Is doubling down on its assessment that israel was not responsible for the deadly explosion at a gaza hospital. Our Defense Department says its highly unlikely that it was israelis. Loo im not suggesting hamas deliberately did it, either. The president is urging israelis to avoid the mistakes after 9 11 that the u. S. Made that led to 20 years of war. Im sure those horrors have tapped into some kind of primal feeling in israel like it felt in the United States. Shock, pain, rage. I caution this, while you feel that rage, dont be consumed by it. After 9 11, we were enraged in the United States. While we sought justice and got justice, we also made mistakes. Good day, everyone. Im Andrea Mitchell In Washington where a lot of news is breaking. House republicans are punting after two weeks of failed attempts to find a permanent replacement for ousted speaker Kevin Mccarthy. The new propoal is to give temporary speaker Patrick Mchenry the power until january to move legislation to the floor
Horrors to the war. Plus there are dire humanitarian warnings coming out of gaza tonight, as israel is blocking food and water until the hostages are freed by hamas. And with aid to israel on the line, House Republicans have devolved into complete chaos tonight. The republican nominee for speaker has just dropped out of the race. Im kaitlan collins, and this is the source. Tonight, an unrelenting series of israeli fire is raining down on gaza. Explosions could be heard until just a short time ago. Were live in a moment with Anderson Cooper on the ground in tel aviv, as theres also an ongoing buildup of idf troops and tanks at the boarder, and a resounding message from the United States, which was personally delivered by Antony Blinken today who forcefully said, israel will never be alone. Standing alongside him, benjamin netanyahu, who called the this a, quote, time to stand united against evil and to show that world what evil looks like. Netanyahu released three graphic images today.
Americas strongest mideast ally is at war. Israel is striking back at Hamas Terrorists in response to a coordinated series of Terror Attacks resulting in the murder of more than 800 men, Women And Children. The u. S. Now confirming at least Nine Americans are among the dead. Good morning to you, im dana perino and bill is off today. Good morning, aishah. Aishah a very tough day as the world wakes up to this horrific attack. This is americas newsroom and here is where things stand at this hour. The combined death toll in israel and in gaza has now surpassed more than 1200 people. There are thousands more wounded and more than 100 israelis kidnapped behind enemy lines. Dana despite israels Retaliation Hamas is still attacking. They have now fired more than 3500 rockets into israel. Aishah the Wall Street Journal is reporting that iran was directly involved in all of this. The paper says tehran worked with hamas for weeks to plan the attacks. This directly after the u. S. Opened up 6 bill
Thank you. Steve it is 8 00 here in new york city. It is 3 00 in the afteisrael an third hour of Fox And Friends start says now. Brian live look at israel, where we are seeing aftermath of the hamas rockets. 12 rockets were fired. Ainsley Israeli Media Reporting 800 have been murdered, including four americans as the country entering third day of the multifront war against terrorists. Steve this comes as hezbollah is reportedly threatening the United States if we get involved at all. Trey yingst is on the ground in Southern Israel and joins us with the latest. Hezbollah has seen the news and they know we are sending heavy artillery and they are trying to say, dont think about it. Trey absolutely, israel is preparing for the possibility hezbollah gets involved in the fight. 12 rockets were shot into northern israel. This is developings into a mu multifront conflict. Hezbollah sees israel was caught flatfooted against the attacks. Mr. Is mortar fire. They are getting ready to enter the g
hi, everyone. i m jessica dean alongside boris sanchez here in washington, d.c. and for the first time since the hamas terror attack on israel a small number of civilians are being allowed to leave gaza and escape the several hundred strikes a day by israel on hamas targets. egyptian state affiliate media reports the first group of foreign passport holders has arrived into egypt through the rafah border crossing. and sources are telling cnn the opening is the result of a deal mediated by qatar among israel, hamas and egypt. a senior u.s. official says this deal could ultimately lead to about 7,000 people allowed to cross. stressing that total, though, is far from exact. and just minutes ago president biden posted on social media that some american citizens are going to be among those departing gaza as soon as today. he hailed u.s. leadership and efforts to help some gazans and foreign nationals leave amid what is obviously an escalating ground offensive in the north of gaza