Than he had yesterday. We have more on that coming up in this hour. We begin in the middle east with a truly historic measure, President Biden making a first wartime visited to israel as an american president. As roughly a handful of americans remain hostages of hamas. We should note with the president there earlier today, 31 americans were killed in those hamas attacks, and 13 are estimated unaccounted for. His trip diplomatically significant. Also obviously a security test. Biden did his meetings and is now en route back safely. The will also now we just learned this basically moments ago the president will do a formal address to the nation tomorrow at 8 00 p. M. Eastern. Thats an Oval Office Address on this war. Biden also meeting with First Responders and people whose Family Members were taken hostage by who hamas. We have while the human toll hitting home after a terrible explosion at a hospital that killed hundred of people. Thats according to reports from inside gaza. An explosi
Lets show you live pictures from gaza now. The israeli army has asked residents of several different areas across the gaza strip to leave their homes. Move to the city centres or take refuge in shelters in preparation for Launching Attacks against hamas targets. Witnesses told the bbc that dozens of families had started leaving their homes and were sheltering in un schools. This comes as israeli troops are still going house to house to clear communities after the saturday assault. We are hearing there is still fighting ongoing in Southern Israel at this hour. Lets get some reaction now from washington. Us Secretary Of State Antony Blinken spoke with several of his european counterparts. State Department Spokesperson Matthew Miller says they discussed and condemned the hamas attacks and underlined the us support for israels right to defend itself. Live now to elliot abrams, who served in the George W Bush and trump administrations. Welcome to you. Thank you for joining us. The Biden Adm