I am Ari Melbourne. We are covering this war in Israel. Plus the developing news that

has been coalescing around the possible replacement for Kevin McCarthy to be Speaker of the House.

It is developing because the people you see on your screen, one of them is the former

Speaker. The other may or may not become the Republican's pick. He's had more votes

than anyone else, but maybe not enough votes. That is a big deal, obviously, for the United

States, for the Congress at times like these. And so we are going to bring you an update

on that story later in our newscast. The news out of Israel right now is bleak. There

is escalation. There are reports that now 22 Americans have been killed in this unfolding

Israel-Hamas war. You're seeing Gaza right now pitch dark because Gaza is under a blackout.

Now, 17 of those are still unaccounted for and feared to held hostage in Gaza. Tonight,

the shelling there are also intensifying Israel. It says that it has fighter jets who have

hit over 400 targets in the last day alone. Amos attacks are also still under way,

Cameron's caught a moment, where a couple was forced to shelter from rockifier.

The death toll is rising. Over 1200 Israelis dead, 2700 injured over 1100 have been killed

in Gaza. 5,000 injured there in that densely packed area. The humanitarian situation in Gaza

is worsening ahead of what many see as a planned or potential Israeli invasion. There's no

electricity there for the 2 million roughly 2 million people. And you can see some of the

images captured just earlier today in some of these bombed out areas. Guys,

the hospitals are overflowing with people both who need help who are injured as well as the

bodies of the dead and these power and supply shortages are not expected to let up anytime soon

in this war. On the Israeli side, the funerals have begun taking place. There was a ceremony for

a 24-year-old woman who was at that music festival, peacefully doing what people do in many societies,

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