Thousands waiting to get out of gaza. Stuck at the border with egypt the u. N. Tonight warning that the middle east is on the verge of the abyss. [speaking nonenglish language] norah to the north israelis and 28 villages on the border of lebanon are ordered to evacuate. The ivf releases chilling new video of the brutal attack on an israeli kibbutz. Tonight the large amount of weapons seized from hamas. Here we have hand grenades, we have iuds. And here we have antitank missiles. This really is quite an arsenal. Norah Israeli Defense minister warns of a long war. Charlie dagata is with israeli troops. When it comes to sheer firepower, there is no contest. Israel has one of the most advanced, wellequipped, and best trained armies in this region. Hamas may not have the firepower to match israeli tanks like these, but the question is how useful heavy weapons will be on the tightly packed streets of gaza. Norah americas top diplomat returns to israel to try to secure the release of american
surrendered that country and the good people to the taliban, and the taliban does not have good graces. afghanistan is once again a haven for terrorist, and now the terrorists have our weapons to use against us. as mr. mccaul correctly stated our allies may well not trust as much, and our enemies may not fear as much. yes, the majority of americans wanted to leave afghanistan, but not like this. pulling the troops out before civilian, and abandoning americans behind enemy lines as well as afghans who fought with us and leaving their families and the population, and leaving women and girls to be brutalized by the taliban. this is a disgrace. i yield back. thank you.
before moving on to their destinations. here at home, i spent time at the dulles expo center where more than 4500 afghans have been processed after arriving in the united states. it is remarkable. remarkable to see what our diplomats and employees and other civilians have been able to do in a key time. they have no need. they are arranging health care and including the delivery of babies and reuniting separated families and caring for unaccompanied minors. it is extraordinary interagency effort, and it is matched with the skill and compassionf our dedicated people. you should be proud of what they are doing. as we have done throughout the history, and americans are now welcoming afghans into our communities as they start their
and to allow humanitarian assistance to get to people who so desperately need it. that will be the basis upon which we engage any taliban government. whether it is the central government or one that remains in the days and weeks ahead. i yield to questions. mr. secretary, in the weeks before the fall of kabul, the surrender two the taliban, we were on the phone with high ranking officials at state. we have americans that couldn t get out. we had interpreters that couldn t get through the perimeter of the taliban. they were left behind. they will be executed. they do have a bulls eye on their back. we have four girls at the american university school of music that sat there for 17 hours when i was finally told
something that we don t know. americans are not required to register when they go to the foreign country or if they reside there. so from the start of this effort, we have been we could in afghanistan, to be in touch with them in, contact with them, and to work with if they wanted to leave. we ve also benefited greatly from information provided by congress to fill out this picture. as of last week, there were 100 we were in contact with who continue to express an interest to leave. we offered seats on the plane that s got out last week to about 60, 30 used those seats. what happens in any at any given moment is that people are making decisions hour by hour, if not day by day about whether to leave or not. and as i said earlier, these are incredibly wrenching decisions. for the most part this is a