command in chief receive the bodies of the three killed in jordan. i m sandra smith here in new york. john: sad moment in american history. this is america reports . deadly attack happened last saturday in jordan and the u.s. has pinned it on iranian-backed proxies but yet to take any sort of action in response and critics say the delay may be giving the militia groups time to prepare for a strike and protect. sandra: rich edson is live at the white house as we await the transfer. do we know what the response will look like? we know it s coming and will have several layers but the specifics beyond that are very unclear, that s what senior officials are saying, an umbrella group of iran-backed militias in the regions killed the three. few other details about the strike. since mid october, attacked u.s. positions more than 160 times, mostly in iraq and syria. the u.s. struck the groups several times. lloyd austin says the pentagon has planned for a more substantial respo
That is an important word to focus on at this hour in particular. I will be watching, thank you. Thank you. Tonight, on the way back from israel, President Biden said, he understands why some people might not be ready to believe that israel had nothing to do with a missile that struck a parking lot of a hospital in gaza. People over the region are upset about the hospital. Do you have a message i can understand why. I can understand. You notice i dont say things like that unless i have faith in the service from which ive gotten it. The Defense Department says its highly unlikely that the israelis anyway. Thats why if you notice, i didnt say the thing i want to make sure is, look. Im not suggesting that hamas totally did it, either. Thats the whole thing. You have got to know how to shoot just right. Its not the first time hamas has launched something functional. So on all the detail, but i do know the people at the Defense Department who i respect and the Intelligence Community that i
The president was working on and those alternatives he says he discussed with israel. That is an important work to focus on at this hour in particular. I will be watching, thank you. Thank you. Tonight, on the way back from israel, President Biden said, he understands why some people might not be ready to believe that israel had nothing to do with a missile that struck a parking lot of a hospital and gaza. People over the region are upset about the hospital. She could have a message i can understand why. I can understand. You notice i dont say things like that unless i have faith in the service from which ive gotten it. The Defense Department says its highly unlikely that the israelis anyway. Thats why if you notice, i didnt say the thing i want to make sure is, look. Im not suggesting that hamas totally did it, either. Thats the whole thing. You have got to know how to shoot just right. Its not the first time hamas has launched something functional. So on all the detail, but i do know
Events. But she still has nightmares and dont know where her mom is at right now. And thats not the only person that she doesnt know where shes at right now because her aunt, caramel, which was playing with her all weekend and every time, and every minute she was in the kibbutz, she was coming to play. And their grandmother that died, but we are not telling her because thats not something that she can take for the moment. And she was really connected to her as well. Were a really close family. I know you are. And would you stay in touch, i know we had connective problems from your end, but would you stay in touch. Were out of time on our show, but please let us know and well talk to you we hope with better news. Thank you. Thank you very much. We want to bring them back, and we want women and children first. Anyone that see this need to remember its a human thing. Its not a war between two sides. Its a human matter. We need to bring back the girls and the children first. After that the
Edition of Andrea Mitchell reports. Katy tur is up with more special coverage. Good to be with you. Israel says that it has regained control of towns attacked by hamas militants and spokesman for the idf says there are no more Hamas Terrorists on the ground in israel but they are still attempting to get through the border. In the past few hours weve seen nearly nonstop rocket fire from both sides. Hamas warning residents it would strike ashkelon at 5 00 p. M. Local time and then doing so. Night has now fallen over the region leaving the skies above h iron dome intercepts. At the border itself, israeli troops are massing getting ready for a potential Ground Incursion of their own into gaza. Benjamin netanyahu vowing to root out hamas, but within the country, there is growing criticism of netanyahu. Allegations that he position helped prop up hamas in an effort to weaken the Palestinian Authority. From analysis in the times of israel, the idea was to prevent president abbas or anyone els