Secretary of state, and he became the first jewish Secretary Of State when he was sworn in in 1973. When meeting with israels Prime Minister, golden mayer, Secretary Kissinger said, quote, you must remember that first i am an american, second im Secretary Of State, and third i am a jew. 50 years after the Senate Confirmed Henry Kissinger as the first jewish Secretary Of State, Secretary Of State Anthony Blinken said this today in israel. I come before you, not only as the United States Secretary Of State, but also as a jew. My grandfather, maurice blinken, fled programs in russia. My stepfather, samuel ps are, survive concentration camps, auschwitz, that how, so Prime Minister, i understand, on a personal level, the harrowing echoes that hamass massacres carry for israeli jews, indeed, for jews everywhere. I also come before you as a husband and father of young children. Its impossible for me to look at the photos of families killed such as the mother, father, and three small children
You must remember that first i am an american, second im Secretary Of State, and third i am a jew. 50 years after the Senate Confirmed Henry Kissinger as the first jewish Secretary Of State, Secretary Of State Anthony Blinken said this today in israel. I come before you, not only as the United States Secretary Of State, but also as a jew. My grandfather, maurice blinken, fled programs in russia. My stepfather, samuel ps pizar survived concentration camps, auschwitz, watch out dachau so, Prime Minister, i understand, on a personal level, the harrowing echoes that hamass massacres carry for israeli jews, indeed, for jews everywhere. I also come before you as a husband and father of young children. Its impossible for me to look at the photos of families killed such as the mother, father, and three small children murdered as they sheltered in their home in a kibbutz near oz and not think of my own children. This is just one of hamass Countless Acts Of Terror in a litany of brutality and in
terrorists. health officials say clashes have led to a catastrophic situation for gaza s hospitals. it puts rockets inside schools, hospitals. it has tunnels below children s beds. this is what we re dealing with. the prime minister says his top priorities are destroying hamas and getting all the hostages safely out of gaza. let s go to kevin wliptack. what more are you learning about this hostage being held by hamas. it s an awful situation, but it s good we re starting to learn new information. what can you tell us? it s terrible. and the white house put out this news in a readout. qatar has been playing broker in these talks to try and get some of these hostages released. in that phone call the white house said president biden condemned the holding of hostages, including this 3-year-old american toddler whose parents were killed in the hamas attacks in israel on october 7th. we don t know much more about this individual, but i am told that it is the youngest american
Israeli airstrikes in Lebanon killed 10 civilians, including women and children, marking the deadliest day in months of border clashes. Hezbollah vowed retaliation after strikes hit Nabatiyeh and Souaneh, triggered by Lebanon-fired projectiles that killed an Israeli soldier. The strikes destroyed part of a building in Nabatiyeh, killing seven from a single family. Hezbollah fighters were also killed. The violence escalated from ongoing exchanges since the Israel-Hamas conflict in Gaza. Lebanese institutions closed in protest.
The cross-border exchanges this week have pitted Israel against Islamic Jihad, the second-largest militant group in Gaza after the territory s Hamas rulers