Mister secretary, does the administration know at this point if u. S. Citizens were among the dead or those taken hostage . So, we have reports that several americans may be among the dead. We are very actively looking to verify those reports similarly, weve seen reports about hostages and their again, we are very actively trying to verify them. And we nail that down. Meaning that there could be some u. S. Citizens who have been taken hostage as well, mister secretary. Thats correct. Well be closely following that over the next two hours, also overnight, israel responded, launching huge retaliatory strikes on cars and cities, flattening residential buildings, and killing over 300 people in gaza so far, according to the palestinian mystery of that. Has lebanons Hezbollah Group fired the flames in solidarity with hamas at three is really positions. Were witnessing all of this as israel promises an aggressive response. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu vowed, my vengeance, and sai
Israel are fighting continues, following the surprise large scale attack by hamas earlier is tuesday morning. Israel Security Cabinet has now officially declared the country is in a state of war. The u. S. Embassy in cairo is warning american citizens in egypt to, quote, exercise increased Security Awareness and precautions. The warning follows the reported murder of two israeli tourists in alexandria. And this morning on Meet The Press, Secretary Of State Anthony Blinken said back in israel, americans could be among the dead and held hostage. In gaza, residents reporting a stream of rockets hitting multiple sites overnight. You could see smoke rising over Gaza City Skyline earlier today. In israel, more Rocket Attacks in the Border City Of Sderot. And now, new attacks in the north, hezbollah Firing Rockets on a long contested area in the golan heights. The fighting has shocked much of the world. The death toll is already high and it is still rising. The Palestinian Health ministry in
Breaking news hour for all of you. Begin with the news, a rising death toll and new concerns as following the deadly hamas attack on israel. Right now, missiles are flying across the night sky as Israel Pounds Gaza and Palestinian Territories. This in retaliation, rather, for the Surprise Attack early saturday morning. [sirens] irate sirens aplenty there. Rockets are also flying from gaza into tel aviv. In fact, just in the last few hours, hamas rockets were said to be intercepted by israels iron dome. But at least one building in tel aviv was struck, and Rescue Workers were seen combing the rubble for survivors. You see right there for yourselves. President biden reiterating u. S. Unwavering support for israel today. Were going to have more on that for you in just a few minutes. But the dates carnage has left more than 200 israelis dead, this, according to israels foreign ministry. At least 232 people in Palestinian Territories killed in retaliatory israeli strikes. This according to
Arthel israel at war. Hundreds are killed and many more wounded after i run it back to Terrorist Logic coordinated Surprise Attacked from the gaza strip intense fighting still underway. With israelite troops against hamas and Islamic Jihad. Bran our fox news wife. Super hello everyone im eric shawn thank you for joining us in arc continued coverage in press an invasion of israel during a major jewish holiday, it is sending sh shockwaves arod the globe. The Terrorist Firing we are told more than 3000 rockets from gaza reaching all the way to tel aviv and further at s sending large s of their terrorist fighters right across the border. They have taken some Israeli Soldiers and civilians Hostage Printer Port say they have dragged civilians to the streets killed and desecrated the bodies of some women. Hiding those half suggest under the tunnels in gaza. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu declared israel is out war. He vows to respond with overwhelming force. President biden at the
Throughout the entire day, with much of this beginning in the morning, and American Smith waking up to a drastically different world now. The president , speaking last hour, saying that the u. S. Has israels back, saying that there were just incredibly appalling images, raining down on israeli cities in, and confirming that entire families have been taking hostage, by hamas. I believe we now have former white house spokesperson jen psaki, and host of msnbcs inside with jen psaki. Im going to play a little bit of the president s remarks, and then we will talk on The Other Side, jen. In this moment of tragedy, i want to say to them, and to the world, and to terrorists everywhere, that the United States stands with israel. We will not ever fail to have their back. We will make sure that they have the help that their citizens need, and they can continue to defend themselves. Jen, before we go into really the scope of the attack, and your reaction to that, what is your reaction to the presi