And i would argue its the deadliest day for jews since the holocaust, the deadliest day since the holocaust. One of the worst chapters in Human History that remind us all from that expression i learned from my dad early on, silence is complicity. Thats President Biden with more emotional remarks on the deadly attacks in israel, delivering that speech yesterday while hosting jewish leaders at the white house. Well have the latest on the war and the Biden Administrations efforts to find missing americans in just a moment. Plus, well go through new reporting on the massacre by hamas as it appears that iran, the terror groups main backer may have been left in the dark. And also ahead, an update from capitol hill on the ongoing speakers race. Republicans have a nominee, but its not clear if he has the votes to get the gavel. Good morning and welcome to Way Too Early on this thursday, october 12th. Im jonathan lemire. Thanks for starting your day with us. And well begin this morning with the
6 00 a. M. In gaza and this is our continuing breaking News Coverage of the war in israel, fox news at night. And this is now a live look at gaza city, 40 minutes before sunrise. Over the past few days these last minutes of darkness have been used by isreali forces to unleash a barrage of air strikes, rocket fire that has crippled gaza. 300,000 isreali troops are now on the border with gaza waiting for word to begin what appears to be a major ground assault. The death toll is also rising with each side losing upwards of a thousand people, 22 americans are also confirmed dead. And 17 more remain unaccounted for. As the Biden Administration scrambles to rescue u. S. Citizens being held hostage by hamas. We begin tonight with the Senior Foreign Affairs correspondent greg palkot. Greg, we are hearing loud noises and seeing flashes, any indication from where you are that this ground war has started or just air strikes . Trace, yeah, we have no indications of ground action yet although we se
We have Breaking News in from the Israeli Defense forces who who has just posted online, quoting now, that they are now launching an extensive attack on many centers of the terrorist Organization Hamas in the gaza strip. They say there are more details to come. Of course, a note of caution from our reporters on the ground. This is not the expected Ground Incursion that people have been anticipating could potentially happen. That is something they are anticipating because you have seen hundreds of thousands of israeli reservists amassing on the gaza border. This is something everyone is watching closely. You heard us discussing whether or not there will be a humanitarian corridor for the civilians. The millions of gazaans still there. The interior ones. We will follow all the latest developments here. Thank you some for joining us here on t source. Cnn news night with abby philip is up next. We are at a perilous moment in the war between israel and hamas. Appears Israeli Forces are on t
Our good friend, israel. He set to hold a News Conference just moments now. You will see it live. Im harris faulkner. You are in the faulkner focus. The gruesome war claiming the lives of more than 1200 israelis and 25 americans now. That number has ticked up. Wow. 17 more that we know of americans missing. Some being held hostage by hamas terrorist. Big questions about how the Biden Administration will respond to all of it, particularly people on the ground who are not hostages who also need to get home. Wait until we see the list we have to show you all of the other countries working with israel to go there with pl pland get their home. We are not doing that. Secretary blinken meeting with prime Minster Benjamin netanyahu. The Prime Minster with a very clear message. Hamas shown itself to be an enemy of civilization. Massacring of young people in an outdoor Music Festival, the butchering of entire families, the murder of parents in front of their children and the murder of children i
Weve seen flashes over the skies of gaza, as israel continues to carry out airstrikes, saying it is targeting hamas fighters, not civilians. But air strikes have killed and injured civilians. The Palestinian Health Ministry Says at least 50 people were killed overnight. Doctors without borders says hospitals in gaza have only have a few days fuel left in their generators. The World Food Programme has distributed some aid, but the un has warned that israel is in breach of International Law by denying civilians access to Essential Supplies of food, fuel and water. Ii of its own staff there have been killed since saturday. Bbc verify is continuing to monitor the impact of the strikes in gaza. One was on the Islamic University of gaza, targeted between tuesday and wednesday. Several videos released by the Israel Defense forces have shown their attacks. Meanwhile, hamas fighters continue to fire rockets into israel. Many have been intercepted by the countrys iron dome defence system, but a