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people have been confirmed killed in israel. gaza s health ministry says at least 232 palestinians have been killed in the conflict since hamas watched a deadly surprise attack on southern israel yesterday, breaking through the gaza border fence, and firing thousand, thousands of rockets at israeli cities. israeli militants said that hamas fighters took civilians, israeli civilians, men, women, and children, and they ve taken them hostage. transported them to gaza where israeli airstrikes continue as dawn breaks out over the region. sunrise in the region is about 39 minutes from now. the israeli ambassador to the united nations calls it israel s 9/11. the country s security cabinet was halted the supply of fuel, electricity, and other goods into gaza. congressman adam smith who s the ranking member of the armed services committee will be with us later in the hour with reaction from inside congress. we begin this hour with nbc s foreign correspondent josh lippman. josh, ....
molly: 100 israelis and 198 palestinians killed along with hundreds wounded and dozens taken hostage after the surprise attacks on israel this morning, bombarding the nation and erupting the border region into deadly conflict. welcome to fox news live, i m molly line. griff: and i m griff jenkins. we were just looking live at trey yingst in the middle of rockets firing. trey, what are you seeing there? reporter: yeah, griff, molly, right now islamic jihad and and hamas is have haunched a massive barrage into southern and central israel. in the distance i can see some interceptors coming off, my cameraman s going to pan back with here, and and you can see this is israel s missile defense system, the iron dome, in action. they ve had to resupply these batteries as much as possible throughout the day, but what hamas is trying to do is overwhelm these systems, so they re firing barrages at different angles and at different times to try and get past the missile defense i ....
[background noises] b6 israel out war as hamas launches a surprise attack on america s closest middle eastern ally for a good evening i am jon scott welcome back to a special two hour addition of the fox report. israeli officials say at least 300 people have been killed, 1500 injured. hamas also has t taken israeli hostages including the elderly and young children. thisraeli counterstrike on the gaza strip killed some 200 palestinians. president biden addressed the hamas attack earlier condemning the assault and saying the united states stands with israel. trey yingst is live in southern israel right now. jon, good afternoon for tonight is israeli s are searchg for their loved ones. we are hearing so many stories of civilians who have not yet been able to contact their children or husbands in southern israel earlier this morning when hamas islamic jihad they focused a music festival near the border then went into many border communities we do know at this hour at leas ....
israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu calling war on hamas following a surprise attack at the gaza strip this morning. 100 israelis have been killed in the clashes. welcome to fox news live, i m griff jenkins. hello, molly. molly: i m molly line. alexandria hoff in washington and trey yingst in southern israel, we ll start with you, targeting major population centers. they blue a whole in the border fence between israel and gaza and sent in hundreds of palestinian militants on pickup trucks and motorcycles headed to a music festival near the border, open fire on the attendees and taking territory along the gaza strip. there were many towns and villages and at this hour hamas is in control, and wounded soldiers, and other medical centers but the big issue for his real and what they are trying to address is twofold. one trying to secure this area, border police there s palestinian militants and the second issue has to do with hostages taken by hamas and islamic jiha ....
thank you for joining us today from veil colorado. steve: thank you, sir. it s 7:00 in new york city and the second hour of fox & friends is starting right now. lawrence: straight to a fox news alert. former president donald trump throwing his support behind house g.o.p. congressman jim jordan from ohio for the speaker s race. trump s endorsement comes ahead of a wednesday vote as republicans seek a candidate they believe is best fit to replace former house speaker kevin mccarthy. carley: trump posting overnight congressman jim jordan has been a star long before making his very successful journey to washington, d.c. representing ohio s fourth congressional district. he will be great speaker of the house and has my complete and total endorsement. brian: so far congressman jordan and house leader steve scalise have officially announced bids for the speaker role. keep it here, steve scalise joins us later this hour to discuss. steve: that s right. okay. more ....