C. As President Biden prepares to address the nation. Good evening from new york. Im chris hayes. I will be with my colleagues in washington. We are moments away from a very rare primetime Oval Office Address from the president of the United States. It comes amid a desperate situation in the middle east as the war there between israel and hamas enters its 13th day. Nearly 200 kidnapped civilians, including american citizens, are still being held hostage, some unaccounted for. Militants continue to fire rockets into israel, and israels missiles strike targets in gaza, a worsening humanitarian crisis leaving people with limited access to food, medicine, and clean water for more than a week. President biden just returned from israel. Its the second time for the president to visit an active war zone. He visited kyiv in february and tonight is expected to make an appealed to the American People to continue supporting ukraine and israel. Its likely to take billions of dollars in Military Ass
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
We are now preparing ourselves. Were striking gaza from the air. All options are on the table. Were on the Offensive Targeting hamas, destroying their capabilities, the government capabilities, civilian capabilities. Neil israel pounding hamas from the air as it prepare as major offensive on the ground. Troops and tanks amassing at the border and both sides get ready to enter the next day of war with the american Death Toll Rising and the search for hostages john going. Where is the u. S. Involvement in all of this head something well ask Michael Mccaul. Welcome, everybody. Im neil cavuto. It doesnt end. It accelerates. Now a possible ground war that could be moments away. Lets get the very latest from greg palkot in israel with the latest. Greg . Ive been covering the region 25 years. Ive never seen anything like this. Weve been on the ground for three days with the war with israel and hamas. Its more intense, more active. The numbers are grim. Israel is saying that 1,200 of their own
Whats happening between gaza and israel and what could happen here. So there is a lot of fear about that right now. Brings it home for so many. Wolf blitzer, thank you so much for being with us for this perspective for your reporting. We will see you tonight on the situation room. Thanks for joining us. We will see you back here tomorrow morning. Cnn news central continues our coverage. We begin with Breaking News for you this hour. The u. S. Is now in talks with israel and egypt to help Get Americans and other civilians out of gaza, but as thats happening there is fighting right now on two fronts. Israel is responding to air and ground attacks from its north and its south. Right now the idf says 300,000 israeli reservists have been called up to fight and are, quote, ready to execute the mission. This is as new rounds of israeli air strikes have been hitting critical hamas targets in gaza, but to the north israel is intensifying shelling inside lebanon, while at the same time preparing
Picking up our continuing live coverage of the war in israel, for despite ongoing violence, the Israeli Defense forces say they have regained control their territory. My colleague lester holt is in tel aviv tonight. Tonight, israel bombing the hamas run gaza strip, ordering a complete siege. No electricity, fuel, our food allowed inside, as they the Palestinian Militants responsible for the massive Terror Attack thats left hundreds dead, including americans. Its what israeli officials called their 9 11. Tonight, israels Prime Minister says airstrikes in gaza are just beginning. [speaking in a global language] translator we just started to hit hamas. Meanwhile, the death toll is also growing inside gaza tonight. Palestinian Officials Say hundreds are dead from israeli retaliation operations, including civilians, rescuers combing through rubble. [speaking in a global language] we were sitting peacefully, and then started Feeling Debris falling on us. My dad and sister were killed, this m