however, president biden is telling israel to delay any ground operation to go after the hamas terrorists that slaughtered israeli citizens on october 7th. what happened that day tipped israel into war against those hostage-taking serial killers. and now the israeli defense force has debuted a new weapon system, the iron sting. it s hyper accurate technology used to destroy hamas rocket launchers. i m harris faulkner and you are in the faulkner focus. a bipartisan group of senators made the trip to israel over the weekend and assured their unwavering support of america s fight against hamas. we stand with israel in their fight against a terrorist organization that is unleashing hate onto this world. destroying hamas is non-ne non-negligible. there is no moral equivalents here. what we saw with regard to hamas was an attempt to actually make more civilian deaths as bloody and vicious as possible. harris: idf stepping up both aerial attacks and raids on gaza terror hu
the bbc s chief international correspondent, who s in southern israel. also our international editor, jeremy bowen, who is injerusalem. now, we don t know how events in gaza and israel will unfold in the coming hours, much less days. but as soon as hamas attacked on october 7th, there was no doubt that israel would respond. so let s start with this question. hello, this is david - from sydney, australia. i ve just listened to your gaza question podcast,| but for me the most interesting question wasn t asked at all. i given that hamas would have known their barbaric attack i would result in a massive reaction, why did they do it? was it to provoke an overreaction that would lose israel the support of its allies? and lyse, we ll come to you for that one. it s a very difficult question to answer because we are not really hearing from the people in charge of this operation, and that s the military wing of hamas, the izzedine al-qassam brigades. but what we have heard from some
good day, i m chris jansing live at msnbc headquarters in new york city. desperation and danger growing as critical aid remains stuck at the egypt, gaza border. a live report from cairo as humanitarian workers warn that the main hospital on the strip won t have electricity for much longer. at this minute, house republicans just started huddling behind closed doors after a short time ago, jim jordan failed for a third time to lockdown the votes to be speaker. in fact, he actually lost support between the second and third rounds, and to say frustration is building in the republican conference is a bit of an understatement. i m really recommending against this flurry of new votes when the votes are absolutely not changing. that is a fact you can take to the grave. everyone wants to stay here l reflect and go back to the days we ve had over the last two weeks and say we did it to ourselves, folks. we did it to ourselves. and then breaking, in just the last half an hour,
carley: president biden just landing in israel where he will meet with prime minister netanyahu as violence and unrest rock the region. you are watching fox and friends, i m carley shimkus. todd: i m todd piro. an explosion kills hundreds at a gaza hospital. israeli forces say they have proof it was a botched launch. carley: state department telling americans not to professional to lebanon and offering to get americans out of the country. hundreds of protesters gathering outside, sparking fires. the president planned this trip during a tense time, war had broken out in israel. he took off at 6 p.m. and just landed. todd: there is the president now walking down the steps of air force one. netanyahu on the tarmac ready to meet the president. the handshake taking place right there. this is extremely historic meeting, because right now israel is in war. there are concerns this could become part of a larger global conflict. think back to the history books you read when y
the 11th hour with stephanie ruhle starts now. e 11th hour with stephanie tonight, the latest on the israel-hamas war. president biden s upcoming visit to israel, the looming ground offensive. new developments on hostages. and the growing humanitarian crisis in gaza as hundreds of thousands of people flee to the south. then, defendant donald trump hit with a partial gag order in the federal election case. what it means for the current republican front runner? as the 11th hour gets underway on this monday night. good evening once again. i am stephanie ruhle, live from msnbc headquarters here in new york city. president biden is heading to israel under the country s war in hamas and a growing commentary in crisis and gaza. secretary of state antony blinken and now instead the president s trip just a few hours ago after he had a seven-hour meeting with israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu. on wednesday, president biden was in israel president biden will a