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
Killing 700 israelis, many of whom were attending an outdoor concert and abducting dozens of people, including children. Israel says it reestablished control of the territory on its side of the gaza border 48 hours after the attack. Although the fighting and the bombings continue. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu addressed the country saying the military would intensify its operations against hamas and its attacks on gaza are just the beginning. Israel has ordered a full siege of gaza, pounding the area with air strikes and gathering 300,000 troops ahead of what could become a group operation. More than 1,000 people have been killed so far in the fighting. At least 700 people have died in israel, according to its military. More than 680 people have died in gaza, according to the Palestinian Health ministry. 11 americans have been killed in the conflict, and more may be missing. Amid the hamas attack, more than 100 people have been kidnapped and are being held hostage. Captives
U. S. S. Gerold Ford Carrier Strike Group closer to israel after President Biden promised Prime Minister netanyahu that he would have full support from the United States. Dana we have trey yengst on the ground with breaking developments. Trey, what do you see . Just a few moments ago you might have seen on the live camera a huge barrage of rock earths from the northern part of the gaza strip. You could see the angle at which they were fired indicated they were longrange rockets. Im told by my producer theyre targeting jerusalem. Air raid sirens sounding in the largest israeli city. A major escalation as the fighting continues. The israeli strikes continue along the border as well and artillery units working at this hour. Also just got off the phone with the Israeli Military there are Staging Areas along the gaza borders. It may not only be a push from the north but also from the east that would immediately go into some of these other neighborhoods in gaza that are heavily populated but
The strikes killed at least 230 people in gaza while hamas militants have killed at least 300 israelis and taken dozens of hostages, both military and civilian. Overnight, Israeli Security forces rescued some hostages who had not been taken back to gaza and re took a captured Police Station. In the last few hours, they have shelled Enemy Positions in lebanon after reports of incoming artillery in northern israel. Our reporter simon jones has the latest. What israel is describing as its Mighty Vengeance on the Palestinian Militant Group hamas. Overnight, gaza has been rocked by explosions. Earlier, warplanes at several buildings in the centre of the city. Earlier, warplanes hit several buildings in the centre of the city. The Israeli Defense forces has released these pictures, which they say are hamas cells being targeted. The Israeli Military trying to show they are on the front foot after being taken by surprise by the hamas attacks. The israeli Prime Minister issued this morning in a
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