night with a fox news alert retaliatory airstrikes have begun in the middle east, according to the pentagon strikes against iranian backed militias in iraq and syria striking more than 85 targets, the u.s. says it hit command and control open raigsdz and intelligence centers. this comes after three american soldiers were killed dozens more injured in a drone strike in a base in jordan this past weekend. launched by of course iranian proxies. iran is responsible pretty much for all the trouble in the region. jennifer griffin live from the pentagon. any word why the targets were not in iran considering they re the source of these proxy and terror attacks? well sean officials i spoke to said they were ruling out striking inside iran in this first set of strikes, and they want to message to iran they re not tryinging to to war with iran. they re hoping iran gets the message based on these strikes against their proxies and against the irgc sites they hit tonight. the strikes las
Of artillery into southern lebanon. The Un Security Council will meet later on sunday President Biden has vowed Rock Solid Support for israel and warned against other countries taking advantage of the situation. One british citizen, jake marlowe, is missing he was working as security at an Outdoor Party near the gaza border when the attack happened. And in egypt, two israeli tourists and their egyptian tour guide were shot dead in alexandria, apparently by a policeman. Lets hear from us lets hearfrom us president joe biden. The United States stands with israel. We will not ever fail to have their back. We will make sure they have the help their citizens need and they can continue to defend themselves. You know, the world is seeing appalling images, thousands of rockets in the space of hours, raining down on israeli cities. I got up this morning and started this at 7 30am, 8am, taking my calls, Israeli Soldiers and civilians killed. In their streets, their homes, innocent people murdere
Alexandria in egypt, that is from the Reuters News Agency which is quoting two Egyptian Security sources, the statement goes on to say a policeman is alleged to have carried out the shooting in one of the districts of alexandria and that policeman is in custody and we will of course bring you more on that update as and when we get it. More now on the middle east, where 2a hours after Palestinian Militants launched an unprecedented Surprise Attack on israel, fierce clashes continue. Here are the Key Developments in the conflict as they stand. People living in gaza have been warned to flee their homes as the israeli army prepares to step up its retaliation. Israeli airstrikes on the territory have continued overnight. More than 300 israelis are now known to have died with the toll on the palestinian side put at 313. Israel says it is still trying to regain full control of eight areas where hamas militants infiltrated following saturdays attack. The number of israeli civilians and soldier
With explosions heard on the streets of ashkelon. Sderot, which is near gaza, is thought to have been infiltrated by militants. Fear and confusion continues to grip the region. 0ur middle east correspondent Yolande Knell filed this report, and a warning that you may find some of it upsetting. Rockets at dawn. The opening salvo in a Surprise Attack on israel by the Palestinian Militant Group hamas. Meanwhile, armed men cut through gazas perimeter fence. This was israels nightmare scenario. Hundreds of militants at large in the south of the country. And hamas released footage after it targeted this israeli tank. Militants also ran through israels heavily fortified erez crossing. Proof that this was a highly planned operation. At this overnight rave in the fields near gaza, Israeli Party goers ran for their lives. Gilly s boyfriend went to find her after she had from hamas to find her after she hid from hamas gunmen in an orchard. They were going three by three and shooting. Everywhere. F
new this morning, the u.s. military is not aware of any military drills being conducted in japan, after the washington post reported that north korea is accusing u.s. forces of performing military forces aimed at invading pyongyang. this comes days after president trump canceled his secretary of state s diplomatic trip to north korea. let s get to barbara starr who has the latest. good morning. good morning. north korean media going back to the last year s heavy rhetoric against the u.s., suggesting that a criminal plot is being hatched to invade north korea from military drills that you said are being run in japan. u.s. military spokesmen in japan says they re not aware of any such thing and saying the