Hamas conflict. Nbc news has now learned that several u. S. Citizens are among those dead in israel. That is according to a National Security Council Spokesperson the nsc says they are continuing to monitor the situation closely. The State Department is ready to provide assistance and u. S. Citizen still the country. That confirmation comes as retaliatory airstrikes continue to hammer gaza city. Turning several residential buildings into rubble. Some are living close to the israeli border. They began to flee the Israeli Ground invasion. It could be imminent. The situation escalated on sunday. An ally of hamas aspiring dozens of rockets and shells in a disputed area along the border. The military responded by firing back into lebanon. There is no immediate word on casualties adding to the dire State Of Affairs the uncertainty surrounding those being held captive israel has confirmed that theyve taken both military and non military as well as captive into the territory. Israeli media say
internationalize it. by the way, other nations are nuclear power as well. nato is a nuclear-armed alliance. france and germany have highly capable nuclear forces. so i think you want to internationalize the response. my view is what we don t want to get into is every time putin says, i m a nuclear power then we respond with, hey, we re a nuclear power, too. it is just kind of this back-and-forth dialogue. i don t think that happens. i think what the west needs to do, shine a light on putin, on the danger and the irrationality of even making statements like this. quietly but firmly point out we have those cards as well, but then be the adult in the room and move forward sensibly with the kind of things that, again, i think the administration is doing pretty well right now. arm the ukrainians. prepare for a resistance.
additional weapons to ukraine to help fortify the country from a potential russian invasion. this as moscow is ramping up its presence at the border. we have cnn anchor and correspondent jim sciutto with us on this story. this would be, to be clear, american assets on the ground. no question. as russia built up this force here, i m told the u.s. has a two-prong strategy. internationalize the crisis, get allies on board, warn russia with one voice, and the other thing, not give russia an expectation this would be a swift and easy invasion. two elements here. one, send more weapons to the ukrainians. also, the possibility of u.s. trainers and advisers. reporter: with concerns growing ability a russian military build-up on the ukrainian border, the biden administration is considering sending military trainers to the region. and military element that could include javelin anti-tank missiles and momortars, as wells
of the kabul airport, as many as they can. if not the us administration should look for any other which of echoing people from the country. to evacuate people. just briefly, president biden says he will get everybody who needs to get out of afghanistan on time for some is their confidence in that? when i was there, they need resources. when i was there, it was difficult for the process. it will be possible, but if they give it a try and bring more planes and extend the day, if they can, it will be possible, but if not, many people will be left behind, which are american lives and internationalize. right. hanif sufizada, thank you selling orjoining us on newsday