Carrying aid still wait at the Rafah Crossing in egypt till they can go in. The uk Prime Minister rishi sunak has become the latest world leader to visit israel and pledge support while seeking to prevent a wider regional conflict. Hes now travelled on to saudi arabia. Our first report is from jeremy bowen in israel. Britains Prime Minister came, he said, because israel faces its darkest hour. Israel is welcoming its allies. It will need their support in the next few weeks. Waiting injerusalem was benjamin netanyahu, israels Prime Minister, a day after he welcomed joe biden. We absolutely support israels right to defend itself in line with international law, to go after hamas, to take back hostages, to deter further incursions and to strengthen your security for the long term. Now, i know that you are taking every precaution to avoid harming civilians, in direct contrast to the terrorists of hamas, which seek to put civilians in harms way. We have here two forces. One is an axis of evi
Morning. Morning joe starts now. Which sets us apart from the terrorists, as we believe in the dignity of every human life. Palestinian, muslim, jew, american, christian, everyone. If you give that up, the terrorists win. We can never let them win. President biden is back at the white house this morning after a jampacked trip to israel, where he promised continued support for americas ally and cautioned against ragefilled vengeance. Meanwhile, his administration is working to address the growing humanitarian crisis in gaza ahead of an expected Ground Invasion by Israeli Forces. Well go through all of that and get a live report from jerusalem in just a moment. Plus, the drama here at home on capitol hill. Well, the drama at home on capitol hill, willie. Also, the questions about some of the reporting immediately following that tragic bombing of the hospital in gaza. A lot of the intel, u. S. Intel pointing toward the fact that it was an Islamic Jihad rocket. There are, if you read the W
Angeles. 6 00 a. M. In gaza, this is breaking News Coverage of the world in israel. Fox news at night. And now a live look at gaza city 40 minutes before sunrise. And a night of nonstop air strikes. Isreali Defense Forces now saying in just the past hour alone they are conducted some 450 air strikes in gaza. And that isreali troops are mobilizing at the gaza border for a potential ground invasion. It is all part of israels ongoing response to the horrific attack on civilians by the terrorist group hamas. The death toll is now rising on both sides and the white house is now confirming that 20 americans remain unaccounted for. We begin with Senior Correspondent mike tobin live in tel aviv. Mike, whats the latest. Well, trace, unprecedented air campaign into the densely populated gaza strip. Is definitely increasing overnight as the air strikes go in the rocket fire comes out. We have video from the northern end of the gaza strip. Showing what has become a lethal light show that repeats e
path of destruction, we will make sure they get there, and we have shown enormous progress in reaching that goal. kevin: major spielman, always a pleasure, the best to you and your countrymen as we continue to follow this story. thank you so much. arthel: absolutely the best, sir. absolutely. 2:00 p.m. on the east coast, 9:00 p.m. in israel. a special edition of america reports . i m arthel neville. we are waiting to hear from president biden. meanwhile, here with my friend kevin corke. kevin: great to be with you. we are anticipating hearing from president biden, he ll be apparently making a statement and commenting on the first wave of hostages being released. he is in nantucket, massachusetts, lucas tomlinson is there, we ll go to that as soon as we have it. but arthel, kick it off with trey yingst. arthel: we are going to wait for the president but first trey yingst in southern israel, we have heard a lot from the idf. and some of the hostages have been release
footage is released showing hostages held nearly seven weeks held by hamas taken back to israeli soil. 13 hostages headed home, the first wave headed into gaza and into the hands of the international red cross and egyptian officials. getting to see a chance to see loved ones, some young ones are unaware their parents are dead. john roberts and sandra smith have the day off. special edition of america reports, a live look at the petunia checkpoint in the west bank, prisoners are expected to be reunited with families. 13 israelis have been freed under the israel-hamas deal and the egyptian state information service says ten thai nationals and one filipino have also been released in a completely separate deal. according to the idf, israeli special forces are with hostages who underwent medical checks inside israel. this is the moment the hostages crossed back home into israel. and the country and those around the world were able to at least for a moment cheer their return.