Saying death to israel. Death to america. Putting a sharp focus on the risk of a wider regional conflict as israel gets ready for an expected ground invasion. Trey yengst live in ashkelon, israel, north of the gaza strip. We begin a new hour. Weve got some new bill, good morning, weve got new information for you from the northern part of israel along the border with lebanon. An area called hanita. There has been an incident, explosion. Something happened and they are looking into it. It comes as we get new reporting from the gaza strip, a diplomatic source telling fox news today that hamas is preventing civilians inside homes. You heard that explosion in the distance. They are continuing air strikes at this hour in gaza. But this source telling fox news that hamas is preventing civilians from leaving their homes after they announced there will be an air strike there. The israelis have a way of informing civilians telling them to leave and destroying homes linked to hamas or relevant ta
Likely a prelude to a new stage of conflict with incredibly high stakes for israel, the palestinians and for the United States and the world. Air strikes in gaza have intensified today ahead of a possible Ground Invasion intended to crush hamas. Nbcs ellison barber captured this video of a steady stream of tanks about two miles from the border with gaza. U. S. Secretary of state Antony Blinken was in israel today reiterating the yaunts decades long and steadfast commitment to israel. Here is what he had to say about the conflict ahead. On the humanitarian situation in gaza, i think its first important to remember fundamental issue that makes this complicated. Hamas continues to use civilians as Human Shields, something thats not new, something that theyve always done, intentionally putting civilians in harms way to try to protect themselves or protect their infrastructure or protect their weapons. So thats one of the basic facts that israel has to deal with. Of course, civilians should
These developments will change by the hour. Sometimes literally. Stay with us. Sandra thanks very much for joining us. Im sandra smith. Im bill hemmer. The story starts right now. Heres mack that. Martha im martha maccallum. Its a dark day. In addition to the loss of life in israel, we have lost at least 27 american citizens as Hamas Terrorists hold an unknown number of americans hostage at this hour. Heres john kirby moments ago. We all need to be prepared for the fact that theres going to be additional gruesome images coming out. Theres going to be some pretty tough reports for all of us to swallow. This is not over. Martha pretty tough reports coming for all of us to swallow. We will find out what that means in the hours and days ahead. Every hour we see more of the evil that is hamas. A warning that these im my knowledges are graphic. The Kitchen Floors are stained with blood. People were home. It was early in the Morning Saturday when hamas militants stormed into their homes. In a
Israel, and over gaza city. Joining us now, nbcs senior White House Correspondent gabe gutierrez, nbc Foreign Correspondent raf sanchez in israel, david friedman, former u. S. Ambassador to israel in the trump administration, former Obama Deputy National Security adviser ben rhodes, and former Israeli Foreign minister sidney libny. Gabe, first to you, the white house apparently has been on an extended call with Prime Minister netanyahu. Talk to us about the speech, it could be one of the most important speeches of his term. What do we expect . Thats right, andrea. Theyre the second on camera remarks since the fighting in israel in gaza began over the weekend. And as you said, a very long call this morning, the president and the Vice President meeting with interNational Security team and also as of just a few moments ago, still on the phone with israeli Prime Minister benjamin netanyahu. The president is expected to offer his support for israel, reiterate his support for israel. Yesterd
Against israel in the streets of manhattan right now. Prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu has just spoken live in tel aviv. Well get reaction from john kirby who will join us from the white house shortly. Also we will do an interview with Kevin Mccarthy, the former speaker of the house that spoke out forcefully on what the United States has to do now a short time ago. The Prime Minister of israel saying that strikes in gaza are just the beginning after hamas attacks killed 900 people in israel. At least Nine Americans have been killed in these hamas attacks. There may be more. Were going to wait for more information on that. We will get white house reaction to the american dead and questions about whether or not there are americans being held hostage. The president s team called a lid on President Biden appearances at 11 46 a. M. So we dont expect to hear anything more from the president on this. Well speak with john kirby. Thats coming up. We have new video that is just in of the brutal