You, bret. Bret thank you. Thank you very much. Have a good night good evening welcome to washington im bret baier. Breaking tonight rapidly changing developments in the israeli war with hamas, a warning here. Many of the images coming out of the region are graphic and disturbing. The u. S. Death toll has risen to 27. 14 americans are unaccounted for. The u. S. Government will begin evacuation flights for americans in israel very soon. Some 20,000 of them, its believed. Preparations are continuing for an expected massive Ground Invasion by the israelis into gaza. The Israeli Defense force is pounding what it calls hamas infrastructure inside gaza. At least 2700 people have died on both sides. Terrorists are believed to be holding about 150 hostages. U. S. Secretary of state Antony Blinken met with israeli leaders in tel aviv today. He will visit with palestinian president tomorrow. Senior correspondent mike tow bib is in israel right now with the latest. Good evening, mike. Good evenin
We are now preparing ourselves. Were striking gaza from the air. All options are on the table. Were on the Offensive Targeting hamas, destroying their capabilities, the government capabilities, civilian capabilities. Neil israel pounding hamas from the air as it prepare as major offensive on the ground. Troops and tanks amassing at the border and both sides get ready to enter the next day of war with the american Death Toll Rising and the search for hostages john going. Where is the u. S. Involvement in all of this head something well ask Michael Mccaul. Welcome, everybody. Im neil cavuto. It doesnt end. It accelerates. Now a possible ground war that could be moments away. Lets get the very latest from greg palkot in israel with the latest. Greg . Ive been covering the region 25 years. Ive never seen anything like this. Weve been on the ground for three days with the war with israel and hamas. Its more intense, more active. The numbers are grim. Israel is saying that 1,200 of their own
the israel defense forces, when the ceasefire took effect around half an hour ago now, put out a statement directed at palestinians in gaza. i want to read it. it says the water is not over yet, the humanitarian pauseis not over yet, the humanitarian pause is temporary, the northern gaza strip is a dangerous war zone and it is forbidden to move north. for your safety, you must remain in the trinitarian zone in the south. it is only possible to move to the north of the strip to the south via a read. movement to the south from the south of the north is not allowed and dangerous. that feeds into what you are saying that this humanitarian pause, many have been displaced from the north to the south you might have been hoping to go back to see what remained of their homes, to try and gather together some more possessions, a very clear message to them that over the next few days even though this temporary pause infighting has taken effect, people are being told that they can t re