in israel. So we are following that story, but we are going to begin today in the middle east, where at least a thousand people have been killed in the hamas attacks on israel, most of them civilians. President biden confirming today that 14 of them were americans. The white house says 20 additional americans are still missing, and that number might not necessarily reflect the number of american hostages. Its just 20 americans who are not accounted for right now. Today israel is carrying out air str
Fox news alert, Israels Defense Ministry launching retaliatory airstrike attacks hamas islamic targets along the gaza strip. This after israeli Prime Minister declared war. Just groups of latent across the border on motorcycles and pickup trucks. Officials call this their 9 11 when artist attacks the jewish state in 75 years. United states stands for the people of israel. And loaded into ambulances here along the border. Military bringing your troops here severely injured Wounded Soldiers are being evacuated. Civilians dragging to the streets executing them and grabbing women and children and caring them into gaza through the tunnels. It horrific. Welcome to one nation, i am crime committed. We are doing this unprecedented attack special hour. An invasion on this country and it was unfounded Firing Thousands of Rockets Infiltrating israels territory. He saw some of the video israels territory has been reached and its not clear if they taken Military Bases back of the lost. Many are dea
Hamas Militant Group intensifying as lebanons hezbollah Militant Group joins in on the action. Hezbollah claiming responsibility for Firing Dozens of rockets and shells at three israeli positions in a disputed area Sunday Morning along the countrys border with syria. Hezbollah says it was in solidarity with the palestinian resistance, as the group says, israeli positions were directly hit. Israel reportedly fired back at lebanese areas. Still not clear if anyone there was hurt or killed. Shebaa farms was captured by israel from syria during the 1967 mideast war, but lebanon considers it, and the nearby Kfar Shuba Hills as lebanese territory. This is all coming just one day after hamas unleashed a barrage of rockets and a violent Ground Assault into israel. At least 300 civilians were killed in that attack, including at least 26 Israeli Soldiers. Dozens of israelis were also reportedly taken hostage into gaza as tensions continued to intensify by israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyah