State Dept: Nine Americans Killed In Hamas Attacks

NBC News reports:

Nine Americans have been killed in the violence in Israel and more may be missing after Hamas attacked from Gaza over the weekend, the State Department spokesperson Matthew Miller said on “Morning Joe” Monday morning.

“There are reports of Americans who are unaccounted for,” he said. “We continue to work to confirm that number and try to locate those who are missing. We don’t have solid information about either the number or where they might be and we’ll continue to work through that with the government of Israel.”

At least 700 people have been killed in Israel and another 560 people in Gaza. Those numbers come from the Israel Defense Forces and the Palestinian Ministry of Heath.

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