israel-hamas war. new this, our president biden, on his way to israel. you plans to meet with israeli prime minister, benjamin netanyahu. a critically important meeting, at a critically important time. also new today, the state department had issued a level for travel advisory for lebanon. saying, americans should avoid traveling to the country, setting the unpredictable security situation created by rocket, missile, and security exchanges between israel, and hezbollah. we have new numbers for you at this hour. we have confirmation from u.s. officials, 31 americans have been killed in the attack. 13, unaccounted for. present biden, expecting to meet with some of those families. it will be some of the families who have lost loved ones in israel, send some of the families who have, who still don t know the fate of their loved ones. in fact, some of the family members we expect will be family members of hostages that we know hamas has taken. moving between biden, and palestini
military aircraft closer to israel amid concerns of a larger regional conflict breaking out. was iran involved in hamas planning and new attacks from the north? americans among the dead. the state department says at least nine americans have been killed. more than 1200 people, soldiers, civilians and children are death on both sides. those numbers are expected to climb even higher. i m andrea mitchell with our continuing coverage of the war in israel. a constant barrage of israeli air strikes lighting up the sky. 300,000 israeli troops have been called up after this weekend marked the most extensive invasion of israeli territory in decades. these tanks are at the border area between israel and gaza. any ground invasion will be complicated of the desperate hostage situation. a heartbreaking dilemma of one israeli mother who was brave enough to come on and talk to me about it at this hour. i could hear people speaking in arabic outside their door, and they broke in. the la
killing 700 israelis, many of whom were attending an outdoor concert and abducting dozens of people, including children. israel says it reestablished control of the territory on its side of the gaza border 48 hours after the attack. although the fighting and the bombings continue. israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu addressed the country saying the military would intensify its operations against hamas and its attacks on gaza are just the beginning. israel has ordered a full siege of gaza, pounding the area with air strikes and gathering 300,000 troops ahead of what could become a group operation. more than 1,000 people have been killed so far in the fighting. at least 700 people have died in israel, according to its military. more than 680 people have died in gaza, according to the palestinian health ministry. 11 americans have been killed in the conflict, and more may be missing. amid the hamas attack, more than 100 people have been kidnapped and are being held hostage
mister secretary, does the administration know at this point if u.s. citizens were among the dead or those taken hostage? so, we have reports that several americans may be among the dead. we are very actively looking to verify those reports similarly, we ve seen reports about hostages and their again, we are very actively trying to verify them. and we nail that down. meaning that there could be some u.s. citizens who have been taken hostage as well, mister secretary. that s correct. we ll be closely following that over the next two hours, also overnight, israel responded, launching huge retaliatory strikes on cars and cities, flattening residential buildings, and killing over 300 people in gaza so far, according to the palestinian mystery of that. has lebanon s hezbollah group fired the flames in solidarity with hamas at three is really positions. we re witnessing all of this as israel promises an aggressive response. israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu vowe
good morning to all of you it is sunday, april 14 i am alex witt this a special breaking news coverage of iran strike against israel, here s what we know right now, saturday evening local time, iran launched a mess and massive attack firing more than 300 projectiles about 170 drones, 30 cruise missiles and about 120 ballistic missiles that is according to the israeli defense forces. the idf adds that with u.s. assistance, 99% of those projectiles were intercepted and a few of the ballistic missiles hit inside israel causing slight damage. to an israeli air force base. a young girl was injured in the attack is according to the idf, in a statement this morning the israeli defense minister said that israel quote thwarted the most significant wave of the attack and did so successfully. it is the first time iran has ever conducted a direct military attack on israel. in a statement, iran s u.n. mission says the attack is a retaliation for the april 1 idf strike on an iranian consul