There are americans who remain unaccounted for. I do expect, unfortunately, that the list of americans confirmed dead will rise today. Miller went on to say that the u. S. Is reaching out to any country it can with ties to hamas to get them to release those hostages. We have reported, kate, that one of those countries is qatar. There are also discussions, we are told, with the israelis, with the eej gyptians with the humanitarian corridor so theyre able to get out of the gaza strip if israel decides to go in. Weve heard from israeli officials that they plan to exact a harsh response to hamas for these attacks. Alex, we will bring those remarks from the Secretary Of State if and when he does come to the cameras to speak and our alex is there. Thank you very much, alex. Top of the hour. Im john berman with kate bolduan and sara sidner. We just learned israel has a government in the war cabinet, this is Benjamin Netanyahu who made the announcement moments ago all of this as hundreds of th
Civilians. A total siege, no fuel, water, food, and no electricity at all as the strips sole power plant has died. Gazan authorities are pleading for a humanitarian help. Its not clear how any aid can get through. The only Border Crossing point between gaza and egypt has been hit multiple times over the past 24 hours. At the same time, overwhelmed hospitals are doubling as shelters. This is the corridor of one of those today. Children, newborn babies, families, have all been huddling. And then there is israel, which is reeling from both more rocket attacks, and the spreading news of just how unspeakably awful hamas was when it brutalized and murdered innocent civilians, including children and even babies. In the israeli city of ofakeem, our reporters have been making their way through some of the homes there that were ransacked by militants and learning how some residents escaped. Others, of course, were not so lucky. They were kidnapped, including potentially americans. President bide
Ministry saying 560 palestinians and 700 israelis have been killed. Ten british citizens are dead or missing. The us has nine of its civilians have been killed. About 260 People Killed on saturday when a Music Festival in an israeli town was attacked. We are keeping a close eye on this picture. This is gaza live and you can see the smoke in the air. There has clearly adjust in the air. There has clearly adjust in the past few minutes been another retaliatory air strike by israel. A hamas spokesperson saying four israelis have been taken hostage and their captors died in the israeli air strikes. Their captors died in the israeli airstrikes. It their captors died in the israeli air strikes. It is believed 100 israelis are being held right now in gaza. Israel is massing its forces around gaza with palestinians saying they are preparing themselves for a possible Ground Invasion. And Artillery Shelling and gunfire has been heard at israels border with lebanon as well. Israeli media report o
[background sounds] pete we begin this hour with the war on israel. A hezbollah senior official now telling hamas that, quote, our guns and rockets are with you. As the Group Claims Responsibility for new attacks of their own on a location called sheba farms in the north of israel. Kayleigh israel entering the second day of a multifront war after hamas invade ised during a major jewish holiday, killing at least 350 israelis, churn included, in the deadliest attack in decades. Children included. Babies, women, the elderly were dragged outside of their homes, were taken hostage. This is our 9 11. Will Israeli Defense forces now going after hamas in gaza city. An idf Spokesman Says they have closed nearly 30 of the entry points hamas used to get into israel. Meanwhile in egypt, at least two israelis and one egyptian were shot and killed in the mediterranean city of alexandria. The suspected assailant, who is an Egyptian Police officer, was detained. Pete trey yingst joins us live from Sou
A really busy week. Lets get right to the conversations you might have missed. You were obviously white house spokesperson. This is an issue that is going to follow joe biden around in this campaign. This campaign. Especially because donald trump, or the people that want donald trump to win will continue to make this an issue. What should the Biden Administration do . I know you are uncomfortable doing this, telling people i was about to ask you, what should President Biden do . Inquiring minds want to know. Any thoughts on just the white house, democrats generally when asked about this . Look, i think there is a couple of issues at play here, clearly one is, what is going on at colleges and universities. These are not monolithic protests across the country and they are not even monolithic at individual campuses. So yes, we need to get to a point where students are graduating and there is maybe some relief during the summer. What are they figuring out over the next couple of months abo