the 11th hour with stephanie ruhle starts now. 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 during the country s war with hamas and a growing humanitarian crisis in gaza. secretary of state antony blinken announced 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 will be in israel. president biden will again make clear, as he s do
[background sounds] rachel: air raid sirens ringing out over tel aviv earlier as the war in israel enters its eighth day. this as tens of thousands of israeli soldiers are getting ready for a full scale invasion of gaza. pete: the idf issuing a statement saying forces are currently preparing to implement a wide range of operational offensive plans. which include combined and coordinated strikes from the air, sea and land. will: hamas is responsible for killing at least 1300 now israelis, 29 of which, u.s. citizens. israeli prime minister benjamin net an a ya a hue assuring his troops that more fighting is on the way. you ready for the next stage? the next stage is coming. [inaudible conversations] rachel: the new york times reports that israeli forces have is delayed their initial plans as weather conditions in the area could worsen. pete: meanwhile, a second u.s. aircraft carrier is on the way to the mediterranean sea in what defense secretary lloyd austin calls a show o
carley: fox news alert, 360,000 israeli troops are waiting for ordered to invade the gaza strip by foot and tank. the nation s president says there is no mercy in terror and will make sure hamas cannot carry out an attack like this again. there is a lot of anger in this country pause people do not understand what we re talking about. there is no excuse to murdering innocent civilianings in any way, any context and believe me, israel will operate and always operates according to international rules and will do the same in this battle, too. carley: you are watching fox and friends, i m carley shimkus. todd: i m todd piro. on the ground in israel at this hour, blinken will meet with president herzog, who you just heard speak there and prime minister netanyahu today and head to jordan to meet with the jordanian king and president of palestine. senior leader should from hamas, if you want to look up coward in the dictionary, it is their picture. there is no senior lead
-detecting rockets fired from syria. bret: israeli jets hitting hamas targets softening the battlefield paving the way for ground forces. meanwhile as we ve been telling you at least 14 americans dead and they don t know, at least another 20 considered missing. some of them possibly held hostage in gaza. there is no more electricity in gaza. the only power plant there running out of fuel. they have also cut off electricity and water. the israelis have. and as the u.s.s. gerald ford carrier strike force arrives in the region iranian backed militia in iraq is threatening to attack american bases in retaliation if the u.s. intervenes in the war between hamas and israel. dana: the latest this hour. starting with mike tobin live on the ground in the war zone. good morning, mike. what you see behind me off in the distance is the gaza strip itself. you may be able to hear israeli jets overhead. they are constant. the pounding of the gaza strip is constant. to the north and sou
her daughter called her and tried to speak to her on the phone and an arab answered and said and in that moment they understood she s in captivity. they still don t have a way to get her back. i could hear people speaking in arabic outside their door, and they broke in, and the last thing i heard was the youngest who were 12 don t take me, and that was it. that was the last time i heard from them. israeli families sharing the heart breaking stories of their loved ones being taken hostage by hamas. the terrorist group is now threatening executions of dozens of people they have captured and doing so without warning. meanwhile, israel is promising a complete siege of gaza launching more air strikes overnight while cutting off that area from basic necessities. we ll get a live report for the latest on all of that straight ahead. and also ahead, the war in the middle east is putting more pressure on house republicans to quickly elect a new speaker. we ll have more on a close