When i am in israel breaking News Coverage at war with hamas. We have just learned that americans are among the at dead. Security council confirming deaths of several u. S. Citizens, however they did not say how many. This morning the State Department is saying its working to verify reports that they took some americans hostage. This comes as it razed on within gaza around the day. Spokes person around the Israel Defense forces telling msnbc at least 700 people have been killed in israel. The death toll there is expected to rise. Adding in american terms, this is a privilege to pearl harbor and 9 11 at the same time. Palestinian Health Ministry saying more than 400 people have died in gaza and the west bank. That includes nearly 80 children, this morning Secretary Of State Anthony Blinken also underscored americas commitment to advancing peace in the region. The focus now has to be on israel having what needs to deal with the attack and making sure that citizens are safe and secure. Th
we will win. reporter: ukraine also claims its forces have destroyed 20 russian military vehicles near the hostomel air base. as the fighting rage, ukrainian and russian negotiators met for a second round of talks today in belarus. as ukrainian negotiated ukraine s needs are not yet achieved, president zelenskyy appealed for direct talks with putin. i think i have to talk with putin. the world has to talk with putin, because there are no other ways to stop this war. that s why i have to. reporter: zelenskyy continued with this message for putin. i don t bite. sit down with me and talk. what are you afraid of? putin, however, says his invasion will go on. the special military operation in ukraine is going according to plan in strict accordance with the schedule. all tasks are being successfully carried out. the goal was to maximize the
outgunned. fred pleitgen has an exclusive look at the city under siege. how grim is the situation in misrata right now? reporter: yeah, it s very grim. precisely because so many fear that there could be a massacre on the civilian population, a lot of people have fled their homes within misrata, but there s nowhere for them to go because the city encircled by gadhafi s troops. have a look. as heavy fighting rage in downtown misrata, many residents have fled from the tank and artillery shells raining down on their neighborhoods. they have nowhere to run. the opposition-held city of misrata is encircled by pro-gadhafi troops. this man says he barely managed to get his family out of the city center and into the school on the outskirts. all the houses next to ours were knocked down in the
in libya, moammar gadhafi s forces are battering misurata. some fear a massacre is imminent because the opposition is so outgunned. fred pleitgen has an exclusive look at the city under siege. how grim is the situation in misurata right now? reporter: yeah, it s very grim. precisely because so many fear that there could be a massacre on the civilian population, a lot of people have fled their homes within misurata, but there s nowhere for them to go because the city encircled by gadhafi s troops. have a look. as heavy fighting rage in downtown misurata, many residents have fled from the tank and artillery shells raining down on their