In the middle east. The white house just updated the american death toll from the hamas Terror Attack. At least 27 americans killed. 14 still unaccounted for, and less than a handful as the white house describes it, are believed to be held hostage by hamas. Tomorrow, u. S. Charter flights will begin for americans seeking to leave the country. Anderson . A short time ago, the Secretary Of State met with israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu vowing the u. S. Would stand shoulder to shoulder with its ally, and described the overwhelming nature of the atrocities committed by hamas. I just spoke with a commander for the Israeli Defense forces. Heres what he told me about the fight ahead. How difficult is this fight going to be on the ground in gaza . There have been incursions before . I know its a tough place to fight. We will do what we need to do in order to get to this goal t that isis wont govern gaza. And if any country here in the region next to us that hosts hamas isis, theyre r
7 00 a. M. In gaza, this is our continuing breaking News Coverage of the war be israel on americas late news, fox news at night. Trace and this is now a live look in gaza city, the sun has just risen a few minutes ago. And over the past few days when you look at this picture on the righthand side of the screen, this is about the time that isreali forces would unleash a barrage of air strikes. They did that be the very Early Morning hours and right now in gaza city, it appears to be somewhat quiet. But there are some 300,000 isreali troops 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 confirmed dead and 17 remain unaccounted for. As the Biden Administration scrambles to rescue u. S. Citizens held hostage by hamas. We begin with the Senior Foreign Affairs correspondent greg palkot, live in ashkelon, israel. We entered day six of this israe
Gruesome new evidence emerges of atrocities committed during the hamas surprise attack. Climbing to 1200 amid new rocket strikes. On the ground, israeli troops amassing near gaza. Conditions growing more intense. Food and fuel running out. The warren terg the sixth tai with the talks aimed at their lease as the u. S. Secretary of state heads to israel this hour. The other major breaking story were following, congressman Steve Scalise wins the republican nomination to be the next House Speaker beating out rival jim jordan, but the house remains paralyzed tonight as scalise tries to lock up the support he needs to win a full house vote. Welcome to our viewers in the United States and Around The World. Im wolf blitzer. Youre in the situation room. This is cnn Breaking News. Tonight israeli leaders are renewing their vow to crush hamas as the world is getting a fuller picture of the scope and the horror of the hamas attack that triggered this increasingly deadly middle east war. Our corres
Take a look live at gaza. In the darkness, we wrap up the fourth day of war. Terrorists, so many words you can use, just call them evil, attacked israel. Yesterday explosions over gaza and israels Iron Dome Shooting Rockets out of the sky. Friday night into saturday morning, the dome was being crippled. Israeli military reporting the death toll has risen from hamas terror attack. More than 1000. We are awaiting President Biden who will address the nation in an hour. Quite a bigger audience than he would normally get. The first time we will hear from the president since we learned 11 americans are among those murdered by terrorists and americans taken hostage. We heard from families today. The president spoke on saturday, since that time, we learned more. Disturbing details about the atrocities hamas is committing. Every moment, we hear more. This is outnumbered, im Harris Faulkner can my cohosts Kayleigh Mcenany and emily compagno. All with us today Fox Business Anchor Dagen Mcdowell a
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