Task of securing its borders and find any remaining hamas militants inside israel. Today is a different day and that the response that israel will deliver against hamas will be unlike anything that we have done in the past. For the very latest out of israel, lets turn right now to Foreign Correspondent trey yingst. Live live in ashdod. Treisman, covering this all day long. Youre up early for us now, trey. What can you tell us . What is the latest . Griff, good evening. Right now, israeli fighter jets are over the gaza strip and they are striking buildings and hamas targets. But we do not believe this is the full retaliation. This is just the beginning. As you noted, israel has called Up Hundreds Of Thousands of reserve troops. They are moving tanks to the border at this hour and they are moving military vehicles, putting them in place next to artillery. It appears the israelis are preparing for a ground operation into gaza in the coming hours and days. Will provide more clarity on that. But it comes as israel still has to bury the dead today will be a day of mourning across the jewish state. More than 300 people, according to israeli media, were killed in this crossborder attack conducted by hamas and Islamic Jihad when they broke through that border fence and wall. This morning, coming into these communities near the border and open firing on civilians at the same time, Firing Thousands of rockets into southern and central israel. I want to show you what that was like earlier tonight. Right now, a massive barrage of rockets coming off of the gaza strip. This is an effort by hamas and Islamic Jihad to overwhelm israel rails Missile Defense system, the iron dome. Its just a constant barrage. One after another. You can hear the explosions there, the iron dome picking up some of this fire, but not all of it. Hamas hamas entered our community as it was the Worst Nightmare ever. Hearing about people who have been killed from your own community and people have been kidnaped inside their house and talking to my parents who live the closest to the border with gaza and hearing from my mother that first thing in the morning, she hears that they broke the window and started breaking things inside the house. Its true my dad has a gun, but what can he do in front of ten people or coming into their homes. A true nightmare for israeli civilians. We do know dozens of israelis, both soldiers and civilians, were kidnaped by these militants and taken as prisoners of war. Hamas, the group in control of gaza this evening, releasing a statement indicating they are keeping these captives in the tunnels beneath the gaza strip where they store both weapons and rockets. Griff, in that trade will certainly complicate idf efforts to go into gaza on the ground. That certainly is not going to be an easy task. Let me just ask you one Last Question, trey. And that is, do we have any new information on the areas that were seized . Some trying to be held by the hamas militants that the idf forces are trying to take back there are some areas where its unclear who controls the territory along the gaza border, but we did get one piece of good news amid this horrific story tonight. The israelis say they rescued 11 hostages that were in one of these neighborhoods along the gaza border. There were four hamas militants inside and it was stormed by Israeli Special forces and soldiers who rescued all 11 of those civilians is just one story to grasp onto here. In a day full of terror and horror for the israeli people. But again, so many families tonight unsure about where their loved ones are and whether or not theyre alive. Griff, in a country that will have to process what has happened in the last 24 hours as the sun will soon come up. Trey yingst live for us in israel. Trey, thank you very much. Stay safe. And today, President Biden spoke to israeli Prime MinisterBenjamin Netanyahu and pledged his support to israel after hamass surprise Terrorist Attack stunned the country. For more on that, were joined by fox news correspondent Lucas Tomlinson live at the white house. Lucas youve had a long day as well. What can you tell us . Gray nif Officials Say today was israels nine over 11, one of the most horrific attacks against israel in its 75 year history. Earlier, President Biden spoke here at the white house and issued the following warning. Let me say this as clearly as i can. This is not a moment for any party hostile to israel to exploit these attacks, to seek advantage. The world is watching. And let there be no mistake, the United States stands with the state of israel. Now, just last week, Bidens National security adviser made the following claim in size. For now, because of all of that can change in the middle east region is quieter today than it has been in two decades. Now, brett baer recently interviewed saudi arabias crown prince, the de facto ruler of the country, and asked him how close saudi was to recognizing israel and establishing full diplomatic relations for the first time in history. Just a few days later, he asked israels Prime Minister the same question. So you think if you were to characterize it, are you close . Every day we get closer, it seems its for the first time, real one serious. Were going to see how it goes. You know, we just got back from riyadh. I know you heard those words from the crown prince. What was your response . Well, i was delighted to hear what he had to say and to borrow a phrase, i think were getting closer to peace ever. Every day that passes. Now, senator tom cotton says crushing this potential peace deal was exactly why hamas launched those attacks today on israel. Cotton saying in a statement, quote, this war is a transparent attempt by iran to derail the peace talks between israel and saudi arabia. The United States should provide israel, the military and diplomatic support it needs to destroy hamas and the Biden Administration should cease all engagement with iran. Heres israel. Heres senator Lindsey Graham earlier. Its a major Intelligence Failure. And we got to look at our own intelligence apparatus. How could this happen . You know, nine divided by 11 happened and former defense secretary mark esper said the same thing earlier, griff. He said this was also an Intelligence Failure. Griff and lucas, we saw President Biden speaking today, obviously. Do we have any idea for what he may be doing publicly tomorrow on this . Theres no questions. Officials here at the white house will be meeting tomorrow. He will convene the National Security council and there will be meetings in terms of the next time well hear President Biden speak again. That is yet to be determined. Griff all right. Lucas thompson live for us from the white house. Lucas, thank you. And israel is at war tonight after this mornings unprecedented Surprise Attack by iranian backed terrorist group hamas. The attack, which has left at least 250 israelis dead and thousands more injured, is now being labeled as a historic Intelligence Failure. As you just heard, senator Lindsey Graham saying as much comes as Israeli Intelligence forces were left completely blindsided as terrorists launched their assault by land, air and sea. Joining us now with reaction, Vice President of the Heritage Foundation and former deputy National Security advisor for the middle east under president trump, victoria coates. Victoria, thank you. I talked to you a little earlier today. Youve had time to sort of process this. And i really want to get your insight on just how significant of an Intelligence Failure this was. No, this good to be with you again. This is just a terrible, terrible day. And its awful for both the United States and for israel. And i think in terms of the Intelligence Failure, we have to go back and look at the fact that the Hamas Terrorists had gone to very basic. I mean, as far as i can tell, their communicating through handwritten notes run by terror, by couriers. So if thats how theyre communicating, how we have assumed, we know how theyre communicating is no longer the case. And we should have known this, though. I mean, we and the israelis should have realized that that intelligence was was drying up. So when we get past the immediate issues that were facing, thats what we have to look at and examine and see how theyve gotten around our collection activities. Thats such an interesting point you bring up, victoria, if that is indeed the way that they were communicating in the bigger question is really how was hamas able to pull off such a highly coordinated attack to have this Ground Infiltration on more than 20 targets simultaneously by land, air and sea, while giving themselves the barrage of 3000 missiles, which is the air coverage when we the us, goes in and we cover air, we go in on land. How were they able to pull Something Like this off . Well the only way griff, that the palestine unions or hamas could have done this was with a nation state that was giving them cover. So clearly it was the iranians who had moved in and had started to pour additional money and capacity into gaza over the last two years. Otherwise this wasnt even remotely possible, because when i was in the trump administration, this wasnt something we mean. We were watching closely at. And i went down and visited the Gaza Border A number of different times. But this wasnt something we were even contemplating. But clearly, this is something theyve developed over the last two years. And thats because as the Biden Administration has allowed tehran. To sell a Million Barrels of oil a day to china, and theyre funneling all that money into these Terrorist Attacks. And this is what happens. And i just i dont understand why people think this is surprising. And just lastly, in the last 20s, ive got victoria, you saw in lucas thompsons report there the National Security adviser, jake sullivan, with the statement that its been it hadnt been this quiet for two decades in the middle east. Was there an Intelligence Failure on that behalf of the us side as well with all due respect to jake, i mean, this is ridiculous. Obviously this is the most volatile the middle east has been in a decade. So unfortunately, he was wrong. Victoria coates, thank you for joining us. Vice president at heritage. We appreciate your insight and staying up late with us this evening. Thank you, victoria. Thanks, chris. In the federal aviation administration, issuing a warning just a short time ago in response to hamass unprecedented ground and air assaults and israels counter offensive. The faa is now urging us airlines and pilots to use caution when flying in israeli airspace. The faas warning mirrors an alert that was also issued by the israeli government. Well, within hours of todays stunning attack on israel, us lawmakers were quick to promise aid to americas closest ally in the middle east. That though, couldnt be easier said than done with the absence of a House Speaker for this essentially putting the Us Government at a complete standstill. The question now is, will todays events force republicans to speed up the election of a speaker . Fox news senior Congressional Correspondent chad pergram joins us now with more insight from washington and chad, ive been following your reporting all day. This really is a unique situation, an we havent been in now with the legislative branch effective, fully paralyzed, with no speaker or ability to bring things to the floor in the way of a bill. Yeah, this is a pretty perilous time for the congress to have a National Security crisis, an International Crisis at the time of not having a speaker, as you say, the congress is frozen right now. Theres not a direct threat to the United States. But youve had a number of lawmakers from both sides of the aisle say, hey, we need to prepare some sort of legislation, maybe send some money, send munition, send aid to israel in this fight. And the problem here is that they cant they cant until they get a speaker. You have patrick mchenry, who is the speaker pro tem right now, the republican from north carolina. And he can basically do a couple of things, Gavel The House into session, gavel it out and preside over the next election of a speaker, which we think isnt going to happen at the earliest until next wednesday or thursday. Now what might happen here is because they dont have a speaker, suddenly some of the members, you know, who want to get something done say we might need to move something here. And if nothing else, the posture exposes the vulnerability of the United States. When you look at potentially another National Security crisis with china or russia or north korea or Something Like that, they get religion really quickly and members somehow coalesce around a candidate for speaker. Right now, we have steve scalise, the majority leader. We have jim jordan, the republican from ohio, the chair of the judiciary committee. The problem for mchenry is this. He could possibly advance legislation, jordan, but everything that he would do would be establishing a new precedent for how the House Of Representatives operates at a time when they do not have a speaker and kind of expand the roles of the speaker pro tem, the house operates on three books of precedents. Deshlers canons, hines precedents. And youre basically writing the rule book as you go along. Now, the other thing here is that we have a bit of news from the Senate Majority leader, chuck schumer. He is right now in china. This was a preplanned trip to china, official business there. He was briefed at the american consulate in shanghai, he says, by cia and state Department Officials about whats going on. And he said, quote, hes committed to deliver whatever israel needs to get this urgent aid to them in this time of need. And the other thing thats important here in this directly is in Chuck Schumers wheelhouse is that there is not a confirmed ambassador here from the senate to israel. Now, jack lew, who had been the budget director, he has been nominated just last month. So thats a pretty quick turning radius. But he is a known quantity to senators. You have had ted cruz, the republican senator from texas, on a few occasions, put holds on various Biden Administration nominees that have something to do with middle east. The senate, however, because the house has no role in confirmations, they could confirm jack lew lickety split. But there is no planned session right now because the senate is supposed to be out for two weeks and members are spread to the four winds, but they have something in the senate. Griff called a hotline where they could go through and say all right, if all 100 senators check the box here and say theyre okay with jack lew, they could confirm him as early as next week, but otherwise they might have to take some special steps or that would be held up. Griff well, and as we look at it, a live shot of the capitol tonight. What you will think and expect that lawmakers will certainly begin to get more tuned in to this story. As we are hearing, by all accounts, we are in for days, if not weeks, perhaps even months of an extended, prolonged conflict in the middle east. Chad pergram, chief Congressional Correspondent, thank you for staying up late and joining us tonight. Thank you. Well the Israeli SecurityCabinet Meeting this evening as they plan their counterattack against hamas. Prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu promising israel will win in security. Will be restored to its citizens. What can we expect as israel goes on the offensive . More on that ahead. Stick with us. We cannot allow this situation in of gaza as a war machine to continue. And we are committed, starting from today, to change the equation. Goli, taste your goals. Two three. One two, three, one. Today. Now since this morning, the state of israel has been at war. Our first objective is to clear out enemy forces that infiltrated and restored the security and quiet to the communities that have been attacked. The second objective, at the same time is to exact an immense price from the enemy within the gaza strip, too. The third objective is to reinforce other