So, you know, they are seeing him as a good ally in this fight. Also, you know, echoing the message we heard from joe biden in that Rare Oval Office address. You know, i think those lines of communication remain open, but i think this is something that Mitch Mcconnell just believes in a similar fashion to joe biden, and theyre happy to have someone from the other party be a spokesperson and advocate for this significant aid package. All right. Well see what happens in the capitol today. White house reporter for the Washington Post, tyler pager, thank you, as always. Thanks to all of you for getting up Way Too Early on this tuesday morning. Morning joe starts right now. Welcome to morning joe. It is 6 00 on the east coast, oz yau take a live look at washington, d. C. It is tuesday, october 24th. This morning, for the first time, were hearing from a hostage freed by hamas. Well play for you comments from one of the elderly women released yesterday by the Terrorist Group. Meanwhile, the e
Freed on health grounds, hamas said no longer hostages but survivors. Both were kidnapped by hamas gunmen from their homes in nir oz, the scars of looting and destruction still mark the empty kibbutz. This was what they lived through. The vision of home they took to gaza, just three miles away. And this was what they lived through there. Israeli air strikes, more than 300 a day, caught between their army and hamas. Many Palestinian Civilians feel the same. Gazas hamas run government says israeli strikes killed more than 400 people in a single day. Hope, draining from the chance of peace, still surfaces in the chance to save a life. Ibrahim from blackpool is trying to leave gaza with his mother and three siblings. They have been living here for a year. Buildings very close to us on our street, destroyed. We had to flee the house, flee our flat where we were living, and go to khan younis, and stay with family members. There were 43 of us staying in one flat. 0n the israeli side of the bo
Is still being held. Israel estimates 220 hostages are still in gaza, after being abducted in the attacks of october 7. Hamas, which is designated a Terrorist Group by the uk, said the release was for humanitarian reasons. Meanwhile, israel is continuing its aerial bombardment. At least 700 people were killed in gaza in the past 2a hours, according to hamas officials. They also say the total number killed is now more than 5,700 including more than 2,000 children. 0ur International Editor jeremy bowen reports and a warning, it contains some very distressing images. After the doctors had examined yocheved lifschitz, she came out of the hospital in tel aviv saying she went through hell in gaza, from the moment hamas took her as a hostage. Translation l was laying on a motorcycle, my body on one side and my legs on the other, and the hamas men beat me on the way. They didnt break my ribs, but hurt me very much. Like so many israelis, shes astounded by the failure of her countrys army and i
You see her there, the 85yearold grandmother recounting her harrowing experience. Her daughter was by her side translating. Yoesh shed lifshitz said hamas stormed her kibbutz and abducted her on the back of the moto motorbike. Each captive had their own doctor. There are huge, huge network of tunnels underneath. It looks like a spider web. When she first arrived, they told them that they are muslims and theyre not going to hurt them. And that they shared they ate the same food that hamas was eating. Hamas has now released four hostages as israeli troops gear up to launch an assault on gaza they say by ground, sea and air. The Israeli Military says it struck more than 400 targets across gaza in the past day killing hamas commanders and fighters. More than 200 hostages are still believed to be inside gaza. And as we learned from israels president overnight, that includes 30 children. Go to erin burnett she joins us live in tel aviv. Erin, to you, incredible to hear those details of how t
Good day to our viewers around the world. It is tuesday, october 24, 5 00 a. M. In washington and noon in israel where two hostages newly released from hamas captivity have had a emotional reunion. The daughter of one hostage says her mothers safe return is a great sign for all the other hamas captives. This is not a political issue, is this a humane issue. Weve lost so many. Sis a ray ofe is so much darkness. I cant wait to see my mom and other members of the Community Also hugging their loved ones. Were expecting to hear from one of those women any minute now and well bring some of that to you when we get it. President biden said that all the hostages have to be free before the u. S. Will consider a ceasefire in gaza. And the point he was trying to make is that the u. S. Is standing behind israel as they lay the ground work for iz nvasn of gaza. Israel says that they bombed more than 400 terror targets. This is the humanitarian crisis deepens. One hospital completely without power. H