Americans said to be among the victims. More than 400 dead in gaza. Israel reports more than a hundred men, women and children of all ages were pulled from their homes, dragged off The Street Gaza to be used as human shields. Israel vows to respond. The chilling scene at a Music Festival that came under attack by hamas a young woman forced on to a motorcycle pleading dont kill me, Israeli Rescuers reporting at least 260 bodies have now been removed from the site. Growing concerns tonight about what appears to a catastrophic failure by israeli intelligence. The worst attack against israel in 50 years. Security experts suggest the massive assault was in the works for months. Theres growing speculation now about the possible role of iran in the attack, were Warning Signs missed . Here in the u. S. , President Biden promises unwavering support for israel. The president speaking with Prime MinisterBenjamin Netanyahu, telling him help is on the way for the Israeli Defense forces. A u. S. Carrier Group Already moving into the area. How the chaos on capitol hill may limit the u. S. Response with no House Speaker in place. Heightened security here in new york city, and across the u. S. , the nypd counterterrorism unit increasing patrols at synagogues and potential highprofile targets. The fbi warns police to be on high alert. Airlines suspending flights to tel aviv. Also tonight the humanitarian crisis unfolding in afghanistan. The u. N. Said more than 1,000 People Killed, but the death toll expected to rise after several powerful earthquakes. And two months since the devastating wildfires broke out on maui, new signs of the recovery effort. Linsey good evening, everyone. Thanks so much for joining us on this sunday. Im linsey davis. We begin tonight with The Middle East in flames. Israel has formally declared war after that unprecedented, multiprong Terror Attack from hamas shocking the nation, catching its Intelligence Service by surprise. The death toll is mounting. At least a hundred taken hostage. Several americans now confirmed to be among the dead. A warning details and images are disturbing. Starting at dawn yesterday, hamas lobbed thousands of rockets from gaza toward israel, armed Militants Breaching Border Crossings gunning down soldiers and sill civilians. Homes and cars destroyed. More than 700 killed in israel. More than 260 mostly young People Killed at a Music Festival. A couple at that festival among the hostages. A woman taken away on the back of motorcycle, her boyfriend marched away by two men. Israel retaliating with air strikes on gaza, more than 400 dead in the territory. Prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu warns theres a long and difficult war ahead. Part of President Bidens promise of rocksolid unwavering support. We have Team Coverage from the war zone to washington. Ian pannell leads us off from israel. Reporter tonight, fire and fury in gaza city lighting up the night sky. Relentless explosions and Panic In The Streets as israel fights back. Prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu declaring, we are embarking on a long and difficult war that was forced upon us. It erupted just after dawn saturday. Air raid sirens sounding across israel heralding a massive barrage of hamas rockets, more than 2,200. A complex and highly coordinated attack was under way taking israel completely by surprise, coming by air, by sea and by land. Hamas video showing armed militants rushing towards the border breaching Israeli Defenses. Militants shooting indiscriminately, leaving bodies in the streets. Some people even shot in their cars. And in a rural area near the border, thousands of young israelis celebrating at a Music Festival. Look closely, those lights streaking across the sky . Hamas rockets. The Party Descending into sheer panic. Hundreds under assault from fighters on the ground. And tonight, the Israeli RescueService Reporting that more than 260 bodies were recovered at the scene. Elsewhere, militants kidnapping civilians and taking them back across the border into gaza. Harrowing scenes, hostages hurrying down a road. This woman forced into a car. An elderly woman in a golf cart. One father spotting his children huddling in this video, as they too are driven away. Tonight, the fighting along the border still raging. Israel trying to root out the remaining militants. I thats a sound of a mortar coming into gaza while israelis are trying to deal with hamas here still inside israel, trying to clear villages where the militants are holding on. Secretary of state Antony Blinken saying more than 1,000 hamas fighters were involved in this complex operation thats already left more than 700 israelis dead. It was an unprecedented attack. The United States now trying to clarify reports that americans are among those killed and taken hostage. Hospitals here, overwhelmed. We have just now had a direct hit from a missile in the hospital. We are just now trying to evaluate the damages. Reporter thousands are injured and thousands more today lining up for hours to donate blood. Israel in a State Of Shock and disbelief. In ashkelon, avivit avran in tears as she looks out at the rubble in her home. Its not normal to raise children this way, she says. The Israeli Military now calling up its reserves. And soldiers evacuating families from towns that border gaza. Israeli missiles now raining down on gaza. Al jazeera english reporter Yousma Al Sayed live on the air when one missile attack. In gaza, israeli Rockets Toppling buildings like dominoes. This mosque in ruins, a mass of mangled metal. They made elderly people, children and women scared, this man says. Copies of the koran were shattered. The mosque was completely destroyed. Why . And tonight in gaza, the death toll mounting, too. More than 430 dead. And their hospitals at breaking point. Hospitals there clearly overwhelmed. Ian pannell joins us now from tel aviv. You were near the border with gaza, whats the situation there. Reporter you get a sense of not only is there an active conflict of war but its evolving. Attack helicopters, drones are in the air, and as you saw in the report we heard the sound of hamas militants firing mortars, we saw rockets the iron dome, this air Defense System in operation and of course theres still hamas militants inside israel. Linsey. Linsey ian Pannell Jmpblts hamas militants are targeting civilians. One mother describes the phone call from her 22yearold daughter when gunmen attacked that Music Festival. She hasnt heard from her since. Abcs James Longman also in israel tonight. Reporter israel faces two crises tonight an unprecedented attack, and a Hostage Situation like no other. The government says militants kidnapped more than a hundred people. Many of them now in gaza. Among them, 25yearold noa argamani taken away by gunmen on a motorcycle as she begs dont kill me and reaches out to her boyfriend as hes led away. Video shows Palestinian Militants taking entire families captive, Young Children and the elderly. This is a massive Terrorist Attack that is gunning down israeli civilians in their towns, in their homes and as weve seen so graphically, literally dragging people across the border with gaza, including a holocaust survivor in a wheelchair, women and children. Hi, im james. Reporter we met jennifer whose 22yearold daughter kim is among the missing. She was at that Music Festival when the rockets rained down. Panicked she called her family and they told her to hide. She hasnt been heard from since. Kim didnt realize that there were like seven or eight toyota vans full of terrorists. And they just shot everywhere, they just shot them slaughtered them like ducks. And thats the reason im here. I want the world to condemn this behavior. I didnt bring my children up to hate anybody. Reporter jennifer tells me kims dad and brother have been going to hospitals with her hairbrush, hoping a dna match might tell them if she is among the dead. Can you try and just describe what its like waiting for news . You cant sleep. All i can think about is where she is, if shes suffering, if shes still alive. I just want her back. Reporter Israeli Forces taken hostage, too. This 19yearold soldier wounded in the back of a car. Her family recognized her in videos circulating online. Shes seen here huddling with other captives. And tonight, new Video Surfacing online of the young woman kidnapped in the desert. But where is she now . And how will israel get these hostages back . So many other mothers here today im not the only one. Everybody is missing somebody. Linsey just heartwrenching stories. James joins us now from tel aviv. Are families getting any answers about their missing loved ones . Reporter linsey, its been a slow process. Israel is in state of war, its difficult to keep families updated. Today they did appoint a coordinator for the missing. Asking families to come forward with dna to help try identify the dead. Linsey james, our thanks to you. Israel Intelligence Services the are louded around the world and the u. S. Relies on them to be eyes and ears in the region. Matt gutman joins us now. Matt, in the midst of the morning there we have to imagine israelis are wondering, whats next . Reporter well, discussing that tonight and the response in gaza was Prime Minister netanyahu, his cabinet and his generals in that come defense complex, as you mentioned so many israelis wondering how their vaunted Intelligence Agencies seemed to miss so many Warning Signs. There were hundreds of hamas operatives involved this this massive attack. How were those Warning Signs missed . As shocking to many israelis is how slow the militarys response was. One many told that he was holed up in his bomb shelter. Many tonight are pointing the finger at Benjamin Netanyahu who formed that rightwing government, and so Much Division in israel, for so many israelis they tell me it seems all systems broke down all at once. Linsey Ablame Game Already E ensuing. Here at home President Biden speaking with Prime Minister netanyahu again this morning, telling him a Carrier Strike group is on the way. But theres concern tonight about how the chaos on capitol hill may limit the u. S. Response. Abcs Maryalice Parks is at the white house. Reporter tonight, a u. S. Carrier strike group on its way to The Middle East, the white house on high alert. With americans confirmed among those killed and reports of others taken hostage. The United States stands with israel. Reporter President Biden telling israeli Prime MinisterBenjamin Netanyahu aid is on its way. Israel requesting specific assistance. The pentagon sending weapons and ammunition, moving u. S. Warships and fighter jets to the region. The attack increasing the urgency on capitol hill to elect a new speaker of the house so congress can act as the situation unfolds. The white house engaging in frantic diplomacy, in near Constant Contact with israeli and palestinian officials and other leaders across the region trying to contain the violence. The State Department cautioning u. S. Citzens in israel, the west bank, and gaza the situation remains dynamic, mortar and rocket fire may take place without warning. Just days ago, this was National Security adviser jake sullivan, speaking at the atlantic conference. I emphasize for now, because all of that can change, and The Middle East region is quieter today than it has been in two decades. Reporter white house had been brokering a potentially Historic Deal between saudi arabia and israel with saudi arabia on the verge of officially recognizing israels statehood, a deal netanyahu said would transform The Middle East. Now his country at war. Hamass surprise attack, likened to israels 9 11. The region on edge, egypt and jordan, urging calm while hundreds celebrate in the streets in yemen, lebanon and iran, longlinked to the terrorist group. Hamas wouldnt be hamas without the support that its gotten over the many years from iran. We havent yet seen direct evidence that iran was behind this particular attack or involved, but the support over many years is clear. Reporter President Biden, sending a warning 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. Linsey lets get right to Maryalice Parks at the white house tonight. In addition to the military support the u. S. Is sending now we understand there are stockpiles of u. S. Weapons already inside israel. Reporter linsey, thats right. The u. S. Has been Filling Warehouses inside israel with Military Hardware for nearly the last 50 years, so in the event of a crisis, if israel needs more equipment as a key ally of ours in the region its already there. Israel will ask the u. S. To tap into those stockpiles as well. Linsey. Linsey maryalice from white house, thanks very much. Across this country, officials are on alert for any fallout from The Middle East war, security is ramping up at sensitive sites including synagogues nationwide. Abcs Senior Investigative reporter Aaron Katersky is here in new york. Reporter tonight, from new york to los angeles, Law Enforcement officials are worried the brutal war in israel could inspire hate crimes or violence here in the u. S. As soon as those explosions start going off in israel, right, word gets back and immediately resources start to move. Reporter while the fbi and the department of Homeland Security say they have no specific intelligence about potential attacks they are urging police to be vigilant. Patrols are growing at synagogues and at other potential targets this weekend in both jewish and palestinian communities as concern grows. What opportunity does the event provide for people who would do harm here . So thats always the greatest concern is that lone wolf type actor, right. Somebody who has an ax to grind, somebody who sees some propaganda online, who becomes radicalized in one discipline or another. And now this serves as an inspiration to them. Reporter the Antidefamation League says antisemitic incidents in the u. S. Reached an alltime high last year, spiking 36 since 2021. Tonight, there are fears the hostilities between israel and hamas could make matters worse. Iran, hezbollah, other foreign terrorist groups, White Supremacist Organizations may seek to capitalize on the events in israel and conduct attacks in other parts of the world. Reporter Synagogue Security is not the only concern tonight, linsey, the faa is warning airlines to use caution when flying through israeli air space, in fact american, delta and united have already suspended flights in and out of tel aviv. Linsey. Linsey many left scrambling as they try to make their way home. And tonight, Prime Minister netanyahu is vowing mighty vengeance on hamas for their attack. Whats israels next Military Move . Were in phase one. Israel continues to root out the hamas invaders, phase two will likely involve an israeli invasion of gaza before that, tough choices for netanyahu, he knows that some of the hostages are inside of gaza, he knows that hamas has reinforced its defe