The authors of the books featured. The u. S. House plans to meet tomorrow at noon eastern till the first floor vote to elect a speaker since congressman Kevin Mccarthy was ousted from the position nearly two weeks ago. Watch our live gavel to gavel coverage of the house on cspan. In the meantime the senate is returning to the after a weeklong recess. Lawmakers will debate the nomination of Jeniffer Hall to be use District Court judge for delaware. A vote to advance her nomination is scheduled for this afternoon at 5 30 p. M. Eastern. And now live to the senate floor here one cspan2. The chaplain let us pray. Eternal lord god, the author of peace, as wars and rumors of wars bombard us, we turn our eyes to you. In the past you have brought order from chaos, light from darkness, truth from falsehood, peace from conflict, and hope from despair. Please do it again. Today, use our lawmakers as instruments of your peace. May they strive to please you in all that they think, say, and do. Lord,
A barrage of rockets begins just after dawn. Fired from gaza into israel by the Palestinian Militant Group hamas, they have an immediate and devastating impact. This barrage provides cover for hamas fighters to cross the Perimeter Fence into israeli territory. Hamas releases these pictures apparently showing Observation Towers being attacked by drones. Here, they capture an israeli tank near the barrier. Then they use a bulldozer to smash their way through. Supporters pour through the opening, some with motorbikes, many more on foot. The israeli defenders clearly had no idea the attack was coming. Just miles away, hundreds of people gather at a Music Festival. What appear to be rockets fly overhead. You might have seen these images posted on social media showing people running for their lives. Witnesses say that after rockets were fired, palestinian gunmen began attacking from several directions. Dont kill me, dont kill me, noa argamani pleads, as she and her boyfriend, avinatan, are b
Thousands of people have already left, those who remain have been told there are two safe routes to the south, one to the centre of the gaza strip and one along the coast. They have been told to move south. Israeli troops say they are preparing to hunt down and destroy hamas, which is regarded as a Terror Organisation by many western governments, including the uk. There are reports that hamas commander, who led the attack, is already dead. Officials say at least 2215 people have been killed so far in an israeli air strikes on gaza. Limited rates have already taken place and there are reports that bodies of some israeli hostages had been recovered. Those reports earlier in the media today. Later the Israeli Defence force denied that those that the hostages were snatched a week ago by hamas militants in raids which left this is the scene. 1300 people killed. There are tanks amassing on the boundary between gaza and israel. We have been watching these images for the last hour or so and ha
A Foreign Ministry spokesman said that the palestinians had the capacity to defend their nation without any help from tehran, which has called for an Emergency Meeting of the organisation of islamic cooperation. This is the scene live in gaza. There were plumes above the city not long ago. Militants from the Palestinian Group hamas remain inside israel fighting is ongoing at least seven locations there two days after the first mass assault on saturday. As many as 100 israeli hostages have been taken into gaza by the militants. 0ur middle east correspondent Yolande Knell reports. Explosions lighting up the night sky as israeli Missile Defence shot down incoming palestinian rockets. But not all. Homes in southern israel were hit. And in gaza, israel has been striking back. The israeli Prime Minister threatening mighty vengeance. Shouting. The scale and complexity of saturdays Surprise Attack is still becoming clear. Hamas released this footage of its armed men storming the main crossing