Hello everyone i am joey jones, lisa boothe, Lauren Simonetti, Griff Jenkins and welcome to the Big Weekend Show. The big story tonight, the fox news alert, entering day three of the work on hamas. Israeli Defense Forces with Military Operations on hamas militants following the Terrorist Group Surprise Attack on israel. The nation calling yesterdays events its very on 9 11. 700 israel these are dead and countless more injured and the United States National Security council confirming moments ago that several u. S. Citizens are among the dead. Hamas also taking hostages, some of whom attended a Music Festival in gaza. Here now fox news corresponded trey yingst, live on the ground in southern israel. Give us an update. Good evening. Tonight as we speak hamas militants are still in the southern part of israel engaging soldiers and gun battles. This is been a difficult 48 hours for the country because they are facing attacks from palestinian factions including hamas and Islamic Jihad not j
Cnn breaking news. Good morning. Welcome to cnn this morning. It is sunday, october 8th. Im amara walker. Im victor blackwell. Becky anderson is live in tel aviv as we continue to follow developments in israel. We will check back with becky in a moment. It is 1 00 p. M. In israel. 350 Israeli Citizens have been killed, for more wounded since the intense fighting between israel and hamas attack. That was yesterday morning. The focus for the Israel Defense forces is to take control of gaza. Retaliatory airstrikes against hamas targets have reportedly killed 310 people and injured 2,000 according palestinian authorities. In the past 24 hours. Israeli forces have struck 400 targets in gaza, including ten towers used by hamas. New video shows the moment an israeli Fighter Jet Hit A Compound belonging to the intelligence chief of hamas. Prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu of israel is vowing vengeance again hamas and warning citizens of gaza to get out while they can. Translator all the places
Video by people caught in the crossfire. [ gunfire ] [ sirens ]. U. S. Secretary of state Antony Blinken says the u. S. Is trying to confirm reports that americans are among those killed. Americans are also believed to be among the scores of hostages who were snatched and might be held in gaza. I think its scores of hostages. I can tell you theres also american hostages as part of that number as well. I dont want to get into a specific number, but these are women, children, elderly, theyre holocaust survivors. This is sick. Cnns Anderson Cooper is with me now in tel aviv. Anderson. Fredicka, the taking of the hostages, it is sick and it is something which has just struck a deep, deep cord of disgust, horror here in israel, understandably, All Around The World to see holocaust survivors, an elderly lady sandwiched between who hamas thugs on a motor bike being taken into gaza, to see a persons body being paraded through the streets. Obviously these are things which have horrified people
Have a look at this new video coming in to the bbc. Explosions boom. Israel was clearly caught off guard by the attacks from hamas, and there will be much analysis in the weeks and months ahead about why no one saw it coming. Michael singh is former senior directorfor Middle East Affairs at the National Security council, and he joined me earlier. To what extent do you think the us might be concerned tonight that it likely had not heard word of the attacks that we had seen from its israeli partners, that there appeared to be a failure of intelligence . There will be tremendous concern, tremendous concern within israel first and foremost because this was a real failure of anticipation, a failure to detect what was the most significant attack on israel for decades, there will be concern within the United States as well not just at the apparent Israeli Intelligence failure but perhaps the United States intelligence agencys own failure to detect this was happening because you have a very cl
Israeli Security Forces and hamas fighters as israel is trying to regain control of all of its communities and bases. Israeli official says at least 300 israelis have been killed, but the former Prime Minister of israel, neftali bennett, tells me that number is much higher. Hell be with me in a moment. We have gruesome video in, though, now which appears to show Palestinian Militants opening fire on a civilian car. You hear the gunshots, the car crashes, and there are no signs of life inside. Dozens of israelis we know have been taken hostage, including this young woman who was kidnapped and taken away on a motorcycle. In a moment, im going to be speaking to her roommate this hour. Now hamas is warning anyone taken hostage is, quote, present in all axes of the gaza strip, beware of miscalculation. Meantime the Israeli Military is mobilizing tens of thousands of reservists, fighter jets, and drones carrying out strikes on hamas targets in gaza. The show of force, though, really coming o