Continue this fox news breaking coverage of the war that is unfolding in israel. We have seen chaos and terror throughout the course of the last 48 hours after hamas militants launched a coordinated series of attacks that took the lives of hundreds there are estimates into the thousands as well as you can well understand. It is such a chaotic, fastmoving situation as we start to see really the second tier of what is going on both on defense and offense in this war that is now emerging in the middle east. This is live look at gaza city right now as israel and hamas trade rocket fire. We have seen massive plumes of smoke after israel fired retaliatory rockets toward gaza. More than 800 is the low end estimate of this point but it is very difficult to confirm the numbers of those dead. Women and children killed in israel. At least nine americans are among those who have been killed in this war so far. This is an urgent, urgent All Hands On Deck moment as the u. S. State department tries to evaluate whats going to happen here. Welcome, everybody, to The Faulkner Focus i am Martha Maccallum in for harris was we watch these stunning scenes as people on the streets are witnessing what is happening here. This is gaza city that you are looking at. This man on the ground there sort of throwing something into the streets. Hundreds of israelis were slaughtered in their own homes and in the streets. We just saw with trey yengst the cars that were pulled over on the side of the road. Blood on the inside of the doors as people were shot trying to escape. There have been dozens of attacks against israel since saturday. Israeli authorities saying they so far can confirm 260 dead among those killed in these attacks. There was a concert. Some of the most stunning images were seeing are young people enjoying a Concert Outside on a Beautiful Day in a desert in southern israel. Then they saw rockets coming through the sky, then they were running as they were surrounded by hamas and trying to flee and get out in their cars. People were separated, taken from each other. Some of these people were killed. Some are hostages. The idf spokesman saying that israel by all of this has been changed forever. It is the darkest day in our history. Never before have so many israelis been killed by anything Enemy Activity or terrorists in one single day. And it has been said but you could say that it is a 9 11 and pearl harbor together for us. For a country the size of israel to sustain this amount of casualties, it is extremely difficult to explain. Martha fast moving situation and were covering it all for you. Live fox coverage with Lieutenant Colonel daniel davis, and Jennifer Griffin is with us this hour live from the pentagon on the u. S. Response. Trey yengst joins us from the ground in southern israel close to gaza at this point. Trey, good morning once again. Good morning. Right now were with the Israeli Military along the gaza border as they prepare for an Operation Into Gaza following that massacre this weekend that left more than 800 Israeli Soldiers and civilians dead. Im here with major who has taken us to a location that no one has been. It really shows what happened here on saturday morning. Can you show us what were looking at . Absolutely, trey. Were just now in a 4minute drive from the gaza strip. We can see in the background where the black smoke is. This is the gaza strip. Original hamas attack happened here. Hamas vehicles came through her saturday morning and ambushed a group of people driving through here. Families. We can see there is a hamas car here driven directly out of the gaza strip. They came out of this car with heavy weapons and fired bullets at all the civilians we could see. We can see the remainder of many of the items in the cars, kids school bags. We can see socks, a cooler, a family was out for a picnic over here to the side and the most stark and startling are the zip ties that are on the road used by the terrorists to bind the hands of the people they took as hostages. When i point to gaza it could be where the men, women and children are. This was a planned massacre of civilians and there are a few places that can show it better than here. I want to show you the scene here and what these civilian cars look like. When hamas fighters entered on saturday morning, they opened fire on civilians that were traveling to the southern part of israel. I want to warn you, inside this van it is quite bloody but shows you just the terror and nightmare that israeli civilians faced. We have seen the bodies of militants in this area. They are strewn throughout because israelis at the time before soldiers arrived and before Border Police got here had to fight off islamic and hamas militants on their own. It was Gut Wrenching for hours. Different communities no one had any information what was taking place. The cell reception was down. This was a coordinated attack to inflict terror on the civilian population. Hamas was able to take over Israeli Military bases and able to push forward deeper into israeli territory and even today there have been Infiltration Attempts as hamas fires thousands of rockets into southern and central israel. Martha. Martha you can see the car behind you that basically drove off the road and you just try to imagine the fear and chaos that was in these peoples hearts and minds as they are out and about with families and suddenly their lives are hanging in the balance and this enormous attack is underway. Trey, what is your sense of what comes next in terms of the israeli retaliation into gaza . We see sort of what you would expect to see in terms of aerial bombardment, which would be the first stage and what kind of indication do we have about what comes next on the ground . Israel is about to launch a massive invasion of the gaza strip. Theyll hold territory in gaza, no doubt about that. After the slaughter of so many civilians and soldiers, there is an understanding that the response will be like something that was never seen before. Just the sheer terror that was inflicted on the population warrants this response according to the countrys prime minister, benjamin netanyahu. We also heard from the countrys Defense Minister who says that he has ordered what will look like the largest israeli operation in israels history when it comes to the gaza strip. We do expect more rocket fire and israeli response throughout the day today as the soldiers prepare along the border. More than 1,000 air strikes took place overnight. 300,000 reservists have been called up in the Israeli Military and more are waiting in the wings. It is not just southern israel that is worried about rocket fire now. Earlier rockets be were fired from lebanon. It paints the picture of what the jewish state is up against right now. Multifront conflict that is expected to go on for weeks and could be very, very difficult as the israelis work their way into gaza. Remember, what hamas and Islamic Jihad entered southern israel they killed many people in these communities along the border. And at the Music Festival but also took hostages alive back into the gaza strip as Prisoners Of War. Dozens of soldiers and civilians and holding them in the tunnels beneath gaza. Martha in terms of the efforts that will be made to rescue these hostages, explain how complicated that is given the likelihood they are being held in areas that also are places to store hamas weaponry and they will be human shields, it sounds like. Yeah, absolutely. Hamas claimed today that four israeli hostages were killed in an israeli air strike against gaza. We have no way to confirm that information. But it certainly serving the Propaganda Efforts of hamas to scare the israelis away from striking gaza. No way to tell where the civilians and soldiers were taken once they were pulled back into the gaza strip. It is 25 miles long and anywhere from 3 to 7 miles wide. There are three major cities inside gaza. These hostages and Prisoners Of War could be spread out throughout the gaza strip. Some of them could be taken to the egyptian border. Gaza is a massively densely populated area. There are nearly 2 Million People that live inside gaza. There are high rise buildings, Apartment Buildings and it will be incredibly challenging for the israelis to first locate these hostages and the civilians and soldiers taken into the gaza strip and then try, if they can, to rescue them. Martha. Martha what is your sense of people trying to leave the country . We hear all these reports of people who want to get out. What is the airport like . Is it possible to get to the airport and safely leave at this point . We saw lines of people at the airport. This video released yesterday at the airport because the Flight Schedule has been delayed in many arenas and also canceled in part because of the rocket fire targeting israels only airport. They fired rockets toward central israel. Another calculation has to be made about the people traveling in or out of aircraft. A number of flights are canceled. American carriers have stopped flights to israel and people are trying to get out of the country. There is a real understanding that everyone who stays behind will play a part in the conflict. If you are not a soldier or one of thousands of people that arrived at a Military Base yesterday and the day before to prepare for Battle Against Hamas and Islamic Jihad, you may be a civilian looking to help out and deliver food to the soldier, other people have talked about how they will go to hospitals to volunteer. Everyone in israel is picking a role and they are serving in that role to try to help the country win what is quickly evolving into the most serious war at the jewish state has faced. Martha in so many ways they have prepared for this for generations. Hoping that it never happens. But it is underway. What is your sense, trey, before i let you go of these rockets that are coming in from the north from lebanon. Hezbollah rockets. Have they penetrated the iron dome and what about the ones that are also being aimed, as you mentioned, to the central part of the country . The military told me earlier that 11 out of 12 of the rockets fired from Southern Lebanon was intercepted and one landed in an open area. In addition to that there were Infiltration Attempts in northern israel. Southern lebanon saw a number of what appeared to be Palestinian Militants in lebanon cross into the country. I want to show you here, though, the jeeps with soldiers coming back. These are the soldiers engaging hamas as they tried to infiltrate this morning into israel. Remember, the gaza strip is just down this road. Were right on the border between israel and gaza. And the towns that weve been reporting from have also seen Infiltration Attempts overnight and this morning. A similar situation in the north. Not as intense. Israel must brace for the possibility that lebanese militants get involved in the fight and hezbollah starts to fire more advanced missiles toward israel. Martha thank you so much for your excellent reporting over the course of the last couple of days and were watching very closely and obviously we want you to take care and be well and well talk to you soon. Trey, thank you very much. So the president pledged americas unwavering support for israel on saturday. Watch this. President biden israel has the right to defend itself and its people full stop. There is never justification for Terrorist Attacks. My Administration Support for israels security is rock solid and unwavering. Let me say this as clearly as i can. This is not a moment for any party hostile to israel to exploit these attacks to seek advantage. The world is watching. Martha a tenuous moment. A Aircraft Carrier strike group are being moved closer to israel as a show of support including the u. S. S. Gerald forward. The navys most advanced Aircraft Carrier. The newest and most advanced moved into the region. Jennifer griffin has more from the pentagon. Whats the latest from there . The pentagon has ordered and United States has begun moving the u. S. S. Gerald ford Carrier Strike group to the Eastern Mediterranean closer to israel in a loud message of deterrence to hamas and iranian backed militias and iran itself. The navies most advanced Aircraft Carrier carrying about 5,000 u. S. Sailors, a Guided Missile Cruiser as well as the guided miss ill destroyers. They are also sending air force f15, f16 and fighter squadrons to the region. The f35s were sent this summer. The iranians got the message when they arrived. The Revolutionary Guard Corps paused its attempt to seize oil tankers after they arrived. Near iran is a ready group that includes the u. S. S. Bat onassault ship and other ships and the 26 Marine Expeditionary unit. Increased concern troops will be targeted in syria and iraq. Lloyd austin visited there in march of this year. The u. S. Has trooped stationed at an air base in the uae. The naval base in qatar, Iranian Ba Banked senior u. S. Military leaders remain in close contact with israeli counterparts and the u. S. Is expected to announce more support for israel. They prepositioned 2 billion of weapons in israel. The u. S. Will likely use some of those prepositioned weapons to assist israel. They have provided 158 billion to israel since its founding in 1948. The u. S. Helped build israels iron dome which has been intercepting missiles fired from hamas and from northern israel. Right now the u. S. Is without an ambassador to israel. The president s nominee. His nomination is held up in congress. Senior add min trigs Officials Say the lack of a House Speaker could impact the ability to send more u. S. Support quickly to israel. Martha were waiting for Kevin Mccarthy, the former speaker of the house, to speak in a moment and well be taking that live for you. In terms of the language, jennifer, you have laid out the response, the u. S. Military response in terms of preparation and readiness in the area. What about the language of retaliation . Is the United States is the pentagon supporting israels retaliation that is underway now at least in the skies over gaza city . 100 . You heard the president , commanderinchief say it on saturday and u. S. Central command is in tight coordination. The u. S. Secretary of defense has spoken twice to his counterpart and this is just the first wave in terms of prepositioning of u. S. Military assets. The idea is to contain this conflict to the gaza strip and not allow it to spread and not allow iran to get any ideas of any advent youreism but you have american hostages in the gaza strip. I can tell you in the past u. S. Military and Israeli Military have trained together inside tunnels to fight inside tunnels and it is expected that those hostages, which are likely being held in those tunnels which snake under, they cover miles of territory under gaza strip as well as between the border with egypt, it is expected that those hostages are likely being held in those tunnels and i can just say that in the past the u. S. And Israeli Military have trained together on just this kind of situation, martha. Martha thank you very much. Well speak later to john kirby from the white house that coming up. Right now we want to take you to Kevin Mccarthy, former speaker of the house. Lets see what he has to say. As we all woke up saturday to the horrific scenes of innocent civilians being murdered and slaughtered by Terrorist Attack from hamas, i watched with horror of what was transpiring. As many of you know, ever since ive been in congress i would lead a delegation to israel every term. When i took over i made sure it was bipartisan and joined with then leader steny hoyer. To get a clear understanding. As speaker, my first trip internationally was to israel. I spoke in honor of the 75th Anniversary of the creation of their country. At this moment in time, i think about what i said inside their chambers. I said our values are your values. Our heritage is your heritage. Our dreams are your dreams. Americas great full for our friendship with israel. Were a better nation because of it and we must never shy away from defending it. Now is the time for action. America needs a fivepoint plan to meet this moment, to help our ally, israel, and to strengthen on our future. The very first thing we need to do is rescue the american hostages. President bidens number one priority right now finding out how Many Americans have been taken hostage and get them home. From last night to this morning, the number of american deaths have doubled from 4 to 9. This Administration Must a