Im dana bash in washington, and we are following Breaking News. We continue our special coverage this hour. Just moments ago President Biden vowed to stand with israel and condemned the Terror Attack. [ sirens ]. This attack came at sunrise. The Palestinian Terror Group hamas launched an unprecedented Surprise Attack on israel, not just on israels military, but an untold number of civilians. You can see here not even the youngest of children are being spared the horror of the attacks on civilian areas. Video appears to show hamas fighters taking civilian hostages. There are reports that hamas has taken hostages across the border, back into the gaza. The attack comes on the 50th Anniversary of the i dont remember Kipp Pufr War when arab states blized israel. It also comes on the Jewish Sabbath and a jewish holy day. At least 200 israels are dead and 1500 wounded. Hamas has fired thousands of rockets. We want to warn you that some video from hamas may be disturbing, but it is important f
including the chairman of the joint chiefs of staff, are businessing for any number of scenarios. i am comfortable the secretary and chairman are very much engageed and tuned in to what we should be doing or not doing there. and, i m sure they are able to give the commander in chief good advice on what we should do. reporter: the diplomats are in contact with the syrian rebels. we were told there was contacts overnight. one thing the u.s. is stressing to the syrian opposition, is that in any post assad era there must be respect for religious minorities in syria. shepard: thank you, james, from the state department. all the suspect in the deadly sue aside attack on israeli tourists was carrying a fake driver s license from the state of michigan in bulgaria where the bomber killed seven including himself. he was seen walking through an airport terminal in a town near
shepard: and normally as jennifer said, cross borders are normally targeted strikes and you cannot finger the israelis specifically. right? guest: well, that is right. the most likely scenario looking at it as a citizen without access to the intelligence community information is that this is tit for tat for the israelis taking out the nuclear scientists in iran. that is what you would expect as a bake intelligence read on this. but as i say, we live in a new era where states do not take each other they use proxies and we will see. israel will use whatever tactics they deem present if they determine it is the iranians they will go after the nuclear program hard and they will strike hezbollah at the next available opportunity. shepard: you can often figure out what hezbollah s activity is by looking north of israel in lebanon. what do we hear from that region?
the black sea and moments later he debt to to detonated a bomb outside. what do we know about bomber so far, jennifer? reporter: the fake michigan driver s license survived nearly intact and authorities have shared it with the f.b.i. and with the israelis. the suspect s name was jacques martin, a white male and home address in louisiana which suggests it is clearly fake since no one can obtain an american driver s license with a home address in a different state. the security camera video show as young man with long hair presumed a wig, pacing nervously back-and-forth inside the airport. he is dressed line a tourist. the explosives were in the backpack. it is not clear whether he meant to kill himself. how much concern about what israel might do to iran over this? reporter: well, there is
concern at the pentagon. james just reported this. about securing syria s chemical weapons as the assad regime is crumbling. the united states is cooperating with israeli and bulgarians to figure out who was behind the attack and reached out to president obama s top security advisor and counterrism advisor brennan about the attack. israel s prime minister blamed iran. the defense minister blamed iran s proxy, hezbollah. obviously we will work closely with bulgarians to assist them in any way with their investigation of this terrible attack. reporter: one defense official say the israelis usually respond to suicide bombings with targeted assassinations of those who sent the bomber. all in good type. shepard: thank you, jennifer, from capitol hill, this afternoon. and now mike barrett is a former intelligence officer for the office of the secretary of