Hello to all, you im alex. When it is now early monday morning in israel. Israels formally declared war against hamas. U. S. Government sources confirmed nbc news several american citizens are among those killed on the deadly attacks against israel this weekend and at this hour we dont know how Many Americans have died in the conflict nor the circumstances around their deaths. We are bringing a live picture from gaza city, we have seen a new round of airstrikes tonight. A spokesperson for the Israeli Defense forces tells msnbc that at least 700 people have been killed in israel. The Palestinian Health Ministry Says more than 400 people have died in gaza. That includes nearly 80 children. The death toll from israel and gaza both expected to rise. Joining me now, msnbc Chief Correspondent and host ali velshi and nbc news correspondent aaron gilchrist. At the white house for us. Good to see you both. The latest at this hour, ali, what do you know . What should we know about whats happenin
I welcome you both. Ali, to you first. U. S. Officials, confirming americans are among the dead. But, what do we know of any specifics, around those statistics, this hour . Yeah alex, this is something that we heard, first mention by Secretary Of State Antony Blinken this morning, when he said that u. S. Officials were working overtime, to confirm reports that americans were among those killed. Since these attacks began yesterday, as well as reports that americans, were among those taken hostage, into gaza, by hamas militants. And tonight, we have a new quote from a National Security council spokesperson. Confirming that the deaths of several u. S. Citizens since this attack began, but also on these reports of americans being taken hostage. They would only confirm that there are americans, quote, Unaccounted For. They say in a statement, quote, we are aware of reports of unaccounted american u. S. Citizens, and we are working to confirm, we are closely monitoring information of hostage