And welcome to the lead. I'm Jake Tapper and we start today, of course, in the Middle

East where America's top diplomat delivered an in-person message to the Israeli people

who are grieving and wounded. He said the United States will never back down from its support

of Israel. Secretary of State Antony Blinken is now on his way to meet with other U.S.

allies in the region, Saudi Arabia, Egypt, UAE, Qatar, and Jordan. Afterstanding side-by-side

with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu today, Secretary Blinken also met with families

of Americans killed or taken hostage by Hamas, a group the U.S. has labeled terrorist.

The White House says at least 27 Americans have been killed and at least 14 others remain

missing. In its efforts to eliminate Hamas, which brutally attacked Israel last Saturday,

the Israel defensive forces are currently pounding Gaza with airstrikes today. Since Hamas

embeds itself within the Palestinian population, this is tragically resulting in hundreds

of innocent Palestinian casualties. More than 1,400 have been killed so far, civilian and

Hamas, according to the Palestinian health ministry. Israel has also cut off electricity,

food, water, and fuel supplies to Gaza. Israeli officials say none of those supplies will

be restored until all hostages being held by Hamas are returned home. Today, independent

Democratic Senator Bernie Sanders said that such would be an international law violation.

Today, we are also getting a horrific new look at the atrocities Hamas committed on Saturday.

We want to warn you, some of the images you are about to see are graphic and incredibly

disturbing. One of the images we're going to show you is so upsetting, I'm even going to give

you a few moments warning so you can prepare yourself to look away. It will be a photo of the

corpse of a baby, a baby murdered by Hamas. It's not clear where or when this innocent young

human was killed, but it was Saturday, and it's one of the many children the terrorists killed

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