Special two hour addition of the katie phang show. So, its been a little over 24 hours since the Palestinian Militant Group hamas launched an unprecedented attack on israel. That has left over 200 dead, thousands injured, and an unknown number of captives abducted and taken into gaza. According to the Israeli Foreign ministry. Today, israel finds itself fighting on two fronts. On the Southern Border with hamas, and returning fire on hezbollah in the north, after the iranbacked Lebanese Military group fired dozens of rockets and shells in solidarity with hamas at three israeli positions in a disputed area along the countrys border with syrias Israeli Occupied golan heights. The day was filled with the sound of Air Raid Sirens and later is really retaliation air strikes lit up the night sky, as they hammered the gaza strip, Leveling Buildings and leaving over three interpositions dead and thousands injured, according to gazas ministry of health. Israel has also halted their supply of fuel, electricity, and other goods into gaza. The region is largely dependent on israel for its electricity supply, and according to the united nations, has suffered chronic Power Shortages for several decades. Severely restricting the provision of vital civilian services such as health care, sanitation, and water. All of this follows israeli Prime MinisterBenjamin Netanyahu declaration that his country was in a state of war that would take mighty vengeance for the attacks. The International Community has condemned the attacks by hamas, but President Biden made it clear that the United States stands firmly behind its ally. You know what, i spoke to Prime Minister netanyahu this morning. I told him the United States stands with the people of israel in the face of these terrorist assaults. Israel has the right to defend itself and its people, full stop. Theres never justification for terrorist attacks, and my administration will support security and is rocksolid and unwavering. Let me say this as quickly 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. Joining me now, molly, and you see news foreign correspondent. Molly, good morning. Thank you for joining us and getting us started in this hour. Please, bring us up to speed on whats happening there right now. We did get some overnight developments. These are the numbers we have, and these are constantly shifting, katie. We do expect those death tolls on both sides to go up, but i do have some details, at least about the active areas that we are still seeing gun fights in southern israel. Those are those settlements, the villages, the towns right around the gaza border in southern israel. So according to an overnight briefing by a spokesperson for the Israeli Military, he says there are at least eight active areas. That is a real priority, and the priority to root out any militants that are still in that area, then secure those areas. And then what theyre doing is moving Israeli Citizens to safer areas. So they will look to start massive activating those areas. The other thing he said, of course that is in advance of a possible Ground Invasion in advance of the real israel response that we will start to see. But the other thing he talked about is actually moving, evicting, and evacuating, he use those words, some of the gaza citizens away with some of those main city centers inside that gaza molly, ill kiss on, the armed wing of hamas said that they will declare the number of prisoners, is really prisoners, within hours. What we know, molly, about the hostages, if anything at all . Do we know if theyre civilians, soldiers, and what are you hearing about that over there . Yeah, this is one of the most, if not the most piece of Sensitive Information right now for the Israeli Government. And what really struck me, ive covered several wars there. I was based in jerusalem. Usually the Israeli Military covers the narrative. They put out statements frequently. Yesterday, there was a real truth of information in the afternoon and i think what we have been speaking to analysts about and what are is that it is because that information about the hostages, about who they, are about how many is so unbelievably sensitive that they do not want to jeopardize any kind of operations. We do not know how many. We understand that theyre both civilians and soldiers, but for the Israeli Government, this is the priority. This is an incredibly sensitive issue, not just for the Security Establishment but also for us really people. And i think we will probably not hear those numbers from the Israeli Government if hamas releases those numbers, i think the Israeli Government will probably say we should take those with a grain of salt. And molly, any indication or any new insight into why this was such a Surprise Attack by hamas yesterday morning . Yeah, such a Surprise Attack. I think this will go down in history as one of the biggest Intelligence Failures for the Israeli Intelligence apparatus. One of the best in the world, this is a country that prides itself on its intelligence reach. And again, in that overnight Press Conference with the israeli spokesperson for the military, he talked about and he was asked about this repeatedly, why this Intelligence Failure . How did you not see this was coming . This wouldve been a very complex, months in planning kind of operation. He says this is not a question for now. We are focused on gaining control. Now, my colleagues, our colleagues in washington d. C. , courtney and dan to lose, one senior u. S. Military official says that they were not tracking this. This is a direct quote. And other u. S. Officials told nbc news that if israel knew there was an imminent attack, they didnt tell washington. But look, israel does not and of course theyve got very newly friendly arab allies. Theyre working to normalize relationships with saudi arabia, the work very closely with the United States. So if this was an Intelligence Failure for the u. S. Sorry, for israel, clearly their allies, including the u. S. , didnt share that information. Molly hunter, nbc news foreign correspondent, thank you so much for giving us this critical information. I appreciate it. And now, lets bring in nbc news capitol hill correspondent Julie Tsirkin now. Weve got reaction from washington d. C. , courtesy of julie. Julie, good morning. What are lawmakers now saying now that its been about a day, 24 hours, since that attack occurred in israel . Republicans and democrats largely and unequivocal physically are condemning hamas for this attack on israel. You saw pretty much everybody stand in line on that, saying that these tariffs attacks were unacceptable. Saying that the u. S. Will do anything they can to eight israel in their recovery, and trying to backtrack and figure out some of those Intelligence Failures you heard molly lay out their. I want to point out just a couple of these statements weve been seeing. One of them from Minority Leader mcconnell in the senate. He actually compare the situation to what is going on in ukraine, with russias invasion there. He said, quote, terrorist responsible for this ongoing war against israel were trained and equipped by iran. The same terrorists providing lethal drones to russia to attack ukraine. Failure to support under attack in kyiv or tel aviv will only embolden the Worlds LargestState Sponsor of terrorism and fellow authoritarians. Obviously, his statement very relevant, because congress is also now considering ukraine funding. Funding for the war torn country, where mary republicans including those who have countered the fact that they need to continue providing you of course, mcconnell always Standing Grounds for that but now youre saying that Everybody Needs to come together to Support Israel as well. Julie, talk to us about the fact that america doesnt have an ambassador on the ground in israel at this time. And he moves to be able to get an ambassador in place sooner versus later . Certainly this is a major problem. Not only for the ambassador in israel, but you also recall senator holding frigid plus Military Nominations on the floor, holding them so they cant be confirmed. This is certainly an issue when you have these positions that are vacant and a foreign Global Crisis of this magnitude. And you saw a tweet, for example, from senator chris murphy who said he talk to the Foreign Relations chairman, who is now stepping in for some hermite as well he looked through his legal troubles. You see that tweet on your screen. He said we both ree that we need to move jack lewis, he is the nominee that biden, presidenbin, had handed down to Congress Last month. The nomination to be the ambassador to israel, as the senates First Business when we reconvene. The senate is out the next week, and i have not seen any calls from republicans or democrats to hurry them back any sooner. Schumer of course is on a codel to china right now. But it is clear that both sides, republicans and democrats, think and agree that the Ambassador Position needs to be filled so that he can be there dealing with some of these diplomatic issues that are rising right now, and that there is a presence shown to the world that there is an ambassador in this position, that the u. S. Is taking this seriously. And i expect to bring to my sources, they will move on this. They will schedule a Committee Hearing for mr. Lewis as soon as they get back in a week, and hopefully will put him on the floor shortly after that. Nbc news capitol hill correspondent Julie Tsirkin, thanks for joining us. I appreciate you, as always. And still to come, the Intelligence Community still reeling for what theyre calling a stunning failure of israel, to miss what hamas was happening. Ing. Ing. I was stuck. Unresolved Depression Symptoms were in my way. I needed more from my antidepressant. Vraylar helped give it a lift. Adding vraylar to an antidepressant. Is clinically proven to help relieve overall Depression Symptoms. Better than an antidepressant alone. And in vraylar clinical studies, most saw no substantial impact on weight. Elderly dementia patients have increased risk of death or stroke. Report unusual changes in behavior or suicidal thoughts. 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Joining me now, retired United States army colonel jack jacobs, metal on a recipient and an msnbc military analyst. Colonel, the news this morning, the Lebanese Group has bullet claiming responsibility for targeting three israeli sites in an area known as shaw, using missiles and artillery. What does it mean to you that hezbollah is claiming responsibility for launching an attack on israel on the northern border of the country while israel is battling hamas on the Southern Border at the same time . Wl, hezbollah is being encouraged by hamas to open up the second front in Northern Israel. Of course, this happened before previous wars, and thatcks there are probably going to intensify. While israel is trying to clear hamas from southern israel, opening up a second front at a time where israel is in disarray is probably the kind of thing that would make it much easier for hamas to continue to do what theyre doing in southern israel. So we can see an increased number of attacks by hezbollah in Northern Israel. And should israel also have a concern about its western flanks, in terms of the west bank, may that open up a third front that israel has to be having a Ground Battle or a Ground Offensive that they have to deal with . Well, its interesting you mention that. Its happened before, and israel of course is going to make a decision soon on whether or not the Ground Forces inside gaza. Its done not before, so they want to stay inside gaza. But there are israeli hostages there and netanyahu is going to be pressure to move israeli troops into gaza to try to free them, and to affect some kind of retribution for the attacks. That makes israels reserves weaker in other areas, as you mentioned, in the west and also in the north. Its going to make life extremely difficult over the mid term for israel to control its western area and the western bank, and the Northern Area where hezbollah is located. This is extremely complicated, although i must say that israels first order task is to get the hostages back, which itself is difficult enough. There were hostages held by hamas inside israel, some of those groups are encircled by israeli soldiers, but israel has not yet made a decision about how its going to do with it. There are also hostages that hamas has taken into gaza, its got to deal with those two. And now with hostilities on the in the north with lebanon, and the possibility as you mentioned of uprisings in the western bank, israel is going to have its hands full, trying to get control of its own area, katie. Colonel, we just heard from nbc news capitol hill correspondent Julie Tsirkin that a u. S. Military analyst u. S. Military official said, quote, we were not tracking this. Because i wrote this down and i thought this was important. The u. S. Is in tracking this attack or the planning that led up to this attack. Apparently israel didnt even have it on