our good friend, israel. he set to hold a news conference just moments now. you will see it live. i m harris faulkner. you are in the faulkner focus. the gruesome war claiming the lives of more than 1200 israelis and 25 americans now. that number has ticked up. wow. 17 more that we know of americans missing. some being held hostage by hamas terrorist. big questions about how the biden administration will respond to all of it, particularly people on the ground who are not hostages who also need to get home. wait until we see the list we have to show you all of the other countries working with israel to go there with pl pland get their home. we are not doing that. secretary blinken meeting with prime minster benjamin netanyahu. the prime minster with a very clear message. hamas shown itself to be an enemy of civilization. massacring of young people in an outdoor music festival, the butchering of entire families, the murder of parents in front of their children and the murde
we ve seen flashes over the skies of gaza, as israel continues to carry out airstrikes, saying it is targeting hamas fighters, not civilians. but air strikes have killed and injured civilians. the palestinian health ministry says at least 50 people were killed overnight. doctors without borders says hospitals in gaza have only have a few days fuel left in their generators. the world food programme has distributed some aid, but the un has warned that israel is in breach of international law by denying civilians access to essential supplies of food, fuel and water. ii of its own staff there have been killed since saturday. bbc verify is continuing to monitor the impact of the strikes in gaza. one was on the islamic university of gaza, targeted between tuesday and wednesday. several videos released by the israel defense forces have shown their attacks. meanwhile, hamas fighters continue to fire rockets into israel. many have been intercepted by the country s iron dome defence s
[ yelling ]. hamas should be treated exactly the way isis was treated. they should be spit out from the community of nations. no view, you can t see anything. i never imagined something like this would have been ever in a music festival and the rockets started and gunshots everywhere. a loved one, a friend, a classmate, a neighborhood, a colleague killed, maimed, missing. missing. sandra: that was just a few moments ago and now a live look, screen left at the white house briefing room where a press briefing is set to begin any moment now. national security council spokesman john kirby will be joining press secretary karine jean-pierre at that podium and this will be the second straight day as the war between israel and hamas rages on the the question is how president biden plans to rescue the american hostages being held by hamas as 25 u.s. citizens are now confirmed dead and 17 others are still unaccounted for at this hour. welcome to all of you as our coverage con
the total number of dead around 1900, with more than 7200 people injured. to break down those numbers a little bit, the israeli government estimates that over 1000 israelis have been killed in the conflict and more than 2700 others have been injured. and gaza s health ministry estimates that 900 palestinians have been killed in gaza, with more than 4500 injured. those numbers are sure to grow, as hamas continues to fire rockets into israel, and israel continues to bomb the gaza strip, where more than 2 million civilians live without the freedom to move beyond its borders. today, nbc news richard engel got look at some of the israeli committees where residents have been evacuated. israeli troops are still trying to secure the country. four days after the worst terror attack in israel s history. today, moved into the village of kafaraza on the border with gaza. all the residents are gone. either evacuated, killed, or kidnapped. there are still bodies everywhere. the israelis
now reached 900, amid intensifying israeli air strikes. it says 4,500 more have been injured. dozens of buildings have also been damaged. hamas, which has been designated a terrorist organisation by several governments, responded with rockets into southern israel, tuesday. it comes as gaza braces for what could be a full scale israeli ground invasion. in israel, efforts are under way to recover the bodies of those killed by hamas attacks. more than 1,000 israelis are dead. but israeli forces say they ve successfully rescued 30 trapped people in the southern kibbutz of ein hashlosha, after following distress calls. speaking at the white house, president biden accused hamas of pure unadulterated evil . he said at least 14 americans were among those killed. mr biden has pledged more aid to israel, as the uss gerald r ford carrier strike group arrives in the eastern mediterraean. the israeli military also says that the first plane carrying american ammunition has arrived in the