The threat of terrorists and weapons in the area and locate hostages. This is not the all out Ground Invasion. Theyve also tweeted moments ago they are striking hezbollah targets in the north inside lebanon Secretary Blinken earlier in doha qatar asking about the larger Military Offensive expected in the coming days. The way israel does this matters. The way any democracy has to deal with such a situation matters, and to that end, we discussed with the israelis, urged the israelis to use every possible precaution to avoid armed civilians. Joining me now, ben rhodes, former Obama National security adviser to president obama. Ben, what Secretary Blinken was saying today and yesterday was that israel has a right to defend itself, that the u. S. Is firmly behind israels military decisions and helping with them, but he was very pointed in, again, today especially in qatar, that theyve urged israel to try to limit the damage to civilians. How do you do that with a Ground Invasion in that urb
Join the millions of people taking back their privacy by Downloading Duckduckgo On Mobile and desktop today. Tonight. We have been discussing this hour this report from reuters that the nation of qatar has been trying to organize a sort of hostages, prisoner swap, trying to arrange some sort of Diplomatic Initiative to get women, to get hostages and children who are being held by Hamas Terrorist Group exchange for female prisoners who are being held in israeli jails. Reuters have actually reported that not only is qatar working on that. They are working on it in coordination with u. S. Government. We have been trying to get confirmation that the u. S. Government is involved in any such effort to try to arrange such kind as walk. I dont have an answer for you on that. But i do have this from an Nsc Spokesperson just tonight on the air. Weve been working excuse me, we are working around the clock to confirm missing u. S. Citizens whereabouts, and will be relentless in our efforts to secu
Tonight. We have been discussing this hour this report from reuters that the nation of qatar has been trying to organize a sort of hostages, prisoner swap, trying to arrange some sort of Diplomatic Initiative to get wome hostages and children who are being held by Hamas Terrorist Group exchange for female prisoners who are being held in israeli jails. Reuters have actually reported that not only is qatar working on that. They are working on it in coordination with u. S. Government. We have been trying to get confirmation that the u. S. Government is involved in any such effort to try to arrange such kind as walk. I dont have an answer for you on that. But i do have this from an msnbc spokesperson just tonight on the air. Weve been working excuse me, we are working around the clock to confirm missing u. S. Citizens whereabouts, and would be relentless in our efforts to secure their freedom. If confirmed, they are held by hamas, but we will not comment about diplomatic implications. So,
Pictures from inside gaza. It is 1 00 a. M. Local time there. There has been sporadic rocket and missile attacks throughout the night. We have seen that on both sides. Hes the moment that an israeli air strike hit a target earlier today. What began with those surprise and horrific Terror Attacks has now turned into a war, hamas is threatening to execute some of what it claims are 150 living hostages that they have apprehended. They say that would be in retaliation for any israeli strike that kills civilians. Israel has ordered a complete Siege Of Gaza with quote, no electricity, no water, no food, no fuel. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said this in an address today. In place from which hamas operates, were planning to what we will do to our enemy the next few days will echo for generations. There is a count of about 800 israelis who have been killed so far. 2,600 wounded, 678 palestinians have been killed, according to these estimates and for those watching in the United St
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