Molly 100 israelis and 198 palestinians killed along with Hundreds Wounded and dozens taken hostage after the Surprise Attacks on israel this morning, bombarding the nation and erupting the border region into deadly conflict. Welcome to fox news live, im molly line. Griff and im griff jenkins. We were just looking live at trey yingst in the middle of rockets firing. Trey, what are you seeing there . Reporter yeah, griff, molly, right now Islamic Jihad and and hamas is have haunched a massive barrage into southern and central israel. In the distance i can see some interceptors coming off, my cameramans going to pan back with here, and and you can see this is israels Missile Defense system, the iron dome, in action. Theyve had to resupply these batteries as much as possible throughout the day, but what hamas is trying to do is overwhelm these systems, so theyre Firing Barrages at different angles and at different times to try and get past the Missile Defense in the southern part of israe
Killed in fighting on saturday. Meanwhile, Majorairlines Have cancelled dozens of flights to tel aviv. They include american airlines, air france, lufthansa, emirates, and ryanair, among others. For the latest on the story and to assess what this escalation of tension means for the whole region ive been speaking to our chief international correspondent, lyse doucet. After this extraordinary assault this morning by hamas, which as we have been hearing has taken the israelis by surprise, this is really an unprecedented moment, in of course an area where there has been decades of tension, attacks, all out war. This is a very, very different kind of war for all of the reasons we have just been hearing. The Staggering Number of israeli hostages, both Israeli Military officers and soldiers as well as civilians. The high Israeli Death toll. A far right israeli government. There will certainly be pressure on Benjamin Netanyahu to do what he and other israeli leaders have avoided for decades, a
Here in the United States and Around The World. Im wolf blitzer. This is a Special Edition of the Situation Room, israel at war. We begin this hour with the Breaking News out of israel. Hamas militants pouring across the gaza border in a Surprise Attack. Listen to one israeli womans terrifying firsthand account of the raid. Translator suddenly out of nowhere shots are coming in. They started shooting in every direction and i took the car keys and just drove and started moving forward to get out of the shots. Out of the shots. And at some point, they overtook us. We were overtaken by the shooters. They started shooting at our vehicles. We got out of the vehicles. I didnt keep driving. We took cover. Nic robertson is on the ground for us right near the gaza border in israel. So far, what have you seen tonight . Reporter this is the point where that area of israel that the Defense Forces are still going through confronting the hamas militants is taking place. We can hear it. We can see it
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
Johnson will meet with Columbia University jewish students tomorrow. Hell also take questions from reporters at Columbia University where protests have forced the school to shift to virtual classes. This comes as police on or near College Campuses in several cities are preparing for another night of possible confrontation with antiisrael demonstrators, Protester Encampments are growing in many places across the country. And many people there are resisting Police Orders to leave New York University students have been participating in the demonstrations in recent days. Correspondent Steve Harrigan is on the scene there tonight. Good evening, steve. Steve good evening, bret. They have been going at it already for about five hours here at its peak 1500 people. And they dont seem to be going anywhere soon. [chanting free, free palestine. From coast to coast. [chanting we will not, weve not rest] ivy leagues, large universities and colleges and even high schools propalestinian protests are s