Dont. Reporter now, amid all of this, a bipartisan congressional delegation was in tel aviv today and met with Prime Minister netanyahu as President Biden says hes planning to ask congress to approve more aid for israel when lawmakers return to washington next week. Norah. Ed okeefe at the white house, thank you. Tonight were learning more about the americans killed and those still missing after the deadliest attack on civilians in israeli history. Cbss imtiaz tyab spoke with a mother and father whose son died during the first hours of the assault. Reporter in the chaotic first hours of hamas massive assault, the Israeli Military scrambled to respond. Combat troops were called into action, including 27yearold israeli american aria deeding. He loved sports. He loved the boston red sox. Reporter his parents moved to israel from new york nearly 30 years ago. On saturday night, they received the news arya was killed in action. What was it like when you received the call . You never want to get the knock on the door with the two Army Officers outside. And this woman came in, and she said to us, your son was killed today. Reporter at least 100 people are being held c tive inside gaza. The number of u. S. Citizens there is unknown. Na har net tas mother is from california. She was taken by hamas. The optimistic scenario is that shes held hostage in gaza and not dead on the street of the kibbutz where we grew up. Reporter for debbie and mark deeding, despite the pain of using their eldest son arya, it hasnt shattered their hope for a better future. We believe in peace. We believe in, you know, coexistence. We dont want to we dont want to eliminate anybody from this world or this planet. Everybody should have a place to live. Reporter now, tonight another 20 or more americans are still missing as israels military begins distributing thousands of weapons to volunteer defense teams in towns and cities all over the country. Norah. Imtiaz tyab, thank you. 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Reporter this is what its like to be in a country under attack. Air raid sirens blare. Thats the sound of the iron dome intercepting a rocket. Its a scramble to safety, into a shelter, downstairs quickly. People checking in with their loved ones and waiting. Well, its just about 3 30 in the afternoon here in israel. There have been two sirens that have sounded in just the last few minutes. Were emerging now from the staircase. Weve gotten the allclear. American michelle freund, a physician assistant, sheltered here too. She was on vacation in israel when hamas first attacked. She knew she needed to help, so shes volunteering at this hospital. I feel like its also my country. Im jewish, and i feel like everybody thats been affected by this is my family. How are you doing . There are good moments and bad moments. I think right now we just had a siren, a couple before we started speaking, and i think my anxiety kind of built up. I had a little bit of a panic attack but, you know, you muster on. Thats what i think jews do in general. Reporter the idf said this morning theyre calling up 360,000 reservists. Do you have many friends who are in the reserve . Friends, family, and the people that i dont know, i feel like are my friends and my family. Like every person that is held hostage right now im sorry in gaza, personally i dont know them, but i know them, and they are my family. And its really hard. Reporter her grandmother worked in this same hospital when she came to israel from hungary after surviving the holocaust. She would just be so, you know, proud of having me here, especially in light of the atrocities that are happening, that are very holocaustlike. So your grandmother who survived the holocaust came from hungary to work in this hospital. Mmhmm. I know that she would be very proud to see me here. She would. Yeah. 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Oh. Stuffed up again . So congested you need sinex saline from vicks. Just sinex, breathe, ahhhh what is wow sinex. Breathe. Ahhhhhh israels iron dome, the antimissile system you just heard about, was first deployed in march of 2011. The military claims it has about a 95 success rate, but it was pushed to the limit during the early hours of the attack due to the sheer number of rockets fired. Cbss david martin takes an indepth look at how it works. Reporter israel says hamas has launched more than 4,500 rockets. Many of them intercepted by the iron dome air defense system. It has kept the death toll from going even higher, and today President Biden promised to send more interceptors manufactured pby raytheon at about 50,000 each. Were surging additional military assistance, including ammunition and interceptors to replenish iron dome. Were going to make sure that israel does not run out of these critical assets. Reporter iron dome has been defending israel against terrorist rockets for more than a decade. It has been effective as it typically is in taking a lot of those rockets out of the sky and saving countless lives by doing so. Now, of course some rockets have gotten through to tragic cost. Reporter because the flight time for a rocket is so short, iron dome can operate on automatic. As soon as a rocket launch is detected, an alert goes out telling everyone to run for shelter while iron dome launches its interceptors, homing in only on rockets headed toward populated areas. So it doesnt have to fire 4,500 interceptors to shoot down 4,500 rockets . No. A significant fraction of these rockets are not going to hit anything vital. Reporter retired general Frank Mckenzie says hamas doesnt really care where the rockets land. Theyve got a lorge stockpile of missiles, and i think we should anticipate the intensity of these attacks to continue for a few days yet. Reporter if hezbollah, which is based in lebanon on israels northern border, unleashes its stockpile of rockets and missiles, iron dome could be stretched to its limit. Norah. That is the big concern. David martin, thank you. In new york city today, there was a rally at a Jewish Community center where elected officials from both parties pledged support for israel. Across the river in new jersey, there were calls for a ceasefire t new york republican George Santos was hit with new criminal charges today. The freshman congressman, who has admitted to lying about his background during his campaign, is now accused of charges including conspiracy, aggravated identity theft, and credit card fraud. Prosecutors say santos stole the identities of Campaign Donors and then used their credit cards for more than 40,000 in unauthorized charges. The white house is condemning what appears to be a car attack on the chinese consulate in San Francisco monday. Video posted on social media shows a blue car that crashed into the room where visas are processed. Officials shot the driver, who died at a hospital. Were told investigators believe the unidentified driver posed a threat to consulate staff. Finally tonight, something we noticed as air raid sirens went off here in tel aviv. Strangers helping strangers. No matter where you are, at a hospital, a store, a hotel, when they go off, people are waving you in the direction of the nearest shelter. People we dont know. People who dont even speak the same language as us. But still they made sure everyone got to safety. It is scary when you hear that sound, but it is even scarier when you hear the boom that follows. And this is in tel aviv. The closer you get to gaza, the more dangerous it truly is. We are thinking of those people. And thats the overnight news for this wednesday. For some of you, the news continues. For others, check back later for cbs mornings and follow us online anytime at cbsnews. Com. Reporting from tel aviv, im norah odonnell. This is cbs news flash. Im jarred hill in new york. Fighting continues between israel and hamas as we learn more about the extent of the bloodshed. Israeli officials now say that 1,200 israelis were killed in the attacks by hamas. The Gaza Health Ministry says 900 people in gaza have died in israels response. The exgirlfriend of former crypto exec Sam Bankmanfried testified in the federal trial against him tuesday. Caroline ellison, who took a plea deal with prosecutors, said bankmanfried directed her to commit fraud and Money Laundering and told her he would be president one day. And the movie musical adaptation of the color purple has a new trailer out. The film stars Fantasia Barrino and taraji p. Henson. The color purple hits theaters christmas day. For more, download the cbs news app on your cell phone or connected tv. Im jarred hill, cbs news, new york. Announcer this is the cbs overnight news. Were in israel as it prepares for an expected Ground Invasion of gaza in what is already the bloodiest war in decades. Here in tel aviv, we heard air raid sirens throughout the day with constant threats of rocket attacks. On day four of this escalating war, israel is pounding gaza with hundreds of missile strikes, targeting what the military calls a hamas terror nest. Reports tonight the idf took out hamas economic minister. And more than 1,000 people have been killed in israel with an estimated 900 in gaza. And we have learned some disturbing new details about a massacre that occurred in a small israeli village near the gaza border with the brutal murders of men, women, and children, including babies. At least 14 americans are among the dead with at least 20 more americans unaccounted for. Some are being held hostage by hamas. President biden spoke today with israeli Prime Minister benjamin netanyahu. It has been their third phone call since this crisis began. We have Team Coverage tonight from israel to washington, and cbss Holly Williams is with us just back from the southern border. Good evening, holly. Reporter good evening, norah. Hamas says it wont hold any negotiations over the hostages that its holding while its still under fire. And as we now know, some of them are american. We should warn you tonight that our report contains some disturbing images. Israeli air strikes are pounding the gaza strip, perhaps softening the territory for a Ground Invasion. Israel says its destroying weapons storage and infrastructure used by hamas, which is designated a terrorist group by the u. S. Palestinian officials put the death toll at 900, and the United Nations says there have been more than a dozen hits on health facilities. Israels military says its now positioned 35 battalions in the areas surrounding gaza from where hamas launched its attack on saturday. It caught israels Security Forces off guard, but hamas propaganda videos appear to show the militants training for a similar attack, complete with a model village. The militants fired more barrages of rockets today, hitting the city of ashkelon in southern israel. The countrys Prime Minister, benjamin netanyahu, promised his people they would have vengeance. Hamas will understand that by attacking us, theyve made a mistake of historic proportions. We will exact a price that will be remembered by them and israels other enemies for decades to come. Reporter but the scale of what the militants inflicted on israel is still emerging. In some small farming communities, people were murdered wherever the gunmen found them. Mothers, fathers, babies, young families killed in their bed, in their protection room, in their dining room, or in their garden outside. Reporter Yehuda Gottlieb is a dual u. S. israeli citizen who works as a First Responder. He was outside beeri kibbutz as israels Security Forces battled the militants. Security camera footage shows the gunmen breaking into the compound and shooting its residents. More than 100 people were killed there. Have you ever seen anything like that before . Never, ever, ever. We like drove all the way to the end of the road, and we were careful not to get any bodies. You had to avoid bodies on the road . Exactly. They were littering the road. Terrible. And holly is back with us. You have reported from israel for decades. What have these attacks done to the people psychologically . Norah, i think its rocked peoples sense of security. Some people have told us that they no longer feel safe in their own homes. This is a part of the world thats no stranger to violence. But for many israelis, this just feels very different. That First Responder who you saw just now in our report told us that he believes this is the worst thing thats happened to jewish people since the holocaust. Holly williams, thank you for your reporting. Back in washington, President Biden addressed the nation this afternoon with a forceful show of support for israel. The president vowed to do Everything Possible to free the american hostages, saying he has, quote, no higher priority than the safety of americans being held hostage around the world. Cbss ed okeefe has the latest tonight from the white house. This is an act of sheer evil. Reporter President Biden condemned the attacks by hamas, which he revealed killed at least 14 american citizens, comparing it to the worst rampages of isis. Parents butchered, using their bodies to try to protect their children. Women raped, assaulted, paraded as trophies. Reporter he said the u. S. Is sending special operators to help israel coordinate the rescue of more than 100 hostages held by the militant group, including americans. We now know that american citizens are among those being held by hamas. Reporter a Carrier Strike group, including the uss gerald ford, has arrived in the region and could be used as a platform to launch hostage rescue missions. National security adviser Jake Sullivan says there are 20 or more Americans Still missing though its unclear how many have been abducted by hamas. He said there are no current plans to send u. S. Troops into the conflict. At this point, that is not something that is under planning. Reporter with the fighting ongoing, the president huddled with his National Security team this morning and held his third phone call since the conflict began with israeli Prime Minister benjamin netanyahu. President joe, i want to thank you for your continued and unequivocal support. Reporter offering more military support, including precisionguided munitions for fighter jets. The first shipment of supplies landed this evening. Mr. Biden is also sending secretary of state Antony Blinken to israel tomorrow, part of a diplomatic push to contain the crisis from spreading further, a major fear among allies that iranianbacked hezbollah could fully join the fight. The president today issued this warning. Anyone thinking of taking advantage of this situation, i have one word dont. Dont. Reporter now, amid all of this, a bipartisan congressional delegation was in tel aviv today and met with Prime Minister netanyahu as President Biden says hes planning to ask congress to approve more aid for israel when lawmakers return to washington next week. Norah. Ed okeefe at the white house, thank you. House republicans are expected to vote tomorrow on their choice to be the next speaker of the house. Gop leader Steve Scalise and jim jordan are both running to replace kevin mccarthy, who was removed last week. Mccarthy today took himself out of contention for returning to the role. The leadership vac oomph in the house has essentially stalled congress. The white house confirms that President Biden has been interviewed by the special counsel investigating his handling of classified documents from his time as vice president. The president met on sunday and monday with special counsel robert hur, who was appointed earlier this year to look into the storage of more than two dozen documents at the president s home in delaware and another office. Biden maintains he did nothing wrong. Theres a lot more news ahead on the cbs overnight ne