You, bret. Bret thank you. Thank you very much. Have a good night good evening welcome to washington im bret baier. Breaking tonight rapidly changing developments in the israeli war with hamas, a warning here. Many of the images coming out of the region are graphic and disturbing. The u. S. Death toll has risen to 27. 14 americans are unaccounted for. The u. S. Government will begin evacuation flights for americans in israel very soon. Some 20,000 of them, its believed. Preparations are continuing for an expected massive Ground Invasion by the israelis into gaza. The Israeli Defense force is pounding what it calls hamas infrastructure inside gaza. At least 2700 people have died on both sides. Terrorists are believed to be holding about 150 hostages. U. S. Secretary of state Antony Blinken met with israeli leaders in tel aviv today. He will visit with palestinian president tomorrow. Senior correspondent mike tow bib is in israel right now with the latest. Good evening, mike. Good evenin
Martha good afternoon. Im Martha Maccallum in new york. Theres 22 americans who have been killed so far. We hope that number will not go higher at this point. We also now know that there are 17 confirmed missing americans and the white house now confirms that a number of them are hostages which raises a number of questions about the back and forth and the understanding that those individuals are indeed being held by hamas. So hamas is using at least 100 people as Human Shields or leverage for their cause inside of gaza city. These are the terrified Family Members of those that are kidnapped and those who are defined as missing. Watch this. Theyre not part of this war. Citizens and civilians should not be taken. The number 1 message were trying to convey is that time is critical. She was shouting, mommy, they shout at us. Were all wounded. Theyre taking children, women, back to gaza to use as Human Shields. Its appalling. The world be has to step up and get these hostages out. Martha th
Israels iron dome defense is now battling rockets from hamas. Just moments ago, israel Prime Minister netanyahu said every member of hamas is a dead man. The white house said iran backing hamas because why wont it refree 6 billion in funds it wants to give iran. It tries to also blame trump for all this . That story coming up and the white house is slamming the far left squad for backing Hamas Terrorists. Ahead now, this breaking news, a michigan democrat just quit the Democrat Socialist Party of america over the fight backing hamas. Where are the other democrats on this. Plus, ma joyty leader steve cleese, the nominee for House Speaker getting to floor votes and ceo judge titan bill cassioppimans call to get the names of College Students supports hamas so they dont hire them. Im elizabeth macdonald, the evening edit starts right now. Elizabeth thanks for joining us, we have a jam packed hour of reporting. Foreman cia chief dan hoffmann joins and yous israeli soldier and eyewitness acc
Fourth day in retaliation for the attack from hamas. Electricity in gaza out as night is set to fall. Israeli troops describing the horror left behind by hamas. Civilians indiscriminately murdered or taken as hostages. Now theres holocaust number one and holocaust number two, and its mind blowing, infuriating, unbelievable that it happened in 2023 in israel. And later, americas Secretary Of State headed to the region in just hours, what his role could be as the fighting between israel and hamas escalates. Good morning, its 10 00 eastern. Thank you for joining us. Im Ana Cabrera Reporting alongside my friend jose diazbalart. Israel warning today that fighting will intensify as it continues its bombardment of gaza. Israeli air strikes relentlessly striking hundreds of hamas targets in retaliation for the brutal attack on its country. These are live pictures. These are some of the pictures that we have from up above. Take a look at just the level of destruction, warning israel that the sc
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