[background noises] b6 Israel Out War as hamas launches a Surprise Attack on americas closest Middle Eastern ally for a good evening i am jon scott welcome back to a special two hour addition of the fox report. Israeli Officials Say at least 300 people have been killed, 1500 injured. Hamas also has t taken israeli hostages including the elderly and young children. Thisraeli counterstrike on the gaza strip killed some 200 palestinians. President biden addressed the hamas attack earlier condemning the assault and saying the United States stands with israel. Trey yingst is live in southern israel right now. Jon, good afternoon for tonight is israelis are searchg for their loved ones. We are hearing so many stories of civilians who have not yet been able to contact their children or husbands in southern israel earlier this morning when hamas Islamic Jihad they focused a Music Festival near the border then went into many border communities we do know at this hour at least one of them still
Announcer this is cnn Breaking News. Good morning, everyone. Welcome to cnn this morning im amara walker. Im victor blackwell. We begin with Breaking News out of israel. Prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu has declared israel is at war after gaza mill about thes earlier this morning. Netanyahu said the enemy will pay an unprecedented price. He concluded with this, we are at war and we will win it. Right now Israel Security cabinet is meeting to discuss the full scale of its response. Already the Israeli Military has begun mobilizing and calling up thousands of Reserve Forces. And we just learned that at least 22 people have died since the attacks began six hours ago. Lets go now to cnn hadas gold from jerusalem. Bring us up to speed on whats happening on the ground now and the fact that these were Surprise Attacks. I mean, how did israel not see this coming . Reporter thats a great question. This was an unprecedented Surprise Attack. Israel essentially saying they are in a state of war,
This is cnn Breaking News. More breaking News Coverage and israel is striking back after hamas declared war. The country is now carrying out airstrikes on the gaza strip and we are seeing unprecedented fighting inside israel like they have not seen before. Guns gunfights Playing Out On The Streets of israel. Hamas fighters even captured on Video Shooting at this vehicle and also at civilians. And while people are locked in Bomb Shelters and barricaded in their homes we are getting reports that the fighters are now attempting to break into those homes. Hamas also claims to have captured several Israeli Soldiers near the border but the idf is not commenting. This is a quickly developing situation. We want to get right to cnns hadas gold who is in the location. Reporter we just heard israel is a state of war. Number one priority is to clear militants from communities near the southern border. We know of Something Like a dozen if not more villages, towns along the border including two army
Hello again. A State Of Emergency is in effect for maryland and virginia as Tropical Storm ophelia moves up the east coast. Power lines exploding in North Carolina where Ophelia Made Landfall this morning. Allison chinchar is tracking the storm from the cnn weather center. And brian todd is in alexandria, virginia. What is ophelia doing . Its still kind of chugging along, making its way akpcross North Carolina. Weve got outer bands stretching up to pennsylvania, new york, even massachusetts. The same winds right now are 50 miles an hour guesting to 65. The heaviest rain is really focused over virginia and North Carolina at the moment. Youve still got some pretty heavy bands, although the bulk is starting to push inland and away from the coastal areas. You have Flood Watches and Flash Flood Warnings in raleigh and off to the east. Theyve already picked up 23 inches of rain. Now youre going to get an additional 12 on top of that. It begins in the evening to spread more into the mid atlan
Levels were customs and border protections of the number of migrants who have been crossing over our country has increased. They show a number that is going up. More than 200 30,000 encounters last month. The most for any august on record. Meanwhile cities in the border to the northeast theyre all trying to scramble and deal with the overflow. Hello Everyone Welcome to a brandnew hour a fox live im eric shawn. Hi arthel. Arthel hello everyone i am arthel neville. A llumpy staggering numbers fox news cameras showing just how desperate migrants are to enter the u. S. As they cross under and through razor wire. Now that nonstop surge is taking a Search On Border Cities like eagle pass, texas where the mayor declared a State Of Emergency this week. Some residents say they fear for their safety. Proximate every time you make a trip anywhere from point a to point b you encounter these illegal aliens is that around the community. Its got to the point youre driving around and they are digging