The number of israeli civilians and soldiers taken hostage has been put at 100 by the Israeli Embassy to the us, though some have been freed. 1000. In Northern Israel, hezbollah rockets targeted three military positions, with israel responding with barrages of artillery into Southern Lebanon. The Un Security Council will meet later on sunday President Biden has vowed Rock Solid Support for israel and warned against other countries taking advantage of the situation. One british citizen, jake marlowe, is missing. He was working as security at an Outdoor Party near the gaza border when the attack happened. And in egypt, two israeli tourists and their egyptian tour guide were shot dead in alexandria, apparently by a policeman. Lets show you the scene live in gaza now. It isa it is a little bit quieter now. The plumes of smoke we saw earlier had dissipated. Israeli airstrikes are ongoing in response to hamas attack including some in the last few hours. Palestinian Health Officials say 20 ch
[sound of gunfire] u.s. embassy in lebanon tells americans to evacuate as the fighting between hezbollah fighters and israeli forces ramps up on israel s northern border. good evening i m jon scott and this is a special two-hour edition of the fox report. jon: we have team coverage for you this evening alexandria huff following president biden s response in beach delaware steve hagan on the ground in northern israel and congressman andy biggs joins us on the latest developments in the ongoing conflict. but first alex hogan joins us from tel-aviv with the latest on israel s push into the gaza strip. alex. reporter: as israeli forces push forward in to northern gaza idf says in last several hours it managed to take out a hamas control center outpost as well as targeting some of those underground tunnels it s about a week since we saw a multibranch effort really ramp up today we saw the head of israel s general staff meeting with other demanders and he congratulated his
a revolution is rising across myanmar. hidden from the world by its remoteness and the military s determination to keep journalists out. we arrive by river under a haze of wood smoke from burning crop fires. the journey ahead is long. there s no easy way to reach this conflict. we re entering dangerous waters. the river traffic thins out. not farfrom here, the boats will be in range of the army s mortars. so everything that s needed is ferried across. a bridgejust upriver is too risky for most. the tide is turning here, and it s the young carrying the burden. they are the power behind the insurgency. their effort is to drive out the military here in karenni state, and across myanmar. it s tough going. we spent a month with the insurgents. they are pushing back against the army. they ve forced them out of most of their territory, but main roads are still in range of the military s guns and warplanes. so we take the long way round. it s a gruelling wilderness. myanmar s been un
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group. president biden responded to the strike to a chemist off in philadelphia. pennsylvania, rather, friday. authorities they know yes actually thought, well you continue with the strikes? we will make sure that we respond to houthis if they continue our allies. the strikes come in response to weeks of houthi attacks on ships in the red sea. now, the militants are vowing to retaliate. our nbc news correspondents are covering those developments from overseas, as well as the white house, as we welcome you both. we re going to bring in nbc s josh lederman, joining us from tel aviv in israel. josh, what is the latest on the strikes and also, the war in gaza? well, alex, the houthis in yemen today are racing to try to show that they are not deterred by these u.s. airstrikes. in, fact they held a military parade in yemen today, where they practiced firing mortars and displaying weapons marching through the streets to try to