Netanyahu is about to address his nation. Were going to go there live once he begins. The situation in israel is changing by the hour. Here is a look at the gaza skyline right now. You can see smoke even though its very dark, and flames out there in the distance, from near continuous israeli strikes. The idf says thousands of targets have already been hit. Prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu has promised that this is only the start with more than 700 israelis dead, he says what is coming next will be painful. But what exactly can come next . There are those within the Israeli Government, including the former Defense Minister who told the bbc that the only choice is to eliminate hamas period, and there are others who say the only way to do that is to flatten gaza. But how do you do that without incurring major civilian losses. There are roughly 2 million civilians trapped in gaza, blockaded by both israel and egypt. The Israeli Government has told them to get out. Where exactly can they g
Wireless that works for you. Its not just possible. Good evening everybody, im its happening. Yasmin coming to you at a special time as our coverage of the war in israel is continuing. More Rocket Attacks and missile strikes tonight on both sides of the war, as death tolls continue to mount. We have now confirmed that americans are among those killed, in the hamas attack on israel. They are also among those being held hostage. We are also learning chilling new information about the deadly assault on the festival inside of israel. We have new reporting tonight on the role that iran appears to have played in all of this. A live report on that coming up as well. We start though with that climbing and death toll. It seems to be getting larger and larger as we speak. A spokesperson with the Israel Offensive thing at least 700 israelis have been killed in the attack so far, meanwhile Palestinian Health ministry saying 424 people have been killed in gaza including 78 children. We also know 23
New images showing Israeli Forces hammering hamas targets. Explosions leveling buildings, black smoke filling the air. Hamas militants firing more rockets into israel. Israels iron dome fully activated. All of this ignited by the Surprise Attack by hamas by land, sea, and air. At least 1,000 hamas fighters crossing into israel. More than 900 dead here in israel. At least 11 americans among them. One of the first targets in israel, a Music Festival, where hamas militants opened fired on young people in the crowd. At least 260 bodies recovered from the scene. My interview tonight with a young man who ran for cover. He says several of his friends were shot and killed right in front of him. He was shot, too. He somehow survived. And tonight here, the young father whose wife and two little girls were kidnapped by hamas. The phone call with his wife when the call dropped out. The phone now pings in gaza. And then the video. He recognized his wife in video online showing militants beginning t
Hello to all, you im alex. When it is now early monday morning in israel. Israels formally declared war against hamas. U. S. Government sources confirmed nbc news several american citizens are among those killed on the deadly attacks against israel this weekend and at this hour we dont know how Many Americans have died in the conflict nor the circumstances around their deaths. We are bringing a live picture from gaza city, we have seen a new round of airstrikes tonight. A spokesperson for the Israeli Defense forces tells msnbc that at least 700 people have been killed in israel. The Palestinian Health Ministry Says more than 400 people have died in gaza. That includes nearly 80 children. The death toll from israel and gaza both expected to rise. Joining me now, msnbc Chief Correspondent and host ali velshi and nbc news correspondent aaron gilchrist. At the white house for us. Good to see you both. The latest at this hour, ali, what do you know . What should we know about whats happenin
We will have plenty of time israelis will have plenty o ever time to look into that. The focus now is making sure israel has what it needs to deal with the attack and making sure its citizens are safe and secured. That was u. S. Secretary of state Antony Blinken on Meet The Press sidestepping the deadly attacks. Well have the latest on the escalating conflict in just a moment. Plus, a look at how chaos in the house with the republicans scrambling to find a new speaker could impact support for israel. And some candidates are spreading misinformation blaming a deal with the Biden Administration. Well explain that straight ahead. Good morning and welcome to Way Too Early on this monday, october 9th. Im ali vitali in for jonathan lemire. And we begin with the israeli hamas war. 1,100 have died and the number is expected to rise. Hamas militants stormed the gaza strip destroying several israeli towns and communities. The chaos spread across land, air, and sea as thousands of rockets were fi