It includes soldiers and civilians and the sky over gaza remained lit overnight by retaliatory rockets. Israels military forces opened up fighting nearly two dozen locations yesterday along the gaza border. Officials confirming more than 300 palestinians have been killed in the fighting with thousands more injured. And israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu issued a deadly warning to hamas. All of the places which hamas is deployed, hiding and operating in that wicked city, we will turn it into an island of ruins. I am telling gazas people to leave those places now because we will take action everywhere. Yesterday, President Biden spoke to the potential for the conflict widening, warning other groups in the region not to exploit the situation and saying that the us stands firmly with israel and its people. Israel has the right to defend itself and its people, full stop. Theres never justification for terrorist attacks. And my Administration Support for israels security is rock solid
in gaza continues to hold up. we ll have the latest on when more people could be freed as well as the future of the temporary truce in the war. meanwhile, back here at home president biden is hitting the road today to champion his administration s achievements, part of a broader push to change voters feelings about the state of the economy. and also ahead, this could be the final week in congress for embattled republican george santos. we ll go through the latest action to remove the rookie lawmaker from new york. good morning and welcome to way too early on this wednesday, november 29th. i m jonathan lemire. thanks for starting your day with us. and we ll begin this morning with the prospect of more hostages being freed today from the gaza strip. it comes after ten israelis and two thai nationals were brought back into israeli territory yesterday. in return israel released 30 palestinian prisoners. the exchange with hamas happened after both parties agreed on monday to
families will be getting some help next year, as well. and this is something you have a big part of,ary and dear to your hart. and not only have you done stories about it, but you and your husband go out and help. what made this charity so special for you? this one in particular where the uso, i think a lot of these families have trouble, these are working families that a lot of the spouses get deployed this time of year, a lot of things to take care of, and it s just nice to have some special treats under the tree. so you were able to provide christmas for this family and how many other families? in total, there were more than 1200 children got toys because of all the families. so quite a few. and if you still want to help out, you can tweet us and we ll tweet out a link to donate to the uso. big question yesterday, which is how did you celebrate christmas, a lot of folks celebrated in